The general aim of Master’s thesis was to analyze a water supply network in the village Klobouky u Brna using the WaterRisk software through the simple and complex methodology. It was performed a measurement of turbidity on water supply network as practical support of undesirable states. Also it was accomplished detailed exploration of the village Klobouky u Brna. Added value of Master’s thesis was a consultation related to a water supply and a water treatment system with technician working for the Vodovody a kanalizace Hodonín company wherefrom water is bought for the village Klobouky u Brna.

The general practice in performance and production efficiency measurement has been to ignore additional products of most transformation processes that can be classified as "undesirable outputs" — which are a subset of the output set. Without the inclusion of these factors, the efficiency evaluation becomes a purely technical measure of the system alone, and does not account for the interaction of the system with the surrounding environment and the impact of policy decisions on the system. In addition, there are also technological dependencies arising due to the relationships between the desirable and the undesirable outputs. One of the analytical tools normally used in efficiency evaluation is Data Envelopment Analysis, DEA. In the course of addressing these problems, a decision-maker encounters multiple and contradictory objectives with respect to the output set. This motivates the exploration of new arenas of measurement of efficiency to facilitate policy decisions and address technological relationships. This research presents five modifications of the traditional DEA technique to give a more realistic and comprehensive score of production efficiency considering both, desirable and undesirable outputs. The models address the following problems: (i) technological dependency between desirable and undesirable outputs; (ii) decision-maker's preferences over inputs, desirable outputs and undesirable output performance and finally (iii) conflicting production objectives through a formulation that uses Goal Programming in conjunction with DEA, a concept known as GoDEA. / Master of Science

This thesis employs a parametric input distance function that incorporates both desirable and undesirable outputs to provide a more complete representation of the production technology. Based on the Shephard (1970) theory of duality, we derive the shadow prices of undesirable outputs in the Czech energy sector on the data over the period 2002 - 2007. The medians of our shadow prices estimates are 8374, 1198, 2805, 6051 and 8549 € per ton of PM, SO2, NOx, CO and VOC, respectively. We decompose shadow prices estimates and test the hypotheses that the marginal abatement cost decline over time; that marginal abatement cost rice with the declining emission level; and that marginal abatement cost rice with declining emission rate. Key Words: shadow prices, distance function, undesirable outputs, marginal abatement cost JEL classification: C61, D24, Q53

This study implements radial and non-radial Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models to assess eco-efficiency and eco-productivity of the 50 states in the United States in 2018. The models are based on three inputs (capital stock, employment, and energy consumption), a single desirable output (real gross domestic product) and a single undesirable output variable (CO2 emissions). The radial DEA models reveal that at least 32 states are operated efficiently. Five states perform at the most optimal scale size, whereas 17 states have considerable potential to boost their productive efficiencies by enlarging available resources, and 28 states are overinvested in their input variables given their current output levels. The non-radial DEA models show that, overall, the states’ capital efficiency is very high, whereas energy and emission efficiencies are very low. The states’ eco-productivity is relatively higher than the eco-efficiency levels. In the second stage of the analysis, non-parametric statistical tests and Tobit regressions are conducted for further investigation. According to the non-parametric statistical test, high capital stock, labor force, and energy usage do not affect the states’ productive efficiency. However, states with low carbon dioxide emissions have significantly higher eco-efficiency and eco-productivity levels. The Tobit regression results illustrate that nuclear power and renewable energy consumption significantly affect the states’ relative efficiencies.

This theoretical and empirical thesis with title Influence of experiential education to clients youth club, it is dealing with the topic of the experiential education and the topic of youth club in the theoretical part. The practical part then connects these areas to the practical example. Using qualitative interviews with participants, we answer to the question: What is the significance for their development are aware of the trip participants with experiential education components, organized NZDM Dixie? Keywords Experiential education Experience Reflexion Youth club Endandered children and youth Socially undesirable phenomena

Darbo tikslas – įvertinti pacientų nuomonę ir požiūrį apie atliekamų paslaugų saugą PSP grandyje. Uždaviniai: Išanalizuoti pacientų nuomonę apie atliekamų medicininių paslaugų saugą PSP įstaigoje. Įvertinti paciento požiūrį apie gydymo vaistais saugumą. Išanalizuoti, paciento ir gydytojo tarpusavio pasitikėjimo aspektus, siekiant efektyvaus ir saugaus gydymo. Ištirti pacientų požiūrį į nepageidaujamų įvykių priežastis ir jų registravimo sistemą. Tyrimo metodika. Kiekybinis momentinis tyrimas. Tyrimo laikas: 2013 m. sausio - balandžio mėn. Tyrimo vieta - UAB „Šilainių šeimos sveikatos centras“. Tiriamoji imtis 378 respondentai. Atsako dažnis - 94,5 proc. Rezultatai. Respondentams svarbus sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų prieinamumas ir jų savalaikiškumas (22,49 proc. ir 20,37 proc., atitinkamai). 63,49 proc. pacientų žino, kas yra pacientų sauga, todėl vertina komunikavimą su gydytoju, teiraujasi apie paskirtus vaistus, jų pašalines reakcijas, domisi paskirtu gydymu. 38,89 proc. respondentų nuomonė apie antibiotikų skyrimo pagrįstumą yra teigiama, o juos vartoja pagal gydytojo rekomendacijas. Bendravimo tarp personalo ir paciento analizė, parodė, kad visais analizuotais atvejais tarpusavio bendravimas tarp personalo ir paciento yra vertinamas pakankamai gerai. Jaunesni respondentai žymiai dažniau nei vyresni linkę reikšti savo nuomonę, dažniau teiraujasi apie savo sveikatą, dalyvauja jiems svarbių sprendimų priėmime. Respondentai mano, kad dažniausia... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Objective of the work – to assess the patients’ opinion and attitude to the safety in the primary health care. Tasks: To analyze the patients’ opinion about the safety of medical services provided in the primary health care facilities. To evaluate the patient’s attitude to the safety of conservative treatment. To analyze the aspects of mutual trust of doctor and patient in order to achieve effective and safe treatment. To examine the patients’ attitude to the reasons of undesirable events and their registration system. Research methodology. Quantitative survey. Study time: January-April 2013. Place of research – Silainiai Family Health Center Ltd. Analyzed sample – 378 respondents. Response frequency – 94,5 percent. Results. The respondents find the accessability and timeliness of the health care services important (22,49 percent and 20,37 percent accordingly). 63,49 percent of the patients are familiar with the safety of patients, thus they appreciate communication with the doctor, inquire about the prescribed medicine, their side effects, and show interest in the prescribed treatment. 38,89 –percent of respondents think that prescription of antibiotics is reasonable and they use antibiotics according to the recommendations of the doctor. The analysis of the communication of the patient and the doctor revealed that in all the analyzed cases the interrelations between the staff and the patient are evaluated quite well. The younger respondents tend to... [to full text]

The thesis called "Life attitudes and values of selected groups of adolescents" deals with comparison of changes through longitudinal study in chosen indicators of value orientation and actual life attitudes of adolescents, who are situated in educational institution and being at the same time students of high school preparing themselves for future career. The results are compared with the survey, which was carried out between the years 2009 - 2010. The arrangement of gained data has a character of comparative study, which evaluates an occurrence of certain aspects in respondents' hierarchy of values and maps their shift in a certain period of time. The theoretical part is concerned with attitudes and value orientation, their elements and formations; furthermore it structures a phenomenon of adolescence in general, which is compared in selected indicators with specifically selected groups, which are the subject of the survey. For a better insight into the problematic, the conclusion of the theoretical part specifies an environment of an institutional education and its basic characteristics. The issue is observed from pedagogical, psychological and anthropological point of view. These views offer treatises about possibilities and resources affecting an education in devices for juveniles, whose...

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Sustainability has become an important topic in many parts of society. However, companies struggle to translate it into their processes. If an individual values sustainability but is not able to fulfill these values an individual may feel a discrepancy; it may force individuals to feel an (in)congruence in their identity, leading to the question, How does sustainability identity (dis)congruence affect commitment? To answer the question a theoretical model was developed from different nuances of identity theory and organizational commitment. A mixed-method was used to capture the data. The results indicate that dependent on commitment style, the organization may override their personal sustainability identities. Our observations indicate that affective committed individuals choose to justify both personal and organizational actions in order to mitigate value incongruent behaviors. The thesis ends with a chapter of managerial recommendations. / <p><strong>Grade</strong>: Pass with distinction (VG)</p>

本文以資料包絡分析法衡量2004年第一季至2008年第三季台灣商業銀行之效率與生產力，並以其代表銀行之經營績效。不同於過去文獻之處在於本文以前瞻之觀點（沈中華，2005）求出放款預期損失以衡量放款風險，作為放款過程中的非意欲產出。本文並利用Ray and Desli（1997）架構拆解Malmquist總要素生產力指數，探討銀行績效變動之來源，此外，亦將該拆解結果與Färe et al.（1994）拆解方式比較，發現在技術變動部分有明顯不同。本文並探討影響銀行效率之因素以及檢定不同類型銀行之生產力表現是否有顯著差異。 / The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency and productivity change of Taiwan’s banks over 2004Q1-2008Q3 using data envelopment analysis. Unlike the literature of the past, this paper uses the forward-looking viewpoint to derive expected losses from loans to measure the credit risk. In addition, the loan expected loss is thought of as an undesirable output in the estimation of efficiency and productivity. On the other hand, this paper uses a VRS frontier benchmark (Ray and Desli, 1997) to analyze the sources of productivity change. This paper also compares this result with that of Färe et al.（1994）decomposition, and finds that the estimated technical changes of two approaches are significantly different. Further, this paper analyzes the factors influencing banks’ efficiency, and investigates the productivity differences between different ownerships.