During the last years “Accounting for Diversity” has become a trendy concept, around which the research interest of scholars and the reports published by of the top rated accounting firms have been increasingly evolving. In this paper, the term “Accounting for Diversity” has been addressed within the societal context of the stakeholder concept, in attempt to explore how the Swedish listed companies account for and communicate the demographic diversity of their society constituents in their disclosure means. In order to achieve this purpose, a quantitative approach has been conducted using a content analysis of the disclosed pictures, drawings and symbols in the annual reports and websites of the companies listed on the Swedish Stock Exchange (Nasdaq Stockholm). The data collected was then statistically analysed through a two-step cluster analysis. The empirical results show a preference for companies to use pictures in disclosing demographic attributes and diversity rather than symbols and drawings. Moreover, companies were found to prefer using their annual reports in disclosing the demographic diversity than their websites. Furthermore and regarding the companies’ behaviour in disclosing demographic diversity; large companies, belonging to high sensitive industries, were found to disclose higher levels of demographic diversity in their disclosure means, than the other small ones belonging to less sensitive industries. The results also show that companies belonging to different industries tend to mostly follow a convergent behaviour in accounting for diversity. Thus, it has been concluded that; the companies’ size seems to play a significant role in diverging and converging the companies’ behaviour in accounting for the demographic diversity in their disclosure means, while industry was not found to play a significantly salient role in that.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 rogeriaolimpiodossantos.pdf: 32075489 bytes, checksum: e774d7e59c1d54fd4e2f71201662a75c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-25 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O Álbum das Antigualhas do pintor português Francisco de Holanda, reúne uma série de desenhos em que o autor registra obras de arte, construções antigas e contemporâneas, fortificações, lugares, pessoas e eventos vistos por ele durante a viagem feita à cidade de Roma entre os anos de 1538 e 1540, junto à comitiva do embaixador português D. Pedro de Mascarenhas. Este livro de desenhos tem sido lido por grande parte dos pesquisadores que se debruçaram sobre a biografia de Francisco de Holanda, como um diário de viagem em imagens. Da viagem a Roma, resultou também a escrita do seu tratado Da Pintura Antiga e as imagens que compõem o Álbum das Antigualhas foram usadas por diversos estudiosos da obra literária de Francisco de Holanda como ilustrações para as questões teóricas propostas por ele. Outros se debruçaram sobre o álbum interessados nos desenhos que registram obras ou construções que não mais existem, buscando no álbum o registro histórico. Este „diário‟ no entanto, não foi ainda analisado no seu conjunto, na sua totalidade. Apesar do fato de que os desenhos registram as antiguidades vistas pelo autor durante a viagem, estes desenhos somente foram organizados no formato em que se apresentam ainda hoje, durante a década de 1560. Por este motivo, acredito que o álbum não reúne a totalidade dos desenhos feitos por Francisco de Holanda na ocasião, e sim, os mais significativos para o discurso que ele pretendia escrever com a constituição deste álbum. A pesquisa da qual esta tese é o resultado, busca esse discurso. É este o objetivo, analisar as escolhas feitas por Francisco de Holanda, qual o discurso resultante dessas escolhas e o que este discurso implica em termos de adesão cultural, alinhamento filosófico e/ou ideológico. Os desenhos que compõem o álbum foram divididos segundo os temas que apresentam. Dois grandes núcleos temáticos são perceptíveis. O primeiro contêm os desenhos que se referem à Antiguidade Clássica. O segundo, apesar de uma aparente incoerência, reúne os desenhos de fortalezas e as curiosidades, o relato visual de sua viagem. Partindo desses dois grandes eixos e pensando no papel de pioneiro que Francisco de Holanda tomou para si na defesa e valorização da arte em Portugal, analisei os possíveis subtemas em que se dividem os dois grandes eixos, o que permitiu uma leitura da modernidade que o autor pensava para Portugal. / The Álbum of Antigualhas from the Portuguese painter Francisco de Holanda brings together a series of drawings in which the author records works of art, antique and contemporary constructions, fortifications, places, people and events seen by him during a trip he made to the city of Rome between the years of 1538 and 1540, together with the Portuguese delegation of the ambassador Pedro Mascarenhas. This book of drawings has been read by most of the researchers who have studied the biography of Francisco de Holanda, as a travelogue. The trip to Rome also resulted in the writing of his treatise Da Pintura Antiga, and, the images that compose the Álbum of Antigualhas were used by various scholars of Francisco de Holanda‟s work of art as illustrations for the theoretical questions posed by him. Others have looked into the album interested in the drawings or constructions that no longer exist, seeking the historical record in it. This "diary", however, has not yet been examined as a whole, in its entirety. Despite the fact that the drawings record the antiquities seen by the author during his journey, these drawings were only organized in the format in which they are presented today, during the 1560s. For this reason, I believe that the album does not meet all the drawings by Francisco de Holanda at the time, but the most significant for the speech he intended to write to the constitution of this album. The research from which this thesis is the result searches this speech. This is the objective, analyze the choices made by Francisco de Holanda, which is the resulting speech of those choices and what this speech implies in terms of cultural membership, philosophical and/or ideological alignment. The drawings that compose the album were divided according to the themes they present. Two large thematic units are noticeable. The first contains the drawings which refer to the Classical Period. The second, despite an apparent inconsistency, brings together the drawings of fortress and curiosities, the visual account of his trip. Based on these two major axes and thinking about the pioneering role that Francisco de Holanda took it upon himself in the defense and appreciation of art in Portugal, I have analyzed the possible sub-themes that divide the two great axes, allowing a modernity reading that the author thought to Portugal.

The subject of the diploma thesis is the geodetic survey of historical part of Dominican monastery in Znojmo city and to create documentation of the building. The thesis contains a description of the place of interest, preparation for work and measuring process. Next part the thesis deals with the requirements of creating the drawing documentation of the ground plan and the vertical section and also testing results of the work. The final documentation will be used for the reconstruction of the building.

The subject of diploma thesis is design and static assessment of steel structure of multipurpose hall. Construction is located in the city Brno. The floor plan is rectangular with dimensions 60 x 80 m. Headroom of the structure is 12,5 m and total height is 16,5 m. A main frame is created of arch truss supported by column and truss structure on both sides. The main frames are joined by purlins. Final support structure was selected from two preliminary variants. For the selected variant was made static calculation of main bearing elements including joints and anchoring, technical report, drawings and bill of quantities.

This thesis is focused on the dynamic drawing analysis. It deals with tracing drawing tests that can be applied for the analysis. It also deals with method for temporal segmentation of emerging drawings and also vectorization of resulted segments of drawings.

The subject of thesis was creation of methodic for building information modeling methods specified. The buildings were surveyed at first or projects drawing were provided. Processing of survey data and building information modeling was done in software Revit 2014 with program extensions. Subsequently chosen methods of creation were described and they were compared with each other. The result can use for selection the most appropriate method on the basis function and targeted funds.

Graduation thesis deal with the design and assessment of the load-bearing structure of the bridge with four fields. The bridge carries local road Žernov-Přerov over the motorway D1. Thesis include design of three alternative solutions. For detailed treatment was chosen variant of single point supported deskbeam. Graduation thesis include static calculation, general and detailed drawings and visualization.

This thesis project is based on an attempt to define ”frames for the creativity” withina design process.The idea has been to follow a method of very clear rules, tools and a limited time spanto produce small form giving tasks and spatial investigations.The intention was to shift the focus and demands of the everyday performance ina project - from qualitative abstract expectations - to quantitative tasks with a dailyphysical result as the only requirement.This would insure the production of material that could then be assessed and analysedto feed information, ideas and questions to the forthcoming work.I gave myself the challenge of producing one analog, abstract drawing perday for the 100 days that constitute the thesis period.Making these drawings have lead to a curiosity about how, when and why we perceivedepth in two-dimensional images.Trying to answer these questions has given me a deeper understanding of how theimage is related to our perception of three-dimensional space and architecture.In order to further relate and understand the relevance of this work in thearchitectural field today, I have made a mapping study of how artists and architectsthroughout history have been dealing with these phenomena, in order to learn, teachand achieve various spatial sensations.- Insights that I am looking forward to use and sharein my future work as an architect.

Visualization is an important part of the design process. The sketches that are created during the design process are the visible evidence of the visualization that occurs in the brain. The process of designing involves a conversation that occurs between the student and the sketches created during problem finding and problem solving in the design process. This conversation allows the student to progress through the design process manipulating both the drawn image on paper and the visualization that occurs in their mind until a fitting solution to the problem is found. This study sought a better understanding of this communication style and it's effect on designed final products. Two methods of analysis were utilized in this research. Quantitative analysis was used to measure the correlation between quality of sketching process and the quality of the final designed product. Then multiple case studies were examined to describe in detail the design process styles of three students. First the sketches that were created during the designing of a student project were counted and then evaluated for sketch creativity and sketch efficacy. The final design products were evaluated for project creativeness and project function. Significant positive statistical correlations between the variables were observed. In summary, the quality of sketches and visual thinking during the design process had a measurable positive effect on the final designed solution. / Master of Science

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