Success/Failure in Higher Education:how long does it take to complete some core 1st. year disciplines?

Despite the enormous increasing in Higher Education (HE) enrolment during the last decades in Portugal, retention rates remain very high when compared to most European Union countries'.This outcome is particularly meaningful for a set of 1st year's critical matters which failure severely conditions subsequent success as they are part of the scientific domain's basic knowledge.In this paper we investigate this feature for ISEG (School of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon) and consider its Pedagogic Observatory database which includes more than 1,500 individual data relative to the four graduation programmes. As relative failure expresses frequently under the form of longer time spells needed to complete thgose disciplines in this paper we adjusted a duration model (with control group)in order to assess the main determinants of the "survival" probabilities. After having controlled for ability, the results we obtained from Cox Regression show that the economic and social status of the family of origin, especially mother's and father's school level and occupation go on influencing students' results although not so meaningfully as in previous educational phases. Also the specific graduation track - Economics, Management, Mathematics applied to Economics & Management and Finances - appear to be deeply associated with success or retention. Nevertheless, the main determinant of relative success/failure is the student's situation towards the labour market, a meaningful proportion of them having to perform a paid occupation to afford to pay for education costs. Therefore our policy reccommendations are twofold: i) to shed light on the need for a more robust Government's Social Policy towards HE students especially now that the Bologna Reform imposes an heavier budgetary burden upon students; ii)to emphasize the finantial, organizational and syllabuses' reforms that HE institutions need to develope in order to capture and keep the "new publics" namely adult students for whom combining study and paid work represents the only available funding source.Higher Education; Critical Matters; Time to successfully complete; Duration Models; Finantial Constraints; Portugal.

Modern Swahili: an integration of Arabic culture into Swahili literature

Due to her geographical position, the African continent has for many centuries hosted visitors from other continents such as Asia and Europe. Such visitors came to Africa as explorers, missionaries, traders and colonialists. Over the years, the continent has played host to the Chinese, Portuguese, Persians, Indians, Arabs and Europeans. Arabs have had a particularly long history of interaction with East African people, and have therefore made a significant contribution to the development of the Swahili language. Swahili is an African native language of Bantu origin which had been in existence before the arrival of Arabs in East Africa. The long period of interaction between Arabs and the locals led to linguistic borrowing mainly from Arabic to Swahili. The presence of loanwords in Swahili is evidence of cultural interaction between the Swahili and Arabic people. The Arabic words are borrowed from diverse registers of the language. Hence, Swahili literature is loaded with Arabic cultural aspects through Arabic loanwords. Many literary works are examples of Swahili literature that contains such words. As a result, there is evidence of Swahili integrating Arabic culture in its literature, an aspect that this paper seeks to highlight

Namous

Le 9 décembre 2005, la chaîne Arte diffusait dans la case « Le muet du mois » une version restaurée (numériquement) du premier film arménien Namous (l’Honneur), de Hamo Bek-Nazarov (1925-26). Le dossier qui suit vise à offrir au spectateur quelques clefs pour aborder ce film remarquable, en saisir le contexte et les enjeux, mieux en apprécier l’intérêt et l’originalité. L’itinéraire du réalisateur, Hamo Bek-Nazarov Hamo Bek-Nazarov naît à Erevan en 1891 dans la famille d’un riche marchand pol..

Namous

Le 9 décembre 2005, la chaîne Arte diffusait dans la case « Le muet du mois » une version restaurée (numériquement) du premier film arménien Namous (l’Honneur), de Hamo Bek-Nazarov (1925-26). Le dossier qui suit vise à offrir au spectateur quelques clefs pour aborder ce film remarquable, en saisir le contexte et les enjeux, mieux en apprécier l’intérêt et l’originalité. L’itinéraire du réalisateur, Hamo Bek-Nazarov Hamo Bek-Nazarov naît à Erevan en 1891 dans la famille d’un riche marchand pol..

O FOLHETIM DA PSICANÁLISE

A partir de um amplo mapeamento dos textos que circularam no Folhetim da Folha de São Paulo ( 1977-1989), o presente trabalho recorta e reagrupa a série de textos que abordavam os temas da psicanálise, da psiquiatria e da psicologia. Examinando as relações entre essa série e os estudos literários, pretendo estabelecer alguns cruzamentose realçar a interdependência que contribuiu para tornar a psicanálise uma das disciplinas mais atuantes junto ao campo literário. Além disso, procuro apresentar as polêmicas e asdiversas orientações teóricas distintas que marcaram as múltiplas inserções dos temas (psicanalítico, psiquiátrico e psicológico) nas páginas do Folhetim

Um estudo de difusão de inovações tecnológicas: o caso do setor fornecedor de máquinas e equipamentos para a produção de rochas ornamentais no Espírito Santo

A presente dissertação tem como objeto de estudo o setor de máquinas e equipamentos voltado para rochas ornamentais, no Espírito Santo, cujo maior propósito é identificar a forma de difusão tecnológica observada no setor. Para tanto, na análise, utiliza-se o referencial teórico nesochumpeteriano para a descrição de conceitos fundamentais ao processo inovativo, entre os quais, os de paradigma e trajetória tecnológica. A abordagem neoschumpeteriana destaca a importância dos aperfeiçoamentos tecnológicos como elementos essenciais ao processo de difusão, além da importância do direito de propriedade, como motivadores desse processo. Aperfeiçoamentos tecnológicos são constantes e essenciais para o desenvolvimento do setor de máquinas e equipamentos, todavia, a existência de direitos de propriedade é praticamente nula ou sem eficiência no setor, como comprovado pela pesquisa. Para o cumprimento do propósito denotado, principalmente devido à falta de pesquisas que pudessem servir como base para o aprofundamento no conhecimento sobre o setor, faz-se uso de entrevistas com fabricantes e pessoas que estiveram ligadas ao segmento. O setor de máquinas e equipamentos cresce junto ao setor de rochas ornamentais. Assim, torna-se interessante apresentar um panorama setorial do setor de rochas ornamentais, exibindo a cadeia produtiva com os principais elos e agentes envolvidos ao longo de cada etapa produtiva, além de descrever a situação mundial, brasileira e capixaba do setor. Ao fim, busca-se fazer uma descrição sucinta sobre a formação e desenvolvimento do setor de máquinas e equipamentos, destacando-se a empresa CIMEF como grande propulsora desse segmento, no Espírito Santo. Uma explanação, destacando os avanços das principais tecnologias utilizadas no processo de extração e beneficiamento, mostra que o maior avanço tecnológico ocorreu com a introdução do fio diamantado, inicialmente oriundo das pedreiras, mas que foi adaptado perfeitamente ao interior das serrarias, com os teares multifios. A dificuldade dos fabricantes em manter o direito de propriedade das inovações, por consequência, possibilita que a principal forma de difusão tecnológica constatada no setor de máquinas e equipamentos aconteça por intermédio da imitação. Processo que se diferencia da cópia, por conta do processo imitativo possibilitar a ocorrência de constantes aperfeiçoamentos tecnológicos, não observados com as cópias, que quando não realizadas de forma idêntica à inovação original, podem inviabilizar o funcionamento da nova tecnologia.The present dissertation has as object of study the machinery and equipment sector, for ornamental rocks, in Espírito Santo, whose main purpose is to identify the form of technological diffusion observed in the sector. For this, in the analysis, the theoretical nesochumpeteriano reference is used for the description of concepts fundamental to the innovative process, among which: paradigm and technological trajectory. The neoschumpeterian approach emphasizes the importance of technological improvements as essential elements to the diffusion process, as well as the importance of the property right as motivators of this process. Technological improvements are constant and essential for the development of the machinery and equipment sector, but the existence of property rights is practically nil or inefficient. In order to fulfill the stated purpose, mainly due to the lack of research that could serve as a basis for the deepening of the knowledge about the sector, interviews with manufacturers and individuals that have been linked to the segment are used. The machinery and equipment sector grows along with the sector of ornamental rocks. Thus, it is interesting to present an overview of the sector of ornamental rocks, showing the production chain with the main links and agents involved throughout each production stage, as well as describing the world, brazilian and capixaba situation of the sector. Finally, a brief description of the formation and development of the machinery and equipment sector, highlighting CIMEF as the main driver of this segment, in Espírito Santo. An explanation, highlighting the advances of the main technologies used in the extraction and processing process, shows that the greatest technological advance occurred with the introduction of diamond wire, originally from quarries, but perfectly adapted inside sawmills, with multifibre looms. The difficulty of manufacturers in maintaining the right to own innovations, therefore, makes it possible for the main form of technological diffusion in the machinery and equipment sector to happen through imitation. A process that differs from the copy because of the imitative process allows for the occurrence of constant technological improvements, not observed with the copies, which, when not performed in the same way as the original innovation, could render the new technology unworkable.CAPE

Rapsódia de uma década perdida: o Folhetim da Folha de São Paulo (1977-1989) /

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão.Além de um fichamento completo dos doze anos de existência do Folhetim da Folha de S.Paulo, esta Tese realiza algumas interpretações paralelas sobre a importância que o suplemento exerceu ao longo da década de oitenta. São privilegiados os aspectos históricos, políticos e, sobretudo, literários sinalizados pelo Folhetim. A primeira parte da Tese enfoca as relações históricas que estiveram na base do jornalismo voltado à formação dos leitores, destacando, principalmente, a atuação dos folhetins como fonte de aceleração, não apenas da publicação de romances, mas como reserva crítica capaz de nos fornecer uma ampla visão do passado. A segunda parte da Tese enfoca as tramas literárias e o papel chave desempenhado pela psicanálise. Paralelamente à exposição de alguns dados descritivos, apresento algumas alternativas de análise das três fases que marcaram a existência do suplemento. A primeira, entre 1977 e 1979, dedicada ao divertimento; a segunda, entre 1979 e 1982, voltada ao cenário político da redemocratização; e a terceira e mais longa, entre 1982 e 1989, centralizada na divulgação de ensaios oriundos, majoritariamente, das Ciências Humanas

Success/Failure in Higher Education:how long does it take to complete some core 1st. year disciplines?

Despite the enormous increasing in Higher Education (HE) enrolment during the last decades in Portugal, retention rates remain very high when compared to most European Union countries'.This outcome is particularly meaningful for a set of 1st year's critical matters which failure severely conditions subsequent success as they are part of the scientific domain's basic knowledge.In this paper we investigate this feature for ISEG (School of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon) and consider its Pedagogic Observatory database which includes more than 1,500 individual data relative to the four graduation programmes. As relative failure expresses frequently under the form of longer time spells needed to complete thgose disciplines in this paper we adjusted a duration model (with control group)in order to assess the main determinants of the "survival" probabilities. After having controlled for ability, the results we obtained from Cox Regression show that the economic and social status of the family of origin, especially mother's and father's school level and occupation go on influencing students' results although not so meaningfully as in previous educational phases. Also the specific graduation track - Economics, Management, Mathematics applied to Economics & Management and Finances - appear to be deeply associated with success or retention. Nevertheless, the main determinant of relative success/failure is the student's situation towards the labour market, a meaningful proportion of them having to perform a paid occupation to afford to pay for education costs. Therefore our policy reccommendations are twofold: i) to shed light on the need for a more robust Government's Social Policy towards HE students especially now that the Bologna Reform imposes an heavier budgetary burden upon students; ii)to emphasize the finantial, organizational and syllabuses' reforms that HE institutions need to develope in order to capture and keep the "new publics" namely adult students for whom combining study and paid work represents the only available funding source

Success/Failure in Higher Education:how long does it take to complete some core 1st. year disciplines?

Despite the enormous increasing in Higher Education (HE) enrolment during the last decades in Portugal, retention rates remain very high when compared to most European Union countries'.This outcome is particularly meaningful for a set of 1st year's critical matters which failure severely conditions subsequent success as they are part of the scientific domain's basic knowledge.In this paper we investigate this feature for ISEG (School of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon) and consider its Pedagogic Observatory database which includes more than 1,500 individual data relative to the four graduation programmes. As relative failure expresses frequently under the form of longer time spells needed to complete thgose disciplines in this paper we adjusted a duration model (with control group)in order to assess the main determinants of the "survival" probabilities. After having controlled for ability, the results we obtained from Cox Regression show that the economic and social status of the family of origin, especially mother's and father's school level and occupation go on influencing students' results although not so meaningfully as in previous educational phases. Also the specific graduation track - Economics, Management, Mathematics applied to Economics & Management and Finances - appear to be deeply associated with success or retention. Nevertheless, the main determinant of relative success/failure is the student's situation towards the labour market, a meaningful proportion of them having to perform a paid occupation to afford to pay for education costs. Therefore our policy reccommendations are twofold: i) to shed light on the need for a more robust Government's Social Policy towards HE students especially now that the Bologna Reform imposes an heavier budgetary burden upon students; ii)to emphasize the finantial, organizational and syllabuses' reforms that HE institutions need to develope in order to capture and keep the "new publics" namely adult students for whom combining study and paid work represents the only available funding source