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This diploma thesis primarily deals with the reviews of Czechoslovak television series in the weekly print Tvorba, central press organ of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in the normalisation period of 70's and 80's. In the second place, it also deals with other relevant articles that are somehow related to the television series issues in general. Additionally, it pays attention to formal aspects of the reviews studied in the thesis (language specifics, form, space and development of the television reviews section etc.) The thesis is divided into two main parts: theoretical and analytical. The theoretical part brings information about the cultural-political weekly print Tvorba, it outlines social and historical context of the period traditionally called normalisation and last but not least gives theoretical background about the phenomenon of Czechoslovak television series. The analytical part works directly with the reviews found and also other relevant articles from Tvorba. On the basis of these particular reviews and articles, the main aim is to describe ideas and opinions of cultural editors and reviewers on the form, art rendering and role of television series as a specific genre of television production and, at the same time, to bring an overview of what aspects were on the reviewed series...

Background: Dialysis is an intervention that involves the use of fairly advanced technology and is fairly expensive. Patients and health care funders are increasingly demanding evidence for the effectiveness for such high technology high cost interventions. While dialysis therapy has improved immediate prognosis in patients with kidney failure, the long-term survival of patients on chronic renal replacement therapy (dialysis or renal transplantation) is much lower than that of the general population and the mortality rates remain high for patients with acute renal failure needing dialysis. There are considerable variations between different countries and even between the dialysis centres within the same country with regards to the selection of the primary type of dialysis (haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) and in the different methods or equipment used to perform the various components of these various modalities. It is possible that variations in clinical practice are associated with variations in clinical outcomes such as mortality and morbidity. It is then important to identify the best practices from the various variations in current use and implementing these best practices may reduce morbidity and mortality of these patients. Methods: Systematic reviews, identifying and including only randomised trials, focusing on key clinical policy decision points in the dialysis process were undertaken. The review of literature was done in a systematic way according to a detailed scientific methodology. For all of the systematic reviews, a detailed protocol was written and agreed to by the authors of the review. The protocol detailed the clinical question, the types of studies, participants, interventions and outcomes to be included, search strategy and the statistical methods to be employed. Relevant randomised studies were then identified by systematically searching the electronic medical databases and reference lists of published studies; data relevant to predetermined outcome measures were extracted and where appropriate summary statistics were derived from meta-analysis. Recommendations and implications for clinical practice and future research studies were made following each review. The areas of dialysis policy reviewed were (1) Comparison of high-flux versus low-flux haemodialysis (HD) membranes for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), (2) Comparison of extracorporeal renal replacement therapy technologies for patients with ESRD, (3) Comparison of intermittent (IRRT) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for acute renal failure (ARF) in adults, (4) Comparison of antimicrobial interventions for the prevention of HD catheter related infections, (5) Comparison of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) for patients with ESRD, and (6) Comparison of treatment measures for depression in dialysis patients. Conclusions: As the currently available evidence has not demonstrated superiority with high-flux membranes with respect to important clinical outcomes such as mortality, quality of life and hospitalisation, it is not possible to recommend the use of these membranes in preference to low-flux membranes. It has not been possible at present to demonstrate with the current evidence available that convective modalities (HF, HDF or AFB) have significant advantages over HD with regard to clinically important outcomes of mortality, dialysis-related hypotension and hospitalisation. It is not therefore possible to recommend the use of one modality in preference to the other. In ARF patients who are haemodynamically stable, the RRT modality does not appear to influence important patient outcomes, and therefore the preference for CRRT over IRRT in such patients does not appear justified in the light of available evidence. CRRT was shown to achieve better haemodynamic parameters such as MAP. APD appears to be more beneficial than CAPD, in terms of reducing peritonitis rates and with respect to certain social issues that impact on patients' quality of life. Further, adequately powered trials are required to confirm the benefits for APD found in this review and detect differences with respect to other clinically important outcomes that may have been missed by the trials included in this review due to their small size and short follow-up periods. APD may however be considered advantageous in select group of patients such as in the younger PD population and those in employment or education due to its psychosocial advantages. Firm conclusions on the efficacy of treatment measures for depression in chronic dialysis patients cannot be made as we identified only one small RCT that was of short duration. Current screening tools for depression are recognised to have poor specificity in the medically ill due to overlap of somatic symptoms of the medical illness. The development of a valid diagnostic tool would be helpful. The systematic reviews in general highlighted the paucity of large-scale randomised trials in nephrology even on topics of great practical relevance such as depression in dialysis. In many of the areas assessed adequate conclusions could not be reached as there was a lack of large-scale well designed randomised controlled trials raising the possibility that important clinical differences between the interventions assessed may have been missed due to Type 2 statistical error. We identified numerous RCTs which were small in size looking at surrogate end-points such as molecular markers of inflammation, especially in the areas of membrane flux and extracorporeal RRT technologies. Unfortunately benefits with surrogate end-points do not necessarily translate to better clinical outcomes. The urgent need of the hour is to conduct well-designed large scale RCTs in major areas of clinical importance such as the use of extracorporeal renal replacement therapy technologies looking at hard clinical end-points such as mortality, hospitalisation and quality of life.

The influence of online customer reviews (OCRs) on consumer behaviour has recently gained considerable attention, from both academic and business communities. Technology allows customers to freely and easily post their comments and opinions online about any product or service. These types of customer reviews can have a significant effect on customers’ purchase decisions and have become an essential part of the experience when shopping online. However, knowledge of the role of the perceived derived attributes of OCRs on consumer behaviour remains vague. Previous studies have mainly focused on the influence of the virtual attributes of OCRs, such as volume and valence, on consumers’ intentions, while limited attention has been paid to understanding the effects of the derived attributes. This study, thus, aims to understand the effects of the social and functional perceived derived attributes of OCRs on customer trust and intention to shop online. Hence, we develop a research model - Perceived Derived Attributes (PDA) -, based on the integration of social support with functional support derived from OCRs. The PDA model provides an in-depth understanding of the role of the social support of OCRs by applying and utilising theories of social support, social presence and a sense of belonging. The PDA model also investigates the influence of the functional support arising from OCRs through the inclusion of perceived control, from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The PDA model characterises perceived social support through informational and emotional supports, social presence, and a sense of belonging; whereas, functional supports are characterised by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived enjoyment, and perceived control. A total of 489 responses to a survey were collected from users of amazon.com. The results from this study suggest that customer trust in an e-vendor and their intention to shop online are significantly affected by social and functional supports derived from OCRs. In particular, informational support, social presence and a sense of belonging, derived from OCRs were found to positively and significantly affect both customer trust in the online vendor and consumer behavioural intention. However, emotional support was only found to affect customers’ intentions and not their trust in the e-vendor. Additionally, customer trust in an e-vendor and their intention to shop online are significantly affected by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and perceived enjoyment of OCRs. Furthermore, the sense of control derived from OCRs significantly affects customer intention and significantly affects customer trust in e-vendors but only for customers who frequently check OCRs before making a purchase. This study is the first to introduce and empirically test the effects of perceived derived attributes of OCRs on customer trust and behavioural intention. Understanding the effects of such influencing factors is of utmost importance for both theoretical development and business practices. Clearly, these attributes of OCRs are linked to the development of the shopping environment, representing a promising marketing tool that positively affects customers’ behaviour.

Orientador: José Carlos Zamboni / Banca: João Luis Cardoso Tapias Ceccantini / Banca: Luiz Eduardo Ramos Borges / Resumo: Este trabalho objetiva compor um quadro organizado de textos críticos sobre o escritor José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977), com o propósito de oferecer ao pesquisador material adequado a uma análise mais rigorosa e abrangente da produção literária desse escritor. A maior parte dos textos críticos encontra-se publicada em jornais. Primeiramente, esses textos foram localizados e organizados. Depois disso, visando à avaliação da recepção crítica, foram resenhados e analisados. Ao término desta pesquisa constatou-se que a obra de José Geraldo Vieira tem sido vítima de muitos clichês e comentários que se repetem. Apesar disso, a crítica, no geral, apresenta argumentos positivos suficientes para realçar o valor de José Geraldo Vieira no panorama da literatura brasileira. / Abstract: The aim of this work is compounding an organized table of critical texts about the writer José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977), with the proposal to offer the researcher appropriate material for a more rigorous and comprising analysis of his literary production. The major part of the critical texts is found published at newspaper. At first, these texts were localized and organized. After that, viewing an evaluation of the reviewer's reception about the works by José Geraldo Vieira, they were summarized and analyzed. The analysis shows that, although sometimes the works of José Geraldo Vieira have been a victim of a random appreciations and repeated comments, they were, in general, well accepted by the reviewers. Thus, these reasons are strong enough to underline the value of his work at Brazilian Literature outline. / Mestre

Le groupe surréaliste s'est livré, dès son éclosion, à un travail critique sans cesse développé au cours de l'entre-deux-guerres. La thèse se fonde sur un corpus de plus de 500 textes publiés par les poètes surréalistes entre 1917 et 1939. A vocation critique et de formes diverses, ces textes répondent à la qualification éditoriale actuelle d'écrits sur l'art. Ce corpus méritait d'être réuni et analysé davantage que pour la dimension subversive ou fantaisiste pour laquelle ils étaient considérés jusqu'à présent. La thèse identifie et analyse les enjeux que ces écrits ont représenté dans l'histoire du mouvement surréaliste notamment au moment crucial de son émergence. / From its birth, the surrealist group is engaged in a critical practice constantly developed during the interwar years. The thesis is based on a corpus of more than 500 texts published by surrealist poets between 1917 and 1939. With their critical vocation and their diverse forms, these texts can be called by the current editorial qualification of writings on art. This corpus deserved to be combined and analyzed for more than the subversive or imaginative dimension for which they were considered up to now. The thesis identifies and analyzes the stakes that these writings represented in the history of the surrealist movement in particular at the crucial moment of its emergence.

Titel: Från eWOM till köpintention – En studie om hur valens och argumentkvalitet i en recension påverkar konsumentens köpintention  Nivå: C-uppsats, examensarbete i ämnet företagsekonomi  Författare: Tobias Fält & Viktor Hamwi  Handledare: Jonas Kågström  Datum: 2019 - januari  Syfte: Syftet är att analysera vilken roll valens och argumentkvalitet i en restaurangs onlinerecensioner har för påverkan på konsumentens köpintention. Metod: Studien använder sig av en kvantitativ forskningsmetod med en webbaserad enkätundersökning som grund för det insamlade materialet. Den webbaserade enkätundersökningen samlade in totalt 157 svar från respondenter. Därefter analyserades de insamlade svaren i SPSS där deskriptiv analys, korrelationsanalys, faktoranalys, t-test och klusteranalys genomfördes. Resultat och slutsats: Resultatet av studien visar att valens har en direkt påverkan på konsumentens köpintention. Vidare visade resultatet att negativa recensioner har en större påverkan på konsumentens beteendemässiga intention än positiva recensioner, vilket styrker forskningen som påvisar att negativitetseffekten är aktuell. Studien fann också att argumentkvalitet inte har en signifikant påverkan på köpintentionen.  Uppsatsens bidrag: Uppsatsen bidrar till den befintliga forskningen genom att styrka att negativitetseffekten gäller även för restauranger, vilket belyser vikten i att behandla negativa recensioner då de kan spela en roll i restaurangens rykte och försäljning.  Förslag till vidare forskning: Vi ser gärna att framtida studier fokuserar på samma ämne, men med fler respondenter då vi inte fann något statistiskt samband mellan köpintention och argumentkvalitet. Framtida studier bör även fokusera på liknande tjänster då vi ser en överrepresentation av produkter som forskningsunderlag i denna typ av undersökningar.  Nyckelord: eWOM, recensioner, köpintention, valens, argumentkvalitet. / Title: From eWOM to purchase intention – A study of how valence and argument quality in a review effects a consumer`s purchase intention  Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degrees in Business Administration  Author: Tobias Fält & Viktor Hamwi Supervisor: Jonas Kågström Date: 2019 - January   Aim: The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of valence and argument quality on restaurants online reviews, and its impact on customers purchase intention. Method: This paper used a quantitative research method with a web-based survey as the basis for the collected material. The web-based survey collected a total of 157 responses from respondents. The collected answers were later analyzed in SPSS where descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, factor analysis, t-test and a cluster analyses were performed. Results and conclusion: The results show that valence has a direct impact on the consumer purchase intention. Furthermore, the results show that negative reviews have a greater effect on the consumer behavioral intention than positive reviews, which strengthens previous studies that show the relevance of the negativity effect. The study also shows that argument quality does not have a significant effect on the consumer’s purchasing intention.  Contribution: This study has contributed to previous research by demonstrating that the negativity effect is applied to restaurants as well, which shows the importance of addressing negative reviews as they can have an impact on a restaurant’s reputation and sales.    Further Research: We would like to see future studies focusing on the same subject, but with a larger number of respondents as seen as we could not find a statistical connection between purchasing intention and argument quality. Future studies should also focus on similar services since we see an overrepresentation of products as subject of examination in this field. Keywords: eWOM, reviews, purchase intention, valence, argument quality

Dans un contexte d’achat sur internet, la communication du bouche-à-oreille électronique dans sa forme la plus usuelle, c’est-à-dire par les avis de consommateurs en ligne, constitue une source d’information importante sur les biens et les services. Les avis en ligne possèdent un fort potentiel d’influence sur les choix, les évaluations et la prise de décision des consommateurs. Cependant, dans un environnement virtuel caractérisé par l’anonymat des sources et l’existence de manipulations frauduleuses avérées de la part de certaines entreprises, les internautes remettent en question le bien-fondé de cette source d’information. Par ailleurs, hormis la question cruciale de la crédibilité que l’on peut octroyer aux avis des consommateurs sur internet, la recherche dans ce domaine continue à s’interroger sur les mécanismes d’influence des avis d’anciens acheteurs ou utilisateurs du produit sur le comportement du consommateur. Bien qu’un nombre important de travaux ait été dédié à ce sujet, les résultats de ces études continuent d'attiser la curiosité des chercheurs quant aux effets des avis des consommateurs sur les réactions des internautes que l'on croyait globalement avoir identifiés. Plusieurs résultats contradictoires ont en effet été observés dans ce champ de recherche. C’est la raison pour laquelle, à partir des limites observées dans les travaux antérieurs et les orientations préconisées par d’autres, cette recherche se propose d’étudier sous une approche expérimentale l’influence de certaines caractéristiques des avis en ligne sur le comportement du consommateur. Le but est d’établir diverses conditions d’exposition aux avis de consommateurs pouvant conduire à une meilleure compréhension de leur impact sur les perceptions et réactions des internautes. Globalement, nos résultats auprès d’un échantillon de 503 répondants actifs permettent de valider les hypothèses de la recherche avancée et offrent une analyse intéressante des effets de la perception des avis en ligne sur les réactions et les intentions comportementales des internautes. / In an online shopping context, the word-of-mouth in its most usual form, ie online consumer reviews, is an important source of information on goods and services. Online reviews have a strong potential to influence consumers' choices, evaluations and decision-making. However, in a virtual environment marked by the anonymity of sources and the existence of fraudulent manipulations proved by some companies, Internet users question the validity of this source of information. Moreover, apart from the crucial question of the credibility that can be given to the opinions of other consumers on the Internet, research in this field continues to examine the influence mechanisms of former buyers or product users’ opinions on consumer behavior. A considerable amount of research has been dedicated to this subject. The results of these studies continue to stir researchers' curiosity about the effects of consumer opinions on the reactions of Internet users who were generally believed to have identified. Several contradictory results have been observed in this field of research. This is why, based on the limits observed in previous researches and orientations recommended by others, this thesis proposes to study under an experimental approach the influence of some online consumers’ characteristics. The aim is to create different exposure conditions to consumer opinions that can lead to a better understanding of the influence they can have on the perceptions and reactions of Internet users. Overall, our findings from a sample of 503 active respondents highlight this advanced hypothesis and provide an interesting analysis of the effects of e-reviews perceptions on Internet users’ responses and behavioral intentions.

The dynamics of use and adoption of information on various online review platforms remain elusive and complex, indicating the importance of more research on electronic word of mouth (eWOM) and online consumer reviews (OCRs). Existing theoretical models do not fully explicate the role of the influential factors and their interrelations in information adoption. This research offers a more holistic model of information adoption. The Information Adoption Model (IAM) and the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) are utilised as the theoretical foundations for the conceptual model while examining the factors that influence consumers' perceptions of and information adoption decisions from Independent and E-merchants' websites. Information usefulness is employed as a mediator. This research examines various COPs (consumer opinion platforms) by categorising consumers into four groups on the basis of their engagement behaviour and investigating their information adoption decisions. The research undertook quantitative methodology and conducted a survey on 635 respondents from Thailand. All hypotheses were developed and tested using data collected via an online questionnaire and were analysed with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), with multigroup analysis techniques. Additionally, the research used two step cluster analysis and identified four groups of consumers on the basis of their engagement behaviour Quicker, Explorer, Confidant and Passionate. The findings are 1) A positively significant relationship between information usefulness and information adoption has been approved 2) Consumer adopt different information adoption criteria for different types of COPs 3) Consumers' assessment of different factors of OCRs varies due to the difference in the level of online engagement. The results offer useful implications for marketers by identifying and analysing the criteria that consumers adopt from specific platforms and underlining the effect of the level of consumer engagement on information adoption of OCRs.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Nesta pesquisa, apresentamos os traÃos descritivos da organizaÃÃo retÃrica de resenhas acadÃmicas e dos elementos formais que sinalizam essa organizaÃÃo no nÃvel lÃxico-gramatical, com base nos pressupostos teÃricos da LingÃÃstica de Texto e da AnÃlise de GÃneros. Para o exame da organizaÃÃo retÃrica das informaÃÃes em resenhas, utilizamos como referencial o modelo desenvolvido por Swales (1990), conforme adaptaÃÃes propostas por Motta-Roth (1995) e AraÃjo (1996) em anÃlise de resenhas em lÃngua inglesa. A descriÃÃo dos aspectos lÃxico-gramaticais baseia-se na caracterizaÃÃo das expressÃes que operam como rÃtulos discursivos (Francis, 1994) e leva em consideraÃÃo ainda o conceito de marcadores metadiscursivos (Crismore, 1989). Para a investigaÃÃo, selecionamos um corpus de 60 resenhas em lÃngua portuguesa, divididas em dois grupos: trinta resenhas produzidas por escritores proficientes e trinta por alunos de graduaÃÃo. Ambos os grupos de resenhas foram submetidos a exercÃcios de segmentaÃÃo e a uma anÃlise qualitativa e quantitativa para a descriÃÃo de sua organizaÃÃo retÃrica. Os elementos lÃxico-gramaticais foram tratados como potenciais sinalizadores da articulaÃÃo entre unidades e subunidades de informaÃÃo, bem como do carÃter mais ou menos avaliativo de cada texto. Os resultados da anÃlise dos dados revelam um padrÃo de organizaÃÃo retÃrica caracterizado por um certo afastamento dos dois modelos existentes, possibilitando a apresentaÃÃo de uma nova proposta, subdividida em duas modalidades, uma para atender à distribuiÃÃo das informaÃÃes em resenhas de escritores proficientes e outra para as resenhas de alunos. Comparativamente, os resultados mostram certas similaridades na construÃÃo discursiva dos dois grupos de resenhas, mas tambÃm apontam para dissimilaridades bastante relevantes. Conclui-se que a aplicaÃÃo de uma anÃlise baseada no modelo CARS (Swales, 1990), ao lado da investigaÃÃo do papel dos rÃtulos discursivos na sinalizaÃÃo lexical da organizaÃÃo retÃrica das unidades e subunidades de uma resenha acadÃmica, apresenta-se como uma abordagem bastante produtiva ao estudo desse gÃnero ainda pouco explorado.