CAPISTRANO FILHO, João. A Crise da Razão em Adorno. 2006. 134f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Filosofia, Fortaleza (CE), 2006. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-25T12:38:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_dis_jcapristanofilho.pdf: 727870 bytes, checksum: a27f014421fddbde76433f5fc970e0e7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-09-25T13:59:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_dis_jcapristanofilho.pdf: 727870 bytes, checksum: a27f014421fddbde76433f5fc970e0e7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-25T13:59:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_dis_jcapristanofilho.pdf: 727870 bytes, checksum: a27f014421fddbde76433f5fc970e0e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / The aim of that work is to demonstrate how The Crisis of Reason in Adorno occurs. First of all, we verify the conception of the object in Adorno when he give the primacy to the object including the subject like a part of that. The adornian criticism , in that sense, goes against the society controlled by the capital that drain in principle of the identity, that is, every thought has to identify a being of the real according to the interests of capitalism. The capital through the principle of the identity would hide the existent social contradictions among the private individuals in order to hide its true face of a system of the contradictions. Hiding the contradictions is an element of the game of the domination of the capitalist system. The domination exerted by the capital would be an heirdom of the ancient mythic form of the domination according to Adorno. Man would have dissolved the system of the domination of the ancient myth that is the system of the natural domination that the myth used to represent. The humanity destroyed the ancient myth but racionalized its form of domination that it is manifested in the ferocious dominion about the nature and the own man that Adorno names the instrumental reason. / O objetivo desse trabalho é demonstrar como se dá A Crise da Razão em Adorno. Como ponto de partida verificamos a concepção de objeto em Adorno em que ele dá primazia ao objeto incluindo o sujeito como parte deste. A crítica adorniana, nesse sentido, volta-se contra os conceitos impostos pela sociedade dirigida pelo capital que deságuam no princípio da identidade, ou seja, todo pensamento deve identificar um ente do real de acordo com os interesses do capitalismo. O capital através do princípio da identidade ocultaria as contradições sociais existentes entre os indivíduos particulares para esconder a sua verdadeira face que é a de um sistema de contradições. Ocultar as contradições faz parte do jogo de dominação do sistema capitalista. A dominação exercida pelo capital seria, segundo Adorno, uma herança da antiga forma mítica de dominação. O homem teria dissolvido o antigo mito pelo desenvolvimento da tecnica, mas não dissolveu o sistema de dominação do velho mito que é o sistema de dominação da natureza a qual o mito representava. A humanidade destruiu o mito antigo, mas racionalizou a sua forma de dominação que se manifesta no feroz domínio sobre a natureza e o próprio homem e que Adorno chama de razão instrumental.

ROCHA, Rubens Gustavo Nocrato. A liquidez da economia brasileira: uma análise da evolução em um cenário de crise financeira e de calendário eleitoral no período 1995-2014. 2014. 49f. Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós Graduação em Economia, CAEN, Fortaleza-Ce, 2014. / Submitted by Mônica Correia Aquino (monicacorreiaaquino@gmail.com) on 2016-02-19T20:44:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dissert_rgnrocha.pdf: 665768 bytes, checksum: 68d1d302c76ec269079b27255e455bda (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Mônica Correia Aquino(monicacorreiaaquino@gmail.com) on 2016-02-19T20:44:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dissert_rgnrocha.pdf: 665768 bytes, checksum: 68d1d302c76ec269079b27255e455bda (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-19T20:44:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dissert_rgnrocha.pdf: 665768 bytes, checksum: 68d1d302c76ec269079b27255e455bda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / This paper analyzes the Brazilian economy liquidity dynamics from January 1995 and June 2014, taking into consideration the possible effects of international crisis and elections around available payment vehicles. Applying an endogenous threshold autoregressive model of cash time series and credits from Brazilian Central Bank, estimates were captured so that allows conclude that the economic liquidity dynamic given that tends to explode, however is not tied to the international crisis and the political scenario, the sensitivity around macroeconomics scenarios is perceived among its vehicles with more liquidity which shows regime change to the studied time. The results show that it is expected a stable economic scenario in long term and that there is a very low probability that the economy liquidity will be affected by the elections. / O presente trabalho analisa a dinâmica da liquidez da economia brasileira no período de janeiro/1995 a junho/2014, considerando os possíveis efeitos das crises internacionais e de calendário eleitoral sobre os meios de pagamento disponíveis. Aplicando um modelo autorregressivo com valor limite endógeno aos dados das séries temporais de moedas e créditos buscadas no Banco Central do Brasil, foram obtidas estimativas que permitem inferir que a dinâmica da liquidez da economia segue uma tendência explosiva e que, muito embora não esteja consistentemente relacionada a choques de crises internacionais e de cenário político, a sensibilidade desses agregados monetários aos choques macroeconômicos é perceptível apenas em seus meios com maior liquidez, os quais apresentaram mudança de regime no período estudado. Em conjunto, os resultados sugerem ainda que a situação econômica esperada no longo prazo é estável e que são fracos os indícios de que a liquidez da economia seja afetada pelo calendário eleitoral.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, 2015. / Submitted by Fernanda Percia França (fernandafranca@bce.unb.br) on 2016-02-11T14:50:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_LuísAugustoMirandaDias.pdf: 2773978 bytes, checksum: 03dcf8bfc14aad8ec83fa7705e6f5cc1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana(raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2016-02-12T19:58:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_LuísAugustoMirandaDias.pdf: 2773978 bytes, checksum: 03dcf8bfc14aad8ec83fa7705e6f5cc1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-12T19:58:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_LuísAugustoMirandaDias.pdf: 2773978 bytes, checksum: 03dcf8bfc14aad8ec83fa7705e6f5cc1 (MD5) / Introdução: A cirurgia para epilepsia permanece subutilizada apesar da evidência robusta, em estudos randomizados, da sua superioridade no controle das crises. Todavia, o impacto na qualidade de vida e indicadores sociais são de avaliação mais complexa e demandam estudos com maior seguimento. Objetivos: Analisar, após longo prazo, o impacto do tratamento cirúrgico no controle das crises, depressão, memória verbal e na qualidade de vida dos pacientes operados por epilepsia do lobo temporal mesial (ELT-M) em comparação com grupo similar de pacientes em avaliação pré-operatória. Identificar, no grupo cirúrgico, as variáveis que se correlacionam com a qualidade de vida. Método: Estudo analítico e observacional com a análise de pacientes operados por ELT-M. Coletou-se os dados prospectivamente em entrevista única, realizada por neuropsicóloga independente, no período de junho de 2012 à julho de 2013. Os pacientes responderam ao questionário sócio-demográfico e às versões validadas, em português do Brasil, do Questionário de Depressão de Beck-II, da Escala de Eventos Adversos de Liverpool e do Questionário de Qualidade de Vida em Epilepsia-31 (QOLIE-31). Empregou-se o Teste de Aprendizagem Auditivo-Verbal de Rey (RAVLT) para avaliar a memória verbal. O prognóstico do controle das crises epilépticas foi avaliado tanto pela classificação de Engel como da Liga Internacional Contra a Epilepsia (ILAE). A informação sobre o número de drogas antiepilépticas no pré-operatório foi colhida retrospectivamente. Resultados: Entrevistamos 71 pacientes operados entre junho de 2000 e agosto de 2009 e ainda 20 pacientes que estavam em avaliação pré-operatória por ELT-M. Após tempo médio de evolução pós operatória de 81 meses, na classificação de Engel, 44% dos pacientes estavam livres de crises (Engel Ia), 72% estavam controlados (Engel I) e 7% continuavam com crises frequentes desde a cirurgia (Engel III e IV) enquanto, apenas um (5%) dos pacientes não operados permanecia em remissão (Engel I). A Classificação da ILAE ressaltou que 68% não sofreram nenhuma crise no último ano. A análise comparativa mostrou que os pacientes operados tinham menor prevalência de depressão (p = 0,002), e toxicidade das drogas (p = 0,002), que tiveram o seu uso diminuído em quantidade ou retirado em 30% dos pacientes. Mais pacientes operados trabalhavam (p = 0,02), o que não se refletiu em diferenças no nível educacional, direção de veículos ou desenvolvimento de laços familiares. Ao teste de Rey, os pacientes comumente apresentaram deficiência da memória verbal independendo da cirurgia e da lateralidade da epilepsia. A evocação tardia estava inferior à média em 76% dos operados e 65% dos não operados. Em relação à evocação imediata, mais pacientes operados tiveram desempenho muito inferior à média (p = 0,05). Quanto à autopercepção da qualidade de vida, o grupo operado foi superior no escore total (M = 75,44 versus M = 60,08, p<0,001) e em todos os seus domínios, com exceção do funcionamento cognitivo que permaneceu semelhante. Essa diferença não foi correlacionada com o tempo de evolução pós-operatória. As análises por regressão logística múltipla mostraram que o grau de controle das crises e as escalas de depressão e de efeitos adversos das drogas, explicavam 73% da variância na qualidade de vida dos pacientes operados e da amostra como um todo. Conclusão: O tratamento cirúrgico é eficaz e permite redução ou retirada das medicações antiepilépticas. Entretanto, o impacto nos indicadores sociais é modesto e a qualidade de vida, referida pelos pacientes, depende não só do controle das crises mas ainda do fardo de sintomas depressivos e efeitos adversos das drogas. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / Introduction: Surgery for epilepsy remains underutilized despite robust evidence from randomized studies of greater seizure control. However, its impact on quality of life and social outcomes is far more complex to assess and requires long-term evaluation. Objective: We aimed to evaluate, in the long-term, the surgical outcomes in terms of seizure control, depression, verbal memory, antiepileptic drugs (DAEs) side effects and quality of life of patients treated for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) compared to a similar group in preoperative evaluation. The self-assessed quality of life correlations were identified in the surgical group. Method: This was an analytical observational study evaluating patients operated on for MTLE. Data were prospectively collected through a single structured in-person interview conducted by an independent neuropsychologist from June 2012 to July 2013. Patients answered a socio-demographic questionnaire and validated versions, in Brazilian Portuguese, from the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Liverpool Adverse Events Profile (AEP) and the Quality of Life Inventory in Epilepsy-31 (QOLIE-31). The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test was employed for verbal memory assessment. The seizure outcome was classified according to both Engel’s and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) scales. Information on the number of preoperative DAEs was collected retrospectively. Results: We interviewed 71 patients operated on between June 2000 and August 2009 and a further 20 patients while in MTLE preoperative evaluation. After 81 months’ mean postoperative follow-up, 44% achieved complete seizure freedom, 72% were in remission and only 7% continued to seize frequently by Engel's classification. The ILAE Classification also indicated that, during the last year, 68% were seizure-free. Only one of the non-operated patients remained in remission. The comparative analysis showed that the surgical group had a lower prevalence of depression (p = 0.002), and drug-related adverse effects (p = 0.002). There was a decrease in the number and even 30% withdrawal from DAEs. More patients were working (p = 0.02), but this was not reflected in educational, driving and family bonding skills. Patients commonly obtained low verbal memory scores irrespective of surgery and laterality. The delayed recall was well below the expected mean in 76% of surgical and 65% of control cases. In the immediate recall task, operated patients more frequently had performances less than 2 SD below average (p = 0.05). Regarding self-perception of quality of life (QOL), they scored higher in the total score (M = 75.44 vs. M = 60.08, p <0.001) and in all but the similar cognitive functioning dominions. These differences were not correlated to the length of the follow-up period. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that the degree of seizure control, Beck’s depression and AEP severity explained 73% of variance in the surgical group QOL as well as in the whole sample all together. Conclusion: Surgical treatment is effective and allows a reduction or withdrawal of antiepileptic medications. However, the impact on social indicators is modest, and the self-reported quality of life relies not only on seizure control but also on depressive symptoms and the burden of adverse effects from drugs.

M.Comm. (Financial Management) / The purpose of this study is to show the influence of corporate debt on financial distress particularly during and after an economic/financial crisis on South African companies. It is assumed that companies that are highly leveraged prior to a crisis will experience financial distress during as well as after the crisis and that they will go through a process of deleveraging sometime after the financial crisis. The financial statements of 47 capital intensive companies that are traded on the main board of the JSE Limited are analysed for two crises that took place between 1994 and 2010. These crisis points coincide with the Asian crisis and the Dot.com bubble crash. The 2008 sub-prime crisis is excluded from the analyses due to the absence of post-crisis financial information for some of the companies sampled. The analysis examines the relationship between debt and financial distress and between debt and profitability before, during and after the crises. The evolution of debt levels before, during and after the crises is also examined. The empirical findings of the study are a departure from international literature and experience that suggest that during times of economic prosperity companies become over-indebted due to expansion plans and therefore in most cases experience financial distress as they are unable to meet their obligations or meet these with great difficulty during and after the crisis.

The migration period was played out during 400-550 AD. This period has also been called the Norths golden era. This is because of the substantial number of gold and jewellery finds from this period. Archaeologists has since the 1930s been debating if the migration period was a time of crisis. This is because of all the discoveries that has been made and interpret as a crisis in Europe. Both the abandonment of the stone settlements and the ring-forts in Öland and Gotland has been used as evidence of a catastrophic crisis. The purpose of this essay is to present the most debated interpretations of the migration period. The questions for this essay is: How does the debate look like from it´s beginning to our present day? Has the debate had any changes? Could the archaeologists have been influenced by their own society? The essay is based on literature studies and presents the different scientists thoughts in the debate. Both the ring-fort and the abandonment of the settlements have had a significant role in the debate and therefore will be presented in this essay. This essay shows that the debate has taken a lot of changes through the years. The conclusion is that archaeologists have been influenced by both their present times and the existing archaeological theory.   Keywords: Migration period, iron age, debate, crisis, climate change, stone-house settlements, ring-fort.

This paper develops a series of Early Warning System models for debt crises. This paper uses a Debt Pressure index to define crisis periods and then demonstrates how one can go about trying to forecast these periods using Logit and Markov-switching Models. An alternative approach, whereby ordinary least squares (OLS) is used to create Early Warning System models, is introduced. A graphical analysis is also conducted. Three useful Early Warning System models emerge from this study.

This study is an examination of the predictor variables, as measured by a Demographics Questionnaire (DQ) and the Professional School Counselor Perception of Preparedness/Frequency of Specific Crisis Situations Survey (PSCPPFSCSS). The researcher determined the combination of predictor variables that accounted for the greatest amount of variance in professional school counselors’ overall perceptions of preparedness in stabilizing a student in specific crisis situations. Members of the American School Counseling Association were contacted through e-mail and encouraged to access a Web site to complete the DQ and PSCPPFSCSS. A total of 210 participants responded (response rate 23.5%). A stepwise regression analysis was used. The outcome variable was the counselors’ ratings of their preparedness for crisis counseling in specific crisis situations. The researcher entered 9 predictor variables and discovered that seven predictors met the criterion for entry set at F = .05. The 7 predictors were: (a) student/counselor ratio, (b) level of education, (c) years of school counseling experience, (d) pre-service hours spent in crisis intervention, (e) in-service hours spent in crisis intervention, (f) graduate coursework hours in crisis counseling, and (g) total number of times crisis situations were encountered. Counselor/student ratio and pre-service hours of preparation were not significantly related to perception of preparedness in dealing with specific crisis situations. The findings indicated that more experience resulted in greater perceptions of preparedness. Counselors with first-hand experience with crisis situations, more years of counseling experience, graduate course work, in-service hours of preparation, hours spent in formal or in-service, and higher degrees expressed higher levels of preparedness. The full model on the seventh step of the regression indicated that a sizable portion of the variance (approximately 41%) in counselors’ reported perceptions of preparedness is significantly explained by the predictors (p < .001). Recommendations included: (a) replication of the study with a greater sample size, (b) integration of crisis intervention skills in counselor preparation coursework, (c) extended internships with crisis response for graduate students in counselor education programs, and (d) supervision provided by counselors who have greater experience in crisis response.

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Yes / This study investigates bank financing to small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and evaluates whether the difficulties of SMEs in accessing bank financing during a period of financial crisis are due to a reduction in the supply of credit, or to a decrease in the demand for credit. The results show that the macroeconomic setting matters: demand effects are unlikely to drive the decline in the stock of bank loans, while the supply of credit causes SMEs difficulties in accessing bank credit. During a crisis period, in particular, an increase in the risk of lenders leads to the reduced supply of credit and credit rationing (i.e. the bank lending channel). In a post-crisis period, SMEs with increased risk and decreased profits have great difficulties in securing bank loans (i.e. the borrower balance sheet channel). Taken together, these results suggest that supply effects initially emerge through the bank-lending channel and then shift to the borrower balance sheet channel over a period of financial crisis.

This thesis is concerned with two main questions. Do systemic banking crises substantially affect the income distribution in a country? Is income inequality a destabilising factor for the macro-economy? In order to answer the first question, this thesis examines a panel of 26 countries since 1900 and assembles a new database of crises, finding that the impact of major banking crises on the national income shares detained by the income groups within the richest decile is mostly small in magnitude. Indeed, the estimated impact is never bigger than a standard deviation of the specific top shares under investigation. Results are also confirmed in a separate analysis for the United States and are robust to a series of checks. These findings lend indirect support to the structuralist hypothesis that only substantial changes in government policies and institutional frameworks can bring about radical changes in income distribution. The analysis also highlights interesting heterogeneity across different income groups, country groups and time periods. The second question is addressed by making use of a newly assembled database on different dimensions of economic inequality. The new data helps to reject the statistical validity of the hypotheses that either growing inequality or a high level of inequality may systematically precede the onset of major banking crises. In addition, simulations based on the UK Family Expenditure Survey data find that even a full equalisation of income would increase the aggregate consumption by 3 percentage points at most. These findings, taken together, point out that an increase in income inequality may not concur to reduce the pressure on aggregate demand or be adduced as a structural factor of financial instability. Nonetheless, the evidence is not yet clear cut as the work further documents that periods of increasing income inequality in the UK were also associated with a reduction of the saving rates across the whole income distribution since 1968. The analysis contends that such evidence of under-saving behaviour may be consistent with the relative income hypothesis and some of its recent formulations such as the ’expenditure cascades’ theory.