This study deals with the consequences for household economy in connection with unemployment. Various mechanisms that influence the relationship between unemployment and the reception of supplementary benefits are described and analyzed. The labour market, the social insurance system and the adjustment strategies of families are fields of particular interest to this study. The economic systems of support that have developed are dominated by the unemployment insurance. Those, whose unemployment benefits have ceased or who for some other reason are not covered by the insurance, have to resort to supplementary benefits. The differences in level between working, receiving unemployment benefits or supplementary benefits can be described in terms of a scale of income. The aspect of the scale varies strongly between different types of families. The empirical point of reference for this dissertation is the close-down of a pulp industry (Ncb in Köpmanholmen 130 km south of Umeå in the north of Sweden). The development of those made redundant has been studied with regard to reception of supplementary benefits, income and adjustment strategies. Data about income and supplementary benefits were collected from registers at the local tax charge office and the local administration of social services. 83 out of 444 households were interviewed about adjustment strategies. The close-down in question proved to be exceptional in many aspects. The expected "social catastrophe" never occured due to the economic upswing, raised unemployment benefits and ambitious labour market policy efforts, among other things. Only a very small minority of those made redundant have received supplementary benefits after the close-down. This has been the case although many of those made redundant have been removed from the open labour market with a subsequent lowering of their income level. Amongst those made redundant many different patterns of adjustment havè been observed. It appears that those who lack work after a couple of years after the close-down are often characterized by passivity, whereas those who have been employed are often characterized by activity. Finally the variation in patterns of adjustment can be seen as a social policy problem. Judging from the results a combination of the institutional and marginal social policy strategies would be desirable. Reform schemes can be suggested that are based on a wish to supplement the preventive and institutional social policy with selective features where the adjustment strategies of families should provide an important resource potential. / digitalisering@umu

Acoustic Receiving Line Arrays are critical tools for measuring the acoustic properties of any oceanographic region. Vertical, horizontal, and combinations of the two array configurations allow us to measure acoustic propagation, bottom characteristics through inversion, and ambient noise. These properties are vitally important for effective implementation of any passive or active detection system in both shallow and deep water environments. Measurement systems must be designed with flexibility since the exact array design that yields the best signal processing results is not known prior to a survey. Flexibility, in this case, refers to large numbers of hydrophones, higher sample rates for greater bandwidth, and longer recording time to facilitate experimentation at each survey site. Repeated deployment and recovery of such a system demands a battery powered autonomous design that can be deployed and recovered from available research vessels at sea. Conventional deep ocean analog array cable designs, while power efficient, become physically challenging in size and weight when the sensor count exceeds 100 and array lengths remain in the 100s of meters. The purpose of this thesis is to detail the design, development, and testing of a pressure tolerant full ocean depth rated prototype acoustic line array with digital telemetry of all hydrophone data from the sensors to the recording system. The design is to support up to 300 hydrophones each with a maximum sample rate of 4 kHz and a per sensor power requirement of ¾ of a watt. Lower sensor counts will allow higher sample rates to be used based on available telemetry bandwidth. A single element of a line array was built and tested at the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories and it was used to demonstrate real-time telemetry and recording of acoustic hydrophone data. / text

Uppsatsen är en fallstudie av landstriderna kring Narvik 1940 analyserade utifrån degrundläggande förmågorna med perspektivet att ta emot stöd.Trots tillskyndande stöd från allierade förband kunde inte de norska och allierade förbanden komma till ett avgörande mot de numerärt underlägsna och tillsynes avskurna tyska förbanden i fjällen kring Narvik. För att belysa de förutsättningar som rådde på taktisk nivå så används tre frågeställningar: -Hur fördelade sig de grundläggande förmågorna hos tyska förband respektive allierade förband under det studerade händelseförloppet? -Vilka förmågor var särskilt framträdande för de olika förbandens strid? -Vilka eventuella svårigheter att ta emot stöd i striderna kring Narvik är relevanta för svenska förhållanden? Resultatet av studien visar att avsevärda brister i förmågan till ledning hos de allierade förbanden förelåg varvid det tillskyndande stödet blev ineffektivt. Dessutom var de tyska förbandens goda förmåga till skydd samt uthållighet, viktiga faktorer för de allierades svårighet att komma till ett avgörande. / This study is a case study of the land war in the vicinity of Narvik 1940, analysed in perspective of the six basic capabilities of combat; effect on target, protection, mobility, command and control, sustainability and intelligence. The main angle is the challenges of receiving support. How come the Norwegians and supporting allied units weren’t able to defeat the outnumbered German troops in the mountains? To be able to filter out the essential factors on a tactical level the following questions are used: -How did the basic capabilities of combat appear among the allied and the German units? -Which capability was most decisive for the outcome of the battle between the opponents? -Which difficulties in receiving support are relevant for Swedish conditions? The result of the study reveals that severe mistakes in the command and control among the allied units caused ineffective support from the allied units. It also reveals that the protection and sustainability among the German units had an important role for the outcome.

Submitted by Maria Beatriz Vieira (mbeatriz.vieira@gmail.com) on 2017-01-04T12:44:44Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) dissertacao_andre_sander.pdf: 1176616 bytes, checksum: 26306eb6e21933bdddd6f73b63e979b0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2017-01-04T15:18:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) dissertacao_andre_sander.pdf: 1176616 bytes, checksum: 26306eb6e21933bdddd6f73b63e979b0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2017-01-04T15:20:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) dissertacao_andre_sander.pdf: 1176616 bytes, checksum: 26306eb6e21933bdddd6f73b63e979b0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-04T15:21:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) dissertacao_andre_sander.pdf: 1176616 bytes, checksum: 26306eb6e21933bdddd6f73b63e979b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-05 / Sem bolsa / O trabalho foi desenvolvido para analisar a recepção, beneficiamento e comercialização de sementes da Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária Pindo Ltda, com unidade em San Cristóbal, Alto Paraná, Paraguai. A Cooperativa produz sua própria semente de soja por intermédio de seus cooperados. O uso de sementes de elevada qualidade é condição indispensável para obtenção de altas produtividades, neste sentido o presente trabalho teve como objetivo principal avaliar os índices de recebimento, beneficiamento e comercialização de sementes de soja entre as safras de 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 e 2012. Foram analisadas informações sobre recebimento de sementes, eficiência no beneficiamento, qualidade da semente e quantidade comercializada. Em relação à área inscrita e a quantidade recebida, calculou-se o percentual da quantidade de semente bruta em relação à beneficiada, a germinação média dos cinco anos estudados e o percentual de sementes beneficiadas aprovadas para comercialização e à efetiva comercialização. A análise permitiu concluir que: O descarte médio no beneficiamento de sementes de soja foi de 30,4%, há necessidade de melhoria no programa de controle interno de qualidade, a germinação média dos lotes de sementes de soja alcançou 84,84 %, e não foram comercializadas apenas 2.2% das sementes beneficiadas. / This work was carried out to analyse the production of seed of the Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária Ltda. Pindo, with a branch in San Cristobal, Alto Paraná State, Paraguay. The collective produce their own soybean by means its members. The use of high quality seeds is essential to obtain high productivity condition in this sense, the present work aimed to evaluate rates of receiving, processing and commercialization of soybean from the crops of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Information about receive seeds, efficiency in beneficiation, seed quality and quantity marketed was analyzed. In relation to the area inscribed and the quantity received it was estimated the percent of the crude amount of seed in relation to the benefit the average germination of the five years studied and the percent of seeds processed approved for marketing and effective commercialization. The analysis reveals that: The average discard in the processing of soybean seeds was 30.4%, there is need for improvement in internal quality control program and the average germination of seed lots of soybean reached 84.84% and were not marketed only 2.2% of seeds processed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:44:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_tiago_antonio_webber.pdf: 823767 bytes, checksum: ca2f08e4c6bf55ec83074cc792db19a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-22 / The objective of the present study was to analyze the efficiency of wheat seed production and conditioning at the Sementes Estrela seed company located in the Erechim county, RS state, Brazil, during 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 crop seasons. Data of area and volume registered for seed production, receiving, conditioning and aprovation, germination and comercialization of wheat seed lots. Cultivars studied were: Abalone; Safira; Alcover; Pampeano; Onix; Quartzo; Marfim; BRS Timbauva; BRS Guamirim; BRS 208; Fundacep Nova Era; Fundacep 52; Fundacep Cristalino e Fundacep Raizes. The results shown that wheat seed production at Sementes Estrela represents 3.87% of the state of Rio Grande do Sul production. There is a difference between registered volume and volume received of wheat seeds of about 15%. The efficiency of wheat seed conditioning is increasing each crop season, being the seed loss of about 22%. In the last two crop seasons the wheat seed conditioned and approved is 100%. Germination of approved seed lots is above the standard stablished by the seed company in all crop seasons. Commercialization of wheat seeds at Sementes Estrela company is above 90% of seed lots conditioned but shows a tendency of reducing in the last crop season. / O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar a eficiência da produção e do beneficiamento de semente de trigo na empresa Sementes Estrela localizada em Erechim, RS, no período que compreende as safras 2006/07, 2007/08 e 2008/09. Para isso, foram levantados dados de volume de área e volume inscritos para produção de sementes, bem como de recebimento, beneficiamento e aprovação, germinação e comercialização dos lotes de sementes de trigo nas safras estudadas. As cultivares de trigo estudas foram: Abalone; Safira; Alcover; Pampeano; Onix; Quartzo; Marfim; BRS Timbauva; BRS Guamirim; BRS 208; Fundacep Nova Era; Fundacep 52; Fundacep Cristalino e Fundacep Raizes. Os resultados mostraram que a produção de sementes de trigo da empresa Sementes Estrela representa 3,87% da área de produção do estado de Rio Grande do Sul.Há uma diferença entre volume inscrito e volume recebido de sementes de trigo da empresa Sementes Estrela de 15%. A eficiência do beneficiamento de sementes de trigo vem aumentando a cada safra, sendo o descarte ao redor de 22%. Nas últimas duas safras de sementes de trigo a aprovação de lotes beneficiados é de 100%. A germinação dos lotes de sementes de trigo aprovados está acima do padrão estabelecido pela empresa. A comercialização de sementes de trigo nas Sementes Estrela está acima de 90% dos lotes ensacados e mostra uma tendência a diminuir na última safra.

This thesis analyzes the impact of processes associated with order execution on customer satisfaction. The theoretical part should introduce readers to current and relatively comprehensive e-commerce market. The objective is to formulate and highlight information and concepts, which are important for understanding the subsequent practical applications. The thesis is focused on logistics processes that affect customer satisfaction, e.g. receiving, assembling and shipping. The practical part should analyze the processes using the example of an online store Mall.cz. The main interest of the thesis emphasis on the functioning of the distribution center, identification of bottlenecks and the implementation of measures for the efficient order execution. In the final part the author analyzes three major competitors and their offers of the delivery of goods. The output of that part is a SWOT analysis. The main objective of the thesis is to identify the key factors of logistics processes and evaluate their impact on customer satisfaction. A specific feature and benefit of this work is the interconnection of marketing and logistics perspective.

The diploma thesis deals with the processes associated with receiving and sending postal items of E.ON Czech Republic followed with the effective development of the life cycle of documents with use of the digitization and data mining. The aim is to develop the project "Electronic Registry", which can be implemented into current information systems of the company and which will contribute to the optimization of processes of the registry. To achieve this objective it was developed an extensive analysis of the current state of registry and records management system in E.ON Czech Republic. Based on analysis it was proposed a specific solution for improvement. The first part deals with the analysis of current legislative requirements and theoretical analysis of the document lifecycle, which is demonstrated on the example of E.ON Czech Republic in the second part of the thesis. In the second part there is the introduction of company E.ON Czech Republic, which is followed by description of the current state of registry and processes in relation to the rece-iving of postal items. In the analysis of the current situation there are identified issues that arise when receiving and processing postal items to the registry. To the identified problems are offered individual solutions, which are elaborated in the overall solution in the final part of the thesis. The last part is a custom suggestion of optimization of existing processes by using of digi-tizing paper documents and data mining for automatic sorting, which helps to streamline existing processes. This section describes specific solution that is introduced into the E.ON Czech Republic. The solution system provides a single place for the digitization of docu-ments received and their subsequent management.

Yrkesverksamma inom LSS (Lagen om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade) har i sin yrkesroll flera olika faktorer att förhålla sig till och tillmötesgå. De har LSS individualistiska förhållningssätt, organisationens regler och riktlinjer samt den enskilde stödanvändaren. De utgör ramen för yrkesrollens handlingsutrymme, inom vilket yrkesverksamma tar beslut. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur yrkesverksamma inom LSS upplever och hanterar sitt handlingsutrymme och vad som styr hur de används. För att uppfylla studiens syfte har kvalitativa intervjuer använts och därefter analyserats med Michael Lipskys teori gällande gräsrotsbyråkrati och det teoretiska begreppet handlingsutrymme. Resultatet visade att yrkesverksamma upplever att handlingsutrymmet innebär svårigheter men också möjligheter att tillmötesgå de olika parterna, trots det hanteras det genom maktutövning gentemot den enskilde. Vidare visade resultatet att yrkesverksammas erfarenheter styr hur handlingsutrymmet används, och påverkas av deras kunskap- och kompetensnivå samt möjlighet till reflektion. / Social workers within the Swedish act concerning support and service for persons with certain functional impairments (LSS) has in their profession several factors to take into account. They have the individualistic approaches of LSS, the organization´s rules and guidelines as well as the people receiving support. They provide the framework for the profession, within professional’s discretion. The aim of this study was to investigate how professionals experience and manage their discretion and what governs their use. In order to fulfill the aim of the study qualitative interviews have been used and subsequently analyzed by Michael Lipskys theory of street-level bureaucracy and the theoretical concept discretion. The result showed that professionals felt that their discretion meant difficulties but also opportunities for accommodate various parts, despite being handled by power. Furthermore, the result showed that occupational work experience control how the discretion is used and influenced by their knowledge and competence, as well as the possibility of reflection.

Master´s Thesis is concerned about possibility of receiving funding from European union. It contains theoretical background about structural funds of European union, analysis of the present circumstances of the company and, in the proposal part of the thesis, there is executed design of application within the economic analysis.

No / Narrowband path loss measurements are reported for the vehicle-to-vehicle channel between a transmitting antenna 50 cm above the ground and a car-roof-mounted receiver array. Calibration procedures and measurement results are reported for typical urban, suburban and rural-motorway environments and compared with existing mobile channel models to give insight into the large-scale fading behavior in the vehicle-to-vehicle channel.