Diploma thesis is focused on the analysis of expenditure of the state budget of the Ministry of labour and social affairs in the years 2000 to 2010. This thesis explores the changing structure of those expenses and tries to answer the question whether the political cycle and the power of coalitions significant impact on spending in this chapter. It also addresses the issue of sustainability of public finances.

As envisaged in the Sustainable Development Goals, eradicating poverty by 2030 is among the most important steps to achieve a better and more sustainable future. A key contribution to reach this target is to ensure that vulnerable households are effectively protected against weather-related extreme events and other economic, social and ecological shocks and disasters. Insurance products specifically designed for the needs of low-income households in developing countries are seen as an effective instrument to encompass also the poor with an affordable risk-coping mechanism and are thus highly promoted and supported by governments in recent years. However, apart from direct positive effects, the introduction of formal insurance may have unintended side effects. In particular, it might affect traditional risk-sharing arrangements where income losses are covered by an exchange of money, labour and in-kind goods between neighbours, relatives or friends. A weakening of informal safety nets may increase social inequality if poor households cannot afford formal insurance. In order to design insurance products in a sustainable way, sound understanding of their interplay with risk-sharing networks is urgently needed. Socio-environmental modelling is a suitable approach to address the complexity of this challenge. In the first part of this thesis, an agent-based model is developed to investigate the effects of formal insurance and informal risk-sharing on the resilience of smallholders. To lay the conceptual foundation for this approach, a literature review is presented which provides an overview of how to couple agent-based modelling with social network analysis. In two subsequent modelling studies, it is analysed (i) how the introduction of insurance influences the overall welfare in a population and (ii) what determines the resilience of the poorest to shocks when income is heterogeneously distributed and not all households can afford formal insurance. The simulation results underline the importance of designing insurance policies in close alignment with established risk-coping arrangements to ensure sustainability while striving to eradicate poverty. It is shown that introducing formal insurance can have negative side effects when insured households have fewer resources to share with their uninsured peers after paying the insurance premium or when they reduce their solidarity. However, especially when many households are simultaneously affected by a shock, e.g. by droughts or floods, formal insurance is a valuable addition to informal risk-sharing. By applying a regression analysis to simulation results for an empirical network from the Philippines, it is furthermore inferred that network characteristics must be considered in addition to individual household properties to identify the most vulnerable households that neither have access to formal insurance nor are adequately protected through informal risk-sharing. In the second part of this thesis, a broader perspective is taken on the use of models in socio-environmental systems. First, it is envisioned how models in combination with empirical studies could improve insurance design under climate change. Second, requirements for making socio-environmental modelling more useful to support policy and management and scientific results more influential on policy-making are synthesised. Overall, this thesis offers new insights into the interplay of formal and informal risk-coping instruments that complement existing empirical research and underlines the potential of socio-environmental modelling to address sustainability and development challenges.

International transfers of personal data impose great risk to the fundamental rights of individuals. Equally true however is the fact that international transfers of personal data (as well as other categories of data) are of great value to the global economy and to the business of many European companies. Personal data has to be able to flow freely within the European single market as well as to the rest of the world, but if the fundamental rights which are recognized by the EU are to be taken seriously this simply can’t be the case, there has to be restrictions of some sort. In other words, international transfers have to recognize fundamental rights, or otherwise they can’t occur. The million-dollar question, therefore, is how these two interests can merge. International transfers of personal data are regulated in the general data protection regulation, which is explored in depth in the thesis. The rules of such transfers are quite complex and have of late been vigorously debated. In the center of it all is Maximilian Schrems, who has succeeded in his attempts to tear down the regulation’s popular mechanisms for international transfers, namely Safe Harbour and Privacy Shield. It has successfully been argued that these mechanisms don’t guarantee an adequate level of protection of the fundamental rights of individuals within the EU when their personal data is transferred to the United States. The secret surveillance of the American intelligence agencies imposes to great of a threat to the fundamental rights, which aren’t safeguarded by these mechanisms. The European Court of Justice has in its case law been sympathetic to the criticism of Mr. Schrems and has judged both Safe Harbour and Privacy Shield invalid. In the light of the case law of the court, specifically the Schrems II ruling, international data transfers to the United States are very problematic from a privacy perspective, and I argue that all transfers to all third countries are troublesome as a consequence of Schrems II. If an international transfer is to be carried out to a country which performs secret surveillance (i.e. most countries of the world) the data controller and processor have to guarantee the protection of the rights of the data subject vis-à-vis the state’s surveillance throughout the transfer, otherwise it can’t materialize. This I argue is not possible, which in practice prohibits the possibility for transfers to most countries almost completely. In summary the thesis explores the dynamic relationship between international transfers of personal data and national security. The overriding conclusion is that it is a dysfunctional relationship indeed and that transfers can’t occur to third countries which doesn’t respect fundamental rights. This is the case in general, regardless of what mechanisms are used, what data is to be transferred and what supplementary measures the parties apply.

AbstractTitle:Football coaches’ awareness and implementation of team dynamicsObjectives: This research aims to explore, based on the in-depth interviews with Czech male football coaches, how the football coaches work with team dynamics and its principles, during recruitment/transfers, training process, and specific situations, and potentially ascertain what are the obstacles for the team dynamics principles implementation.Methods:The primary method used in this research is the qualitative method of semistructured in-depth interviews. Research is focused on the population of male Czech football coaches with at least half a year of experience. The research sample consists of 7 respondents. The data are proceeded according to GDPR and anonymized. For the data interpretation, the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is used. Results:The respondents are aware of team cohesion, climate, and synergy and understand the importance of team dynamics in general. If it is possible, the coaches look at the players' psychological characteristics and consider them in relation to the rest of the team and even their potential behavior. The coaches’ behavior and interventions differ based on the situation. However, they tend not to intervene much, and they also don't use almost any analytical tools in terms of team dynamics. That can be caused by many factors such as they perceived the team dynamics as part of psychology, which according to this research, might be perceived as a tool for problem treatment, not as a preventive tool. There are also some structural barriers such as unclear club concept, unclear competency among the responsible, not enough emphasis on team dynamics during the licenses education and players’ agents pressure, as well as language barrier, which seems to prevent successful implementation of foreign players. The respondents tend to rationalize some of the problems. Keywords:cohesion, team climate, synergy, competencies, recruitment, training process, leadership styles, systematical obstacles, barriers

Human impacts from land and water development have degraded water quality and altered the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of Nevada's Walker River. Reduced instream flows and increased nutrient concentrations affect native fish populations through warm daily stream temperatures and low nightly dissolved oxygen concentrations. Environmental water purchases are being considered to maintain instream flows, improve water quality, and enhance habitat for native fish species, such as Lahontan cutthroat trout. This study uses the River Modeling System (RMSv4), an hourly, physically-based hydrodynamic and water quality model, to estimate streamflows, temperatures, and dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Walker River. Stream temperature and dissolved oxygen changes were simulated from potential environmental water purchases to prioritize the time periods and locations that water purchases most enhance stream temperatures and dissolved oxygen concentrations for aquatic habitat. Environmental water purchases ranged from 0.03 cms to 1.41 cms average daily increases. Modeling results indicate that increased water purchases generally affect dissolved oxygen in two ways. First, environmental water purchases increase the thermal mass of the river, cooling daily stream temperatures and warming nightly temperatures. This prevents conditions that cause the lowest nightly dissolved oxygen concentrations (moderate production impairment thresholds are

.Dans cette thèse, il a été étudié la structure des milieux poreux, en particulier sur des sols sableux et un paquet virtuel de sphères; Sur la base de références bibliographiques, nos propres outils ont été créés pour calculer la porosité, la surface spécifique et la distribution de la taille des pores. Nous avons construit un algorithme pour résoudre l'équation de diffusion de l'advection directement sur la structure du milieu poreux (en utilisant un résultat d'image 3D du scan $ mu $ CT du support poreux). Nous avons utilisé l'opérateur de division pour calculer la partie advective avec une méthode de volume fini (FV), mettant en œuvre un schéma de réduction de la variation totale (TVD). La partie diffusion a été calculée en utilisant une méthode de FV et avec l’aide du logiciel MUMPS pour résoudre le système linéaire résultant. A partir du champ de concentration obtenu avec l’algorithme et suivant une méthode de moyenne volumique, nous avons calculé les propriétés macroscopiques de: dispersivité et coefficient de dispersion à Pe = 223,23,2.3,0,23 pour un échantillon de sable de Fontainbleau NE34. Nous avons observé que ces résultats dépendent de la qualité de l'image 3D. Les propriétés structurelles et de transport ont été étudiées à l'aide d'images 3D à différentes résolutions. Les images à différentes résolutions ont été appelées images redimensionnées, elles ont été générées numériquement et prises directement à partir du micro CT scan. Comme premier résultat, nous avons proposé un critère basé sur la distribution de la taille des pores pour déterminer si une résolution d'image 3D convient ou non au calcul de la perméabilité d'un matériau granulaire avec une méthode de volume fini (FV). Dans un deuxième résultat, nous avons montré comment les propriétés des macros de transport de soluté sont moins affectées par une détérioration de la résolution que la propriété d’écoulement de la perméabilité (les deux cas sont calculés par une méthode FV). Et comme troisième résultat, nous avons montré qu'une image numérique redimensionnée préserve davantage le comportement des propriétés macroscopiques qu'une image réelle redimensionnée. / In this thesis it was studied the structure of the porous media, particularly on a sandy soils and a virtual pack of spheres; based on bibliographic references here were generated our own tools to compute the porosity, specific surface and pore size distribution. We built an algorithm to solve advection diffusion equation directly on the porous media structure (using a 3D image result of the $mu $ CT scan of the porous media). We used the splitting operator to compute the advective part with a Finite Volume (FV) method, implementing a Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) scheme. The diffusion part was computed using with a FV method with the assistance of the MUMPS software to solve the resulting linear system. From the concentration field obtained with the algorithm and following a volume averaging method, we computed the macroscopic properties of: dispersivity and dispersion coefficient at Pe=223,23,2.3,0.23 for a sample of Fontainbleau NE34 sand. We observing that these results depend on the quality of the 3D image, structural and transport properties were studied using 3D images at different resolutions. The images at different resolutions were called rescaled images, and they were generated numerically and taken directly from the micro CT scan. As a first result we proposed a criterion based on the pore size distribution to assess if a 3D image resolution is suitable or not for permeability computation of a granular material with a finite volume (FV) method. As a second result we showed how the solute transport macro properties are less affected by a deterioration of the resolution than the flow property of permeability (both cases computed through a FV method). And as a third result we showed that a numerical rescaled image preserve the behavior of the macroscopic properties more than a real rescaled image

Modern breech-loading rifles flooded into Arabia and the region around the Persian Gulf between 1880 and World War I. This work examines in detail, and analyzes, the introduction of modern arms to Arabia, the origin of those arms, the trade patterns by which they were moved, and the international and local political factors that affected the trade. The international arms trade was driven by three major factors. First, the rapid technological development of small arms in the nineteenth century fed the market, resulting in the availability of hundreds of thousands of obsolete military rifles for resale. Each time new rifles were adopted by the armies of Europe, old stocks were dumped on the private arms market. Second, international politics and European colonial rivalry contributed to the growth and maintenance of the arms trade. The French Consul at Muscat protected the trade in the Persian Gulf, while French arms dealers commanded a substantial portion of the trade. British efforts to slow the flow of arms through Muscat was hampered by European politics. Third, the internal politics of the region created a demand for the modern arms. Inside Arabia, the resurgent Saudis fought Rashidis and Hashimites in a series of wars, while other tribal raids and wars further built the demand for modern rifles: if one group had modern weapons, its enemies felt a need for them also. Outside Arabia, a strong demand for weapons in Persia and on the Northwest Frontier of India helped pull weapons to the markets of the Gulf. This thesis deals first with the changing technology of weapons in the nineteenth century, so that the military impact of the new weapons can be understood. The types of modern rifles introduced to the Peninsula is then reviewed, finding that the Peabody-Martini and the Martini-Henry, and their numerous variations, were the weapons most commonly imported in the decades around the turn of the century. With this information as background, the international politics of the arms trade are examined. Emphasis is on the Anglo-French rivalry at Muscat that gave treaty protection to French arms dealers. European fears that modern arms would reach Africa and make colonial control of the continent difficult or impossible led, in 1890, to the arms control provisions of the General Act of Brussels. The Act did not, however, extend to Arabia. The heart of the work is a detailed examination and analysis of the arms trade in and around Arabia. The arms trade in the region was centered in two main entrepots, Djibouti in French Somaliland and Muscat in southeast Arabia. By the late l890s, the bulk of the trade was passing through the Suez Canal before transshipment at one of these ports. Just over half of the arms reaching Muscat were exported to Persia and the Northwest Frontier, with the remainder reaching Arabia or Mesopotamia. The patterns of the private arms trade were complex, both at sea and on land, and are discussed at length. The political use of weapons by the Ottoman Government, and by European states, contributed to the flood of guns into Arabia. The Ottomans, in particular, used their stocks of obsolete weapons to arm their client tribes in Arabia. Ottoman purchases of Sniders, Martinis, and finally Mausers, gave them a constant supply of older rifles for distribution. The arms trade in Arabia was controlled by international and local political developments, and fed by the availability of modern arms on the international market. The trade was complex and impossible to prevent so long as the European states and the Ottomans continued to sell or distribute obsolete rifles as new guns were adopted.

This thesis examines whether, how and to what extent social cash transfers help the poor in reducing poverty; not only in income terms but also in relation to how they build on their capabilities and address gender inequality, risk and vulnerability. The thesis explores these questions through an analysis of a community targeted social cash transfer scheme from Traditional Authority Mlomba, Machinga district in Malawi, using the capability approach as the conceptual framework of analysis. The study is located in the critical realist domain as its underlying research philosophy. The study is qualitative in nature, using semi-structured interviews, observations and life histories. The scheme targets the poorest 10% of the population who are also labour constrained and deemed to be economically unproductive. Thus, the study offers some insights into an area that is not well researched as it is a relatively new concept to target the poor who are also labour constrained and not economically productive. In this thesis, I show that despite the limited resource base compared to the large number of the poor, social cash transfers as low as US$14 per household per month can make a valuable contribution to the reduction of poverty through building capabilities of the poor, empowering women and addressing some of the gendered inequalities, risk and vulnerability. Therefore, social cash transfers are not just handouts but act as ladders that can uplift the absolute poor out of poverty.

Despite increasing levels of military spending and a growing number of recurring conflicts, research has until now failed to consider the impact of arms transfers on the durability of peace. Investigating the recurrence of conflicts allows us to delve deeper into the enduring impact of arms transfers, shedding light on whether weapons induce, suppress, or merely postpone conflict relapse. This thesis studies the impact of post-conflict arms transfers on the likelihood of conflict recurrence, hypothesizing that the effect is conditional on the outcome of the previous conflict. By conducting a multinomial logistic regression analysis, the initial results of this study imply that post-conflict arms transfers can have a stabilizing effect, regardless of whether the initial conflict ended in a military victory or a negotiated settlement. However, a closer analysis of results implies that the advantages and disadvantages of arms transfers are highly contextual and depend on a series of factors that may fuel or contain violence.

Bakgrund: Incidensen för typ 1-diabetes ökar under barndomen vilket betyder att allt flera ungdomar kommer att genomgå överföringen från barndiabetesmottagningen till vuxendiabetesmottagning. Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen var att belysa upplevelsen av överföringen från barndiabetesmottagning till vuxendiabetesmottagning ur olika perspektiv. Metod: En kvalitativ metasyntes. Sökningar gjordes på databaserna CINAHL och PubMed. Nio artiklar som svarar på författarnas syfte hittades, åtta kvalitativa och en mixed-method. Resultat: Fyra huvudteman identifierades: utmaningar att navigera, stödets funktion, inför överföringen till VDM och förväntningar. Vidare identifierades undertema för tre av huvudteman. Underteman till utmaningar att navigera var: ungdomarnas många utmaningar att navigera livet med T1D och vårdnadshavarnas utmaningar att navigera en ny roll. Underteman till inför överföringen var: tidigare förbereda överföringen och utbildning och upprepning av grunderna. Underteman till förväntningar var: innan överföringen och efter överföringen. Slutsats: Ungdomar genomgår en stor förändring i livet och den sena tonårstiden är präglad med stora förändringar och beslut. Överföringen från barndiabetesmottagning till vuxendiabetesmottagning utgör en extra sårbar tid för ungdomarna. Resultatet visar på att både ungdomarna och vårdnadshavarna uttrycker stor oro och ångest inför överföringen. Det är viktigt att diabetessjuksköterskan tidigt börjar förbereda ungdomarna och vårdnadshavarna inför överföringen för bästa möjliga resultat för alla inblandade. Ungdomarna uttrycker stor önskan om att få repetition och utbildning i grunderna inom diabetes. / Background: The incidence of type 1 diabetes increases during childhood, which means that more and more adolescence will undergo the transfer from the pediatric diabetes clinic to the adult diabetes clinic. Aim: The purpose was to highlight the experiences of transferring from pediatric diabetes clinic to the diabetes clinic from different perspectives. Method: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Searches were made on the databases CINAHL and PubMed. Nine articles that answered the authors' purpose were found, of which eight were qualitative and one were mixed-method. Results: Four main themes were identified: challenges to navigate, the function of support, before the transfer and expectations. Furthermore, sub-themes were identified from three of the main themes. The sub-themes of challenges to navigate were: the youth's many challenges navigating life with T1D and the caregivers' challenges navigating a new role. The sub-themes for before the transfer were: earlier preparing the transfer and education and repetition of the basics. The sub-themes of expectations were: pre-transfer and post-transfer. Conclusion: Adolescence undergoes big changes in their lives and late adolescence is marked by big changes and decisions. The transfer from pediatric diabetes clinic to the adult diabetes clinic constitutes an extra vulnerable time for the adolescents. The results show that both the adolescents and the guardians express great concern and anxiety before the transfer. It is important that the diabetes nurse starts preparing the adolescent and their guardians early on for the transfer for the best possible outcome for everyone involved. The young adolescent expressed a great desire to receive repetition and training in the basics of diabetes.