The issue of the vertical /or horizontal operation of the Bill of Rights (chapter 3) is a controversial one. The interim constitution deals with this controversy in a subtle way by avoiding direct horizontal operation of Chapter 3. Instead, it provides for the so-called 'seepage to horizontal relationships' in terms of section35{3). This apparently was a political compromise between the pro-vertical only and the pro-horizontal groups. The human rights history of this country justifies a Bill of Rights that would have both vertical and horizontal operation. However, in section 35 (3) there is potential for the values enshrined in the constitution and Chapter 3, and the spirit hereof, to permeate and filter through the entire legal system in all it's applications. It would seem, however, as demonstrated by the decision in De Klerk v Du Plessis, that the extent to which this filtering process will benefit individuals in their private relations, will depend on the interpretation given to section 35 (3) by the courts. If courts, as it happend in De Klerk's case fail to realise the full import of section 35 ( 3) aspects of the existing law which are unjust could remain and the process of creating a just, open and democratic society will be hampered. / Constitutional, International and Indigenous Law / LL.M.

Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-06T01:12:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 145.pdf: 641826 bytes, checksum: 2dfa402b4643fbeb63eb472871487783 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1999 / Discute o fenômeno do adiamento da maternidade após os 35 anos, relacionando-o ao processo de Destradicionalizaçao Social, que vem ocorrendo em todas as esferas da vida cotidiana-inclusive, no contexto sócio-familiar brasileiro. Independente das transformaçoes no ethos da maternidade, o discurso médico define, a partir do enfoque de risco, o que é "normal" e "anormal"nos comportamentos reprodutivos. Com base nestes pressupostos analisamos as percepçoes das mulheres que adiaram a maternidade, para depois dos 35 anos, em relaçao ao relacionamento afetivo-familiar, ao trabalho, a gravidez e à maternidade. Foram realizadas, no Ambulatório de Pré-Natal do Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto (entre julho e outubro/1998), nove entrevistas com gestantes entre 36 e 39 anos, nao portadoras de doenças crônicas ou intercorrências físico-clínicas. Os resultados deste estudo, qualitativo, indicam que o processo modernizador e as conseqüentes mudanças nos tradicionais padroes familiares, imprimem suas marcas na experiência da maternidade. Essa revisao de valores, referentes à funçao feminina e ao papel materno acompanha a incorporaçao da mulher ao mercado de trabalho e o crescente peso do capital escolar. Tornou-se possível concluir ainda, que em funçao dos valores atuais, o "ser mae" para algumas mulheres nao é mais percebido como o único objetivo, já que o trabalho é fonte de realizaçao pessoal. / The present study has the purpose of discussing the phenomenon of the postponement of maternity to the age of 35 years aged of, relating this process to the Social Destraditionalization, which is taking place in all everyday’s spheres, inclusively in Brazilian social-familiar context. Apart from the changes in the ethos of maternity, the medical speech defines, from the risk focus, what is normal and abnormal in the reproductive behavior. Based on such assumptions we analysed the perception of women who postponed maternity to the age of 35 years, associating that to the affective-familiar relationship, work, pregnancy and mothernity. We interviewed nine pregnant women between 35 and 39 years old in the Ambulatory of the Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto from july to october of 1998, who had no chronic illness or physical- linicalintercurrency. The results of this qualitative study points out that the modernizing process and its changes in the traditional familiar standard, influences the experience of maternity. This review of values which reters to the female functions and the mother role follows to the incorporation of women to the job market and the steady increase of the school capital. We were also able to conclude that because of the current values, “being mother” to some women is no longer realized as the only aim in life, seeing that work is as personal achievements.

La dissolution du dioxyde d’uranium en milieu nitrique est une étape clef du traitement des combustibles nucléaires usés. Elle précède en effet le procédé PUREX, qui permet l’extraction liquide - liquide des radionucléides valorisables. Cette dissolution est triphasique et autocatalytique, ce qui fait que de nombreux phénomènes impactent la réaction. Une bonne compréhension de ces phénomènes, autant à l’échelle microscopique que macroscopique, est nécessaire pour pouvoir proposer un modèle de la vitesse de disparition du solide au sein des dissolveurs. Les paramètres cinétiques de la réaction de dissolution ont été déterminés, en intégrant son aspect autocatalytique. L’étude cinétique a été réalisée en suivant la dissolution par microscopie optique. Cette technique d’analyse permet une approche uni-particulaire, qui est nécessaire car elle permet de limiter l’accumulation de l’espèce autocatalytique à l’interface solide – liquide. De plus, la dissolution du dioxyde d’uranium produit des oxydes d’azote. Une réaction volumique entre ces gaz et le catalyseur a été mise en évidence. Les cinétiques de cette réaction ont été estimées à partir des résultats expérimentaux. L’importance de la prise en compte des échanges à l’interface gaz – liquide pour définir la concentration de catalyseur en solution a été démontrée. Un modèle a été réalisé sur Matlab pour permettre de discriminer l’influence de ces différents éléments. Ce modèle donne des résultats cohérents avec l’expérimental, aussi bien à l’échelle microscopique que macroscopique. Plusieurs nombres adimensionnels ont également été mis en évidence pour cerner les phénomènes dont l’impact est prépondérant, en fonction de la géométrie et de l’hydrodynamique du dissolveur. Ce modèle a permis de cerner quelques pistes d’optimisation de procédés mettant en jeux des réactions autocatalytiques. Notamment, le fait que pour ces réactions particulières, les échanges aux interfaces solide - liquide et liquide - gaz peuvent être utilisés comme leviers pour maitriser la vitesse de disparition du solide / Recycling of nuclear fuel is based on liquid – liquid extraction. The dissolution of uranium dioxide in nitric medium is hence a key step at the head - end of the entire process. This particular dissolution is triphasic and autocatalytic, which means that numerous phenomena must be taken into account. A complete understanding of these phenomena, at macroscopic and microscopic scale, is necessary in order to model the solid disappearance rate in dissolvers. The kinetical parameters of the reaction were determined for both the catalyzed and non-catalyzed reactions. The kinetic study was realized thanks to a single particle approach. The reaction rates were measured by optical microscopy. This analytical technic enables to limit the catalyst accumulation at the solid - liquid interface. Moreover, nitrous oxides are products of the uranium dioxide dissolution. Evidence of a volumic reaction between these gases and the catalyst were found, and the kinetics of this reaction was estimated from the experimental results. Gas – liquid exchanges were shown to have an important impact on the catalyst concentration in the reactor. A model was realized thanks to the software Matlab to simulate these different phenomena. It was shown to be in good agreement with experimental results, at the microscopic and macroscopic scale. Dimensionless numbers were highlighted to describe the impact of each phenomenon on the solid disappearance, including the influence of the geometry and hydrodynamics of the reactor. Finally, ways of process optimization for autocatalytic reactions were determined thanks to the model. For instance, gas – liquid and solid – liquid exchanges were shown to be an interesting lever to fix the catalyst concentration in the reactor and at the solid surface

Amostras de nitrato de potássio e enxofre natural foram irradiadas no núcleo do reator de pesquisas IEA-R1 do Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN/CNEN-SP, operando entre 3,5 e 5 MW de potência, para determinar as secções de choque térmicas e integrais de ressonância das reações 34S(n,)35S e 42K(n,)43K. O fluxo de nêutrons foi monitorado com ligas ouro-alumínio. As atividades induzidas nos alvos de ouro-alumínio e nitrato de potássio foram medidas com um detector semicondutor de germânio hiper puro; as atividades dos alvos de enxofre foram determinadas com um sistema de coincidências 4\\pi\\beta - \\gamma. Os efeitos de depressão de fluxo, autoblindagem e autoabsorção nos alvos foram corrigidos com base em simulações com o método de Monte Carlo por meio do programa MCNP. O programa PENELOPE, também baseado no método de Monte Carlo, foi modificado para simular o comportamento do sistema de coincidências 4\\pi\\beta - \\gamma. O formalismo de Westcott e o método da razão de cádmio foram usados para determinar os fluxos de nêutrons térmicos e epitérmicos, assim como as secções de choque térmicas e integrais de ressonância de ambos nuclídeos. Foi efetuado um tratamento estatístico das incertezas envolvidas e determinadas as covariâncias entre os resultados, incluindo aquelas decorrentes das incertezas do padrão de referência (ouro). As reações 34S(n,)35S e 42K(n,)43K apresentaram, respectivamente, seções de choque térmicas de 228(14) mb e 44,8(9) b, e integrais de ressonância de 144(6) mb e 1635(75) b. Estes resultados são incompatíveis com aqueles obtidos com cálculos teóricos. A seção de choque térmica da reação 34S(n,)35S concorda com valores obtidos por outros autores, dentro das incertezas experimentais. / Samples of potassium nitrate and natural sulphur were irradiated in the IPEN/CNEN-SP IEA-R1 research reactor core, operating between 3.5 and 5 MW, to determine the thermal neutron cross sections and resonance integrals of 34S(n,)35S and 42K(n,)43K reactions. The neutron flux was monitored with gold-aluminium alloy. The activities induced in targets of gold-aluminium and potassium nitrate were measured with a high purity germanium detector. Sulphur targets activities were determined with a 4\\pi\\beta-\\gamma coincidences system by the tracer method. Flux depression, self-shielding and self-absorption in the targets was evaluated by simulations using the MCNP software. The PENELOPE software, also based on Monte Carlo method, was modified to simulate the behavior of the 4\\pi\\beta-\\gamma coincidence system. The Westcott formalism and the cadmium ratio method were used to determine epithermal and thermal neutrons flux as well as the thermal cross sections and resonance integrals of both nuclides. A statistical analysis of the uncertainties was performed and the covariance between the results was determined, including those arising from the uncertainties of the gold reference standard. The results were compared with experimental values and theoretical predictions obtained by other authors. The 34S(n,)35S and 42K(n,)43K reactions had, respectively, thermal cross sections of 228(14) mb and 44.8(9) b, and integral resonances of 144(6) mb and 1635(75) b. These results are incompatible with the obtained with theoretical calculations. The 34S(n,)35S reaction thermal cross section agrees with values obtained by other authors, within the experimental uncertainties.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T23:38:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_11784_ARIANA DA ROS DISSERT FINAL.pdf: 3303769 bytes, checksum: e65de578a04b8e1a3930b6cff91dee54 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-29 / A presente pesquisa compõe o Projeto de Pesquisa Modelo hierárquico dos antecedentes do comportamento de persistência discente em cursos superiores na modalidade a distância, juntamente com a dissertação Traços de personalidade e persistência discente em cursos de graduação na modalidade a distância, defendida no PPGGP/UFES. Pertence à área de concentração em Gestão de Operações no Setor Público, por buscar compreender o fenômeno da persistência discente em cursos EAD da UFES e propor medidas que possibilitem reduzir a evasão nesses cursos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa, com o propósito de investigar os traços de personalidade que explicam a persistência discente nos cursos de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas, Física, Pedagogia e Química, ofertados na modalidade a distância EAD pela UFES, fazendo uso do Modelo Metateórico de Motivação e Personalidade 3M, de Mowen (2000). Foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica sobre esse modelo e as teorias de evasão e persistência discentes, sendo a coleta de dados realizada por levantamento de campo do tipo survey, com questionário estruturado, alcançando 169 respostas válidas. Os dados foram analisados por regressões lineares múltiplas no software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS, confirmando 14 das 32 hipóteses delimitadas. Os resultados confirmam a possibilidade de uso do modelo 3M para a compreensão da Persistência Discente, comprovando que os traços de personalidade exercem influência de forma hierárquica, do traço mais abstrato ao mais superficial, a saber: Conscienciosidade, Introversão e Necessidade de Excitação (elementares), Orientação para Tarefas e Autoeficácia (compostos) e Satisfação (situacional) sobre o comportamento da Persistência Discente (superficial). Por fim, é apresentada, no apêndice D, proposta de manual para orientação na interpretação das hipóteses confirmadas para a persistência discente em cursos ofertados na modalidade EAD pela UFES, no qual são analisadas, individualmente, as 14 hipóteses confirmadas após aplicação do questionário estruturado aos cursos EAD objetos da pesquisa. Palavras-chave: persistência discente, ensino superior, educação a distância, modelo 3M, modelo hierárquico, traços de personalidade, gestão pública. / The present research composes the Research Project "Hierarchical model of the antecedent of the persistence behavior of students in higher courses in the distance modality", together with the dissertation "Personality traits and student persistence in undergraduate courses in distance modality", defended in the PPGGP / UFES. It belongs to the area of concentration in Operations Management in the Public Sector, for seeking to understand the phenomenon of student persistence in EAD courses of the UFES and propose measures that enable to reduce evasion in these courses. This is a quantitative research with the purpose of investigating the personality traits that explain the persistence of undergraduate courses in Biological Sciences, Physics, Pedagogy and Chemistry, offered in the distance modality - EAD by UFES, using the Model Motive of Motivation and Personality - 3M, de Mowen (2000). A bibliographical research was carried out on this model and the theories of student evasion and persistence. The data collection was done by field survey, with a structured questionnaire, reaching 169 valid answers. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regressions in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences - SPSS, confirming 14 of the 32 delimited hypotheses. The results confirm the possibility of using the 3M model to understand "Persistence", proving that personality traits influence hierarchically, from the most abstract to the most superficial, namely: Conscientiousness, Introversion and Need for Excitement (elementary), Task and Self-efficacy Guidance (composite) and (Situational) Satisfaction on the behavior of Student (Surface) Persistence. Finally, Appendix D proposes a manual for guidance in interpreting the confirmed hypotheses for student persistence in courses offered in the EAD modality by the UFES, in which the 14 confirmed hypotheses after the application of the structured questionnaire are analyzed individually. EAD research objects.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T11:12:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_9207_Dissertação Final - Sérgio Fassbender.pdf: 844208 bytes, checksum: b4e65e3c39c388600ce65c0ed06eff57 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-17 / Em um cenário de descentralização fiscal observado no Brasil nos últimas décadas e de disparidade sócio econômica, com municípios com distintas capacidades de autofinanciamento, bem como diferentes demandas por serviços públicos, urge investigar os efeitos da principal transferência intergovernamental de recursos, a cota-parte do ICMS, na alocação de receita entre os entes subnacionais. Para tanto, o presente trabalho se propôs a analisar o repasse da cota-parte do ICMS no Estado do Espírito Santo, e das parcelas impositiva e autônoma que a compõe, sob o ponto de vista da equalização fiscal. Foram utilizadas informações disponíveis no último censo demográfico do IBGE em 2010, e os valores repassados em razão da cotaparte do ICMS do mesmo ano, e identificados indicadores que representam a demanda por bens e serviços públicos (necessidade fiscal) e de capacidade para arrecadação de tributos próprios (capacidade fiscal). A análise utilizou-se da regressão linear multivariada para investigar a relação da cota-parte do ICMS, e das parcelas que a compõe, com as variáveis que caracterizam indicadores de necessidade/capacidade fiscal dos municípios. O resultado demonstra que a parcela impositiva da cota-parte do ICMS atua em sentido contrário a ideia de equalização, beneficiando com mais recursos os municípios que teriam maior capacidade de se autofinanciar. Por outro lado, a parcela autônoma promove um fluxo de recursos para aqueles municípios que possuem menor capacidade de se autofinanciar pela arrecadação própria e que também receberam menor quantidade de recursos da parcela impositiva da cota-parte do ICMS. No entanto, o peso que a parcela impositiva da cota-parte do ICMS possui no total de repasse da cota-parte do ICMS e a ausência de critérios que visem à promoção da equalização fiscal na distribuição dessa receita impedem que os municípios que possuem maior necessidade e menor capacidade fiscal possam ser atendidos por essa transferência intergovernamental / Against a backdrop of fiscal decentralization observed in Brazil in recent decades, and economic disparity partner with municipalities with different capacities of selffinancing, as well as different demands for public services, it is urgent to investigate the effects of the main intergovernmental transfer feature, the quotations the ICMS on revenue allocation among subnational entities. For this purpose the present study aimed to analyze the transfer of quota-part of the ICMS in the State of Espírito Santo, and imposing and unattended parcels that compose it, from the point of view of fiscal equalization. Information available has been used in the last IBGE census in 2010, and the amount passed on due to the quota share of the same year ICMS and identified indicators that represent the demand for public goods and services (fiscal necessity) and capacity for storage own taxes (fiscal capacity). The analysis we used multivariate linear regression to investigate the relationship of the quota share of the ICMS, and the plots that compose it, with the variables that characterize indicators of need / fiscal capacity of municipalities. The result shows that the portion of the quotaimposing the ICMS acts in the opposite direction the idea of equalization, benefiting from more resources the municipalities that have greater capacity to finance itself. On the other hand, the autonomous portion promotes a flow of resources to those municipalities that have less capacity to finance itself by own revenues and also received fewer resources of the tax share of the quota share of the ICMS. However, the weight that imposing portion of the quota share of the ICMS has the total transfer of quota share of VAF and the absence of criteria aimed at promoting fiscal equalization in the distribution of that revenue prevent municipalities that have the greatest need and lower fiscal capacity can be met by this intergovernment transfer

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T11:12:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_6638_Dissertação Final - Alexandre Severino.pdf: 1733863 bytes, checksum: 841a93f682835860777a145fb2564c5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-11-11 / A retenção no ensino superior foi definida como a condição em que o estudante demanda um tempo maior do que o previsto na matriz curricular para conclusão do curso. Esse fenômeno atua contrariamente à finalidade da instituição comprometendo a taxa de sucesso, gerando ociosidade de recursos humanos e materiais e pode provocar a evasão. Os principais objetivos desta pesquisa foram identificar os fatores associados à retenção dos estudantes dos cursos de graduação presenciais da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo e propor ações institucionais visando à redução desses índices. Para tanto foi realizada uma pesquisa aplicada, de abordagem quantitativa, utilizando dados secundários. Informações obtidas da revisão da literatura articuladas com recursos de estatística descritiva, tabelas de contingência, testes Qui-quadrado de Pearson e Regressão Logística foram utilizados para análise dos dados. A área de Linguística, Letras e Artes apresentou o maior percentual de retenção discente, enquanto o menor nível foi observado na área de Ciências da Saúde. Os principais fatores intervenientes no processo de retenção foram coeficiente de rendimento acumulado, número de reprovações, relação candidato/vaga do vestibular, área do conhecimento, desempenho na segunda etapa do vestibular e trancamento de curso. Assim foi confirmado que o desempenho acadêmico é o componente vital para o sucesso do estudante. O indicador Nível de retenção baseado no ritmo do aluno se mostrou como boa alternativa para monitoramento da retenção. As ações institucionais propostas foram a realização de pesquisas sobre desempenho acadêmico e trancamentos de curso, a estruturação de programas de apoio acadêmico, a aproximação entre a Universidade e escolas de nível médio, a utilização do indicador testado e a criação de um banco de dados acadêmico unificado / Retention in higher education was defined as the condition in which the student requires a period longer than the fixed in the curriculum for course completion. This phenomenon acts against the purpose of the institution affecting the success rate, generating idleness human and material resources and can lead to dropout. The main objectives of this research was to identify factors associated with to retention of undergraduate students in classroom course of the Federal University of Espírito Santo and propose institutional actions focused on reducing these rates. Thus an applied research of a quantitative approach was conducted using secondary data. The information obtained from the reviewed literature articulated with resources of descriptive statistics, contingency tables, chi-square test and logistic regression were used for data analysis. The area of Linguistics, Letters and Arts had the highest percentage of student retention, while the lowest level was observed in the area of Health Sciences. The main factors involved in the process of retention were accumulated coefficient, number of failures, the ratio of applicants per vacancy in vestibular, area of knowledge, performance in the second part of entrance exam and the locking of the course. Thus it was confirmed that academic performance is the vital component for student success. The indicator Level of retention based on rhythm of the student proved to be a good alternative for monitoring the retention. The institutional actions proposed were the conduction of researches on academic performance and the locking of the course, the structuring of academic support programs, the union of the University and High Schools, the utilization of the indicator tested and the creation of an unified academic database

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T11:12:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_8654_Dissertação Final - Alcimére Degen.pdf: 1298954 bytes, checksum: 01b506fef3f99dc647d9ab60946a5d35 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-09 / Tendo em vista que os sindicatos são alicerces fundamentais à proteção do trabalhador pretendeu-se, por meio deste estudo, verificar qual a opinião do servidor técnico administrativo quanto ao movimento sindical realizado na Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). Antes disso, porém, buscou-se atender aos objetivos geral e específico que balizam o tema por meio do referencial teórico e dos levantamentos de pesquisa de campo. Este estudo justificou-se pela relevância da entidade na vida do servidor técnico administrativo da universidade, especificamente pertinentes à representatividade da entidade sob a ótica do servidor, além disso, a análise oferece ainda a oportunidade de se realizar novas pesquisas que possam contribuir para a melhoria da comunicabilidade entre os entes instituição x servidor x entidade. No referencial teórico foram abordados o estudo da história do sindicalismo no Brasil e na UFES, o impacto do sistema neoliberalista junto às entidades sindicais, a construção das estruturas trabalhistas e sindicais no serviço público e os meios de divulgação e marketing empregados para a comunicação sindical no Brasil. A pesquisa de campo ocorreu em dois momentos, foram utilizadas duas técnicas metodológicas: a análise quantitativa foi desenvolvida a partir da pesquisa de opinião realizada com os servidores técnicos administrativos da Universidade e na análise qualitativa, procederam-se as entrevistas com a coordenação responsável pela comunicação do sindicato e com o reitor da universidade. Ao final foi apurado que há indícios de que a comunicação afeta significativamente a representatividade da entidade tanto para o servidor quanto a instituição. Isto constatado, a proposta é que a entidade repense programas e ações que resultem em um interesse maior no trabalhador de modo a fazê-lo refletir a respeito de sua vida no trabalho, por meios mais eficientes de comunicação / Given that unions are the fundamental building blocks to worker protection it was intended , through this study , find what the opinion of the technical administrative server and the trade union movement held in the Federal University of Espírito Santo ( UFES ) . Before that, however , sought to meet the general and specific objectives that guide the subject by means of the theoretical framework and field research surveys . This study is justified by the importance of the entity in the life of technical administrative server of the university, specifically pertaining to the representation of the organization from the perspective of the server, in addition, the analysis also offers the opportunity to conduct further research to contribute to the improvement the communicability between institution x server x entity. In the theoretical framework were approached the study of the history of trade unionism in Brazil and UFES , the impact of the neoliberal system with the unions, the construction of labor and trade union structures in the public service and the means of dissemination and marketing employees for union communication in Brazil . The fieldwork took place in two stages , two methodological techniques were used : a quantitative analysis was developed from the survey carried out with the administrative staff of the University servers and qualitative analysis , carried up interviews with the coordination responsible for communication the union and the university director . At the end it was found that there is evidence that the communication significantly affects the representativeness of the entity for both the server and the institution . This noted, the proposal is that the entity rethink programs and actions that result in a greater interest in the work to make it reflect on your life at work, for more efficient means of communication

This diploma thesis deals with specifics for reporting of construction contracts in financial statements according to czech accounting regulations, IFRS and US GAAP. These are contracts that are custom-made, so they are not serial production and they are long-term, so most of their production goes into more accounting periods. In 2018, new Standards for Recognition of Revenue from contracts with customers IFRS 15 and ASC 606 will enter into force. The aim of the thesis is to characterize individual approaches to the reporting of revenues from construction contracts with a focus on the specifics in this sector and their comparison. To achieve this goal, a comparison method will be used. The thesis is divided into the theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part describes requirements and aspects related to building contracts, individual accounting standards including new revenue standards. In the practical part, an example is illustrated that shows a different approach to reporting revenue from these contracts in accordance with Czech accounting regulations and IFRS or US GAAP and comments on the changes that may occur through the application of new standards. At the end of the thesis, individual approaches are compared.

The purpose of this study is to examine three works for the unusual combination of violin and voice. Chamber music for violin and keyboard and violin and other instruments has been extant since the Baroque period. However, three English composers found a unique chamber grouping in the first decades of the twentieth century: Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979), and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) each wrote works for violin and voice. Holst's Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35 (1917), Vaughan Williams' Along the Field, Eight Housman Songs for Voice and Violin (1927, revised 1954), and Clarke's Three Old English Songs (1924) each utilize the combination of violin and voice. The violin in each is not relegated to accompaniment but is instead a true partner. This study will investigate these works. A history of each composition will be chronicled. An analytical discussion of formal organization and significant style features will include consideration of the musical structure, harmonic language, and the use of text in select movements of each work. Finally, performance suggestions pertaining to technical and artistic issues offer specific recommendations as an aid in performance preparation. In order to provide historical and musical context, a brief overview of Late Romantic and early Twentieth-Century chamber music with strings and voice will be given. This overview will help to illuminate the uniqueness of the pairing of violin and voice. Discovery of the works discussed here makes possible an expanded repertoire of good music for both violinists and vocalists. It is also hoped that through the performance of these works a spark might be set with composers to create more pieces for this most intimate of duos.