Outsiders in Town: Mobility, Inequality, Integration, and Exclusion in the Roman West

Scholarship on the scale, motivations and impact of local, regional, and long-distance mobility in the Roman World has increased significantly in the past decade. There has been a general tendency in the existing scholarship to lean towards a positive assessment of the interaction between the non-locals and the locals. This paper, however, wishes to zoom in on the issue of exclusion at the local level to contribute to the larger topic of mobility and inequality in the Roman World. The paper proposes to cover the following interconnected questions: What are the methodological challenges of studying exclusion? What kind of resistance might an immigrant or a resident alien encounter in his/her new place of residence? How might the immigrants/resident aliens\u27 experiences have been unequalized by diverse factors including ethnicity, gender, economic and social status, and so on? To what extent were the various forms of integration in fact triggered by or responding to mechanisms of exclusion

Grain Boundary Segregation in Nanocrystructured Metallic Materials

The aim of this chapter is to shed light on the effects of grain boundary segregation on microstructural evolution in nanostructured metallic materials as well as on their mechanical properties. Several key topics will be covered. First, a brief explanation of mechanical stress-driven grain growth in nanostructured Al, Ni, and Cu thin films will be provided in terms of a deformation mechanism map. It will become clear that the excess energy of grain boundaries enable the nanostructured metals to suffer from significant microstructure evolution via dislocation-boundary interactions during plastic deformation even at room temperature. Manipulation of grain boundary structures/properties via dopants segregation at grain boundaries to inhibit grain coalescence associated with remarkably enhanced mechanical properties is then discussed in three representative binary Cu-based systems, i.e., Cu-Zr, Cu-Al, and Cu-W. This is finally followed by a summary of this chapter

Norm effects on eating behaviour: the role of social identity

The main theme of the thesis was to examine the relationship between social influences and adults’ eating behaviour, in particular how social identity affects the norm influence on eating behaviour. Chapter One describes the general background and evaluates the research literature. Chapter Two reports the results of a longitudinal investigation of the relationship between perceived eating norms and self-reported food consumption among a student population. Chapter Three presents a pair of online studies that tested whether social norms predict eating and whether there is an interaction between norm effects and social identity in both a community and student population. Chapter Four presents the results of two laboratory-based experiments that examined the moderating effect of social identity on the relationship between social norm messaging and healthy /unhealthy food consumption using a remote-confederate design. Chapter Five reports the results of a laboratory study that examined the effect of manipulating social identity on social norm enhancement of eating behaviour. Chapter Six reviews all findings, reflects on the importance of completed work, and concludes that social influences on eating are robust and social identity plays a moderating role. The findings have implications for the development of norm-identity based interventions in promoting healthier dietary habits

Posouzení finanční pozice vybraného podniku

The financial analysis is based on the financial statements which are the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. A series of specialized analytical techniques and methods are used to conduct past and present fundraising activities, investment activities, business activities, etc. Economic management activities for analysis and evaluation of profitability, operational capability, and solvency. Financial analysis provides accurate information and evidence for companies' investors, creditors, operators and other organizations or individuals who care about the company to understand the past, evaluate the current situation of the company, and predict the future decision of the company. The goal of this bachelor thesis is to assess financial position of Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. to assess the financial status of the selected year. In the financial analysis, we used Great Wall Motor's 2013-2017 annual report as the selected data. The five parts of the sequence from theory to practice constitute the structure of this paper. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the entire paper. This section refers to the purpose and structure of the paper. Chapter 2 is the theoretical part. The theoretical section includes three basic financial reports, including a balance sheet, a profit and loss statement, and a cash flow statement. In addition, the theoretical analysis includes three main methods of financial analysis, including common size analysis and financial ratio analysis and pyramid decomposition involving equity returns. Chapter 3 introduces the basic background of Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd in the first place. Next, in this chapter, we analyze the financial status of Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. using the common common scale analysis method. Chapter 4 uses the financial ratio analysis method and pyramid decomposition to analyze the financial status of Great Wall Motor Corporation from 2013 to 2017. Finally, this chapter will summarize the financial situation of Toyota Motor Corporation and make some suggestions. Chapter 5 is the conclusion part, making some conclusions and suggestions for Great Wall Motor Company.Finanční analýza je založena na finančních výkazech - rozvaze, výkazu zisku a ztráty a výkazu cash flow. Série speciálních analytických postupů a metod je používána pro vyhodnocování financování, investičních a obchodních aktivit podniku jako je podniková analýza ziskvosti, finanční stability a aktivity.154 - Katedra financívelmi dobř