<p>“Unemployment is a restriction of people’s social</p><p>networks and the feeling of participation in the society”</p><p>-Marita Eastmond & Lisa Åkesson</p><p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p>The main aim of this study is to discuss integration in the labour market by analyzing and discussing a governmental Proposition and a Pilot Project as well as the results of the field work herein carried out. In order to understand how integration in the labour market occurs and to provide some suggestions to improve the governmental documents, the concepts of securitization of migration and transnationalization of migration were used as analytical frameworks. The Pilot Project chosen is <em>Pilotverksamhet med etableringssamtal och etableringsplan – Uppdaterad projektplan med mål och riktlinjer för den utvidgade försöksverksamheten </em>based on the Proposition <em>2009/10:60</em> ”<em>Nyanlända invandrares arbetsmarknadsetablering – egenansvar med professionellt stöd”. </em>The research questions are 1) which questions are left aside from the Proposition and which are possible suggestions to the questions found? 2) How are the interviewees and the Pilot Project/Proposition affected by securitization of migration and transnationalization of migration? Furthermore, suggestions to improve the proposition were discussed. Interviews with primary and secondary stakeholders were also carried out. This analysis was carried out together with the results of the field work in Kronoberg (focused on residents of Araby, Arbetsförmedlingen and Växjö Kommun) in the view of the concepts of securitization and transnational migration issues. The method of this research is qualitative with an abductive approach. The result of this study indicates a number of issues to be improved in the Proposition document before the law be promulgated by the government, as well as some issues that hinder the integration process of the primary stakeholders. Reflection for future studies concerning the influence of securitization and transnationalization phenomena, as well as suggestions to improve people’s integration processes are presented in the conclusion of this study. </p><p>Keywords: Arbetsförmedlingen, Araby, county, immigration, integration, international migration, municipality, Kommun, policy, Proposition, securitization, Sweden, Swedish, Växjö</p>

While the inclusion of gay and lesbian individuals in the media is not a recent phenomenon, the increased representation of families headed by gay and lesbian couples is somewhat new. Research has shown that mediatized representations of gay and lesbian individuals and couples more often than not adhere to stereotypes and perpetuate ideas that the constructors of these representations want their audiences to consume. Research has also focused on audiences’ reception and processing of the messages that these representations may carry. This study, instead, focuses on the construction of representations of gay and lesbian couples and their families, bringing to the forefront the importance of discursive practices that are used to construct visual, linguistic, and aural elements of the media consumed by audiences. Looking specifically at advertisements (both for and against) concerning California’s Proposition 8, a ballot measure proposing to ban same-sex marriages, this study shows how elements of the composition of the advertisements coalesce and mutually enhance each other to create particular understandings of gay and lesbian families. Using Critical Discourse Analysis and Social Semiotics, this study uncovers the underlying ideologies that inform the discursive and semiotic choices that have been made. Together, the music, the visuals, and the language are formed into a coherent whole, the advertisement. This thesis argues that how gay and lesbian people are represented is equally as important as the overt messages that are being disseminated to the audiences. By studying the discursive practices utilized by these advertisements, we are able to see that ideologies of idealistic family life and heterosexual relationships influence both advertisements in their characterisation of gay and lesbian couples and their respective families. / Graduate / 0626 / 0628 / df.tabangcura@gmail.com

Escritórios de arquitetura possuem um modelo de negócios ultrapassado, no qual grande parte dos clientes questiona o alto valor cobrado pelos profissionais ao mesmo tempo em que os arquitetos reclamam da má remuneração dos serviços prestados. No intuito de romper com essa realidade, este estudo tem como principal objetivo encontrar uma alternativa para o ganho de escala, utilizando como laboratório, a empresa do autor, um escritório de arquitetura de pequeno porte, situado na cidade de São Paulo. Valendo-se do referencial teórico de modelo de negócios, proposta de valor, customização em massa e inovação no setor de construção civil, o trabalho, uma pesquisa-ação, com a participação dos dois sócios da empresa e um integrante externo, seguiu a jornada de criação de um novo modelo de negócios composto por três ciclos: (1) problema (identificação e validação do problema enfrentado pelo público-alvo em questão); (2) solução (definição e validação da solução proposta ao problema); (3) modelo de negócios (conformação e viabilidade econômica do modelo proposto). Na primeira etapa do trabalho foi possível identificar o potencial do segmento de mercado de residências recém entregues pela construtora (unidades no contrapiso), composta por uma média de 23,6 mil unidades comercializadas por ano na cidade de São Paulo, permitindo a padronização dos processos e da produção com ganho de escala, através da customização em massa. A solução proposta na dissertação, baseada na principal necessidade do cliente, de tornar o apartamento habitável, foi a de produtizar os serviços da reforma através de pacotes, comercializados a um preço fixo, compostos por projetos de arquitetura pré-idealizados. Ao final dos ciclos e de estabelecer os onze componentes do modelo de negócios, a proposta da dissertação se mostrou com grande potencial de aplicação e ganho de escala, resultando em um fluxo de caixa positivo a partir do primeiro ano de atuação, onde o volume de clientes determinado foi de apenas 18 unidades / Architecture offices, in general, present an outdated business model, a reason why a great amount of the clients question the high prices charged by the architecture professionals. Meanwhile, the architects themselves complain about the poor remuneration for the provided services. In order to break with this reality, this study has as main objective to find an alternative to the gain in scale, using as a laboratory, the company of the author, a small architecture office, located in the city of São Paulo. Using the theoretical framework of business model, value proposition, mass customization and innovation in the civil construction sector, the work, a practical research, with the participation of the two partners of the company and an external member, followed the journey of creating a new business model composed of three cycles: (1) problem (identification and validation of the problem faced by the target public in question); (2) solution (definition and validation of the proposed solution to the problem); (3) business model (conformation and economic feasibility of the proposed model). In the initial part of the research, it was possible to identify the potential of the newly delivered houses market segment, by the construction companies (units in the sub-floor), composed of an average of 23.6 thousand units sold per year in the city of São Paulo, allowing the standardization of processes and production with gain in scale, through mass customization. The solution proposed in the present dissertation, based on the main need of the client to make the apartment habitable, was to produce the services of the reform through packages, commercialized at a fixed price, composed by pre-idealized architectural projects. At the end of the cycles and to establish the eleven components of the business model, the dissertation proposal presented a great potential of application and gain in scale, resulting in positive cash flow from the first year of operation, where the volume of determined customers was only 18 units

Companies within the manufacturing industry is undergoing changes in their business models to adapt to changing external environments and trends – whereas one general trend is toward servitization, the transition from hardware products to software services. These software services have shown to have an increasingly impactful role for former productbased firms to ensure future reliable profits and revenues. This thesis aims to contribute to the academical field of servitization and business model literature, within the context of a non-disruptive industry with a slow technological development rate. This is done by addressing the following purpose: to understand how hardware manufacturing companies can integrate software services in their existing business model. In order to fulfill this thesis’ purpose, the research questions answered address how a hardware manufacturing company’s business model can be affected by servitization, but also how the process of business model innovation can be facilitated in the organization. This master’s thesis is anchored in a qualitative, interpretive case study – where the empirical data has been gathered from semi-structured interviews and internal case company documents. The findings from this thesis show that servitization can affect company business model in several ways. The first one is the shift towards customercentricity, both in terms of the design of the value proposition and the way of working with the customers. However, the findings show that companies in this context may experience difficulties with designing a value proposition that is desirable to the customer. Problems with demonstrating the benefits of the servitized value proposition might also arise. Furthermore, this thesis also concludes that there can be issues in translating a manufacturing company’s value proposition into concrete revenue streams and moving from traditional cost-based pricing methods to value-based pricing strategies. Also, manufacturing companies in this context might struggle to realize its value proposition if there is not a sufficient amount of dedicated resources, competences and activities dedicated to completing the transition. This thesis also concludes that in order to facilitate the process of business model innovation within the organization, there needs to be a supportive culture to the innovation, but also clear goals and strategies that fits the overall strategies of the company. These strategies also need to be appropriately communicated within the organization. Companies might experience difficulties in rooting the business model in the overall strategy, and failing to do so can affect the internal perception of the innovation in a negative manner. This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the concepts of the business model and innovation of the business model in the context of servitization. This study is performed as a context-specific study within a non-disruptive industry with a slow technological development, which differs the study from earlier research within this research field.

Orientador: Ermínia de Lourdes Campello Fanti / Banca: Evelin Meneguesso Barbaresco / Banca: Tomas Edson Barros / Resumo: O objetivo principal deste trabalho é estudar algumas extensões de um dos teoremas mais importantes e divulgados da matemática elementar: o Teorema de Pitágoras, que tem suas aplicações em diversas áreas do conhecimento. A princípio é realizado um breve resgate histórico da vida de Pitágoras, o surgimento do teorema e suas aplicações. Por possuir mais de 400 demonstrações, elencamos algumas delas e as reproduzimos. Algumas demonstrações podem ser feitas de maneira lúdica, em forma de quebra-cabeça e outras que se tornaram famosas ao longo da história. São feitas várias extensões do teorema, para polígonos regulares, polígonos semelhantes e figuras não retilíneas. A generalização de Polya também é enunciada e demonstrada, situação em que o padrão pitagórico (relação entre as áreas) é válido para quaisquer tipos de figuras semelhantes construídas sobre os lados de um triângulo retângulo, sendo o Teorema de Pitágoras um caso particular, bem como a generalização de Pappus. Com o uso do software GeoGebra, foram propostas e desenvolvidas atividades em sala de informática, explorando o Teorema de Pitágoras e algumas de suas extensões. Por fim, é analisado como o Teorema de Pitágoras e o seu ensino são abordados em certos documentos oficiais de ensino no Brasil (PCNs, Currículo do Estado de São Paulo, matrizes de referências do SARESP, SAEB e ENEM) / Abstract: The main objective of this work is to study some extensions of one of the most important and published elementary mathematics theorem: the Pythagorean Theorem, which has applications in many areas of knowledge. We begin with a brief historical review of the life of Pythagoras, the emergence of the theorem and its applications. From over 400 existing proofs, we list some of them and reproduce. Some proofs can be made in a playful manner, as shaped puzzle and others have become famous throughout the history. Several extensions of the theorem are presented for regular polygons, similar polygons and non-rectilinear figures. The generalization of Polya is also stated and demonstrated, in which the Pythagorean pattern (area ratio) is valid for any kind of similar figures constructed on the sides of a right triangle, being the Pythagorean theorem a particular case, as well as the generalization of Pappus. By using the GeoGebra software, we proposed and developed activities in a computer lab, exploring the Pythagorean Theorem and some of its extensions. Finally, it is analyzed how the Pythagorean Theorem and its teaching are cited in some official documents concerning education in Brazil (PCNs, Curriculum of São Paulo, matrices of references SARESP, SAEB and ENEM) / Mestre

Submitted by Natalie Mendes (nataliermendes@gmail.com) on 2015-07-28T01:23:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o Michael Daian Pacheco Ramos - PPGE - Mestrado em Educa??o.pdf: 776341 bytes, checksum: b7361da0f632d5e036c494f90f3c2276 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-28T01:23:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o Michael Daian Pacheco Ramos - PPGE - Mestrado em Educa??o.pdf: 776341 bytes, checksum: b7361da0f632d5e036c494f90f3c2276 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-06 / The study is part of research trying to understand the training process of students in Physical Education. Focuses the organization of educational work of PE teachers. For its realization, we start from the following scientific problem: under what pedagogical proposition of physical education teachers have been organizing their educational work and what degree of consistency, according to its design, between the theoretical and pedagogical foundations established and materialized in his practice? The overall objective was to analyze under what pedagogical proposition Physical Education teachers have been organizing their educational work and what degree of consistency between what is said and accomplished. We conducted interviews with two ( 2 ) teachers in a public school in Feira de Santana, Bahia and observed two units Term class between August and December 2013. We found that pedagogical theory that guides the Political Pedagogical Project refers to pedagogy "seize grasp," also found that this pedagogical theory manifested in the syllabus of two professors analyzed. Regarding the pedagogical approach to physical education teacher identified that 1 in your lesson plan presents elements of developmentalist approach, but in their educational action does not present an organization of the teaching and learning process, minimally unaware of the theoretical and methodological foundations that guides their practice as well as the pedagogical approach that guides his class. Have the teacher 2 shows an inconsistency between the approach she says guides her classes, and the Constructivist approach that actually materializes in their classes, the Health Promotion Therefore, the Physical Education classes observed on the theoretical frameworks presented (approaches developmental, constructivist and Health Promotion) do not present great possibilities for development and raising the cultural standard of the students, as they seek to explain the phenomenon of body culture (game, sport, fight, dance, gymnastics, among others) limiting the size technique, the biomechanical movement, biologization of human movement. / O estudo se insere entre as pesquisas que buscam compreender o processo de forma??o dos estudantes na Educa??o F?sica escolar. Tem como objeto a organiza??o do trabalho educativo dos professores de Educa??o F?sica. Para a sua realiza??o, partimos do seguinte problema cient?fico: sob qual proposi??o pedag?gica da educa??o f?sica os professores v?m organizando seu trabalho educativo e qual o grau de coer?ncia, de acordo com sua concep??o, entre os fundamentos te?rico-pedag?gicos estabelecidos e os materializados em sua pr?tica? O objetivo geral foi analisar sob qual proposi??o pedag?gica da Educa??o F?sica os professores v?m organizando seu trabalho educativo e qual o grau de coer?ncia entre o dito e o cumprido. Realizamos entrevista com dois (2) docentes de uma escola p?blica estadual do munic?pio de Feira de Santana-Bahia e observamos duas unidades letivas entre agosto a dezembro de 2013. Identificamos que a teoria pedag?gica que orienta o Projeto Pol?tico Pedag?gico refere-se ? pedagogia do ?aprender a aprender? e constatamos tamb?m que esta teoria pedag?gica se manifesta nos planos de ensino dos dois docentes analisados. No que se refere ? abordagem pedag?gica da Educa??o F?sica identificamos que o docente A em seu plano de aula apresenta elementos da abordagem Desenvolvimentista, por?m na sua a??o educativa n?o apresenta uma organiza??o do processo de ensino e aprendizagem, desconhecendo os fundamentos te?rico-metodol?gicos que orientam sua pr?tica, bem como da abordagem pedag?gica que orienta sua aula. J? o docente B apresenta uma incoer?ncia entre a abordagem que diz orientar suas aulas (a Construtivista) e a abordagem que de fato materializa a Promo??o da Sa?de. Portanto, as aulas de Educa??o F?sica observadas sobre os referenciais te?ricos apresentados (abordagens Desenvolvimentista, Construtivista e Promo??o da Sa?de) n?o apresentam grandes possibilidades para o desenvolvimento e a eleva??o do padr?o cultural dos estudantes, pois procuram explicar o fen?meno da cultura corporal (jogo, esporte, luta, dan?a, gin?stica, dentre outros) limitando-se ? dimens?o t?cnica, ao movimento biomec?nico, a biologiza??o do movimento humano.

This study is a content analysis of news frames used in the coverage of Proposition 8 by newspapers in Utah and California, spanning the three months prior to its passage in November 2008, to the three months after its passage. A total of 401 news stories from five newspapers were analyzed to examine which of five news frames (attribution of responsibility, human interest, conflict, morality, and economic consequence) were used most predominantly and if the use of those frames varied by newspaper. Conflict was the most predominantly used frame, followed by attribution of responsibility, morality, economic consequence and human interest. The use of news frames did vary by newspaper. The newspapers in Utah used the morality frame more often in their coverage of Proposition 8 than the newspapers in California. Framing choices by the newspapers also changed over time. The use of the human interest frame decreased sharply after the November ballot vote, while the use of the responsibility frame and conflict frame showed a meaningful increase.

I en allt mer konkurrenskraftig vardag måste dagens arbetsgivare lägga större fokus på̊ att sticka ut. Endel gör det genom innovativa produkter och samarbeten, andra genom en aggressiv marknadsföringsstrategi. Humankapitalet har därför blivit ett betydelsefullt konkurrensmedel där efterfrågan på rätt kompetens har ökat. Därför har Employer Branding idag blivit ett av de hetaste ämnena inom organisatoriska kompetensförsörjning. Men hur tillämpar man Employer Branding mest effektivt enligt praktiker och teoretiker? Syftet med studien är därför att undersöka med hjälp av en diskursanalys hur Employer Branding-praktikers idealbilder ser ut. Genom denna frågeställning har jag satt praktiken i relation till de teoretiska grundpelarna inom Employer Branding. Vilket har resulterat i nyckeltal och tydliga framgångsfaktorer inom ämnet. Studien ger även en bredare insyn av självbegreppet och hur du kan tillämpa strategin för bästa möjliga effekt.

I here develop a specific version of the deflationary theory of truth. I adopt a terminology on which deflationism holds that an exhaustive account of truth is given by the equivalence between truth-ascriptions and de-nominalised (or disquoted) sentences. An adequate truth-theory, it is argued, must be finite, non-circular, and give a unified account of all occurrences of “true”. I also argue that it must descriptively capture the ordinary meaning of “true”, which is plausibly taken to be unambiguous. Ch. 2 is a critical historical survey of deflationary theories, where notably disquotationalism is found untenable as a descriptive theory of “true”. In Ch. 3, I aim to show that deflationism cannot be finitely and non-circularly formulated by using “true”, and so must only mention it. Hence, it must be a theory specifically about the word “true” (and its foreign counterparts). To capture the ordinary notion, the theory must thus be an empirical, use-theoretic, semantic account of “true”. The task of explaining facts about truth now becomes that of showing that various sentences containing “true” are (unconditionally) assertible. In Ch. 4, I defend the claim (D) that every sentence of the form “That p is true” and the corresponding “p” are intersubstitutable (in a use-theoretic sense), and show how this claim provides a unified and simple account of a wide variety of occurrences of “true”. Disquotationalism then only has the advantage of avoiding propositions. But in Ch. 5, I note that (D) is not committed to propositions. Use-theoretic semantics is then argued to serve nominalism better than truth-theoretic ditto. In particular, it can avoid propositions while sustaining a natural syntactic treatment of “that”-clauses as singular terms and of “Everything he says is true”, as any other quantification. Finally, Horwich’s problem of deriving universal truth-claims is given a solution by recourse to an assertibilist semantics of the universal quantifier.

The legalization of medical marijuana has been a complicated and confusing process. The drug is used for medical purposes yet is only semi-legal and not approved by the federal government. This piece will observe the legal medical history of this drug in the United States. It will analyze the growth of the medical marijuana movement up to the present with a special emphasis to the importance of federal, state and local supremacy. It will observe important court cases that have been decisive in defining the reach of federal power under the Commerce Clause and the 1970 Controlled Substance Act. This analysis will look at the current legal standing of medical marijuana as well as the legal hurdles to achieve full legal status and medical recognition from state federal and local levels of government. A special focus will be given to the state of California because it has the largest medical marijuana market and has taken center stage in the movement to legalize marijuana as a medicine. This paper will also cover the growth of the state condoned medical marijuana black market and the complications that arise from taxing, and licensing semi-legal businesses. This paper will assess the monetary and personal costs of this movement and the political elements of resisting the medical development and scientific understanding of this drug. It will seek to suggest a solution to the current impasse and explain why medical marijuana in this instance has been bad medicine and dangerous policy.