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Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Gestión y Dirección de Empresas / El objetivo principal de este trabajo es la elaboración de un plan de negocios que maximice la rentabilidad del centro médico existente en San Pedro Sula, Honduras, constituido como Centro de Neumología y alergia (CNA). La necesidad de este plan es debido a que el centro ha mostrado mucha irregularidad en sus estados de resultados en los últimos años pasando de cifras positivas a negativas y viceversa en los últimos años. Esta disminución se ha producido aun cuando el centro es el único que brinda atención especializada en el tratamiento de enfermedades neumológicas a nivel de la zona nor-occidental del país lo cual lleva a la revisión del modelo estratégico y operacional del mismo. Para el desarrollo de este proyecto, se utilizarán los modelos de las Fuerzas de Porter y PESTL para medir las variables macro que afectan al centro, y el modelo FODA para revisión de las variables internas del mismo. Así mismo se realizará una encuesta dirigida a los pacientes pediátricos y adultos del centro. También se realizará una revisión al modelo estratégico del centro por medio del modelo CANVAS que se realizará en conjunto con los socios de CNA. Por último se realizará una evaluación financiera del proyecto tomando en cuenta los cambios a ser realizados dentro del centro. En base al análisis de los factores externos que afectan el negocio se concluyó que la industria presenta un alto potencial de rentabilidad. Además al comparar el centro con sus principales competidores se observa que la única desventaja del mismo es en cuanto a la escala del centro al ser comparado con los hospitales que compite. En cuanto a la estrategia de marketing perseguida por el centro es donde se encuentra la mayor necesidad de cambio, ya que la mayoría de pacientes actuales y sobre todo pacientes pertenecientes al mercado objetivo del centro, utilizan las plataformas electrónicas como su principal fuente de información en la búsqueda de centros asistenciales, lugar donde CNA no tiene presencia actual. También se observa que la instalación de un laboratorio de exámenes médicos potenciaría la propuesta de valor del centro y ayudaría a maximizar la rentabilidad del mismo. En base a los resultados de la evaluación financiera, se observa que la instalación del laboratorio clínico junto con el cambio en el enfoque de marketing de la empresa es positivo ya que produce un VAN positivo de US$739.376 guiado principalmente por una baja inversión requerida (US$31.390) y una maximización de la capacidad instalada actual (un paso de 10 locales rentados a 14 en 4 años y un incremento de 40 pacientes diarios a 50). En conclusión, se recomienda implementar el plan de negocios sugerido, comenzando por la instalación del laboratorio clínico y siguiendo con la digitalización de la estrategia de mercadeo de la empresa y siguiendo con el sistema de manejo de citas y expedientes del centro.

<p>The purpose of this essay is to analyze how loss affects the identity of the main characters in Toni Morrison’s Sula. An examination of the African-American community in Sula reveals a history of collective loss, both material and non-material, which limits the identity formation of the individual. This burden challenges the protagonists of the novel, Sula and Nel, as they come of age in the 1920s and continues to trouble them throughout their lives. By first defining loss and identity and then examining how loss affects identity in the community, family and individual, this paper will argue that although loss can limit the individual, it can also act as a catalyst for personal growth. Furthermore, I will show that despite the fact that Sula and Nel react differently to loss they both gain a sense of selfhood in the end.</p>

<p>This study focuses on how the heritage of slavery has affected the mothering of two mothers in Toni Morrison's novels <em>Sula </em>and <em>Beloved </em>and how this is portrayed in the novels. It has made a comparison between the mothers and many similarities are found in the lives of these women although they live in different time periods. The essay also elucidates aspects of power and powerlessness as well as the consequences of motherlove.</p>

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This study focuses on how the heritage of slavery has affected the mothering of two mothers in Toni Morrison's novels Sula and Beloved and how this is portrayed in the novels. It has made a comparison between the mothers and many similarities are found in the lives of these women although they live in different time periods. The essay also elucidates aspects of power and powerlessness as well as the consequences of motherlove.

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The purpose of this essay is to analyze how loss affects the identity of the main characters in Toni Morrison’s Sula. An examination of the African-American community in Sula reveals a history of collective loss, both material and non-material, which limits the identity formation of the individual. This burden challenges the protagonists of the novel, Sula and Nel, as they come of age in the 1920s and continues to trouble them throughout their lives. By first defining loss and identity and then examining how loss affects identity in the community, family and individual, this paper will argue that although loss can limit the individual, it can also act as a catalyst for personal growth. Furthermore, I will show that despite the fact that Sula and Nel react differently to loss they both gain a sense of selfhood in the end.

Innovation genom additiv tillverkning sker snabbt i dagens industri där snabb prototyptillverkning är något som additiv tillverkning lämpar sig bäst för. Däremot utforskas möjligheter för tillverkning av detaljer med funktionellt syfte då additiv tillverkning möjliggör mer komplicerad design än traditionella tillverkningsmetoder. Med de miljöproblem som förekommer i dagens samhälle ger det upphov till extrema väderförhållanden, exempelvis skogsbränder. Givet det så har detta projekt utforskat möjligheten av att genom additiv tillverkning konstruera en sula med ett inbyggt kylsystem i syfte att kyla foten under förlängd arbetstid i omgivning med hög temperatur. Kravet som ställdes på sulan var att i en omgivning med hög temperatur skall sulan kunna kyla mer än en traditionell sula över en period på 8 timmar. Med hjälp av CAD- och FEM-program analyserades tre primära modeller med avseende på temperaturutväxling samt belastning, varav dessa tre modeller ställdes i relation till en traditionell sula utan kylsystem. Resultaten hänvisar till att med de krav som ställdes på sulan ges en högre kylningseffekt vid två av tre av dessa modeller relativt en traditionell sula. Dessutom finns potential för fortsatt utveckling av liknande sulor med avseende på specialtillverkning. / Innovation through additive manufacturing occurs quickly in today’s industry where rapid prototyping is something that additive manufacturing excels at. However, research is being made to explore the ability for manufacturing components with functional use, where additive manufacturing makes more complex design possible in relation to traditional manufacturing methods. With the environmental problem that occurs in today’s world comes more extreme weather conditions, for example forest fires. With that as a basis, this project has explored the possibility of creating the sole of a shoe with a built-in cooling system, using additive manufacturing, for the purpose of extended work in an environment with a high temperature. The requirements put on the sole was that in an environment of high temperature the sole should be able to help reduce temperature inside the shoe itself over the course of an eight-hour workday. Three primary models were analysed in terms of transient temperature as well as load and deformation with the help of CAD and FEM programs, where these three soles were compared to a sole without any form of cooling system. The results show that with the parameters of the project, a greater cooling effect is achieved in two of the three models, compared to a regular sole. Furthermore, there is the potential for continued development of similar models of soles with respect to specific demands in fields such as hiking.