A partir de um apanhado bibliográfico sobre os modelos possíveis de educação bilíngue, bilinguismo, língua, linguagem, aquisição de linguagem, identidade, cultura e identidade cultural na pós-modernidade, a pesquisa aqui apresentada investiga e discute evidências da identidade cultural de crianças que estudam em escolas bilíngues, evidências essas encontradas em suas composições musicais. Recebe de Bloomfield (1933) e Thiery (1978) uma visão do bilinguismo que leva em consideração o sujeito inserido em uma sociedade e detentor de cultura. Apresenta os modelos de educação bilíngue com o aporte de Fishman e Lovas (1970) e Hamers e Blanc (2000) e faz uso de um estudo realizado com escolas bilíngues por meio de questionário, para constatar que o modelo de imersão é o mais comum na educação infantil enquanto o ensino fundamental tem o modelo de enriquecimento com grande presença. Busca-se aqui conceituar língua e linguagem para entender como música pode ser considerada uma linguagem, e apontar que, pelo uso de símbolos e potencial de comunicação, e por ser conhecida por todos os indivíduos, a música é sim uma linguagem, passível de interpretação subjetiva. A identidade é ponto fundamental na pesquisa, na especificidade de cada sujeito, sua formação e entendimento de cultura (Hall, 1997, 2000, 2006) identificáveis nas composições musicais. A metodologia adotada é de cunho etnográfico, em que as composições coletadas durante as aulas de música dadas pela pesquisadora são tratadas como evidências que auxiliam em responder qual papel as aulas de música podem ter na formação de identidade cultural e aprendizagem de linguagem. O presente estudo também visa compartilhar algumas sugestões de atividades de música, tanto em português como em inglês, oferecendo conteúdos de linguagem musical, apreciação, escuta, composição e improvisação, e diminuir o espaço entre prática e pesquisa, que há na educação musical, especificamente no contexto bilíngue. / Through a literature review on bilingual education models, bilingualism, language and its acquisition, identity, culture and cultural identity in postmodern societies, this research investigates and discusses the cultural identity evidences on musical compositions from students in a bilingual school. Takes from Bloomfield (1993) and Thiery (1978) a bilingualism vision that considers the subject inserted in a society and culture owner. Elaborates on bilingual education models with inputs from Fishman and Lovas (1970) and Hamers and Blanc (2000) and draws upon a questionnaire research with bilingual schools to state that immersion is the most common model in pre-K schools while additive models in elementary schools are the main actor. Aims to conceptualize language to understand how music can be considered a language and points out that due to its use of symbols and communication potential, and for being known by all individuals, music is indeed a language, subjected to interpretation. Identity is one main support for the research, either on the specificity of each subject, his formation and cultural understanding (Hall, 1997, 2000, 2006) seen on musical compositions. Embraces an ethnographic methodology where the compositions recorded during musical classes given by the researcher are evidences that help to answer the role that music classes might have in the cultural identity formation and language learning. Shares some suggestions of musical activities both in Portuguese and English with musical language, appreciation, listening, composing and improvising contents. It also aims to close the gap between practices and research today in music education, specifically in a bilingual context.

Title: Improved productivity in an automated ”pick and pack” process - Förbättrad produktivitet i en automatiserad plock- och packningsprocess – A case study at Staples Sweden AB Authors: Emelie Hjärtåker & Lovisa Berg Tutor: Petra Andersson Examiner: Helena Forslund Background: There is a lot of research within automated warehouse and especially about storage layout but no research that are including the functions within the process and how they beneficially should interact with each other. At the same time companies strives for improved productivity which might be easier to reach with a process orientated view rather than a function based view. Even if many companies constantly strives for an improved productivity there is often potential for improvements where an amended work procedure may be the answer. Purpose: The study’s purpose is to describe Staples current productivity and identify waste within the automated ”pick and pack” process with help of a process map.  With the identified wastes improvements will be suggested to reach productivity improvements. At least the study to find to which extent a buffer function can improve productivity in an automated ”pick and pack” process. Method: This study is a case study at Staples. Data has been collected by unstructured and semi structured interviews and participant observations. The aim of the study is to purpose improvements within productivity by improvements suggestions and to show how productivity potential may increase by changing the work procedure and by view the process as one mutual process by a test, measurements and calculations. Conclusions: A buffer function can with changes in the work procedure conduct to productivity improvements. The authors states that companies need to view the process productivity as a common goal and measure where the functions together work to achieve the same main goal. By analyzing patterns within purchase and packaging a company can with the help of measurements see which work procedure beneficially the automated ”pick and pack” process productivity most. Furthermore the work procedure needs to be easily be communicated out to the staff with encouragements for the implementation to be successful. / Titel: Förbättrad produktivitet i en automatiserad plock- och packningsprocess - En fallstudie på Staples Sweden AB Författare: Emelie Hjärtåker & Lovisa Berg Handledare: Petra Andersson Examinator: Helena Forslund Bakgrund: Det finns mycket forskning inom automatiserade lager med fokusering på lager och layout men ingen som visar på hur automatiserad lager förhåller sig till närliggande funktionerna. Många företag strävar idag efter ökad produktivitet vilket kan bli enklare att uppnå med ett processorienterat synsätt istället för ett funktionsbaserat synsätt. Även om många företag ständigt strävar efter ökad produktivitet så finns det ofta potential för förbättringar och där kan ett justerat arbetssätt vara svaret. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att redogöra för Staples produktivitet och identifiera vilka slöserier som finns i den nuvarande automatiserade plock- och packningsprocessen genom en processkartläggning. Med hjälp av de identifierade slöserierna ska förbättringsförslag tas fram till hur dessa kan åtgärdas för ökad produktivitet. Avslutningsvis skall studien utföra ett test för att identifiera i vilken omfattning en försörjande funktion kan förbättra produktiviteten i en automatiserad plock- och packningsprocess. Genomförande: Studien som genomförts är en fallstudie på Staples. Data har blivit insamlat genom semistrukturerade och ostrukturerade intervjuer samt deltagande observationer. Målet med studien har varit att föreslå produktivitetsförbättringar dels genom förbättringsförslag och dels genom att visa att produktiviteten potentiellt kan öka genom att justera arbetssättet och se processen som enhetlig vilket visualiseras med hjälp av test, mätningar och beräkningar. Slutsats: En försörjande funktion kan med justering leda till förbättrad produktivitet inom en automatiserad plock- och packningsprocess. Författarna menar att företag måste behandla processens produktivitet som ett gemensamt mål och mått där funktionerna arbetar tillsammans mot samma mål. Med hjälp av att analysera köp-, förpackning och brytmönster på artiklar kan företag få fram med hjälp av mätningar vilket arbetssätt som gynnar den automatiserade plock- och packningsprocessens produktivitet mest. Vidare måste arbetssättet enkelt förmedlas ut och uppmuntras till medarbetare inom funktionen för att implementeringen ska vara möjlig.

SUMMARY: This work deals with the learners' use of English learning strategies of lower secondary school from Základní škola Botičská and Lauderovy školy, Prague. It discusses the teachers' support of these strategies and represents self-evaluation reports of both schools. The theoretical part defines the concept of self-evaluation in the school environment, describes the strategy of foreign language learning in terms of their importance, inclusion, application in teaching environment and especially their classifications. The practical part contains the results of the self-evaluation reports of Lauderovy školy and ZŠ Botičská, comparison of these results and comparison with the results of the Czech Republic. It also suggests possible follow-ups and recommendations for teachers that are established on the self-evaluations results. The work is based on a questionnaire "Strategy of foreign language learning", which is based on the original English version "Young learners'Language Strategy Use Survey" from A. D. Cohen and R. L. Oxford.

The diploma thesis English Language Textbooks as a Possible Source of Inspiration for Teaching the Czech Language at Secondary Schools deals with the design of lessons for teaching Czech language based on the inspiration of English textbooks. The work is based on theoretical knowledge concerning current trends in Czech language didactics (constructivism and its three-phase PPP model including work with students' preconceptions, development of conscious use of the language system, content reduction and content-focused approach). The fundamental starting point is represented by the communicative goals of language teaching as well as on the integration of the language curriculum and the communicative (and literary) components. The practical part of the thesis comprises suggestions for Czech language lessons based on the inspiration from English textbooks, and its basis is a content analysis of three topics (phrasemes and idioms, grammatical voice of verbs, and means of textual continuity) in Czech and English language textbooks for secondary schools. It also includes a complementary quantitative questionnaire survey on the perception of Czech language textbooks by secondary school students (not focusing on grammar schools). In addition to the content analysis, the proposed lessons reflect both the...

The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the real and actual state of Laufen CZ, and propose measures. It is an analysis of internal and external environment company. How to cope with the impact of firm financial and economic crisis tell us analysis like SWOT, SLEPT, Quick test, fundamental analysis and Porter five forces.

This diploma thesis is focused on suggesting a motivational system for chosen company. First part of the thesis results from theoretical findings concerning the given issue that were processed on the basis of professional literature. The analytical part deals with society itself and analysis of current motivational system on the basis of internal company sources and questionnaire survey. Last part of the thesis contains individual suggestions that should contribute to the improvement of the current state of the motivational system and total employee satisfaction.

This diploma thesis deals with an evaluation of the financial situation of the company, which focuses on manufacturing rubber products and technical foams. Assessment period is between 2010 - 2014. In the theoretical part the basic indicators, concepts and methods of financial analysis, which are used in the practical part. The practical part contains basic information about the company and the calculations of financial indicators. Based on the evaluation of the financial situation of the company derived from the results of the financial analysis are presented possibilities proposals and recommendations, which should lead to improved management of the company.

Cette thèse s’inscrit au sein de la recherche sur l’analyse d’erreurs en espagnol langue seconde et dans une démarche d’enseignement de la langue à des apprenants non natifs dans le cadre universitaire français. A partir d’un corpus de données écrites centrées sur des productions dirigées en espagnol d’étudiants francophones spécialistes de l’université française, nous avons entrepris un travail d’analyse des erreurs des catégories grammaticales de l’espagnol pour en créer des types. En nous focalisant sur les typologies des erreurs lexico-orthographiques, lexico-sémantiques, lexico-syntaxiques et lexico-morphologiques, cette analyse a débouché sur un travail d’étiologie basé sur les erreurs d’interférence et de transfert négatif des langues connues de nos informateurs, erreurs les plus fréquentes. En vue d’une remédiation de ces erreurs pour le développement de la compétence linguistique voire plurilingue des apprenants, nous proposons des pistes didactiques tenant compte des objectifs et des compétences requises afin qu’ils acquièrent le niveau B1 du CECRL. / This work is about error analysis in Spanish as a second language and is aimed at improving language teaching to non-native learners in the French university system. Based on the study of a corpus of supervised written productions in Spanish from French-speaking specialist students in French universities, we analysed grammatical errors in Spanish in order to create an original typology. By focusing on the lexicon and the spelling, the lexicon and the semantics as well as lexical and morphological typologies of errors, this analysis allowed us to produce a work of etiology, mostly based on the errors of interference and negative transfer caused by the foreign languages already known to our students. So as to help the students deal with these errors and help them improve at their linguistic – and also multilingual – competences, we made didactic suggestions taking into account the goals and skills expected from students necessary to reach the B1 level of CECRL. / Esta tesis se inscribe en el seno de la investigación sobre el análisis de errores en español lengua segunda y en un enfoque de enseñanza de la lengua a aprendices no nativos en el marco universitario francés. A partir de un corpus de datos escritos centrados en producciones dirigidas en español de estudiantes francófonos especialistas de la universidad francesa, hemos iniciado un trabajo de análisis de los errores de las categorías gramaticales del español para crear diferentes tipos de ellas. Con el foco puesto en las tipologías de los errores léxico-ortográficos, léxico-semánticos, léxico-sintácticos y léxico-morfológicos, este análisis ha llevado a un trabajo de etiología basado en los errores de interferencia y transferencia negativa de las lenguas conocidas por nuestros informantes, errores más frecuentes. Con miras a una remediación de estos errores para lograr el desarrollo de la competencia linguística incluso plurilingüe de los aprendices, proponemos pistas didácticas teniendo en cuenta los objetivos y las competencias requeridas para que éstos adquieran el nivel B1 del CECRL.

The child protection system includes foster care. Yet some foster children are neglected, physically or emotionally abused and are used to obtain Foster Care Grants. The essence of this study is to develop a thorough and comprehensive understanding from the frame of reference of social workers on the factors that contribute to the neglect and abuse of foster children as well as their suggestions about possible interventions. The qualitative research approach was applied. The researcher utilised purposive sampling to select social workers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather information and data was analysed. It is clear from the findings that the foster care system needs to be reviewed to minimise or stop neglect and abuse of foster children. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Work)

Exekutive Funktionen (EF) sind eine Gruppe von Top-Down-Prozessen, die in neuartigen Situationen eingesetzt werden, um neue Trigger-Response-Assoziationen herzustellen oder vorhandene Handlungsoptionen an neue Situationen anzupassen. Obwohl EF erschöpfend untersucht wurden, bleiben wichtige Fragen offen. Beispiele dafür sind (a) Sind Exekutivfunktionen vollständig trennbar oder beruhen sie auf einem gemeinsamen neurokognitiven System? (b) Was messen verschiedene Versionen der Stroop-Aufgabe, einer der meist-verwendeten Aufgaben zur Prüfung der Inhibitionsfunktion? (c) Muss Inhibition immer Ressourcen-fordernd sein, oder gibt es eine Form der Inhibition, die mühelos implementiert werden kann? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen, habe ich neurokognitive Korrelate von EF und ihrer Verbesserung mithilfe posthypnotischer Suggestionen (PHS) und Ereigniskorrelierter Hirnpotentiale (EKP) untersucht. Zusammenfassend ergaben sich folgende Antworten: (a) Psychometrische und EKP-Daten aus den Studien zur Gedächtnisaktualisierung und Inhibition sowie deren Verbesserung anhand PHS zeigten sowohl funktionsspezifische als auch gemeinsame neurokognitive Prozesse der Inhibition und Aktualisierung. (b) Obwohl sowohl die vokale als auch die manuelle Version der Stroop-Aufgabe Inhibitionsfunktionen erfordern, ist die vokale Version Ressourcen-fordernder, da sie mindestens einen zusätzlichen Lokus der Interferenz im Antwort-Produktionsprozess aufweist, der nicht mit PHS beeinflussbar ist und der in der manuellen Version fehlt. (c) Unter Verwendung PHS zur Erhöhung der Präferenzen für kalorienarme Lebensmittel untersuchte ich die Auflösung von Konflikten. Die EKP-Ergebnisse zeigten, dass auch Konflikt-Auflösung, ähnlich wie Inhibition, Ressourcen konsumiert. Insgesamt zeigt dieses Projekt, dass die Verwendung Aufgaben-bezogener PHS in Kombination mit Neuroimaging-Techniken einen fruchtbaren Ansatz für die Untersuchung ungeklärter Fragen über Exekutivfunktionen darstellt. / Executive functions (EF) are a group of top-down processes used in novel situations to develop or adapt existing responses to the task at hand. Even though EFs are studied exhaustively, several important questions remain unanswered: (a) Are EFs entirely separated, or do they rely on a common system? (b) What do different versions of the Stroop task measure? (c) Does inhibition always need to be effortful? To address these questions, I investigated neurocognitive correlates of EFs and their enhancements by means of posthypnotic suggestions (PHS) and event-related potentials (ERP). However, before one can use PHSs, it must be elucidated whether and how they affect EFs. Although PHSs are used repeatedly for improving inhibition, it is unclear whether their effects are mediated by bottom-up or top-down processes. By using an updating task, I showed that effects of PHSs can be attributed to top-down processes. Accordingly, a new theory of hypnosis was proposed and empirically tested by modeling hypnotizability scores with structural equation modeling. In short, the simulation-adaption theory suggests that several top-down processes are employed for responding to suggestions. After elucidating the driving mechanism of PHSs is mentally practicing a novel strategy, PHSs were used for addressing the questions regarding EFs. Summarizing (a) the psychometric and ERP results from several studies indicated that different EFs rely on both function-specific and shared neurocognitive processes. (b) Even though different versions of the Stroop task are tapping into inhibition, the vocal compared to the manual version has at least an extra response-production-related locus of interference. (c) Using PHSs for increasing preferences for low-calorie food items, it is shown that resolve is effortful to implement, as indicated by increased P300 amplitudes. Together, this project shows how PHSs, along with neuroimaging techniques, can provide a novel approach for investigating EFs.