Thesis (doctoral)--Universitetet i Lund, 1995. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement and English abstract inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-426) and index.

This study aims to present a design for a tool for sustainable integration of international students at KTH in Stockholm, Sweden. Integration has 3 main parts, social integration which is interaction with natives, structural which is concerned with a civic number, a job, and last but not least cultural integration which deals with customs, traditions, and religion. The tool has two main features, both of which are aiming to create favourable conditions for all three subsets of integration. The tool was developed by conducting 18 interviews, two rounds of prototyping and two rounds of user testing. It is made out of two main parts, namely informational and social. The information provided is both structural about institutions and getting around, whereas also information about cultural events, attendance at these by international students has the potential to strengthen social integration as well. The social part is designed as a 1-on-1 randomised chat that aims to encourage forming new friendships between international students and natives. This part allows new students to ask questions about anything, the process will get them randomly assigned to any native who shall answer which will create favourable conditions for forming new friendships between newcomers and natives. / Denna studie syftar till att presentera en design för ett verktyg för hållbar integrering av internationella studenter på KTH i Stockholm. Integration har tre huvuddelar, social integration som är interaktion med de infödda, strukturell integration som berör ett personnummer, ett jobb, och sist men inte minst kulturell integration som handlar om sedvänjor, traditioner och religion. Verktyget har två huvuddrag, som båda syftar till att skapa gynnsamma förutsättningar för alla tre undergrupper av integration. Verktyget utvecklades genom att genomföra 18 intervjuer, två prototyper och två testundersökningar. Den består av två huvuddelar, nämligen den informativa delen och den sociala delen. Denna information är både strukturell om institutioner och hur man tar sig runt, och information om kulturella evenemang, även deltagande i dessa av internationella studenter har potential att stärka social integration. Den sociala delen är utformad som en 1-till-1 randomiserad chatt som syftar till att uppmuntra skapandet av nya vänskaper mellan internationella studenter och de infödda. Denna del tillåter nya studenter att ställa frågor om vad som helst, processen kommer att slumpmässigt tilldela dem en infödd som är tillgänglig, vilket kommer skapa gynnsamma förutsättningar för att forma nya vänskaper mellan nykomlingar och infödda medborgare.

The Higher Education (HE) sector of a country is a key area indicating the progress of cultural, political and social growth and development. Public and social demands as well as technological developments add new challenges for this sector. Consequently, higher education institutions have changed and a more flexible IT infrastructure is required to enable them to adapt efficiently to competitive business challenges. Enterprise application integration (EAI) is a technology that effectively integrates intra- and inter-organizational systems. Firstly a systematic review of the EAI literature was conducted. From this review, it was apparent that there are no theoretical models for EAI adoption and evaluation for higher education. Hence, this research contributes a conceptual model that includes influential factors derived from the literature and combines them with the proposed classification of influential factors for HE to produce an EAI conceptual model for the HE domain. To validate this proposed model empirical research was conducted. Then, the model was tested using a qualitative case study approach by means of three case studies that were conducted at different universities. Exploratory, explanatory and interpretive data analysis phases were implemented to find what is the current EAI process of HE and how these institutions currently work. In addition, these phases were employed to identify the EAI adoption factors in HE. As a result of this analysis the conceptual model was modified because of complementary factors that emerged. Therefore, the main contribution of this research is a comprehensive and novel model for EAI adoption in higher education area. The adoption EAI factors were identified by extracting a number of parameters from the empirical data. Several important factors that influence and assist the adoption of EAI in HE were identified. Hence, an additional contribution is the classification of factors in EAI adoption into technical and social factors which provides a better understanding of these factors. A further contribution is the derivation of a new classification of the EAI external and internal pressure factors. The development of a consistent model for the adoption and evaluation of EAI in HE is based on these factors.

This thesis deals with the integration of ICT services at the technological level. It mainly focuses on the integration of services which are provided by third parties and a user cannot change them. In this work are described the characteristics of web services and the typical methods for designing their application interface. Furthermore, are described various approaches to integration of applications at the technological level and some integration tools. As part of this thesis, was also created an application designed for integration of web services. This application can be categorized as message-oriented middleware. The aim was to create a simple application, which still meets basic requirements for this kind of applications. This thesis also contains a description of the created application and a description of problems that occurred during implementation. During the application development were used some integration design patterns, which are also described in this thesis.

Der deutliche Anstieg der Flüchtlingszahlen in den letzten Jahren hat zu einer Veränderung der Rahmenbedingungen für Zuwanderung und des damit verbundenen Diskussionsklimas in Sachsen geführt. Diese Entwicklungen machen politische Konzepte für ein friedvolles und chancengerechtes Zusammenleben in einem Kontext zunehmender Pluralität erforderlich. In den letzten Jahren sind Landesintegrationsgesetze in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg und zuletzt in Bayern in Kraft getreten. Integrationsgesetze können übergeordnete Ziele der Integration festschreiben und damit zur gesellschaftlichen Selbstverständigung über die Bedeutung, die Reichweite und die Voraussetzungen von Integration beitragen. Die Vorteile eines Integrationsgesetzes liegen dabei vor allem auf der symbolischen Ebene und hängen im Wesentlichen von dem Signal ab, das ein solches Gesetz an alle Bevölkerungsgruppen senden kann. Das vorliegende Gutachten hat das Ziel, den Bedarf, die Voraussetzungen und die Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten für ein Integrationsgesetz im sächsischen Kontext zu prüfen. Einbezogen werden juristische, politikwissenschaftliche und erziehungswissenschaftliche Perspektiven.:1. Einführung 7 2. Rechtliche Grundvoraussetzungen und Rahmenbedingungen eines Landesintegrationsgesetzes 9 2.1. Verfassungsrechtliche und rechtspolitische Vorüberlegungen 9 2.1.1. Kein Totalvorbehalt 9 2.1.2. Zwingendes Erfordernis einer gesetzlichen Regelung – Vorbehalt des Gesetzes 9 2.1.3. Wirkungen einer gesetzlichen Regelung außerhalb des zwingenden Erfordernisses 10 2.2. Kompetenzrechtlicher Rahmen der Integrationsgesetzgebung 11 2.2.1. Grundsatz 11 2.2.2. Regelungskompetenz des Freistaats Sachsen zur Schaffung eines Sächsischen Integrationsgesetzes 11 2.2.3. Keine abschließende Regelung der Integration durch das Bundes- integrationsgesetz sowie die §§ 43ff. AufenthG 12 2.2.4. Länderöffnungsklauseln in bestehenden bundesgesetzlichen Regelungen 12 2.3. Begrenzende Rechtspositionen 13 2.3.1. Grenze der Grundrechte und des Rechtsstaats 13 2.3.2. Grenze der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung 14 2.4. Grenzen des Unionsrechts 15 3. Integrationspolitik im deutschen Föderalismus aus Länderperspektive 17 3.1. Integrationspolitik im Bundesstaat 19 3.1.1. Die integrationspolitische Rolle der Bundesländer 21 3.1.2. Integrationspolitik zwischen Zentralisierungs- und Dezentralisierungstendenzen 18 3.1.3. Landesintegrationskonzepte 19 3.1.4. Landesintegrationsgesetze 20 3.2. Leitbilder der Integrationspolitik 21 3.2.1. Leitbilder in der politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung 21 3.2.2. Leitbild 1: Integration als Recht bzw. Chance oder als Pflicht 21 3.2.3. Leitbild 2: Homogenität vs. Heterogenität 24 3.2.4. Leitbild 3: Zuwanderer oder Gesellschaft als Adressaten der Integration 25 3.2.5. Leitbild 4: Tugendbürger vs. Marktbürger 28 3.2.6. Zusammenfassende Darstellung: Zwei Modelle von Integration 30 3.2.7. Exkurs: Integrationsvertrag bzw. -vereinbarung 31 3.3. Schlüsselbereich „Integration und (sprachliche) Bildung“: Sozial- und systemintegrative Zugänge im Rahmen der bestehenden Landesintegrationsgesetze 32 3.3.1. Einführung 32 3.3.2. Überblick über die Gestaltung von Bildungsprozessen im Rahmen der Integrations- und Partizipationsgesetze auf Landesebene 33 4. Integrationspolitische Handlungsfelder 39 4.1. Bildung, Ausbildung und Zugang zum Arbeitsmarkt 39 4.1.1. Einführung 39 4.1.2. Frühkindliche Bildung 41 4.1.2.1. Ausgangslage 41 4.1.2.2. Rechtlicher Kompetenzrahmen 41 4.1.2.3. Handlungsempfehlungen 42 4.1.3. Schulische Bildung 44 4.1.3.1. Ausgangslage 44 4.1.3.2. Rechtlicher Kompetenzrahmen 44 4.1.3.3. Handlungsempfehlungen 44 4.1.4. Hochschulische Bildung 49 4.1.4.1. Ausgangslage 49 4.1.4.2. Rechtlicher Kompetenzrahmen 49 4.1.4.3. Handlungsempfehlungen 49 4.1.5. Berufliche (Aus-)Bildung, (berufsbezogener) Spracherwerb und Zugang zum Arbeitsmarkt 51 4.1.5.1. Ausgangslage 51 4.1.5.2. Rechtlicher Kompetenzrahmen 52 4.1.5.3. Handlungsempfehlungen 52 4.2. Politische Teilhabe 58 4.2.1. Ausgangslage 58 4.2.2. Rechtlicher Kompetenzrahmen 58 4.2.3. Handlungsempfehlungen 58 4.3. Interkulturelle Öffnung 62 4.3.1. Ausgangslage 62 4.3.2. Rechtlicher Kompetenzrahmen 62 4.3.3. Handlungsempfehlungen 63 4.4. Sonstiges 64 4.4.1. Gesundheitsversorgung 64 4.4.2. Förderung der Kommunen 65 4.4.3. Sonn- und Feiertagsschutz sowie Bestattungsrecht 65 5. Ergebnis 67 6. Tabellenverzeichnis 69 7. Literaturverzeichnis 71 Anhang: Deskriptiver Vergleich der Integrationsgesetze 83

A mechatronic system is an assembly of technological components, such as a mechanism, sensors, actuators, and a control unit. Recently, a number of researchers and industrial manufacturers have highlighted the potential advantages of lightweight parallel mechanisms with respect to the accuracy, dynamic performances, construction cost, and transportability issues. The design of a mechatronic system with such a mechanism requires a multidisciplinary approach, where the mechanical deformations have to be considered. This thesis proposes two original contributions in this framework. (i) First, a modular and systematic method is developed for the integrated simulation of mechatronic systems, which accounts for the strongly coupled dynamics of the mechanical and non-mechanical components. The equations of motion are formulated using the nonlinear Finite Element approach for the mechanism, and the block diagram language for the control system. The time integration algorithm relies on the generalized-alpha method, known in structural dynamics. Hence, well-defined concepts from mechanics and from system dynamics are combined in a unified formulation, with guaranteed convergence and stability properties. Several applications are treated in the fields of robotics and vehicle dynamics. (ii) Usual methods in flexible multibody dynamics lead to complex nonlinear models, not really suitable for control design. Therefore, a systematic nonlinear model reduction technique is presented, which transforms an initial high-order Finite Element model into a low-order and explicit model. The order reduction is obtained using the original concept of Global Modal Parameterization: the motion of the assembled mechanism is described in terms of rigid and flexible modes, which have a global physical interpretation in the configuration space. The reduction procedure involves the component-mode technique and an approximation strategy in the configuration space. Two examples are presented: a four-bar mechanism, and a parallel kinematic machine-tool. Finally, both simulation and modeling tools are exploited for the dynamic analysis and the control design of an experimental lightweight manipulator with hydraulic actuators. A Finite Element model is first constructed and validated with experimental data. A reduced model is derived, and an active vibration controller is designed on this basis. The simulation of the closed-loop mechatronic system predicts remarkable performances. The model-based controller is also implemented on the test-bed, and the experimental results agree with the simulation results. The performances and the other advantages of the control strategy demonstrate the relevance of our developments in mechatronics.

This diploma thesis focuses on the integration of Ukrainian migrants in the Czech Republic. In connection with the increasing emigration potential of the Republic of Ukraine due to the ongoing civil war, the thesis will be an analysis of the Czech Republic's current integration policy towards foreigners from third countries with an emphasis on migrants from Ukraine. Significant changes in integration policies started after the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU, contextual documents and other public policy measures aimed at systematizing the integration of migrants from third countries. Thus, the aim will be to analyze publicly-relevant documents, which outline the essence and determinants of the Czech Republic's integration policy towards migrants from third countries. The Czech Republic responds sensitively to migratory trends, but more emphasis put on current immigration from Ukraine. Therefore, another goal will be to unveil the integration policy exclusively towards the Ukrainians in the Czech Republic. Finally, the ultimate goal is to understand on the basis of the interviews, what barriers the Ukrainians have in the Czech Republic for integrating into the host society. The life course theory helps to identify what trajectories they choose to integrate in their individual dimensions.