In the ongoing discussion of treatment efficacy, some researchers have argued for the use of evidence from randomized controlled trials while others have argued the case for the use of non-randomized designs (Ingham 2003) in the study of the treatment of stuttering. Few attempts have been made to integrate findings from the research on stuttering intervention {Andrews, et al.1980; Howard, Nye, & Vanryckegbem, 2005; Herder, Howard, Nye & Vanryckeghem 2006; Thomas and Howell, 2001). Since the usual approach to the study of treatment efficacy uses experimental and quasi-experimental sources, a summary of the data available from single subject design {SSD) studies would seem warranted. The purpose of this project was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of stuttering treatment for children and adults by summarizing studies and determining an overall effect by calculating the percentage of non-overlapping data points (PND). The resulting review provides a summary of the effects of stuttering treatment, the nature of the treatment program characteristics and their associated effectiveness, and a general mapping of the research landscape in stuttering treatment terms of its' strengths and weaknesses and areas of need for future research.

Although behavior analysts have studied the effects of motivation on preference assessments, consumer behaviorist have not. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the temporary removal of a choice on the order and frequency of purchases after the candy returned. Seventy percent of the time the participant purchased the removed candy first and 60% of the time the participant purchased more than in the baseline.

Orientador: João Batista Ernest de Moraes / Banca: Sidney Barbosa / Banca: Maria Cristiane Galvão / Resumo: Em Organização da Informação, no aspecto do tratamento da informação, há uma carência de subsídios teóricos referente à análise de documentos fictícios. Na intenção de contribuir teoricamente com o desenvolvimento de um método que facilite a tarefa de análise de assunto em texto narrativo, nos seus aspectos de identificação e seleção de conceitos, buscou-se subsídios teóricos em áreas de interface com a Ciência da Informação, mais especificamente a Lingüística. Esta última proporcionou o conhecimento da estrutura textual do texto narrativo, e a Semântica Discursiva contribuiu com o percurso temático e o percurso figurativo utilizados como ferramentas para análise de assunto de textos narrativos. Objetivou-se, desta forma, a elaboração de um método que facilite a tarefa de análise de assunto, nos aspectos de identificação e seleção de conceitos, para promover a acessibilidade do conteúdo do documento. Para tanto, optou-se pela análise de três contos espíritas, nos quais foi inicialmente identificada, em suas estruturas, a seqüência canônica e, a partir dela, realizou-se a análise do percurso temático e do percurso figurativo, para a identificação de conceitos. Obteve-se como resultados a identificação de temas principais e secundários nos textos narrativos analisados. Com isso, concluiu-se que, o método experimental de análise proposto mostrou-se eficiente para o corpus desta pesquisa, pois possibilitou a identificação de conceitos relevantes que caracterizam os assuntos abordados nos contos, os quais poderão posteriormente ser traduzidos para a linguagem de um sistema de informação. Sugere-se, ainda, o desenvolvimento de um estudo para verificar e confirmar a hipótese surgida durante a realização da presente pesquisa, de que nas fases de Manipulação e Sanção, componentes da seqüência canônica... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In the field of Knowledge Organization, more specifically in the approach of information usage, there is a lack of theorical assistance concerning to the analysis of fictitious documents. Trying to theorically contribute with the development of a method that makes easier the analysis of subjects in a narrative text, on its aspects of identification and selection of concepts, we researched theorical assistance in interface fields linked to the Science of Knowledge, more specifically Linguistics. This last one provided the Knowledge about the textual structure into the narrative text and the Discursive Semantics contributed with the thematic and figurative courses, used as tools on the analysis of questions form narrative texts. We aimed, therefore, the formulation of a method that could make easier the task of analyzing the subject, its aspects of identification and selection of concepts, in order to foment the accessibility of the content into the document. To achieve it, we opted by the analysis of there spiritualistic tales, in which was initially identified, on its structures, the canonic sequence and, through it, we did the analysis of the thematic and figurative paths, due to the identification of the concepts. The results were the identification of primary and secondary themes in the narrative texts that were analyzed. From it, we concluded that the experimental method of analysis proposed was efficient into the corpus of this research, because allowed us the identification of relevant concepts that characterize the issues approached in the tales, which will, in the future, be translated into a language from the system of information. We still suggest the development of a review to verify and hold true the hypothesis that appeared during this paper, and it states that in levels of Manipulation and Sanction, elements to the canonic sequence... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below) / Mestre

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This thesis aims to assess the situation of selected organization based on SWOT analysis, Porter's analysis, SLEPTE and Quicktest analysis controlled for some period. The thesis will first explain the different methods and then will be used in real conditions of the selected organization.

1 ABSTRACT A toy is a method in encultury. The deals with a toy in context of contemporary visual culture like a product of culture industries. It solves how the specific toys could manipulate children's perception. It examines types and basic principles of children's games in relation to toys. In case study it examines a proces of children's game for two children in a home environment in relation to specific toys. It documents and characterizes the toys which are available for children and a way how a children plays with them. It observes, records, analyzes and reflects children's game and tracks constants and a transformations of ideas, concepts and skills which are entering gaming proces. Following a research probe, it suggest a set of art activities. KEYWORDS Child, formation, game, toy, observe, advertisement, visual, visual culture