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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Intra-Familial and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse: Differences in Swedish Court Cases

Bergh, Charlotta January 2017 (has links)
Child sexual abuse (CSA) has been shown to differ depending on the relationship between child complainant and defendant, yet no found studies have compared intra-familial and extra-familial CSA in Sweden. The present thesis aimed to study quantitative differences between alleged intra-familial and extra-familial cases of CSA. Cases from Swedish District Courts (n = 174) of sexual abuse against children up to 7 years old were analyzed. In line with previous research, several differences in characteristics between alleged intra- and extra-familial cases were found. A significant difference in juridical decision to convict or acquit was also shown, with more intra-familial cases resulting in acquittal and more extra-familial cases resulting in conviction. Extra-familial relationship was also a significant predictor to conviction. Future studies may want to further examine whether an explanation for the difference in juridical decision could be found in differences in evidence provided. / Fall rörande sexuella övergrepp på barn har visats vara olika beroende vilket förhållande det målsägande barnet och den anklagade har. Trots det har inga svenska studier hittats som jämför rättsfall som berör sexuella övergrepp på barn med avseende på skillnader mellan fall som skett inom och utom familjen. Syftet med denna examensuppsats var att undersöka kvantitativa skillnader mellan påstådda rättsfall av sexuella övergrepp som skett inom och utom familjen. Rättsfall som berörde sexuella övergrepp på barn upp till 7 år från svenska tingsrätter (n = 174) analyserades. I linje med tidigare forskning påvisades flertalet skillnader mellan fall som skett inom och utanför familjen. Det påvisades även en signifikant skillnad i domstolens beslut att fria eller fälla, med fler friade fall som skett inom familj och fler fällda fall där det påstådda brottet skett utanför familj. En utom-familjär relation mellan målsägande och anklagade var dessutom en signifikant prediktor för en fällande dom. Förslag på framtida forskning kan vara att vidare undersöka huruvida skillnaden i beslutet att fria eller fälla kan förklaras av skillnader i tillgången på bevis.
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Acute Endocrine Responses to Rest Redistribution with Heavier Loads in Resistance-Trained Men

Chae, Sungwon 08 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to investigate endocrine responses to redistribution with heavier loads (RR+L) during back squat (BS) exercise in resistance-trained men. Ten men (mean±SE; 23±2 years, 175.6±2.0 cm, 78.0±3.4 kg, 4±1 training years) were assigned using randomization to either RR+L (4 sets of (2×5 repetitions) of BS with 30 s intra-set and 90 s inter-set rest using 75% of their 1RM) or traditional sets (TS; 4 sets of 10 repetitions of BS with 120 s inter-set rest using 70% of their 1RM). Fasted blood samples were collected pre-exercise (PRE), immediately post-exercise (IP), and 5 (+5), 15 (+15), and 30 (+30) minutes post-exercise to analyze the concentrations of testosterone (T), growth hormone (GH), cortisol (C), and blood lactate (BL). Two-way ANOVAs with repeated measures were used (p≤0.05). A main effect of condition (p=0.023) was observed for BL (RR+L; 5.9±0.5 vs TS; 6.7±0.4 mmol/L). A main effect of time point (p≤0.001) was observed for T, GH, C, and BL. T was greater at IP (8.8±1.1), +5 (9.0±1.1), +15 (8.5±1.0), and +30 (8.0±1.0) than PRE (7.1±0.8 ng/mL). GH was greater at IP (58.3±12.7), +5 (62.8±12.7), +15 (67.9±13.3), and +30 (52.8±11.2) than PRE (3.6±1.6 µIU/mL). C was greater at +15 (25.5±2.9) and +30 (25.6±2.7) than PRE (20.0±2.7 µg/dL). BL was greater at IP (8.6±0.6), +5 (8.2±0.6), +15 (7.4±0.5), and +30 (5.8±0.5) than PRE (1.4±0.2 mmol/L). RR+L resulted in lower BL but no differences in T, GH, and C responses compared to TS. Thus, practitioners may incorporate RR+L without affecting endocrine responses.
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The effects of lotus of control on perceived intra-organisational mobility and the in-pact on future career planning

Dekker, Bryce Baxter 16 November 2006 (has links)
Student Number : 0317880W - MA dissertation - School of Psychology - Faculty of Humanities / A large portion of literature on organisational development is devoted to how organisations have changed and the subsequent effect that these changes have had on the human beings within them. Organisations are constantly trying to change and develop themselves so that they are better equipped to face challenges that exist within the greater macro environment. These changes affect all facets of the organisation and often have a life altering impact on the employees involved. One such impact that this fluctuating corporate environment has had on employees is that they are required to develop themselves to safeguard against unexpected changes that may jeopardise their job security. Employees are constantly trying to improve themselves and their marketability so that they may progress in their careers. The major shift from previous decades is that employees are currently more committed to their careers than to their organisation (Cavanaugh & Noe, 1999). Moving up the organisational hierarchy is one way to achieve career development (Garavan, Collahan, 1996) and may be regarded as reward for the self-development that one has worked so hard for. If employees do not see an opportunity to further themselves and their careers, a possible response would be to leave the organisation and look for other avenues to achieve this development. The present study aimed to explore this by determining how a personality construct effects ones perceptions of intraorganisational mobility and the reactions that these perceptions generate. A large South African banking institution was used to sample employees for the study and being a service firm, all indications are that it is an extremely underresearched organisational form (Malos, Campion, 2000). The key strategic focus of the group is said to include among others, to focus on customer service, to improve transparency and to meet transformation goals in line with the financial sector charter. This is in response to numerous restructuring and change efforts that have taken place within the last two years. The organisation serves as an illustration of corporate life within South Africa. The company is continually trying to change and develop to meet the challenges of the greater macro environment. In doing so, the employees are required to respond proactively to the changes that take place and develop themselves accordingly. In light of this, the organisation provided a useful backdrop from which to analyse the relationship between locus of control, perceptions of intra-organisational mobility, satisfaction with promotion opportunities and future career planning.
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Digitala verktyg i förskolans undervisning : En kvalitativ studie om förskollärares perspektiv om digitala verktygens betydelse i förskolan / Digital tools in preeschool education : A qualitative study on preschool teachers' perspective on the importance of digital tools in preschool

Latvasalo, Susanna, Sellén, Hanna January 2019 (has links)
Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur förskollärare beskriver sitt arbete med digitala verktyg i verksamheten, samt vilken betydelse de upplever att digitala verktyg har för barns utveckling och lärande i förskolan. Studiens ansats är kvalitativ med semistrukturerade intervjuer som insamlingsmetod. Empirin baserades på åtta yrkesverksamma förskollärares subjektiva uppfattningar kring digitala verktyg. Studien utgick från ett posthumanistiskt perspektiv för att undersöka sambandet mellan digitala verktyg och vilka effekter som detta skapar, och beskrivs som ett ömsesidigt samkonstituerande ur ett posthumanistiskt perspektiv. Studiens resultat synliggjorde en osäkerhet kring förskollärares kompetens och på vilket sätt digitala verktyg kan tillämpas i undervisningen. Sammanfattningsvis framgick det att förskollärare har en övervägande positiv inställning till användningen av digitala verktyg. Förskollärare uttrycker att digitala verktyg får betydelse i undervisning genom att läromedlet används i ett pedagogiskt syfte och kompletteras av analogt material.
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Analyse de la stabilité des modèles intra-hôtes avec retard : application à des modèles intra-hôtes de paludisme et de V.I.H-1 / Stability analysis of within-host models with delays : application to within-host models of H.I.V-1

Mbang, Joseph 20 March 2009 (has links)
Dans cette thèse, nous analysons certains modèles épidémiologiques comportant des retards distribués. Le phénomène du retard est omniprésent en biologie. Les équations différentielles avec retard constant discret encore appelées "lag", ont été beaucoup étudiées. Cependant les retards distribués sont plus adaptés aux phénomènes biologiques. Nous entendons par retards distribués, des retards qui sont décrits par une fonction continue de densité de probabilité. Les retards jouent un rôle important en biologie plus particulièrement en épidémiologie. Par exemple dans le cas d'une maladie infectieuse, le temps d'incubation c'est-à-dire le temps entre le moment où l'individu est infecté et celui où il transmet cette maladie joue un rôle important dans l'analyse de la transmission. Un autre exemple est celui des modèles intra-hôtes d'une infection. Un parasite a besoin d'envahir une cellule cible pour se reproduire. C'est le cas de Plasmodium falciparum, le parasite du paludisme qui envahit les globules rouges, ou le virus VIH dont les cellules cibles sont les lymphocytes CD+4. Quand le parasite rentre dans la cellule cible cela déclenche toute une cascade d'évènements qui aboutiront à la production de nouveaux parasites par bourgeonnement ou lyse de la cellule. (HIV, HBV, Paludisme). La production de nouveaux parasites n'est pas instantanée. Plus généralement le mouvement de quantité de matières d'un endroit à un autre prend du temps. Si l'on veut modéliser une injection de substance dans le flot sanguin, le temps d'apparition dans les capillaires introduit un retard. Les modèles étudiés dans cette thèse sont des modèles intra-hôtes avec retard. Les modèles intra-hôtes ont pour objectif de décrire la dynamique des différents niveaux d'étapes de parasites ainsi que leur interaction avec les cellules cibles du parasite. Pour les modèles biologiques les systèmes compartimentaux sont naturellement utilisés dans la modélisation. Le retard est modélisé par la fonction d'Erlang comme fonction de densité de probabilité. Les modèles intra-hôtes de parasite avec retard peuvent aussi être vus comme les systèmes provenant des modèles SE1...En I, où les Ei sont les classes latentes des infectés. Les classes latentes sont représentées par des chaînes linéaires parallèles de différentes longueurs qui sont insérées entre le compartiment des susceptibles et celui des infectieux. Dans cette thèse, nous utilisons quelques outils de la théorie du contrôle pour "généraliser" le "linear chain trick". Nous calculons le nombre de reproduction de base R0 pour ces systèmes considérés et nous établissons les résultats suivants : – si R0 < 1 les parasites disparaissent et l'équilibre sans parasite (PFE) est globalement asymptotiquement stable dans l'orthant positif ; – si R0 > 1 et avec une hypothèse supplémentaire, il existe un équilibre endémique (EE) qui est globalement asymptotiquement stable dans l’orthant positif hormis l’axe des « susceptibles ». Ces résultats donnent une possibilité de relecture de certains modèles de parasites incluant le retard intracellulaire et d'étude de leur stabilité globale. Comme application de ce résultat, nous reprenons et améliorons les résultats de Nelson et Perelson dans sur les modèles intra-hôtes de l'infection au VIH / In this thesis, we analyze certain epidemiologic models with delays. The phenomenon of delay is omnipresent in biology. The differential equations with constant discrete delay called by Jacquez "lag"have been much studied. However the distributed delays are adapted to many biology phenomena. By distributed delays, we mean delays described by a continuous probability density function. Indeed for example the incubation time for a germs is not constant. The delays are very important in biology particulary in epidemiologic. For example in the case of infectious disease the time of incubation is very important for the analysis of the transmission. The entrance of a parasite into a targetcell initiates a cascade of events that ultimately lead to the production of new parasites by the infected cell. The production of new parasites is not instantaneous. The models studied in this thesis are within-host models with delays. The objectives of within-host parasite models is to describe the dynamic of various stages of the parasites and their interaction with the host cells like red blood cells and the immunity effectors. the delay used in this thesis is the probability density functions of Erlang. The within-host parasite models with distributed delays can also be see as the systems arising from systems with parallel classes of different length of latently infected target cells SE1... EnI where, Ei are latently infected classes. We used some tools of control theory to "generalize" the "linear chain trick". We computed the basic reproduction ratio R0 for systems under consideration. We established the following results : – if R< 1, the parasite is cleared and the parasite free equilibrium is glabal asymptotic stability on the positive orthan ; – if R > 1 and with a sufficient condition is satis fied, we conclude to the global asymptotic stability of the endemic equilibrium. In application, we improve the results of Nelson and Perelson
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Hipotermia no período intra-operatório / Hypothermia in the intraoperative period

Poveda, Vanessa de Brito 12 June 2008 (has links)
A hipotermia ocorre em mais de 70% dos pacientes no período perioperatório tornando-se um evento adverso freqüente. O estudo teve como objetivo geral analisar a temperatura corporal do paciente submetido à cirurgia eletiva no período intra-operatório e como específicos: identificar as relações entre a temperatura corporal e as variáveis sócio-demográficas (idade e sexo) e clínicas (índice de massa corporal, transfusão sanguínea e doenças crônicas); identificar as relações entre temperatura corporal e as variáveis do procedimento anestésicocirúrgico (duração da anestesia, tipo de anestesia e duração da cirurgia); identificar a relação entre temperatura corporal e a temperatura da sala de operação; analisar a variância da medida da temperatura corporal média dos pacientes explicada pelas variáveis preditoras e identificar as medidas adotadas na sala de cirurgia para a prevenção de hipotermia. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa com abordagem metodológica quantitativa, delineamento não experimental, tipo de estudo correlacional, prospectivo em um hospital filantrópico situado no interior do Estado de São Paulo. Na amostra estudada foram incluídos 70 sujeitos com idade igual ou superior a 18 anos; submetidos à cirurgia eletiva, com duração da anestesia de, no mínimo, uma hora. Para a coleta de dados elaborou-se um instrumento que foi submetido à validação aparente e de conteúdo. Na coleta de dados, a pesquisadora realizou a mensuração da temperatura e umidade da sala de operação e da temperatura corporal do paciente em diferentes momentos. Por meio do coeficiente de correlação de Pearson verificou-se correlação estatisticamente significante e negativa entre a variável temperatura média corporal dos pacientes e a duração da anestesia e a duração da cirurgia. De forma positiva, o índice de massa corporal e a temperatura média da sala de operação apresentaram correlações estatisticamente significantes com a temperatura corporal média dos pacientes. Segundo o teste t Student a variável transfusão sanguínea apresentou diferença estatisticamente significante entre as temperaturas corporais médias do grupo submetido à transfusão e do grupo não submetido à transfusão. Em relação ao tipo de anestesia, a ANOVA mostrou diferença estatisticamente significante entre as temperaturas corporais médias e os grupos (geral, regional e combinada), sendo que o grupo submetido à anestesia combinada apresentou temperaturas médias corporais mais baixas. Na regressão linear multivariada, as variáveis tipo de anestesia, duração da anestesia, o índice de massa corporal e a temperatura da sala de operação estavam diretamente relacionadas à temperatura corporal média dos sujeitos investigados. As medidas adotadas na sala de cirurgia para a prevenção de hipotermia foram o uso de lençol de algodão e o enfaixamento dos membros inferiores que consistem em métodos passivos de aquecimento cutâneo; a utilização do sistema de ar forçado aquecido (método ativo de aquecimento cutâneo) ocorreu uma única vez. Conclui-se que apesar das limitações deste estudo, pode-se inferir que a realidade aqui demonstrada, deva ser igual ou similar a de muitos hospitais brasileiros. Compete ao enfermeiro perioperatório a adoção de postura crítica diante da realidade vivenciada, bem como a busca e a implementação de evidências que assegurem a melhoria do cuidado prestado ao paciente cirúrgico. / Hypthermia affects more than 70% of patients in the intraoperative period, turning into a frequent adverse event. The general aim of this study was to analyze the body temperature of patients submitted to elective surgery in the intraoperative period. Specific goals were: to identify the relations between body temperature and sociodemographic (age and gender) and clinical (body mass index, blood transfusion and chronic diseases); to identify the relations between body temperature and variables related to the anesthetic-surgical procedure (duration of anesthesia, type of anesthesia and duration of surgery); to identify the relation between body temperature and the temperature of the operating room; to analyze the variance in patients\' mean body temperature measures, explained by predictive variables, and to identify the measures adopted in the surgery room to prevent hypothermia. Therefore, a quantitative prospective correlation study with a nonexperimental design was carried out at a philanthropic hospital located in the interior of São Paulo State, Brazil. The study sample included 70 subjects aged 18 years or older; submitted to elective surgery, who received anesthesia during at least one hour. For data collection, an instrument was elaborated and submitted to face and content validation. During the collection, the researcher measured the temperature and humidity of the operating room and the patient\'s body temperature at different times. Pearson\'s correlation coefficient was used to identify a statistically significant and negative correlation between three variables: patients\' mean body temperature, the duration of anesthesia and the duration of the surgery. In the positive sense, the body mass index and mean operating room temperature displayed statistically significant correlations with the patients\' mean body temperature. According to Student\'s t-test, the blood transfusion variable presented a statistically significant difference between the mean body temperatures of the group submitted to transfusion and the group that was not submitted to transfusion. As to the type of anesthesia, ANOVA showed a statistically significant difference between mean body temperatures and anesthesia groups (general, regional and combined), with the group submitted to combined anesthesia presenting lower mean body temperatures. In the multivariate linear regression, the variables type of anesthesia, duration of anesthesia, body mass index and operating room temperature were directly related with the research subjects\' mean body temperature. The measures adopted in the surgery room to prevent hypothermia were the use of cotton sheets and the wrapping of lower members, which are passive cutaneous warming methods; the forced-air warming system (active cutaneous warming method) was used once. It is concluded that, despite the study limitations, it can be inferred that the reality pictured here should be equal or similar to that of many Brazilian hospitals. Perioperative nurses should adopt a critical attitude towards this reality, and also look for and implement evidence that guarantees the improvement of care delivery to surgical patients.
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Choosing covariates in the analysis of cluster randomised trials

Wright, Neil D. January 2015 (has links)
Covariate adjustment is common in the analysis of randomised trials, and can increase statistical power without increasing sample size. Published research on covariate adjustment, and guidance for choosing covariates, focusses on trials where individuals are randomised to treatments. In cluster randomised trials (CRTs) clusters of individuals are randomised. Valid analyses of CRTs account for the structure imposed by cluster randomisation. There is limited published research on the e ects of covariate adjustment, or guidance for choosing covariates, in analyses of CRTs. I summarise existing guidance for choosing covariates in individually randomised trials and CRTs, and review the methods used to investigate the e ects of covariate adjustment. I review the use of adjusted analyses in published CRTs. I use simulation, analytic methods, and analyses of trial data to investigate the e ects of covariate adjustment in mixed models. I use these results to form guidance for choosing covariates in analyses of CRTs. Guidance to choose covariates a priori and adjust for covariates used to stratify randomisation is also applicable to CRTs. I provide guidance speci c to CRTs using linear and logistic mixed models. Cluster size, the intra-cluster correlations (ICCs) of the outcome and covariate, and the strength of the relationship between the outcome and covariate in uence the power of adjusted analyses and the precision of treatment e ect estimates. An a priori estimate of the product of cluster size and the ICC of the outcome can be used to assist choosing covariates. When this product is close to one, adjusting for a cluster level covariate or a covariate with a negligible ICC provide similar increases in power. For smaller values of this product, adjusting for a cluster level covariate gives minimal increases in power. The use of separate withincluster and contextual covariate e ect parameters may increase power further in some circumstances.
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The coordination of the innovative process: dynamics of intra-firm interactions in agrifood SMES

Santos, João Heitor de Ávila January 2017 (has links)
A inovação é reconhecida como o processo de renovação da firma, garantindo sua sobrevivência e sucesso. Devido ao ambiente constantemente em mudança, na era digital, as empresas exigem inovação tecnológica e resposta gerencial para se manterem competitivas. Embora, combinar e recombinar todos os recursos não é uma tarefa fácil. Em um mundo ideal e utópico, uma empresa seria composta por trabalhadores com conhecimentos iguais e completos sobre todas as operações, métodos, processos e técnicas das atividades da empresa. A crescente onda de empresas que cooperaram trouxe sucesso a algumas empresas, mas não a todas. Estudos como os de Nesheim (2015), Chatterji (2014) e Mina (2014) nos mostram que o conhecimento é complicado de se gerenciar e é comum que os pesquisadores identifiquem um conhecimento obtido de origem externa preso em certas unidades. Os autores argumentam que esse fenômeno pode acontecer devido a aspectos comportamentais, mas também devido a padrões de processo ou organizacionais. Do ponto de vista intra-firma, Paruchuri (2010) argumenta que uma empresa que melhore a difusão do conhecimento internamente ira aprimorar sua atividade inovadora. Aalbers (2015), refletindo sobre a governança do compartilhamento de conhecimento dentro das organizações, sugere que o conhecimento pode ser difícil de transferir por causa da dinâmica das interações. Essas dinâmicas podem criar uma relutância em compartilhar conhecimento com pessoas de outras unidades. Vários autores, como Hansen (1999 e 2002) e Cross (2003 e 2004) argumentam que os pesquisadores, em grande parte, que se concentraram no fluxo de conhecimento dentro de uma empresa, têm focado apenas nos indivíduos, independentemente da sua posição na organização, e acabam muitas vezes ignorando os limites das unidades da empresa, como possíveis obstáculos para que o conhecimento seja transferido. Devido a esta dinâmica, centrada na inovação, é importante criar novas formas de analisar e desenvolver as atividades da empresa, visando aprimorar seu desempenho e compreender melhor os facilitadores de soluções para que se gere inovação. Portanto, surge a questão da pesquisa: Como as empresas podem gerenciar interações intra-firma para melhorar as atividades inovadoras? Assim, este trabalho tem seu núcleo nas interações intra-firma para fins de inovação. Em outras palavras, exploramos fatores-chave que podem nos permitir analisar melhor as atividades inovadoras da empresa em uma perspectiva intra-firma. O principal objetivo é apresentar os aspectos chave na coordenação intra-firma, baseada nas interações, capaz de melhorar o fluxo de conhecimento para a inovação dentro da empresa. Assim, elaboramos e realizamos um estudo qualitativo com 8 FAI (Firmas Altamente Inovadoras), 4 localizadas no Brasil e 4 localizadas na França. 11 Utilizamos as dimensões e os papéis de corretagem adaptados de Aalbers (2015), Tsang (2015) e Indarti (2010) para desenvolver um instrumento semiestruturado para as entrevistas. Analisamos as interações de um projeto de desenvolvimento de produto em cada empresa e as interações foram classificadas de acordo com: Hierarquia (Horizontal ou Vertical); Alcance (unidade ou unidade cruzada); Tipo (Formal ou Informal) e utilizamos a Intensidade (Frequência) como base para a análise. Nossos resultados demonstram três formas de coordenação intra-firma usadas pelas empresas em suas atividades relacionadas a inovação e um mecanismo específico para a gestão do fluxo de conhecimento com o uso das interações intra-firmas. A primeira forma teve a hierarquia como base para a estrutura organizacional utilizada no projeto, centralizando o controle das interações no coordenador da unidade de desenvolvimento. A segunda forma foi orientada para as interações, os indivíduos com alta posição hierárquica estavam conscientes da importância do fluxo de conhecimento para os processos inovadores. As interações foram centralizadas e depois descentralizadas, em um movimento de interações que seguia o fluxo baixo para cima e cima para baixo. A terceira forma foi chamada de Coordenação do Fluxo de Conhecimento, pois seguiu uma sequência de interações inter-unidades e intra-unidades, usando interações informais para reunir as informações e as interações inter-unidades verticais formais para divulgar a informação. Além disso, as empresas adotaram uma nova abordagem, única para suas atividades inovadoras, atribuindo uma pessoa designada para reportar as atividades aos altos gerentes em uma interação formal, mas coletando informações com o uso de ferramentas para interações informais. A dinâmica das interações teve mudanças relevantes nas empresas analisadas. O compartilhamento de conhecimento sempre deve ser promovido, mas sem destruir o foco na inovação. No entanto, se é mais proveitoso formalizar as interações para o trabalho de ideação ou tentar usar interações informais de maneira mais sutil é uma questão que cada empresa deve responder. Esperamos que o nosso estudo forneça insights importantes sobre a inovação nas empresas. A definição das tipologias de interações foi um primeiro passo e mostrar a coordenação intra-firma, em um desenvolvimento de inovação, pode ajudar as empresas a entender o poder que as interações têm para gerenciar os processos de compartilhamento de conhecimento. / Innovation is recognized as the process of renovation of the company, ensuring its survival and success. Although, to combine and recombine all these aspects is not an easy task. In an ideal and utopic world, a firm would be composed by workers with equal and complete knowledge about all the operations, methods, processes and techniques enrolled in the firm’s activities. To the intra-firm perspective, Paruchuri (2010) argues that a firm that can improve the diffusion of knowledge internally will enhance its innovative activity. Aalbers (2015), reflecting on the governance of knowledge sharing inside organizations, suggests that knowledge may be difficult to transfer because of the boundaries dynamics. Due to this dynamic, innovation centered, it is important to create new ways of analyzing and developing the firm’s activities, aiming to enhance its performance and to better understand solution enablers for the new challenges to come. Therefore, the research question emerges: How can firms manage intra-firm interactions to enhance the innovative activities? To answer this question, we designed and performed a qualitative study with 8 HIFs (Highly Innovative Firms), 4 located in Brazil and 4 located in France. We used the dimensions of interactions and brokerage roles adapted from Aalbers (2015), Tsang (2015) and Indarti (2010) to develop a semi-structured instrument for the interviews. We analyzed the interactions during a project of product development in each firm, and the interactions were classified according to: Hierarchy (Horizontal or Vertical); Reach (Unit or Cross-unit); Type (Formal or Informal) and we used Intensity (Frequency) as the base for the analysis. Our results of the firms’ intra-firm coordination for innovative processes showed us three different forms of intra-firm coordination and one specific mechanism for the intra-firm coordination. We hope that this thesis can provide insights to the innovation studies, defining the interactions was a first step and showcasing the intra-firm coordination, at a product development, might help the firms to understand the power that the interactions have to manage the knowledge sharing processes.
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Decretando a morte: um estudo de caso do protocolo de morte encefálica.

Couto, Iana Carla 26 February 2016 (has links)
Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Estudos Latino-Americanos da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, como requisito parcial à obtenção do título de mestra em Estudos Latino-Americanos. Orientador: Prof. Dr. Antonio de la Peña Garcia. / Submitted by Iana Carla Couto (ianaccouto@gmail.com) on 2016-07-22T15:11:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Iana Carla Couto .pdf: 4806972 bytes, checksum: 7f3951d51bc206c0bef9dcc2870846f6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Nilson Junior (nilson.junior@unila.edu.br) on 2016-07-22T16:05:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Iana Carla Couto .pdf: 4806972 bytes, checksum: 7f3951d51bc206c0bef9dcc2870846f6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-22T16:05:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Iana Carla Couto .pdf: 4806972 bytes, checksum: 7f3951d51bc206c0bef9dcc2870846f6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-26 / This work is the result of a case study developed with a Hospital-Commission on Organ and Tissue Donation - CIHDOTT, in Guarapuava, Paraná, in January 2016. Interviews were conducted in observations and conversations with members the commission while they performed the procedure with a patient. Aims to describe how developed the Brain Death Protocol, from the perspective of the professionals that make the process that results in the document that certifies the death of the individual, even when the body of the patient shows signs of life. Through this, we seek to contribute to studies related to the influence of technological advances in the way we live and die, and contribute to the study of the ethical issues that permeate the medical field and present the problems that pervade the diagnosis of brain death. The work is divided into three chapters: the first one is dedicated to the historical aspects related to brain death. In the second and third, through the speeches of the members of the committee, is described as the protocol is developed and what difficulties that permeate the process. We chose a qualitative methodology for the development of this research, understanding that this method provides a differential in research conducted on the subject. As a result we found that the process of declaring brain death is difficult to perform. The professionals who serve a necessity imposed by capitalism, which them is attributed to give function over again to become productive sick people are under pressure by carrying out activities such as the brain death protocol. In the process that will determine someone's death whose vital functions are kept in operation causes the patient to assume the condition of the living body, whose purpose is its fragmentation, for organ donation. Thus ensuring the possibility of others becomes productive benefits for their organs that were removed. / O presente trabalho é resultado de um estudo de caso desenvolvido com uma Comissão Intra-Hospitalar de Doação de Órgãos e Tecidos – CIHDOTT, na cidade de Guarapuava, Paraná, no mês de janeiro de 2016. Foram realizadas entrevistas, observações e conversas com os membros da comissão, enquanto os mesmos realizavam o processo com um paciente. Objetiva descrever como é desenvolvido o Protocolo de Morte Encefálica, a partir da perspectiva dos profissionais que fazem o processo que resulta no documento que atesta a morte do indivíduo, mesmo quando o corpo do paciente apresenta sinais de vida. Através disso, busca-se contribuir com estudos relacionados a influências dos avanços tecnológicos na forma com que vivemos e morremos, além de contribuir para os estudos sobre as questões éticas que permeiam a área médica e apresentar os problemas que permeiam o diagnóstico de morte encefálica. O trabalho é divido em três capítulos: o primeiro deles é dedicado aos aspectos históricos relacionados a morte encefálica. No segundo e terceiro, através das falas dos membros da comissão, é descrito como o protocolo é desenvolvido e quais as dificuldades que permeiam o processo. Optouse por uma metodologia qualitativa para o desenvolvimento dessa pesquisa, compreendendo que esse método oferece um diferencial nas pesquisas realizadas sobre a temática. Como resultado foi possível verificar que o processo de decretar a morte encefálica é de difícil realização. Os profissionais, que atendem uma necessidade imposta pelo capitalismo, onde é atribuída a eles a função de tornar pessoas doentes novamente produtivas, sofrem a pressão pela realização de atividades como a do protocolo de morte encefálica. Nesse processo que vai determinar a morte de alguém cuja funções vitais são mantidas em funcionamento faz com que o paciente assuma a condição de cadáver vivo, cuja a finalidade é a sua fragmentação, para doação de órgãos. Garantindo assim, a possibilidade de outras pessoas se tornarem produtivas beneficiadas pelos seus órgãos que foram retirados.
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Product diversification, symbiotic orientation and firm performance : a perspective of extended resource-based view of the firm

Liao, Fanwei 01 January 2008 (has links)
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