The main idea of this thesis is to suggest a new type of reading on Aristotle&#039 / s Poetics. Commentators of Poetics tried to relate it to Aristotle&#039 / s ethical treatises. However, in this research, it will be argued that Poetics should be read under the light of Metaphysics. The interpretation proposed here is based on Aristotle&#039 / s understanding of ousia (substance). The ontological status of artifacts in Aristotle&#039 / s philosophy will be examined while inquiring the relationships between Poetics and Metaphysics. Consequently, I will argue that tragedy is an ousia and attemted to show that Aristotle&#039 / s ontological philosophy is applicable to Poetics. Becouse of the fact that Aristotle treats a tragedy as a partial independent being, I will argue in Aristotelian terms that a tragedy should be judged by its intrinsic values, rather than ethical or rhetorical merits.

In an age where the historical event is mediated increasingly through the still and moving image, new stress is placed on the archival image as surviving evidence of and performer of history. Lost Film Found Film asks what the scope is for re-intervention by artists who engage with the documentary archival. What is found in their reappropriation? What is lost in the remix? Through a discussion of key works by Jean-Luc Godard, Hito Steyerl, Harun Farocki, Jayce Salloum, Johan Grimonprez and Eyal Sivan, Lost Film Found Film offers a definition and a description of what I have called the Cinema of Aftermath. I define this as cinema that evolved in the aftermath of the Second World War, that deploys found footage film not only as a form of critique but also as a form of participation in wider historical and political events. I argue that the Cinema of Aftermath comments on politics and is also political. Central to its project is a questioning of the potency of the archival image in both its self-reflexive and wider cultural use. In three chapters, I explore how the Cinema of Aftermath recalibrates the meaning and renews the formal possibilities of the documentary, and analyse the performance of memory, truth and evidence by this aestheticisation of archival image.

Multiple testing literature contains ample research on controlling false discoveries for hypotheses classified according to one criterion, which we refer to as `one-way classified hypotheses'. However, one often encounters the scenario of `two-way classified hypotheses' where hypotheses can be partitioned into two sets of groups via two different criteria. Associated multiple testing procedures that incorporate such structural information are potentially more effective than their one-way classified or non-classified counterparts. To the best of our knowledge, very little research has been pursued in this direction. This dissertation proposes two types of multiple testing procedures for two-way classified hypotheses. In the first part, we propose a general methodology for controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) using the Benjamini-Hochberg (BH) procedure based on weighted p-values. The weights can be appropriately chosen to reflect one- or two-way classified structure of hypotheses, producing novel multiple testing procedures for two-way classified hypotheses. Newer results for one-way classified hypotheses have been obtained in this process. Our proposed procedures control the false discovery rate (FDR) non-asymptotically in their oracle forms under positive regression dependence on subset of null p-values (PRDS) and in their data-adaptive forms for independent p-values. Simulation studies demonstrate that our proposed procedures can be considerably more powerful than some contemporary methods in many instances and that our data-adaptive procedures can non-asymptotically control the FDR under certain dependent scenarios. The proposed two-way adaptive procedure is applied to a data set from microbial abundance study, for which it makes more discoveries than an existing method. In the second part, we propose a Local false discovery rate (Lfdr) based multiple testing procedure for two-way classified hypotheses. The procedure has been developed in its oracle form under a model based framework that isolates the effects due to two-way grouping from the significance of an individual hypothesis. Simulation studies show that our proposed procedure successfully controls the average proportion of false discoveries, and is more powerful than existing methods. / Statistics

This thesis considers two distinct topics in phylogenetic analysis. The first is construction of empirical rate matrices for amino acid models. The second topic, which constitutes the majority of the thesis, involves analysis of and extensions to the BH model of Barry and Hartigan (1987). There are a number of rate matrices used for phylogenetic analysis including the PAM (Dayhoff et al. 1979), JTT (Jones et al. 1992) and WAG (Whelan and Goldman 2001). The construction of each of these has difficulties. To avoid adjusting for multiple substitutions, the PAM and JTT matrices were constructed using only a subset of the data consisting of closely related species. The WAG model used an incomplete maximum likelihood estimation to reduce computational cost. We develop a modification of the pairwise methods first described in Arvestad and Bruno that better adjusts for some of the sparseness difficulties that arise with amino acid data. The BH model is very flexible, allowing separate discrete-time Markov processes to occur along different edges. We show, however, that an identifiability problem arises for the BH model making it difficult to estimate character state frequencies at internal nodes. To obtain such frequencies and edge-lengths for BH model fits, we define a nonstationary GTR (NSGTR) model along an edge, and find the NSGTR model that best approximates the fitted BH model. The NSGTR model is slightly more restrictive but allows for estimation of internal node frequencies and interpretable edge lengths. While adjusting for rates-across-sites variation is now common practice in phylogenetic analyses, it is widely recognized that in reality evolutionary processes can change over both sites and lineages. As an adjustment for this, we introduce a BH mixture model that not only allows completely different models along edges of a topology, but also allows for different site classes whose evolutionary dynamics can take any form.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-03-07T17:36:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 sergioeustaquiodasilva.pdf: 822237 bytes, checksum: 52b98d6fe1ba7a4a0110c327eb5fdbbf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-04-24T02:01:52Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 sergioeustaquiodasilva.pdf: 822237 bytes, checksum: 52b98d6fe1ba7a4a0110c327eb5fdbbf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-24T02:01:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 sergioeustaquiodasilva.pdf: 822237 bytes, checksum: 52b98d6fe1ba7a4a0110c327eb5fdbbf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-24 / O presente trabalho trata de uma pesquisa realizada em quatro escolas da Rede Municipal de Belo Horizonte buscando investigar e compreender o processo de utilização e apropriação dos resultados da avaliação Avalia-BH, aplicada censitariamente aos alunos do terceiro ao nono ano do ensino fundamental. Tal pesquisa teve o objetivo de levantar questões e suscitar um debate interno na Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Belo Horizonte, com a perspectiva de um processo de intervenção gestora, para melhorar e aperfeiçoar a utilização e apropriação dos resultados do Avalia-BH pelas escolas. Apresenta-se ao leitor o Avalia-BH, seus pressupostos e sua teoria de projeto. Com os dados levantados em campo e confrontados com a teoria de projeto que sustentou o Avalia-BH, buscou-se elaborar, ao final do trabalho, uma proposta de ação com vistas a intervir em determinados pontos do programa relacionados à utilização e apropriação dos resultados pelas escolas. / This paper is a survey of four schools of Belo Horizonte attempt to investigate and understand the process of appropriation and utilization of evaluation results AVALIA-BH, applied census for students from the third to the ninth year of elementary school. This research aimed to raise questions and stimulate debate on internal management teams, with the prospect of an intervention process management, to improve and enhance the use and ownership by schools and teacher assessment results AVALIA-BH. We present to our reader, the program evaluates AVALIA-BH, their assumptions and their design theory. With the data collected in the field and compared with the theory that supported the project AVALIA-BH, we sought to prepare, at the end of the work, a proposal for action in order to intervene at certain points of the program related to the use and ownership of results by schools.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-05-19T12:02:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 elianimariadebrito.pdf: 3080115 bytes, checksum: d0c4be888291e30dd2cf8748f2a42f25 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-01T18:58:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 elianimariadebrito.pdf: 3080115 bytes, checksum: d0c4be888291e30dd2cf8748f2a42f25 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-01T18:58:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 elianimariadebrito.pdf: 3080115 bytes, checksum: d0c4be888291e30dd2cf8748f2a42f25 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-18 / A presente dissertação centra-se na análise do bom desempenho da Escola Municipal Sobral Pinto (EMSP) no Avalia-BH de 2010 na disciplina de matemática quando comparada com a Rede Municipal de Educação – RME-BH e algumas escolas da mesma rede. O objetivo desse trabalho é apresentar um Plano de Ação Educacional - PAE a partir das observações realizadas no estudo de caso da Escola Municipal Sobral Pinto. No primeiro capítulo apresentamos a escola em estudo, seus projetos, os índices da Unidade de Planejamento – UP em que a escola está inserida, o Avalia-BH – avaliação externa da Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Belo Horizonte, o sistema de monitoramento das escolas, o acompanhante pedagógico e realizamos uma comparação entre os resultados da EMSP com a RME-BH e duas escolas da rede: uma com índice socioeconômico - ISE parecido com o da EMSP e outra com um ISE muito maior que o da EMSP. No segundo capítulo apresentamos os resultados da pesquisa de campo, os grupos focais de alunos e pais, os resultados das entrevistas do acompanhante pedagógico e gestor e os resultados dos questionários respondidos pelos professores. Realizamos uma análise destes resultados, mostrando a importância da participação das famílias na vida escolar do aluno, a necessidade de divulgar os resultados do Avalia-BH para alunos, professores, pais e comunidade escolar. Mostramos a importância de uma gestão democrática e participativa na escola. No terceiro capítulo, propomos um plano de ação com a proposta de apresentar para todos os gestores da RME-BH a experiência da EMSP. / The present dissertation will show the good performance of the Municipal School Sobral Pinto (EMSP) On the external evaluation Avalia-BH in 2010 in the discipline of mathematics when compared with the Municipal Education - RME-BH and some schools in the same network. The aim of this paper is to present an Educational Action Plan - (PAE, in Portuguese) from observations made in the case study of the Municipal School Sobral Pinto. In the first chapter will present the school under study, their projects, the contents of the Planning Unit – (UP, in Portuguese) in which the school is located, the RME-BH - external evaluation of the Municipal Education of Belo Horizonte, the monitoring system of schools, the pedagogical accompaniment and we compare the results of EMSP with the RME-BH and two schools in the network: a socioeconomic index with - ISE similar to the EMSP and other ISE (ISE, in Portuguese) with a much larger than the EMSP. In the second chapter we present the results of field research, focus groups of students and parents, the results of interviews accompanying pedagogical and management and the results of questionnaires completed by teachers. We analyze these results, showing the importance of involving families in school life of the student, the need to disseminate the results of the Avalia-BH for students, teachers, parents and school community. We intend to show the importance of a democratic and participatory management in school. In the third chapter, we propose an action plan with the proposal to submit to all managers of RME-BH experience of EMSP.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-20T17:13:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mariacandidavianapereira.pdf: 1195378 bytes, checksum: a2f7c0b973a329febe8388d5aaef8588 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T18:41:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mariacandidavianapereira.pdf: 1195378 bytes, checksum: a2f7c0b973a329febe8388d5aaef8588 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T18:41:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mariacandidavianapereira.pdf: 1195378 bytes, checksum: a2f7c0b973a329febe8388d5aaef8588 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-12 / Essa dissertação tem o objetivo de analisar as estratégias de acessibilidade oferecidas aos alunos com deficiência para a participação no Avalia BH – avaliação externa de Belo Horizonte. Foi realizada uma pesquisa acerca da apropriação pelas escolas municipais do documento orientador enviado às mesmas pela Secretaria Municipal de Educação. Conduziu-se e uma revisão de literatura com autores que trabalham a inclusão escolar como Mantoan, Sassaki, Mazzotta, bem como um estudo sobre Avaliações Externas e em Larga Escala baseado em Lima, Gadotti e Dalben. Investigou-se, detalhadamente, os diversos cadernos das avaliações sistêmicas que o Município participa a fim de compreender qual a orientação é oferecida para o cumprimento da legislação referente à inclusão. Também foram realizadas entrevistas com a Coordenadora do Núcleo de Inclusão Escolar da Pessoa com Deficiência da Secretaria de Educação de Belo Horizonte e com professores que atuam na gestão de quatro regionais da cidade com vistas a compreender a percepção destes atores sobre a apropriação dos documentos orientadores e como se dá na prática a acessibilidade dos alunos com deficiência no Avalia BH. Por fim, o trabalho propõe um Plano de Ação Educacional que tem como objetivo potencializar e qualificar a acessibilidade dos alunos com deficiência para participarem do Avalia BH. / This dissertation aims to analyze the strategies of accessibility offered to students with disabilities to participate in Avalia BH - external evaluation of Belo Horizonte. A research about the appropriation of results by local schools of the guidance document sent to them by the Municipal Education was held. It was conducted a literatura review with authors who work with school inclusion such as Mantoan, Sassaki, Mazzotta well as a study on External evoluation and in Large Scale based on Lima, Gadotti e Dalben. It was investigated, in detail, the various schedules of systemic reviews that the City participates in order to understand which orientation is offered for the enforcement of legislation concerning the inclusion.Interviews with the Coordinator of Núcleo de Inclusão Escolar da Pessoa com Deficiência da Secretaria de Educação de Belo Horizonte and teachers who work in four Regional offices was conducted in order to understand the perception of these actors on the appropriation of results of the guiding documents and also to understand how the practical accessibility of students with disabilities in Avalia BH is. Finally, the dissertation proposes a Educational Action Plan which aims to potentialize and qualify the accessibility of students with disabilities to participate in the Avalia BH.

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Over and above applying Sartrean literary philosophy to Banks and Kelman this thesis therefore also offers a model of literary criticism that can be applied to a number of other contemporary Scottish authors. In conclusion, this thesis suggests that Sartre’s theories of literature can assist in the attempt to better understand the value of the writer in society, and of Kelman and Banks in particular. The comparison and contrast between Banks and Kelman makes clear the importance of contextualising the individual writer not only with the work of their contemporaries, but with the time, place and position in which they are writing. The intention of the thesis is to discover how Sartre’s ideas of existentialism and literature can be applied to writers and their work in a way that allows ‘the critic’ to analyse both the novelist’s fictional technique and to gauge the value of their role in society – in other words, how Sartre’s theories allow us to better understand the individual writer in a social, political and moral context, both nationally and internationally.

What can cinema as an industry and medium teach us about the roles and parameters that define a “body” within a contemporary and globalised climate of interwoven flows of exchanges and practices? How does cinema make visible and tangible otherwise invisible transsensorial and affective modes of interactions that a body actively engages with other bodies, to create meanings beyond the limitations and capacities of a single body’s subjectivity and materiality? I address these areas of inquiry by examining four case studies of film examples produced from Singapore, Taiwan, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and America that feature ethnic “Chinese” bodies on screen. This thesis sets out to illustrate how meaning is easily imposed on bodies—whether tied to the ethnic, visual, or tangible—rendering them passive where they are mere products of social construction with no individual agency or autonomy. However, contemporary practices of filmmaking and new ways of thinking about film experiences reveal that the body is in fact an active-affective producer of meanings. As such, the body can no longer be approached as a passive central locus where its meaning is defined solely by transnational, transcultural, or other grand narratives. This thesis posits a “transsensorial” object-oriented, and new-materialist approach within the field of transnational Chinese cinemas studies that regards bodies on-screen beyond audiovisual signs to consider the materiality and immateriality of their production and productivity. Bodies are reframed as “body-without-organs” to consider the affective processes that produce them within specific ecologies—and their productive affective potentials to interrelate and encounter other bodies not-yet-formed. Through which, this thesis makes a case for cinema’s potential to produce thinking active-bodies and how bodies make sense of the worlds they are part of beyond subjective notions of lived experiences whether construed through different various inflections of social constructed identities based on trans-national, or trans-cultural discourses.