Despite decreasing cardiovascular disease mortality rates, these diseases are still the most common cause of death in a number of economically advanced countries, including the Czech Republic. This thesis deals with prevalence of myocardial infarction (the most common forms of ischemic heart disease) and selected risk factors of this disease, using the database of the international project SHARE (The Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe). The first part describes the development of mortality on circulatory system diseases and the risk factors of myocardial infarction are discussed in the context of the literature. The empirical part of this work analyzes the infarction prevalence and the relationship between infarction prevalence and risk factors in SHARE respondents, both in the group of respondents from European countries and in the subset of respondents from the Czech Republic, using the binary logistic regression method. The analysis showed, among other things, that the main risk factor for myocardial infarction of SHARE respondents was low physical activity among respondents in European countries, so did male respondents in the Czech Republic. In the group of Czech women, the main risk factor was underweight. Out of the social determinants, the impact of education attained in both...

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The purpose of the paper is to explain the relation between motivations of intention to shareon social media and hedonic value. There has been a deductive approach to the research ofthe paper. The data which have been gathered has been done in a quantitative manner, bymaking use of a survey. The theoretical concepts which have been operationalized for thesurvey are the following, social conversation, social presence, easy-connection, intention toshare and hedonic value. There are four different hypotheses that have been developed andtested in the project. Social conversation has a positive impact on the intent to share contenton social media. Social presence has a positive impact on the intent to share content on socialmedia. Easy-connection has a positive impact on intent to share on social media and intentionto share has a positive impact on the hedonic value of social media use. The findings arefollowing, the first three hypotheses got rejected therefore, motivations of intention to shareon social media are connected with easy-connection, social conversation, and social presence.Additionally, intention to share on social media is accepted as having a positive impact on thehedonic value of social media use.

Incapaz de tematizar a conexão interna do valor com as diversas formas sociais que constituem o modo de produção capitalista, a Economia Política não consegue desvendar as tendências imanentes deste modo peculiar de organização da vida material da sociedade, o que a impede de interpretar de maneira consistente o devir histórico da economia capitalista como um todo, bem como o de suas formas particulares consideradas individualmente. Neste trabalho, veremos que tal deficiência fica particularmente clara nas considerações dos economistas sobre o capital acionário (parte I). Marx, ao se propor desenvolver logicamente as formas através das quais a lei do valor pode se impor sobre o metabolismo social, supera a unilateralidade da Economia Política (parte II). No entanto, ele não esclarece exatamente como deve ser pensada a relação entre o desenvolvimento lógico-sistemático das formas da economia burguesa e o devir histórico dessas formas propriamente dito. Por isso, após deduzir a forma-valor capital acionário, proporemos, com base nas semelhanças entre o conceito marxiano de capital e o sujeito absoluto apresentado por Hegel, uma interpretação da história do capital acionário inspirada na filosofia hegeliana da história (parte III). Finalmente, depois de constatar que, apesar de sua proficuidade, a interpretação em moldes hegelianos da história do capital acionário não é plenamente consistente, tentaremos evidenciar a incompatibilidade entre o Espírito Absoluto hegeliano e o conceito marxiano de capital, o que nos permitirá empreender uma interpretação das transformações recentes do capital acionário inspirada na Crítica da Economia Política (parte IV). / Incapable of conceiving the unity of the value-form with the other forms of the capitalist mode of production, Political Economy cannot reveal the internal tendencies of the capitalist economy as such. Consequently, it cannot understand the historical developments of this kind of economic organization. This incapability gets particularly clear when one examines economic theories on share capital. Through the logical development of the forms of value, Marx overcame such limits of Political Economy. What he did not clarify however was how one should conceive the relation between the logical development of the forms of value and the historical development of capital as such. Based on the similarities between Marx\'s concept of capital and Hegel\'s concept of Absolute Spirit, we will test the hypothesis that the latest transformations of share capital can be understood as a result of its increasing conformation to its concept. We shall see that although it can help us understanding some features of these transformations, a hegelian interpretation of it is not fully consistent. That is why, after revealing the most important differences between the hegelian concept of absolute spirit and the marxian concept of capital, we shall try to comprehend how exactly the Critique of Political Economy can help us understanding historical changes in the capitalist mode of production, and particularly the latest historical developments of share capital.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a competitividade das exportações brasileiras de manga e de uva no mercado internacional no período de 1989 a 2005. Para tanto, utilizou-se o modelo de Constant Market Share (CMS) e o modelo de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada (VCR) para evidenciar os principais fatores responsáveis pela rápida expansão das exportações nacionais para esses dois produtos, além de realizar uma análise comparativa entre as duas culturas selecionadas. O primeiro modelo busca analisar as causas de variação da quantidade (ou valor) exportada de um produto pelo país em questão em relação ao tempo, gerando três dimensões explicativas para a variação das exportações: o efeito dimensão, o efeito distribuição e o efeito competitividade. O efeito dimensão mostra como o crescimento das exportações mundiais afetou o crescimento das exportações do país analisado. O efeito distribuição refere-se às exportações para países de maior ou menor dinamismo. Por resíduo, descontando-se os demais efeitos temos o termo competitividade.Para a geração dos resultados foi necessária a sub-divisão do período de análise em três grupos trienais: 1989/1990/1991, 1994/1995/1996 e 2003/2004/2005.O modelo de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada parte do pressuposto de que o país em questão tende a se especializar nas exportações de produtos que ofereçam vantagens competitivas. Para tanto, o indicador deve apresentar um valor superior a 1 para os produtos competitivos, evidenciando que a participação do produto em questão na pauta do país analisado é superior à participação do país no mercado global geral. Diferentemente do CMS, os indicadores de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada (VCR) nas exportações de um produto podem ser calculados com freqüência anual. O resultado do modelo de Constant Market Share para manga, referente ao primeiro sub-período de análise, mostra que o significativo aumento das exportações brasileiras de manga foi fortemente influenciado pelo crescimento do mercado mundial, seguido pelo efeito competitividade e destino das exportações. Para o segundo subperíodo, o efeito de maior significância foi a competitividade, seguido pelo efeito crescimento do mercado mundial e destino das exportações. Para a uva, o resultado referente ao primeiro sub-período de análise mostra que o significativo aumento das exportações brasileiras dessa fruta foi fortemente influenciado pelo efeito destino das exportações, seguido pelo efeito competitividade e crescimento do mercado mundial. Para o segundo sub-período, os resultados apontam a competitividade como principal fator responsável pelo aumento das exportações brasileiras, seguido pelo efeito crescimento do mercado mundial. O efeito destino das exportações apresentou valor negativo. Para o caso da manga, foram observados altos valores para o indicador de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada, especialmente para o período após 1993. Diferentemente dos resultados apresentados para a manga, as exportações de uva revelam vantagem comparativa apenas no final do período analisado (depois de 2002). / This paper has the main purpose of analyzing competitiveness of Brazilian exports of mangoes and grapes in the international market between 1989 and 2005. Constant Market Share and Revealed Comparative Advantage were used to obtain the main factors that could explain the fast growth of Brazilian exports of the chosen fruits, doing a comparative analysis between these fruits. The first model tries to analyze the reasons of variation in the quantity (or value) of a product exported by the current country related to the time, generating three dimensions: the effect dimension, the effect distribution and the effect competitiveness. The effect dimension shows how the growth of the world exports affected the growth of the current country\'s exports. The effect distribution relates to exports to countries of bigger or smaller dynamism. As a result, discounting the other effects we have the term competitiveness. To generate the results it was necessary to have the sub-division of the analyzed period into three triennial groups: 1989/1990/1991, 1994/1995/1996 and 2003/2004/2005.The Revealed Comparative Advantage model considers that a country tends to specialize itself in exporting products that offer competitive advantages. Thus, the indicator must submit a value higher than 1 for competitive products, showing that the product participation in a country is superior to the country participation in the global market. Different from Constant Market Share (CMS), Revealed Comparative Advantage indicators of exports can be calculated with annual frequency. The Constant Market Share model result for mangoes, referring to the first sub-period analysis shows that the significant increase in Brazilian exports of mangoes was strongly influenced by the growth of the world market, followed by the competitiveness effect, and the destination of exports. For the second sub-period, the most significant effect was the competitiveness, followed by the growth of the world market and the destination of exports. Considering grapes, the result referring to the first sub-period analysis shows that the significant increase in Brazilian grapes exports was strongly influenced by the effect \"exports destination\", followed by the effect competitiveness and the world market\'s growth. For the second sub-period, the results indicate competitiveness as the main factor responsible for the increase of the Brazilian exports, followed by the growth of the world market. The effect \"exports destination\" showed a negative value. For the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) model, the mango case results showed a high revealed comparative advantage, especially after 1993. The grapes´ results show a comparative advantage only at the end of the period, when, from 2002 on there was a trend of grape consolidation as a competitive product in the international market, though on a distant level from mangoes.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T18:57:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 15 / Nenhuma / O presente estudo objetiva determinar através do Método Estrutural-Diferencial a dinâmica do crescimento econômico através do emprego setorial na Região da Produção no estado do Rio Grande do Sul no período de 1996 a 2006. Para tanto, utilizou-se de dois métodos de análise: o Método Estrutural-Diferencial e o Método de Análise Insumo-Produto. O Método Estrutural-Diferencial procura descrever o crescimento econômico de uma região em termos de sua estrutura produtiva. Através da decomposição de dois fatores: um de ordem endógena devido as vantagem locacionais – e o outro de ordem exógena – pelo fato de que a região possui indústrias dinâmicas em nível nacional. O Método Insumo-Produto utiliza-se dos modelos de equilíbrio geral para as trocas setoriais da economia regional, pois cada setor absorve insumos de outros setores, além de produzir bens e serviços que, que por sua vez, serão utilizados por outros setores para serem processados ou para um consumo final. A Região da Produção apresentou crescimento positiv / The present study objective to determine through the Shift-Share Method the dynamics of the economic growth through the sectoral job in the Região da Produção in the state of the Rio Grande do Sul in the period of 1996 the 2006. For in such a way, it was used of two methods of analysis: the Shift-Share Method and the Method of Input-Output Analysis. The Shift-Share method looks for to describe the economic growth of a region in terms of its productive structure. Through the decomposition of two factors: one of places which had internal order to the advantage - and the other of extern order - for the fact of that the region possess dynamic industries in national level. The Input-Output method is used of the models of general balance for the sectoral exchanges of the regional economy, therefore each sector absorbs inputs of other sectors, beyond producing goods and services that, that in turn, will be used by other sectors to be processed or for a final consumption. The Region of the Production presented positi

Studien har sitt fokus på börsnoterade fotbollsklubbar i Europa. I studien tillämpas en kvantitativ metod med ett deduktivt angreppsätt vilket ansågs vara lämpligt för denna studie. Hypoteserna är formulerade med stöd från tidigare forskning med teoretiskt förhållningssätt. En panel-dataanalys formades genom ett urval av tio börsnoterade fotbollsklubbar.Vidare valdes sportsliga variabler ut för analysering gentemot den beroende variabeln aktiepris. Dessa oberoende variabler är inköp och försäljning av fotbollsspelare, publiksnitt och sportsliga resultat. En regressions- samt korrelationsanlys utfördes för att analysera potentiella samband mellan de befintliga variablerna. Matrisen av de sportsliga interna dimensionerna resulterade i att klubbarnas aktiepris till viss del inte påverkas av sportsliga prestationer på och utanför fotbollsplanen. / The study has its focus on listed football clubs in Europe. The study applied a quantitative method with a deductive approach which was considered appropriate for this study. The hypotheses are formulated on the basis of previous research with a theoretical framework. A panel data analysis was formed by a selection of ten listed football clubs. Sporting variables were selected for further analysis in relation to the dependent variable share price. The independent variables are sales and purchases of football players, average spectators and sporting results. A regression- and correlations analyses were used to analyze the potential correlation between the existing variables. The matrix of sporting internal dimensions proved that the share price is in part influenced by the sporting achievements on and off the football field.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 dissertacao_idimar_leoni.pdf: 641218 bytes, checksum: 4818db3c1e7883b6f212dcb23e444e9e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-02 / Sem bolsa / O presente trabalho é o resultado da realidade dos fatos que aconteceram à cultura do algodoeiro no Estado do Mato Grosso. O trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de apresentar a área cultivada com o algodoeiro nas safras de 2009/10 à 2014/15. Para o enriquecimento deste trabalho, foram avaliados o Market Share de cada empresa obtentora e comerciante de sementes de algodão e dentro de cada uma, suas cultivares, e aquelas cultivares que foram substituídas e, ou, derivadas através da introgressão ou mesmo outros métodos de transformação para OGM (s). Também foi necessário levantar a forma de cultivo para calcular a demanda de sementes. Paralelamente, através da Taxa de Utilização de Sementes foi estimado a quantidade de sementes salvas por diferença matemática. Para agilidade do levantamento e compilação dos dados, o Estado foi dividido em sete Regionais: 1 Centro (sediado em Campo Verde), 2 Centro Leste (sede em Primavera do Leste), 3 Centro Norte (região de Lucas do Rio Verde), 4 Norte (Sorriso), 5 Médio Norte (Campo Novo do Parecis), 6 Noroeste (Sapezal) e 7 Sul (Rondonópolis). A veracidade do estudo é fruto de um trabalho executado a cada safra em cada talhão para cada cultivar, espaçamento e época de semeadura onde se cultivou algodão no estado do Mato Grosso. Através dos dados apresentados nas tabelas e gráficos pode-se conferir a evolução da cultura do algodoeiro, bem como a entrada de novas cultivares de algodão, cultivares com tecnologia OGM e outras também às derivadas das cultivares convencionais. Com a entrada das cultivares de algodão OGM e nível de tecnologia mais afinado, cada produtor foi se adequando a um sistema de cultivo planejado e programado para as culturas subsequentes. O obtentor do setor privado dominou o mercado das cultivares de algodão nas últimas safras. Dois obtentores detém mais de 80% da fatia de mercado de sementes de algodão no estado de Mato Grosso. Há baixíssima relação entre o número de cultivares adotadas e número de cultivares lançadas, pelos agricultores. / The current abstract is the result of the reality of facts that happened to the cotton culture in the State of Mato Grosso. The abstract was written with the purpose to present the cotton culture area from the 2009/10 to 2014/15 harvest seasons. To better present this abstract, the Market Share of each major and retail cotton seed company was evaluated and inside each one of their cultivars, and those cultivars that were substituted and, or, derivated through introgression or even through other transformation methods to GMO (s). It was also necessary to know the planting method to calculate the demand of seeds, parallel to that, through the seed utilization rate, it was estimated the amount of seeds saved according to mathematic difference. To speed the collection and compilation of data, the State was divided in seven regions: 1 Center (based in Campo Verde), 2 Eastern Central (based in Primavera do Leste), 3 Northern Central (based in Lucas do Rio Verde), 4 North (Sorriso), 5 Mid-Northern (Campo Novo do Parecis), 6 Northwest (Sapezal) and 7 South (Rondonópolis). The veracity of this study is due to a work done on each harvest season, in every section for each cultivar, planting distance and time in which cotton was cultivated in the State of Mato Grosso. Through the presented data on the tables and graphics we can see the evolution of the cotton culture, as well as the new cotton cultivars, cultivars with the GMO technology and also the ones derivated from the conventional cultivars. Along with the release of the GMO cotton cultivars and a more refined level of technology, each farmer complied to a planned and programed planting system to the subsequent cultures. The breeders of the private sector dominated the cotton cultivars market share for the last harvest seasons. Two breeders have the right of more than 80% of the cotton seeds market share in the state of Mato Grosso. There is a very small relation between the number of chosen cultivars and the number of released cultivars by the farmers.

The topic of this diploma thesis is the analysis of activities of the Czech biggest automotive producer, Skoda Auto company, on the UK market. The thesis maps historical development of the Skoda Auto's activities in that country, goes into the company's chosen growth strategy and provides an analysis of weaknesses and suggestions for possible improvements, which could lead to strengthening of Skoda Auto's position on that market. The first chapter is dedicated to the presentation of Skoda Auto company, outlining the historical development of that car maker and describing of importance, which has that company and also the whole automotive industry for the Czech Republic. The chapter also analyses the sales situation on other markets and the company's global growth strategy. The second chapter focuses on the British market. At first it researches the economic background of the country and then the automotive market. Historical development, current situation and the competition of Skoda Auto are analysed afterwards. The third chapter analyses more deeply Skoda Auto's activities on the UK market. It deals with the historical development of the company's operation in that country, analyses in detail the current growth strategy, which is implemented from 2011 to 2015. The chapter analyses the four main pillars of the strategy, sales, marketing, dealer network and aftersales, and the fulfilment of the objectives, which were set for the previous year. After that it provides the proposals for the possible improvement and steps that the company could take to consolidate its position on that market.

Incapaz de tematizar a conexão interna do valor com as diversas formas sociais que constituem o modo de produção capitalista, a Economia Política não consegue desvendar as tendências imanentes deste modo peculiar de organização da vida material da sociedade, o que a impede de interpretar de maneira consistente o devir histórico da economia capitalista como um todo, bem como o de suas formas particulares consideradas individualmente. Neste trabalho, veremos que tal deficiência fica particularmente clara nas considerações dos economistas sobre o capital acionário (parte I). Marx, ao se propor desenvolver logicamente as formas através das quais a lei do valor pode se impor sobre o metabolismo social, supera a unilateralidade da Economia Política (parte II). No entanto, ele não esclarece exatamente como deve ser pensada a relação entre o desenvolvimento lógico-sistemático das formas da economia burguesa e o devir histórico dessas formas propriamente dito. Por isso, após deduzir a forma-valor capital acionário, proporemos, com base nas semelhanças entre o conceito marxiano de capital e o sujeito absoluto apresentado por Hegel, uma interpretação da história do capital acionário inspirada na filosofia hegeliana da história (parte III). Finalmente, depois de constatar que, apesar de sua proficuidade, a interpretação em moldes hegelianos da história do capital acionário não é plenamente consistente, tentaremos evidenciar a incompatibilidade entre o Espírito Absoluto hegeliano e o conceito marxiano de capital, o que nos permitirá empreender uma interpretação das transformações recentes do capital acionário inspirada na Crítica da Economia Política (parte IV). / Incapable of conceiving the unity of the value-form with the other forms of the capitalist mode of production, Political Economy cannot reveal the internal tendencies of the capitalist economy as such. Consequently, it cannot understand the historical developments of this kind of economic organization. This incapability gets particularly clear when one examines economic theories on share capital. Through the logical development of the forms of value, Marx overcame such limits of Political Economy. What he did not clarify however was how one should conceive the relation between the logical development of the forms of value and the historical development of capital as such. Based on the similarities between Marx\'s concept of capital and Hegel\'s concept of Absolute Spirit, we will test the hypothesis that the latest transformations of share capital can be understood as a result of its increasing conformation to its concept. We shall see that although it can help us understanding some features of these transformations, a hegelian interpretation of it is not fully consistent. That is why, after revealing the most important differences between the hegelian concept of absolute spirit and the marxian concept of capital, we shall try to comprehend how exactly the Critique of Political Economy can help us understanding historical changes in the capitalist mode of production, and particularly the latest historical developments of share capital.