Coisa julgada inconstitucional : natureza, instrumentos e momentos processuais de relativização

Aborda a coisa julgada, focando na afronta á constituição. Analisa os fundamentos dogmáticos e extra- dogmáticos. Tece a respeito dos instrumentos processuais. Estuda a possibilidade de relativização da coisa julgada pelo presidente do tribunal em sede de pagamento precatório requisitório

Ic paper on elekta ab - apac´s influence in the future of radiotherapy market

The following Investment Committee paper focuses on a proposal for a leveraged buy out on Elekta AB, a key player in the global radiotherapy market. In fact, this paper develops as et of value creation strategies, with special focus on Buy-and-Build, reflecting those strategies in a detailed operating model. Subsequently, a capital structure is suggested by assessing past buy out transactions in the health care sector and by leveraging the bank case. Finally, the exit returns are estimated complying with industry threshold and a range of exit strategies are analyzed. Moreover ,exit options are compiled in order to fully maximize ELEKTA’s exit

Does Brazil need a notwithstanding clause?

In the last decade, Brazilian Supreme Court has been playing a very important role in the democratic process, raising concerns on judicial activism and on the so-called “juristocracy”. One of the ideas that comes up to tackle those issues is the adoption of a Canadian-style notwithstanding clause. Revolving the notwithstanding clause features and its practical exercise in Canada, the paper contends that it is not suitable for Brazilian constitutional system of strong judicial review. It also demonstrates that such a constitutional instrument would not help the improvement of institutional dialogues between the judiciary and legislative branches nor effectively remedy hints of judicial activism. 

Constitutional Law Around the Globe: Fundamental Rights, the Freedom of Speech and “Hate Speech” in Canada

This paper exploring the Freedom of Speech in Canadian Constitutional Law is part of the series “Constitutional Law Around the Globe”. This chapter of the series focuses on “Fundamental Rights and Freedom of Speech” in contemporary democracies. Second in the row, this paper analyses the Freedom of Speech in Canadian Constitutional Law and how it has been shaped by the Supreme and lower courts over time, specially on the so-called “hate speech”. A final paper will approach the legal systems composing the series in a comparative perspective

Contextual effects of power differentials: Construct validation and concurrent validity of the Power Differential Scale

Power distance can produce contextual effects that surpass the cultural level of analysis, allowing predicting how the assimilation of these cultural values impacts individuals motivations to attain power positions and behaviors towards authorities. Power distance value can be conceived both at a micro and macro level of analysis. However existing measures used at a cultural level have been the object of several critics, and others applied at the individual level need further study in terms of their psychometric properties. This article presents the main psychometric properties of the Earley and Erez (1997) Power Differential Scale. This scale measures the acceptability of power and status differences both at micro and macro level. Two studies analyse the scale’s construct validity and its factorial invariance across groups of participants (study 1); and its predictive validity at an individual level (study 2). The results obtained support the proposed unidimensionality of the scale. Furthermore, it demonstrated predictive power by showing the role of power distance in the prediction of individual motivations to attain power and to respond to power situations using withdrawal or confrontational strategies. Future research is discussed, specifically the impact of power differential construct in individual attitudes and behavior

Understanding the use of digital payments in Brazil: An analysis from the perspective of digital divide measures

This paper analyzes the factors that influence the use of digital payments in Brazil from the perspective of digital divide studies. For this purpose, the research uses the microdata of the 2019 edition of a Brazilian nationwide survey named ICT Households Survey. The main findings demonstrate that women, as well as users of low-income social class, were less likely to use digital payments. The results also indicate that although different studies highlight the relevance of mobile phones as a means to promote digital financial inclusion to low-income groups, this paper\u27s findings show that the exclusive use of mobile phones to access the Internet had a negative impact on the use of digital payments. These results demonstrate the need to better understand the implications of the exclusive use of this type of device in harnessing digital financial services in the context of developing countries of the global South

Constitutional Law around the globe: judicial review in the United States and the “writ of certiorari”

This paper exploring the writ of certiorari in the United States Constitutional Law is the second of the series “Constitutional Law Around the Globe”. This section of the series focuses on “Judicial Review and the Filters to Access Supreme and Constitutional Courts”. The first paper in the row, published in the year 2019, analyzed the Constitutionality Priority Question (Question Prioritaire de Constitutionnalité – QPC) in France. In this second paper, we analyze how the U.S. Supreme Court picks cases from thousands that reach it every year and the strategies that the Court adopts to filter these cases. The paper focuses specifically on Rule 10, the “writ of certiorari” and their operation in practice

Treating speaking in its own right: an exploratory study

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente.The present study investigates the implications of the treatment of speaking in its own right (mainly based on McCarthy, 1998) to the speaking performance of Brazilian learners of English as a foreign language. This was done through the comparison of the speaking performance of two groups of students (one that received the treatment of speaking in its own right for forty-five hours, and another one that did not receive the treatment) on a pre-test/post-test basis. The group that received treatment consisted of fourteen participants, whilst the control group had ten participants. Speaking performance was operationalized in terms of fluency, accuracy, complexity and weighed lexical density. Results were analyzed statistically with paired-sample and independent-sample t-tests. Findings suggest that the effectiveness of the treatment of speaking in its own right in the EFL classroom is not as linear as it might be expected, as none of the groups analyzed showed an overall consistently significant increase or decrease from the pre-test to the post-test, and the groups did not present significantly different gains after the period of treatment. These results are important in the sense that they imply the need for implementations to the treatment of speaking in its own right, such as more time for treatment, specific material that addresses such treatment, and more empirical research to have a better understanding of the results that the treatment may bring to the speaking performance of L2 learners. O presente estudo investiga as implicações do tratamento da fala como habilidade específica (baseado principalmente em McCarthy, 1998) para a performance da fala de aprendizes brasileiros de inglês como língua estrangeira. A pesquisa foi conduzida atraves da comparação entre a performance de fala de dois grupos (um que recebeu o tratamento específico de fala, e outro que não recebeu o mesmo tratamento), usando a abordagem de pré- e pós-teste. O grupo que recebeu o tratamento tinha quatorze participantes, enquanto que o grupo controle tinha dez. A performance de fala foi operacionalizada em termos de fluência, acurácia, complexidade e densidade lexical. Os resultados foram analizados estatisticamente através de t-testes. As descobertas sugerem que a eficácia do tratamento da fala como habilidade específica não é tao linear como pode parecer a princípio, pois nenhum dos grupos apresentou ganho ou perda significante na performance da fala depois do período de tratamento, além de que os grupos nao apresentaram ganhos significamente diferentes entre si. Esses resultados são importantes devido ao fato de que eles indicam a necessidade de implementações para o tratamento da fala como habilidade específica, tais quais mais tempo, e um material didático específico para o tratamento, além da necessidade de mais estudos empíricos que permitam um melhor entendimento dos resultados que o tratamnto pode trazer para aprendizes de língua estrangeira

PERFORMANCE OF CORN HYBRIDS IN TWO LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN GOIÁS

Objetivou-se com a pesquisa avaliar os caracteres agronômicos e produtivos de híbridos de milho em dois locais. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi de blocos casualizados em esquema fatorial 11x2 (11 híbridos e dois locais) com quatro repetições. Cada parcela foi constituída por quatro linhas de cinco metros. As avaliações ocorreram nas duas linhas deixando 0,50 m de bordadura nas extremidades. As variáveis analisadas foram: altura de planta, altura da primeira espiga, diâmetro da espiga, número de fileira de grãos, número de grãos por fileira, comprimento da espiga, massa de mil grãos e produtividade. Os híbridos de milho se adaptaram melhor no município de Santa Isabel. Em relação a produtividade, no município de Santa Isabel os híbridos apresentaram mais adaptados e em Campinorte o híbrido MG 711 PWU foi que obteve melhor desempenho. O hibrido MG 580 PWU apesentou o pior resultado para os dois locais.The research aimed to evaluate the agronomic and yield traits of corn hybrids in two locations. The randomized blocks design arranged in an 11x2 factorial scheme (11 hybrids and two locations) with four replications was used. Each plot consisted of four rows of five meters. The evaluations took place in the two central rows leaving 0.50 m as a border at the ends. The variables analyzed were plant height, first ear insertion height, ear diameter, ear length, number of grain rows per ear, number of grains per row, 1000-grain weight, and grain yield. The corn hybrids adapted better in Santa Isabel. Regarding grain yield, in Santa Isabel, the hybrids were more adapted, and in Campinorte, the hybrid MG 711 PWU was the one that obtained the best performance. The MG 580 PWU hybrid presented the worst result in both locations

Designing Solidarity Cryptocurrencies: Dialogic Tension Between Community-Centered and Techno-Centered Design Frames

While cryptocurrencies are related to profit-driven actors, communitarian movements have decades of experience with social-driven currencies, such as community currencies. This research investigates the meshing of these two disparate worlds that results in the design of a solidarity cryptocurrency, a phenomenon that connects the blockchain infrastructure of cryptocurrency to scaling the social perspective of community currencies. However, making the connection between these two technologies brings a new question to IS design: how can different frames from multiple social actors be integrated into designing a solidarity cryptocurrency infrastructure? We drew upon the design ethnography methodology and actively participated in designing a solidarity cryptocurrency to answer that question. Based on concepts from infrastructuring, a multi-relational and socio-technical approach to infrastructure designing, we propose that designing a solidarity cryptocurrency lies on a dialogic tension between techno-centered and community-centered frames, representing the relational process that emerges when connecting two disparate technologie