This research study addressed the need for an evaluation of the effectiveness of teacher-written supplemental reading lesson plans for elementary students with significant disabilities. The participating elementary school implemented the supplemental kinesthetic-based reading program in the 2010â??2011 school year in order to improve the reading test scores of these disabled students. The theories of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences and Maria Montessori's individualized learning process guided this research. The research question focused on exploring the effectiveness of the lesson plans. Participants included 6 students and their parents, 3 teachers, and 1 principal. Closed- and open-ended survey responses were collected from each participant, and 3 classroom observations were completed. Through descriptive analysis of student assessment scores and closed-ended stakeholder survey questions, and inductive analysis of an open-ended stakeholder questionnaire and classroom observations, these themes emerged: (a) positive effects on lessons, (b) opportunities for refining the collaborative process, and (c) negative effects of collaboration. After further analysis and review of related literature, the program evaluation recommendations of this study included: (a) improving the content of each lesson through the use of lesson study and (b) developing long-term professional development in which teams of teachers collaboratively plan, research, and study their lesson delivery as a way to determine how students learn best. The evaluation and recommendations emerging from this study could lead to positive social change by emphasizing that it is vital for teachers of exceptional students to tailor their instructional delivery strategies to meet the specific reading instructional needs of children with significant disabilities.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:48:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RicardoJSJ_DISSERT.pdf: 4102063 bytes, checksum: 92b62a467283fb011a1258e8b80ca7b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-01 / Checking the conformity between implementation and design rules in a system is an important activity to try to ensure that no degradation occurs between architectural patterns defined for the system and what is actually implemented in the source code. Especially in the case of systems which require a high level of reliability is important to define specific design rules for exceptional behavior. Such rules describe how exceptions should flow through the system by defining what elements are responsible for catching exceptions thrown by other system elements. However, current approaches to automatically check design rules do not provide suitable mechanisms to define and verify design rules related to the exception handling policy of applications. This paper proposes a practical approach to preserve the exceptional behavior of an application or family of applications, based on the definition and runtime automatic checking of design rules for exception handling of systems developed in Java or AspectJ. To support this approach was developed, in the context of this work, a tool called VITTAE (Verification and Information Tool to Analyze Exceptions) that extends the JUnit framework and allows automating test activities to exceptional design rules. We conducted a case study with the primary objective of evaluating the effectiveness of the proposed approach on a software product line. Besides this, an experiment was conducted that aimed to realize a comparative analysis between the proposed approach and an approach based on a tool called JUnitE, which also proposes to test the exception handling code using JUnit tests. The results showed how the exception handling design rules evolve along different versions of a system and that VITTAE can aid in the detection of defects in exception handling code / Verificar a conformidade entre a implementa??o de um sistema e suas regras de design ? uma atividade importante para tentar garantir que n?o ocorra a degrada??o entre os padr?es arquiteturais definidos para o sistema e o que realmente est? implementado no c?digo-fonte. Especialmente no caso de sistemas dos quais se exige um alto n?vel de confiabilidade ? importante definir regras de design (design rules) espec?ficas para o comportamento excepcional. Tais regras descrevem como as exce??es devem fluir atrav?s do sistema, definindo quais s?o os elementos respons?veis por capturar as exce??es lan?adas por outros elementos do sistema. Entretanto, as abordagens atuais para verificar automaticamente regras de design n?o proveem mecanismos adequados para definir e verificar regras de design espec?ficas para a pol?tica de tratamento de exce??es das aplica??es. Este trabalho prop?e uma abordagem pr?tica para preservar o comportamento excepcional de uma aplica??o ou fam?lia de aplica??es, baseada na defini??o e verifica??o autom?tica em tempo de execu??o de regras de design de tratamento de exce??o para sistemas desenvolvidos em Java ou AspectJ. Para apoiar esta abordagem foi desenvolvida, no contexto deste trabalho, uma ferramenta chamada VITTAE (Verification and Information Tool to Analyze Exceptions) que estende o framework JUnit e permite automatizar atividades do teste de regras de design excepcionais. Foi realizado um estudo de caso preliminar com o objetivo de avaliar a efic?cia da abordagem proposta sobre uma linha de produto de software. Al?m deste, foi realizado um experimento cujo objetivo foi realizar uma an?lise comparativa entre a abordagem proposta e uma abordagem baseada na ferramenta JUnitE, que tamb?m prop?e testar o c?digo de tratamento de exce??es utilizando testes JUnit. Os resultados mostraram que as regras de design excepcionais evoluem ao longo de diferentes vers?es de um sistema e que a VITTAE pode auxiliar na detec??o de defeitos no c?digo de tratamento de exce??o

Submitted by Ana Valéria de Jesus Moura (anavaleria_131@hotmail.com) on 2018-05-30T17:03:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana Mirella Lacerda de Jesus.pdf: 1213904 bytes, checksum: 05376e2d44d2d1faaa84f90715f8aaf7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Valéria de Jesus Moura (anavaleria_131@hotmail.com) on 2018-05-30T17:12:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana Mirella Lacerda de Jesus.pdf: 1213904 bytes, checksum: 05376e2d44d2d1faaa84f90715f8aaf7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-30T17:12:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana Mirella Lacerda de Jesus.pdf: 1213904 bytes, checksum: 05376e2d44d2d1faaa84f90715f8aaf7 (MD5) / O presente trabalho versa acerca da concretização do direito fundamental à saúde pelo Estado brasileiro, através do fornecimento de medicamentos excepcionais, que são caracterizados pelo seu alto custo. Objetiva-se realizar uma investigação sobre os critérios que legitimam a concessão judicial de medicamentos não previstos na Política de Dispensação em Caráter Excepcional, elaborada pelo Ministério da Saúde. Assim, a partir da contextualização da assistência farmacêutica como medida relevante das ações de saúde, bem como a partir da análise da força normativa dos preceitos constitucionais e da dimensão do direito ao acesso à justiça, pretende-se demonstrar que o Poder Judiciário está autorizado a apreciar as demandas individuais e, a depender das peculiaridades de cada caso, imputar aos Entes Federativos à obrigação de fornecer medicamento excepcional, se for comprovada a sua imprescindibilidade para assegurar a dignidade da pessoa humana. Para tal, será destacada a inadequação da utilização da teoria da reserva do possível no Brasil, bem como enaltecida a necessidade de serem ultrapassados diversos argumentos teóricos que, na prática, acabam por inviabilizar a concretude dos direitos fundamentais e dificultar o atendimento das necessidades sociais. / The present work circumscribes on the realization of the fundamental right to health by the Brazilian State, through the provision of exceptional medicines, which is characterized by their high costs. The objective is to carry out an investigation into the criteria that legitimize the legal concession of medicines not provided by the Exceptional Dispensation Policy, elaborated by the Ministry of Health. Thus, from the contextualization of pharmaceutical assistance as a relevant measure of health action, as well, based on an analysis of the normative force of the constitutional precepts and the right of access to justice, attempts to demonstrate that the Judiciary is authorized to assess the individual demands and, depending on the peculiarities of each case, to impute to the entities of the Federation the obligation to provide an exceptional remedy if it is proven that it is essential to guarantee the dignity of the human being. For this purpose, it will be highlighted the inadequacy of the use of reserve theory of what is possible in Brazil, as well the need to overcome various theoretical arguments that, in practice, end up making the concreteness of fundamental rights impractical and making it difficult to meet social needs.

Security of citizens is one of the fundamental responsibilities of the state. Therefore, the crisis management system in the Czech Republic is one of the forms of the population protection guaranteed by the state. During its creation and operation cooperate appropriate bodies of the public administration, as well as legal and natural persons. In this thesis the readiness of smaller administrative units is assessed, such as municipality type I. (a municipality), municipality type II. (a municipality with authorized authority ) and especially municipality type III. (a municipality with extended scope). Despite the fact that the crisis management system in the Czech Republic is constantly evolving and is also supported by the legislative side, it is largely neglected at lower levels. Activities in this area are in many cases either postponed or in worse cases considered completely useless and their implementation will not take place. In relation with the exceptional situations the municipal authorities were entrusted with certain powers to deal with such situations. But on the other hand, different levels of municipalities are not distinguished in the cases of dealing with crisis situations. Problems arise in the areas of expertise, material and human resources, especially when the municipalities type I. do not have such resources to be capable of adequately respond in the event of a crisis situation. After all, there are better conditions in municipalities with extended scope, which are able, also due to the larger budgets within its administrative area, to ensure better crisis preparedness of municipality to an exceptional or crisis situation and its subsequent solutions associated with minimizing damages and eliminate the consequences of the action of an exceptional or crisis situation.The main objective of this thesis is to characterize the crisis management system in the Czech Republic. With the help of legislation and professional literature the theoretical part is focused on the explanation of basic terms, such as crisis management, a system of integrated rescue system, emergency and crisis planning, characteristics of the exceptional and crisis situation or crisis management authorities. Furthermore, the thesis is focused on the field of crisis management at the level of municipalities with extended scope, which describes both the scope and the various municipal bodies. It addresses the individual procedures of primarily smaller local government units in the prevention of municipality preparation for exceptional situations, participation of municipality on rescue and relief works and operations implemented in connection with the population protection. At last, the theoretical part contains the financial security operations related to the preparation of exceptional or crisis situations and to the rescue and relief work implementation.To meet the objectives of the thesis were established two research questions that address both the preparedness of humanitarian worker, as well as the possibility of drafting a proposal for a methodological procedure in dealing with crisis situation.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:46:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5374.pdf: 3660215 bytes, checksum: 18d624b81f8428f853e9551b0dafe3f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-29 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The number of students with disabilities in schools is increasing every year due to government support, both for the public school as to private institutions. Thinking about it, this research was carried out to understand the organization and operation of Special Education in Porto Ferreira, Brazil. The authors substantiate this research work in a critical perspective (Saviani, Januzzi, Ferraro, Gatti). Methodology used in document analysis of all documents relating to special education in the municipality (laws, decrees, minutes of meetings, newspaper accounts municipal, school census data), as well as the use of interviewing people related to special education. The results point towards: a) the importance of the private institution, the philanthropic (Association of Parents and Friends of Handicapped-APAE) has since its inception until the present day, b) the absence of a project political intended for students with disabilities in primary schools in the municipality, c) the "absence" of a social movement of persons with disabilities in the county searched. / O número de alunos com deficiência matriculados nas escolas vem aumentando a cada ano, devido aos apoios do governo, tanto para a escola pública como para as instituições privadas. Pensando nisso, esta pesquisa teve com objetivo compreender a organização e o funcionamento da Educação Especial no município de Porto Ferreira, SP. Os autores que fundamentaram esta pesquisa trabalham em uma perspectiva crítica (Saviani, Januzzi, Ferraro, Gatti). Na metodologia utilizamos análise documental de todos os documentos referentes à educação especial no município (leis, decretos, atas de reuniões, notícias dos jornais municipais, dados do censo escolar), bem como o uso de entrevista de pessoas ligadas a educação especial. Os resultados obtidos apontam no sentido de constatarmos: a) a importância que a instituição privada, de cunho filantrópico (Associação dos Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais- APAE) tem desde sua criação, até os dias de hoje; b) a ausência de um projeto político destinado aos alunos com deficiências nas escolas básicas do município; c) a ausência de um movimento social das pessoas com deficiências no município pesquisado.

Our company uses more and more chemical substances. A lot of dangerous chemical substances and formulation, that are used by construction, or they are commonly used as products for our consumption, must be also stocked and must be transported into stock, factories and operation. Averages related to escape of dangerous substances represent huge hazards, that may threaten health and lifes of people, their property, or they can have negative impact on environment. I will adduce amount of stocked dangerous substances in Central Bohemia //Středočeský kraj// per year 2007 as a proof of a huge amount of injurants around us. In this work I will make analysis of the most often stocked and transported chemical substances (amonia, chlorine, hydrogen cyanide). I want to clarify hazards and mainly possible after-effects on health of citizens and on environment, that could start in case of averages with this substances. I will make an analysis of accessible sources (print news, evaluating reports, process case researches, possibilities of resolution of exceptional events, relief and account//liquidation// work) and I will compare them with processed accident and crisis documentation. In this work I would like to emphasize mainly reactions on possible average. I will create model situations with escape of dangerous substances through transportation and through stocking with possible reactions on them. I will use software tool Terex for their evaluation. I will appoint immediate acquisition //arrangements//, relief and account work on a basis of these model situations that must be carried out immediately after escape of dangerous substances and also following acquisition, either short time or long time. At the same time I will suggest preventive acquisition to lower the probability of rise of exceptional events with escape of dangerous substances.

In this diploma thesis precursors of quantum phase transitions in finite many-body systems are studied. The main attention is paid to the mechanism, how nonanalytic behaviour of the ground state is generated for certain critical values of real control parameters. It is shown that nonanalytic behaviour of energy levels and eigenstates is closely connected with exceptional points of the hamiltonian, which are points in control parameter space extended into a complex domain where at least two eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors coincide. Differences in the distribution of exceptional points in the complex plane of control parameter for the first and second order phase transitions and also evolutions of the position of exceptional points with increasing particle number are discussed.

Ce travail de thèse, effectué en co-direction avec l’Université d’Edimbourg, propose un abord psychodynamique et cognitif des expériences exceptionnelles ou vécues comme « paranormales ». Son objectif principal est de comprendre les conditions d’émergence de cette clinique des marges et de déterminer les processus psychiques qui la sous-tendent. Après avoir proposé une revue historique et épistémologique des travaux portant sur ces expériences, analysant en particulier les écrits de Freud et Ferenczi, nous avons déterminé leurs caractéristiques principales en nous appuyant sur une revue de littérature provenant de la psychologie psychanalytique et de la psychologie cognitive. Puis, par le biais d’une recherche quantitative menée à l’Université d’Edimbourg comprenant un questionnaire et une tâche expérimentale utilisés lors de deux études successives concernant 162 sujets, nous avons mis en évidence la prégnance des traumas, d’une perméabilité psychique exacerbée et d’évènements de vie négatifs chez les personnes qui rapportent des expériences exceptionnelles. Nous avons alors proposé cinq hypothèses théorico-cliniques, en nous appuyant sur l’étude de 55 cas cliniques recueillis principalement au sein d’un service de consultation dédié aux personnes rapportant des expériences exceptionnelles et mis en place pour cette thèse. Les analyses développées dans ce travail proposent un « modèle intégratif clinique des expériences exceptionnelles ». Celui-ci met tout d’abord en évidence le fait que ces vécus inhabituels pourraient être considérés comme une forme de réaction spécifique à des évènements de vie négatifs sous la forme d’une « solution paranormale » se produisant, dans de nombreux cas, à la suite d’une « expérience paranormale inaugurale ». Cette solution, qui trouverait notamment ses sources dans certaines relations précoces et divers traumas de l’enfance, mènerait à une perméabilité psychique exacerbée. Cette perméabilité favoriserait l’émergence d’expériences exceptionnelles à l’âge adulte sous forme de différentes transmissions psychiques inconscientes.Ces expériences correspondraient également à l’effraction du cadre contenant du champ hallucinatoire, cet aspect étant modulé selon différents états modifiés de conscience et plus précisément des processus hypnoïdes. Elle seraient enfin à considérer comme la résurgence d’une « communication primaire », impliquant des caractéristiques de la symbolisation primaire et interrogeant plus généralement leurs aspects potentiellement symboligènes ainsi que la nature des interactions qu’elles impliquent. / This dissertation, conducted in co-direction with Edinburgh University, proposes a psychodynamic and cognitive approach towards exceptional experiences or subjective “paranormal” experiences. The main objective is to understand the conditions of emergence of these original clinical experiences, and to determine the psychological processes that underlie them. After a historical and epistemological review of work on these experiences, analysing in particular the writings of Freud and Ferenczi, we determine the main characteristics by relying on a literature review from psychoanalytical psychology and cognitive psychology. Then, due to quantitative research carried out at Edinburgh University, including a questionnaire and an experimental task used during two successive studies (n=162), we show the importance of traumas, psychological permeability and negative life events in people who report exceptional experiences. We then propose five theoretical and clinical hypotheses, from 55 clinical cases obtained mainly through a counselling service dedicated to people reporting exceptional experiences, which was set up for this PhD. The analyses developed in this work propose an “integrative and clinical model of exceptional experiences”. This model first sheds light on the fact that these unusual experiences could be considered as a specific form of reaction to negative life events, as a “paranormal solution” that occurs, in a number of cases, after an “inaugural paranormal experience”. This solution, which finds its roots in certain early relationships and different traumas from childhood, could lead to a strong psychological permeability. This permeability would favour the emergence of exceptional experiences during adulthood in different forms of unconscious psychological transmissions. These experiences could also correspond to the “breaking” of the containing hallucinatory field, with the influence of different altered states of consciousness, and more precisely hypnotic states. Finally, these experiences could be considered as the resurgence of a “primary communication” that would implicate characteristics of primary symbolisation and would question more generally their potentially positive aspect and the nature of the interactions they imply.

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The mission of this project is to develop a school-to-career curriculum that can be utilized by all middle school students. It is designed to help educate these students in the skills they will need to become successful in their future careers.