Magistro baigiamajame darbe analizuojama turizmo paslaugų sutartis, jos nuostatas reglamentuojantys LR bei kitų ES valstybių teisės aktai, atskleidžiami turizmo paslaugų teikimo kokybės teisiniai aspektai. Vykdant darbe iškeltus uždavinius, pateikiama turizmo turizmo paslaugų samprata, rūšys ir specifika, analizuojamos turizmo paslaugų teikimo sutarties atsiradimo priežastys, jos sudarymo bei įsigaliojimo sąlygos, apžvelgiama turizmo paslaugų teikimo teisinio reglamentavimo situacija. Turizmo paslaugų sutarties turinys šiame darbe nagrinėjamas, jos nuostatas lyginant su pagrindinių santykius šioje srityje reglamentuojančių LR teisės aktų bei direktyvos 90/314/EEC normomis, atliekant teismų praktikos analizę. Moksliniams tyrimams skirtoje darbo dalyje analizuojama ginčų, kylančių iš turizmo paslaugų sutarties nagrinėjimo tvarka; pristatoma LTA atlikta studija, kurioje, lyginant su kitų ES valstybių teisės aktų nuostatomis iškeliami turizmo paslaugų teikėjams ydingi LR teisės aktų normų aspektai; aprašoma turizmo paslaugų vartotojų anketinės apklausos metodika, pristatomi jos rezultatai ir jų vertinimai. Darbo pabaigoje pateikiamos išvados bei rekomendacijos turizmo paslaugų teikimo sutarties tobulinimui, apginamos iškeltos hipotezės. Darbe pateikti 5 paveikslai, 4 lentelės, 8 priedai. Darbo apimtis - 60 puslapių. / The concluding work for master's degree analyses the contract in tourism services legal acts of LR and other ES countries determening its reguliations, legal aspects of tourism services quality are as well dealt with in this study. According to the tasks risen in this particular study, the understanding kinds and specificity of tourism services are presented, the reasons of tourism services agreement appearance, the conditions of its performance and its coming into action are analysed, legal reguliation situation of tourism services is glanced at. The content of tourism services agreement is analysed in this study on the basis of comparing its regulations with the main lans of LR legal acts and directive 90/314/ECC norms regulating relations in the sphere, employing the analysis of court practice. The part of the study for scientific research deals with the analysis of arguments, rising from tourism services agreement, solving order. The study carried out in LTA is presented which points out invalid LR lan acts norms aspects in comparison with other ES countries law acts regulations, the methods of tourism services consumers questionaries are described, its results and evaluation are presented. The concluding part of the study presents the conclusions and recommendations for the improvement of tourism services agreement the outcoming hypotheses are defended. The study includes 5 pictures, 4 tables and 8 appendices. The scope of the study is 60 pages.

RÉSUMÉ DE LA RECHERCHE Le conflit armé en Colombie est le troisième conflit le plus long du monde, après le problème entre la Palestine et l’Israël et celui entre l’Inde et le Pakistan. La violence organisée qui caractérise ce conflit a des conséquences sur le plan individuel (souffrance psychologique, etc.) et sur le plan collectif (démobilisation sociale par la terreur, modification de la pensée critique, augmentation de la violence commune). Cette violence a poussé des milliers de Colombiens à l’exil. Certaines de ces personnes arrivent au Québec en tant que réfugiés. La présente étude décrit et analyse les effets de la violence organisée subie en Colombie par ces personnes. Elle fait le lien entre ces conséquences et le processus d’intégration des refugiés colombiens dans une région du Québec, la Haute-Yamaska. Le principal objectif de ce mémoire est de répondre à cette question : selon l’expérience des immigrants réfugiés colombiens victimes de violence organisée, quels sont les effets de cette violence sur leur vie actuelle au Québec? Douze récits d’expériences ont été recueillis et analysés à partir d’entrevues semi dirigées auprès des refugiés colombiens. Les résultats de cette étude montrent la nécessité, pour les réfugiés, d’un travail d’élaboration autour de leur propre identité à travers l’expérience vécue; la présence du retrait et de l’isolement comme mécanismes de protection qui se manifestent en terre d’accueil; la reproduction, par un groupe minoritaire, de certains des comportements qui sont jugés violents en terre d’accueil et qui dans le contexte de la terre d’origine avaient un autre sens. Cette différence de sens est accompagnée d’une tolérance différente à la violence dans un groupe de réfugiés et la société d’accueil. L’attitude personnelle positive face aux difficultés ainsi que le soutien du réseau familial ou des nouveaux amis sont des facilitateurs de l’intégration. Finalement, on constate que les effets d’un deuil prolongé freinent l’investissement affectif et personnel en terre d’accueil. / ABSTRACT The armed conflict in Colombia is the third longest conflict in the world after the problem between Palestine and Israel and the one between India and Pakistan. Organized violence that characterizes this conflict has consequences at the individual level (psychological distress, etc.) and the collective (social demobilization by terror, modification of critical thinking, increased common violence).This kind of violence has forced thousands of Colombians into exile. Some of these people come to Quebec as refugees. This study describes and analyzes the effects of organized violence suffered by these persons in Colombia. It links these consequences and the integration of Colombian refugees in a region of Quebec, Haute-Yamaska. The main objective of this master’s thesis is to answer this question: According to the experiences of refugee Colombian victims of organized violence, what are the effects of this experience on their lives today in Quebec? Twelve stories were collected and analyzed based on interviews with Colombian refugees. The results of this study show that refugees need to work out their own identity trough these particular experiences; the presence of withdrawal and isolation as protective mechanisms that occur in their host country; the reproduction, for a minority, of some behaviors that are considered violent in their host country but, in the context of their land of origin, had another meaning. This difference is accompanied by a different tolerance for violence for refugees and the host society. A personal positive attitude in face of difficulties and the support of a family network or friends are enablers of integration. Finally, the effects of a long-term bereavement slow emotional and personal investment in the new country. / RESUMEN DE LA INVESTIGACION El conflicto armado en Colombia es el tercero más largo del mundo después del problema entre Palestina e Israel y entre la India y Pakistán. La violencia organizada que caracteriza este conflicto causa consecuencias a nivel individual (problemas psicológicos, etc.) y colectivo (inmovilización social por terror, modificación del pensamiento crítico, aumento de la violencia común). Esa violencia ha obligado a miles de colombianos a partir al exilio. Algunas de estas personas llegan a Quebec como refugiados. Este estudio describe y analiza los efectos de la violencia organizada que sufren estas personas en Colombia y sus consecuencias sobre su integración en una región de Quebec, la Haute Yamaska. El principal objetivo de esta tesis de maestría es de responder a la siguiente pregunta: según la experiencia de los refugiados colombianos ¿Cuáles son los efectos de la violencia organizada en sus vidas hoy en Quebec? Doce relatos fueron recogidos y analizados a partir de entrevistas semidirigidas con refugiados colombianos. Los resultados de este estudio muestran diversos procesos de integración donde se observa la necesidad, para los refugiados, de un trabajo de elaboración de la propia identidad a través la experiencia vivida; la retirada y el aislamiento como mecanismos de protección que se reproducen en el país de acogida; la reproducción de conductas violentas que no son percibidas de la misma manera en Colombia y Quebec, teniendo diferente sentido en ambos contextos, los límites de tolerancia a la violencia son diferentes; la actitud personal positiva y una red de apoyo de familiares o amigos son facilitadores de la integración; finalmente los efectos del duelo no resuelto hacen mas lenta la implicación personal y afectiva en el nuevo país.

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This thesis discusses the effect of sequential conflict resolution maneuvers of a continuous flow of agents through a finite control volume. Video analysis of real world traffic flows that exhibit self-organized capabilities is conducted to extract characteristics of those agents. A tool is created which stabilizes the input video and extracts motion from it using the background subtraction method. I discuss the tool in detail as I created it to be user friendly and easily modifiable for other uses. The aim of the video analysis I conduct is to determine characteristics of agents in self-organized traffic flow. Comparisons are made with agents under sequential conflict resolution schemes and those that exhibit these self-organized capabilities to determine if agents under sequential control can approach the behaviors of those in self-organized environment. Flow geometries are studied and generalized with the goal of determining stability characteristics of arbitrary flow geometries. Stability analysis includes analytical proof of bounds on the conflict resolution maneuvers.

Pastarasis magistro darbas buvo skirtas Pasauliečių pranciškonų ordino, kaip organizuoto pasauliečių katalikų susivienijimo Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio (Bernardinų) parapijoje, veiklos analizei. Teorinėje dalyje pristatyta ordino įkūrėjo Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio įtaka, ordino ir jo regulų raida istorijos bėgyje, ordino veikla Lietuvoje. Toliau pagal Bažnyčios dokumentus nagrinėjamas šiuolaikinių katalikiškų pasauliečių susivienijimų veikimas bei kaip tai atliepia OFS Bernardinų parapijoje. Ketvirtoje darbo dalyje pateikiamos rekomendacijos OFS veiklos Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio (Bernardinų) parapijoje tobulinimui. Baigiamoje darbo dalyje buvo pateiktos rekomendacijos ir išvados, kurių pagrindinės buvo: 1. Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio įkurto atgailos brolių ir sesių ordino skiriamasis bruožas buvo brolių ir seserų pasaulietiškumas. Pranciškonų pasauliečių ordino veikimas Lietuvoje tyrinėtas yra labai nedaug. Suvokiant šiuolaikinį visuomenės gyvenimo kontekstą „veikimas“ šiandien nebėra pagrindinis dėmuo OFS gyvenime. 2. Šiuo metu Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio parapijoje pasauliečių veikimas organizuojamas gana neblogai: maldos ir giedojimo grupėmis, brolijomis. Tiek Jaupra pažadas tiek OFS įžadai sudaro galimybę tikinčiajam konkrečiai įsipareigoti Kristui vietos – Bernardinų – parapijoje. 3. Vis dėlto Šv. Pranciškaus Asyžiečio parapijoje nedaug kas žino apie pranciškonus pasauliečius. Norint tobulinti veiklą patartinas glaudus OFS ir OFM bendradarbiavimas bei geresnė ordino idėjų bei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The purpose of this Master‘s thesis is to analyze the activity of the layman Franciscan Order as organized community of laymen Catholics in the parish of St. Francis of Assisi (Bernadines). Theoretical part presents the impact of the founder of the order – St. Francis of Assisi, the development of the order and it’s regula throughout the history, the activity of the order in Lithuania. Further the activity of the contemporary Catholic laymen communities is analized according to the documents of the Church and how the OFS responds to that int the parish of Bernardines. In the Fourth part of the thesis the recomendations are given for the improvement of the activity of the OFS in the parish of St. Francis of Assisi (Bernadines). The main recommendations and conclusions of the final part of the thesis are: 1. The distinguishing feature of the order of the brothers and sisters of penance established by St Francis of Assisi is that the brothers and sisters are lay. The activity of the layman Franciscan Order in the Lithuania was analyzed very little. Considering the context of the contemporary society life, the “activity” nowadays is no more the main component in the life of the OFS. 2. Currently the activity of the laymen in the parish of St. Francis of Assisi is being organized well enough: in prayer and singing groups, in fraternities. Both the pledge of Jaupra and the pledge of the OFS give the opportunity for the believer to commit himself concretely for Christ in the local... [to full text]

This thesis will study the Italian literary phenomenon Gomorra, viaggi nell'impero economico e nel sogno di dominio della Camorra. First, the focus will be on the text's hybrid nature and implications and also on its literary and intellectual inspirations (such as Truman Capote, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Leonardo Sciascia). Secondly, we will take a closer look at the structure of the novel's narrative and its literary details, in order to reveal the different processes used by Roberto Saviano to convince the reader. Interwoven in this book's central plot, we will find a main obsession: the need to understand. Lastly, we will discuss the question of the great power treated in this novel, the one of a criminal organisation transformed by the revelations made throughout the story. These revelations will allow us to draw interesting comparisons between organized crime and merchant capitalism. For this part, we will refer to Guy Debord's La société du spectacle, and to Hannah Arendt's work on the question of totalitarianism. All of these elements will allow us to discuss the different perspectives within the narrative's framework, and more precisely, the figure of the narrator/author/character that gives Saviano's novel anthropological qualities, in the form of an ethnofiction (Augé). / Ce Mémoire cherchera a étudier le phénomène littéraire italien Gomorra, viaggio nell’impero economico e nel sogno di dominio della Camorra. Au fil de l’analyse il sera évoqué autant son caractère hybride et les implications que cela représente que les influences littéraires et intellectuelles, auquel un tel texte fait écho ( Truman Capote, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Leonardo Sciascia…). Par la suite nous nous attacherons aux structures narratives et aux particularités littéraires du roman, afin de faire ressortir les différents procédés utilisés par Roberto Saviano dans son intention de convaincre. Une obsession qui s’inscrit dans la dynamique centrale du livre, celle de comprendre. Enfin, il sera question de la grande force qui entoure ce roman, celle d’un crime organisé rendu différent de par les révélations faites au sein du roman. De cela nous tirerons une étude comparative entre le crime organisé et le capitalisme marchand, faisant appel autant à Guy Debord et son œuvre La société du spectacle, qu’à Hannah Arendt pour ses nombreux travaux entourant la problématique du totalitarisme. Tous ces éléments nous permettront de conclure sur la particularité des points de vue, notamment avec la figure du narrateur/auteur/personnage qui nous permettra de rapprocher le roman de Roberto Saviano au travail anthropologique, dans la dynamique d’une forme d’ethno- fiction (Augé)

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Kalev Sepp. "December 2006." AD-A462 564. Includes bibliographical references (p.83-89). Also available via the World Wide Web.

The Northern Triangle area made up by El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras faces a growing gang phenomenon responsible for the growth of violence and instability in the region. Many factors have contributed to the rise of gangs in the region, however, I argue that the deportation of Central American immigrants who became active gang members in the United States play a significant role in the growth of gangs. I analyze the impact of the lack of collaboration between the United States and the nations of the Northern Triangle, especially in the lack of reintegration programs and the other factors that could have influenced or spurred the escalation of gang activity such as a failed recovery process following the civil wars of the 1970s and 1980s and the state repression policies. Furthermore, I assess how the lack of collaboration between the United States and Northern Triangle region in the deportation of criminal immigrants has impacted the transnationalization of the two largest Central American gangs, Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18. Due to the lack of quantitative data on gang size and membership, I conduct my analysis utilizing various studies that have been conducted in the three nations and data regarding homicide and deportation rates. Ultimately, I find that while the U.S. deportees played an important role in altering the characteristics and nature of Central American gangs, a variety of other factors were significant in their growth. Additionally, I find their assignation as Transnational Criminal Organizations premature and inconclusive due to their weak organizational and communication structure. Finally, I question whether gangs are truly the cause of high levels of violence in each of the nations of the Northern Triangle, determining that the Central American gang phenomenon cannot be assessed or treated as a singular issue. Instead, it is imperative to acknowledge the conditions at play in each country.

A considerable amount of research has been done regarding the hijacking of passenger vehicles. Little however, has been written on the hijacking of trucks with freight. The purpose of the research was to describe the nature, occurrence and extent of the hijacking of trucks with freight, the persons involved (this includes the victims and the offenders) and the impact these crimes have on the crime scene in South Africa. The research also aimed to develop a criminological model for prevention, based on the modus operandi of the offenders. Based on the theories explaining violent and economic crimes (e.g. anomie, differential association and sub-culture), an attempt was also made to explain the hijacking of trucks with freight. / Criminology and Security Science / M.A.

The Preceramic Period in Chao Valley The author presents the evidence recovered from Preceramic Period sites discovered during the Survey Project at Chao Valley, with special emphasis on those situated on the dry Las Salinas pampa in order to compare these with others located in other parts of the valley. / Se presentan los datos relacionados con sitios del Periodo Precerámico descubiertos cuando se realizó el inventario y catastro de Chao, con especial énfasis en aquellos situados en la pampa árida de Las Salinas para contrastarlos con los otros existentes en los varios sectores del valle.