This Master thesis focuses on the concept of Records Management (RM) and Electronic Records Management (ERM) and how the adoption of an Electronic Document Records Management System (EDRMS) affects a business setting. The research focuses on the factors of perceived efficiency and on the costs that exist in a company. More specifically, this Master thesis is a qualitative exploratory case study which's aim is to examine and present the experiences and the attitudes of 4 individuals who are working in companies that possess an EDRMS. In order to acquire this deeper understanding, the data collection methods that were used were the in person semi structured interviews and the observation. During the research was examined how the perceived efficiency and the costs in a company are affected by a proper RM/ERM program. The analysis of the collected data shown that the specific individuals in the specific firms are benefited by the EDRMS and that their work is improved.

[pt] As curvas de capacidade de geração de potência reativa fornecidas pelos fabricantes são elaboradas em função dos parâmetros de projeto do gerador, e geralmente não consideram as condições de operação da planta e do sistema como fatores limitantes. É sabido que as condições de operação da planta, tais como tensões nominais do terminal do gerador e das barras auxiliares, valores limites dos reguladores de tensão, potência máxima da turbina e dispositivos de limitação e proteção de sub e sobreexcitação podem ser fatores limitantes da capacidade de geração e absorção de potência reativa. Neste trabalho foi elaborado um método e desenvolvida uma ferramenta computacional para identificar a curva de capacidade real de geração de potência reativa para qualquer ponto de operação. Este trabalho pode ser estendido para qualquer gerador, conhecidas as características da usina. Nos estudos de caso apresentados pôde-se verificar que é possível ampliar a capacidade de geração reativa da usina apenas conhecendo seus reais limites, não necessitando portanto, de grandes investimentos para o aumento dessa capacidade. / [en] They show that different generator loads produce greater heating in different parts of generator. A method is described and a software is presented to evaluate the actual reactive power capability curve considering the operating condition.This paper shows that it is possible to enlarge the reactive power capability only by knowing the actual capability limitations, without raising costs and keeping operation safe.It is important to the generator agent to know its capabilities if it is desidered to provide reactive support as an ancillary service in the new competitive environment.

Digitalisation and the internet have enabled ordinary individuals to make copies of copyrighted content easily, costlessly and with no degradation in terms of quality. While digital private copying is permitted in Europe under Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29/EC, it represents a major challenge to the interests of the copyright owners and a thorny issue in the context of digital copyright. Despite the fact that all EU Member States, with the exception of Ireland and the UK, have incorporated a statutory limitation for acts of private copying in their national statutes, there is legal uncertainty as to the scope of this limitation. To be permitted, the use of copyrighted content ought to be private and non-commercial; these concepts, however, do not translate well in the digital environment. For instance, one can only wonder whether facebook friends qualify as a private circle and whether downloading works for free from file-sharing networks is a non-commercial act. This thesis provides answers to these questions and determines the actual scope of the private copying limitation. Yet, perfectly lawful private uses of copyrighted content may have an aggregate impact on the interests of the rightholders in the digital environment, where these activities are more widespread. To deal with the digital impact of private copying, Directive 2001/29/EC sets forth a twofold approach; while private copying is premised on condition that the rightholders are compensated for the unauthorised uses of their works, at the same time, the application of technological protection measures is rigorously protected. We examine the efficacy of these approaches in dealing with digital private copying and their adequacy for policy reasons. This thesis concludes that, even though private copying is permissible under the set of conditions laid down by Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29/EC, its legitimate exercise is jeopardised in the digital environment due to the fact that this limitation is not mandatory. This means that the ability of end users to make private copies may be either technologically or contractually restricted. Yet, the private copying limitation is a manifestation of the fundamental right to privacy, which prevails over copyright enforcement. We therefore urge for an explicit declaration of the imperative status of the private copying limitation against technological or contractual constraints.

This thesis analyses buckwheat as a cover crop in Florida. The study was designed to demonstrate: soil enrichment with nutrients, mycorrhizal arbuscular fungi interactions, growth in different soil types, temperature limitations in Florida, and economic benefits for farmers. Buckwheat was planted at the FIU organic garden (Miami, FL) in early November and harvested in middle December. After incorporation of buckwheat residues, soil analyses indicated the ability of buckwheat to enrich soil with major nutrients, in particular, phosphorus. Symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increased inorganic phosphorus uptake and plant growth. Regression analysis on aboveground buckwheat biomass weight and soil characteristics showed that high soil pH was the major limiting factor that affected buckwheat growth. Spatial analysis illustrated that buckwheat could be planted in South Florida throughout the year but might not be planted in North and Central Florida in winter. An economic assessment proved buckwheat to be a profitable cover crop.

The fiscal practicity in tributaries presumptions and limitations for the rights of taxpayers, despite the non-existence a broad theoretical discipline, has been used progressively by various federal, state and local laws. This shows the need for systematic Public Administration create machanism to make easier the application of the tax laws, efficient and therefore equal. This perceived need by the ineffectiveness of the taxing power to impose the tax rules on the range of taxable and many achieved taxpayers situations. Therefore, the use of such instruments, through the use of tributaries presumptions, is a normative reality increasingly found in tax legal relations. Advocates the use of this tax presumptions giving fiscal practicity, since limits are obseved to prevent the arbitrary and indiscriminate use of such a mechanism. Under this, the study seeks to equate the practice with values set in the current legal order to preserve the rights of taxpayers and thus avoid excesses that may be committed by the Government. It is in this step that the dissertation is concerned to point out how it should be done the control of any invalid presumptions and that are inserted in the context of fiscal practicity. / A praticidade fiscal nas presunções tributárias, não obstante inexistir um plano disciplinamento teórico, vem sendo utilizada de forma progressiva pelas mais diversas legislações federais, estaduais municipais. Tal sistemática revela a necessidade de a Administração Pública criar mecanismo que torne a aplicação da legislação tributária mais simples, eficiente e, por conseqüência, igualitária. Necessidade esta decorrente da ineficácia do poder tributante de aplicar a norma tributária diante da amplitude de situações tributadas e do grande número de contribuintes alcançados. A utilização de tais instrumentos, mediante o emprego de presunções fiscais, é uma realidade normativa cada vez mais encontrada nas relações jurídicas tributárias. Defende-se a utilização das presunções fiscais conferindo praticidade fiscal, desde que sejam observados limites que impeçam o uso arbitrário e indiscriminado de tal mecanismo. Este estudo busca equacionar tal prática com valores fixados no ordenamento jurídico vigente a fim de preservar direitos dos contribuintes e, assim, evitar excessos por parte da Administração Pública. É nesse passo que a dissertação intenta apontar como deve ser realizado o controle de eventuais presunções inválidas que se encontram inseridas no contexto da prática fiscal.

Le contingent de personnes issues de la génération du baby‐boom conjugué à une expansionde la morbidité de plus en plus observée dans certaines couches des populations âgées etvieillissantes constitue un défi majeur pour la société. L’objectif de cette thèse étaitd’étudier l’histoire naturelle et les déterminants de la dépendance dans le vieillissement.Dans une première partie nous avons montré que la longévité était un phénomènemultifactoriel avec des similitudes et des spécificités selon le sexe. Dans une deuxièmepartie, l’étude des tendances séculaires a montré un gain d’espérance de vie en 10 ans avecun recul de l’âge d’entrée en dépendance chez les plus de 75 ans attestant d’unecompression de la morbidité pour les hommes et les hauts niveaux d’études, mais d’uneexpansion de la morbidité pour les sujets de bas niveau d’études. Les modèles IRT nous ontpermis de décrire plus finement le processus de dépendance. Nos travaux ont confirmé quela capacité à effectuer les activités quotidiennes était hiérarchiquement affectée et que laporte d’entrée dans le processus était la limitation pour les courses, alors que la dernièreétape était la limitation au transfert. Les trajectoires d’évolution fonctionnelle avant le décèssont plus favorables aux hommes et aux hauts niveaux d’études. Par ailleurs, les séquenceshiérarchiques sont spécifiques à la démence, notamment pour les IADL. Les démentsconnaissent un déclin fonctionnel plus marqué et des niveaux de dépendance supérieurs.Des analyses ultérieures devront s’attacher à explorer plus largement les différents profilsd’évolution en population âgée et identifier les déterminants sous‐jacents à ces profils. / The contingent of baby‐boomers combined with an expansion of morbidity increasinglyobserved in some layers of older and aging populations are a major challenge for society.The aim of this thesis was to study the natural history and determinants of dependency inaging. In the first part, we showed that longevity was a multifactorial phenomenon withsimilarities and discrepancies by gender. In the second part, the study of secular trendsshowed a 10‐year gain in life expectancy and a postponement of dependency in over 75‐year‐old demonstrating a compression of morbidity for men and high levels of education,but an expansion of morbidity for the subjects of low educational level. IRT models haveallowed us to more accurately describe the process of dependency. Our work confirmed thatthe ability to perform daily activities was hierarchically affected and the front door of theprocess was limitation for shopping, while the last step was for transfer limitation. Thetrajectories of functional evolution before death are more favorable to men and high levelsof education. Furthermore, the sequences are hierarchical specific to dementia, especiallyfor IADL. Demented people experienced sharper functional declines and greater levels ofdependency. Further analyzes will have to focus on exploring more widely different patternsof change in elderly population and identify the determinants underlying these profiles.Keywords:

Nanofibres are found in a broad variety of hierarchical biological systems as fundamental structural units, and nanofibrillar components are playing an increasing role in the development of advanced functional materials. Accurate determination of the mechanical properties of single nanofibres is thus of great interest, yet measurement of these properties is challenging due to the intricate specimen handling and the exceptional force and deformation resolution that is required. The atomic force microscope (AFM) has emerged as an effective, reliable tool in the investigation of nanofibrillar mechanics, with the three most popular approaches—AFM-based tensile testing, three-point deformation testing, and nanoindentation—proving preferable to conventional tensile testing in many (but not all) cases. Here, we review the capabilities and limitations of each of these methods and give a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in this field.

<p>Хванг и сарадници (Hwang et al., 2006) истичу да је већина истраживања градског &nbsp;туризма усмерено&nbsp;ка менаџменту дестинације, док је мало учињено на бихевиоралном приступу, односно на дефинисању&nbsp;образаца понашања туриста при &nbsp;избору градске дестинације као места за одмор. Аутори сматрају да&nbsp;различити фактори условљавају процес доношења одлуке код туриста који одаберу град као место за&nbsp;одмор за разлику од оних који одаберу море и плажу за своје место за одмор. У овој дисертацији&nbsp;покушаће се утврдити и истражити фактори који утичу на туристе и опредељују их да изаберу&nbsp;дестинацију Новог Сада као место за одмор. Поред поменутог додатно се анализирају интерни фактори,&nbsp;односно утицај социо-демографски варијабли на њих. Помоћу специјалне методе временски зависних&nbsp;<br />фази матрица покушаће се утврдити утицај старосног доба на интерне факторе.</p> / <p>Hvang i saradnici (Hwang et al., 2006) ističu da je većina istraživanja gradskog &nbsp;turizma usmereno&nbsp;ka menadžmentu destinacije, dok je malo učinjeno na bihevioralnom pristupu, odnosno na definisanju&nbsp;obrazaca ponašanja turista pri &nbsp;izboru gradske destinacije kao mesta za odmor. Autori smatraju da&nbsp;različiti faktori uslovljavaju proces donošenja odluke kod turista koji odaberu grad kao mesto za&nbsp;odmor za razliku od onih koji odaberu more i plažu za svoje mesto za odmor. U ovoj disertaciji&nbsp;pokušaće se utvrditi i istražiti faktori koji utiču na turiste i opredeljuju ih da izaberu&nbsp;destinaciju Novog Sada kao mesto za odmor. Pored pomenutog dodatno se analiziraju interni faktori,&nbsp;odnosno uticaj socio-demografski varijabli na njih. Pomoću specijalne metode vremenski zavisnih&nbsp;<br />fazi matrica pokušaće se utvrditi uticaj starosnog doba na interne faktore.</p> / <p>As Hwang et al. (2006) point out research on urban tourism focuses mostly on management aspects related&nbsp;to urban destinations, with the integration of behavioural &nbsp;approaches regarding city tourism research being&nbsp;largely ignored. Researchers&rsquo; point out that most factors that influence decision making process are different&nbsp;with tourist who choose city as their vacation place and tourist who choose sea &nbsp;estinationas as their vacation&nbsp;place. This study will try to identify the main factors that influence tourist to choose Novi Sad as their vacation&nbsp;place. In addition it will try to analyze internal factors and influence of different socio-demographic variables&nbsp;on mentioned factors. With use of time dependent fuzzy matrices author will try to analyze what influence age&nbsp;of tourists has on internal factors?</p>

Despite its long tradition in our country, livestock grazing almost disappeared from Czech landscape. This form of land use has winded down in the middle of 20th century, when compulsory co-operative farming was introduced. Decrease of pasturage is especially visible on fragmented areas of steep slopes and in dry places. These areas are often highly valuable and protected for its nature richness. When a grazing management is introduced, its effects on plant species communities are not clear. Also the exact mechanisms of vegetation changes caused by grazing are often unknown. In 2005, administration of PLA Český kras reinstated grazing management as a mean of preservation of dry grassland ecosystems. As part of this project I studied, how generative regeneration contributes to vegetation changes. The aim of the present study is to ascertain: a) how is seedling recruitment and survival affected by grazing, b) what are limitations of generative reproduction, and c) what is the contribution of soil seed bank to vegetation changes. In 2005, monitoring of seedling recruitment and survival had started, repetitive sowing experiment was performed and species composition of persistent seed bank was analyzed. Grazing had a positive effect on seedling - both numbers of seedling and their species composition....

The world is jeopardized by several social and environmental threats. The limited resources are being used at a rapid rate which contributes to negative effects on global warming. Along with increased poverty, human rights are being violated and labor is exploited. Therefore, sustainability is perhaps a more urgent topic than ever. CSV is proposed as an answer to these environmental and social threats, which is identified by a gap in the concept of CSR. Sweden is a leading country in terms of sustainability, and therefore the purpose is to gain knowledge on how Swedish companies work with shared value creation in their sustainable practices. This study follows an interpretive philosophy through a qualitative study, and semi-structured interviews are conducted with six companies. The empirical data is analyzed through coding where four themes are evolved. This study develops existing concepts through an inductive approach and further proposes that the companies pursue CSV by the mediating role of CSR. Sustainable innovation, innovative raw materials, and digitalization are the major contributors to shared value creation. Sustainable development goals and science-based targets are essential tools to guide companies toward a sustainable future. However, two barriers to pursuing shared value creating activities are being a small company and adapting to the local context.