In contemporary society, work and home represent the two most significant domains in the life of a working individual. In order to help an individual live optimally, the work and personal life domains must no longer be regarded as separate domains, but as highly interrelated. The work and personal life domains must influence each other in a positive way to assist the individual in his daily responsibilities at work and in his personal life. A high proportion of employed workers, however, have serious difficulties in combining obligations in their work and personal lives. Educators are one of the occupations that may find it difficult to integrate their work and personal life. The objectives of this research were to determine how Afrikaans-speaking educators experienced Work-Personal Life Interaction (WPLI), to determine the domains in Afrikaans-speaking educators' lives that could interact with one another, to determine the main antecedents and consequences of WPLI for Afrikaans-speaking educators and to investigate which strategies Afrikaans-speaking educators used to deal with WPLI issues. A non-probability purposive voluntary sample (N = I I) of Afrikaans-speaking secondary school educators was used from the North West Province (in the Potchefstroom and Promosa areas). A qualitative design from a phenomenological approach was used to determine educators' experience of WPLI. Content analysis was used to analyse, quantify and interpret the research data. The results indicated that educators experienced certain aspects in their work environment and personal lives as demanding. Certain dimensions were identified in both their work and personal lives. As a result of a demanding work environment, they experienced time and strain-based conflict between their work and personal lives. However, it was found that educators possessed various factors that facilitated their WPLI and strategies they used to deal with WPLI issues. Recommendations were made for the organisation and for future research. / Thesis (M.Comm. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Effectiveness, productivity and motivation of police members are important factors that contribute to a country's stability, economic growth and development. As such, understanding experiences that police members might have with regard to the relationship between their work and personal life is the main focus area in this study. The objectives of this study were to determine how Afrikaans speaking police members experience work-personal life interaction, and secondly, to determine the main dimensions in the lives of Afrikaans speaking police members that is in interaction with each other, and thirdly, to determine the major antecedents and consequences of work-personal life for Afrikaans speaking police members, and fourthly, to determine which strategies Afrikaans speaking police members use to deal with work-personal life issues. Unstructured interviews were conducted with ten males and females in the police stations based in the Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp areas. Qualitative interviews based on the phenomenological paradigm, were used to determine police officers perception regarding work and personal life interaction. A Content analysis was used to analyse, quantify and interpret the research data. Police members reported experiencing their work as stressful, in that it interfered negatively with their lives and also had certain health implications. They further experienced some aspects in their personal lives (e.g., household duties, family responsibilities) interfering with their work. Furthermore, they reported using certain strategies (e.g., communication, support from a spouse) as a way of bettering the interaction between their work and personal lives. Recommendations for future research were made, / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Title: Psychosocial consequences of traumatic brain injury. Their impact on the patient's family. Author: František Jira Institution: Cathedra of psychology FF UK in Prague Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Petr Kulišťák, Ph.D. Number of pages: 116 Key words: traumatic brain injury psychosocial consequences family focus group grounded theory The submitted diploma thesis deals with the psychsocial consequences (related to the life among people) of traumatic brain injury. The main theme of the diploma thesis is the impact of these effects on the patient's family. The work consists of a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part is divided into four spheres - neuroanatomy and pathology, brain injury, psychosocial consequences and rehabilitation. In the empirical part the author use a qualitative research approach to deal with the impact of psychosocial consequences after the traumatic brain injury to the patient's family. The research took place in association Cerebrum and Ústřední vojenská nemocnice Praha, it was conducted by the method of focal groups. The method of grounded theory was used for the consequent analysis. The result is an understandable processing of the extensive topic of the psychosocial consequences for people after brain injury. The work provides the detailed view of typical...

This thesis deals with the competition law of the European Union, namely with the private consequences of cartel agreements (as defined in Article 101, paragraph 1, TFEU) and with their enforcement. It understands its subject widely and therefore it is not concerned only with private consequences and their enforcement but it also analyses the nature of prohibition and voidness of such agreements on the basis of a causal relationship between these legal concepts and respective consequences. Furthermore, it describes the private enforcement of EU competition law (which is legal instrument to enforce claims that emerge from private law consequences) not only from the perspective of its topic but also in terms of its relationship to the public enforcement. It also deals with the interaction between these enforcement systems. Chapter 2 of the thesis provides a basic introduction to the topic of cartel agreements governed by the EU law. It describes prohibition of these agreements under Article 101 paragraph 1 TFEU and deals with their voidness under paragraph 2 ibid. It concentrates on the later because of the considerable uncertainties about its nature in terms of interpretation of its legislation, absoluteness and possibility to severe void provisions from the rest. Chapter 3 covers the consequences of...

Cette thèse étudie les effets économiques, en termes d’instabilité, de l’adoption obligatoire par les banques des normes comptables internationales IAS/IFRS. La thèse est organisée en deux grandes parties. La première partie (Chapitre I) développe un cadre d’analyse permettant de comprendre les mécanismes par le biais desquels l’introduction obligatoire des normes IAS/IFRS dans le secteur bancaire est susceptible d’influer sur la probabilité de survenance des crises systémiques. À ce stade, nous montrons que des arguments, tant contractuels qu’informationnels, peuvent être mobilisés, en vue de justifier l’hypothèse d’une incidence positive ou négative du passage aux normes IAS/IFRS sur le risque d’instabilité. La deuxième partie de la thèse (Chapitres II, III et IV) présente trois études empiriques, fondées sur des échantillons de banques européennes, en lien avec certaines thématiques évoquées dans le cadre de la première partie. Les résultats de ces études, plus particulièrement, indiquent : (1) que les banques ont amélioré la couverture en capitaux propres de leurs risques, suite au passage aux normes IAS/IFRS, en raison d’un exercice plus efficace de la discipline de marché en environnement IFRS ; (2) que les banques contraintes en liquidité (et seulement ces banques) ont offert plus de crédits, suite à l’adoption des normes IAS/IFRS, en raison d’un accès facilité aux ressources externes en environnement IFRS ; (3) que la comptabilité en juste valeur ne contribue pas à dégrader le pouvoir explicatif d’un modèle de risque de défaut des banques fondé sur des variables financières. Ces résultats, qui vont globalement dans le sens d’une incidence positive du passage obligatoire aux normes IAS/IFRS sur la stabilité des banques, tendent à tempérer les critiques formulées à l’encontre du référentiel comptable international, en arrière-plan de la récente crise bancaire mondiale. / In this thesis, we study the economic consequences, in terms of instability, of the mandatory IAS/IFRS adoption in the banking industry. The thesis is organized as follows. In a first part (Chapter I), we develop a theoretical framework whose purpose is to understand the mechanisms through which the mandatory IAS/IFRS adoption by banks may influence the probability of occurrence of a banking crisis. At this stage, we show that several arguments, derived from the contractual and informational perspectives of accounting, can be mobilized in order to justify the hypothesis that the mandatory IAS/IFRS adoption has a positive or a negative influence on banking stability. The second part of the thesis (Chapters II, III, IV) propose three empirical studies, based on samples of European banks, related to some of the issues discussed in the first part. The results of these studies indicate that: (1) banks have improved capital adequacy following the IAS/IFRS adoption, due to a better market discipline in an IFRS environment; (2) banks constrained in liquidity (and only these banks) have increased their credit supply following the IAS/IFRS adoption, due to an easier access to external resources in an IFRS environment; (3) fair value accounting does not contribute to degrade the explanatory power of a default risk model based on accounting variables. These results, consistent with a positive influence of the IAS/IFRS adoption on bank stability, tend to moderate the criticisms expressed against IFRS accounting standards, in the background of the recent global banking crisis.

Les automates cellulaires sont à la fois un modèle de calcul parallèle, un système complexe et un système dynamique. Ils fonctionnent de manière synchrone et en temps discret, leur particularité est que les fonctions qu'ils définissent sont issues de l'application simultanée, en tout point de l'espace, d'une règle d'évolution locale. L'ensemble limite est un objet classique des systèmes dynamiques, c'est l'ensemble des états que le système peut atteindre arbitrairement tard. Il a été très étudié dans le cadre des automates cellulaires, et les résultats sont nombreux. Parmi ces résultats, un théorème de Rice démontré par Jarkko Kari dit que toute propriété des ensembles limites est indécidable. Dans ce mémoire, on ne s'intéresse plus à l'ensemble limite traditionnel, mais à une variante pour laquelle on utilise une mesure sur l'espace des entrées, sélectionnant ainsi les comportements susceptibles d'apparaître arbitrairement tard et souvent. Ce nouvel ensemble, que l'on nomme ensemble mu-limite, a été introduit en 2000 par Petr Kurka et Alejandro Maass. La plupart des résultats sur les ensembles limites ne se transposent pas naturellement. On étudie la famille des ensembles mu-limites d'automates cellulaires. On montre que sous certaines contraintes sur la dynamique, l'ensemble mu-limite peut être entièrement décrit. On classe ainsi les automates en fonction de ces contraintes. Dans le cas général, on montre l'existence d'automates cellulaires ayant comme ensembles mu-limites un grand nombre d'ensembles complexes. On finit par montrer un théorème de Rice pour les ensembles mu-limites d'automates cellulaires: tout propriété non triviale de ces ensembles est indécidable. / Cellular automata are simultaneously a model of parallel computation, a complex system and a dynamical system. They are synchronous and time is discrete. The functions defined by their application is the result of the synchronous application of the same local rule everywhere. The limit set is a classical tool of dynamical systems theory, it is the set of states the system can reach arbitrarily late. It has been studied often in the particular case of cellular automata and there are numerous results. Amongst them, a Rice's theorem proved by Jarkko Kari states that any non-trivial property of limit sets of cellular automata is undecidable. In this thesis, we do not consider the classical limit set, as we add a measure on the space of states of the system. Thus, we get a set which contains behaviors that appear arbitrarily far and often. This set is named mu-limit set and was introduced in 2000 by Petr Kurka and Alejandro Maass. Most of the results on limit sets cannot be directly adapted for mu-limit sets. We study the family of all mu-limit sets of cellular automata. We show that under some constraints on the dynamics, the mu-limit set can be entirely described. We then produce a classification of cellular automata according to these constraints. In the general case, we prove the existence of cellular automata whose mu-limit sets are among a large set of complex sets. We finally prove Rice's theorem for mu-limit sets: any non-trivial property is undecidable.

O câncer de cabeça e pescoço (CCP) apresentam incidência mundial sendo considerado um problema de saúde pública. O diagnóstico tardio dos carcinomas ainda é uma realidade presente, implicando em terapias como a radioterapia (RT). Esta terapia antineoplásica pode causar diversos efeitos colaterais tais como: mucosite, dificuldade de deglutição, alteração ou perda do paladar, xerostomia, trismo, cárie de radiação, osteorradionecrose, alterações do ligamento periodontal e infecções oportunistas. Os efeitos adversos da RT instituída para tratamento de pacientes com CCP, podem interferir significativamente na qualidade de vida desses indivíduos, causando possíveis alterações ósseas e dentais, daqueles que acometem as partes moles. Dentre elas podemos citar as mucosites, hipossialia, agenesia, cáries por radiação, trismo e osteorradionecrose (ORN). Esta última constitui uma complicação grave e de difícil tratamento. O presente estudo objetivou ponderar a relação dose-efeito da radioterapia de cabeça e pescoço, em consideração aos dentes e estruturas ósseas do complexo maxilo - mandibular, avaliando e explorando o impacto do tamanho do tumor ,sua distribuição e dosimetria no complexo maxilo mandibular de pacientes submetidos a radioterapia de CCP. A IMRT se mostrou a melhor indicação de tratamento quando comparada a RT, pois reduziu muito os efeitos encontrados nas radiografias, o que mostrou sua baixa toxicidade nos tecidos adjacentes saudáveis. A partir dos resultados obtidos observou se que a radioterapia pode provocar alterações significativas na estrutura do CMM, ademais da região própria ao tumor, e os médicos oncologistas juntamente com dentistas devem se apoiar na detecção e abordagem dessas sequelas e acompanhamento dos seus tratamentos e prevenções, sendo necessário que os profissionais de odontologia orientem e façam as devidas intervenções para proporcionar melhores condições aos pacientes em tratamento de radioterapia de cabeça e pescoço. / Head and neck neoplasms present a worldwide incidence and are considered a public health problem. The late diagnosis of carcinomas is still a reality, implicating in thera-pies such as radiotherapy. This antineoplastic therapy can cause several side effects such as: mucositis, difficulty in swallowing, alteration or loss of taste, xerostomia, tris-mus, radiation caries, osteoradionecrosis, alterations of the periodontal ligament and opportunistic infections. The adverse effects of radiotherapy instituted for the treatment of patients with cancer of the head and neck region can significantly interfere in the quality of life of these individuals, causing possible bone and dental changes in those that affect the soft parts. Among them we can mention mucositis, hyposialia, agenesis, radiation caries, trismus and osteoradionecrosis (ORN). The latter constitutes a seri-ous complication and is difficult to treat. The present study aims to evaluate the dose-effect relationship of head and neck radiotherapy, considering the teeth and bone structures of the maxillo-mandibular complex, evaluating and exploring the impact of tumor size, its distribution and dosimetry in the mandibular nipple complex of patients submitted to CCP radiotherapy. The IMRT performed a better comparison procedure when compared to what is more difficult to see on radiographs when compared to toxicity in adjacent healthy systems. From the results obtained, the effects of radio-therapy can cause changes in the structure of the CMM, besides being responsible for the tumor, and the oncologists. It is necessary that dental professionals guide and withdraw care for the treatment of head and neck radiotherapy.

Introdução: Os acidentes de trânsito representam um dos principais problemas de saúde da atualidade, atingindo principalmente os adultos em faixa produtiva de vida. Além das mortes, esses eventos podem resultar em incapacidades e outras implicações para as vítimas e seus familiares. Objetivo: O presente estudo propôs-se a avaliar os acidentes de trânsito com adultos e suas consequências após a alta hospitalar. Método: Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, do tipo coorte retrospectivo, realizado na cidade de Arapiraca, Alagoas, ano de 2011. Os dados foram obtidos por meio dos registros de atendimentos a vítimas de acidentes de trânsito no serviço de atendimento pré-hospitalar, na unidade de emergência de referência para traumas e durante a realização de entrevistas domiciliares. Estatísticas descritivas e teste de regressão logística múltipla foram utilizados. Resultados: Dentre as vítimas estudadas (n=105), houve predomínio do sexo masculino (72,3%), na faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos (42,8%), de cor parda (63,8%), baixa escolaridade (61,9%), casado/união estável (59%) e que trabalhavam principalmente como vendedores (18,1%). Os motociclistas predominaram entre as vítimas (84,7%), sendo a queda de moto o tipo de acidente mais frequente (35,2%). Os acidentes de trânsito ocorreram principalmente nos domingos (29,5%), na faixa horária da noite (35,2%) e na zona urbana do município (66,6%). A fratura foi a lesão mais comum (37,1%), sendo os membros inferiores (32,3%) a região mais acometida pelos traumas. O atendimento realizado pelo serviço pré-hospitalar teve uma média de 38 (dp=14,6) minutos. Quanto à permanência hospitalar, houve média de 6,6 dias (dp= 11,4), quando os procedimentos mais realizados foram os curativos e as suturas (32,3%). Identificou-se, por meio do Índice de Barthel, que, no período entre seis e dezoito meses após o acidente, 33,3% dos indivíduos apresentaram dependência significativa ou total. Cor da pele, tipo de acidente, tempo resposta, tempo de transporte, procedimentos realizados durante o atendimento hospitalar, tempo de hospitalização e tipo de saída hospitalar foram os fatores associados à dependência funcional após o acidente. Quanto à situação de produtividade, verificou-se que 61% das vítimas retornaram ao trabalho após o trauma. Conclusões: Os resultados obtidos neste estudo permitem estabelecer um panorama das consequências dos acidentes de trânsito para a vida pessoal e profissional de suas vítimas e fornecem subsídios para melhoria da assistência e estratégias de prevenção. / Introduction: Road traffic accidents are one of the major health problems today, affecting mainly adults in their productive life. Besides the deaths, these events can result in disability and other implications for the victims and their families. Objective: the present study aimed at evaluating the road traffic accidents and their consequences in adults after hospital discharge. Method: This is a quantitative study, a retrospective cohort conducted in the town of Arapiraca, Alagoas, 2011. Data were obtained through the records of assisted victims of road traffic accidents in the pre hospital care service to the emergency unit of reference for trauma and during home interviews. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression were used. Results: Among the victims studied (n=105), were predominantly male (72,3%), aged 20-29 years old (42,8%), mulatto (63,8%), low education (61,9%), married/common-law marriage (59%) and working mainly as sellers (18,1%). Motorcyclists are predominant among the victims (84,7%), with the fall of the motorbike the most frequent type of accident (35,2%). Traffic accidents occurred mainly on Sundays (29,5%) in the night time (35,2%) and urban area (66,6%). The fracture was the most common injury (37,1%) and lower limbs (32,3%) the region most affected by trauma. The service performed by the prehospital care had an average of 38 (sd=14,6) minutes. As for the hospital stay, there was an average of 6,6 days (sd=11,4), while the most common procedures were the dressings and sutures (32,3%). It was identified by means of the Barthel Index, which, in the period between six and eighteen months after the accident, 33,3 % of patients had significant or total dependence. Skin color, type of accident, response time, transport time, procedures performed during hospital care, hospitalization and type of hospital output were the factors associated with functional dependence after the accident. Regarding the situation in productivity, it was found that 61% of the victims returned to work after trauma. Conclusions: The results of this study provide a structured overview of the consequences of road traffic accidents for the personal and professional lives of its victims and provide information for improving care and prevention strategies.

The mass-migration of refugees in the fall 2015 posed an immense humanitarian and logistical challenge: exhausted from their week-long journeys, refugees arrived in Vienna in need of care, shelter, food, medical aid, and onward transport. The refugee crisis was managed by an emerging polycentric and inter-sectoral collective of organizations. In this paper, we investigate how, during such a situation, leaders of these organizations made decisions in concert with each other and hence sustained the collective's capacity to act collectively. We ask: what was the logic of decision-making that orchestrated collective action during the crisis? In answering this question, we make the following contribution: departing from March's logics of consequences and appropriateness as well as Weick's work on sensemaking during crisis, we introduce an alternative logic that informed decision-making: the logic of tact. With this concept we (a) offer a better understanding of how managers make decisions under the condition of bounded rationality and the simultaneous transgression of their institutional identity in situations of crisis; and we (b) show that in decision-making under duress cognition is neither ahead of action, nor is action ahead of cognition; rather, tact explicates the rapid switching between cognition and action, orchestrating decision-making through this interplay.

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