Hierdie studie ondersoek die aard van en opvattings oor reisliteratuur oor Kenia sedert 1963. Dit is ’n faset van die literatuur oor Kenia waaroor daar tot dusver nog nie indringend navorsing gedoen en besin is nie. Reisliteratuur het ’n lang geskiedenis in Afrika. ’n Aantal boeke is gedurende die negentiende eeu oor Afrika geskryf en Kenia is nie afgeskeep nie. Onder die skrywers tel Johann Ludwig Krapf, Joseph Thomson, graaf Samuel Teleki von Szek en Luitenant Ludwig von Höhnel. Van die geografiese kenmerke van die land wat indruk op hulle gemaak het, was die sneeubedekte Berg Kenia, die mere en die Groot Skeurvallei. Gedurende die twintigste eeu was daar ’n tyd toe skrywers van mening was dat vinniger vervoermiddels en massatoerisme ’n negatiewe invloed op individuele toerisme en die sogenaamde ideale omstandighede vir die skryf van reisliteratuur sou hê. Onlangse studies beklemtoon egter die hernieude belangstelling in reisliteratuur. Buitelandse kennis oor Kenia word aangevul deur reisliteratuur, hoewel dit ook ’n genre met sy eie reëls en geskiedenis is wat insae in die skrywers, uitgewers en lesers van die genre bied. Sedert 1963 is verskillende kategorieë reisliteratuur oor Kenia gepubliseer. Bekende skrywers wat Kenia besoek het en oor hulle ervarings geskryf het, sluit in Bill Bryson, Alberto Moravia, Shiva Naipaul, Paul Theroux en Wilfred Thesiger. ’n Prominente figuur in die kader van reisliteratuur is die plaaslik gebore fotojoernalis Mohamed Amin, wat die Camerapix-fotografie- en uitgewersagentskap begin het. Kenia se eks-Britse koloniale literatuur is deel van die postkoloniale era. Dit is egter nie waar dat die meeste van die tekste deel van die postkoloniale diskoers is nie. Aangesien al die boeke buite Kenia ontstaan en gepubliseer is, veral in die Weste, weerspieël die literatuur verskillende (nie-inheemse) perspektiewe van “die ander” asook verskillende soorte sosiopolitieke invloede. Deur sowel die hulpmiddels van die geskiedenis as die literatuurteorie te gebruik, is dit moontlik om die tekste beter te verstaan. In die postmoderne era is navorsing uit meer as een perspektief van besondere waarde. Reisliteratuur oor Kenia sedert 1963 is nie deur professionele historici geskryf nie en bewys dat verskeie mense tot die hibridiese dissipline van die geskiedenis kan bydra. Al hierdie tekste is gepubliseer en beklemtoon die rol van die gepubliseerde woord. Die tekste is in verskeie kategorieë reisliteratuur in een van die Europese tale, en nie in Kiswahili of een van Kenia se inheemse tale nie, geskryf. Die boeke bevestig onder meer die belangrikheid van die Swahili-geskiedenis, die bou van die Uganda Railway, die land se onafhanklikwording in 1963, die rol van presidente Jomo Kenyatta en Daniel arap Moi en die menslike nood in Kenia. Die geskiedenis van Kenia kan nie verstaan word sonder kennis van die land se geografie en natuurlewe nie, want die kenmerke was dikwels ’n uitdaging vir die mense en het allerlei soorte oorlewingstrategieë geverg. Die landskap trek ook baie besoekers na die land toe. / Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2013 / Historical and Heritage Studies / Unrestricted

Syftet med aktuell studie är att belysa arbetsgivares erfarenheter av arbetsrehabiliteringsmetoden SE/ IPS för personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning på den svenska konkurrensutsatta arbetsmarknaden. Lämplighetsurval praktiserades och utforskande kvalitativ ansats valdes utifrån studiens syfte, intervjuer genomfördes som datainsamlingsmetod och kvalitativ innehållsanalys tillämpades. Analysen av intervjutexterna utmynnade i ett övergripande tema och fyra kategorier. Det övergripande temat ”arbetsgivarnas engagemang för att inkludera kontra produktionskrav och resurser” visar på en spänning mellan arbetsgivarnas starka drivkraft att inkludera personen i samhället utifrån personens vilja till arbete och svårigheten att finna meningsfulla arbetsuppgifter vars krav svarar mot personens arbetsförmåga. De fyra kategorierna är: ”Skapar egna förutsättningar för arbete trots utmaningar”, ”oklara yttre förutsättningar äventyrar arbetsrehabilitering”, ”ständigt drivande och samordnande vägledare” och ”arbetslivet som en del av vardagen”. Slutsats: Arbetsgivarna har tydliga ambitioner att utgöra en utgöra en stödjande omgivningsfaktor enligt PEO-modellen. Resultatet presenterar arbetsgivarnas behov för att kunna leva upp till sina ambitioner. Det kvalificerade stöd i form av information och vägledning som arbetsgivarna efterfrågar motsvaras av PEO-matchning, en teoretisk modell tillämpad inom arbetsterapi. / The purpose of current study is to highlight employers' experiences of the SE/IPS vocational rehabilitation method for people with mental disabilities in the Swedish competitive labor market. Purposeful sampling was practiced and an exploratory qualitative approach was chosen based on the purpose of the study, interviews were conducted as a data collection method and qualitative content analysis was applied. The analysis of the interviews resulted in an overall theme and four categories. The overall theme "employers 'commitment to include versus production requirements and resources", shows a tension between employers' strong ambition to include the person in society based on the person's willingness to work, and the difficulty in finding meaningful tasks whose demands correspond to the person's work ability. The four categories are: “Creates their own conditions for work despite challenges”, “unclear external conditions jeopardize vocational rehabilitation”, “constantly driving and coordinating coach” and “vocational life as part of everyday life”.                Conclusion: Employers have clear ambitions to constitute a supportive environmental factor according to the PEO-model. The result presents employers' needs to meet their ambitions. The qualified support in terms of information and guidance requested by employers correspond to PEO-matching, a theoretical model applied in occupational therapy.

The paper examines the hypothesis that the devaluation of the domestic currency leads to the higher exchange rate pass-through at the zero lower bound since the interest rate channel cannot offset effects of the depreciation in that situation. Time-varying vector autoregression with stochastic volatility is used to identify the development of the pass-through. The hypothesis is tested on the Czech dataset because the Czech Republic is considered as the prototypical small open economy with inflation targeting. The assumption of higher pass-through to consumer prices at the zero lower bound is rejected. Obtained results confirm that the deprecation stimulates output growth slightly more when the interest rate is close to zero. Our estimations imply that the exchange rate commitment of the Czech National Bank increased the price level by 0.116 % and contributed to the output growth by 0.781 %.

Diploma thesis deals with problematics of protection of personal data in Czech republic with link to legislation of European Union. The main subject of the thesis is detailed analysis of current legal standards and identifying the requirements resulting from the changes adopted. The found changes are practically judged from the data warehouse perspective and for each of them is presented a practical solution.

This thesis is focused on problems of consequences of ageing population and the needs of social care services in terms of bed capacity in retirements homes and nursing homes. The aim of the thesis is to set a projection of bed capacity in these facilities at the level of individual regions and the whole Czech Republic by 2051. The dissertation presents three methods of calculating the future bed capacity which shows that the bed capacity will need to be significantly increased in future. The results found show that there are regional differences in the demographic structure within the Czech Republic at regional level which leads to a different intensity of demand for bed capacity.

The aim of this study is to investigate the resemblance between the developmental stages and developmental tasks of the seven chakras (Judith, 1996) and Erik Erikson’s developmental theory (Bee, 1996). The researcher aims to describe the similarities between the chakra system and developmental psychology. The discussion of literature was divided into two components. Firstly, Stages 1-8 of Erikson’s developmental theory were discussed. Secondly, the chakra system was discussed. The researcher discussed the following concepts to explain the term chakra system: the human and the body; chakra definitions and associations, chakra names, and the colours associated with the chakras. For the purposes of this study, the functions of the separate chakras and the development of the chakra system were focal points. The study was done at a private yoga organisation in Durbanville, Cape Town, where the participants of the study regularly took part in classes. These participants were chosen because of their reliability (adults and regular participation) and their receptivity for alternative healing. Their age and gender was also relevant to the study, because the researcher used non-probability sampling. The main prerequisites for individuals to participate in the study were regular attendance and the individuals’ status as adults. / Dissertation (MA(Couns Psych))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Psychology / unrestricted

The thesis deals with the topic of academic self-efficacy of pupils who have been given protective or institutional education due to significant problematic behaviour by the court and who became clients of children's homes with the school. First, the concept of self-efficacy and the concept of academic self-efficacy is presented. Resources as well as social environment issues and gender differences are related to academic self-efficacy. The following chapter describes the topic of problematic behaviour and behavioural disorders. The third chapter is devoted to protection and constitutional care. The last chapter describes the topic of academic self-efficacy of students with problematic behaviour. The empirical part includes research carried out in children's homes with students showing significant problematic behaviour, using the Myself As a Learner Scale and Children's Self- Efficacy Scale questionnaires. A significant difference was found between the level of academic self-efficacy between a set of pupils from children's homes with a school and a set of pupils from ordinary upper primary schools. Only a partial correlation has been proved between the study average and the level of academic self-efficacy. There was no difference in the level of academic self-efficacy between genders. Equally, the...

The present thesis considers the topic of English as a Lingua Franca as it is perceived and experienced by three groups: the ELF research community, ELT professionals, and ELF users themselves. This thesis first presents an overview of the theoretical foundations of ELF research, identifying key topics with which the ELF research community has grappled in recent decades. In order to determine how much closer the ELT community has gotten to aligning teaching policy, practices, and goals to students' specific needs and expectations, sociolinguistic research in the form of seven semi-structured interviews was conducted with L2 English speakers who use ELF to live, work, and study in their daily lives, and the ELT professionals tasked with developing their English skills in the classroom. The content of these interviews is then analyzed with regard to the specific needs and expectations of ELF users and the concerns of ELT professionals, followed by a discussion of the key issues uncovered in these interviews in light of the theoretical background of ELF research. The author provides suggestions for further research aimed at improving the ELT community's role in developing ELF proficiency in the expanding circle. Keywords: English as a Lingua Franca, English Language Teaching, Expanding Circle, ELF...

DIPLOMOVÁ PRÁCE SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN ARABIC Konstrukce sériových sloves v arabštině Bc. Adam Pospíšil Abstract The aim of this thesis is to investigate multi-verb structures in Egyptian Arabic (EA) which show some characteristics attributed to the typological notion of serial verb constructions (SVC). After providing a preliminary definition of an EA-specific SVC notion, the author examines a substantial quantity of data from EA, gathered mostly on social networks, in order to describe the syntactic and semantic behavíour of constructions which are yielded by such definition. Finally, the results of this investigation are considered from the perspective of the definition of SVC as a comparative concept provided by Haspelmath (2016), so as to view the observed constructions in a typological context.

The diploma thesis Funding of selected social services for seniors deals with the system of funding of the social services for the elderly - retirement homes and homes with a special regime in the Czech Republic. It is focused on the analysis of costs and earnings for these services and possible measurement of efficiency during providing of services. For the area in the nonprofit sector there are specific features of financing, which enables providing of social services. Attention is also paid to proposals for changes in the current system of financing. Sources of data analysis are internal data of regions of Ostrava and Zlin, internal data providers gathered for benchmarking and report on the performance of individual service providers.