This thesis addresses the issues of how rhythm could be taught differently in the West, how the new methodology described here could impact the performance of rhythmically complex contemporary music as well as becoming the starting point of a new creative approach for improvisers and composers. The three main goals of this research are to describe South Indian (Karnatic) rhythmical concepts which could be considered sufficiently universal to be integrated with western classical and jazz aesthetics, to show how these techniques can be utilised to analyse and perform western contemporary music with more understanding and accuracy, and to demonstrate how these concepts can be integrated within a western creative framework, be it improvised or composed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:34:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RenatoSA_DISSERT.pdf: 579996 bytes, checksum: ea1b221d1f258e0dd61c5b7549c8f5e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-02 / The analysis of some aspects of development in Brazil in the past three decades reveals an improvement on a range of indicators isolated in the south east the richest region and north east the poorest region. From a database of twenty variables, the main purpose the study was to verify if there are indications of convergence or divergence in five dimensions of development between the two regions from 1990 to 2010. Aiming to identify the states more similar and different, and to verify changes in the composition of low development groups and high development in the adressed period, was used the analysis of groupings (Cluster Analysis). Additionally, to test equality of distance between states all the time, was used the non-parametric Test of Wilcoxon. This makes it possible to verify IF the distance between the states of two regions has been increasing or has been falling, showing signs of divergence or convergence. The results of Cluster s analysis suggest that there are indications of convergence inside the cluster of north east, but the distance between two regions has not changed. The results of test of Wilcoxon suggests that there have been no changes statistically significant in the distance between the states, in the two regions the standards of development became more homogenous, but the two regions will be far apart / A an?lise de alguns aspectos do desenvolvimento no Brasil nas ?ltimas tr?s d?cadas evidencia que houve uma melhoria em uma s?rie de indicadores isolados tanto no Sudeste regi?o mais rica - como no Nordeste - regi?o mais pobre. A partir de uma base de dados de vinte vari?veis, o objetivo principal do estudo foi verificar se h? ind?cios de converg?ncia ou diverg?ncia em cinco dimens?es do desenvolvimento entre as duas regi?es no per?odo de 1990 a 2010. Visando identificar os estados mais similares e mais diferentes entre si, bem como verificar altera??es na composi??o dos grupos de baixo desenvolvimento e de alto desenvolvimento no per?odo abordado, foi empregado a An?lise de Agrupamentos (Cluster Analysis). Adicionalmente, para testar a igualdade das dist?ncias entre os estados ao longo do tempo, foi utilizado o teste n?o param?trico de Wilcoxon. Este ?ltimo tornou poss?vel verificar se a dist?ncia entre os estados das duas regi?es vem aumentando ou diminuindo, apresentando ind?cios de diverg?ncia ou converg?ncia. Os resultados da an?lise de Cluster sugerem que h? ind?cios de converg?ncia dentro do cluster do Nordeste, por?m, a dist?ncia entre as duas regi?es n?o foi alterada. Os resultados do teste de Wilcoxon sugerem que n?o houve mudan?as estatisticamente significativas na dist?ncia entre os estados. Dentro das duas regi?es os padr?es de desenvolvimento se tornaram mais homog?neos, por?m, as duas regi?es continuam muito distantes

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-06-29T17:33:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 giselecostamaia.pdf: 774401 bytes, checksum: 5cd5a6bd8b0f088ebf40f67286cfba1e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-05T16:03:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 giselecostamaia.pdf: 774401 bytes, checksum: 5cd5a6bd8b0f088ebf40f67286cfba1e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-05T16:03:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 giselecostamaia.pdf: 774401 bytes, checksum: 5cd5a6bd8b0f088ebf40f67286cfba1e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-24 / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral investigar a contribuição dos reagrupamentos temporários enquanto estratégia de intervenção para a promoção da aprendizagem, em turmas de alfabetização do 3° ano de escolaridade em duas escolas públicas da rede estadual da Superintendência Regional de Ensino de Montes Claros, destacando o papel do gestor na condução da política. Os reagrupamentos temporários se constituem em novas maneiras de se organizar os tempos e espaços escolares, agrupando de diversas formas os alunos que não consolidaram as capacidades previstas de leitura e escrita, em determinado ano de escolaridade, com atendimento e currículo diferenciados. Para tanto, buscou-se conhecer a política tanto no âmbito da Superintendência Regional de Ensino, como no âmbito das duas escolas selecionadas. Com isso, pretendeu-se, através da análise do contexto de implementação dos reagrupamentos temporários, elencar os efeitos da política e sua relação com a melhoria dos resultados das escolas pesquisadas. Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa, utilizou-se a pesquisa qualitativa, incluindo a observação direta, análise documental e entrevista semiestruturada, bem como a literatura disponível sobre o tema. Os dados encontrados demonstram que, apesar da política ter colaborado para a melhoria do desempenho dos alunos do 3º ano de escolaridade das escolas, conforme pode-se comprovar através dos resultados do PROALFA (Programa de Avaliação da Alfabetização), apresenta pontos que precisam ser repensados. Percebeu-se que o papel do diretor na condução da política é fundamental, tendo em vista a dimensão pedagógica da gestão, bem como a participação das famílias. Outro aspecto importante se refere à reorganização dos tempos e espaços escolares como uma das condições para o desenvolvimento dos reagrupamentos temporários. Como resultado da pesquisa, apresenta-se o Plano de Ação Educacional de modo a orientar a tomada de decisões referentes à implementação dos reagrupamentos temporários no âmbito escolar, de maneira exitosa. / This research aims at investigating of the contribution of temporary groupings of intervention as a strategy to promote learning, literacy classes in the 3rd grade at two young public schools Education of Regional Superintendency of the Montes Claros´ schools, highlighting the roleof the managerin the conduct of policy. The temporary groupings constitute new ways to organize time and space school, grouping students in different ways that did not consolidate the capabilities provided for reading and writing in a particular year of schooling, treatment and differentiated curriculum. To this end, we sought to know the policy both within the Regional Superintendency of Education, as part of the two selected schools. Thus, it was intended, by examining the context of implementation of temporary groupings, list the effects of politics and its relation to the improvement of the schools in the studied. To develop the research, we used qualitative research, including direct observation, document analysis and semistructured interviews, as well as the available literature about the subject. The data obtained show that, despite the policy have contributed to the improved the performance of students in the 3rd grade school, as can be proved by the results of PROALFA (Program Assessment Literacy) presents points that need to be rethought . It was noticed that the director's role in politics is essential, in view of the educational dimension of management, as well as the families’ participation. Another important aspect refers to the reorganization of school time and space as a condition for the development of temporary groupings. As a result of research, presents the Education Action Plan in order to guide decision making regarding the implementation of temporary groupings in school requires so successful.

Background Considering ~9 million Canadians have one or more chronic health conditions, and >3.3 million report some level of disability, the burden of care is substantive for individuals and health system. With such conditions, self-care is essential but may pose challenges to both individuals and providers of care. As a concept, self-care is poorly understood. Further, evidence for effective self-care support is diffuse and typically studied relative to specific conditions. Objectives To investigate the concept of self-care three objectives were undertaken: 1) explore and describe the construct of self-care as understood by individuals/families, health care professionals, researchers, policy-makers; and industry; 2) produce new knowledge for health care professionals about interventions for self-care across a range of population groups; 3) develop a provisional framework to inform practice and research. Method A multi-phase enquiry was undertaken. Phase 1 Concept clarification including: 1) synthesis of qualitative evidence on the experience of self-care reported by individuals/families; 2) content analysis and definitional study of the meaning of self-care; 3) concept analysis of self-care; 4) creation of a conceptual schema encompassing these perspectives. Phase 2 Self-care Interventions: Integrative study of systematic reviews, synthesizing evidence for self-care interventions from multiple disease/impairment groupings. Results Three modes of self-care were revealed : ‘Care of self’ self-care performed on one’s own behalf; ‘care by other’ acknowledging individuals with disabilities who guide and direct care provided by another person; and ‘care of other’- care of families and others at a community level. Analysis of 30 self-care interventions across 16 conditions demonstrated that educational sessions and self-care management plans are emerging as effective strategies to support and guide self-care. Conclusion Self-care is a complex care concept that is becoming an expected element in today’s health care environment. A full understanding of how it is viewed, including the individual’s perspective, is vital for enactment and beneficial support. This comprehensive understanding of the concept along with evidence for effective interventions drawn from multiple groups will assist health care professionals to improve their assessments and provide them with strategies to support self-care needs –ultimately, contributing to enabling individuals to maintain their highest level of functioning. / Thesis (Ph.D, Rehabilitation Science) -- Queen's University, 2010-09-24 09:33:03.17

This study evaluated the phitosociology of the Mixed Rain Forest and its mechanisms of regeneration (seeding banks, seed rain and soil seed bank). The data were collected in six conglomerates, being every one subdivided in 16 parcels of 20m x 20m. In the Chapter I it was studied the adult vegetation, where the tree and shrub species with circumference at the height of the chest equal or bigger than 30 cm were identified and measured. The species were classified in ecological groups and, on the basis of the density data, it was made an analysis of the grouping using the TWINSPAR method (Two-Way Indicattor Species Analysis). The groupings were characterized in relation to their horizontal structure. On the area, they 86 species were identified, being 18 pioneers, 25 secondary initials, 16 secondary delayed, 14 climax, and 13 were classified in more than one group. Three groupings were characterized (G1, G2 nd G3), in which gained special prominence the species Siphoneugena reitzii, Araucaria angustifolia and Sebastiania commersoniana, respectively in environments of hillside, of emergent trees and humid environments. In the chapter II based in the groupings formed in the adult vegetation, it was evaluated the mechanisms of regeneration. The seed rain was evaluated during the months of January to December of 2007, by means of the disposition of 96 collectors of 1 m2, in which it was observed the significant difference among the three groups in the quantity of seeds dispersed. In the study of the soil seed bank which was held through the collect of 5 cm of ground (taking out the burlap), it was observed that the group G1 showed significant difference in the quantity of storaged seeds in relation to groups G2 and G3. Seeding banks was showed in 72 showing unities of 2 m x 2 m, in which all the individuals with a size equal or bigger than 20 cm and DAP equal or lesser than 1 cm were identified and counted. The statistic analysis showed that, quantitatively, there was a significant difference among the three groups in relation to numbers of individuals in the seeding bank. For the joint analyses of the adult vegetation and mechanisms of regeneration, it is concluded, initially that the seeding bank, for having presented a bigger similarity with the vegetation, it can be the principal strategy of the maintenance of this forest. The seed rain is a basic strategy to the maintenance of the seeding bank. The seed bank didn´t present a flower potential for substituting the species present in the tree vegetation after alteration of the forest, being an essential strategy to the initial reestablishment of the area., due to the high density of the herbaceous plants. It was considered as tree basic species Araucaria angustifolia, Siphoneugena reitzii, llex brevicuspis, Podocarpus lambertii e Vernonia discolor, in hillside environments; Araucaria angustifolia, Casearia decandra, Blepharocalyx salicifolius, llex paraguariensis and Sebastiania brasiliensis in emergent tree environments; Araucaria angustifolia, Blepharocalyx salicifolius, Cryptocarya aschersoniana, llex brevicuspis, Sebastiania commersoinana e Siphoneugena reitzii in lands of bigger moistness. Through these informations one gives credit that such species will have greater possibility of stablishment in places with similar environment characteristics. / Este estudo avaliou a fitossociologia de Floresta Ombrófila Mista e os seus mecanismos de regeneração (banco de plântulas, chuva de sementes e banco de sementes do solo). Os dados foram coletados em seis conglomerados, sendo cada um subdividido em 16 parcelas de 20 m x 20 m. No Capítulo I, estudou-se a vegetação adulta onde as espécies arbóreas e arbustivas com circunferência à altura do peito (CAP) igual ou maior de 30 cm foram identificadas e medidas. As espécies foram classificadas em grupos ecológicos e, com base nos dados de densidade, foi realizada uma análise de agrupamento utilizando o método TWINSPAN (Two-way Indicator Species Analysis). Os agrupamentos foram caracterizados em relação à sua estrutura horizontal. Na área, foram identificadas 86 espécies, sendo 18 pioneiras, 25 secundárias iniciais, 16 secundárias tardias, 14 clímax, e 13 foram classificadas em mais de um grupo. Foram caracterizados três agrupamentos (G1, G2 e G3), em que se destacaram as espécies Siphoneugena reitzii, Araucaria angustifolia e Sebastiania commersoniana, respectivamente, em ambientes de encosta, de árvores emergentes e úmido. No capítulo II, partindo dos agrupamentos formados na vegetação adulta, foram avaliados os mecanismos de regeneração. A chuva de sementes foi avaliada durante os meses de janeiro a dezembro de 2007 por meio da disposição de 96 coletores de 1 m², na qual foi observada diferença significativa entre os três grupos na quantidade de sementes dispersadas. No estudo do banco de sementes do solo, realizado mediante a coleta de 5 cm de solo (retirando a serapilheira), observou-se que o grupo G1 demonstrou diferença significativa na quantidade de sementes estocadas em relação aos grupos G2 e G3. O banco de plântulas foi amostrado em 72 unidades amostrais de 2 m x 2 m, em que todos os indivíduos com altura igual ou maior que 20 cm e DAP igual ou menor 1 cm foram identificados e contados. A análise estatística mostrou que, quantitativamente, houve diferença significativa entre os três grupos quanto ao número de indivíduos no banco de plântulas. Pela análise conjunta da vegetação adulta e mecanismos de regeneração, conclui-se, inicialmente, que o banco de plântulas, por ter apresentado maior similaridade com a vegetação, pode ser a estratégia principal de manutenção dessa floresta. A chuva de sementes é uma estratégia fundamental à manutenção do banco de plântulas. O banco de sementes não apresentou potencial florístico para substituir as espécies presentes na vegetação arbórea após alteração da floresta, sendo uma estratégia essencial ao restabelecimento inicial da área, dada a elevada densidade de plantas herbáceas. Foram consideradas como espécies arbóreas fundamentais Araucaria angustifolia, Siphoneugena reitzii, Ilex brevicuspis, Podocarpus lambertii e Vernonia discolor, em ambientes de encosta; Araucaria angustifolia, Casearia decandra, Blepharocalyx salicifolius, Ilex paraguariensis e Sebastiania brasiliensis, em ambiente de arvores emergentes; Araucaria angustifolia, Blepharocalyx salicifolius, Cryptocarya aschersoniana, Ilex brevicuspis, Sebastiania commersoniana e Siphoneugena reitzii em terrenos de maior umidade. Por meio dessas informações, acredita-se que tais espécies terão maior chance de estabelecimento em locais com características ambientais semelhantes.

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An exploratory study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between personality preference groupings, as described by Jung’s (1959) type theory, and emotional intelligence, as measured by Bar-On’s emotional intelligence quotient (Bar-On, 1997). The sample group consisted of 1 121 recruitment candidates for a South African investment bank. The sixteen personality types, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, were represented in the sample. The statistical analysis conducted for this study included comparison of means, correlation analysis and analysis of variance. The results indicated statistically significant relationships between the preferences of Extroversion, Judgement, their combined preference grouping and emotional intelligence. No statistically significant relationships were found between the preference groupings of Intuition and Thinking, Sensing and Thinking, Intuition and Feeling, and Sensing and Feeling. The preferred Feeling preference type consistently scored the lowest in terms of emotional intelligence scores. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology

An exploratory study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between personality preference groupings, as described by Jung’s (1959) type theory, and emotional intelligence, as measured by Bar-On’s emotional intelligence quotient (Bar-On, 1997). The sample group consisted of 1 121 recruitment candidates for a South African investment bank. The sixteen personality types, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, were represented in the sample. The statistical analysis conducted for this study included comparison of means, correlation analysis and analysis of variance. The results indicated statistically significant relationships between the preferences of Extroversion, Judgement, their combined preference grouping and emotional intelligence. No statistically significant relationships were found between the preference groupings of Intuition and Thinking, Sensing and Thinking, Intuition and Feeling, and Sensing and Feeling. The preferred Feeling preference type consistently scored the lowest in terms of emotional intelligence scores. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Face à l’échec des fusions volontaires de communes en France, il a été choisi d’encourager massivement leur regroupement à partir de 1999, grâce à la formule déjà ancienne des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre. En une quinzaine d’année, l’évolution du cadre juridique et des pratiques de terrain ont permis l’émergence d’un bloc communal à deux niveaux. L’organisation administrative actuelle de ces structures témoigne de la volonté de faire coïncider, à l’échelle intercommunale, bassin de vie et circonscription administrative, afin de constituer de véritables « territoires ». Au cours de la dernière décennie, la possibilité de mutualiser les moyens au sein de chaque bloc communal a également été reconnue par le droit positif. Toutefois, l’analyse des pratiques démontre que cet objectif de complémentarité entre les communes et leur groupement d’appartenance se révèle insuffisant au regard des enjeux actuels, tant démocratiques que financiers. / The failure of voluntary groupings of communes in France has been an incentive to massively promote these groupings since 1999 throughout the longstanding formula of intermunicipal groupings with its own taxing power. In fifteen years, the evolution of the legal framework and local practices have enabled the emergence of a two-tier intermunicipal system. The current administrative organization of these structures displays the will to match the living area with the territorial administrative unit at the scale of the intermunicipal boundaries, in order to create genuine « territories ». During the last decade, the scope and effect to pool resources within the two-tier municipal units have also been recognized by positive law. However, the analysis of local practices shows that this objective of complementarity between the communes and their groupings proves insufficient in view of the current challenges, both democratic and financial.

Orientador: Valeriano Mendes Ferreira Costa / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T07:04:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferrari_ViniciusEduardo_M.pdf: 2206005 bytes, checksum: 9d90089440c2d0376a8f29f9a85a70ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O intento desta dissertação é avaliar a tentativa de conformação de uma base de financiamento de longo prazo privada e nacional para a economia brasileira após o Golpe Militar de 1964. A idéia, portanto, é examinar a elaboração e a implementação do projeto dos bancos de investimentos, uma vez que estas instituições apresentavam como objetivo o fornecimento de empréstimos de prazos dilatados para o setor produtivo. A evidência empírica revela a incapacidade das reformas do governo Castello Branco no tocante à expansão do financiamento de longo prazo doméstico privado. Os bancos de investimentos não se tornaram ofertantes de fundos de longo prazo, mas sim de capital de giro, atuando de forma semelhante às demais instituições financeiras nacionais. Esta dissertação pretende estudar as causas deste resultado. Conclui-se que a dinamização dos financiamentos privados de longo prazo não representava um interesse econômico prioritário para os grupos privados nacionais. Nas décadas de 60 e 70, a atratividade/lucratividade das operações financeiras de curto prazo à disposição do sistema bancário tendeu a reforçar a aversão histórica dos bancos nacionais aos riscos inflacionários associados às aplicações financeiras de prazo dilatado. No tocante ao setor produtivo, a vigência de alguns traços estruturais do desenvolvimento capitalista brasileiro, tais como a baixa propensão das empresas privadas ao uso de recursos de terceiros para financiar o investimento, consolidou dentre os setores industriais a seguinte percepção: a elaboração de mecanismos para o financiamento do capital fixo não representava um elemento essencial. Nesta visão, seria muito mais importante a dinamização das fontes de financiamento de capital de giro, garantindo a total ocupação da capacidade industrial existente na economia. Na arena política, o interesse dos banqueiros pela redução do prazo das operações financeiras encontrou correspondência nas reivindicações dos setores produtivos pela ampliação das fontes de crédito de capital de giro e ambas as pressões se reforçaram mutuamente. As demandas particulares dos banqueiros convergiram, sobretudo, para o Conselho Monetário Nacional. Já os setores industriais encontraram na locução ao presidente Castello Branco um mecanismo eficaz para a materialização dos seus interesses. O governo atendeu as reivindicações dos grupos privados; os bancos de investimentos foram deslocados para o mercado creditício de médio prazo destinado ao financiamento do capital de giro das empresas. Desta forma, o projeto governamental referente à dinamização do crédito privado de longo prazo foi abortado durante a fase de implementação das reformas financeiras do governo Castello Branco / Abstract: The aim of this manuscript is to better analyze the attempt from the first military government to construct a private and national nucleus of long term financing after the ?"Revolution of 1964". We sought to assess the formulation and implementation of the investment banks project, once these financial institutions had the purpose to provide long term loans to the industrial sector. However, the existent financial data points the inability of Brazilian Government's Reforms regarding the expansion of the domestic as well as private long term funding in the Brazilian economy. Investment banks did not become lenders of long term funding, but working capital lenders instead, operating similarly to the usual Brazilian financial institutions. The intent of this work is, hence, to study the causes behind this result. By analyzing the reminiscent data, it was possible to observe that the expansion of the long term funding sources did not represent a major economic priority to the Brazilian private groups. The appeal of short term financial operations available to the national financial system reinforced the tendency of the Brazilian banks' historical resistance to inflationary risks associated to such long term funding operations. In regards to the productive sector, some structural features related to national capitalist development, as the low propensity of private companies for use of third party funds to financial investment, consolidated among the industrial sector an important perception: that the development of a private and national nucleus of long term funding was not an essential issue. According to this argument, the expansion of working capital funding sources would be more important, ensuring full occupancy of the industrial capacity existing in the economy. In the political arena, the bankers' aspiration to shorten financial operations was correspondent to the demands of industrial sectors regarding the expansion of the working capital sources, so that these expectations reinforced each other. The bankers' particular demands converged to the National Monetary Council. The industrial entrepreneurs have found, in the direct access to President Castello Branco, an effective mechanism for realizing their interests. The Brazilian government, on the other hand, met these private pressures and the investment banks were reallocated to the medium-term credit market. These institutions consequently started to provide working capital funds to the private companies. As a result, the government project related to the expansion of the long terms funds in the Brazilian economy was aborted during the implementation of the Financial Reforms / Mestrado / Ciencia Politica / Mestre em Ciência Política