Although companies and organisations worldwide publish in-house journals, there is no comprehensive theory (including technical and normative dimensions) available on this important public relations instrument. In particular, no research is available on what the characteristics of excellent South African in-house journals are or ought to be. In this study a number of dimensions are thus introduced in order to help create a comprehensive framework for analysing in-house journals, in particular South Africa’s leading in-house journals. Firstly, James Grunig’s excellence in public relations theory (published in 1992), which incorporates the concept of two-way symmetrical communication (which in turn is informed by a “symmetric” world view), is put forward as basic point of departure. Secondly, a set of technical criteria for excellent in-house journals gleaned from a wide range of sources, is compiled. Furthermore, the internal and external environments in which South African in-house journals function are identified. The role of other new media (such as e-mail, intranet, television and radio) is also taken into account. Five leading South African in-house journals are then analysed and the views of editors reflected. It was found that Abacus (Absa Bank), Harmonise (Harmony Gold Mining Company), Hello the future (MTN), Pick ’n Patter (Pick ’n Pay) and Sandaba (Sanlam) all measured up well against the theoretical statements flowing from the said theoretical points of departure. However, the analysis did also bring to the fore deviations from the said statements which give new insight into what is required to publish an excellent in-house journal. In conclusion, the criteria are evaluated against some of the more detailed findings of the analysis and adapted to create a set of theoretically based guidelines that can be used by South African companies, focusing inter alia on how the unique character and environment of a company influence its internal communication, to create excellent in-house journals. In final analysis, it is argued that all factors, starting with the philosophical points of departure informing communication strategies, management’s attitude toward internal communication, organisation culture, the socio-political environment in which in-house journals function as well as the technical aspects of these publications, need to be considered when formulating criteria for “excellent” in-house journalism. This study thus endeavours to contribute to the professional integrity of public relations in a sea of asymmetric, marketing-driven internal communication. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

Morphable guidelines are a 3D structure that helps users achieve better face warping on 2D portrait images. Faces can be difficult to warp accurately because the rotation of the head affects the shape of the facial features. I bypass the problem by utilizing the popular Loomis ‘ball and plane’ head drawing guideline as a proxy structure. The resulting ‘morphable guidelines’ consist of a simple 3D head model that can be reshaped by the user and aligned to their input image. The vertices of the model go on to act as deformation points for a 2D image deformation algorithm. Thus, the user can seamlessly transform the face proportions in the 2D image by transforming the proportions of the morphable guidelines. This system can be used for both retouching and caricature warping purposes, as it is well-suited for both subtle and extreme modifications. This system is advantageous over previous work in face warping because our morphable guidelines can be used on a wide range of head orientations and do not require the generation of a full 3D model. / Graduate / 0984 / syugao@gmail.com

<p>Rapporten är en reflekterande text som behandlar arbetsprocessen och omkringliggande mål för ett examensarbete inom medier som bedrivits mot Högskolan Skövde. Syftet med examensarbetet har varit att analysera huruvida en iterativ arbetsform inger fler fördelar än nackdelar vid level design till Unreal Tournament 3. Rapporten tar i diskussionsform upp delar ur hela produktionen för att redovisa utmaningar, framsteg och lösningar författaren bemött. En inblick ges för hur en iterativ level design-produktion kan utföras och för- respektive nackdelar gällande olika delar av denna specifika process. Slutsatsen som dras hävdar att det för med sig många fördelar att lägga upp arbetet iterativt. Detta diskuteras med vissa restriktioner då inget annat jämförbart arbete med annan arbetsprocess bedrivits av författaren som denne kan jämföra med.</p>

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The debate about the validity of evolution versus creationism started long ago when Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species. Yet today the debate about this issue still engenders a lot of controversy – not only in South Africa, but also, and especially, in the United States. This study investigates articles and letters to the editor in an Afrikaans daily newspaper, Die Burger, over a certain period, and will look at the arguments for and against evolution and creationism. The fact that creationists – despite so much evidence to the contrary – pursue a form of pseudoscience by (sometimes) interpreting the Bible literally, and, amongst other things, deny the real age of the earth. There has never been an in-depth look at the public debate about evolution versus creationism in a South African newspaper. The purpose of this study is to conduct an in-depth investigation into this particular debate in the media, with specific reference to correspondence in the letters pages of Die Burger, with regard to the possible influence which the debate about evolution and creationism in an Afrikaans daily newspaper might have on people’s consciousness regarding modern science. It will also explore how some individuals, often conservative believers, still cling to ancient viewpoints and which have repeatedly been disproved by science. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die debat oor die geldigheid van evolusie teenoor kreasionisme het lank gelede begin toe Charles Darwin sy werk The Origin of Species gepubliseer het. Tog ontlok die debat hieroor steeds groot kontroversie – nie net in Suid-Afrika nie, maar veral ook in Amerika. Hierdie studie kyk na beriggewing en briefwisseling in Die Burger oor ’n bepaalde tydperk en die argumente vir én teen evolusie en kreasionisme. Daar sal veral klem gelê word op die feit dat die kreasioniste – soveel bewyse ten spyt – ’n vorm van pseudowetenskap beoefen deur in sommige gevalle die Bybel letterlik te interpreteer, en onder meer die werklike ouderdom van die aarde ontken. Daar is nog nie voorheen indringend gekyk na die openbare debat oor evolusie versus kreasionisme in ’n koerant in Suid-Afrika nie. Die doel met hierdie studie is om ’n omvattende ondersoek te doen oor die debat in die media, met spesifieke verwysing na briefwisseling in Die Burger, ten opsigte van die moontlike invloed wat die debat oor evolusie en kreasionisme in ’n Afrikaanse dagblad op mense se bewussyn oor die moderne wetenskap kan hê. Daar word ook gekyk na hoe sommige mense, dikwels konserwatiewe gelowiges, steeds bly vasklou aan beskouinge wat lank reeds verouderd is en wat herhaaldelik deur die wetenskap verkeerd bewys is.

This submitted diploma thesis deals with the life of Jindřich Skopec (1873-1942), who worked as a priest, an archivist, a teacher of theology at a secondary school and a historian. His interests were multilateral, but he indelibly imprinted his name in the past thanks to his unflagging diligence and his honest work. He built his eternal memorial with his careful word processing of the work called "The memories of František Jan Vavák, neighbour and mayor in Milčice". These "Memories" were published in five books and the publisher was "Dědictví svatojánské". Thus, he became an honorary membership of history research group. Publishing of these "Memories" was Skopec´s life work and unforgettable legacy for the future generation. He also deeply stuck in mind of his contemporaries, because he dedicated his life to education of youth. He taught them to religious belief, moral and deeply humility. The diploma thesis is ever the first that tries to contain the life of this outstanding priest and historian from his early childhood over his clerical activity to his research activity.

Tese (Doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia de Produção / Made available in DSpace on 2013-07-16T03:11:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2013-07-16T19:58:49Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 225787.pdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo evolutivo, norteado pelo método clinico piagetiano, onde quarenta crianças de primeira a quarta série, na faixa etária entre sete e dez anos, sendo dez crianças de cada idade, foram submetidas a seções de criação de textos manuscritos e digitados. Buscou-se desvendar o que acontece com o processo criativo de crianças quando estimulados a criar diretamente em um editor de textos. Foram criadas três categorias de análise: a relação criança x computador, a percepção infantil frente ao trabalho desenvolvido e a análise das produções textuais digitadas e manuscritas. Verificou-se, na primeira categoria, que estas crianças tem um profundo respeito pela máquina, acreditando ser ela a solução para vários problemas escolares, preocupa a influência dos jogos eletrônicos, que segundo Setzer, leva o ser humano a um processo de "animalização", bem como o uso indiscriminado da Internet, que prejudica o desenvolvimento da moral infantil, através das ações de plagiar material encontrado na rede. Na segunda categoria, de acordo com os princípios piagetianos, destaca-se o julgamento através da moral objetiva em crianças de sete e oito anos de idade, julgando o texto digitado melhor apenas em virtude de seu layout final, enquanto que nos indivíduos da faixa etária entre nove e dez anos, há a aplicação da moral subjetiva - segundo as intenções: conseguem diferenciar criticamente o texto digitado do manuscrito. Na terceira categoria constata-se o processo de reatividade que toma conta de crianças quando estão usando o computador. Concluindo destaca-se a identificação da moral heterônoma em crianças de sete e oito anos e da moral autônoma, nas idades de nove e dez anos. Destaca-se a relação de submissão que o computador desperta no indivíduo. Atribui-se ao educador a árdua tarefa de desmistificar este poder computacional, de proporcionar aos educandos, condições para desenvolver a capacidade de diferenciar e reconhecer as escalas de valores, de modo que, o indivíduo perceba como o seu papel no manuseio do computador é fundamental e não o contrário.

Submitted by Aline Santiago da Silva Santos (aline.santos@fgv.br) on 2010-10-05T18:37:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CPDOC2010CintiaMayumiCarliSilva.pdf: 2014419 bytes, checksum: 4952ac74fa74f463b743751ee7900b95 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suemi Higuchi(suemi.higuchi@fgv.br) on 2010-10-06T13:32:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 CPDOC2010CintiaMayumiCarliSilva.pdf: 2014419 bytes, checksum: 4952ac74fa74f463b743751ee7900b95 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2010-10-07T17:47:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CPDOC2010CintiaMayumiCarliSilva.pdf: 2014419 bytes, checksum: 4952ac74fa74f463b743751ee7900b95 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-26 / This work investigates the trajectory of the Revista do Patrimônio (heritage magazine), the main publication of the National Service for Historical and Artistical Heritage – Sphan, between the period from 1937 to 1967. That period corresponds to the management of the first Sphan director, Rodrigo de Melo Franco de Andrade. Edited since 1937, the publication gathered a group of intellectuals that have built the field of heritage in Brazil, having as protagonist the Sphan itself. Therefore, the Revista do Patrimônio is taken as object and, simultaneously, as a fundamental source for this research, considering it as social a place for those intellectuals that have collaborated to the preservation of the heritage. In that manner, Rodrigo M. F. de Andrade, that was also the editor of Sphan publications, is taken as the developer of the networks built around the Revista do Patrimônio, which contributed for the constitution of the heritage field, which could promote itself through this publication. / Esta dissertação investiga a trajetória da Revista do Patrimônio, a principal publicação do Serviço do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional – Sphan, no período entre 1937 e 1967. Este período de análise corresponde à gestão do primeiro diretor do órgão, Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade. Editada desde 1937, esse periódico aglutinou um grupo de intelectuais que construiu o campo do patrimônio no Brasil, tendo como protagonista o próprio Sphan. Desse modo, a Revista do Patrimônio é tomada como objeto e, simultaneamente, como fonte primordial desta pesquisa, que a considera um lugar de sociabilidade desses intelectuais que colaboraram com a preservação do patrimônio. Assim, Rodrigo M. F. de Andrade, que também era o editor das publicações do órgão, é tido como o articulador das redes que ali se encontraram e que contribuíram com o processo de constituição do campo do patrimônio, que teve na Revista um dos meios empregados para se construir e se divulgar.

In the first part of my thesis, I was studying materials about using solar energy. Then I write search about all components that are necessary to be used in solar systems. After that I designed the structure of solar system used for heating the hot water for a family house about 4 persons. For this system I designed a regulator and one layer circuit board using Eagle layout editor 4.12r2, which I assembled and tested. This followed creating and debugging program for microprocessor that controls the whole device. This functional regulator for solar collectors connected in a box together with the necessary electronic components is my final product of this project.

This thesis deals with the Spanish author Antonio Muñoz Molina and with the Czech translator Vladimír Medek who has translated two novels of the writer: Plenilunio, in Czech as Za úplňku (Garamond, 2008) and El jinete polaco, in Czech as Polský jezdec (Leda, 2018). The thesis also focuses on revisions that a book editor Anežka Charvátová made in the second novel. The thesis is divided in two parts: a theoretical and a practical part. The first one is dedicated briefly to Antonio Muñoz Molina's life and to his work as a writer. The following chapter addresses the translator Vladimír Medek and his translations from Spanish literature. The last chapter of this section describes a book editor's work and his role within a publishing house. The practical part of this thesis deals just with the two novels mentioned above. The two books are characterized first according to Christiane Nord's model of text analysis and then concrete translation processes and solutions used by Vladimír Medek are shown on examples. In case of El jinete polaco a translation handwriting before and after editor's revisions is analysed and changes made in the preparative phase of the translation are traced. That is an aspect of a book editing that an ordinary reader does not come across normally. The translation handwriting was...

Der Dresdner Romanist Victor Klemperer (1881–1960), der nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in Halle, Greifswald und vor allem an der Berliner Humboldt-Universität lehrte, wurde von vielen Kollegen, nicht zuletzt aus dem westlichen Teil Deutschlands, belächelt. Sie warfen ihm vor, journalistisch zu schreiben, was in den Kreisen der strengen Wissenschaft keineswegs als Kompliment gemeint war. Keiner von ihnen, und am wenigsten der Gescholtene selber, hätte geglaubt, dass er einmal der weltweit bekannteste Romanist deutscher Zunge werden würde, noch bekannter als Ernst Robert Curtius, Karl Vossler oder Hugo Friedrich. Klemperer verdankt sein Ansehen jedoch nicht so sehr seinen romanistischen Arbeiten, obgleich seine informativ und fesselnd geschriebenen Literaturgeschichten nach wie vor Beachtung verdienen, sondern seinen Tagebüchern, vor allem denen aus den finsteren Jahren 1933 bis 1945. Klemperers bis Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs reichende Autobiographie Curriculum vitae. Jugend um 1900, die 1989 gleichzeitig beim Ost-Berliner Rütten & Loening- und beim West-Berliner Siedler-Verlag erschien, blieb noch relativ unbeachtet. Gleichwohl stand diese doppelte Publikation schon im Zeichen des Mauerfalls, der die beiden Teile Deutschlands näher aneinanderrückte.