The measurement of submicrometre (< 1.0 m) and ultrafine particles (diameter < 0.1 m) number concentration have attracted attention since the last decade because the potential health impacts associated with exposure to these particles can be more significant than those due to exposure to larger particles. At present, ultrafine particles are not regularly monitored and they are yet to be incorporated into air quality monitoring programs. As a result, very few studies have analysed their long-term and spatial variations in ultrafine particle concentration, and none have been in Australia. To address this gap in scientific knowledge, the aim of this research was to investigate the long-term trends and seasonal variations in particle number concentrations in Brisbane, Australia. Data collected over a five-year period were analysed using weighted regression models. Monthly mean concentrations in the morning (6:00-10:00) and the afternoon (16:00-19:00) were plotted against time in months, using the monthly variance as the weights. During the five-year period, submicrometre and ultrafine particle concentrations increased in the morning by 105.7% and 81.5% respectively whereas in the afternoon there was no significant trend. The morning concentrations were associated with fresh traffic emissions and the afternoon concentrations with the background. The statistical tests applied to the seasonal models, on the other hand, indicated that there was no seasonal component. The spatial variation in size distribution in a large urban area was investigated using particle number size distribution data collected at nine different locations during different campaigns. The size distributions were represented by the modal structures and cumulative size distributions. Particle number peaked at around 30 nm, except at an isolated site dominated by diesel trucks, where the particle number peaked at around 60 nm. It was found that ultrafine particles contributed to 82%-90% of the total particle number. At the sites dominated by petrol vehicles, nanoparticles (< 50 nm) contributed 60%-70% of the total particle number, and at the site dominated by diesel trucks they contributed 50%. Although the sampling campaigns took place during different seasons and were of varying duration these variations did not have an effect on the particle size distributions. The results suggested that the distributions were rather affected by differences in traffic composition and distance to the road. To investigate the occurrence of nucleation events, that is, secondary particle formation from gaseous precursors, particle size distribution data collected over a 13 month period during 5 different campaigns were analysed. The study area was a complex urban environment influenced by anthropogenic and natural sources. The study introduced a new application of time series differencing for the identification of nucleation events. To evaluate the conditions favourable to nucleation, the meteorological conditions and gaseous concentrations prior to and during nucleation events were recorded. Gaseous concentrations did not exhibit a clear pattern of change in concentration. It was also found that nucleation was associated with sea breeze and long-range transport. The implications of this finding are that whilst vehicles are the most important source of ultrafine particles, sea breeze and aged gaseous emissions play a more important role in secondary particle formation in the study area.

This study focuses on trends in contemporary Australian playwrighting, discussing recent investigations into the playwrighting process. The study analyses the current state of this country’s playwrighting industry, with a particular focus on programming trends since 1998. It seeks to explore the implications of this current theatrical climate, in particular the types of work most commonly being favoured for production. It argues that Australian plays are under-represented (compared to non-Australian plays) on ‘mainstream’ stages and that audiences might benefit from more challenging modes of writing than the popular three-act realist play models. The thesis argues that ‘New Lyricism’ might fill this position of offering an innovative Australian playwrighting mode. New Lyricism is characterised by a set of common aesthetics, including a non-linear narrative structure, a poetic use of language and magic realism. Several Australian playwrights who have adopted this mode of writing are identified and their works examined. The author’s play Floodlands is presented as a case study and the author’s creative process is examined in light of the published critical discussions about experimental playwriting work.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-12-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:11:08Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 lopes_as_me_mar.pdf: 489505 bytes, checksum: bde9be101d2d07431d4b63235f95b104 (MD5) / Esta presente pesquisa tem como propósito central discutir a Metamorfose da Atuação Política do Partido dos Trabalhadores, entre os anos de 1987 a 1991. A partir de uma investigação sobre a conjuntura política da década de 1980 e início de 1990, fez-se uma análise do comportamento político dos partidos, sobretudo do PT, o Partido dos Trabalhadores. Analisamos também a dinâmica assumida pelas tendências internas, ou seja, dos agrupamentos partidários que fizeram parte da construção petista e da definição de sua identidade. Para isso foi necessário analisar os documentos oficiais do período delimitado, assim como publicações realizadas em jornais, revistas, dissertações e teses, que são muito variadas neste momento histórico que estamos vivenciando, pois o Partido dos Trabalhadores após vinte e dois anos de existência, chega a Presidência da República com Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva à sua frente. A dissertação coloca em discussão a mudança que o partido sofre a partir de 1987, quando ocorre o 5° Encontro Nacional, o PT passa a optar pelo abando do marxismo e afasta-se das reivindicações populares, que de certa maneira estavam presentes em suas formulações, influenciadas pelas organizações marxistas-leninistas e também as de tradição trotskista. A preferência petista pela institucionalidade e a ascensão de uma nova postura organizativa, certamente foram consequências das transformações ocorridas no cenário nacional e internacional, como a queda do muro de Berlim, o fim do “socialismo real”, e a introdução do neoliberalismo. / This present dissertation aims to discuss about the Metamorphosis of the Politic Activities of the Worker’s Party (PT), during the period of 1987 to 1991. It is an inquiry into the politics conjuncture from the 80’s until the beginning of the 90's, analyzing the political behavior of the parties, especially PT’s. The dissertation also considers and analyzes the actions taken in the Worker’s Party internal trends, the partisanships and the definition of its identity. For the studies development, it was necessary to compile official documents from the delimited period of time, as well as essays published in periodicals, magazines, newspapers and thesis, which are varied due to the election of the leader of the PT, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2002, for the President of the Republic. PT finally reaches the power after twenty two years of existence. The research discuss that the PT since 1987, year of its 5° National Meeting, assures the institutional fight, abandoning the Marxism and leaving aside the popular claims, which until that date had always been supported by the party’s decisions, also influenced by the Marxist-Leninist organizations and by the Trotskyism tradition. The dissertation concludes that PT’s institutional preference is a result of the transformations occurred nationally and internationally, including the fall of Berlin's wall and the end of the “real socialism”. Furthermore, the introduction of the neoliberals made PT assume a new kind of organization.

Submitted by Simone Souza (simonecgsouza@hotmail.com) on 2018-06-04T14:38:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2013_ Dione Viero Viana.pdf: 1878209 bytes, checksum: 5cdd9b9453f4b473ba5370390bb90b4b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jordan (jordanbiblio@gmail.com) on 2018-06-15T15:09:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2013_ Dione Viero Viana.pdf: 1878209 bytes, checksum: 5cdd9b9453f4b473ba5370390bb90b4b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-15T15:09:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS_2013_ Dione Viero Viana.pdf: 1878209 bytes, checksum: 5cdd9b9453f4b473ba5370390bb90b4b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-03 / CNPq / No Brasil, 99% do total de ocorrências de malária concentram-se na região da Amazônia brasileira. Na região Extra-amazônica são escassos os estudos referenciando os casos de malária, visto que o maior número de episódios de malária ocorrerem na região Amazônica. A malária é um agravo infeccioso febril produzido por protozoários do gênero Plasmodium. Nas Américas e no Brasil, predominam duas espécies parasitárias: P. vivax e P. falciparum, com predomínio deste evento nas zonas tropicais e sub-tropicais e está associado a fatores climáticos e ambientais, sejam elas antrópicas ou não, a fatores sócio-culturais e econômicos, e fatores biológicos do hospedeiro intermediário (homem) e definitivo (vetor) e do agente etiológico. Objetivo: Analisar a situação epidemiológica e a distribuição espaçotemporal da malária por Plasmodium vivax no Brasil. Método: Estudo ecológico da distribuição geográfica dos casos confirmados de malária, internações, óbitos e letalidade por malária em indivíduos residentes na região da Amazônia brasileira e Extra-amazônica, a partir dos bancos de dados do Sistema de Informação de Vigilância Epidemiológica – (SIVEP-Malária), Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação – (SINAN), Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH-SUS) e Sistema de Informação de Mortalidade (SIM), compreendendo as ocorrências por Unidades da Federação da região Amazônica e Extra-amazônica e segundo a espécie parasitária infectante. Resultados: Na região Amazônica, no período de 2003 a 2011, foram notificados 3.736.894 casos, destes 2.955.618 por P. vivax e 734.483 por P. falciparum, correspondendo à razão P. vivax/P. falciparum (V/F) de 4,0 casos por malária vivax para cada ocorrência por malária falciparum. Na distribuição mensal dos casos de malária, observaram-se valores mais elevados nos meses de julho a outubro, picos principalmente nos meses de julho e agosto. Na região Extra-amazônica entre 2001 a 2011, das 11.874 lâminas positivas para malária, 48,3% foram por P. vivax, 20% por P. falciparum e 8,6% por infecções mistas (P. vivax + P. falciparum). As infecções por Plasmodium vivax foram mais frequentes entre os anos de 2001 e 2007 (c 2 = 1987,041; p = < 0,0001). Verificaram-se 15,2% casos autóctones 70,3% casos importados (c 2 = 4226,806; p = < 0,0001). As duas regiões em estudo totalizaram 41.465 internações por malária vivax e 32.182 por malária falciparum entre 2000 e 2011. Destaca-se o acréscimo anual das internações por malária vivax, espécie considerada como benigna. Dos 1.229 óbitos por malária, 1.044 (85%) ocorreram no âmbito hospitalar, no qual 924 (88,5%) óbitos ocorreram na região Amazônica e 120 (11,5%) na área Extraamazônica do país. Conclusões: No que se refere à sazonalidade, as proporções de ocorrência de malária foram maiores no período seco, quando comparado ao período intermediário e chuvoso, apresentando importante variação sazonal. Na região Extraamazônica, o monitoramento contínuo da epidemiologia da malária autóctone e importada, em especial a cada alteração do Plasmodium persistente constitui-se como uma importante ferramenta para o controle e elaboração das atividades de vigilância em saúde em áreas não endêmicas. A Amazônia brasileira apresentou percentual maior de internações e óbitos, verificou-se tendência da taxa de letalidade crescente em ambas as regiões, a partir de 2005, apesar da taxa de letalidade da região extraamazônica, durante todo o período ser superior (taxa média de 3,2%), enquanto que a da Amazônia foi de 0,9%. Os estados da região Amazônica apresentaram tendência decrescente das taxas de internação ao longo do período, com importante predominância das internações por malaria vivax. / In Brazil 99% of the total incidence of malaria are concentrated in the Brazilian Amazon region. Extra-Amazonian region is scarce studies referencing malaria cases, since the greater number of episodes of malaria occur in the Amazon region. Malaria is an infectious febrile injury caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. In the Americas and Brazil, two parasitic species predominate: P. vivax and P. falciparum. Predominance of this event in the tropics and sub-tropics and is associated with environmental and climatic factors, whether or not antropúrgicas, the socio-cultural and economic factors and biological intermediate host (man) and final (vector) and etiologic agent. Objective: To analyze the epidemiological situation and the spatial-temporal distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Brazil. Methods: An ecological study of the geographical distribution of confirmed cases of malaria, hospitalizations, deaths and mortality from malaria in individuals living in the Brazilian Amazon region and Extra-Amazonian. From the databases of the Sistema de Informação de Vigilância Epidemiológica – (SIVEP-Malária), Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação – (SINAN), Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH-SUS) and Sistema de Informação de Mortalidade (SIM). Understanding occurrences by Federative Units of the Amazon region and Extra-Amazonian and according to the parasite species infecting. Results: In the Amazon region in the period 2003-2011 were reported 3,736,894 cases positive, 2,955,618 of these cases by P. vivax and 734 483 P. falciparum corresponding to the ratio P. vivax/P. falciparum (V/F) of 4.0 vivax malaria positive cases for each occurrence falciparum malaria. Distribution of malaria cases per month, it was observed higher values in the months from July to October, peaks mainly in the months of July and August each year. Extra-Amazonian region between 2001 to 2011 of 11,874 slides positive for malaria, 48.3% were due to P. vivax, 20% for P. falciparum and 8.6% for mixed infections (P. vivax + P. falciparum). Plasmodium vivax were more frequent between the years 2001 and 2007 (c 2 = 1987.041, p = <0.0001), in subsequent years there was an increase in infections by P. falciparum and mixed infections. It was found 15.2% 70.3% native cases imported cases (c 2 = 4226.806, p = <0.0001). The two regions under study totaled 41,465 admissions for malaria vivax and falciparum malaria by 32,182 between 2000 and 2011. Noteworthy is the annual increase of admissions for malaria vivax, a species considered benign and self-limited. Of the 1,229 deaths from malaria, 1,044 (85%) occurred in the hospital, in which 924 (88.5%) deaths occurred in the Amazon region and 120 (11.5%) on the Extra-Amazonian country. Conclusions: With regard to the seasonality of malaria occurrence ratios were higher in the dry compared to the period intermediate and rainy, presenting substantial seasonal variation in prevalence of this event during the dry period. Extra- Amazonian region in the continuous monitoring of the epidemiology of imported and autochthonous malaria, especially every change of Plasmodium persistent constitutes an important tool for the control and development of health surveillance activities in non-endemic areas. The Brazilian Amazon presented a higher rate of hospitalizations and deaths, there was a trend of increasing mortality in both regions since 2005, despite the lethality of extra-Amazonian region throughout the period is higher (average rate of 3.2 %), whereas the Amazon was 0.9%. The states of the Amazon region showed a downward trend in rates of hospitalization over the period, with significant predominance of admissions for malaria vivax.

Nourrir les oiseaux dans les jardins privés est une activité très répandue en Occident. Elle fournit une remarquable opportunité de recherche et de suivi des populations d’oiseaux en hiver sur de larges échelles spatio-temporelles, en impliquant les citoyens dans des programmes de science participative. Nous avons utilisé le programme Oiseaux des Jardins, un programme de science participative coordonné par la Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux, pour étudier sur une grande échelle spatiale les variations d’abondance d’oiseaux en hiver dans les jardins qui fournissent de la nourriture. Le but de cette thèse est de comprendre quels paramètres peuvent expliquer les visites des oiseaux dans les jardins en hiver, saison traditionnellement considérée comme la plus décisive pour leur survie. Nous montrons que les jardins distribuant de la nourriture, proches de milieux agricoles intensifs, attirent les oiseaux en réponse à une raréfaction des ressources alimentaires naturelles, causée par l’intensité des pratiques agricoles. Cette relation est encore plus forte pour les espèces spécialistes des milieux agricoles. Les variations d’abondance d’oiseaux dans les jardins fluctuent selon les années et les conditions météorologiques, sans présenter de pattern de réponse commun entre espèces, en raison de leur biologie et écologie différentes. Ce suivi des oiseaux en hiver reflète également la tendance négative de population de plusieurs granivores, connue en France ou en Europe en période de reproduction, confirmant que l’utilisation des jardins avec mangeoires est un bon moyen de suivre les tendances des populations d’oiseaux. Nous suspectons que les variations d’abondances à l’échelle spatiale peuvent également refléter l’effet d’activités humaines, telles que le braconnage des passereaux, mais un travail supplémentaire est nécessaire pour confirmer cette hypothèse. Les résultats de cette thèse peuvent également aider au maintien des espèces granivores en déclin, en apportant des conseils adaptés à la distribution de nourriture de substitution pour les oiseaux dans les paysages agricoles intensifs, tout en continuant à engager le public dans le suivi et la protection de la nature. / Supplementary feeding of wild birds in private backyards is a globally widespread pastime. It provides a wonderful opportunity for research and survey of winter bird populations at spatial and temporal large-scales by involving householders in citizen science programs. We used data from the French national garden birdwatch scheme, a citizen science program operated by the Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux, to study winter bird abundance variations in gardens which provided food supply, at a large spatial scale. This thesis aims to understand which factors influence the visit of gardens by birds during winter, a season traditionally pointed out to have the greatest impact on passerine survival. We highlighted that gardens with feeders located close to intensively cultivated farmland attract birds as a response of the countryside natural resource scarcity leads by intensive agricultural practices. This relationship being stronger for farmland seedeater species. Variations in the use of garden by birds also fluctuate between years and with weather conditions, but the variations were not similar among species. This being consistent with the expected influence of their ecological and biological differences. This garden bird survey in winter also reflected the global negative trends observed for some granivorous species in France or Europe during the breeding season, confirming that the use of garden bird feeders by wild bird species offers a new tool to survey the global population trends. We also suspect that variation in abundance could mirror spatial differences, and maybe mirror human activities impacts such as poaching, but this part requires further investigation. Finally, our work could be beneficial for maintaining declining seedeater species, by advising to supply birds with winter food in garden located in intensive agricultural landscape, while continuing to engage the public with nature.

Diploma thesis deals with the management of pre-primary education in 2007-2017 by the eyes of nursery school directors. The thesis describes the management, the role of the headmaster of the kindergarten, basic school legislation of the Czech Republic, key words - management, nursery school director, MEYS legislation, competences of the nursery school director, educational policy. The practical part focused on research into changes in legislation from 2007-2017 by the eyes of nursery school directors and on management in pre-primary education for 10 years from the perspective of nursery school directors. KEYWORDS Career order, Competencies of the Director kindergartens, Director of kindergarten, MŠMT Education Act, management

Ce travail a pour objectif d’étudier les conditions physicochimiques qui causent dans la Loire des développements excessifs de phytoplancton, et de mettre en évidence les modifications des équilibres biogéochimiques qui en résultent. L’analyse des variables de l’eutrophisation a été conduite sur plusieurs niveaux d’échelle temporelle et spatiale, sur la base de longues chroniques de qualité de l’eau (1980- 2012), de données acquises à l’échelle journalière pendant la thèse (2012-2014), et d’un modèle numérique biogéochimique à résolution horaire. Depuis les conditions hypereutrophes des années 1980, la biomasse phytoplanctonique qui se développe en période estivale a été réduite d’un facteur 2,5 dans la Loire et dans ses affluents, de manière concomitante avec la baisse généralisée d’un facteur 3 des teneurs en phosphore biodisponible, liée au contrôle des rejets ponctuels urbains et industriels. Le fleuve de la Loire (France) reste cependant sensible à l’eutrophisation, du fait d’une forte pression agricole et urbaine, des étiages prononcés, et une morphologie fluviale à chenaux multiples qui ralentit l’écoulement, laissant pleinement au phytoplancton le temps de se développer. Lorsque les conditions hydrologiques le permettent, le développement du phytoplancton impacte fortement le fonctionnement de l’écosystème, en agissant significativement sur les cycles biogéochimiques des nutriments, du carbone et de l’oxygène. / This thesis aims at studying the physical and chemical causes and consequences that result from excessive phytoplankton growth in the Loire River. The analysis identified some parameters characterizing river eutrophication and was conducted on several spatial and temporal scales. This was based on long-term water quality time-series (1980-2012), a daily survey carried out during this work (2012-2014), and the numerical modeling of the river biogeochemical functioning with an hourly resolution. Phytoplankton development in summer was reduced 2.5-fold in the Loire River and in the main tributaries, synchronously with the generalized reduction 3-fold of bioavailable phosphorus as a result of controlling and limiting phosphorus point sources. However, the Loire River remains sensitive to eutrophication, with a significant urban and agricultural pressure, low water levels in summer, and its multiple channels morphology slowing down the water velocity. All these factors combined favor phytoplankton development. When hydrological conditions are favorable, phytoplankton grows and significantly affects the ecosystem functioning, with an impact on nutrients, carbon and oxygen biogeochemical cycles.

Submitted by Fernando Ferreira da Luz Barbosa (fernando.luz@outlook.com) on 2015-07-20T19:07:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Ferreira da Luz Barbosa.pdf: 927554 bytes, checksum: e29a7f5ad6e3cdd15bb6adafc98a4cb6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by BRUNA BARROS (bruna.barros@fgv.br) on 2015-07-21T12:46:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Ferreira da Luz Barbosa.pdf: 927554 bytes, checksum: e29a7f5ad6e3cdd15bb6adafc98a4cb6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Almeida (maria.socorro@fgv.br) on 2015-07-30T19:08:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Ferreira da Luz Barbosa.pdf: 927554 bytes, checksum: e29a7f5ad6e3cdd15bb6adafc98a4cb6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-30T19:08:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Ferreira da Luz Barbosa.pdf: 927554 bytes, checksum: e29a7f5ad6e3cdd15bb6adafc98a4cb6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-27 / Disagreement between economists is a well know fact. However, it took a long time for this concept to be incorporated in economic models. In this survey, we review the consequences and insights provided by recent models. Since disagreement between market agents can be generated through different hypotheses, the main differences between them are highlighted. Finally, this work concludes with a short review of nowcasting using google trends, emphasizing advances connecting both literatures.

Submitted by Daniele Santos (danielesantos.htl@gmail.com) on 2017-09-27T18:10:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Seju Mike - Revised Thesis Submission 27.09.17.pdf: 1322299 bytes, checksum: 5a95866783e524e5006dc5481fc7a968 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2017-09-27T19:00:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Seju Mike - Revised Thesis Submission 27.09.17.pdf: 1322299 bytes, checksum: 5a95866783e524e5006dc5481fc7a968 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-29T19:49:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Seju Mike - Revised Thesis Submission 27.09.17.pdf: 1322299 bytes, checksum: 5a95866783e524e5006dc5481fc7a968 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-31 / This study explores the U.S. (United States) market for clothing and apparel of African origin and design; primarily focusing on the consumer of these fashion items. It delves into the field of Marketing study with an exploratory research approach to developing a consumer profile. By reviewing current market trends and analyzing results of survey data collected for the purpose of this study, it attempts to create an initial consumer profile using demographic and behavioral characteristics. Attaining an understanding of the target consumer is a crucial factor in determining a market entry strategy for new businesses and can also provide already existing businesses with a road map to achieving their full potential. Knowing who is most likely to buy your product aids the business in crafting the most appealing brand story for their target demographic. It also provides an understanding of where they frequent and what sales channels might be most attractive. As such, the relevance of this study lies in its ability to provide a starting point of reference for African brands, designers and retailers looking to expand their reach in the U.S. market place. Results of the study revealed a predominance of female buyers between the age of 30 to 35 years of age, living within the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. with buying patterns which indicated a preference for in-person shopping experiences versus online, and a tendency to purchase bargain items while seeking authenticity in the designs purchased, with a keenness towards supporting artisans on the continent. Further research into the subject matter is recommended, and should be aimed at achieving a more robust review of quantitative data as well as an expanded scope of qualitative research.

The target of this graduation thesis was to specify new views and requirements which effect on managers´ personalities´ formation and development in present HR management. For necessary information acquisition 6O managers completed a questionnaire which was about manager`s personality development. Managers and employees in monitored companies generally know (or subconsciously anticipate) how the superior HR management in nowaday trends should be proceeded and how it should look like. key-managers know about the need of superior personal work and the question is when this range becomes the same preference as economics or production