Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1990. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [140]-148).

Vid ett oplanerat generationsskifte när arvingen är omyndig är risken stor att den reella beslutande makten tillfaller en oönskad person. Anledningen till detta är den betydande förmyndarförvaltning en efterlevande förmyndare kan utöva över tillgångar den omyndige fått via legalt arv/testamente eller gåva. De möjligheter som ett borttestamenterande av förvaltningsrätten ger, kan tyvärr ge en falsk känsla av trygghet för testator. I flertalet av fallen finns möjlighet för den efterlevande förmyndaren att utnyttja laglottsmöjligheten föra att tillskansa sig beslutande makt över företaget och på så sätt motverka testators vilja. Trots att lagstiftaren på olika sätt försökt att trygga den omyndiges situation genom regler för hur förmyndare och överförmyndare skall handla anser jag dessa regler vara otillräckliga. Den utvidgning av förmyndaransvaret som omarbetningen av föräldrabalken i mitten på 90-talet innebar, gav tyvärr oärliga förmyndare större möjligheter att sko sig på den omyndige. Resterande skyddsregler rörande omyndigs aktieägande väger ej upp de brister som den frisläppta föräldraförvaltningen innebär. / Vid ett oplanerat generationsskifte när arvingen är omyndig är risken stor att den reella beslutande makten tillfaller en oönskad person. Anledningen till detta är den betydande förmyndarförvaltning en efterlevande förmyndare kan utöva över tillgångar den omyndige fått via legalt arv/testamente eller gåva. De möjligheter som ett borttestamenterande av förvaltningsrätten ger, kan tyvärr ge en falsk känsla av trygghet för testator. I flertalet av fallen finns möjlighet för den efterlevande förmyndaren att utnyttja laglottsmöjligheten föra att tillskansa sig beslutande makt över företaget och på så sätt motverka testators vilja. Trots att lagstiftaren på olika sätt försökt att trygga den omyndiges situation genom regler för hur förmyndare och överförmyndare skall handla anser jag dessa regler vara otillräckliga. Den utvidgning av förmyndaransvaret som omarbetningen av föräldrabalken i mitten på 90-talet innebar, gav tyvärr oärliga förmyndare större möjligheter att sko sig på den omyndige. Resterande skyddsregler rörande omyndigs aktieägande väger ej upp de brister som den frisläppta föräldraförvaltningen innebär.

Planning of today's electric utilities demand careful consideration of issues such as environment, demand-side management, non-utility generation, and new technologies which are subject to different constraints and uncertainties. Utilities have long developed and used models for their short and long-term planning, most of which are single purpose, large, data intensive, and do not fully account for uncertainties. New techniques have emerged to deal with uncertainties in utility planning. Among them, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been more successful in assessing uncertainties, and found to be well structured and applicable to individual as well as group decision makers. However, the results of this method are merely point estimate values. It is the objective of this research to identify a methodology which is capable of evaluating uncertainties with relative ease and accuracy without the need for a large volume of data and complicated software packages. The Analytic Hierarchy Process has been extended to estimate the variance of the error in judgments and therefore the confidence interval of values instead of point estimate values. A simulation study was carried out to check the accuracy of error variance (QI) in confidence interval calculations. The results showed that QI has a linear relationships with the variance of weights. The extended AHP method is applied to three case studies, including 1) Third party generation bidding evaluation criteria, 2) Identification and evaluation of different load management programs on utility peak reduction, and 3) Oil price prediction for electric utilities. This method promises to be an effective decision making tool for evaluating uncertainties in electric power system planning. / Ph. D.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:46:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Patricia Azevedo.pdf: 641329 bytes, checksum: 2516084aa7af7b09ac799026ef9c585a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-26 / This dissertation aims at presenting an interpretative analysis of female characters in Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, by Machado de Assis, by examining the theoretical perspectives of those characters and of the grotesque images especially focusing Virgília and Eugênia establishing a paradigm with the remaining female characters in the novel. In order to weave Machado de Assis diversity while composing these characters, we present the subsidies pertaining not only to character composition, but also to the grotesque per se. This can be found in the first chapter of this dissertation. To discuss the grotesque and the characters in literature, we used theories such as those presented by Foster, Bakhtin, Rosenfeld, Antonio Candido and Kayser, among other authors. Our assumption is that the female characters in Machado de Assis are strong-minded. Some are always in the command of the situations that they live; others, though presenting less selfexpression, also make a stand wherever they go. Virgília and Eugênia, the female characters studied here, as well as others in Machado de Assis s work and here analyzed are not the main characters in the plot, but to such extent are they strongly portrayed in the novel, that they stand out even more than Brás Cubas himself. This occurs due to their behavior, their social position and the extent of the decision they make under the conditions they are forced to face. The analysis carried out here shows that Machado is the first author to innovate in the composition of female characters, especially in terms of autonomy provision. For this reason, though written in the late nineteenth century, the novel investigated passionately surprises its reader at every new perusal. / Esta dissertação tem como objetivo apresentar uma análise interpretativa das personagens femininas que compõem o universo de Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, de Machado de Assis, sob as perspectivas teóricas das personagens e das imagens grotescas, com enfoque no par de personagens Virgília e Eugênia, estabelecendo um paradigma com as demais personagens femininas presentes neste romance. Para tecer a diversidade utilizada por Machado de Assis na constituição dessas personagens femininas, apresentamos, no capítulo teórico, os subsídios referentes não só à construção da personagem, como também ao grotesco. Na construção das personagens e do grotesco na literatura, utilizamos as teorias apresentadas por Foster, Bakhtin, Rosenfeld, Antonio Cândido e Kayser, entre outros escritores. Partimos do pressuposto de que as personagens femininas machadianas têm forte personalidade. Algumas delas estão sempre no comando da situação em que vivem; outras, embora com menor expressividade, também deixam suas marcas significativas por onde passam. As personagens femininas Virgília e Eugênia, bem como as outras por nós analisadas, presentes no romance, nem sequer são as protagonistas da história, mas são tão marcantes que sobressaem mais do que o próprio Brás Cubas, pela maneira como se comportam, pela posição que ocupam na sociedade e pelo poder das decisões que tomam perante as circunstâncias que a vida lhes impõe. A análise das personagens femininas mostra que Machado é o primeiro autor a inovar na constituição dessas mulheres, principalmente em termos de autonomia. Por isso o romance em pauta, mesmo tendo sido escrito nos fins do século XIX, a cada leitura surpreende seu leitor de maneira apaixonante.

This master`s thesis analyzes the possibilities of investment business plan, which is related to the development of alternative energy sources in the Czech Republic. The main part consist an analysis, which lead to decision, if we start prepare or not in 2011 the project of renewable energy sources.

Submitted by BRUNO YOHAN SOUZA GOMES (brunoyohan@sartoriadvogados.com.br) on 2017-06-29T19:39:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final.pdf: 1505280 bytes, checksum: cb4a98f66a5f5f190334e535abf7cd56 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Joana Martorini (joana.martorini@fgv.br) on 2017-06-30T13:45:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final.pdf: 1505280 bytes, checksum: cb4a98f66a5f5f190334e535abf7cd56 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-30T14:46:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final.pdf: 1505280 bytes, checksum: cb4a98f66a5f5f190334e535abf7cd56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-09 / With the advent of Law No. 11.101/2005, the institute of judicial recovery of companies was created, replacing the institute in force until then, the law of bankruptcy. Important differences mark the institutes, the most relevant is the power of creditors to decide about the major issues of the company in recovery, among which, the own company recovery. Clearly the decision power migrated from Judiciary (law of bankruptcy) to creditors (judicial recovery), being allowed to the first to intervene only in the specific situation of the cram down. However, in practice many judges have intervened in the judicial recovery process, with support in different arguments, which has affected the essence of recovery institute that is exactly the power of creditors in the company in crisis. This is the main point that will be discussed in the course of this work. / Com o advento da Lei nº 11.101/2005, criou-se o instituto da recuperação judicial das empresas, substituindo assim o instituto que até então vigorava, a concordata. Diferenças importantes marcam os institutos, sendo a mais relevante delas o poder dos credores de decidir as principais questões relacionadas à empresa em recuperação, dentre as quais, a própria recuperação da empresa. Claramente o eixo decisório migrou do Poder Judiciário (concordata) para os credores (recuperação judicial), restando ao primeiro a permissão legal para intervir no processo apenas na situação especifica do cram down. No entanto, a prática mostra que muitos juízes têm intervindo nos processos de recuperação judicial, com amparo nos mais diversos argumentos, o que tem afetado a essência do instituto da recuperação, que está, fundamentalmente, no poder dos credores na recuperação da empresa em crise. É exatamente este o ponto que será analisado no decorrer do presente trabalho.

The Single Economic Entity Doctrine in EU Competition Law Focused on applying single economic entity doctrine in relation to merger control of State Owned Enterprises Abstract This thesis focuses on the issues surrounding single economic entity doctrine in relation to State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), in particular on the effects of Article 22 of the Preamble of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (EUMR), and the Commission Consolidated Jurisdictional Notice under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings. Together these documents set the standards for merger control practice concerning SOEs. They are centred around the principle of applying the single economic entity doctrine when identifying the turnover of SOEs and when determining the jurisdiction of the Commission. The thesis possesses two major goals. The primary goal of the thesis is to elucidate the criteria used for the determination of a single economic unit (single economic entity) with independent decision-making power in the public sector. To this end, in chapter 3, the author has synthetized a list of the relevant criteria used for the determination of an economic entity, based on the criteria used by the Commission that have...