Emergency vehicles are at increased traffic risk due to legal exemptions like speeding or running red lights during emergencies. These exemptions can cause delays and complications in their response. The study explored if warning messages to passenger car drivers, particularly the EVA (Emergency Vehicle Approaching) message, with or without ambient lighting, could improve safety and response. A driving simulator experiment with 60 participants tested the impact of different levels of warning, including the EVA message and augmented ambient lighting (AEL). Participants also completed pre- and post-experiment questionnaires. The test involved a rural road scenario with background music to challenge emergency vehicle detection. Results showed significant behavioural differences between drivers receiving no warning and those receiving either form of warning, but no significant difference between the two warned groups. While attitudes towards this technology were positive, further research on the effectiveness of ambient lighting is needed. / <p>Examensarbetet är utfört vid Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap (ITN) vid Tekniska fakulteten, Linköpings universitet</p>

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Uppsatsen analyserar de fem närmsta familjekaraktärerna i tre kapitelböcker av RoseLagercrantz och Eva Erikssons populära bokserie om Dunne. Böckerna som analyseras ärMitt lyckliga liv (2010), Lycklig den som Dunne får (2018) samt Kärlek är bättre än ingenkärlek (2019). Syftet med studien är att analysera vilka karaktärsdrag familjekaraktärerna harsamt att dra paralleller mellan familjekaraktärernas egenskaper och Dunnes handlingar ochlivsval. Uppsatsens teoretiska utgångspunkt är en kvalitativ textanalys med fokus påkaraktärer och dess uppbyggnad. I karaktärsanalysen har litteraturvetarna Maria Nikolajeva(2017) och Lena Kårelands (2015) verktyg för karaktärsanalyser använts. Analysen visar attde aktuella karaktärerna både är stereotyper och komplexa sammansättningar.Familjekaraktärerna påverkar Dunnes handlingar i oväntade riktningar. Studien visar också attbokserien om Dunne är en bra utgångspunkt i undervisningssammanhang om olikafamiljekonstellationer för grundskolans yngre åldrar.

No / This study contributes to the literature on shareholder value and financialization, which to date has produced few case studies at the individual firm level. We provide a grounded account of management control under financialization, focusing on the apparently dramatic turnaround in performance of one factory, located in the northeast of England (Midco). However, in contrast to some of the more prescriptive accounts of shareholder value implementation, we resist overly simplistic explanations that the turnaround was 'due to' EVA. Instead, we suggest that both the factory's prior experience of change, particularly TQM, plus the presence of economic insecurity facilitated the turnaround. We compare our findings with other relevant studies and suggest that EVA and financialized solutions do not constitute a panacea for struggling organizations. Specifically, a strategy prioritizing new product development may be incompatible with the type of practices introduced by Midco.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are prevalent in the workplace, and epidemiology studies show that these problems do not tend to diminish. While the use of new and advanced technology has substantially reduced the amount of physical workload, repetitive manual activities are still typically observed in various work settings. Despite their fairly low workload intensity, prolonged repetitive tasks have been associated with the development of musculoskeletal complaints and problems. Research on localized muscle fatigue (LMF) has been viewed as a viable endeavor toward understanding the processes and mechanisms associated with WMSDs. A mounting of evidence on local fatigue during sustained static work has been presented, but much less is known with respect to muscle fatigue during more complex activities. A study was conducted with the primary objectives of determining the repeatability of several commonly used fatigue measures, and to evaluate the presence of long-lasting effects of fatigue from different recovery periods. Based on low-level intermittent arm abductions, findings from this study demonstrated that the use of perceptions of muscular discomfort and muscle strength as fatigue measures was satisfactory. In contrast, electromyography (EMG)-based measures were characterized by a fairly low repeatability. The study also suggested that, whenever practical, two days of recovery should be allotted in studies involving multiple exposures to fatiguing protocols. Long lasting effects of fatigue could be present when shorter amounts of recovery period were assigned. A second study was also carried out to investigate the effects of work parameters (force-level, work-rest ratio, and work cycle) on muscular fatigue during intermittent static efforts. It was suggested that work conditions with muscular contraction level less than 12% MVE was non-fatiguing, irrespective of the values of the work parameters selected. Intermittent work with higher levels of muscle contraction might be acceptable, but it was dependent upon interactions of the other two parameters. The effects of dynamic work conditions on muscle fatigue were investigated in another study. Findings from this third study suggested that muscles responded differently under dynamic conditions and the use of typical EMG measures (dynamic EMG) could be less sensitive. This study further demonstrated that fatigue evaluations during such conditions were difficult, and only a limited number of EMG-based measures could be potentially employed. / Ph. D.

Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2010-2011 / Puis, il fallut bien se mettre à l'écriture. Sans plan et sans programme, je tenais seulement en vrac les impressions, les inspirations, les théories et les exemples d'une réflexion encore naissante. Comment construire l'écrit? À l'image de ma pratique d'artiste, carburant de la richesse des énigmes et de l'imprévu, je tentai d'échafauder d'un mot à l'autre le signe de ce qui me sembla finalement être l'essence même de ma recherche : la découverte. Par toute l'ouverture que ce mot dévoile dans le saisissement sensible des choses, il m'amena toutefois dans un sillon particulier; celui où se creusent les idées concernées par l'expérience frontale de la perception dans une approche sculpturale. C'est donc autour de la sphère expérimentale que s'organisa une réflexion plutôt phénoménologique sur ce rapport particulier au monde. Comme actrice essentielle de multiples curiosités s'échelonnant au rythme des investigations, je dressai volontairement un parcours aux préoccupations spatiales et matérielles. Toujours dans l'optique de mettre en lumière la poésie qui anime mon expérience d'artiste, c'est principalement autour de l'activité, aussi diverse soit-elle, que s'installèrent, en actualités, des ponts entre les diverses manifestations du visible. Si je ne suis pas l'autre devant moi est le titre de l'exposition qui vise le présent texte. Elle fut présentée en 2009 à la Galerie Le 36 à Québec.

國內證券信用交易中介機構係採雙軌制，由復華、富邦、環華、安泰等四家證券金融公司，以及多家自辦信用交易的證券商共同辦理，國內因證券信用交易市場發展的背景衍生出特有的證券金融公司，經過近二十七年的發展，證券金融公司在證券市場的地位及重要性已經產生質變，發展上長期面臨的核心問題為： 1.業務集中度偏高以及； 2.業務規模萎縮導致經營不具經濟效益。 本研究結果係建立於外部資訊上，其中雖然有客觀的基礎數據，然亦包含若干主觀判斷的假設值，以個案公司歷史之財務業務資訊為推論基礎， 透過EVA®觀點評估企業之超額報酬及採取權益現金流量(Equity Cash Flow Approach)折現方式推論個案公司之企業價值。 就本個案之研討結論來看，個案公司似已經陷入產業的衰退期，從財務的訊息所獲得的是低度成長性及低報酬率，而且未來之成長動能力道相當微弱，尤其是代理券商家數逐漸減少，因此就資本投入之機會成本、學理研究以EVA®及超額報酬長期處負值產生的低投資價值企業，現有之經營者實應評估與衡量現存之產業情態，應思考企業有無發展另一再成長動能之機會，如無，則應思考與其他同業合併、業務讓與、甚至減資撤出資本的可能。

(in English): The thesis "Eva Perón and Argentina between 1945 and 1952" provides a chronological overview of the historical events that influenced or could have influenced Eva Perón. The prime objective of this thesis is to show the consecutive events taking place in Argentina during the period of the so-called Peronist government. In the process, it outlines elements of the legacy that Eva Perón leaves behind on the current-day political scene in Latin America. The first chapters serve as an introduction and are dedicated to the childhood of Eva Perón and to the events characterizing Argentina in the first third of the twentieth century. The main part of the thesis consists of a detailed description of the life of one of the most important women of the twentieth century, together with an outline of Argentina's history of the relevant timeframe. The chapters are structured in chronological order and divided into several subtitles.

Goal of thesis "Valuation of company Auto Koutek, s.r.o." is to determine the value of company for shareholder on 31st December 2009 that should take place in evaluating of company's managers. Thesis is divided in theoretical part, which summarize processes and methods used in valuation of company, and practical part. Firstly practical part analyzes company's performance and its surroundings. This part is followed by financial plan of company for years from 2010 to 2017. Valuation DCF models are than based on this financial plans. Value of company is than analyzed with sensitivity analysis and by Monte Carlo simulation that are trying to analyze uncertainty connected with calculated value of company.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ADM - Fernando Piveta.pdf: 1178347 bytes, checksum: 6764b90853817bb68a46439db196ce15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-09 / Camargo Correa Cimentos S.A / With the managerial models evolution, the companies have been found, incessantly, ways to minimize the risk inherent for taking decision. New evaluation methodologies are persistently live inside of the organizations, for example, the EVA®, providing an updated evaluation between investments and its costs, promoting a value generation overview. The aim of this dissertation is to promote a theoretical and practical evaluation among EVA®, performance indicators and stock price in a study of case contemplating Embraer and the worldwide aerospace market. However, this dissertation begins with a theoretical observation of the main themes in analysis, as capital structure, costs involved and EVA®, and forward, applying these concepts in the EVA® observation as value methodology and its correlation with other performance indicators, as well as Embraer and world aerospace market. The results achieved in this research, at first moment by Embraer followed by aerospace sector, were similar didn t have significant correlation between EVA® and stock price. Similarly, the more significant correlations occurred between EVA® and the operational performance indicators, reflecting the current positions of the companies in analysis / Com a evolução dos modelos de gestão ao longo do tempo, as organizações têm buscado, incessantemente, formas de minimizarem o risco à tomada de decisão. Novos métodos de avaliação de performance estão presentes nas organizações como, por exemplo, o EVA®, proporcionando uma avaliação madura entre os investimentos e os seus respectivos custos, promovendo uma visão de geração de valor. O objetivo desta dissertação é promover uma avaliação teórico-prática entre a relação do EVA®, os indicadores de desempenho e o preço da ação em um estudo de caso, envolvendo a Embraer e o setor aeroespacial mundial. Para tanto, esta dissertação inicia-se com a observação teórica dos principais temas em análise, como a estrutura de capital, custos envolvidos e o EVA® e em seguida passa-se a aplicar tais conceitos na observação do EVA® como metodologia de explicitação de valor e suas correlações com os demais indicadores de desempenho, tanto para a Embraer, bem como para o setor aeroespacial mundial. Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa, em primeiro momento com a Embraer e em seguida para o setor aeroespacial, foram semelhantes ao não mostrarem correlação significante entre o EVA® e o preço da ação. Semelhantemente, as maiores e mais significantes correlações se deram entre o EVA® e os indicadores de desempenho operacionais, que refletiam a posição corrente das empresas em análises