Although Northern Ireland is a part of United Kingdom and so Europe, it belongs to regions which are characterized as unstable. Lately, there has been a significant improvement in implementing desired measures, however, one can still encounter street rioting stemming from the history of Northern Irish conflict. The Master thesis conducts a survey of the situation after the crucial signing of Belfast Peace Accord. It aims to evaluate the rate of success of introduced post-conflict reconstruction and holds the opinion that the progress in social sphere is especially significant, meaning cross-community relations and mutual respect. Gradually, in three chapters, the thesis unveils the theoretical concept of post-conflict reconstruction with a special attention to social sphere and culture. Moreover, it refers to the milestones of history and comes to the conclusion where it evaluates the current situation in society in disputed areas. Main idea of the thesis is to assess the hypothesis if the adopted measures do have an effect on current development and if a change in society could influence the perception of the roots of the conflict mainly in the question of interpersonal relations.

A presente tese trata do processo de regulamentaÃÃo do trabalho docente no Estado do CearÃ, no perÃodo de 1942 a 1962, em escolas primÃrias e secundÃrias das redes pÃblica e particular. As anÃlises tÃm como foco principal a constituiÃÃo do trabalho docente no Ãmbito da esfera pÃblica, ou seja, indagamos como a docÃncia foi se constituindo publicamente como uma profissÃo em face das reformas educacionais de nacionalizaÃÃo do sistema de ensino brasileiro. Desse modo, abordamos questÃes relacionadas à profissionalizaÃÃo da atividade docente sob o Ãngulo das relaÃÃes pÃblico/privado. Foram utilizadas, como fontes principais, a legislaÃÃo educacional estadual e federal, os jornais locais e as entrevistas com professores que exerceram o magistÃrio no perÃodo aqui investigado. Dentre as conclusÃes, destacamos o fato de que a regulamentaÃÃo do trabalho docente, por meio de decretos, leis etc., apresentava, nÃo raras vezes, ambigÃidades e contradiÃÃes diversas, as quais tinham origem nas influÃncias do mundo privado (de parentes prÃximos, polÃticos e amigos). Nesse sentido, tais polÃticas educacionais apresentavam, na prÃtica, uma cara mais privada do que pÃblica, cujos interesses econÃmicos e polÃtico-eleitorais, com grande participaÃÃo da Igreja CatÃlica, penetravam a esfera pÃblica, a exemplo do financiamento oficial das escolas particulares, do clientelismo e do favoritismo polÃtico no magistÃrio. / The present thesis concerns the process of regulation of the teaching work in the State of CearÃ, during the period from 1942 through 1962, in primary and secondary schools of both public and private network. The analysis has as the main focus the constitution of teaching in the ambit of the public sphere, that is, we investigated the way teaching constitutes itself publicly as a profession concerning the new educational reforms of nationalization of the Brazilian teaching system. Thus, we have approached questions related to the professionalism of the teaching activity under the angle of the public/private relations. It was used, as main sources, the educational legislation both federal and from the state, local newspapers and interviews with teachers who have worked in this area in the period investigated in this project. Among the conclusions, we have noted the foot that the regulation of the teaching work, by means of decrees, laws etc, has presented, occasionally, ambiguities and various contradictions, which had their origin in the influences of the private world (of close relatives, politicians and friends). In this sense, the educational politics presented, a more private than public face, whose economic and politic-electoral interests, with a great participation of the Catholic Church, penetrated the public sphere, as the example of the official financing of private schools, the customer activity and the politic favoritism in the magistrate.

Esta pesquisa procura abordar as propriedades críticas da arte na constituição de esferas públicas, compreendendo os diferentes aspectos nos quais o conceito de público tem sido abordado no contexto artístico. Para tanto, concentra-se em propostas artísticas que lidam com espaços não institucionais da arte e procuram constituir seu público por meio de uma dinâmica da vida cotidiana, levando em consideração como as formulações artísticas e as críticas sobre o que se conceitua como Arte Pública contribuem para as intensas transformações neste campo. Como metodologia para examinar tais questões, realizei uma reflexão sobre a minha experiência enquanto artista simultaneamente a uma abordagem teórica. Assim, a estrutura da dissertação se divide em dois núcleos: o primeiro apresenta um recorte de meu percurso artístico, que problematiza a forma do texto enquanto mediador entre o leitor da dissertação e as propostas artísticas realizadas. O segundo, abrange uma contextualização teórica que discute a maneira pela qual as transformações das práticas artísticas, ao longo do século XX, abordam o conceito de público e esfera pública, tendo como referência Hannah Arendt, seguida de uma tentativa de aproximação de tais questões com o contexto brasileiro. O texto aqui apresentado é, por sua vez, uma conformação gráfica que pretende estabelecer visualmente as interconexões conceituais desse processo metodológico. / This research aims at an understanding of the critical attributes of art in the constitution of public spheres, with regard to the different aspects in which the concept of public has been approached in the artistic context. In order to do so, it focuses on artistic proposals that deal with non-institutional art spaces and that try to constitute their audiences through an everyday-life dynamic, taking into account how the artistic formulations and the criticism of public art contribute for the intense transformations in this field. As a methodology to approach these questions, I have developed an investigation about my own experience as an artist, parallel to a theoretical analysis. Thus, the structure of the thesis it is divided into two parts: the first one presents a portion of my artistic process, which problematizes text form as mediation between the reader of the thesis and the actual artistic proposals. The second one covers a conceptual contextualization, that discusses the way in which the transformation of artistic practices during twentieth century approaches the concept of public and public sphere, using as reference the work of Hannah Arendt, following an attempt to insert these questions within the Brazilian context. The presented text is a graphic organization that tries to establish the conceptual interconnections of this methodological process.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:13:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marfisa Barros.pdf: 1001596 bytes, checksum: 6d2bfa64cb0a4c7f8b47dfbf4786b865 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-25 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This study concerns a qualitative assessment of the municipal advisory boards for development in the state of Pernambuco. Discussions about the political significance and consequences of the institutionalization of participatory spaces on constructing citizenship have attracted criticism and challenges, especially with regard to the quality and results of civil society s participation in these spaces. We have considered it important to conduct a study based on evidence from one of these participatory experiences, with the objective of contributing to understanding their possibilities and limits, as public spheres that incorporate the conquest of rights and the democratic construction of the State. We also endeavor to reflect on the potential of the advisory boards as inducers of a new political culture that acts on its members, such that they acquire the skills to transcend the corporate level of their representations by taking on the role of translators of broader social demands that contribute to democratizing public administration. To tackle this theme, the study has been based on a bibliography that has made it possible to capture of the diversity of angles within the theme. In order to build the empirical object of the investigation, 20 open interviews were conducted with those who ranged from representative advisors of civil entities to government representatives and independent consultants, whether or not linked to NGOs. We use, as support for the analysis, an examination of a set of documents that define the legal cornerstones for the functioning of the advisory bodies, in addition to others related to the results of how some of them function. The reflections arising during the course of the study suggest that the key issue for understanding the participatory process lies in the public sphere which has emerged from a new type of interaction between the State and civil society, in specific situations. / Este trabalho trata de uma avalia??o qualitativa dos conselhos municipais de desenvolvimento no Estado de Pernambuco. As discuss?es sobre o significado pol?tico e as conseq??ncias da institucionaliza??o de espa?os participativos na constru??o da cidadania, tem despertado posi??es cr?ticas e questionadoras, sobretudo no que diz respeito ? qualidade e aos resultados participa??o da sociedade civil nesses espa?os. Consideramos importante realizar um estudo circunstanciado sobre uma dessas experi?ncias participativas, com o objetivo de contribuir para a compreens?o de suas possibilidades e limites, enquanto esferas p?blicas que incorporem a conquista de direitos e a constru??o democr?tica do Estado. Buscamos, tamb?m, refletir sobre as potencialidades dos conselhos como indutores de uma nova cultura pol?tica que atue sobre seus integrantes , no sentido de capacita-los para transcender o n?vel corporativo de suas representa??es, constituindo-se em tradutores de demandas sociais mais amplas que contribuam para democratizar a gest?o p?blica. Para apreens?o da tem?tica, o trabalho apoiou-se numa bibliografia que possibilitasse a capta??o da diversidade de ?ngulos que a comp?em. Para constru??o do objeto emp?rico da investiga??o, foram realizadas 20 entrevistas abertas, distribu?das entre conselheiros representantes das entidades civis, representantes governamentais e consultores aut?nomos, ligados ou n?o a ONGs. Utilizamos, como suporte para a an?lise, um conjunto de documentos que definem os marcos legais para funcionamento dos conselhos, alem de outros relacionados com os resultados do funcionamento de alguns deles. As reflex?es desenvolvidas na trajet?ria do estudo sugerem que a quest?o-chave para entender o processo participativo est? na constitui??o da esfera p?blica que surge de um novo tipo de intera??o entre o Estado e a sociedade civil, em situa??es espec?ficas.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-08-22T17:03:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Marfisa Cysneiros de Barros.pdf: 993613 bytes, checksum: 21b35f9a551f15a09a2007e7d87c6a2d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-22T17:03:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Marfisa Cysneiros de Barros.pdf: 993613 bytes, checksum: 21b35f9a551f15a09a2007e7d87c6a2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-25 / CAPES / This study concerns a qualitative assessment of the municipal advisory boards for development in the state of Pernambuco. Discussions about the political significance and consequences of the institutionalization of participatory spaces on constructing citizenship have attracted criticism and challenges, especially with regard to the quality and results of civil society?s participation in these spaces. We have considered it important to conduct a study based on evidence from one of these participatory experiences, with the objective of contributing to understanding their possibilities and limits, as public spheres that incorporate the conquest of rights and the democratic construction of the State. We also endeavor to reflect on the potential of the advisory boards as inducers of a new political culture that acts on its members, such that they acquire the skills to transcend the corporate level of their representations by taking on the role of translators of broader social demands that contribute to democratizing public administration. To tackle this theme, the study has been based on a bibliography that has made it possible to capture of the diversity of angles within the theme. In order to build the empirical object of the investigation, 20 open interviews were conducted with those who ranged from representative advisors of civil entities to government representatives and independent consultants, whether or not linked to NGOs. We use, as support for the analysis, an examination of a set of documents that define the legal cornerstones for the functioning of the advisory bodies, in addition to others related to the results of how some of them function. The reflections arising during the course of the study suggest that the key issue for understanding the participatory process lies in the public sphere which has emerged from a new type of interaction between the State and civil society, in specific situations. / Este trabalho trata de uma avalia??o qualitativa dos conselhos municipais de desenvolvimento no Estado de Pernambuco. As discuss?es sobre o significado pol?tico e as consequ?ncias da institucionaliza??o de espa?os participativos na constru??o da cidadania, tem despertado posi??es cr?ticas e questionadoras, sobretudo no que diz respeito ? qualidade e aos resultados participa??o da sociedade civil nesses espa?os. Consideramos importante realizar um estudo circunstanciado sobre uma dessas experi?ncias participativas, com o objetivo de contribuir para a compreens?o de suas possibilidades e limites, enquanto esferas p?blicas que incorporem a conquista de direitos e a constru??o democr?tica do Estado. Buscamos, tamb?m, refletir sobre as potencialidades dos conselhos como indutores de uma nova cultura pol?tica que atue sobre seus integrantes , no sentido de capacita-los para transcender o n?vel corporativo de suas representa??es, constituindo-se em tradutores de demandas sociais mais amplas que contribuam para democratizar a gest?o p?blica. Para apreens?o da tem?tica, o trabalho apoiou-se numa bibliografia que possibilitasse a capta??o da diversidade de ?ngulos que a comp?em. Para constru??o do objeto emp?rico da investiga??o, foram realizadas 20 entrevistas abertas, distribu?das entre conselheiros representantes das entidades civis, representantes governamentais e consultores aut?nomos, ligados ou n?o a ONGs. Utilizamos, como suporte para a an?lise, um conjunto de documentos que definem os marcos legais para funcionamento dos conselhos, alem de outros relacionados com os resultados do funcionamento de alguns deles. As reflex?es desenvolvidas na trajet?ria do estudo sugerem que a quest?o-chave para entender o processo participativo est? na constitui??o da esfera p?blica que surge de um novo tipo de intera??o entre o Estado e a sociedade civil, em situa??es espec?ficas

Neste trabalho apresentamos uma demonstração detalhada para um conhecido teorema de I. J. Schoenberg que caracteriza certas funções positivas definidas em esferas. Analisamos ainda um critério para a obtenção de positividade definida de uma função a partir de condições de suavidade e convexidade dela, em uma tentativa de ratificar alguns resultados da literatura conhecidos como critérios de Pólya. / In this work we present a proof for a famous theorem of Schoenberg on positive definite functions on spheres. We analyze some results that deduce positive definiteness from diferentiability and convexity assumption on the function, an attempt to ratify some Pólya type conjectures found in the literature.

There is consensus in media scholarship that in the best conditions, the media can play fundamental roles as institutions of the public sphere in both established and fledgling democracies. This study applies the critical political economy of the media approach to explore the manner in which the mainstream press in Zimbabwe ‘mediates’ the country’s postcolonial transition through coverage of political contests and political debate. It assumes that how the press frames these pivotal features of democracy is a significant pointer to its role in relation to the public sphere. While on the one level examining patterns of media framing of elections in the selected six newspapers over a period spanning over two decades, on the other level the study explores the relationship between the press and centres of political and economic power in the transition. This is done with a view to establishing the role and influence of these relations on media functions. What emerges from this study is that both the state and fractions of capital informed the manner in which the press ‘mediated’ Zimbabwe’s transition. The state was particularly the most influential power centre which, as its legitimacy waned after the first decade of independence, adopted authoritarian and predatory tendencies with the effect of polarising media along highly partisan forms of ‘oppositional’ and ‘patriotic’ journalism. Where nodes of critical-analytical journalism appeared, as did ‘independent nationalist’ journalism in 2000, they were nipped in the bud by unrelenting political and economic constraints. The study’s major finding is that restrictive media policies aimed at constructing Zanu PF hegemony through the press, as well as pressures from fractions of capital and sections of civil society vying for control of state, combined to seriously compromise the press’s mediation of the political contestation in the transition. It also notes the press’s institutional inability to actively assert its powers of agency against structural constraints, and explains this as a partial inheritance from lethargic Rhodesian institutions such as the Rhodesia Guild of Journalists. Overall, the thesis argues that to nurture a media system that approximates the ideal of a multi-layered and differentiated public sphere which best serves an array of citizens’ interests, Zimbabwe would need radical reforms at the levels of media policy and media practice.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-12-23T12:17:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tiago de Freitas Machado_.pdf: 13489744 bytes, checksum: 639cbc0fc0de3f47a3c757ff594540e0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T12:17:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tiago de Freitas Machado_.pdf: 13489744 bytes, checksum: 639cbc0fc0de3f47a3c757ff594540e0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-15 / itt Chip - Instituto Tecnológico de Semicondutores da Unisinos / O processo de soldagem de esferas em componentes do tipo esferas organizadas em matriz do inglês BGA, ball gris array é crítico para o encapsulamento de semicondutores pois uma falha pode gerar rejeitos e retrabalhos indesejáveis ao desempenho da produção. O processo atual da empresa de encapsulamentos analisada apresentou, de forma acumulada, entre os meses de janeiro a junho de 2015 uma taxa de 1220 defeitos por milhão de unidades produzidas, relacionadas ao modo de falha denominado tamanho da esfera com o código SB003. Matérias primas alternativas para aplicação em processo de soldagem de esferas em encapsulamento de semicondutores de diferentes fabricantes, podem apresentar melhor desempenho com relação a esta ocorrência. A redução das perdas de material e de defeitos no processo de soldagem de esferas é essencial para que uma empresa de encapsulamento de semicondutores se mantenha competitiva financeiramente no mercado tanto nacional quanto internacional. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar através de análises de laboratório e aplicações práticas, quatro opções de fluxos de solda solúveis ou parcialmente solúveis em água. Foram comparadas as características de viscosidade, índice de acidez, pH e perda de massa através de TGA do inglês thermogravimetric analysis, aprimorando o conhecimento intrínseco sobre este material e seu comportamento nesta etapa. Foi analisado o impacto dos diferentes fluxos de solda no desempenho da soldagem, realizando a observação da ação do fluxo em um forno de refusão e a habilidade de realinhar esferas de solda fora de posição que impactam na redução da ocorrência de defeitos. Obteve-se como resultado o fluxo A com melhor performance para realinhamento, 9,58% das esferas foram reposicionadas, perda de massa gradual e menos abrupta que os demais. / The process of soldering spheres in ball grid array components, called BGA, is critical to the semiconductor packaging, because one failure can generate rejects and undiserable reworks to production performance. The current process of the packaging company analyzed presented, in accumulated form, between the months of january and june of 2015 the defect rate of 1220 defects per million of produced units, related to the failure mode denominated ball size with the code SB003. Alternative raw material for solder sphere process applied to semiconductor packaging of different manufacturer could show better performance related to these occurrence. The reduction of material waste and defects reduction in the soldering spheres process is essential to keep a semiconductor packaging company competitive financially both in the national and international market. The objective was to evaluate through laboratory analysis and practical applications four options of soldering flux water and non-water soluble. Characteristics were compared of viscosity, acidity level, pH and mass loss through thermogravimetric analysis TGA improving the intrinsic knowledge about this material and its behavior in the step. The impact was analyzed of different solder flux performance on soldering, performing observation of the flux action on the reflow oven and the ability to realign the solder spheres misplaced that impact on the reduction of the occurrence of defects. It was obtained as result the flux A with better performance of realignment, 9.58% of misplaced spheres were repositioned, present gradual mass loss and less abrupt than the others.

Le Goladīpikā (L’illumination de la sphère) est un traité composé par Parameśvara. Il existe deux versions de ce texte : l’une a été éditée avec une traduction anglaise et l’autre n’est qu’une édition utilisant trois manuscrits. Cette thèse donne une nouvelle édition de la deuxième version en utilisant onze manuscrits dont un commentaire anonyme nouvellement trouvé. Elle se compose aussi d’une traduction anglaise et de notes explicatives. Pour l’essentiel, le Goladīpikā est une collection de procédures pour déterminer la position des objets célestes. Cette thèse décrit les outils mathématiques qui sont utilisées dans ces procédures, en particulier les Règles de trois, et discute de la manière dont Parameśvarales fonde. Il y a une description d’une sphère armillaire au début du Goladīpikā. Donc ce doctorat examine aussi comment cet instrument a pu être utilisé pour expliquer ces procédures. Ce travail tente aussi de positionner le Goladīpikā au sein du corpus des oeuvres Parameśvara et d’autres auteurs / The Goladīpikā (Illumination of the sphere) is a Sanskrit treatise by Parameśvara, which is extant in two distinctly different versions. One of them has been edited with an English translation and the other has only an edition using three manuscripts. This dissertation presents a new edition of the latter version using eleven manuscripts, addinga newly found anonymous commentary. It further consists of an English translation of the base text and the commentary as well as explanatory notes. The main content of the Goladīpikā is a collection of procedures to ind the positions of celestial objects in the sky. This dissertation highlights the mathematical tools used in these procedures, notably Rules of Three, and discusses how the author Parameśvara could have grounded the steps. There is a description of an armillary sphere at the beginning of the Goladīpikā, and the dissertation also examines how this instrument could have been involved in explaining the procedures. In the course of these arguments, the dissertation also attempts to position the Goladīpikā among the corpus of Parameśvara’s text as well as in relation to other authors

My dissertation examined the transformation of reading practices and ideas about the functions of alphabetic literacy in nineteenth-century Lima. Scholars of Latin America have attributed improvements in literacy rates to the rise of the Teaching State in the twentieth century; however, as I showed, literacy and reading culture spread decades earlier in the Peruvian capital, at a time when the state lacked the stability and resources to develop a public system of education. “Reading Spaces” argued that during the second half of the nineteenth century, private educational enterprise from a diverse group of booksellers, writers, and educators established key institutions of the modern Teaching State, including a national textbook industry as well as pedagogical newspapers, associations, and conferences. They did so in a process that promoted new pedagogical methods and helped spread alphabetic literacy and reading practices. Developments in the disciplines of book history, the cultural history of education, and the history of reading informed my methodological approach to a variety of previously unexamined sources including books, textbooks, pedagogical periodicals, as well as bookstore organ newspapers and catalogues. Both the intellectual content and paratext of published sources provided a wealth of information regarding the circulation of the texts, their reception among state authorities and influential members of Lima’s society, and the relationship of book and textbook authors to their publishers and readers. My dissertation revealed that textbook standardization and the proliferation of pedagogical newspapers were processes firmly rooted in the development of Peru’s private educational enterprise, publishing industry and educational legislation of the nineteenth century. These processes expanded Lima’s public sphere, where booksellers, editors, writers, and teachers debated modern pedagogies and promoted broad engagement in educational matters. They conducted pedagogical conferences, intellectual competitions, national expositions and reorganized civic festivities. The presence of a pedagogical public sphere, which directed the course of institutions of the modern nation state in Peru, encourages a reassessment of our traditional narratives of the relationship between education and nation in Latin America and beyond.