Background International trade has dramatically increased during the last half of the 20th century and it is now of significant importance to most eco-nomies. International trade is especially crucial to countries such as Sweden, with a small domestic market. It has been said that a com-pany needs to have a committed management, as well as a strategy for it’s export and it’s marketing to reach long-term success. Never-theless, companies sometimes use a “strategy of least involvement”, leaving the international marketing strategy decisions in the hands of foreign agents and distributors. Purpose The purpose with this thesis is to investigate how the export and marketing strategies have been developed and implemented by suc-cessful Swedish export companies. Method Winners of the Export-Hermes Prize and Stora Exportpriset have been used as a sample of successful export companies. Qualitative semi-structured interviews with four of them were conducted to col-lect the empirical data. Conclusion The export companies in this study showed great differences con-cerning their original export ambitions, the methods they used to se-lect foreign markets, the modes that they used to enter new markets and the pace in which the international expansions were carried out. There were however strong similarities between the successful ex-port companies in other areas. All four companies had owners and top management who had been, and in most cases still were, highly involved and driving forces in the export activities. The companies also shared a belief in working with clear goals and having a strict control over subsidiaries and intermediaries. The authors are of the opinion that this control and monitoring are crucial for the success of the implementation of the export and marketing strategies.

<p>Background</p><p>International trade has dramatically increased during the last half of the 20th century and it is now of significant importance to most eco-nomies. International trade is especially crucial to countries such as Sweden, with a small domestic market. It has been said that a com-pany needs to have a committed management, as well as a strategy for it’s export and it’s marketing to reach long-term success. Never-theless, companies sometimes use a “strategy of least involvement”, leaving the international marketing strategy decisions in the hands of foreign agents and distributors.</p><p>Purpose</p><p>The purpose with this thesis is to investigate how the export and marketing strategies have been developed and implemented by suc-cessful Swedish export companies.</p><p>Method</p><p>Winners of the Export-Hermes Prize and Stora Exportpriset have been used as a sample of successful export companies. Qualitative semi-structured interviews with four of them were conducted to col-lect the empirical data.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>The export companies in this study showed great differences con-cerning their original export ambitions, the methods they used to se-lect foreign markets, the modes that they used to enter new markets and the pace in which the international expansions were carried out. There were however strong similarities between the successful ex-port companies in other areas. All four companies had owners and top management who had been, and in most cases still were, highly involved and driving forces in the export activities. The companies also shared a belief in working with clear goals and having a strict control over subsidiaries and intermediaries. The authors are of the opinion that this control and monitoring are crucial for the success of the implementation of the export and marketing strategies.</p>

The use of security assurance cases (security cases) to provide evidence-based assurance of security properties in software is a young field in Software Engineering. A security case uses evidence to argue that a particular claim is true. For example, the highest-level claim may be that a given system is sufficiently secure, and it would include sub claims to break that general claim down into more granular, and tangible, items - such as evidence or other claims. Random negative testing (fuzz testing) is used as evidence to support security cases and the assurance they provide. Many current approaches apply fuzz testing to a target system for a given amount of time due to resource constraints. This may leave entire sections of code untouched [60]. These results may be used as evidence in a security case but their quality varies based on controllable variables, such as time, and uncontrollable variables, such as the random paths chosen by the fuzz testing engine. This thesis presents Hermes, a proof-of-concept fuzz testing framework that provides improved evidence for security cases by automatically targeting problem sections in software and selectively fuzz tests them in a repeatable and timely manner. During our experiments Hermes produced results with comparable target code coverage to a full, exhaustive, fuzz test run while significantly reducing the test execution time that is associated with an exhaustive fuzz test. These results provide a targeted piece of evidence for security cases which can be audited and refined for further assurance. Hermes' design allows it to be easily attached to continuous integration frameworks where it can be executed in addition to other frameworks in a given test suite. / Graduate / 0984 / cshortt@uvic.ca

A presente tese consiste numa investigação teórica-experimental quali-quantitativa de caráter interdisciplinar, que busca compreender de que maneira combinações de perfis de alunos, baseado na sua própria avaliação de comportamento psicológico (perfis de autorrelatos) esperança, autoestima e autoeficácia, são mais adequadas na promoção da aprendizagem colaborativa mais efetiva, assim como no desenvolvimento de um modelo de tecnologia baseado em agentes, denominado Sistema-Multiagente Hermes (SMAHermes), capaz de apoiar a formação otimizada de grupos para a aprendizagem colaborativa. A metodologia de pesquisa contempla três experimentos realizados no AVEA MOODLE/CINTED/UFRGS, a partir dos quais valida-se o modelo SMA-Hermes concebido. A amostra utilizada nos experimentos foi composta de trinta e seis alunos (faixa etária média de dezoito anos), do curso de Engenharia de Computação, da Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), referente às disciplinas de Matemática Discreta e Estrutura de Dados Avançados. Considerando os perfis de autorrelatos dos alunos, composições de grupos de forma aleatória (randômica), pelo sistema (a partir da formação desejada pelo professor) e livre (os alunos escolhem seus próprios pares) foram testadas Variáveis como PMOA (Pontuação Máxima Obtida na Atividade), TRA (Tempo de Realização da Atividade) e PCGj (Potencial de Colaboração de Grupo) foram criadas, de modo a expressarem ou predizerem os comportamentos colaborativos dos grupos. Ao final dos experimentos foi aplicado um teste sociométrico com o objetivo de identificar afinidades sociais em função dos perfis de autorrelatos esperança, autoestima e autoeficácia dos alunos. Os resultados se mostram satisfatórios em relação à melhoria dos desempenhos de grupos em contextos de aprendizagem colaborativa quando se considera a tupla (PCGj; PMOA). Constatou-se, também, através dos resultados, que os melhores desempenhos de grupos colaborativos foram alcançados através de formações de grupos de forma aleatória, ressaltando que mesmo o mínimo desempenho de grupo obtido por meio desta formação ainda assim foi positivo. Do teste sociométrico aplicado, pode-se extrair características preponderantes dos pares afins, de forma que estas informações auxiliem no desenvolvimento de um modelo ontológico de colaboração e assim apoiar na definição de Papéis do aluno Vs. Perfis de autorrelatos para contextos de aprendizagem colaborativa. / This thesis consists of a theoretical-experimental quali-quantitative research that seeks to understand how combinations of student profiles, based on their own evaluation of psychological behavior (self-report profiles), hope, self-esteem and self-efficacy, are more suitable in promoting more effective collaborative learning, as well as in the development of an agent-based technology model, called Hermes Multi-Agent System (Hermes-MAS), capable of supporting the optimized groups formation for collaborative learning. The research methodology includes three experiments carried out in MOODLE / CINTED / UFRGS VLE, from which the conceived Hermes-MAS model is validated. The sample used in the experiments was composed of thirty-six students (18 years of average age range), from the State University of Maranhão (UEMA), all of which were attending the same Discrete Mathematics and Advanced Data Structure classes. Considering the students self-report profiles, group compositions in a random system (based on the teacher's desired formation) and free (where students chose their own peers) were tested Variables such as MSOA (Maximal Score Obtained in the Activity), ART (Activity Realization Time) and GCPj (Group Collaboration Potential) were established in order to express or predict the group’s collaborative behaviors. At the end of the experiments, a sociometric test was applied with the objective of identifying social affinities according to the self-report profiles hope, self-esteem and self-efficacy of the students. The results are satisfactory in relation to the improvement of group performances in collaborative learning contexts when considering the tuple (GCPj; MSOA). It was also verified through the results that the best performances of collaborative groups were achieved through group formations in a random manner, emphasizing that even the minimal group performance obtained through this training was still positive. From the applied sociometric test, one can extract preponderant characteristics of the related pairs, so that this information helps in the development of an ontological model of collaboration and thus supports the definition of Student roles Vs. Self-report profiles for collaborative learning contexts.

A presente tese consiste numa investigação teórica-experimental quali-quantitativa de caráter interdisciplinar, que busca compreender de que maneira combinações de perfis de alunos, baseado na sua própria avaliação de comportamento psicológico (perfis de autorrelatos) esperança, autoestima e autoeficácia, são mais adequadas na promoção da aprendizagem colaborativa mais efetiva, assim como no desenvolvimento de um modelo de tecnologia baseado em agentes, denominado Sistema-Multiagente Hermes (SMAHermes), capaz de apoiar a formação otimizada de grupos para a aprendizagem colaborativa. A metodologia de pesquisa contempla três experimentos realizados no AVEA MOODLE/CINTED/UFRGS, a partir dos quais valida-se o modelo SMA-Hermes concebido. A amostra utilizada nos experimentos foi composta de trinta e seis alunos (faixa etária média de dezoito anos), do curso de Engenharia de Computação, da Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), referente às disciplinas de Matemática Discreta e Estrutura de Dados Avançados. Considerando os perfis de autorrelatos dos alunos, composições de grupos de forma aleatória (randômica), pelo sistema (a partir da formação desejada pelo professor) e livre (os alunos escolhem seus próprios pares) foram testadas Variáveis como PMOA (Pontuação Máxima Obtida na Atividade), TRA (Tempo de Realização da Atividade) e PCGj (Potencial de Colaboração de Grupo) foram criadas, de modo a expressarem ou predizerem os comportamentos colaborativos dos grupos. Ao final dos experimentos foi aplicado um teste sociométrico com o objetivo de identificar afinidades sociais em função dos perfis de autorrelatos esperança, autoestima e autoeficácia dos alunos. Os resultados se mostram satisfatórios em relação à melhoria dos desempenhos de grupos em contextos de aprendizagem colaborativa quando se considera a tupla (PCGj; PMOA). Constatou-se, também, através dos resultados, que os melhores desempenhos de grupos colaborativos foram alcançados através de formações de grupos de forma aleatória, ressaltando que mesmo o mínimo desempenho de grupo obtido por meio desta formação ainda assim foi positivo. Do teste sociométrico aplicado, pode-se extrair características preponderantes dos pares afins, de forma que estas informações auxiliem no desenvolvimento de um modelo ontológico de colaboração e assim apoiar na definição de Papéis do aluno Vs. Perfis de autorrelatos para contextos de aprendizagem colaborativa. / This thesis consists of a theoretical-experimental quali-quantitative research that seeks to understand how combinations of student profiles, based on their own evaluation of psychological behavior (self-report profiles), hope, self-esteem and self-efficacy, are more suitable in promoting more effective collaborative learning, as well as in the development of an agent-based technology model, called Hermes Multi-Agent System (Hermes-MAS), capable of supporting the optimized groups formation for collaborative learning. The research methodology includes three experiments carried out in MOODLE / CINTED / UFRGS VLE, from which the conceived Hermes-MAS model is validated. The sample used in the experiments was composed of thirty-six students (18 years of average age range), from the State University of Maranhão (UEMA), all of which were attending the same Discrete Mathematics and Advanced Data Structure classes. Considering the students self-report profiles, group compositions in a random system (based on the teacher's desired formation) and free (where students chose their own peers) were tested Variables such as MSOA (Maximal Score Obtained in the Activity), ART (Activity Realization Time) and GCPj (Group Collaboration Potential) were established in order to express or predict the group’s collaborative behaviors. At the end of the experiments, a sociometric test was applied with the objective of identifying social affinities according to the self-report profiles hope, self-esteem and self-efficacy of the students. The results are satisfactory in relation to the improvement of group performances in collaborative learning contexts when considering the tuple (GCPj; MSOA). It was also verified through the results that the best performances of collaborative groups were achieved through group formations in a random manner, emphasizing that even the minimal group performance obtained through this training was still positive. From the applied sociometric test, one can extract preponderant characteristics of the related pairs, so that this information helps in the development of an ontological model of collaboration and thus supports the definition of Student roles Vs. Self-report profiles for collaborative learning contexts.

<p>This assignment is a venture into the use of the concept alchemy in the texts on analytical psychology written by Carl G. Jung. Originally the idea was to compare the blending of colours in art painting with the Jungian understanding of alchemy. In order to understand the many and it seems differentiated correlations to alchemy in the texts on analytical psychology written by C.G. Jung, I have found it necessary to investigate the history of alchemy in modern Europe and the Egyptian figure of Hermes Trismegistos. This helps shedding light on Jung’s manner of writing in his texts on analytical psychology.</p><p>The assignment includes an understanding of colours as understood by Goethe as well as the aspect of alchemy in the Rosicrucian movement and the kabbalah. The Jungian aspects of world religions are in this context emphasized as well as the use of symbols and symbolic speech.</p>

This assignment is a venture into the use of the concept alchemy in the texts on analytical psychology written by Carl G. Jung. Originally the idea was to compare the blending of colours in art painting with the Jungian understanding of alchemy. In order to understand the many and it seems differentiated correlations to alchemy in the texts on analytical psychology written by C.G. Jung, I have found it necessary to investigate the history of alchemy in modern Europe and the Egyptian figure of Hermes Trismegistos. This helps shedding light on Jung’s manner of writing in his texts on analytical psychology. The assignment includes an understanding of colours as understood by Goethe as well as the aspect of alchemy in the Rosicrucian movement and the kabbalah. The Jungian aspects of world religions are in this context emphasized as well as the use of symbols and symbolic speech.

[pt] O presente trabalho analisa a linguagem política republicana através de textos produzidos por Hermes da Fonseca, Rui Barbosa e seus correligionários no contexto da Campanha Civilista. Ao contrário da historiografia mais tradicional, buscaremos mostrar como os dois candidatos tinham ideias mais convergentes do que divergentes a respeito da república brasileira, apesar de suas formações profissionais distintas. Tal proximidade entre as ideias se deve ao fato de ambos participarem de uma mesma comunidade linguística (no sentido empregado por Pocock), onde tanto a política republicana como a nação vinham apresentadas de maneira bastante semelhantes. Foram as distintas inserções e as alianças que cada um estabeleceu com os grupos políticos regionais, então em embate, que continuaram sendo as principais responsáveis pela demarcação das suas diferenças durante a disputa presidencial. / [en] In this dissertation I analyze the republican political language through the texts produced by Hermes da Fonseca, Rui Barbosa, and their followers during the so-called Campanha Civilista. Unlike the traditional historiography, I will try to demonstrate that the ideas of both candidates about the Brazilian Republic were more convergent than divergent, despite their different professional backgrounds. Such similarity is due to the fact that both shared a same linguistic community (in the sense Pocock understands it) wherethe concept of republican politics and that one of nation appear in a very similar way. Their distinctalliances ans insertions among the regional political groups remained being responsible for the main differences they presented during this presidential campaign.

[pt] A presente tese versa, em forma de especulação, sobre o que vêm a ser as hermenêuticas do Sul, e os caminhos de interpretação que podem ser trilhados nessa busca pela quebra do modelo tradicional hermenêutico, eurocêntrico e colonialista, tendo sempre como baliza a surrealidade como condição, buscando ao final aproximação com a literatura latino-americana contemporânea. Após uma breve introdução, o primeiro capítulo busca tratar brevemente dos sistemas hermenêuticos tradicionais, com foco maior sobre a teoria do filósofo alemão Hans Georg Gadamer, não sem antes fazer um breve inventário dos sistemas hermenêuticos europeus, especialmente no campo da filosofia, das ciências sociais e da literatura, até chegar ao sistema gadameriano. Dentro desse panorama inicial, já se vê também crítica ao racionalismo, ao eurocentrismo e ao racismo criado pela modernidade, os grandes eixos tutelados pela hermenêutica do Norte global, que acabou sendo usada, pela via da interpretação, como instrumento de dominação do pensamento nos países periféricos e ex-colônias europeias da América Latina. A partir daí a tese começa a buscar seu próprio caminho especulando sobre o estabelecimento de um modo de interpretação hermenêutico que logre contemplar o pensamento do sul global (em especial da América Latina). Ao adentrar nessa especulação, a tese discorre sobre as figuras míticas de Hermes e Exu, o primeiro identificado com as hermenêuticas tradicionais, no Norte global e o segundo a figura a ser buscada como identificação para a hermenêutica do Sul, realizando uma espécie de substituição de Hermes, o grande patrono da hermenêutica eurocentrada, pela figura de Exu, como o caminho a ser seguido, desbravado pelo pensamento do sul. Nesse momento a tese faz notar que Exu, ao contrário de Hermes, não é mensageiro, não indica caminho, mas é o próprio caminho. Feito esse corte, a tese passa a especular sobre qual seria a melhor ideia de compreensão para as hermenêuticas do Sul, e acaba por eleger uma surrealidade que permeia as literaturas latino-americanas, passando um pouco pelo surrealismo antilhano, algum surrealismo francês e algo do periférico surrealismo português (por terem suas obras apartadas do eixo hermenêutico europeu), para ao final, através de arquivos ficcionais e poéticos, e dos realismos mágico, fantástico e delirante, e um pouco também calcado no movimento infrarrealista, achar uma linha hermenêutica quase totalmente latinoamericana. Depois, como condição para o estabelecimento das hermenêuticas do Sul, a tese se encaminha para o fecho com as conclusões dessa análise e a especulação da real possibilidade de uma ideia hermenêutica para o sul global, passando daí para o último movimento, que é uma breve análise, a partir da ideia resultante das hermenêuticas do Sul, de um romance do escritor Ariel Luppino, chamado A outra vida, que carrega em sua escritura um pouco da carga de surrealidade especulada na tese, passando daí para as breves considerações finais. / [en] Title: Hermeneutics of the South: paths of comprehension; and surreality as a condition. This thesis goes on, in a speculative form, with what it sees as the hermeneutics of the South, and the paths of interpretation that can be followed in this quest to break the traditional hermeneutic, Eurocentric and colonialist, model, always taking surreality as a condition, ultimately seeking an approximation with contemporary Latin American literature. After a brief introduction, the first chapter research the traditional hermeneutic systems, focusing on the theory of the German philosopher Hans Georg Gadamer, but before making a brief inventory of some European hermeneutic systems, especially in philosophy, social sciences and literature, stopping at the Gadamerian system. Within this beginning, there is also criticism of rationalism, Eurocentrism, and the racism created by modernity, the great axes tutored by the hermeneutics of the global North, which ended up being used, through interpretation, as an instrument of domination of thought in the peripheral countries and former European colonies of Latin America. From there, the thesis begins to seek its own path, speculating on the establishment of a hermeneutic system of interpretation that manages to contemplate the thought of the global south (especially Latin America). For now, the thesis discusses the mythical figures of Hermes and Exu, the first identified with traditional hermeneutics in the global North and the second, the figure to be sought as an identification for hermeneutic systems in the South, replacing Hermes, the great patron of Eurocentric hermeneutics, with the figure of Exu, as the path to be followed by Southern thought. At this point, the thesis notes that Exu, unlike Hermes, is not a messenger, he doesn t show the way but is the way itself. Having made this cut, the thesis goes on to speculate on what the best idea of interpretation would be for the hermeneutics of the South, and ends up choosing a surreality that permeates Latin American and African literatures, passing a little through some French surrealism, and some peripheral Portuguese surrealism (because their works were separated from the European hermeneutic axis), to finally, through fictional and poetic archives, and also based on the infrarrealist movement, find a hermeneutic line that is almost entirely Latin American. Having taken this step into what can be considered the heart of the thesis, the last is the analysis, based on the idea resulting from the hermeneutics of the South, of a novel by the writer Ariel Luppino, called A outra vida, which carries in its writing some of the surreality speculated in the thesis. Finally, as a condition for establishing the hermeneutics of the South, the thesis ends with the conclusions of this analysis and the speculation of the real possibility of an idea of a hermeneutic system of the global South.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1989 / Town & Country Hotel & Convention Center, San Diego, California / During the current decade, international cooperation in space projects has become more and more popular and this trend is increasing. Initially, this involved only single missions with agencies flying payloads on other agencies' spacecraft. Later, this trend continued with international ventures, involving different agencies. In the immediate future, even more challenging scenarios are foreseen. The best known example and prime driver for such sophisticated missions will be the Space Station Freedom and its participating partners' spacecraft. Some of the international missions (ESA missions) are described briefly in this paper, in order to set the scene for a better understanding of the complex needs for standards within advanced orbiting systems. These ventures call for efficient means for cooperation and interoperability. Part of these requirements can be met by following international standards for space communications and space data systems. The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) undertook the task of integrating the space data systems requirements and developing appropriate recommendations for data systems standards for these Advanced Orbiting Systems (AOS). All international partners in the Space Station Freedom Program participated in the definition, development, and review of the AOS recommendations. The need for better cooperation in space communications via data relay satellite prompted the formation of a three party international panel called the Space Network Interoperability Panel (SNIP). An important aspect is the need for verification and validation of the concept and of the detailed technical recommendations. For the immediate future, special compatibility campaigns, involving the international agencies are planned in order to ensure the smooth application and functioning of the AOS recommendations.