This thesis explores, from a cultural perspective, the organisational change process resulting from a string of take-overs within Blazehard, a tyre manufacturing company in Spain. It looks at the effects of these changes in the way people reconstruct the organisation and their role as its employees through the stories they share. The first part of the thesis elaborates on the uses of culture as a conceptual tool for observing organisations and, especially, on the need to account for the complementary processes of continuity and change in social experience. The thesis proposes historical recollections, as cultural manifestations, as a vehicle that reproduces and challenges a cultural order through their reproduction and generation within that order. They articulate a space where the new and the uncertain can be made safe through their integration into the traditional and the known, thereby providing possibilities for permanence and security as well as for innovation. The research combines different methods of data gathering - interviews, documents and group discussions - and of analysis - narratives and discourses to facilitate the exploration of both the commonalties and the diverse interests and perspectives existing among Blazehard employees. The exploration of the stories shows how they compose a collectively reproduced narrative that guides -and therefore constrains- employees' historical recollections. This referential narrative is the vehicle through which people reproduce but also challenge their cultural order in the organisation. As such, storytelling is presented as the constant process of reformulation that opens possibilities for individual development within the cultural constraints that the organisation imposes on its members. The results suggest when people try to make sense of a change situation both turn to their own experiential resources and use the symbols that their cultural environment provides. It is in the tension between the two, that the conditions of fluidity and ambiguity required for a cultural transition can be created.

This thesis advances our understanding of the effects of foreign aid programmes in the Spanish economy during the 1950s. It does so by concentrating on three aspects. First, it considers the contribution to economic growth of aid-financed goods by relieving input bottlenecks. Results from an input-output analysis downplay the alleged importance of aid in increasing Spanish output by providing raw materials and other inputs. Second, it discusses the extent to which foreign donors influenced Spanish economic policy-making. Based on original archival sources from both recipient and donors, it is argued here that the United States was particularly ineffective at imposing its economic policy agenda. Surprisingly, the best way to increase the likelihood of the adoption of economic policy reform was not to exercise outright leverage but to provide further unconditional aid disbursements. The analysis of the involvement of the International Monetary Fund and Organisation for European Economic Co-operation to underwrite the 1959 Spanish Stabilisation Plan suggests that the multilateral organisations were acutely aware of the overriding importance of a true commitment to the reforms by the local policy-makers. Rather than relying on formal conditionality, they ascertained such commitment by monitoring the internal support for the reform programme whilst carefully avoiding any instance that may jeopardise the cohesion of the domestic pro-reform coalition. Third, the dissertation motivates a 'credibility hypothesis' under which the American aid-for-bases programme improved the political credibility of the regime and with it private businesses' expectations. A range of both qualitative and quantitative evidence, of which the use of financial market data is paramount, supports the hypothesis. This result contributes to solving the puzzle of Spanish economic history during a period that sees the resumption of economic growth after a stagnant first decade under Franco's rule despite very limited policy change.

A vast body of knowledge has been produced in the field of war remembrance, particularly concerning the Spanish Civil War. However, the representation and interpretation of that conflictual past have been increasingly contested within the wider context of ‘recuperation of historical memory’ which is taking place both in Spain and elsewhere. An academic gap has been identified with regard to the part played by the Basque Children (Niños Vascos) who were evacuated to the UK in 1937 as a result of the war. This thesis investigates the impact that forced migration has had on these children’s identity construction, particularly those who settled permanently in the host country. The thesis is a comparative examination of the process of memory construction and memorialisation, across transnational spaces and time. It analyses the nature and development of commemorative practices both in the UK and in the Basque Country, addressing some of the most fundamental issues related to agency and categorisations. My analysis of the social actors goes beyond Jelin’s ‘memory entrepreneurs’ to include those memory profiteers who benefit from a return to the past in order to fulfil their own personal agendas. I introduce the new term ‘conmemoraccionistas’ to refer to them. The central question dealt with here is how identities are constructed and reconstructed in the social and political arenas in which remembrance takes place. By using ethnography and a multimodal approach, this study provides an in-depth analysis of the discourses of the main agents engaged in memory production, and their agendas. It also identifies reasons for disengagement. Finally, it examines the interrelated narratives of those social actors and how they build on interaction with each other in a complex and continually changing social reality, where I argue, identities can no longer be approached from an essentialist polarising and dichotomising perspective. On the contrary, new approaches are needed which see identitarian development as a dynamic and accumulative process in which different actors have an input and identities are displayed according to particular contexts, settings, and audiences.

The focus of this work is to verify the possibility of very rapid collection of accurate data that can be easily analyzed and used for planning and business purposes. For data collection was chosen method of averaging the fullest and data analysis was used new software LČRTax, ULT and set of polynomials. The data found standing crops were analyzed with data after felling. In this work were used electronic devices allowing for a very accurate data. Digitech Professional caliper and Vertex Laser Altimeter. The results are confronted with at the end of the current economic situation.

Atualmente, no setor de máquinas agrícolas o uso de aços de alta resistência está começando a ganhar espaço e cada vez mais lembrado nos projetos estruturais; para atender as necessidades citadas acima e também para redução de emissão de poluentes. A utilização dos aços de alta resistência na indústria de implementos agrícolas está focada nos aços DP (Dual Phase), sendo este o objeto de estudo desta presente pesquisa. Este trabalho visa analisar o comportamento mecânico, priorizando a análise de resistência à fadiga em flexão de uniões soldadas através do processo de soldagem de metal de gás ativo (GMAW) utilizando dois tipos de arames como material de adição. Neste estudo foram utilizadas chapas metálicas de aços de alta resistência da marca DOCOL 1000 fabricado pela SSAB e os arames de adição fornecidos pela ESAB, sendo um usado largamente na indústria de maquinas agrícolas e o outro um fio especial desenvolvido para soldagem de aços de alta resistência e baixa liga. O processo de solda robotizada foi adotado para assegurar a homogeneidade dos cordões das juntas durante a obtenção das amostras. Para a análise das características mecânicas das amostras foi realizado o ensaio de flexão estático, caracterização macroestrutural, perfil de microdureza e ensaios de fadiga de flexão em quatro pontos. Os resultados mostraram que a vida em fadiga, por flexão em quatro pontos, nas juntas soldadas com o material de adição para aço carbono comum obteve uma melhor resposta em relação ao material de adição especial para soldagem de aços de alta resistência, porém pode-se verificar que ambas as curvas de fadiga respeitaram a curva de projeto conforme norma. / Nowadays, in the agricultural industry the use of high strength steels is being used each day more and more as well and increasingly coming in our mind in structural designs, to meet the requirements mentioned above and also to reduce the emission of pollutants. The highstrength steels application in the agricultural machinery industry is focused on the DP steels (Dual Phase), which is the subject of this present study. The focus of this work is analyze the mechanical behavior, prioritizing the deflection fatigue strength analysis on welded joints by Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process using two welding wire types. In this study it was used high strength steels sheet metal called DOCOL 1000, manufactured by SSAB and solder wires supplied by ESAB, and one widely used in the agricultural machinery industry for carbon steel welding and other a special wire developed for high strength. The robotic welding process was used to ensure the homogeneity of the weld bead on the samples manufacture process. For the mechanical characteristics analysis was done the static bending test, macrography, microhardness profile and deflection fatigue tests by four points. The results showed that the fatigue life, four-point bending, at welded joint used welding wire to carbon steel achieved a better result regarding a special welding wire to high strength steel, however, both fatigue curve respected project curve as British Standard.

Atualmente, no setor de máquinas agrícolas o uso de aços de alta resistência está começando a ganhar espaço e cada vez mais lembrado nos projetos estruturais; para atender as necessidades citadas acima e também para redução de emissão de poluentes. A utilização dos aços de alta resistência na indústria de implementos agrícolas está focada nos aços DP (Dual Phase), sendo este o objeto de estudo desta presente pesquisa. Este trabalho visa analisar o comportamento mecânico, priorizando a análise de resistência à fadiga em flexão de uniões soldadas através do processo de soldagem de metal de gás ativo (GMAW) utilizando dois tipos de arames como material de adição. Neste estudo foram utilizadas chapas metálicas de aços de alta resistência da marca DOCOL 1000 fabricado pela SSAB e os arames de adição fornecidos pela ESAB, sendo um usado largamente na indústria de maquinas agrícolas e o outro um fio especial desenvolvido para soldagem de aços de alta resistência e baixa liga. O processo de solda robotizada foi adotado para assegurar a homogeneidade dos cordões das juntas durante a obtenção das amostras. Para a análise das características mecânicas das amostras foi realizado o ensaio de flexão estático, caracterização macroestrutural, perfil de microdureza e ensaios de fadiga de flexão em quatro pontos. Os resultados mostraram que a vida em fadiga, por flexão em quatro pontos, nas juntas soldadas com o material de adição para aço carbono comum obteve uma melhor resposta em relação ao material de adição especial para soldagem de aços de alta resistência, porém pode-se verificar que ambas as curvas de fadiga respeitaram a curva de projeto conforme norma. / Nowadays, in the agricultural industry the use of high strength steels is being used each day more and more as well and increasingly coming in our mind in structural designs, to meet the requirements mentioned above and also to reduce the emission of pollutants. The highstrength steels application in the agricultural machinery industry is focused on the DP steels (Dual Phase), which is the subject of this present study. The focus of this work is analyze the mechanical behavior, prioritizing the deflection fatigue strength analysis on welded joints by Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process using two welding wire types. In this study it was used high strength steels sheet metal called DOCOL 1000, manufactured by SSAB and solder wires supplied by ESAB, and one widely used in the agricultural machinery industry for carbon steel welding and other a special wire developed for high strength. The robotic welding process was used to ensure the homogeneity of the weld bead on the samples manufacture process. For the mechanical characteristics analysis was done the static bending test, macrography, microhardness profile and deflection fatigue tests by four points. The results showed that the fatigue life, four-point bending, at welded joint used welding wire to carbon steel achieved a better result regarding a special welding wire to high strength steel, however, both fatigue curve respected project curve as British Standard.

In this thesis, we attempt to obtain a class of generalized bilinear differential equations in (3+1)-dimensions by Dp-operators with p = 5, which have resonant solutions. We construct resonant solutions by using the linear superposition principle and parameterizations of wave numbers and frequencies. We test different values of p in Maple computations, and generate three classes of generalized bilinear differential equations and their resonant solutions when p = 5.

New evidence based methods are requested within the work of Child Health Care (CHC). The workload for nurses at the CHC centres is high and new interventions needs to be fast and simple to be implemented. The parent checklist CSBS-DP ITC is a screening tool which has been tested during the period 2015–2017 at eleven CHC centres in Uppsala. The aim with the method is early identification, assessment regarding child communication and language problems. The aim with this pilot study was to examine differences between nurses’ experiences and opinions on communication assessment at 18 months depending on which method they used, ITC or regular routine. A web based survey consisting mostly of multiple choice questions was sent to 35 nurses who has been using the ITC checklist and 58 nurses who has been working according to regular routine. The survey ultimately reached 76 people, and out of these 76 nurses 11 from each group filled in the survey (29%). The result showed statistical significant differences between the groups on two questions regarding nurses experience on having a structured method for assessment of communication and language and the nurses’ experiences on how confident they were in describing problems in development of communication and language. The nurses who used the ITC assessment generally felt more secure in their assessment of communication and language, motor skills, play development and growth. / Nya evidensbaserade metoder efterfrågas inom barnhälsovårdens arbete. Då sjuksköterskorna på barnavårdscentralen (BVC) idag har hög arbetsbelastning behöver nya interventioner vara enkla och snabba att genomföra för att kunna implementeras. Föräldraformuläret CSBS-DP ITC är en screeningmetod som under perioden 2015 till 2017 har använts på elva barnavårdscentraler i Uppsala. Syftet med metoden är att tidigt identifiera barn med misstänkta kommunikationssvårigheter för att kunna remittera dem vidare för bedömning och eventuell intervention. Denna pilotstudie syftar till att undersöka om det finns skillnader i BVC-sjuksköterskors upplevelse av kommunikationsbedömning vid 18-månadersbesöket beroende på om de använt ITC- formuläret eller inte. En webbenkät bestående av främst flervalsfrågor skickades till 35 sjuksköterskor som använt föräldraformuläret ITC samt 58 sjuksköterskor som arbetat enligt ordinarie rutin. Enkäten nådde 76 personer. Av dessa var det 11 deltagare från varje grupp som fyllde i enkäten (29%). Resultatet visade ett p-värde på under 0,05 vid två frågor vad gällde sjuksköterskornas upplevelse av att ha en strukturerad metod vid kommunikations- och språkbedömningen samt sjuksköterskornas upplevelse av hur trygga de känner sig i att beskriva avvikelser hos barnet vad gäller kommunikations- och språkbedömningen. Sjuksköterskorna som använt ITC-formuläret kände sig generellt säkrare i sin bedömning av kommunikation och språk, motorik, lekutveckling samt tillväxt, än sjuksköterskorna som arbetat enligt ordinarie rutin.

Cellulosans polymerisationsgrad (DP) är en viktig faktor vid utvärdering av möjligheterna till både mekanisk och kemisk återvinning av bomull. Enligt flera studier leder lägre DP till svagare fibrer. I denna rapport har DP hos bomullsfibrer från begagnade jeans undersökts före och efter mekanisk återvinning för att se om återvinningsprocessen eller graden av slitage på de ingående fibrerna har en påverkan på DP. Även möjligheten att spinna garn med de mekaniskt återvunna fibrerna utblandade med jungfruliga bomullsfibrer har undersökts för att se hur andelen återvunna fibrer och graden av slitage på dessa påverkar garnets styrka. Konsumentavfall i form av bomullsjeans, före och efter mekanisk återvinning,  har lösts i  bis(etylendiamin)kopparhydroxidlösning (Cuen). Viskositeten har mätts och cellulosans polymerisationsgrad har beräknats. Eftersom fibrerna inte löstes upp helt var cellulosakoncentrationen i lösningarna okänd. Därför kunde inga klara slutsatser dras om huruvida den mekaniska återvinningen eller graden av slitage på det ingående materialet hade någon påverkan på DP, även om den statistiska analysen visade på att båda variablerna hade en signifikant påverkan. DP hos återvunna fibrer från begagnade jeans är högre än vad som krävs för framställning av både viskos och lyocell, vilket gör att kemisk återvinning av denna form av konsumentavfall kan vara möjlig att utveckla industriellt. Jungfrulig bomull har ringspunnits tillsammans med 20 % och 50 % återvunna fibrer. Spinningen av garn med 50 % återvunna fibrer var på grund av upprepade garnbrott alltför tidskrävande för vara lämlig för storskalig produktion. Dragstyrkan hos ett ringspunnet bomullsgarn med 20 % återvunna fibrer försämrades inte jämfört med ett garn av 100 % jungfrulig bomull, utan kunde tvärtemot förbättras beroende på spinninställningar och kvaliteten på de återvunna fibrerna. Inblandning av 20 % mindre slitna fibrer gav ett starkare garn än 20 % slitna fibrer. Dock spanns endast en bobin av varje garn och därför krävs en större studie för att få ett större statistiskt underlag innan några mer generella slutsatser kan dras.

This master’s thesis deals with a total concept of decentralized control system for process control by means of PLC SIMATIC. This concept is demonstrated on a model of a portal crane in the introductory chapter. The second chapter is focused on industrial communication network PROFIBUS. Different types of this network and ways of communication are described. The third chapter is concerned with industrial communication network PROFINET (Industrial Ethernet). Different types of this network and ways of communication techniques are described. The next chapter presents components of Siemens company, which are necessary for creation of demanded control system. The following part describes the programming facilities for STEP 7 programs - Simatic Manager, Micro/WIN and WinCC flexible. It contains creation of the control system including communications on the networks.