Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / South African society is regulated by inequality and discrimination based on race. Fundamental human rights and privileges have been extended only to a small sector of the population. The majority of South African citizens remain constrained within a context of imposed inferiority in every aspect of their lives. Inequality, entrenched in political and economic apartheid structures, is also reflected in educational provision for Black citizens. Decades of apartheid schooling have resulted in a large population of illiterate, low-literate and educationally disadvantaged adults. Educational, political and economic discrimination all contribute to relegate Blacks to the lowest socioeconomic strata of South African society. Since numerous Blacks, particularly Africans, are restricted from effectively learning in South African schools, there is an escalating need for compensatory adult education Segregation and unequal educational provision have always characterized education in South Africa. The system of apartheid schooling was formalized by the government in 1953 when different education systems for distinct population groups were introduced. Inequalities in the structural features of apartheid schooling were evident in the discriminatory allocation of funds for public education. In 1953 government funds allocated for the education of each White child were approximately R128 (Rands), for every Indian and Coloured child R40, and for every African child R17 (a 7:1 ratio between the 'White and the African allocations). In 1976, the year of uprising by school children in Soweto, the discrepancy in allocation of educational funds had widened to a 10:1 ratio with the White allocation rising to R724, Indian to R357, Coloured to R226, and Africans to only R71 (Horrell, 1982, p. 115). At that time White, Indian and Coloured children were provided with at least ten years of free compulsory schooling. Nonetheless, the unequal distribution of educational funds afforded White children better educational facilities and better qualified teachers than those provided for other racial groups. The deliberate system of uneven educational provision for the various population registration groups was reinforced in the early 1960's with the progressive extension of free and compulsory schooling to Coloureds and Indians. This was done through the Coloured Person's Education Act of 1963 and the Indian Education Act of 1965. Africans, who constituted the majority of the population and who could least afford to pay for education, were not granted free and compulsory education until almost 20 years later. Not unexpectedly, failure and drop out rates among Africans within this system were very high, with the majority of school goers not staying beyond primary school (seven years) (Christie, 1986). Until the 1970's approximately 70 percent of Africans attending schools were attending primary school, and less than 1 percent of Africans were in Matric, the final year of formal schooling in South Africa (Christie, 1986, p. 56).In the late 1970's the White-controlled government was forced to make changes in Black education. In 1976 Black South African school children throughout the country demonstrated to the world their intolerance of the apartheid education system by rising up in protest. Continued school unrest into the 1980's not only revealed the need for an immediate and critical assessment of South African schooling, but also demanded an examination of the whole spectrum of education in South Africa. The immediate government response to these protests took the form of violent repression, student expulsions, school closures, teacher and student arrests, and the banning of 18 Black consciousness groups. Only in 1981 did the government react to the educational crisis in a more conciliatory manner with the establishment of the De Lange Commission of Inquiry. The proposals made by the Commission challenged the fundamental structures of apartheid society. The Commission recommended a single, unitary department of education for all South Africans and a changed school structure. After dragging its feet for two years, the government officially rejected the Commission's recommendation for a unitary education system for all South Africans.

The Master’s thesis is focused on purchase of a horizontal boring machine for a company, which operates in the engineering industry. It informs about the financial situation of the company, compares offers of individual banks and leasing companies as well as methods of evaluation of the investment project. The essential part of the work comprises an evaluation of a specific investment project, including formulation of recommendations for its implementation.

The diploma thesis deals with the financing and management of investment activities in the municipality. Describes the public administration of the Czech Republic and possible sources of municipal financing, including subsidy programs. It analyzes the EU and CR subsidy policies. The thesis analyzes a specific municipality, including a financial site, characterizes the investment project in the municipality and assesses its management.

This Diploma thesis deals with design of sanitary instalation and gas instalation in high school. It is high school with four floor and a basement. The teoretical part is focused on water supply from own source. The Computational part and project includes a porposal of sanitary and storm sewer, water supply system, pipeline and their connection to current pipes.

This thesis describes the provision of the data communication of the new protection relays via 6 kV switch gears to the electro monitoring system at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station. These protection relays will replace the current analog protection. The replacement process will start in 2015 and will finish in 2018. Given the overall complexity of the project, this thesis deals only with the following 6 kV switch gears 9BB and 9BD. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part concerns the actual consumption and output of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station. The following chapters describe the electro monitoring system and GRAF and LOGA software programs that are closely connected with it and that were used in the practical part. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with the actual replacement of the protection relays of the 6 kV switch gears. Also, it describes a new optical network, which will be set up at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station as a part of the process of replacement. The segment of the practical part concerns laboratory verification of the data communication of the new protection relays. Next, it describes actions that had to be taken in order to ensure and verify correct functionality of the data communication. This part is followed up by a closely related practical activity, which describes examination and verification of the protection functions of each of the 9BB and 9BD switch gears protection relays.

The Master’s thesis is focused on purchase of a horizontal boring machine for a company, which operates in the engineering industry. It informs about the financial situation of the company, compares offers of individual banks and leasing companies as well as methods of evaluation of the investment project. The essential part of the work comprises an evaluation of a specific investment project, including formulation of recommendations for its implementation.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om barn i enlighet med FN:s konvention om barns rättigheter har möjlighet till att fritt delta i det kulturella och konstnärliga livet i förskolans utbildning samt om de utifrån läroplanen ges tid, rum och ro till eget skapande. Studien syftar till att undersöka hur barn åskådliggör sina möjligheter till eget/fritt skapande, vilket skapande som barnen anser vara viktigt och vad de väljer att framhäva samt i vilken form skapandet tar sig uttryck. Studien behandlar dessutom de handlingserbjudanden barn möter i förskolan och hur dessa påverkar skapandet. Vi har använt oss av vår nya metod digitala gåturer, där barnen själva och med stöd av en förskollärare har fått visa och berätta om sitt skapande för oss. Resultatet av studien visar att platsen är viktig för de möjligheter och handlingserbjudanden barn möter i förskolan. Vi ser även hur barns skapande tar sig många olika uttrycksformer samt att barn genom sitt aktörskap transformerar och erövrar platser och material. Slutsatsen av studien är att det är viktigt att vi noggrant ser över utformningen av förskolans miljöer samt tillgång till material för att eget/fritt skapande ska kunna uppnås. Då barnen använder många olika tillvägagångssätt i processen av sitt skapande blir det även viktigt att synliggöra och värdesätta resultatet av vad processen har lett till. Slutligen visar även studien att metoden digitala gåturer är en tillförlitlig och modern metod för att åskådliggöra barns perspektiv.

Basic facial emotion recognition is suggested to be negatively affected by puberty onset reflected in a “pubertal dip” in performance compared to pre- or post-puberty. However, findings remain inconclusive. Further, research points to an own-age bias, i.e., a superior emotion recognition for peer faces. We explored adolescents’ ability to recognize specific emotions. Ninety-five children and adolescents, aged 8–17 years, judged whether the emotions displayed by adolescent or adult faces were angry, sad, neutral, or happy. We assessed participants a priori by pubertal status while controlling for age. Results indicated no “pubertal dip”, but decreasing reaction times across adolescence. No own-age bias was found. Taken together, basic facial emotion recognition does not seem to be disrupted during puberty as compared to pre- and post-puberty.

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