Title: EFFECTING EXERCISE REGIMEN OF CHILDREN AT YOUNGER SCHOOL AGE An alternative form of triathlon contest as a possibility to build a positive relationship to physical activity in children Objectives: To compare motion and diet patterns and basic parameters of body constitution in selected children divided into two groups: a random population and a population of children devoted to a specific physical activity - triathlon. The aim was to focus on contests organization and management, identify its weak points and suggest a suitable alternative with the ambition to bring children closer to any of disciplines triathlon is consisting of or to triathlon itself in a longtime fashion. Methods: Body height and weight measurements, BMI calculations. Questionnaire survey. Arrangement of a triathlon contest in its new alternative way. Evaluation. Results: A group of children actively doing triathlon shows more balanced distribution of body weight in comparison with data obtained when measuring random children during PE lessons at schools where cases of obesity and underweight were found. Triathlon contest model based on adult category is not convenient for children at younger school age considering their development characteristics. Arrangement of a non-competitive triathlon contest confirmed its positive...

O concurso público no projeto urbanístico é o foco desta pesquisa. Dentro de um universo maior, de intervenções em estruturas urbanas já consolidadas, os concursos representam uma pequena fração destes projetos, mas com diversas particularidades: são eventos de grande visibilidade e divulgação nos meios de comunicação de massa, catalisam discussões sobre a cidade em diversos segmentos da sociedade, geram um envolvimento grande da classe dos arquitetos e democratizam o acesso dos arquitetos a projetos. Este sistema de seleção de projetos tem um processo complexo e que merece atenção. Não apenas focada nos resultados divulgados e projetos vencedores, mas sim para todas as suas etapas: razões históricas que levam à convocação destes eventos, material de base lançado para os participantes, a encomenda do cliente e finalmente o projeto escolhido como vencedor. Os eventos de concurso têm objetivo de gerar discussões sobre uma determinada área a cidade e selecionar o melhor projeto para intervir neste. Grande parte destes resultados não têm se convertidos em melhorias reais e caem em esquecimento pouco depois da sua divulgação. Este trabalho pretende documentar a história de quatro destes eventos e analisá-los. Fundamentados na Cidade de São Paulo, entre os anos de 1998 e 2004. / The public contest in the urbanistic project is the focus of this research. Within a larger universe of interventions in urban structures already consolidated, the contests represent a small fraction of these projects, but with different features: the contests are events of great visibility and dissemination in the media, catalyze discussions about the city in various segments of the society, generate a large involvement of the all architects and make more democratic the access of architects to the projects. This selection system of projects is a complex process and it deserves attention. Not only focused on the published results and winning projects, but also for all its stages: historical reasons that lead the promotion of these events, source material released to the competitors, the client demand and finally the project chosen as winner The contests have the purpose to create discussions in a specific area of the city and select the best to influence on it. The major part of these results doesnt bring real improvements and are forgotten shortly after their publication. This research intends to expose the history of 4 of these events and their analysis. Based in the city of Sao Paulo, between 1998 and 2004.

This dissertation is an examination of the UK’s counter-terrorism policies and practices that have been adopted since the attacks of 9/11 in the United States. Using a theoretical framework of ‘power’ and ‘hegemony’ to guide the research, and an investigative research approach, the dissertation examines how the UK has, in the name of confronting an ideologically and religiously motivated global opponent, enacted a two pronged approach that integrates key aspects of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice. The first ties into the use of ‘coercion’ that is undertaken under the policy heading of ‘Pursue’ and covers activities that revolve around the use of policing, military, juridical and executive powers to investigate, prosecute and take preventative and pre-emptive action against suspected terrorists and the second ties into the use of ‘propaganda’ and ‘communication’ that is undertaken through the ‘Prevent’ policy, which attempts to challenge and counter those individuals who do not promulgate unlawful or violent views but support al-Qaida’s grievances and ideology and are thus claimed to be more likely to become involved in terrorism. In order to inform Prevent activity, information and intelligence – a cardinal principle of counterinsurgency – is a prerequisite. This dissertation therefore shows how intelligence and information is collected and used by examining Prevent activity at UK universities. It then proceeds to contextualise counter-terrorism policy and practice through an examination of counterinsurgency doctrine, and in particular, ‘strategic communication’. The dissertation argues that the integration of key elements of counterinsurgency doctrine into counter-terrorism policy and practice suggests that the policy, rather than being a mere response to terrorism, is an organised and strategic effort to use coercion and propaganda to control the behaviour and activity of Muslim communities and thereby constitutes a form of state-terrorism.

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<p>This thesis compares the two different version of public franchise bidding for awarding 3G licenses used in Sweden and the UK, respectively a beauty contest and an auction. The fact is that the Swedish beauty contest has failed to tackle many of the problems discussed in connection with public franchise bidding in an effective way. Sweden has first of all had problems with enforcing the ambitious coverage criteria. The UK has on the other hand succeeded in tackling the problems and raised governmental revenue of £22.5bn through the auction.</p><p>The conclusion is that this thesis confirms the existing literatures’ critique of the Swedish beauty contest. However, this thesis also provides a new perspective to the existing literature. The main conclusion is that the auction has locked the prices at a high level and externalised negative price and investments effects through the international operators’ behaviour onto consumers in other countries.</p>

This thesis compares the two different version of public franchise bidding for awarding 3G licenses used in Sweden and the UK, respectively a beauty contest and an auction. The fact is that the Swedish beauty contest has failed to tackle many of the problems discussed in connection with public franchise bidding in an effective way. Sweden has first of all had problems with enforcing the ambitious coverage criteria. The UK has on the other hand succeeded in tackling the problems and raised governmental revenue of £22.5bn through the auction. The conclusion is that this thesis confirms the existing literatures’ critique of the Swedish beauty contest. However, this thesis also provides a new perspective to the existing literature. The main conclusion is that the auction has locked the prices at a high level and externalised negative price and investments effects through the international operators’ behaviour onto consumers in other countries.

Länder och städer lägger allt mer fokus på att arbeta med det egna varumärket och har därmed fått ett mer företagsliknande seende med medborgarna som konsumenter. Samtidigt använder de sig i allt större utsträckning av evenemang som ett marknadsföringsmedel. Evenemang av olika slag har på så viss blivit ett kraftfullt kommunikationsverktyg. Men ännu finns det inte tillräckligt med studier kring hur evenemang påverkar platsen eller platsens befolkning.  Studiens huvudsyfte är att bidra med ökad förståelse för hur en plats kan kommunicera sitt varumärke genom ett evenemang som Eurovision Song Contest. Genom att analysera skapandet av 2013 års Eurovision koncept "We Are One" och se vilken typ av påverkan det kan ha på värdstaden.  Studien baseras på kvalitativ forskning i form av halvstrukturerade intervjuer med personer som har insyn i årets svenska produktion av Eurovision Song Contest.  Vår studie har ett varumärkesperspektiv på Eurovision Song Contest och utgår från teori om platsmarknadsföring med kringliggande teorier om varumärke och storytelling.  Vårt resultat visar att Eurovision Song Contest är en mäktig kommunikationsplattform som värdlandet och värdstaden kan använda utifrån ett eget specifikt syfte. Syftet kopplas till det som platsen är i behov av att jobba med som t. ex ekonomi, näringslivet, mediabilden etc. Konceptet skapas med hjälp av storytelling metoden där varumärket framställs genom en berättelse, genom vilket det går att urskilja ett budskap värdlandet vill kommunicera. Vi kan konstatera att evenemang har en tendens att ge en kortsiktig effekt och för att arbeta mer långsiktigt krävs det att medborgaren får ta en större del i processen för att evenemanget ska skapa mervärde för platsen och dess medborgare. Slutligen kan vi se att oavsett värdland förblir Eurovision en säljande plattform, där kommande värdländer kommer att avgöra tävlingens utveckling och framtid.

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Despite the huge public attention received by the male beauty contest discourse in Hong Kong as reflected in extensive local media coverage, studies on the discourse are rare. Concerning the limited literature in the male gender studies, this dissertation addressed the issue and examined the representation of and sexism against male in male beauty contest discourse in Hong Kong. Two latest publicized major male beauty contests in Hong Kong (TVB Mr. Hong Kong Contest 2011 and ATV Mr. Asia Contest 2012) were analyzed using frameworks of ‘dialectical-relational approach’ to Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 2009), the experiential metafunction of Systemic Functional Linguistics (Halliday & Christian, 2004) and a combination of sexist characteristics suggested by influential theories such as Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). This study integrated findings across analyses of the contests in terms of their linguistics and multi-modal texts as well as culture of context. The findings showed that representations of men portrayed were seen to be degrading men. There was also clear evidence of sexism against male realized through language and visual aspects. It was concluded that the representations and sexist elements were possibly generated from the competitive rivalry between the two broadcasting companies and the change in public perception on gender characteristics. It also suggested that stricter regulating guidelines are needed to secure the professional ethics in media production in Hong Kong. This study grounded future research on the application of SFL framework as a useful quantitative analytical tool to supplement qualitative research in gender studies in media discourse. / published_or_final_version / Applied English Studies / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

Spirituality – is a personality formation foundation. That why spiritual values formation is a very important pedagogic problem. Spiritual values basis are formed in the childhood. That is why, it is very important purposefully influence person’s spiritual formation in his early school age. The opportunities to influence pupils’ spiritual values system organizing educational process, choosing repertoire, applying different song performances at the music lessons are examined in the current Master thesis. Object: third form song repertoire as a pupil’s spiritual values system’s element. Purpose: to examine the opportunities of the song repertoire’s to influence third form pupil’s spiritual values system. The researches that had been made confirmed the hypothesis, that the songs, sang during the lesson, can influence pupil’s spiritual values system, if they suit educated individuals interests and are creatively valuable. Spiritual values system is examined in the current paper; musical composition-song like a value and like an element, which could influence pupils’ esthetic, ethnic, national, emotional, moral feelings that stipulate pupils’ spiritual formation; 8-10 years old pupils’ psychophysical features, their typical and actual activity is examined as well. Current research reveals pupils’ musical activity peculiarities: their interest towards the songs themes, singing process, song genres, song performance forms, opportunities to express themselves. Summarizing pupils’... [to full text]