A violência se caracteriza como um fenômeno complexo e multifacetário, envolvendo aspectos relacionados a fatores biológicos e às interações sociais do indivíduo, reforçando a ideia da necessidade de uma abordagem multiprofissional para este problema de saúde pública. A proximidade dos profissionais de saúde às vítimas de violência e aos agressores tem sido parte do cotidiano da enfermagem. Reconhecer esse fenômeno, identificar seus elementos e peculiaridades e atender com competências as vítimas ou seus perpetradores são desafios para a equipe de enfermagem. Sendo assim, é de extrema relevância lançar mão de instrumentos de medida do conhecimento de estudantes sobre enfermagem forense. Este estudo, metodológico, com abordagem quantitativa, teve o objetivo de descrever o processo de validação do Questionário de Conhecimento sobre Práticas de Enfermagem Forense. A pesquisa foi conduzida em uma Universidade do Interior paulista, com alunos de graduação em enfermagem. Empregou-se os métodos de adaptação cultural, adaptação semântica pelo modelo DISABIKDS® e análises das propriedades psicométricas (validação de construto convergente e divergente pela analise multitraço multimétodo; consistência interna dos itens e subescalas pelos Kuder -Richardson-20; reprodutibilidade pelo coeficiente Kappa e Coeficiente de Correlação Intra Classe). O instrumento adaptado, em seu processo de validação semântica, mostrou boa aceitação, relevância, clareza e fácil compreensão de seus itens pela maioria dos avaliadores. Nas análises psicométricas os resultados apontaram valores satisfatórios para a fidedignidade do instrumento (estatística KR-20 escore global de 0,732; houve variação entre as subescalas tendo a de Preservação de Vestígios Forenses escore de 0,174 e a de Vestígios Forenses escore de 0,720). Pela estatística Kappa, 65 itens apresentaram estabilidade no teste e reteste, com variações de moderada a substancial para 48 destes (kappa > 0,40). O ICC global foi de 0,767, considerado bom ou substancial. Na análise multitraço multimétodo obteve-se baixa correlação dos itens em relação à dimensão a qual pertence, exceto para as subescalas Situaçoes Forenses e Vestigios Forenses. Sugere-se novas análises da validade do instrumento, com revisão dos aspectos teóricos e tamanho amostral / Violence is characterized as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, involving aspects related to biological factors and social interactions of the individual, reinforcing the idea of the need for a multiprofessional approach to this public health problem. The proximity of health professionals to the victims of violence and to the aggressors has been part of the routine of nursing. Recognizing this phenomenon, identifying its elements and peculiarities and responding competently to the victims or their perpetrators are challenges for the nursing team. Thus, it is extremely relevant to use measuring instruments of students\' knowledge about forensic nursing. This methodological study, with a quantitative approach, aimed to describe the validation process of the Knowledge Questionnaire on Forensic Nursing Practices. The research was conducted at a University of the Interior of São Paulo, with undergraduate students in nursing. The methods of cultural adaptation, semantic adaptation by the DISABIKDS® model and analysis of the psychometric properties (convergent and divergent construct validation by multi-method multi-method analysis, internal consistency of items and subscales by the Kuder-Richardson-20, and Kappa coefficient reproducibility Coefficient of Intra Class Correlation). The adapted instrument, in its semantic validation process, showed good acceptance, relevance, clarity and easy comprehension of its items by most evaluators. In the psychometric analysis, the results indicated satisfactory values for the reliability of the instrument (KR-20 statistic overall score of 0.732; there was variation between subscales, with Forensic Vestiges Preservation score of 0.174 and Forensic Vestiges score of 0.720). By Kappa statistic, 65 items presented stability in the test and retest, with variations of moderate to substantial for 48 of these (kappa> 0.40). The overall ICC was 0.767, considered good or substantial. In the multi-method multi-method analysis, a low correlation of items was obtained in relation to the dimension to which it belongs, except for the Forensic Situations and Forensic Vestiges For subscales. Further analysis of the validity of the instrument is suggested, with a review of theoretical aspects and sample size.

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It was the purpose of this study to (1) investigate the use and value of the simple instrument program in the elementary school and (2) provide or suggest musical experiences through the medium of this program that will help children to get at the inner essence of music through a process of musical growth. These experiences should be in agreement with the modern philosophy of music education. An attempt was made to present these experiences in such a manner that they can be readily utilized by any teacher in the primary grades.

This thesis is the documentation of an investigation to explore the applicability and use of indigenous African instruments in the development of primary school music curriculum for Zimbabwe. Although music is regarded as one of the compulsory subjects of the Zimbabwean primary school curriculum, it is noted with concern that western musical arts ideas are prominent in the school syllabus hence, they underline the whole essence of music teaching in the post-independence Zimbabwean education system. This is done at the expense of indigenous African musical arts practices that learners can easily identify with in their respective local communities. The purpose of my study therefore, is to determine critical elements of a curriculum development framework for facilitating the inclusion of indigenous African instrumental performance practices as substantive music resource stuff in the westernised Zimbabwean primary school music curriculum provisions. Zimbabwe has a variety of indigenous African instruments that include mbira, mazambi, magagada, chipendani and chigufe. For the purpose of carrying out this research, three indigenous African instruments are identified as instruments of focus. These are marimba (African xylophone), ngoma (African drum) and hosho (African percussion shakers). Thus, the term indigenous African instruments is consistently used collectively to mean the identified instruments. The study also samples songs from a selected Ndau cultural arts functions such as zvipunha and zvimworoni that could be utilised as education activities for classroom music teaching and learning initiatives in Zimbabwe. The idea of including culture-inclined resource materials for music teaching in the westernised post-independence Zimbabwean primary school music education initiatives implies curriculum change and innovation. Thus, curriculum change in Zimbabwe could be viewed as a reputable way to fulfil complete socio-cultural, educational and political sovereignty towards diluting the impact of colonial repression and neo-colonialism in Zimbabwe. It is notable, however that, colonial repression in Africa has caused and is still causing a permanent dislocation between indigenous black Africans and their cultural arts practices and heritages. My study doesn’t aim to achieve piece-meal changes in the primary school curriculum. Neither does it aim to suggest a complete overhaul of the current westernised primary school music curriculum. With this study, I aim to achieve a reasonable inclusivity and fusion of divergent cultural arts opinions towards musical hybridism in the Zimbabwean musical arts education milieu. This, I believe, shall help to establish an alliance of traditional African and western arts elements to attract both domestic and international appreciation of contemporary musical arts education initiatives in the post-independence Zimbabwean society. Relevant information has been gathered through documentary analysis, interviews, participant observation and focussed discussions. The findings reveal that the majority of primary school teachers and learners need considerable cultural arts rehabilitation because colonial repression had conditioned their perceptions to see no sensible value in indigenous African instrumental performance practices as part of the school education curriculum. The study also reveals that even the training of primary school music educators in Zimbabwe is grossly inadequate. Hence, the majority of these primary school teachers are pedagogically restricted to facilitate the teaching of skills-based subjects like music at any level of the Zimbabwean education system. Therefore, it is sensible to conclude that generalist primary school teachers are unreliable education practitioners who need further education and training in order to acquire relevant competences to teach music effectively in schools. Finally, lack of human and physical resources such as music instruments and textbooks has also been viewed as another impediment factor crippling teacher performance in the teaching of music in the majority of primary schools in Zimbabwe. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Humanities Education / PhD / Unrestricted

Title: Experiments from geometrical optics for teaching at primary and secondary school Author: Ing. Filip Hložek Department: Department of Physics Education Supervisor: RNDr. Jitka Houfková, Ph.D., Department of Physics Education Abstract: This work is focused on experiments in geometric optics. There is a research of textbooks for primary and secondary schools, that deals with this topic of physics. Most of the work is dedicated to the proposed manuals for experiments for the excercise of geometric optics in Practical Course in School Experiments I. The manuals were tested with several groups of students at Practical Course. The test results are briefly summarized here, including several adjustments of the manuals that has risen from it. The work also deals with mirror telescopes, aberrations, and the production of models of two telescopes - Newtonian and Cassegrain printed on a 3D printer. The models are then used in two experiments for Practical Course. Keywords: experiments, geometrical optics, optical instruments

This diploma thesis is focused on legal instruments of soil protection. Soil is one of the basic components of the environment and it is an integral part of it. Soil is a necessary prerequisite for humans and other terrestrial organisms' existence. In recent decades, however, soil is undergoing considerable degradation, mainly due to anthropogenic activity. Therefore, it is essential to ensure its protection. Law is currently probably the most effective tool to achieve this goal. This thesis contends the most important legal instruments for the protection of this component of the environment. This thesis does not mention all conceivable legal instruments for soil protection as this component of the environment represents the basis for any human activity and thus it interferes widely to many areas of branch of law. This thesis is divided into eight chapters. The first three chapters are focused on the general characteristics of basic and key concepts. The first chapter deals with basic concepts such as the environment and soil, then with a description of degradation factors that threaten and damage the soil. The second chapter deals with the general definition of legal instruments used to environment protection in Czech law. It includes, in particular, conceptual, administrative and economic tools....

The goal of this thesis is to propose and investigate a method of predicting depth of a laser dissection pulse in soft tissue without acquiring material properties of the tissue target or measuring the laser output. The method proposed is similar to what is used by laser surgical operators today, but uses regression learning to perform on-the fly predictions in place of a skilled laser surgeon. Power of the laser and the ablation depth were recorded for 57 samples and fed into the regression algorithm. Data exclusion was performed using Temperature before laser action as criteria. A linear and logarithmic model was explored using random points from the data post-exclusion, validation RMSE ranged from 135-200 micrometer. A linear and logarithmic model was explored using data points below a moving power threshold and validated with data points above said threshold, validation RMSE ranged from 108-170 micrometer. The t.test performed showed there was not a significant difference between the linear and the logarithmic models' goodness of fit metrics, but it did show there was a significant difference between the model building methods (randomly selected data points, moving power threshold). The method of building a model using lower power levels to predict larger power levels had better goodness of fit metrics than the method of selecting data points at random. In the future, this method could be used to help approximate the laser settings for surgery on a procedural basis, and allow for surgeons to perform at a higher skill level with less training.

"The American public is being inundated by newspaper and magazine articles conveying the message that schools in the United States must develop and improve their science curricula if the nation is to compete successfully with ideologies inimical to that taught in this country. Some of these articles concern themselves with immediate remedies, such as more frequent testing of scientific aptitude and progress from the seventh grade on, and providing more teaching materials for all grade levels. Others analyze the present trend of awarding large numbers of college scholarships to high school students. A few of the articles are more philosophical in content: some of these, for example, decry the national habit of secrecy in scientific research. This study has grown out of this widespread concern. It seems reasonable to assume that one significant factor in determining the quality of instruction in science in a senior high school is the adequacy of the instructional materials accessible to the students and teachers of that school. It has seemed timely and pertinent, then, to examine such materials in the four white senior high schools of Broward County and to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses"--Introduction. / "August, 1958." / At head of title: Florida State University. / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sara K. Srygley, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-33).

1 Legal instruments for protection of soils Abstract Diploma thesis analyses the topic of legal instruments for soil protection. Significance of soil, as one of the components of environment, lies especially in securing livelihood for the inhabitants of our planet, water circulation and retention, and in the fact that soil provides living space for a substantial portion of living organisms. In this context the legal instruments represent means by which we can successfully protect soil from its degradation. Considering that soil degradation is rapidly increasing in the last couple of decades, the topic of this diploma thesis becomes more and more pressing, though sometimes overlooked by general public. Thesis primarily analyses legal instruments which exist in the Czech legislation and are most significant for the state of soil in the Czech Republic. The objective of this thesis is particularly to analyse individual legal instruments, to critically evaluate them and suggest possible improvements to the current state of soil protection in the Czech Republic. The first chapter highlights the enviromental importance of soil and characterizes its specificities as one of the components of environment. Subsequently current soil degradation processes are presented. In the end of the chapter the thesis summarizes...

The purpose of the study was to develop objective grading tools in the areas of key, range, rhythm/meter, tempo, dynamic and intonation control. Each area was considered separately for 17 different instruments of the band. The study included the development of a computer program capable of permitting a band director to objectively analyze the strengths and weaknesses of his/her band, scan all of the compositions which have been entered into its data bank, and then list appropriate matches. A formative evaluation design was used to develop and refine the evaluation tools. The steps of the formative evaluation design included (a) a predevelopment review, (b) the design of the system, and (c) the development and revision of a series of prototypes including a modified delphi-approach for the establishment of content validity, a pilot study, and a field study. The study found that the difficulty of band music can be assessed via objective criteria. The results of the pilot and field studies provide evidence that each band composition contains many characteristics which are not uniform across all instruments of the band. The objective analysis of criteria gave evidence of substantial differences between instruments in every category, with the exceptions of Key and Tempo. The computer system was effective in storing, processing, and comparing the evaluation data generated by the evaluation tools. The computer program also proved successful in locating appropriate matches for ensembles of varying levels of performance proficiency. The ability of the computer program to discriminate in terms of 17 instruments represents a significant improvement in the manner in which band music is currently being selected. The computer-based system gives band directors the ability to locate individual compositions which are ideally suited to the strengths and weaknesses of their individual bands.