173 research outputs found
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva presenting as ankylosing spondylitis
No full textM. Dugar, V. Limaye, L. G. Cleland and M. J. Aher
FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY MEANS OF PUPPET DOLLS
No full textV diplomski nalogi z naslovom Z lutko spoznavamo naravno okolje je predstavljeno projektno delo z naslovom "Kdo lahko onesnažuje travnik?". Projekt posega na področje spoznavanja naravnega okolja in lutkarstva.
Teoretični del s predstavljenim projektom temelji na okoljski vzgoji, njenem pomenu, ciljih in nalogah, ki se odražajo v kurikulumu za vrtce. V funkciji nadaljnje uporabe (ne reciklaže) je predstavljen odpadni material iz gospodinjstev. Tako so nekatere vrste odpadnega materiala zaradi nekaterih lastnosti primerne za izdelavo lutk ali scene za gledališke predstave. Podrobneje je opisan tudi postopek izdelave lutk iz odpadnega materiala, predstavljene so možnosti igre z lutko, pomen lutke v otrokovem razvoju in ustvarjalnost otrok ob tem.
V praktičnem delu diplomske naloge je opisan projekt, ki se je odvijal v vrtcu Lavra v Murski Soboti, z ugotovitvami in odgovori na zastavljena raziskovalna vprašanja.The diploma paper Familiarization with the natural environment by means of puppet dolls represents the project work Who may pollute the meadow? The project reflects on the field of familiarization with the the natural environment and puppet dolls.
The theoretical part presents the project and is based on environmental education, its meaning, goals and tasks, which can be seen in the pre-school curriculum. It also presents options for further use (not recycling) of household waste material. Some waste can then be re-used as raw material for making puppet dolls or stage scenery. The empirical part also includes a detailed description of the process of making puppet dolls out of waste material, the possibilities for their usage in plays, and the importance the dolls have in the development of a child and their creativity.
The practical part of the diploma paper presents the project conducted in the pre-school unit Lavra in Murska Sobota, including the conclusions and answers to the set research question
Non-prejudicial disclosure of the invention - grace period
No full textPričujoče diplomsko delo obravnava vprašanje milostnega obdobja na področju patentov. Avtorica najprej predstavi značilnosti patenta in kriterij novosti izuma, kot najpomembnejši pogoj za pridobitev patenta, nato pa pojem milostnega obdobja, njegove značilnosti in prednosti, ki jih prinaša izumiteljem. Natančneje je analizirana ureditev milostnega obdobja v ZDA, pri čemer je posebna pozornost posvečena zakonu Leahy – Smith America Invents Act, ki je uvedel spremembe tega instituta, in ureditev v Evropi, kjer imamo v zvezi s patentom na voljo institut neškodljivega razkritja izuma, milostno obdobje pa je priznano le na področju modelov. Avtorica ugotavlja, da bi v Evropi bi bilo smiselno uvesti milostno obdobje pred vložitvijo patentne prijave vsaj v obliki t. i. »varnostne mreže«, saj so evropski izumitelji v deprivilegiranem položaju v primerjavi z izumitelji, ki delujejo v sistemih, kjer se lahko zanašajo na obdobje milosti. Uvedba milostnega obdobja je naslednji korak, ki ga narekuje nadaljevanje postopka harmonizacije mednarodnega patentnega prava.Diploma thesis discusses the question of grace period for patents. The author starts by presenting the characteristics of patents and requirement of novelty as the single most important condition for obtaining a patent. The author further presents the concept of grace period, its characteristics and benefits it has for inventors, which is followed by a close analysis of grace period in the USA, with special attention being paid to Leahy – Smith America invents act, which introduced changes to grace period. Lastly, the author presents the concept of non-prejudicial disclosure of the invention and grace period for models that we have in Europe. The author establishes that grace period should be introduced in Europe at least in the form of »safety net« grace period, since current regulation puts European inventors in a deprivileged position as opposed to inventors that work in the systems where they can rely on grace period. Introducing grace period in Europe is the next step that is required under the process of harmonisation of international patent law
Excessive prices in pharmaceutical sector as a type of abuse of a dominant position
No full textMagistrsko delo obravnava vprašanje zlorabe prevladujočega položaja v farmacevtskem sektorju, in sicer z zaračunavanjem pretirano visokih cen za zdravila. Avtorica najprej predstavi člen 102 Pogodbe o delovanju EU, ki prevladujočim podjetjem prepoveduje zlorabiti svoj položaj, nato pa značilnosti te oblike omejevalnega ravnanja, njeno presojanje in posebnosti samega farmacevtskega sektorja, ki vplivajo na visoke cene zdravil. Temu sledi predstavitev pojma pretirano visokih cen, kot oblike zlorabe prevladujočega položaja, opisane pa so tudi različne metode presojanja pretirano visokih cen. Nadaljnje so analizirani (sicer redki) primeri, v katerih so konkurenčni organi odločili, da so farmacevtska podjetja zaračunavala pretirano visoke cene za zdravila in tako zlorabila svoj prevladujoč položaj, nato pa so predstavljeni še ukrepi, ki lahko poleg konkurenčnopravnega nadzora vplivajo na nižje cene zdravil. Avtorica ugotavlja, da je moč zaznati naraščajoče zanimanje konkurenčnih organov za preganjanje izkoriščevalskih oblik zlorab farmacevtskih podjetij, kamor spada zaračunavanje pretirano visokih cen za zdravila. Pri presojanju, ali so cene pretirano visoke, so konkurenčni organi v obravnavanih odločbah sledili dvostopenjskemu testu, ki ga je Sodišče EU predstavilo v zadevi United Brands, zato se je ta metoda izkazala kot primerna za presojanje neupravičeno visokih cen farmacevtskih proizvodov. Za samo preprečevanje zaračunavanja previsokih cen za zdravila pa je smiselno konkurenčnopravni nadzor kombinirati še z drugimi ukrepi, kot so povečanje izravnalne kupne moči, ustrezna regulacija cen zdravil in povečanje transparentnosti glede stroškov farmacevtskih podjetij.Master\u27s thesis addresses the issue of abuse of a dominant position in the pharmaceutical sector by charging excessively high prices for medicines. The author starts by presenting the Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which prohibits dominant undertakings from abusing their position, and describes the characteristics of the abuse of dominant position, its assessment and the particularities of the pharmaceutical sector, which affect the high prices of medicines. The author further presents the concept of excessive pricing as a form of abuse of a dominant position and describes various methods for assessing the excessiveness of the prices. This is followed by a close analysis of (rare) cases where the competition authorities decided that pharmaceutical companies were guilty of charging excessively high prices for medicines and thus abused their dominant position. Lastly, the author presents measures that may, in addition to competition enforcement, help in lowering the prices of medicines. The author establishes that there is a growing interest of competition authorities in investigating exploitative forms of abuse by pharmaceutical companies, which includes excessive pricing of medicines. In assessing whether the prices were excessively high, the competition authorities followed the two-stage test presented by the Court of Justice of the EU in the case United Brands. This method therefore proved to be appropriate for the assessment of excessive prices of pharmaceutical products. In order to prevent unduly high prices of medicines, however, it is appropriate to combine competition law enforcement with other measures, such as increasing countervailing buyer power, appropriate price regulation of medicines and increasing transparency regarding the costs of pharmaceutical companies
Late-onset variant fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva leading to misdiagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis
No full textChristopher P. Barnett, Manish Dugar and Eric A. Haa
Priority and fair scheduling in wireless local area networks
No full textDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-31).Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.In recent years, fair scheduling and quality of service (QoS) in Wireless Local Area Networks have received significant attention from the networking research community. This thesis presents a distributed Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for priority and fair scheduling in a Wireless Local Area Network. The proposed protocol supports multiple priorities, as well as a mechanism (using weights) for controlling the way bandwidth is shared by flows within a given priority level
Investigating the effect of human behaviour on the energy performance of 3 typical Dutch residential dwellings using sensors and dynamic performance modelling
No full textBuildings don’t use energy: People do. Do highly efficient homes really save energy? Counter-intuitively, dwellings that use less energy have low energy efficiency, and those with higher energy consumption have higher efficiency. Moreover, even accurate building energy simulation for multiple buildings could not predict the actual energy consumption. This is termed as the ’energy performance gap’. The regulatory energy performance gap is found to deviate by +34% with an SD of 55% based on 62 case buildings. In certain cases, the energy performance gap due to occupant behaviour was 300%. This is attributed to factors such as - climate, indoor design criteria, building energy service systems, building envelope, building operation maintenance and occupant behaviour. Significant progress in all the stated aspects has been made, except the latter - occupant behaviour.Occupant behavior is complex, stochastic and multi-disciplinary. Accounting for it is challenging. Typical human interventions like heating/cooling, opening/closing windows, use of sunshades, hot water used, number of electrical appliances, lighting and cooking (gas/electric) play an important role in predicting the actual energy usage. Over-simplification and negligence of these interventions during the design phase is responsible for the energy performance gap. This study aims to study the impact of occupant behaviour on the energy consumption of three Dutch residential dwellings with an emphasis on data-informed decisions and predictions. Three candidates - senior couple, young couple and family were selected out of 13 interested candidates. Their houses were observed for 2 weeks from 7th - 21st of March 2019 with the help of sensors and meters. This study proposes a novel, flexible and inexpensive method of data collection with micro-controllers and sensors. The cost of one set-up being as low as € 14. With the help of actual data and the dynamic performance modelling tool - IES(VE) 2018, this study informs the readers about the energy distribution in low and highly energy efficient homes. Comparison of the actual energy consumption with energy standards like EPC and BENG has been made to study their reliability. It also discusses the possibility of sensors and actuators replacing sophisticated energy-siphoning HVAC systems. Lastly, the impact of the three households’ behaviour on their energy consumption has been quantified.Civil Engineering | Building Engineerin
Legal due diligence in the process of buying a company
No full textSkrbni pregled podjetja je definiran kot skupek opravil, ki so usmerjena v temeljit pregled podjetja, z namenom sprejetja odločitve o nameravani transakciji. Čeprav temelji na preteklem poslovanju, pridobljeni rezultati naročniku osvetlijo pogled v prihodnost podjetja. Predstavlja enega izmed pomembnejših korakov (če ne celo najpomembnejšega) v postopku nakupa podjetja, saj pogosto prevesi jeziček na tehnici in kupca prepriča v nakup, ali pa ga od njega odvrne. Ne glede na njegovo pomembnost, institut v večini pravnih redov ni urejen s pozitivnopravno zakonodajo. Posledično številni, ki se prvič srečajo z njim, ne razumejo povsem njegovega pomena oz. ne vedo, na kaj morajo biti pri njegovi izvedbi pozorni. Odgovore na ta vprašanja želi avtorica razrešiti v tem magistrskem delu. Pri tem se osredotoča predvsem na skrbni pravni pregled v postopkih nakupa podjetja.
Avtorica v začetku svojega dela najprej definira pojem skrbnega pregleda in na kratko predstavi njegov namen ter glavne značilnosti, nato pa svojo pozornost osredotoči na pravni del skrbnega pregleda v postopkih nakupa podjetja. Pri tem želi bralcem na čim bolj praktičen način predstaviti natančen potek in vsebino skrbnega pravnega pregleda podjetja, ki vodi v sprejem pravilne odločitve o nameravani investiciji. Skozi celotno delo avtorica izpostavlja večplastnost vprašanj, ki izhajajo iz obravnavanega instituta. Gre predvsem za vprašanja v zvezi z njegovo dovolitvijo (kdo je za to pristojen, kdaj je dopustna zavrnitev, ali ima kupec pravico do skrbnega pregleda), problemom glede razkritja informacij, ki so opredeljene kot poslovne skrivnosti družbe in tistih, ki so po ZTFI definirane kot notranje informacije, ter vprašanjem odgovornosti oseb, ki so vključene v skrbni pravni pregled. Prav tako avtorica posveti pozornost primerjavi skrbnega pregleda v delniški družbi in družbi z omejeno odgovornostjo ter obrazloži vzrok za obstoječe razlike. Njen končni cilj je predstaviti splošno ureditev poteka in vsebine instituta, razjasniti dileme, ki se pojavljajo v zvezi z institutom ter preveriti, ali bi lahko institut v neki meri tudi uredili s pozitivnopravnimi predpisi.Due diligence is defined as a set of tasks, that leads into a thorough review of the company in order to take a decision on the intended transaction. Although it is based on past business, the results give the subscriber a clear picture of the company\u27s future. Considering that the due diligence results usually tip the balance and persuades the buyer into the purchase, or discourages it from it, it represents one of the most important steps (if not the most important) in the process of buying a company. Regardless of its importance, in most jurisdictions the institute is not governed by a positive law. Consequently, many people do not fully understand its significance, or they do not know how to perform it. In this master\u27s thesis, the author wishes to solve these questions. In doing so, it focuses primarily on legal due diligence in the company\u27s acquisition procedures.At the beginning of her master\u27s thesis, the author defines the concept of due diligence and represents its main characteristics. After that she focuses on the legal due diligence in the procedures for purchasing the company. In this context she wants to practically present the course and the content of legal due diligence, which leads the buyer to the right decision on the intended investment. Throughout the master\u27s thesis, the author highlights the multitude of issues arising from the institute. These are issues related to its authorization (who has jurisdiction to adopt the decision about requested due diligence, when can the authority reject the request for due diligence, does the buyer has a right to preform due diligence), the problem of disclosing information that are defined as trade secrets and those that are defined as internal information by the Financial Instruments Market Act, and the questions of the responsibility of the persons involved in due diligence. The author also devotes attention to comparison between a due diligent review in a joint stock company and a due diligent review in a limited liability company and explains the reasons for the existing differences. Her objective is to present the general arrangement of the course and the content of the institute, to clarify the dilemmas that have arisen in connection with the due diligence, and to check if the institute could to some extent, also be included in a positive law
Focal Points and Economic Efficiency: Role of Relative Label Salience
No full textWe experimentally analyze efficiency-enhancing power of focal points in 2x2 Pareto-ranked coordination games. We find that the power of focal labels, when attached to the Pareto-efficient strategy, to promote efficiency critically depends upon the alternative strategy’s label salience. When the relative salience of our focal labels is considerably weaker, focal labels mostly fail to raise expected efficiency beyond the mixed-strategy prediction. But when the relative salience of our focal labels is markedly stronger, focal labels raise expected efficiency much beyond the mixed-strategy prediction. Furthermore, we find that focal labels’ efficiency-enhancing power decreases as a measure of risk-dominance increases across games.
Conclusion of B2B contracts at auctions
No full textMagistrsko diplomsko delo proučuje obveznost sklenitve pogodbe pri razpisu licitacije. Delo se ukvarja predvsem s prostovoljnimi licitacijami, saj so te v slovenskem pravnem redu precej ohlapno urejene. Središče pozornosti bo predvsem določba 623. člena OZ, ki sicer ureja vabilo k licitaciji o ceni del. Glavni vprašanji, ki bosta predstavljali izhodišče obravnave, sta dve. Prvo je ali omenjena določba velja tudi za javno dražbo ali zgolj za zavezujoče zbiranje ponudb. Drugo vprašanje, ki predstavlja temeljni problem tega dela, je ali pri prostovoljni javni dražbi in zbiranju ponudb sicer obstoji obveznost skleniti pogodbo. Magistrsko diplomsko delo ugotavlja, da je vprašanje obveznosti sklenitve pogodbe pri razpisu licitacije neurejeno, zaradi česar se v praksi lahko pojavijo problemi pri razlagi obveznosti strank, ki nastopijo z razpisom licitacije.
V začetku magistrskega diplomskega dela je najprej predstavljena teorija o licitacijskih načinih sklepanja gospodarskih pogodb. Nadalje so predstavljene lastnosti posameznih načinov, kot so javna dražba, javno zbiranje ponudb in javna ponudba. Nato se delo osredotoči na razlago vabila k licitaciji za sklenitev podjemne pogodbe in na problematiko določbe 623. člena OZ.The Master\u27s thesis examines the obligation to conclude a contract at an auction. The thesis mainly focuses on voluntary auctions, since these are not properly set by Slovenian law. The discussion centres on the auction notice. There are two main questions that this thesis focuses on. The first one is the interpretation of the article 623 of the Obligations Code. The second one is whether there is an obligation to conclude a contract at a voluntary auction after the notice has been given. The Master thesis establishes that the answer to this question is not adequately stipulated in the Slovenian law. The consequence of that is that there is uneven interpretation of the duties the parties have when an auction is held.
In the beginning of the thesis the author gives theoretical basis on the subject. Further on, the specific types of an auction are presented. The last segment focuses on the problem given in the beginning, the interpretation of the article 623 of the Obligations Code and whether there is an obligation to conclude a contract with the best auctioneer
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