My generation(s): cycles, branding and renewal in E4’s 'Skins'

In an era of fragmenting audience and diversified viewing platforms, youth television needs to move fast and make a lot of noise in order to capture and maintain the attention of the teenage viewer. British ensemble youth drama Skins (E4, 2007-2013) calls attention to itself with its high doses of drugs, chaotic parties and casual attitudes towards sexuality. It also moves quickly, shedding its cast every two seasons as they graduate from school, then renewing itself with a fresh generation of 16 year old characters - three cycles in total. This essay will explore the challenges of maintaining audience connections whilst resetting the narrative clock with each cycle. I suggest that the development of the Skins brand was key to the programme’s success. Branding is particularly important for an audience demographic who increasingly consume their television outside of broadcast flow and essential for a programme which renews its cast every two years. The Skins brand operate as a framework, as the central audience draw, have the strength to maintain audience connections when it ‘graduates’ those characters they identify with at the close of each cycle and starts again from scratch. This essay will explore how the Skins brand constructs a cohesive identity across its multiple generations, yet also consider how the cyclic form poses challenges for the programme’s representations and narratives. This cyclic form allows Skins to repeatedly reach out to a new audience who comes of age alongside each new generation and to reflect shifts in British youth culture. Thus Skins remains ever-youthful, seeking to maintain an at times painfully hip identity. Yet the programme has a somewhat schizophrenic identity, torn between its roots in British realist drama and surrealist comedy and an escapist aspirational glamour that shows the influence of US Teen TV. This combination results in a tendency towards a heightened melodrama at odds with Skins claims for authenticity - its much vaunted teenage advisors and young writers - with the cyclic structure serving to amplify the programme’s excessive tendencies. Each cycle wrestles with a need for continuity and familiarity - partly maintained through brand, aesthetic and setting - yet a desire for freshness and originality, to assert difference from what has gone before. I suggest that the inevitable need for each cycle to ‘top’ what has gone before results in a move away from character-based intimacy and the everyday to high-stakes drama and violence which sits uncomfortably within British youth television.

Amor intellectualis diaboli

An essay on love and liberty in the writings of Gillian Rose, Marquis de Sade, Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, written in response to the following provocation: "Encore un effort. A banderole publicitaire carries the breathless descriptions of the new fashions for 1968, when anything goes and details place the accent on this or that part of the body and its adornment: a pair of shoes that come off in a struggle, for example, the heel of one snapped off; a striking checked shirt, with two buttons undone; a light-coloured trench coat (perfect for a May day); a blouson-style jacket that allows easy freedom of movement; place casual slacks worn with an ankle boot. Beauty is in the streets as fashion becomes democratic (or so say the houses of haute couture), while the philosopher of the boudoir extorts us once again to make an effort if we wish to be republicans. Here, to an assembled crowd of sensitive men and women, which petit-maitre or dangerous man of principles would suggest that the only moral system to reinforce political revolution is that of libertinage, the revenge of nature's course against the aberrations of society?"

Ny förpackning för Renat Brännvin åt Vin & Sprit AB

The purpose of this degree project is to come up with a new package to Renat Brännvin for »Vin & SpritAB« and make the product more attractive on the market of bars, restaurants and hotels. The commissionhas included to decide the material of the package, whether it´s possible to manufacture the productand to make an estimation of the costs.The conditions that »Vin & Sprit AB« set up was to make the product attractive to a younger targetgroup, in this case people from 20 to 40 years old. As Renat Brännvin is considered to be a product of firstclass it´s of great importance that the package reflects the look of a premium product.At first we looked at the history of the company »Vin & Sprit AB« and Renat Brännvin. We decidedthat the package schould consist of a bottle, glasses and a device used when serving the liquor. To getinspiration before sketching we studied different kinds of bottles, glasses and serving devices. We madea lot of different sketches to start with after which we consult with Ingrid Florén – our supervisor from»Vin & Sprit AB« – agreed on one. That one we developed and we made more accurate sketches in 3DStudioMAX.At last we looked at the opportunities to produce the bottle by questioning different manufacturers. Wewanted to know the limitations to consider when making a bottle.

Vikten av säkra nätverk

The purpose of this thesis is to show how to use vulnerability testing to identify and search for security flaws in networks of computers. The goal is partly to give a casual description of different types of methods of vulnerability testing and partly to present the method and results from a vulnerability test. A document containing the results of the vulnerability test will be handed over and a solution to the found high risk vulnerabilities. The goal is also to carry out and present this work as a form of a scholarly work.The problem was to show how to perform vulnerability tests and identify vulnerabilities in the organization's network and systems. Programs would be run under controlled circumstances in a way that they did not burden the network. Vulnerability tests were conducted sequentially, when data from the survey was needed to continue the scan.A survey of the network was done and data in the form of operating system, among other things, were collected in the tables. A number of systems were selected from the tables and were scanned with Nessus. The result was a table across the network and a table of found vulnerabilities. The table of vulnerabilities has helped the organization to prevent these vulnerabilities by updating the affected computers. Also a wireless network with WEP encryption, which is insecure, has been detected and decrypted.

Likelihood estimate of treatment effects under selection bias

We consider methods for estimating causal effects of treatment in the situation where the individuals in the treatment and the control group are self selected, i.e., the selection mechanism is not randomized. In this case, simple comparison of treated and control outcomes will not generally yield valid estimates of casual effects. The propensity score method is frequently used for the evaluation of treatment effect. However, this method is based onsome strong assumptions, which are not directly testable. In this paper, we present an alternative modeling approachto draw causal inference by using share random-effect model and the computational algorithm to draw likelihood based inference with such a model. With small numerical studies and a real data analysis, we show that our approach gives not only more efficient estimates but it is also less sensitive to model misspecifications, which we consider, than the existing methods.

Social Media, Privacy, and the Academic Classroom

We live in a world full of social media and portable technology that allows for the effortless access to, and sharing of, information. While this constant connection can be viewed as a benefit by some, there have been recent, sometimes embarrassing, instances throughout the world that show just how quickly any expectation of privacy can be destroyed. From pictures of poorly dressed shoppers at a grocery store to customers recording interactions with their servers at restaurants, the internet is full of media (all with the potential to go viral) created and posted without consent of all parties captured. This risk to privacy is not just limited to retail and restaurants, as being in any situation amongst people puts you at risk, including being in an academic classroom. Anyone providing in-class instruction, be they professor or librarian, can be at risk for this type of violation of privacy. In addition, the students in the class are also at risk for being unwittingly captured by their classmates. To combat this, colleges and universities are providing recommendations to faculty regarding this issue, such as including suggested syllabus statements about classroom recording by students. In some instances, colleges and universities have instituted formal policies with strict penalties for violators. An overview of current privacy law as it relates to an academic setting is discussed as well as recent, newsworthy instances of student recording in the classroom and the resulting controversies. Additionally, there is a discussion highlighting various recommendations and formal policies that have been issued and adopted by colleges and universities around the country. Finally, advice is offered about what librarians can do to educate students, faculty, and staff about the privacy rights of others and the potential harm that could come from posting to social media and the open web images and video of others without their consent.

Interview with Martha "Marty" Grigsby

In her December 10, 2012 interview with Robert Ryals, Martha Grigsby detailed her thoughts and memories of her time at Winthrop University. Grigsby shares the story of how she was able to attend Winthrop and the members of her community who assisted her in this process. Included are details of working in the dining hall on a scholarship, how relationships were formed amongst students, and how the students navigated Winthrop’s strict rules. Grigsby concludes her interview by stating how Winthrop helped her career as an educator and how she has stayed involved as an alumna. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

Interview with Joyce Lineberger

In her May 21, 2013 interview with Martha Manning, Joyce Lineberger details her life as a Winthrop undergraduate student from 1975-1977. Lineberger shares her experience with campus life: parking, dining, uniforms, and traditions. Lineberger also includes information on supportive teachers from her program but also an incident when she was accused of plagiarism. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

Mapas de Conhecimento: Em Busca de um Instrumento de Aplicação nas Organizações para Operacionalização da Gestão do Conhecimento

The present work consists on the development and exploration of a knowledge mapping model. It is aimed in presenting and testing that model in an exploratory manner for the operationalization in theoretical terms and its practical application. For this proposal, it approaches ¿knowledge management¿ by three dimensions of management: processes control, results control and leadership. Assuming the inherently personal character of knowledge and admitting the impossibility for the management to command the individuals knowledge mental processes, this study states the possibility for management to control the organizations information processes, to state and to monitor the objectives and to lead people. Therefore, the developed tool searches to graphically represent the people¿s knowledge, which becomes, consequently, information. Also it evaluates the individual¿s maturity against the identified knowledge and prescribes, according to the Situational Leadership Theory, a style of leadership in compliance with the respective maturities. The knowledge map considered here translates the graphical representation of the relevant knowledge that is said to reach the objectives of the organization. That fact allows the results management for two reasons: first, the knowledge items are directly or indirectly connected to an objective and second, the knowledge map developed indicates a importance grade of the identified knowledge for the main objective stated. The research strategy adopted to explore the model of knowledge mapping and to test its applicability, also identifying its possible contributions and limitations, is the Actionresearch. Following the research strategy¿s prescribed stages, the knowledge map, as considered by this study, was applied in a software development company to hospitals, clinics and restaurants management which is called ¿Tergus Systems and Consulting¿. More precisely, the knowledge map was applied in the customer support company¿s area for hospitals. The research¿s empirical evidences had concluded that the model is applicable with low level of complexity, but with great demand of time. The more important contributions are related to the identification of the relevant knowledge to the department objectives in set with a prescription of the knowledge capture and transference necessities, as well as, the orientation for the appropriate leadership style for each subordinate related to the knowledge item in question.

Gestão de conhecimentos e desempenho: evidências de uma amostra de Organizações do Terceiro Setor no Rio de Janeiro

This dissertation examines the implications of the organizational capability for the performance of organizations of the Third Sector. That relationship is examined in a sample of five organizations with headquarters in the city of the Rio de Janeiro, and acting in peculiar segments, like health, childhood and adolescence, sustainable development, environment and social inclusion. The organizational capability was studied from existing analytical frameworks available in the international literature, and adapted for this dissertation. The kinds of empirical evidences are quantitative and qualitative on first hand, and were obtained by multiple techniques: interviews, direct-site observation, exam of documents and casual meetings. These evidences indicators were examined in used in two levels: individual, specific of each one of the organizations, and general, common to all the organizations researched. Concerning organizational capability, the exam of the empirical evidences revealed that the organizations that had had the most significant development in terms of the dimensions identified by Tremblay (1998) as of high performance - that¿s the case of CIEDS and CDI -, were the ones with the best organizational performance. Another relevant point shown by the evidences is the importance of the dimension management attitude to human resources development, similar to previous studies presented by Tremblay (1998), Leonard-Barton (1998) and Figueiredo (2003). The study also shows that the organizations which developed projects aiming at the review and the improvement of managerial practices, approaching them to the models adopted by private companies, had the best performances among the researched group.

Uma avaliação do acesso à qualidade de vida dos moradores dos bairros Rubem Berta e Moinhos de Vento, em Porto Alegre/RS

De acordo com o Censo Demográfico do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), realizado no ano de 2000 (PMPA, 2004a, 2004b), existem grandes disparidades socioeconômicas entre os bairros Rubem Berta e Moinhos de Vento, em Porto Alegre/RS. Como exemplo, o rendimento médio mensal dos responsáveis pelo domicílio nos bairros referidos, captados em 2000, foi de 29,33 salários mínimos no bairro Moinhos de Vento e de 4,05 salários mínimos no bairro Rubem Berta. Inicialmente, elege-se o quesito renda para, então, partir-se em busca de dimensões mais abrangentes em termos de qualidade de vida. Objetiva-se verificar o acesso à qualidade de vida dos habitantes dos bairros Rubem Berta e Moinhos de Vento realizando-se um estudo comparativo entre os dois bairros pesquisados, por meio da Abordagem da Capacitação e, mais especificamente, das capacitações centrais de Martha Nussbaum (2000), como também sob a impressão dos próprios sujeitos estudados. Discute-se também a possibilidade do enfoque da capacitação contribuir para a elaboração e avaliação de programas sociais. Uma pesquisa de campo caracteriza o tipo de estudo. O método de investigação é a análise interpretativa, fundamentada em entrevistas baseadas nas dez capacitações centrais de Nussbaum (2000), bem como nos métodos comparativo e observacional casual. As entrevistas foram realizadas junto a membros das associações de moradores dos bairros Rubem Berta (Associação Comunitária de Moradores do Conjunto Residencial Rubem Berta - AMORB) e Moinhos de Vento (Moinhos Vive). Como resultados, a pesquisa apresenta alguns elementos que levam a crer que seis blocos temáticos (dos dez abordados) sintetizam as maiores preocupações dos moradores do bairro Rubem Berta (saúde; violência; nutrição e habitação; planejamento familiar; educação, cultura e diversão; e meio ambiente), e que dois blocos temáticos (violência e meio-ambiente) constituem as maiores preocupações do bairro Moinhos de Vento.

Diagnóstico de microalbuminúria em pacientes com diabete melito

A microalbuminúria representa o primeiro estágio da nefropatia diabética (ND) e, além de prever a evolução para nefropatia clínica e insuficiência renal, é acompanhada de elevado risco de doença cardiovascular. Este trabalho discute o curso clínico, valores e procedimentos utilizados no diagnóstico da microalbuminúria em pacientes com diabete melito (DM). A progressão de microalbuminúria para nefropatia clínica é menor do que inicialmente suposto. O rastreamento da microalbuminúria deve ser realizado por ocasião do diagnóstico de DM tipo 2, em pacientes com DM tipo 1 após 5 anos de duração de DM e por ocasião da puberdade. A microalbuminúria é diagnosticada com valores de excreção urinária de albumina (EUA 24-h) entre 20-200 μg/min, embora valores elevados ainda dentro da faixa normal já sejam preditivos de nefropatia clínica. A concentração de albumina em amostra casual de urina, além de ser facilmente realizada, é o teste de maior acurácia e menor custo para o rastreamento da microalbuminúria. Contudo, o diagnóstico deve ser confirmado com EUA 24-h. Fitas reagentes para medida semi-quantitativa apresentam baixa acurácia, além de alto custo. No presente momento, a albuminúria é ainda o melhor teste para prever a instalação da nefropatia clínica.

Aprendizado Evolucionário, Inércia Inflacionária e Recessão em Desinflações Monetárias

Este artigo busca justificar a evidência casual de que desin‡ações monetárias tendem a ser acompanhadas de queda no produto utilizando-se doarcabouç odaTeoriados Jogos Evolucioná rios. A aplicaç ã odeste arcabouç otem oseu apeloporquecombinaduas hipóteses frequentemente apontadas como responsá veis pelo fato de que desin‡aç ões críveis têm custos: racionalidade limitada e falha de coordenaç ã o. A aná lise das desin‡aç õesconstitui-senaaná lisedatransiç ã oentredoisequilíbriosestacioná rios. A dinâmicadaeconomiaem direç ã oaonovoequilíbriodojogo deestabelecimentodepreç os édadapeladinâmicareplicadora, que usa uma regra de seleç ã o de estratégias muito simples: estratégias que apresentam desempenho piorque a média têm sua utilizaç ã o reduzida ao longo do tempo. O s custos da desin‡aç ã o em nosso modelo depende doquã orá pidoagentes passivos, que adotavam a estratégia ótima para o equilíbrio in‡acioná rio, se convertem em agentes ativos, que adotam estratégias maximizadoras duranteatransiç ã o.

Da administração de pessoal a administração estratégica de recursos humanos: evolução natural ou consequência de uma estratégia empresarial: um estudo de caso

Este trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar, através de um estudo de caso desenvolvido no Grupo Lachmann, por meio de entrevistas, questionários e workshops realizados junto à diretoria e aos funcionários, que a mudança eficaz ocorrida nas organizações a nível dos modelos de Administração de Recursos Humanos - ARH é fruto de uma estratégia empresarial. O Grupo Lachmann, líder na América Latina, no setor de agenciamento e transporte marítimo de mercadorias, viu-se diante de um impasse com o desaparecimento repentino de seu presidente: seria capaz de responder aos desafios de reestruturações internas, associados às pressões ambientais geradas pela crescente competitividade do setor? A expectativa era que sim. Mas como? Como mudar uma cultura organizacional sem descaracterizar-se? Como proceder a esta mudança e simultaneamente responder, com sucesso, às demandas crescentes de um mercado onde a concorrência se acirra a olhos vistos? A resposta a tais questionamentos foi sendo desenvolvida através de um processo de mudança planejada, onde a área de Recursos Humanos desempenhou um papel-chave realizando suas ações em sintonia com o planejamento estratégico da corporação e contribuindo para o alcance de seus objetivos. O resultado obtido na pesquisa, realizada no Grupo Lachmann, respaldado pelo exame bibliográfico, permite concluir que a ARH tem uma missão importante no contexto das organizações do mundo contemporâneo, porém sua eficácia está vinculada diretamente à integração de seu planejamento ao planejamento estratégico das organizações. Esta associação, por sua vez, não se faz de forma casual, mas é resultado de uma estratégia empresarial onde os aspectos de recursos humanos são projetados no planejamento estratégico da organização, fornecendo elementos valiosos para a tomada de decisão pela alta direção.

A marca temporal nos enunciados jornalísticos

Este trabalho objetivou descrever como são constituídos os enunciados temporais em Português Brasileiro, através da aplicação do Modelo casual da UFSC (1995). A partir de cenas coletadas do contexto esportivo jornalístico são analisados os enunciados temporais nos quais estão manifestos predicadores básicos e metafóricos e seus respectivos papéis temáticos, ou casos. É de interesse desse trabalho, também, estudar a relação temporal posterior estabelecida pelo conector depois e as nuances de sentido advindas do contexto para sua interpretação, que se instituem nas macrocenas selecionadas. Dessa forma, aplicou-se o modelo a 102 predicadores básicos, cuja natureza temporal foi confirmada; a 18 predicadores metafóricos, dos quais 13 efetuam movimento semântico do campo L para o T, e a 113 macrocenas, dentre as quais 75 foram interpretadas estabelecendo uma relação temporal posterior não-imediata entre os estados de coisas, evidenciada pela junção temporal associada à preposição de.