From 1970 to 1980 nonadjacent counties in Texas experienced an increase in net migration of 9.4 percent, significantly different from the 11.8 percent decrease experienced the previous decade. This study utilized the ecological perspective to study this redistribution pattern in Texas' nonadjacent counties between 1970 and 1980. Sustenance organization, defined as sustenance differentiation (the functional organization of sustenance activities and the dispersion of workers across these functional categories) and the mode of sustenance organization (the combinations of various sustenance activities) was identified as the primary independent variable. In addition, three secondary independent variables were included in the analysis (population per square mile, metropolitan dominance, and the percent who work outside the county of residence).

Climate change is a natural cyclical phenomenon and throughout our planet's existence there have been sustained periods of heating and cooling. These periods are often referred to as "ice ages" and "interglacials" respectively. Scientists attributed warms oceans and carbon dioxide released from the oceans as the reason for global warming in the past. However, human activities of the recent past, mainly the burning of fossil fuel has seen an amplification of global temperature at a scale never seen before. This unprecedented change in our environment, as per scientists will have adverse side effects and have a long-term impact in our world. The most likely effects of climate change will be; heatwave, drought, glacier melts, sea level rise, erratic precipitation and erosions depending on a particular geographical location. The socio-economic impact of climate change could be a severe one too. Heat and drought could have major impact on agriculture, food and forests. United Nations data released in 2016 suggests that by the year 2050, more than 50 percent of the world's population will face a dearth of fresh water sources. It is also predicted that water scarcity will most likely result in diseases, unemployment and poverty. Energy use is also likely to increase with the greater need for air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winters. In cases where a region can't cope with these consequences, mass migration in search of better conditions is also likely. Physical and economic infrastructure will be tested by severe weather, flooding, wildfires and other phenomena. Data published by the United Nations in 2014 estimated that more than 50% of the world's total population lives in the urban areas and soon that number is likely to increase to 60%. In conjunction with climate change, this will mean more strain on already stretched resources in urban ecosystems. Also, with data suggesting that many people will migrate due to unemployment and poverty because of climate change, it is highly likely urban regions will have to accommodate that population too. The intertwined nexus of freshwater shortage, food, water and energy security is an issue we are already grappling with today, which is likely to be exacerbated in the future. These issues cannot be reviewed and analyzed as separate phenomena, but rather as a single intertwined phenomenon. The solution of the problem, hence, should be treated as the same. / Master of Architecture / This thesis, initially, investigates the phenomenon of climate change, and the likely challenges that it might pose in the future. Sustained periods of heating and cooling is a natural cyclical process, but human activities of the recent past has amplified global warning. This, according to scientists, will impact earth in the long run, and will have climatological and socio economic consequences. Water scarcity, droughts, sea level rise, mass migration are identified as problems that could intensify in the future. At various regions across the world, we are already facing these issues at different scales. This thesis, hence identifies the most pertinent future challenges and simulates those with existing societal challenges. The aim of the thesis is to provide an integrated and holistic plan to address the issues at hand with a view that the approach would also adapt to and mitigate issues in the future. Natural cycles and resources are used as a model to develop a mechanism to create a built environment for a small, self sustaining community. The proposed design is a prototype for a particular climatic scheme, but could be altered to fit other climatic criteria. The scheme through, research, addresses contemporary societal needs and tries to provide a solution contingencies of climate change.

This diploma thesis deals with eating disorders, their causes and displays. It is based on the assumption that former patients are able to assess what was the main cause of their problems. The theoretical part defines particular eating disorders, their history, risk factors of their emergence, diagnosis, epidemiology and health complications accompanying this diseases. The practical part focuses on obtaining information by friendly interview with open questions. The qualitative research includes case studies of six women, four of them are over the age of 20 years and two of them over the age of 40 years. The main objective was to discover how they were affected by the school environment in relation to her own body and what attitude do they have to the prospective prevention programs at our schools. The part with recommendations tries to enlarge already existing prevention programs at schools. There are some proposals for cooperation between schools and professional institutions, workshops with patients and some suggestions to lessons of Health education. Further there are mentioned some projects focused on interpersonal relationships and healthy lifestyle. Finally, there are some suggestions focused on education of teachers and parents of students in the prevention of ED.

This dissertation proposes an Intelligent Energy Management Agent (IEMA) for parallel hybrid vehicles. A key concept adopted in the development of an IEMA is based on the premise that driving environment would affect fuel consumption and pollutant emissions, as well as the operating modes of the vehicle and the driver behavior do. IEMA incorporates a driving situation identification component whose role is to assess the driving environment, the driving style of the driver, and the operating mode (and trend) of the vehicle using long and short term statistical features of the drive cycle. This information is subsequently used by the torque distribution and charge sustenance components of IEMA to determine the power split strategy, which is shown to lead to improved fuel economy and reduced emissions.

O presente trabalho pretende analisar as formas de sustento de pregadores/as que vêm sendo praticadas no contexto da Igreja Evangélica Luterana de Angola (IELA) desde seu surgimento até os dias atuais. As dificuldades econômicas, as condições sociais dos/as pregadores/as e a falta de ensino da Palavra de Deus aos membros das congregações no tocante às contribuições para a causa da fé cristã têm sido grandes limitações ao trabalho pastoral e missionário. Por conseguinte, isso afeta o desenvolvimento da IELA em todas as dimensões: econômica, geográfica, numérica e poimênica. A IELA busca caminhos que apontem na direção da autonomia em sentido amplo. Portanto, a pesquisa quer ajudar na compreensão do contexto em que a Igreja se encontra, permitindo assim uma percepção um pouco mais clara dos limites e das possibilidades do trabalho dos/as pregadores/as luteranos/as em Angola. / This paper intends to analyze the ways in which preachers have been sustained in the context of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola (IELA) from its inception to the current days. The economic difficulties, the social conditions of the preachers and the lack of teaching the Word of God related to the contributions for the cause of the Christian faith, to the members of the congregations have presented great limitations to the pastoral and missionary work. Consequently, this affects the development of the IELA in all dimensions: economic, geographic, numerically and poimenically. The IELA seeks paths which point in the direction of autonomy in a broad sense. Therefore, the research aims at helping in the comprehension of the context in which the church finds itself, thus permitting a clearer perception of the limits and possibilities of the work of the Lutheran preachers in Angola.

This diploma thesis is analyzes a nontraditional concept of pension system called "Children pay as you go", which is reflecting the connection between the number of raised children and entitlement to retirement pension. It focuses especially on particular proposals by individual scholars as to how the system could work and be put into practise. It also analyses the positives and negatives of such theoretical concepts. The analytic part of this essay focuses mainly on the calculation of children education costs, as well as the calculation of contribution of individual to the system. The calculations serve as the basis of a proposal how parents could be at least partly compensated for the costs they had to cover from their family budgets in the sence of raising and sustenance of their children.

This dissertation is about the experiences of low-paid single mothers in sustaining their families in Sweden in the early 2000. The investigation builds upon interviews with twenty low-paid single mothers living and working in Stockholm. Ten of the women are Swedish-born and the other ten are Iranian-born but have been residing in Sweden for several years. A majority of the Swedish-born women belong to the working class, while most of the Iranian-born mothers are from a middle class background. This study is based on an extended definition of sustenance that encompasses support for livelihood and meeting the family needs that conform to socially accepted norms. Sustenance requires incomes to cover expenses and care work. The informants sustain their families mostly from wage work. However, they also seek allowances from the social security system to buy goods and services that they combine with care work to sustain the family. The care work for younger children demands much time and physical work, while caring for older children requires more mental and emotional work. Sustenance for these mothers implies fulfilling all these demands and also to ensure that the children’s’ needs are met. Several factors influence the mothers’ sustenance. Low wages and the single responsibility for children means less money and more time devoted to care work. Few fathers take significant responsibility for their children’s sustenance. The mothers get support from their social networks, often from other women and from the welfare system. Ethnic background negatively affects sustenance for the Iranian-born mothers mostly in the form of reduced cultural and social capital. Children are the highest priority among all the families. However, the priorities may differ among the families and are connected to the mothers’ class, ethnic background and their access to cultural capital.

O tropeirismo, de papel inquestionável, tanto no desenvolvimento do transporte de cargas, como nas relações sociais e humanas que estabeleceriam, constituiu-se, principalmente, de pessoas respeitadas pela honestidade, cumprimento das obrigações e pela dedicação familiar. Observa-se grande importância histórica nesse período, que foi responsável pelo desenvolvimento das cidades de nossa região e que até hoje exerce forte influência. O presente estudo tem por finalidade investigar as trilhas conhecidas por Caminho das Tropas, realizando um reconhecimento do trajeto nos locais que foram demarcados por tropas a partir do século XVII, na região do vale do Paraíba. Procurou-se observar os impactos ambientais ocasionados pelo desenvolvimento da região, desenvolver futuros projetos turísticos e formatar novos produtos destinados à formação escolar, no que se refere à educação ambiental no Turismo Rural. Para tanto, tomou-se como modelo de estudo o Projeto Estrada Real, desenvolvido no Estado de Minas Gerais. Este modelo serviu como parâmetro na elaboração do estudo, quanto às ações de estratégia de desenvolvimento voltadas à sustentabilidade. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza técnica e qualitativa. Não se detectou nenhum trabalho que contemple este tema, com desenvolvimento por meio de pesquisa documental e levantamento in loco, para demarcação do Caminho das Tropas. A amostra escolhida para o trabalho foi a Rota da serra do Quebra Cangalha, que parte de Taubaté, passa por Pindamonhangaba, Estrada da Malacacheta, Lagoinha, Cunha, e segue em direção a Paraty, com 76km (setenta e seis quilômetros). Ao final do trabalho, apresenta-se o levantamento de novas rotas, que poderão ser utilizadas em projetos turísticos da região e em educação ambiental. Foram demarcados os pontos históricos e turísticos e a localização de cavernas, grutas, cachoeiras e fazendas, com a finalidade de promover o turismo rural, de grande potencial, nesta região. Este levantamento poderá ser utilizado no desenvolvimento de futuras ações de projetos de sustentabilidade local e da comunidade no vale do Paraíba. / O tropeirismo, de papel inquestionável, tanto no desenvolvimento do transporte de cargas, como nas relações sociais e humanas que estabeleceriam, constituiu-se, principalmente, de pessoas respeitadas pela honestidade, cumprimento das obrigações e pela dedicação familiar. Observa-se grande importância histórica nesse período, que foi responsável pelo desenvolvimento das cidades de nossa região e que até hoje exerce forte influência. O presente estudo tem por finalidade investigar as trilhas conhecidas por Caminho das Tropas, realizando um reconhecimento do trajeto nos locais que foram demarcados por tropas a partir do século XVII, na região do vale do Paraíba. Procurou-se observar os impactos ambientais ocasionados pelo desenvolvimento da região, desenvolver futuros projetos turísticos e formatar novos produtos destinados à formação escolar, no que se refere à educação ambiental no Turismo Rural. Para tanto, tomou-se como modelo de estudo o Projeto Estrada Real, desenvolvido no Estado de Minas Gerais. Este modelo serviu como parâmetro na elaboração do estudo, quanto às ações de estratégia de desenvolvimento voltadas à sustentabilidade. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza técnica e qualitativa. Não se detectou nenhum trabalho que contemple este tema, com desenvolvimento por meio de pesquisa documental e levantamento in loco, para demarcação do Caminho das Tropas. A amostra escolhida para o trabalho foi a Rota da serra do Quebra Cangalha, que parte de Taubaté, passa por Pindamonhangaba, Estrada da Malacacheta, Lagoinha, Cunha, e segue em direção a Paraty, com 76km (setenta e seis quilômetros). Ao final do trabalho, apresenta-se o levantamento de novas rotas, que poderão ser utilizadas em projetos turísticos da região e em educação ambiental. Foram demarcados os pontos históricos e turísticos e a localização de cavernas, grutas, cachoeiras e fazendas, com a finalidade de promover o turismo rural, de grande potencial, nesta região. Este levantamento poderá ser utilizado no desenvolvimento de futuras ações de projetos de sustentabilidade local e da comunidade no vale do Paraíba. / The tropeirismo, whose importance was fundamental as much at load transportation development as in the social and human relationship that it would perform, was in the majority, composed by respected people due to their honesty, fulfillment of their obligations and familiar devotion. It is observed a great historical importance of this period, which was responsible for the development of the cities of our region and currently exerts strong influence. The purpose of this research is to investigate the tracks known as Caminhos das Tropas, performing a recognition of the route at the region, observing the environment impacts caused by the region development, aiming to develop touristic projects in the future and create new products at the region. It was taken as a study model the Estrada Real project, developed at Minas Gerais state, which will be useful as a parameter for this project elaboration, with development strategy actions turned to sustainability. It was a technical and qualitative natured research, because we could not find out any work that mentioned this subject, developed by documentary research and in loco, survey to define the Caminho das Tropas. The sample chosen for this work was the route of the serra do Quebra Cangalha, that departs from Taubaté, pass through Pindamonhangaba, Estrada da Malacacheta, Lagoinha, Cunha and goes towards Paraty, with 76 (seventy six) km. By the end, A research about new routes was elaborated, which could be that could be used at touristic projects for the region, demarcating historical and touristic points as caves, grootos and waterfalls with the objective of country tourism development, that has great potential in this region, and could be used for future projects at Vale do Paraíba, aiming local and community self sustenance. / The tropeirismo, whose importance was fundamental as much at load transportation development as in the social and human relationship that it would perform, was in the majority, composed by respected people due to their honesty, fulfillment of their obligations and familiar devotion. It is observed a great historical importance of this period, which was responsible for the development of the cities of our region and currently exerts strong influence. The purpose of this research is to investigate the tracks known as Caminhos das Tropas, performing a recognition of the route at the region, observing the environment impacts caused by the region development, aiming to develop touristic projects in the future and create new products at the region. It was taken as a study model the Estrada Real project, developed at Minas Gerais state, which will be useful as a parameter for this project elaboration, with development strategy actions turned to sustainability. It was a technical and qualitative natured research, because we could not find out any work that mentioned this subject, developed by documentary research and in loco, survey to define the Caminho das Tropas. The sample chosen for this work was the route of the serra do Quebra Cangalha, that departs from Taubaté, pass through Pindamonhangaba, Estrada da Malacacheta, Lagoinha, Cunha and goes towards Paraty, with 76 (seventy six) km. By the end, A research about new routes was elaborated, which could be that could be used at touristic projects for the region, demarcating historical and touristic points as caves, grootos and waterfalls with the objective of country tourism development, that has great potential in this region, and could be used for future projects at Vale do Paraíba, aiming local and community self sustenance.

Queer people of color in the United States are perpetually under siege politically, psychically, economically, physically, and affectively in the twenty-first century under capitalist white supremacist heteropatriarchy. Radical Self-Care, connects radical artivist performance in Austin, Texas with the theoretical genealogies of queer of color critique, women of color feminism, queer studies, and performance studies in order to propose a program for queer of color survival, sustainment and political revolt. Radical self-care is the holistic praxis that names the confluence of two distinct but inextricable processes developed in the first two chapters of this thesis. In chapter one, I take up the Generic Ensemble Company’s workshop production of What’s Goin’ On? as a case study in order to theorize the ‘performative of sustenance,’ a mechanism of queer worldmaking and queer world sustainment defined by its erotic and utopian affects. Chapter two, through a discussion of reproductive rights activism at the Texas state capitol, reformulates the concept of ‘parrhesia,’ the Socratic practice of ‘free speech’ taken up by Foucault in discussions of the care of the self, into a performance praxis of speaking truth to power with the potential to interrupt hegemonic systems of oppression. The final chapter explicates the ways in which these two mechanisms converge and operate as a dyad in the holistic process of radical self-care through an analysis of Fat: The Play, a devised work that premiered in Austin by and about fat queer femmes. Ultimately, Radical Self- Care aspires to offer queers of color a methodology of queer world sustainment that is also a program of political intervention, grounded in solidarity politics, into those systems of oppression that too often characterize queer of color existence as a project of survival rather than a project of flourishing. / text

In this dissertation the question of why people want to stay in the county-side has been analysed from an economic-historic perspective. The specific research question has been: Using which formal economic means of sustenance could those who remained in Ängersjö parish ensure their survival in the years 1950 to 1990? A number of different types of sources have been used, including income tax registers, data on migration, agricultural statistics, parish registers, interviews, and printed public statistics. The population of Ängersjö parish decreased through the entire period of investigation. In the early 1950s the population pyramid in Ängersjö resembled Sweden’s quite considerably. After this point, the tendencies towards depopulation grew stronger. By the early 1990s, the population had returned to the levels of the early 1800s, i.e. before the forest became valuable. This time, however, the proportion of older inhabitants was much larger. Most of the remaining households supported themselves through wage labour in the forestry sector, which essentially was a male preoccupation. At the margin, supplementary incomes, such as the renting of cottages and capital revenues, could add to household earnings, and contributions by women probably played an important part in that context. In addition, informal economic activities, such as berry-picking and the exchange of labour, could expand the means of support by a maximum of 20 percent. In spite of all these efforts, most of the remaining households earned less than an average Swedish industrial worker. The income differences could to some degree be compensated by lower housing and living costs, but many households probably enjoyed a lower material standard of living. Demonstrably, most of the remaining inhabitants of Ängersjö were willing to pay the economic price associated with the “feelings of freedom” or the upkeep of their ancestral home of which many inhabitants spoke. / Flexibilitet som tradition