Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography (leaves 85-87).

This essay studies the immigrant’s probability to participate in social assistance compared to natives and if there any assimilation effect. A linear probability model is used to get the result. The result show that immigrant have a higher likelihood of participating in social assistance compared to natives. The result shows that the probability differs between regions of birth and between refugees and non-refugees, with a higher probability for immigrants from the Middle east and refugees. Previous Swedish studies have not added language skill in Swedish to their models but in this essay, language skill in Swedish variable is included, it shows that the probability reduces if the immigrants know Swedish. There is no assimilation effect on immigrants as a group but there is evidence of assimilation when immigrant gets divided into regions, education level and refugees.

This thesis is formed of three chapters. The first chapter examines the effect on social mobility and economic growth following the introduction of reprogenetic technology such that parents can choose to invest in the talent or ability of their unborn children. I find that if the economy is initially in a steady state such that social mobility is low, the introduction of such technology can increase social mobility and economic growth. If the economy is initially in a steady state such that social mobility is high, then the introduction of such technology will not increase (and may decrease) social mobility and will not affect economic growth. The second chapter is a review of the literature on how immigration affects wages focusing on studies of the US and UK labour markets. The third chapter analyses how the skill premium depends on the relative supply of high and low skilled workers in the economy, and the size of the economy. Using a two-sector model where one sector is more skill-intensive than the other, and returns to scale are larger in the skill-intensive sector, I find that the skill premium depends positively on the size of the economy. I consider the effect of an exogenous increase in the number of skilled workers (perhaps due to immigration) on the skill premium and find that under certain conditions the skill premium may increase. I then analyse the effect on the skill premium and the relative price of the skill intensive good in the short and long run and compare the models predictions to the data.

Orientador: Maria Valeriana Leme de Moura-Ribeiro / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T12:56:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_CarolinaCamargo_M.pdf: 10364642 bytes, checksum: b2823d22fa6fc3fd1ac211520a85b292 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: A Doença Falciforme (DF) constitui importante fator de risco para o Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC), gerando prejuízo nas funções neuropsicológicas, sensório motoras e funcionais. O objetivo geral deste estudo foi avaliar aspectos neuromotores e funcionais de pacientes com DF, comparando o desempenho dos que apresentaram AVC (grupo propósito ¿ GP), com os que não apresentaram (grupo controle ¿ GC). Foram ainda objetivos específicos: Correlacionar os achados clínicos, neurológicos, de neuroimagem e funcionais entre os grupos GP e GC; caracterizar as seqüelas neuromotoras do tono e força muscular em ambos os grupos; caracterizar as seqüelas funcionais quanto a auto cuidado, mobilidade, função social, coordenação motora grosseira, amplitude de movimento, exame neurológico, coordenação motora fina, função sensorial e perceptiva, em ambos os grupos. Foram rastreados pacientes entre cinco e 25 anos de idade, com registro neste HC do período de 1980 a 2004 com diagnóstico de DF e AVC, incluídos no GP (n = 10); e sem AVC constituindo o GC (n = 5). Iniciamos coleta de dados através de análise dos prontuários e entrevista com pacientes e seus responsáveis. Posteriormente, os pacientes foram avaliados quanto aos aspectos neuromotores através da escala de Avaliação do Tono Muscular de Durigon e Piemonte (1993, 2004) e escala de avaliação de Força Muscular de Daniels e col. (1958); e funcionais através das escalas Inventário de Avaliação Pediátrica de Incapacidade (Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - PEDI) (Mancini, 2005) e Avaliação Motora e Sensitiva Eva Beckung teste (EB teste) (Beckung, 2000). O primeiro AVC ocorreu entre quatro e 15 anos (seis pacientes); apesar da profilaxia com transfusão sanguínea regular, houve recorrência do AVC em dois. No GP, houve comprometimento bilateral de tono muscular (cinco pacientes) e da força muscular (seis). No GC constatamos normotonia em todos pacientes e fraqueza simétrica em um. Comparando GP e GC, detectamos pior desempenho do GP, com diferença significativa entre tono e força do hemicorpo direito, a maioria das áreas da EB teste e a força de preensão da mão direita. Na avaliação com o PEDI, não houve diferença significativa entre GP e GC, havendo comprometimento em cinco pacientes do GP e em dois do GC. A escala que mais colaborou na identificação das diferenças entre GP e GC foi a EB teste, provavelmente por agrupar diversas funções, diferindo das escalas mais freqüentes nas publicações científicas da área. Dentro do GP, foi constatada associação significativa entre as avaliações neuromotoras e a maioria das áreas das escalas funcionais. As anormalidades detectadas no exame neurológico, aspectos neuromotores e funcionais, relacionaram-se com a extensão do território arterial envolvido, documentado nos exames de neuroimagem (particularmente da artéria cerebral média (ACM), ramos perfurantes e artéria cerebral anterior (ACA)). Portanto, a constatação das alterações neuromotoras e principalmente funcionais no GP em maior intensidade, mas também no GC, fundamenta a importância da inclusão dessas avaliações em pacientes com DF, bem como do exame de neuroimagem, mesmo nos pacientes sem AVC. Isto possibilitará identificar fatores de risco, melhorando a profilaxia para o AVC ou sua recorrência, assim como a reabilitação após o evento cerebrovascular / Abstract: Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) have a high risk for stroke with important neurological sequelae. Many authors have been pointing the neuropsychological impairment but not the motor and functional deficits. The aim of this study was to assess patients with (SCD) and stroke comparing with patients with SCD without stroke. We pre-selected patients with ages ranging form 5 to 25 years and diagnosis of SCD and stroke for the experimental group (EG), and without stroke for the control group (CG). Overall, 15 patients were enrolled, of whom 10 were in EG and 5 in CG. Patients and their parents were informed about the research objectives and procedures and agreed to participate by signing a Free Consent Agreement Form. A protocol was organized including identification data, neurological clinical exam, neurological imaging screening; neuromotor and function assessment. The identification and history of SCD and the cerebrovascular event data were collected from records and completed with an interview of patients and their parents. The patients were assessed with neuromotor scales and the following function instruments: PEDI and EB test. In EG patients, the first stroke occurred with high incidence between 4 and 15 years of age; despite the low number of individuals evaluated, findings are in accordance with previously published, evidencing patients with SCD and stroke in early age, all with ischemic event; 2 patients had recurrence of stroke despite prophylactic blood transfusion therapy. The analysis of the results of this study revealed important neuromotor deficits in EG; superior performance in functional instruments of the CG, especially in gross motor function, global strength; rang of motion; neurological tests; sensory and grasp. The muscle tonus and strength interfered with sensory, gross and fine motor function, neurological exam; perception; range of motion; and grasp. The motor, sensorial and function impairments resulting from cortical-subcortical structure lesions were confirmed by neurologic imaging exams, especially involving middle cerebral artery, perforating branches and anterior cerebral artery. Therefore, these neuromotor and functional findings in EP and also in CG justify to include these assessments and neurological imaging screening in patients with SCD, even in those without stroke. This may help to identify risk factors, improving prophylaxis for the first stroke or its recurrence, as well as the rehabilitation after stroke / Mestrado / Ciencias Biomedicas / Mestre em Ciências Médicas

A idealizaÃÃo deste trabalho surgiu da necessidade de conhecer a estruturaÃÃo dos programas de treinamentos nos call centers - centros de atendimentos aos clientes. A experiÃncia de mercado, obtida pela autora, sinalizava deficiÃncias no processo de capacitaÃÃo da mÃo de obra do setor. O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi de analisar os programas de treinamentos aplicados nos call centers de pequeno porte de empresas de serviÃos de saÃde do municÃpio de Fortaleza. A metodologia utilizada foi uma pesquisa exploratÃria, descritiva e qualitativa em uma amostra nÃo probabilÃstica. Foram pesquisadas quatro empresas, cuja escolha seguiu os seguintes critÃrios: as empresas deveriam ter mais de cinco anos no mercado; deveriam possuir call center para realizar os atendimentos aos clientes com no mÃximo 100 posiÃÃes de atendimento e ser do segmento de serviÃos de saÃde. As informaÃÃes das empresas foram obtidas a partir de profissionais que estavam em cargos de gestÃo e possuÃam pelo menos um ano de experiÃncia no segmento de call center. Os quatro pressupostos confirmados foram os seguintes: os call centers realizam os treinamentos atravÃs de mÃdulos diversos com enfoque tÃcnico e comportamental; os fatores que, na opiniÃo dos entrevistados, motivam a realizaÃÃo dos treinamentos sÃo dois, o desejo de crescer no mercado, segunda confirmaÃÃo e as reclamaÃÃes feitas pelos clientes, terceira confirmaÃÃo. A quarta confirmaÃÃo foi referente ao valor do investimento necessÃrio para a realizaÃÃo dos treinamentos, todas as quatro empresas pesquisadas, consideraram o fator investimento como empecilho no processo de capacitaÃÃo.

A influência de avaliações em larga escala no currículo é bem conhecida e discutida amplamente. Contudo, a influência de avaliações vestibulares no mesmo tem sido deixada de lado, bem como a discussão sobre sua influência nos próprios exames governamentais. O presente texto tenta abrir este caminho, analisando a alteração nos tipos de questões elaboradas pelo vestibular, no sentido de arcar com uma responsabilidade social que lhe foi imposta. É feita uma análise do nível cognitivo exigido pelas questões - com base na taxonomia de Bloom (1983) e nas classes de exigência cognitiva de Zoller (2002), entre outras características - bem como outros detalhes relevantes, como interdisciplinaridade, área da química abordada, habilidades e competências envolvidas e o índice de discriminação, ao longo de onze anos (2003 - 2013). Os resultados demonstram uma crescente preocupação com o modo como se mede as capacidades dos alunos avaliados por tais exames. A partir de então, discute-se brevemente sobre o uso dos exames vestibulares como base para a construção do currículo, bem como o modo com que os exames são tratados pelo meio leigo e suas consequências / The influence of large scale assessment on the curriculum is well known and widely discussed. However, a influence of pre-entrance tests on it has been put aside, as well as the discussion about is influence on governmental assessment. The present work tries to clear that pass, analysing if there is any significant change on the types of questions made by these pre-entrance exams, in a perspective of living up to the social responsibility that was imposed on them. It is made an analysis around the cognitive level required by the questions - based on Bloom\'s taxonomy (1983) and in Zollers cognitive skills requirements (2002) - amongst other relevant details, such as interdisciplinarity, chemistry field addressed, skills and competences involved and the discrimination rate, over the period of eleven years (2003 - 2013). The results show a growing worry towards the way the student\'s capability is being measured by these exams. From that, it\'s briefly discussed the use of such exams as base to building the curriculum, as well as how the exams are treated by the non-academics and its consequences.

Title: Effects of macrocycle on the tactical performance of football players in the age category U15. Objectives: Monitoring and evaluation of the progress of tactical performance in the games played in the selected category in one macrocycle. Methods: Monitoring, analysis, recording, statistical processing. Results: Progress in the context of the achievable options. Keywords: Soccer, tactical performance, skill.

For pianists working within the western art music tradition, the ability to perform a large and complex repertoire from memory is almost a prerequisite for a successful career. Memorising and maintaining this repertoire requires considerable practice and can lead to physical overuse syndromes. Additionally, automated motor memory developed via physical practice is not always sufficient for secure recall, often leading to performance anxiety. It is important therefore for professionals to identify optimal practice strategies, and mental rehearsal has been widely advocated as a potential means of enhancing memorisation and performance fluency while at the same time avoiding physical overuse. The results of three studies that examined mental imagery rehearsal by expert pianists, adopting a mixed methods approach, are presented in this thesis. The first was a participant observation study of a course at which eleven advanced pianists learned to use a memorisation technique incorporating deliberate imagery; the study aimed to describe the teaching and learning of specific imagery techniques and to examine the potential advantages and drawbacks of this approach. The second study was an online questionnaire survey of thirty six piano students at UK conservatoires designed to investigate the teaching and implementation of mental rehearsal techniques at advanced training levels; the survey found that despite a widespread awareness of imagery rehearsal as a potentially effective strategy, training in specific techniques was not consistently available, and recommended mental practice strategies were adopted much less consistently than strategies involving physical practice. Finally, an fMRI study of fourteen expert pianists aimed to determine the neural correlates of imagery rehearsal and simulated piano playing. Differences observed in brain activation between tasks suggested increased involvement of working memory processes during mental imagery. The thesis concludes that mental imagery rehearsal techniques are acquired skills that can be taught and improved over time and which have specific advantages over motor learning, but that more pedagogical training is needed in order for these techniques to become fully effective and widely adopted.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate, auditory feedback as a training procedure to increase the effectiveness of throwing a "right cross.” Auditory feedback was evaluated in multiple baselines across behaviors design with 4 mixed martial arts students, two males and two females, 25-54 years old. The percentage of correct steps of the right crosses.” was stable .during baseline for all participants improved substantially following the introduction of the auditory feedback, and maintained at 90 percent or more for all participants during follow-up.

The Coast Guard conducts over 20,000 search and rescue cases a year with approximately 5% of them occurring within the coastal waters of the West Florida Shelf (WFS). Each search effort is planned using the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) which uses model inputs to create composite probability distributions based on the results of Monte Carlo projections of thousands of particle trajectories. However, SAROPS is limited by the quality of model inputs and their associated errors. This study utilizes observations from three surface drifter deployments on the WFS to evaluate the effectiveness of available surface current models, including one model not currently in use by the Coast Guard. Additionally, the performance of high-frequency (HF) Radar observations is evaluated against the models. The HF Radar root-mean-square errors (RMSE) were found to be on the order of 10 cm/s, and a model created with objectively mapped HF Radar data was found to out-perform all available models. Additionally, a comparison of model skills (using a normalized Lagrangian separation method) showed the West Florida Coastal Ocean Model (WFCOM) to have better skill on both the inner and outer shelf regions of the WFS when compared to other models.