A thesis on analysis media communication of selected microbreweries explores the relationship between small brewing companies and media. The work focuses on selected small businesses, offering to consume their own beer on-site production, ie., breweries whose part is the restaurant operation. The thesis depicts the first principles of marketing and media communications and a brief history of beer brewing in the Czech Republic. It also discusses the particular selected Prague microbreweries and evaluates elements of their presentation and promotion in traditional and new media. Chapters are dedicated to quantitative and qualitative research, which familiarize readers with theoretical knowledge of these surveys, the design of the questionnaire survey and its results. Similarly, also provide information regarding the implementation and results stemming from interviews with representatives of selected microbreweries within qualitative research. In conclusion, based on the acquired knowledge and research, a set of recommendations are provided for the improvement of marketing communication media for each of the microbreweries.

This master's thesis is focused on the Snoezelen concept used for patients with physical or multiple disabilities. The Snoezelen concept can be applied as a therapy, an auxiliary educational method or possibility to spend free time in various facilities like schools, school facilities, rehabilitation centers or retirement homes. For that reason, Snoezelen concept can be used by many clients and professionals. However, it is mostly used for patients with mental deficiency; that is reflected in the majority of researches. Therefore, patients with physical and combined deficiency were chosen for purpose of this Master's thesis as this issue has not been yet examined enough. The Master's thesis aim is to gather relevant information of the Snoezelen concept and to make quantitative research with a questionnaire that determines rate of using the concept, awareness level and attitude of clients with physical and multiple disabilities, their representatives and professionals. From these data, a summary is created for that issue. A very low awareness level was found in clients with physical and multiple disabilities, their representatives and professionals. Therefore an information leaflet was created and is provided at the end of the Master's thesis. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

I tidigare forskning har beskrivits vad motivation kan innebära, hur motivation kan kännetecknas och beskrivas samt att det finns olika typer av motivation, såsom inre och yttre motivation. Bakgrunden till den här studien är ett intresse för hur motivation fungerar och påverkar oss människor. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka två motivationer hos musiklärare, motivationen att undervisa och motivationen att arbeta som musiker. Studien har en kvantitativ forskningsdesign och har genomförts med enkäter som datainsamlingsmetod. Populationen i undersökningen består av musiklärare på estetiska programmet på gymnasiet i hela Sverige. 30 respondenter svarade på frågor gällande motivation att undervisa och motivation att arbeta som musiker. Utifrån enkätsvaren analyseras sambandet mellan dessa två motivationer samt sambandet mellan motivationerna och andra utvalda variabler såsom ålder, kön och nuvarande familjesituation. Studien visar ett obefintligt samband mellan motivationen att undervisa och motivationen att arbeta som musiker. Vidare har även studien visat ett obefintligt samband mellan motivationerna och andra utvalda variabler. / Previous research has described what motivation can mean, how motivation can be characterized and described, and that there are different types of motivation, such as internal and external motivation. The background to this study is an interest in how motivation works and affects us people. The purpose of this study is to investigate two motivations of music teachers, the motivation to teach and the motivation to work as a musician. The study has a qualitative research design and has been conducted with surveys as a data collection method. The population in the survey consists of music teachers in the aesthetic program at high school in Sweden. 30 respondents answered questions about motivation to teach and motivation to work as a musician. Based on the questionnaire, the relationship between these two motivations is analyzed, as well as the relationship between the motivations and other selected variables such as age, gender and current family situation. The study shows an unrelated relationship between motivation to teach and motivation to work as a musician. Furthermore, the study also showed an unrelated relationship between the motivations and other selected variables.

One of the problems in eyewitness recognition of offenders is their different ethnicity from the persons identifying them. This has been the subject of several scientific papers worldwide. Although the number of other ethnic groups in the Czech Republic grows, research into this area remains insufficient. Therefore, the present thesis focuses on ethnicity of offenders in the recognition process. Using video footage of an assault with Czech and Vietnamese offenders and subsequent mugshot facial recognition, the present thesis seeks to highlight the problem of a higher number of false identifications with persons having different ethnicity. Based on previous international research, the offenders' ethnicity is expected to have a negative impact on the ability to correctly identify perpetrators in the Czech Republic alike. The research showed a higher rate of false identifications of offenders with foreign nationality, but at the same time, nevertheless, found no relationship between correct identification of perpetrators with our and with foreign ethnicity. Keywords: recognition, eyewitness, testimony of witnesses, offender ethnicity, quantitative research.

This diploma thesis uses quantitative content analysis to examine the main news sessions transmitted by three Czech TV channels. It aims to evaluate their information quality on the basis of pre-specified indicators (formal structure, type and processing, geographical and thematic balance, exclusivity and impartiality). Moreover, the usefulness of the proposed variables was tested on a sample of almost 63 hours and 42 minutes of audiovisual material (2163 research units broadcasted by 90 news sessions). The research has shown that the best news coverage is provided by the news session Události (Events), which is broadcasted every day from 19:00 (7:00 PM) by the public broadcaster ČT1 or ČT24.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka vilka motivationsfaktorer som varit viktiga för musikhögskolestudenter när det gäller musikutövande och musikstudier. Syftet är även att undersöka om några samband finns gällande kön, huvudinstrument och genre i relation till motivationsfaktorerna. Områdesorienteringen belyser olika synsätt på området och definitioner av begreppet motivation. Den tidigare forskningen lyfter vidare fram tidigare studier på området som visar att bland annat lust, elevinflytande, lärare och musik inom familjen kan vara viktiga motivationsfaktorer till musikutövande och till att delta i musikundervisning. Studiens forskningsfrågor undersöks med hjälp av ett kvantitativt angreppssätt i form av en enkät där olika bakgrundsfaktorer kartläggs och respondenterna svarar på frågor om motivation och förhåller sig till påståenden av Likert-typ. I enkäten lämnade respondenterna även vissa fritextsvar som har krävt en kvalitativ behandling i form av tematisk analys. Resultatet visar på flera vanliga motivationsfaktorer, så som lust, förebilder och utbildningar och flera signifikativa samband gällande bakgrundsfaktorerna kön, huvudinstrument och genre i relation till motivation hittades. Studiens resultat bekräftar till viss del tidigare forskning. På grund av studiens urvalsmetod kan dock inga generaliseringar göras utifrån studiens resultat. Diskussionen belyser bland annat gränslandet mellan yttre och inre motivation. Arbetets titel är ett citat ur det insamlade fritextmaterialet. / The purpose of the present study is to examine what motivates Music College-students in their musicianship and in their choice to study music. The purpose is also to examine whether there are any significant connections between factors such as gender, primary instrument or genre in relationship to motivation. Chapter two presents different views on the subjectmotivation, with the help of relevant literature and earlier studies. Earlier studies show that desire, student participation, teachers, and music in the family are important motivational factors. The research questions are examined with a quantitative method where a poll was used to gather the data. Some qualitative data was also collected, through free text answers written by the participants. The participants answer questions about background factors and fill in Likert scales that measure different motivational attitudes. The results show that, among others, desire, role models and education are common motivational factors. Several significant connections between gender, primary instrument and genre in relationship to motivation was found. The result confirms earlier studies in some ways. Due to the method used to select the participants, no generalizations towards the total population can be made from presented results. The discussion lifts questions about what the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are. The title is a quotation from one of the free text answers

O presente trabalho aborda a questão de transmissão de zoonoses de forma muito mais ampla do que ela costuma ser tratada. Com o uso de análises quali-quantitativas, buscou-se entender o que as pessoas pensam e como elas se comportam, quanto à relação delas com o ambiente, com os animais de estimação e com os alimentos que elas ingerem, a partir de uma contextualização local, de acordo com suas condições sócio-econômicas e culturais. Vargem Grande é um bairro pobre e sem infra-estrutura adequada, não possui calçamento das ruas, o esgoto é a céu aberto, há presença de lixo nas vias públicas e nos terrenos baldios, e grande população de roedores. A população do bairro possui hábitos insalubres como, andar descalços pelas ruas, jogarem lixo e acumularem entulho em seus próprios quintais e fazerem suas hortas ao lado do esgoto. A técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo possibilitou a construção de uma análise aprofundada, que permitiu identificar categorias, que revelam a percepção da população quanto a sua relação com os animais, os alimentos de origem animal e o ambiente em que vivem. A partir do perfil do bairro e dos moradores, bem como das categorias, que revelam suas representações sociais, foi possível fornecer bases para futuras medidas de controle e prevenção de zoonoses e para um Programa de Educação em Saúde. Concluiu-se que só ocorrerá melhoria da qualidade de vida da população de estudo, se esse for um objetivo comum entre os órgãos públicos e empresas de distribuição de água e esgoto, os próprios habitantes do bairro, e os profissionais de saúde, incluindo veterinários. / The present work aimed to illustrate the transmission of zoonosis in a more complete way than it is usually treated. Using quali-quantitative analysis to understand what people think and how they behave, how they relate with the environment, with companion animals and the food that they eat, a local context was defined according to their social economic and cultural conditions. Vargem Grande is a poor neighborhood without adequate infrastructure, paved streets, sewer system, there is trash on public ways and in vacant lots and large populations of rodents. The population of the district has unhealthy habits such as walking barefoot, throw garbage and debris in their own backyards and make their gardens next to the sewer. The technique Collective Subject Speech enabled the construction of a detailed analysis, identified categories that show the peoples perception about their relation with animals, food and the environment in which they live. From the neighborhood and residents profile, such as the categories that show their social representations, we provided groundwork for future measures for prevention and control of zoonosis and a program of education in health. We concluded that an improvement on life quality will only occur if a common goal between government, companies of water supply and sewage, the population and health professionals, including veterinarians.

Higher education is an idyllically positioned organization from which meaningful dissemination of knowledge and interdisciplinary research is capable of actuating practices that resource consumption. Paradoxically, the construction, maintenance, and operations of the built environment, including the built campus environment, have contributed to the decline of raw resources and degradation of environmental processes. An opportunity exists to bridge the knowledge gap between the design and construction phase and the operations and maintenance phase of the green certified building life cycle, while examining the parts that contributed to the green-certification of the whole building. The purpose of this research was to 1.) identify green-building features and determine their frequency of implementation in new capital (NC) LEED-certified, campus buildings to effectuate operations and maintenance cost savings, indoor wellbeing, and environmental stewardship, and 2.) determine the relationships of greenbuilding feature usage across building, institutional, and LEED characteristics. The study used archival data to document the green efforts of each building with the study’s sample of 195 buildings on the campus of 107 universities and colleges, in the United States, between 2007 and 2017. The study’s findings indicated that the public institutions earned the LEED certification more often than private institutions and the sample was void of two-year community colleges. The sample was restricted for green-building features that (a) reduce economic cost, (b) improve indoor wellbeing, and (c) increase environmental stewardship. The results and implications are discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Doctor of Philosophy / Research has shown that the school-based experiences of same-sex attracted (SSA) young people are frequently less than ideal, often fraught with verbal and physical harassment and social isolation from peers. School-based victimisation of SSA students has been correlated with their negative mental health outcomes, drug and alcohol use, decreased academic outcomes and lowered tertiary aspirations. These outcomes raise issues related to duty of care for educators, including the general responsibility of schools to create safe, equitable learning environments for all of their students. In order to better meet the needs of SSA students in Australia’s secondary schools, this nationwide study examined the current school climate toward same-sex attraction as described by SSA young people aged 14-19 through their reported experiences and perceptions of environmental stresses and supports, using Margaret Spencer’s PVEST model as the theoretical framework. A web-based survey instrument, advertised through both mainstream and lesbian/gay/bisexual-orientated youth sources, was used to sample Australian SSA students (N = 282). The relationships between SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate (including the treatment of SSA students and topics), their sense of connection to their school community, and their reported academic self-concept and motivation toward learning were investigated using bivariate and multivariate techniques, including structural equation modelling. In-depth interview sessions were conducted with six SSA young people in order to further examine these findings. Results indicated that SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate were directly related to their sense of safety within the school environment, their social connection to their peers and teachers, and their feelings of connectedness to the school environment in general. SSA students’ connection to their teachers and their school environment had the strongest total impact on their academic self-concept and motivation to learn. Of key import was the clear indirect impact of SSA students’ perceptions of their school climate on both of these important academic outcomes, through their connection to both their school community and general school environment. These findings allow for the generation of informed recommendations for school policy and practice with the academic outcomes of Australia’s SSA students in mind.

The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology by extending the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989) in order to contribute the acceptance of Hospital Management Systems in hospitals. The study also aims to extend the TAM by adding external variables. Thereby the relationships between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and external TAM factors and how these relationships will affect the behavioral intention to use the technology will be determined. In this study quantitative research methods are used. Quantitative research comprises from a questionnaire which is tested in Turkish government hospitals by hospital personnel, physicians, nurses, technicians and administrative personnel. After collection of data from quantitative research the analysis of the data was conducted. The findings of the analysis gave the significant relationships between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, behavioral intention and external variables. In conclusion this study points out the effects and the compatibility of the critical factors of TAM on the user acceptance of Hospital Management Systems in Turkish hospitals.