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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:22:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Guilherme Fontes Bechara.pdf: 2827694 bytes, checksum: a9fe74c3fe1de67a2977b65d22419e96 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-12 / This paper has the purpose of analyzing the cause of contracts. The subject is relevant and justifiable because although there is no statutory provision on the cause of contracts, it is important to the theory of contracts. Moreover, its practical importance is unquestionable. It is herein inquired what is the concept of the cause of contracts and what is the role played by it in the national legal system. Through academic research carried out in domestic and foreign doctrine and case law of Brazilian Courts, particularly the Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeals of the State of São Paulo, this paper concludes that the cause of contracts are the practical intent of the contract which is highlighted by the parties comprised in the contractual provisions. It is also argued the relevance and practical application of the concept of cause of contracts in several areas of law notably the ones related to the interpretation and classification of contracts and in situations involving the issues of contractually linked agreements (contratos coligados), general duty of good faith, social role of the agreement and frustration. Finally, it is emphasized the large number of legal opinions where the cause of contracts have directly or indirectly driven the decision of the case / Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a causa do contrato. Justifica-se o tema porque, a despeito da inexistência de previsão legislativa a respeito, a causa do contrato é relevante para a teoria contratual e sua aplicação prática é indiscutível. Questiona-se, assim, qual é o conceito e o papel desempenhado pela causa do contrato no cenário jurídico nacional. Por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica em acervo nacional e estrangeiro, além de repertórios de jurisprudência dos tribunais pátrios, notadamente do Superior Tribunal de Justiça e do Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo, este trabalho conclui que a causa encerra a razão prática do contrato, evidenciada pelos interesses das partes constantes do regulamento contratual. Verifica-se, por fim, a relevância e aplicação do conceito da causa do contrato em diversas áreas, principalmente em relação à interpretação e qualificação dos contratos e, em especial, em situações envolvendo as figuras dos contratos coligados, da boa-fé objetiva, da função social do contrato e da frustração do fim do contrato, ressaltando-se, ainda, o significativo número de julgados em que a figura da causa norteou a solução da demanda, seja de forma direta ou indireta

Le développement du commerce électronique a révolutionné tous les aspects de l’activité marchande, et notamment les éléments du marketing-mix. En particulier, de nouvelles formes de prix ont émergé, et les académiciens aussi bien que les praticiens doivent désormais faire face à de nouveaux défis. Des prix ayant plusieurs composantes, communément appelés prix complexes, sont désormais légion. La plupart des travaux marketing qui se sont intéressés à cette forme de prix ont insisté sur les biais cognitifs affectant leur estimation, en appelant les vendeurs à en faire un moyen pour réduire le sacrifice monétaire perçu, ce qui permet de multiplier les ventes. Cependant, rares sont les chercheurs qui ont averti aux risques liés à de telles pratiques. S’inscrivant dans un objectif de pallier à cette limite, cette recherche a pour vocation de déterminer l’incidence de l’usage des prix complexes sur leur perception moyennant l’approche de trois aspects : (1) la détermination de certaines formes de présentation visuelle pouvant entacher le jugement de leur annonce (2) les répercussions de telles formes de présentation sur la justice perçue du prix, et en l’occurrence, sur des variables-clés de l’activité marchande telles que la valeur de l’offre et l’intention d’achat (3) et la prise en compte de différentes sources de variance à caractère situationnel. Les résultats d’une expérimentation conduite auprès de 504 répondants confirment l’intervention de la présentation visuelle d’un prix complexe dans la dégradation de sa justice perçue, en montrant le rôle déterminant du processus : La justice procédurale d’un prix complexe apparaît alors comme un pilier incontournable du jugement d’une offre. / One of e-commerce development implications is the metamorphosis of all marketing-mixaspects. Especially, new price forms have emerged, leading both academicians and managers to deal with new challenges. Prices with more than one component, known as complex prices, become the main form used within this channel. The dominant stream of marketing research interested within this area has focused on cognitive biases that affect complex price judgments. Most researchers have recommended managers to use this form of price in a manner that reduce perceived price, and therefore enhance sales. Regarding the lack of research considering negative effects of such tactics, the principal aim of this work is to put the spotlight on complex price incidence on its perception within three aspects: (1) the determination of visual presentation forms that may damage this perception (2) the effects of such presentation forms on complex price perceived fairness, and consequently, on determinant variables such as offer value and purchase intentions (3) and the control of moderating variables associated with situational differences. The results of an experiment conducted on 504 respondents show the presence of a degradation of complex price perceivedfairness caused by its visual presentation form, with a determinant contribution of the process: procedural fairness is henceforth an essential pillar of an offer judgment.

A linguagem tem um papel fundamental para o desenvolvimento infantil, uma vez que possibilita à criança construir conceitos do self e do outro, especialmente nos contextos construídos por seus cuidadores e nas trocas interacionais. A proposta da presente pesquisa é analisar associações entre o tipo de discurso materno, quanto a características de orientação cultural para a interdependência e/ou para a autonomia, e o desenvolvimento cognitivo da criança avaliado pelo desempenho em testes de compreensão de intencionalidade e direção do olhar, no contexto de depressão pós-parto. O projeto insere-se em um estudo longitudinal mais amplo (Temático FAPESP nº 06/59192), que acompanha díades mãe-criança de uma amostra atendida pelo sistema público de saúde, em que era aferido haver ou não depressão por meio da Escala de Edimburgo (pós-parto e 36 meses). Foram feitos registros em vídeo da interação livre mãe-criança por 10 minutos, para avaliação do discurso materno, e da criança nos testes em interação com um pesquisador. O estilo de discurso materno foi classificado segundo categorias elaboradas por Heidi Keller, associadas à ideia de autonomia (ex. agência, autorreferência) ou de relacionamento (ex. coagência, referência a autoridade). O escore correspondente à autonomia e ao relacionamento foi calculado pela soma das frequências das respectivas categorias, controlado pelo número de emissões da fala categorizadas. A compreensão de intencionalidade foi avaliada por meio de duas histórias ilustrativas que mostram um personagem no processo de busca de um objeto (A) em um local previsto e, em seguida, a descoberta inesperada de um objeto diferente, mais desejável (B) em seu lugar. O protocolo avalia cada etapa de aplicação do teste. O teste de direção do olhar foi composto por três tarefas nas quais a criança deveria identificar: qual das figuras está olhando para ela?; o personagem está olhando para onde?, e apontando para onde?, associadas a perguntas sobre o que o personagem quer? Foi verificado um efeito da DPP na adesão à tarefa no teste Compreensão de Intencionalidade (CI). A dificuldade do teste de Direção do Olhar (DO) prevaleceu com o cansaço. Todavia, foi identificada correlação negativa entre o escore da DPP e o desempenho em etapas do teste. A DPP parece ter produzido mais efeito do que a depressão aos 36 meses. Os casos que indicam cronicidade da depressão são mais prejudicados. Um elemento destaque foi a análise do discurso, que revelou muito sobre o contexto de depressão e do desempenho das crianças. O discurso autônomo esteve negativamente relacionado ao escore DPP e aos 36 meses, e positivamente ao desempenho. Destaca-se que no contexto de depressão, as crianças que tiveram bom desempenho foram as das mães que apresentaram maior percentual nas categorias de autonomia, quando comparado com o grupo baixo desempenho e DPP. De modo geral, não encontramos efeitos lineares e diretos da DPP prejudicando o desenvolvimento, mas verificamos variações sugestivas. Tudo indica que o comportamento materno e, principalmente, o resultado deste em termos de desenvolvimento, irá depender muito da configuração geral do contexto socioafetivo, e que a depressão é um dos elementos efetivos desta conjugação / Language has a vital role in children´s construction of self and the relation to others in interactional exchanges. Mothers´ talk to their children reflects their cultural models or ethno-theories. In this presentation the results of a study focusing on the relation between maternal speech, as presenting the characteristics of a cultural orientation to interdependence and / or autonomy, with children\'s cognitive development, assessed by performance on tests of understanding of intentionality and direction of gaze, in the context of postpartum depression. The project is part of a larger, longitudinal study (FAPESP No. 06/59192), which follows a sample of mother-child dyads served by a public health system, when it was measured whether or not depression through Edinburgh Scale (postpartum and 36 months). Video recordings of free mother-child interactions for 10 minutes were made to evaluate the conversational maternal style. Children were observed in their interactional tasks with an experimenter. Mother´s speech style was classified according to categories developed by Heidi Keller, associated with the concept of agency (i.e. mental states, self-reference) or relationship (i.e. co-agency, reference to authority). Scores on both categories were calculated as the sum of the frequencies of the respective categories, controlling the total number of emissions categorized. Intentionality understanding was evaluated by means of two illustrative stories that show a character in the process of searching for an object (A) in a place provided, and then, the unexpected discovery of a different object, the more desirable (B) in its place. The protocol evaluates each step of the test. The test of gaze direction was composed of three tasks that the child should identify: what the figures are looking at; To what is the character is looking; where is he/she pointing, associated to questions about \"what the character wants?\" The effect of PPD was found in adherence to the task in testing Intentionality Understanding (IC). The difficulty of the Gaze Direction (GD) test has prevailed with tiredness, but a negative correlation was identified with scores of PPD and performance in steps of the test. The DPP produced more effect than depression at 36 months, and indicates to the importance of early development. The cases of chronic depressions suggest to be more affected. One key element was the of speech analysis, this revealed much about the context of depression and performance of children. The style of autonomy speech was negatively related to score PPD and the 36 months, and positively to the children\'s performance. It is noteworthy that in the context of depressed children who had good performance their mothers presented greater percentage in autonomy compared to the group of low performance and PPD. Overall, we found no direct linear effects of the DPP that could hinder the development, but we found suggestive variations. Everything indicates that maternal behavior, and especially the result from this in terms of development will greatly depend on the socio-affective context configuration and depression is one of the effective elements of this combination

Due to the multiplicity of computer-aided engineering applications present in industry today, interoperability between programs has become increasingly important. A survey conducted among top engineering companies found that 82% of respondents reported using 3 or more CAD formats during the design process. A 1999 study by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) estimated that inadequate interoperability between the OEM and its suppliers cost the US automotive industry over $1 billion per year, with the majority spent fixing data after translations. The Neutral Parametric Canonical Form (NPCF) prototype standard developed by the NSF Center for e-Design, BYU Site offers a solution to the translation problem by storing feature data in a CAD-neutral format to offer higher-fidelity parametric transfer between CAD systems. This research has focused on expanding the definitions of the NPCF to enforce data integrity and to support associativity between features to preserved design intent through the neutralization process. The NPCF data structure schema was defined to support associativity while maintaining data integrity. Neutral definitions of new features was added including multiple types of coordinate systems, planes and axes. Previously defined neutral features were expanded to support new functionality and the software architecture was redefined to support new CAD systems. Complex models have successfully been created and exchanged by multiple people in real-time to validated the approach of preserving associativity and support for a new CAD system, PTC Creo, was added.

This thesis was focused on culture and climate of selected public universities in the Czech Republic in the form stated in strategic materials. The goal was to analyse and compare key aspects of strategic materials of selected universities that influence their culture and climate. Selected strategic materials included vision, mission, values, long-term intent of the university and educational faculty, annual activity report and code of ethics. The sample consisted of eight universities whose part was an educational faculty. The method of quantitative content analysis was selected for the analysis of the documents. There were six priority areas identified through the analysis of the documents of the Ministry of Education and key words related to these priority areas. The analysis of university documents showed that organizational culture and climate are not much explicitly covered in their strategic documents, the most frequently emerging feature of organizational culture were values, therefore mainly aspects determining culture and climate were tracked. The main focus of university strategic documents were the following three areas: quality, international aspect and research. Although universities shared a common ground stated by the Ministry of Education there was considerable diversity among...

Retention of nursing directors is important to the viability and success of the healthcare industry because they have a large impact on nursing job satisfaction, overall retention of nurses in an institution, productivity, and patient outcomes. Factors that retain nurse directors, such as autonomy and empowerment, appear to be important to job satisfaction, but there is little in the current research to corroborate these findings. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine what factors impact nursing directors' intent to stay in their current role and what effect role autonomy and empowerment have on their intent to stay as compared to traditional job satisfiers. Kanter's empowerment theory was used to evaluate the key factors that influence job satisfaction and retention, namely, empowerment and autonomy. The key variables were measured with Attitude toward Professional Autonomy Scale for Nurses, Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II, Intention to Stay Scale, and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Nursing directors were recruited American Organization of Nurse Executives and LinkedIn. Seventy-six participants answered 4 survey tools on the key. Data were analyzed using Pearson's r, multiple and logistic regression. Results revealed that empowerment had a significant relationship to nursing directors' intent to stay and that traditional job satisfiers were significantly related to predicting intent to stay. The results could affect positive social change because increasing job satisfaction of nursing directors would lead to their desire to remain in their position and would stabilize overall retention of nurses, productivity, and patient outcomes. Future research is needed to devise, and test interventions designed to enhance empowerment and positively affect intent to stay.

隨著台灣企業國際化程度的加深，派外人員的管理已成為國際人力資源管理的重要課題。而與派外相關的主題如：派外人員的遴選標準，派外前訓練課程的設計等，國內外已有諸多研究。因此本研究擬從返任時面對環境轉換所須調整幅度的角度探討我國企業派外人員返國留職意願之關係，期能達成以下研究目的。1.探討影響派外人員返任前心理預期之調整與返任後實際認知之調整的因素。2.了解派外人員返任前心理預期之調整與返任後實際認知之調整對其返任後留職意願之影響如何3.根據1.2.之研究發現建議組織應採何種政策措施以減輕派外人員返國調適上的困擾及問題，以提高返任後之留職意願。

<p>Dagens affärsklimat ställer höga krav på bolag beträffande strategiska val på en allt mer globaliserad marknad. I uppsatsen föreslås att denna eskalerande globalisering kan vara associerad med bolagens framgång. Internationella bolagsförvärv och fusioner samt de initiala avsiktsdeklarationer som förkommer vid dessa transaktioner blir då centrala faktorer att beakta för bolagen, i sökandet efter förbättrade resultat. Baserat på detta skildrar uppsatsen innebörden av en initial avsiktsdeklaration, närmare bestämt ett Letter of Intent (LOI). Uppsatsen belyser innebörden av ett LOI ur ett strukturellt, juridiskt och praktiskt perspektiv. Den strukturella och praktiska innebörden av ett LOI återges genom två, för uppsatsen, exklusiva undersökningar. Den första undersökande delen beskriver strukturen för ett LOI genom att betrakta praktiska exempel som använts, vid bolagsförvärv och fusioner, i publika aktiebolag. Resultatet visar att strukturen samt de klausuler som ingår i ett LOI till viss del varierar. Oräknat det återfinns generaliserat, i undersökningen, följande klausuler i ett LOI: Bakgrund, Syfte, Villkor, Förbehåll, Sekretess, Exklusivitet, Due Diligence (DD), Tidplan, Avslut, Ersättning, Lagval samt Skiljedom. Den andra undersökande delen, om den praktiska innebörden av ett LOI, är baserad på intervjuer med personer som är aktiva ledamöter i bolagsledningen för större publika aktiebolag. Undersökningens sammanvägda resultat pekar på att ett LOI bör innehålla klausuler och preciserade villkor för en tilltänkt affär. I praktiken torde ett LOI innebära en framtida utfästelse om att ingå avtal eller samarbete mellan bolag. Vidare kan den juridiska innebörden emellertid antas vara begränsad till att en part som medvetet bryter mot villkoren eller uppträder svekligt kan ådra sig ett skadeståndansvar. I näringslivet anser respondenterna att ett LOI allmänt innebär en första signal om att två parter avser att söka träffa ett avtal. Sammanfattningsvis kan ett LOI effektivisera processerna i samband med bolagens globalisering, därigenom kan ett LOI dessutom främja bolagens presumtiva framgång i dagens affärsklimat.     </p>

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong>Essay in Political Science, D-level, spring 2010. “Do the American mass media serve foreign policy interests? – A scrutiny of two American newspapers’ coverage of the <em>coup d’état </em>in Honduras in the summer of 2009”, Author: David Scott. Tutor: Anders Broman</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The bias of the American mass media has been widely discussed among scholars. Not only has this phenomenon caught the attention of political scientists, but also academics from other scientific fields. Two of the most known researchers of the American media are the linguist Noam Chomsky and the professor of Finance Edward Herman. They apply, on the American media, a so called “propaganda model” which claims that the media will serve the interests of the domestic power elites. One of the interests that the media try to satisfy is the foreign policy goals of the American state, which is to vilify enemy states and idealize client states. This thesis is applied on the American media coverage of the <em>coup d’état </em>that resulted in the ousting of leftist President Manuel Zelaya from the presidency in Honduras in 2009. In this case the model predicts that Zelaya will be vilified as an enemy and that the cause of the coup will be portrayed as legitimate. The essay studies, in the newspapers <em>New York Times </em>and <em>Wall Street Journal, </em>the portraiture of three aspects of the coup: the cause of the coup, the role of the military and the victims of violence and, finally, Zelaya as a president and the support to versus the resistance against his presidency. Through a textual analysis of the material, the essay concludes that there is a bias and that this means that the propaganda model can be verified. The bias consists of that the papers tend to legitimize the clients (the perpetrators of the coup) by portraying Zelaya as violator of the Honduran constitution and as a radical leftist aligned with Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez. The legitimization goes further through the toning down of the military’s role in the use of violence against demonstrators. Although this is the bias, it must be stressed that it is subtle and has been detected through an extensive interpretation of the material.</p>