Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:51:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissFA.pdf: 692673 bytes, checksum: c17603e3bc9d4ee95fd60f2c08410cec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12-01 / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / This research have two main goals: i) the Production Planning and Control (PPC) top-authors identification according to an effective population (EF)with 592 international researchers; and ii) assessing the gap between theory and practice on the PPC area at São Carlos region. To determine the item (i) it was done a research through internet with an initial sample of 205 researchers, as not all e-mails worked, the effective sample (ES) was reduced to 168 researchers. The obtained result was estimated for the corrected effective population (CEP), that corresponds to the number of people whose e-mails worked, through the Horwitz-Thompson estimator. At the end of this stage we obtained a list containing the top-authors of the area and their main works as well as we accomplished analysis involving variables like the region, the approach and the number of years the respondents are active on PPC research. To accomplish the item (ii) we collected data from a group of São Carlos academics and from 11 important companies of the region. We lifted up several causes of the existence of this gap in the area and we also suggested several initiatives to decrease it. / Esta pesquisa possuiu dois objetivos principais: i) identificação dos principais autores do PCP na visão de uma população efetiva (PE) de 592 pesquisadores internacionais; e ii) análise da lacuna entre a teoria e a prática da área de PCP na região de São Carlos. Para determinar o item (i) foi realizada uma pesquisa via internet com uma amostra inicial de 205 pesquisadores, e que no decorrer da pesquisa foi reduzida a 168 pessoas (aqueles cujos e-mails funcionavam); chamamos este grupo de amostra efetiva (AE). O resultado obtido foi estimado para a população efetiva corrigida (PEc), que corresponde ao número de pessoas da PE cujos e-mails funcionavam, por meio do estimador de Horwitz-Thompson. Ao final desta etapa obtivemos uma lista contendo os principais autores da área e suas principais obras bem como realizamos análises envolvendo variáveis como a região, a abordagem e o tempo de pesquisa dos entrevistados. Para realizar o item (ii) levantamos dados de um grupo de acadêmicos da região de São Carlos e de onze empresas de grande porte da mesma região. Foram levantadas várias causas da existência desta lacuna na região e também foram sugeridas várias iniciativas para diminuí-la.

In the field of second and foreign language learning, beliefs, as one of the affective factors, remain relatively unexplored. Failure to address unrealistic student beliefs and expectations may increase student anxiety (Truitt, 1995; Young, 1991), hinder progress, and ultimately lead to a breakdown in learning (Ellis, 1996; Horwitz, 1985, 1987, 1988; Mantle-Bromley, 1995; Peacock, 1999). This study investigates the beliefs about language learning of first year university students in Japan, employing the Japanese language questionnaire developed by Sakui and Gaies (1999). Two student discussion groups were also formed to provide further data. In addition to describing student beliefs, the study explores differences between student beliefs and teacher beliefs, change in student beliefs during a course of study, and relationships between student beliefs and second language proficiency. A total of 661 first year students, and 34 of their class teachers, participated in this study, at a private Japanese university, between April 2002 and January 2003. Data were analysed using Pearson correlation, Cronbach’s alpha, t-tests, and a principal components factor analysis. The students in the study appear to hold a variety of beliefs, to varying degrees. Significant differences were found between student responses and teacher responses for more than half of the questionnaire items, with the four main areas of difference relating to translation, error correction, the difficulty of language learning, and motivation. In terms of belief change, significant differences were found in student responses to almost a quarter of the questionnaire items between two administrations in April and December, 2002. Some differences were also identified between the beliefs of students based on their proficiency scores, but the results here are inconclusive. This study contributes to the growing understanding of the role of beliefs in language learning. Further studies of other student groups, at other institutions in Japan, will enable a comparison of results to help produce a clearer picture of the beliefs and expectations about language learning of students at Japanese universities.

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Die Künstlerin Channa Horwitz (1932–2013, Los Angeles) wurde vor allem durch ihre komplexen Notationssysteme bekannt. Ihre Werke werden häufig im Spannungsfeld der Minimal Art und der Conceptual Art verortet. Die von ihr verwendeten Medien erstrecken sich über Zeichnungen, Installationen bis zu Performances. Horwitz arbeitet mittels dieser unterschiedlichen Darstellungsmodi an einer universellen Sprache, die von anderen künstlerischen Disziplinen als Anleitung interpretiert und somit in Tanz, Lyrik, Musik oder in eine Installation umgesetzt werden können. Das wichtigste Motiv ihrer künstlerischen Arbeit ist das Aufzeichnen von Bewegung innerhalb eines Zeitraumes. Hierzu entwickelt Sie verschiedene Spielarten, die Horwitz häufig in Buchform herausgibt. Der Akt des Aufschlagens und des Umblätterns eröffnen der Künstlerin neue Möglichkeiten, über die Präsentation ihrer Notationen nachzudenken. Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, welche Konsequenz das Format des Leporellos für Horwitz’ künstlerische Praxis hat und wie ihre Notationen durch das Format archiviert werden.

Cellisten Linnea Vikström utforskar relationen mellan dans och musik genom ett videoverk i vilken hon både spelar cello och dansar sin egen koreografi. Musiken hon koreograferat till heter My heart is in the East och är skriven av cellisten Mats Lidström. Linnea har bakgrund som dansare och reflekterar kring likheter och skillnader mellan hur dansare och musiker arbetar med musik. Kan musiker använda dans skapande som ett verktyg för att få en djupare förståelse av en utvald musik? Sammanfattningsvis kommer hon fram till att det går att använda dans som ett verktyg för att fördjupa sin uppfattning av en utvald musik.