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The aim of this diploma thesis is to deepen the knowledge in the field of drain liquid from vessel with free surface due to the effluent jet with defined profile. Formation of complete suction vortex is taken place gradually depending on the starting conditions. In the diploma thesis basic relations in liquids considering whirl are described and the types of vortex are divided on the bases of circulation intensity. In the experimental part of diploma thesis the possibilities of liquid level prediction are searched for, where the whirl is formed depending on the size of effluent jet.

This master’s thesis describes the influence of conformity on friction in rolling bearings. The coefficient of friction is measured on an experimental machine - Mini Traction Machine 2 – using ball-on-disc method. The results are plotted in graphs which showing the dependence of the coefficient of friction at spin-to-roll ratio for specific conformity, normal load and speed in the contact area. The influence of load, speed or different lubricant viscosity is verified for a given value of conformity. Experimentally obtained data are compared with the mathematical model developed in MatLab, within this thesis.

Hübner, P.: Graffiti - Nonkonformní konformita aneb Role graffiti ve výuce výtvarné výchovy, [Diplomová práce] Praha 2013 - Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra výtvarné výchovy, 94 s. Abstract The diploma thesis independently follows on the author's bachelor thesis. It briefly describes the substance and the history of the graffiti phenomenon with the focus on current situation and local scene. Then, it points out less frequent questions and problems that are based on the substance of graffiti itself. The text tries to give important information and impulses to the teachers of art lessons, who often have misinterpreted and partly idealized idea of graffiti. The thesis also focuses on the state of current Prague street art that is on the decline at the moment. The text combines particular examples with consideration passages that deal with general topics like non/conformity, freedom, safety, creativity, ilussions, relationship to surroundings or private property. The research that was done among the teachers at lower and higher secondary schools is compared with the author's opinions, even by means of two dialogues with graffiti artists themselves. In the didactic part, the author summarizes possible conceptions of art lessons in connection with the graffiti topic that are supplemented with the...

This thesis deals with the current egoistic nature of man. The first part of the paper will describe the historical background and the rise of empirical science and will point out the newly emerging cultural paradigm which has influenced the whole value system and general development of today's society. This will be followed up by the description of an individual phenomena that guides the acceptance of social principles actively pursued within our society these days. Parsing of individual factors using the method of analysis and synthesis will allow us to approach the very phenomenon of egoism from a wider perspective. The focus of this paper is to attempt to answer whether man's dependency on today's society leads to the development of egoistic characteristic in a person. The paper will also attempt, using philosophical and theological reflection and modern science, to find an outline for a solution that would be beneficial to the advancement of an altruistic profile of civilization. Keywords Jesus, Plato, Sokrates, the good, egoism, emphaty, philosophy, genetics, intelligence, values, conformity, consumer society, power, science

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) aims to standardize train control command and communication systems in Europe. The main goal of its introduction is to develop trans-European railway traffic and increase competition. The two main components of ERTMS are European Train Control System (ETCS), which is an Automatic Protection System (ATP), and GSM–Railway (GSM-R).GSM-R is a radio transmission system that provides data and voice communication between the train and trackside facilities. Classical rail signaling systems are recommended to be updated to meet these standards. This master’s thesis is conducted in cooperation with Bombardier Transportation (BT), the rail equipment division of firm Bombardier Inc. It explores a part of ERTMS implementation and aims to identify its failures/non-conformities during its simulation. A non-conformity is any deviation or nonfulfillment of a requirement involving a product manufactured at BT. This thesis first collects failures/non conformities in test sessions and stores it into databases. A failure/non-conformity is processed by many engineers from the time it is detected in a test until it is resolved.  This thesis project seeks to investigate the exchange and the management of failures in both the tools and databases, together with analyzing the interaction between engineers through tools and databases. Non conformities detected during the simulation is stored in databases. The goal is to utilize this data to highlight parts of ERTMS implementation which generate most of non-conformities during the simulation. This information indicates to engineers where to focus and act in order to improve Bombardier Transportation’s products. This thesis successfully simulated a part of ERMS implementation. Several different tests cases were conducted and seven non-conformities were detected. These non-conformities were used to investigate and analyze the process of managing failures in tools and databases. This thesis proved that the exchange and the management of information about non-conformities was inefficient and time consuming. In the worst case, non-conformities were completely lost during this process. Several corrective actions were proposed in order to improve the handling of non-conformities. / Europeiskt styrsystem för järnvägstrafik (ERTMS) har i mål att till standardisera tåglednings- och kommunikationssystem i Europa. Den huvudsakliga målsättningen är att utveckla transeuropeiska järnvägstrafiken och öka konkurrensen. De två viktigaste komponenterna i ERTMS är European Train Control System (ETCS) och GSM-Railway (GSM-R). ECTS är Automatisk Protection System (ATP). GSM-R är en radiotransmissions system som tillhandahåller data och röstkommunikation mellan tåg och markanläggningar. Klassisk järnväg signalsystem rekommenderas att uppdatera för att uppfylla dessa standarder. Denna magisteruppsats sker i samarbete med Bombardier Transportation (BT) som är järnvägsutrustning uppdelningen av företaget Bombardier Inc. Det skall utforskas en del av ERTMS implementering och som syftar till att identifiera sina avvikelser och misslyckanden under sin simulering. Denna avhandling samlar först med misslyckanden/icke-avvikelser i testsessioner och lagrar det i databaser. Ett icke-avvikelser är någon icke uppfyllande av ett krav som medför en produkt som tillverkas vid BT. Ett misslyckande/icke-avvikelse behandlas av många ingenjörer från den tidpunkt då den upptäcks i ett test tills det är löst. Detta examensarbete syftar till att undersöka utbytet och hanteringen av brister i både verktyg och databaser, tillsammans med att analysera samspelet mellan ingenjörer via verktyg och databaser. De upptäckta enhetligheterna under simuleringen lagras i databaser. Målet är att utnyttja dessa data för att markera delar av ERTMS implementering som genererar merparten av avvikelser under simuleringen. Denna information indikerar att ingenjörer var att fokusera och agera i syfte att förbättra Bombardier Transportations produkter. Denna avhandling har med framgång simulerat en del av ERMS implementering. Flera olika tester fall genomfördes och sju avvikelser upptäcktes. Dessa avvikelser användes för att undersöka och analysera processen för att hantera misslyckanden inom verktyg och databaser. Avhandlingen visade att utbyte och hantering av information om avvikelser var ineffektivt och tidsödande. I värsta fall, var avvikelser helt förlorad under denna process. Flera korrigerande åtgärder föreslogs för att förbättra hanteringen av avvikelser.

This essay discusses the effects of mass culture on the Loman family in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. The focus is to identify whether conformation to mass culture and alienation have caused the characters to be lonely and to give up what they enjoy and to fall in line with a system where individuality is replaced by totality. The theoretical framework used is the Frankfurt School’s critical theory which further developed Karl Marx’s socialist economic theory by putting an emphasis on the role of media and culture. The Frankfurt School critical theory purports that people in a mass culture society are estranged from themselves and others as large corporations and machines eradicate individual skills. Consumerism and meaningless media control and keep fatigued workers happy in their leisure time and thus distract them from starting a revolution. Advertising and entertainment create heroes to be revered which leads to a society where people strive for success, but this also results in competition and further estrangement. The conclusion is that the behaviour of the Loman family members is a result of conforming to the expectations of a mass culture society. Willy and Biff fail in their professional fields as they are not engaged in the manual work they are qualified for and that would fulfil their true needs. The constant effort to live up to expectations leads to immoralities, lies, contradictions, and loneliness. A false consciousness conveyed through media has indoctrinated a belief that someone who is not successful should be excluded from society. Willy’s escape after his own and his sons’ failures is suicide.

The main subject in this research study is to try to understand the link between legitimacy upholding and CSR reporting, which in this case is sustainability reporting. In this research study we examine how companies’ legitimacy can be damaged by a scandal. This essay takes a closer look at 8 companies that have been through a scandal and this study aims to evaluate how and why they try to re-legitimize themselves after a scandal has happened. The study uses a qualitative content analysis where we have examined companies’ sustainability reports as a basis. We codified the sustainability reports are searched for underlying themes through an abductive analysis that could be used for evaluation. Our results suggest that organizations aim move from a symbolic to a substantial management style after a scandal with a concentration being on stakeholder appeals. Responsibility for the scandal can also deviate depending how big the scandals are as per our results. Our results are however highly anecdotal yet they provide a base for further research. Our results had been analyzed with the help of legitimacy theory, CSR in theory and stakeholder theory. / Huvudämnet i den här forskningsstudien är kopplingen mellan upprätthållandet legitimering av CSR och hållbarhetsredovisningen. I den här forskning studien undersöks hur företagens legitimitet kan skadas av en skandal. Uppsatsen tar en noggrannare titt på 8 företag som har varit med om en skandal och undersöker om och hur de försöker legitimera sig själv före och efter en skandal. Studien är skriven utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys där vi har undersökt och använt företagens hållbarhetsredovisning som underlag till vårt studie i de här fallet. Vi har kodifierat hållbarhetsrapporterna där vi har sökt efter underliggande teman genom en abduktiv analys. Vårt resultat tyder på att organisationer siktar för att likna efter en substantiell managementstil efter en skandal, där fokus har varit att försöka tillfredsställa intressenterna. Ansvar över skandalen avviker beroende på hur stor skandalen är i hänsyn till vårt resultat. Resultatet i vår studie är anekdotisk dock får vi tillhandahålla en bas för vidare forskning gällande det här området. Vårt resultat har vi även analyserat med hjälp av teorin som vi har tillhandahållit, legitimitets teorin, CSR i teori och intressentteori.

Questa tesi è composta da due saggi indipendenti. Il saggio presentato nel Capitolo 1 studia la conformità fiscale all'interno di un modello basato su agenti. Il modello è progettato tenendo conto di una serie di regole fiscali in vigore in Italia e calibrato con micro-dati forniti dall'autorità fiscale italiana. I risultati delle simulazioni mostrano che, considerando livelli di deterrenza realistici, agenti strettamente razionali generano un livello (medio) di non conformità fiscale sostanzialmente superiore a quello suggerito dai dati empirici. Quando includiamo nel processo decisionale dell’agente il calcolo e l’aggiornamento della probabilità soggettiva di subire un controllo, così come l’attitudine alla conformità sociale e gli effetti di rete, il modello fornisce risultati maggiormente in linea con l'evidenza empirica. Il saggio presentato nel Capitolo 2 impiega diverse tecniche di apprendimento automatico, con l'obiettivo di identificare quei contribuenti che hanno maggiore probabilità di aumentare l’importo della loro dichiarazione dei redditi dopo essere stati controllati dall'autorità fiscale. Tra i metodi impiegati, la foresta casuale ha garantito la maggiore accuratezza predittiva. Per valutare l'utilità pratica del nostro approccio, calcoliamo l'aumento del reddito netto riportato dai contribuenti identificati dal modello random forest. Troviamo che, in media, questo aumento è significativo rispetto alla media di tutti i contribuenti ispezionati. Riteniamo, dunque, che il nostro approccio possa rivelarsi uno strumento utile al fine di individuare e selezionare quei contribuenti che hanno una maggiore probabilità di dichiarare un reddito più alto in seguito ad un controllo, consentendo, quindi, una migliore allocazione delle - tipicamente scarse - risorse finanziarie a disposizione dell’autorità fiscale nell'ambito della sua attività ordinaria di controllo. / The essay presented in Chapter 1 studies tax compliance within an agent-based framework. The model is designed according to a set of normative taxing rules for the Italian case and calibrated with micro-data provided by the Italian tax authority. Simulation results show that, under realistic deterrence levels, strict rational agents generate a (average) level of tax noncompliance substantially higher than that suggested by the empirical data. When subjective audit probability computing and updating as well as social conformity attitude and network effects are included in the decision process, the model provides results more in line with the empirical evidence. The essay presented in Chapter 2 employs several machine learning techniques, with the aim to identify those taxpayers who are more likely to increase their net income declarations after being audited by the tax authority. Among the employed methods, random forest guaranteed higher predictive accuracy. In order to assess the practical utility of our approach, we compute the reported net income increase by taxpayers identified through the random forest model. We find that, on average, this increase is significant compared to the average of all the inspected taxpayers. We believe that our approach could prove a useful tool in order to identify and select those taxpayers who are more likely to increase the income reporting after an audit, therefore allowing for a better allocation of the – typically scarce – financial resources available to the tax authority for its ordinary auditing activities.

In recent years there has been a marked shift from face-to-face communication to computer-mediated communication. This shift has also led to changes in the way families communicate as, more often than ever, social media sites are becoming a primary means of communication for a number of groups. The relationship between family communication patterns and offline interaction has long been studied. However, there is a marked scarcity in research examining the relationship between family communication patterns and online interaction. Data collected from a group-administered survey of 246 undergraduate students was used to examine eleven hypotheses related to family communication patterns, self-esteem, social media use, and online/offline family interaction. Family communication patterns were labeled as either high conversation-orientation or high conformity-orientation. Existing research suggests that these communication patterns are inversely related and a correlation analysis in this study supports this notion. The results indicate that there is a positive correlation between high conversation-orientation families and both online and offline family interaction as well as measures of self-esteem. Additionally, the results indicate that there is a negative correlation between high conformity-orientation families and offline family interaction. No significant correlations were found between high conformity-orientation families and either self-esteem or online family interaction. Future research should consider motivations behind actions as this may significantly impact how respondents view and evaluate their interaction patterns.