<p>“Trafficking” is not a thing. It is not an event. You cannot point a finger at it or take a photograph of it. “Trafficking” is a convenient, simple and useful label attached not to a single phenomenon but to a complex series of states and events that individually may or may not be harmful or wrong.”1Increasing attention has been given to the issue of trafficking in human beings worldwide because it is a gross violation of human dignity and human rights. Hundreds of thousands of women and children are now commodities sold on an international market to be exploited in prostitution, pornography and forced labour. No country is immune because trafficking is a problem that goes beyond national borders. This thesis focuses on the example of one country, namely Georgia, and its position in the fight against trafficking in human beings. The thesis employs a qualitative research strategy and a case study research design. As a developing country, Georgia greatly depends on assistance from various stakeholders from the international community and local civil society. Thus, the thesis examines a network of cooperation for the formulation of anti-trafficking policy with the help of foreign governments, international organizations and local non-governmental organizations. The conclusions drawn from the conducted research can be summarized as follows: anti-trafficking policy is a specific policy area where issue experts having knowledge about various aspects of this phenomenon count as much as establishments possessing political, economic and organizational power. Thus, anti-trafficking policy formulation and development in Georgia can serve as an example of an issue network.</p>

The objective of this study was to examine three common mobile phoneplatforms in relation to their network traffic features. The platforms to beexamined are Android, iOS 5 and Windows Phone. After the investigation wascompleted a prototype application was implemented in order to demonstratethese features in the most suitable platform. The application will function as atelephone call exchanger. In addition, the application must also send the userstatistic to a Web server, accept contacts from a Web server, as well as having aspecial administration part in which the userstatistc can be presented. In thestudy the current mobile platforms and their respective APIs have beenexamined and compared and the facts compiled. These techniques were thenapplied to create a prototype application based on the mobile platform Android.Android was chosen because it is the mobile platform that supports the majorityof the required functions. The tools that were used are Eclipse IDE, AndroidSDK, a Jersey RESTful Services, MySQL database and a SQLite database. Theapplication was tested by means of measurements on the application'scommunication features. An expert test was also conducted in order to evaluatethe application as to whether or not it met its goals. The investigation has shownthat Android is the mobile platform that supports the majority of the requirednetwork traffic features. The measurements on the application have shown thatthe speed of execution of a communication function mainly depend on thenetwork connection. The expert test has shown that the application does meetsthe set requirements and, in addition, comments are added in relation to thoseparts for which improvements can be made. / Målet med denna undersökning har varit att undersöka tre vanliga mobiltelefonplattformar avseende deras nätverkstrafikfunktioner. Plattformarna somundersöks är Android, iOS 5 och Windows Phone. Efter avslutad undersökningimplementerades en prototypapplikation för att demonstrera dessa funktioner påden plattform som anses bäst lämpad. Applikationen ska fungera som entelefonväxel och utöver det ska applikationen även skicka användarstatistik tillen webbserver, ta emot kontakter från en webbserver, samt husera en specielladministreringsdel där användarstatistiken ska presenteras. I undersökningenhar de aktuella mobiltelefonplattformarna och deras respektive API:er granskatsoch jämförts. Därefter har dessa tekniker tillämpats för att skapa enprototypapplikation som bygger på mobilplattformen Android. Valet föll påAndroid eftersom det är den mobilplattform som har stöd för flest av deefterfrågade funktionerna. Verktygen Eclipse IDE, Android SDK, en JerseyRESTful Service, MySQL-databas och en SQLite-databas har använts.Applikationen har testats med hjälp av mätningar på applikationenskommunikationsfunktioner. Ett experttest har genomförts för att utvärderahuruvida applikationen uppfyllde kraven som ställts eller ej. Undersökningenhar visat att Android är den mobilplattform som har stöd för flest av deefterfrågade nätverkstrafikfunktionerna. Mätningarna på applikationen har visatatt det till största delen beror på nätverksuppkoppling hur snabbt enkommunikationsfunktion exekveras. Expertestet har visat att applikationenuppfyller kraven som ställts på den, med kommentarer på några delar därförbättringar kan göras.

This bachelor thesis has been performed at Combitech, a technology, development and management consultancy company. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the possibilities for multi-platform development of applications for mobile devices, as well as actually developing a simpler application using multi-platform development. The application is supposed to have functionality for sending an expression of interest for work and thesis work at Combitech, and should be available both as a native application for the Android and iOS operating systems as well as in the form of a web application. The thesis begins with an investigation of the possibilities for multi-platform development of applications for mobile devices. It is concluded that there is a wide range of available development frameworks that target several mobile platforms. It is decided that an HTML/CSS/JavaScript-based framework is most suited for the application to be developed. Therefore four HTML/CSS/JavaScript-based multi-platform development frameworks targetting mobile devices are analyzed more closely, namely jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, Sencha Touch and Appcelerator Titanium. jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap are chosen to develop the application, and the thesis describes the development work as well as the resulting application. It is concluded that HTML/CSS/JavaScript-based frameworks can provide a nice touch screen optimized user interface that is consistent across platforms with e.g. jQuery Mobile, as well as access to native features and the possibility to package a web application as a native application with e.g. PhoneGap. It is also concluded that jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap can be used to create a modular application that, with well defined interfaces, can be run both as a web application and packaged as a native application on different mobile operating systems with no or minor changes to the code.

Information Technology (IT) evolution in the recent decades has been able to grow the mobility of the end-user. A contributing factor has impacted and improved the smartphone area. This, in turn, has changed end-users’ expectations and experiences in the recent years in terms of available services, which have made mobile applications (apps) to find their place in daily life. In line with the significant growth of smartphones, as the iPhone and Android phones, is also the development of mobile applications exploded. Mobile use has - with this - fundamentally changed and much of what customers used to do on the computer, they do now on their mobile. It makes of course requires that third-parties have a mobile presence and correct utilization, this new arena enormous business opportunities. Hence, as mobile devices become a more visible business tool, it becomes important for organizations to develop applications to meet customer needs and stay competitive. Third-party development is relevantly in the core of software development nowadays. The introduction of smartphones and tablet devices, the associated products, and services in the form of apps has significantly changed software developments practices for developers. The aim of this research formulated to study the development process and practices associated with third-parties and their effects on dealing with various mobile platforms and boundary resources (SKDs and APIs). Qualitative study and exploratory design are extensively conducted for data collection and analysis. Primary data is gathered based on experiences, opinions, and insights from the experts in the subject, and secondary data is gathered from literature, which constantly supports the primary data and ensures the research credibility. The main contribution and results of this study are the factors and development process that third-party developers take into consideration when developing apps for iOS and Android such as ecosystem, programing language, platform, programing model, tools, development process model, supply chain, and submission apps. The success of the digital ecosystems and platform knowledge adopted by Apple and Google has gained a lot of attention from developers in the last years concerning mobile application development. This, in turn, was the key factor of their success at the smartphones market and the portal for developers from all the world.

Modern handheld devices such as smart phones and tablets have become popular for capturing and viewing panoramic images, but navigation in these devices is a challenging task due to small screen size. In this thesis work, investigation is done for similarities and differences between two user interaction techniques of one-dimensional cubical panorama images. This work is carried out on a fourth generation Apple iPod Touch. The first user interaction technique swipe (drag-based panning) is developed using touch-gestures, while the second technique look-around (device-orientation panning) is developed using motion-sensors such as gyroscope and accelerometer for device-orientation. Both these techniques were implemented for touch-screen devices for an angle of 360 degrees.     In the swipe technique, the navigation is done by using finger movements on the screen, while in the look-around based panning technique the navigation is done by moving the device direction physically in space through an angle of 360 degrees. The experiments were conducted on 20 participants for the two panning techniques. The results have shown that the look-around based panning technique offers a better user interaction compared to swipe based panning technique. Look-around based panning technique is natural and more free to move physically in space. Swipe based panning technique is easy to use in some situations and it does not require any physical space to move around the system.

<p>EDI står för elektroniskt utbyte av data från dator till dator och sker mellan kända affärspartners. När EDI införs i en relation mellan två organisationer anses relationen bli mer komplex än tidigare. Syftet med detta arbete är därför att undersöka hur EDI påverkar interorganisatoriska relationer.</p><p>Undersökningen utförs genom att studera affärsrelationerna mellan en offentlig förvaltning och tre av dess leverantörer. I dessa relationer studeras speciellt hur förhandlingsstyrkan, flexibiliteten och tillförlitligheten har påverkats av att EDI har börjat användas för den offentliga förvaltningens inköpsprocess.</p><p>De slutsatser som dras är att de undersökta faktorerna förändras i takt med att EDI blir alltmer integrerat i affärsrelationerna. Initialt byggs vissa omställningskostnader upp, som ökar leverantörernas förhandlingsstyrka. När EDI-kommunikationen fungerar kan kunden komma att öka sin förhandlingsstyrka på grund av bättre informationsdelning och något större inköpsvolymer hos leverantören. Flexibiliteten har ännu inte förändrats nämnvärt, medan tillförlitligheten i leveranserna har ökat till följd av EDI.</p>

Während sich der Chemnitzer Linux-Tag über die vergangenen fünf Jahre mit jedem Mal in der Zahl der Aussteller, Helfer und Gäste steigerte, wuchs auch in jedem Jahr das Tagungsnetzwerk. Den Informatikern wird häufig nachgesagt, daß sie wenig dokumentieren würden. Dieses Vorurteil traf auch für das Netzwerk der vergangenen Chemnitzer Linux-Tage zu. Unter anderem, um diesem Mißstand abzuhelfen, haben wir uns bemüht, möglichst detailliert Informationen über Konzept, eingesetzte Technologieen und konkrete Konfiguration des Tagungsnetzwerks des Chemnitzer Linux-Tags 2004 zusammenzutragen.

Indigenous peoples are garnering more focus on the world stage, and as such it is critical to understand their role in development. Indigenous peoples are especially impoverished, and often face institutionalized discrimination by their governments and other forces. This repression, limited access to services, and resource predation endanger indigenous peoples’ lives and livelihoods. I attempted to identify indigenous peoples’ policies in seven major development international non-governmental organizations, and after finding none upon document research and staff interviews, propose theories for why this could be the case. I compare international non-governmental organizations’ lack of policies to the presence of policies in international organizations. The difference between these two types of organizations formed the base of my theories, which were based primarily around the organizational structure and the different types of pressure and expectations that they face. I argue, though, that international non-governmental organizations should have indigenous peoples’ policies for several reasons including the improvement seen in international organizations’ treatment of indigenous peoples and the importance of accountability and transparency in the development process. The Report finishes by suggesting avenues to test the theories proposed, and plans for indigenous advocates. / text

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία αφορά τη σχεδίαση και υλοποίηση μίας εφαρμογής smartphone σε περιβάλλον iOS, η οποία έχει ως σκοπό την προβολή των δραστηριοτήτων του Μουσείου Επιστημών και Τεχνολογίας (Μ.Ε.Τ) που βρίσκεται στον χώρο του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, παρέχει γενικές και χρήσιμες πληροφορίες σχετικά με το Μ.Ε.Τ, σύντομη εικονική ξενάγηση στους εκθεσιακούς του χώρους, διευκόλυνση πρόσβασης σε αυτό αλλά και δυνατότητα ενημέρωσης περί των εκδηλώσεων που φιλοξενεί. / This diploma dissertation concerns the development of a smartphone application on the iOS platform, aiming to introduce the user to the activities of the Museum of Science and Technology which is located in the University of Patras district. In particular, it provides general and useful information about the Museum, short virtual tour at its showrooms, easy access to it and the ability to stay informed of the various events it hosts.

Is There an App for That? The Usage of Mobile Technology for the Purposes of Teaching Health Education in Grade 4 and 5. Wahid Khan. Master of Arts. Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. University of Toronto. Year of Convocation: 2014. The use of mobile devices in elementary schools has steadily increased in the last few years. These mobile devices harness many tools that can help teachers teach classroom material and help students become better students academically. The research question was “How can mobile devices be used to teach health education?” Research was conducted in a grade 4 and 5 classroom to see which mobile apps worked best among teachers and students in conveying health education. Anecdotal notes and daily journaling over a two-month period documented how the students enjoyed playing games and also how engaged they were when they subsequently used the devices for non-gaming purposes. It is still unknown how well these apps conveyed messages of health. How the mobile apps are being used in the classroom and the content inside the mobile apps largely dictates the messages they can convey to the students.