Portuguese investor profile in Poland, a managerial approach

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsThe objective of this Work Project was to study the profile of Portuguese investor in Poland. My qualitative and quantitative research was performed in order to understand more in detail their insights and their decisions‟ motives. Consequently, I further studied the following questions: “(1) What is the profile of Portuguese investor in Poland? (2) Which are the characteristics that would distinguish the style that defines individuals’ preferences in investments decisions? (3) How to understand the motives of managerial decisions that are undertaken by these investors? (4) What are the contributions of these business decisions to the Polish market? (5) Which advices can be given to Portuguese investors?” Having all these information, I concluded and named the two strongest components that represent the searched profile characteristics. Analysis of this data gave the understandings of keys to success, motives of choices, achievements of Portuguese companies in Poland and overall searched profile of Portuguese investor in Poland

An interdisciplinary approach to integrated curriculum

The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the interdisciplinary approach to teaching mathematics and science, specifically Geometry and Biology. The study used an action research design in which two teachers participated in a planned interdisciplinary activity that involved 160 high school students. The site of this study was a high school located in a middle-class, rural-suburban community. Data was gathered using a concept map to measure the amount of conceptual understanding students have of the relationship between Geometry and Biology. Data of those students who were enrolled in both Geometry and Biology were compared to those students who were only enrolled in Geometry. This data was analyzed using histograms and a nonparametric signs test. The histograms showed an increase in the number of associations students were able to make between Geometry and Biology. The number of associations increased 35% for interdisciplinary students and 25% for non-interdisciplinary students. The signs test supported the findings of the histogram analysis: interdisciplinary curriculum gave students a better understanding of the relationship between subjects

Efficient Methods for Predicting Soil Hydraulic Properties

Both empirical and process-simulation models are useful for evaluating the effects of management practices on environmental quality and crop yield. The use of these models is limited, however, because they need many soil property values as input. The first step towards modelling is the collection of input data. Soil properties can be highly variable spatially and temporally, and measuring them is time-consuming and expensive. Efficient methods, which consider the uncertainty and cost of measurements, for estimating soil hydraulic properties form the main thrust of this study. Hydraulic properties are affected by other soil physical, and chemical properties, therefore it is possible to develop empirical relations to predict them. This idea quantified is called a pedotransfer function. Such functions may be global or restricted to a country or region. The different classification of particle-size fractions used in Australia compared with other countries presents a problem for the immediate adoption of exotic pedotransfer functions. A database of Australian soil hydraulic properties has been compiled. Pedotransfer functions for estimating water-retention and saturated hydraulic conductivity from particle size and bulk density for Australian soil are presented. Different approaches for deriving hydraulic transfer functions have been presented and compared. Published pedotransfer functions were also evaluated, generally they provide a satisfactory estimation of water retention and saturated hydraulic conductivity depending on the spatial scale and accuracy of prediction. Several pedotransfer functions were developed in this study to predict water retention and hydraulic conductivity. The pedotransfer functions developed here may predict adequately in large areas but for site-specific applications local calibration is needed. There is much uncertainty in the input data, and consequently the transfer functions can produce varied outputs. Uncertainty analysis is therefore needed. A general approach to quantifying uncertainty is to use Monte Carlo methods. By sampling repeatedly from the assumed probability distributions of the input variables and evaluating the response of the model the statistical distribution of the outputs can be estimated. A modified Latin hypercube method is presented for sampling joint multivariate probability distributions. This method is applied to quantify the uncertainties in pedotransfer functions of soil hydraulic properties. Hydraulic properties predicted using pedotransfer functions developed in this study are also used in a field soil-water model to analyze the uncertainties in the prediction of dynamic soil-water regimes. The use of the disc permeameter in the field conventionally requires the placement of a layer of sand in order to provide good contact between the soil surface and disc supply membrane. The effect of sand on water infiltration into the soil and on the estimate of sorptivity was investigated. A numerical study and a field experiment on heavy clay were conducted. Placement of sand significantly increased the cumulative infiltration but showed small differences in the infiltration rate. Estimation of sorptivity based on the Philip's two term algebraic model using different methods was also examined. The field experiment revealed that the error in infiltration measurement was proportional to the cumulative infiltration curve. Infiltration without placement of sand was considerably smaller because of the poor contact between the disc and soil surface. An inverse method for predicting soil hydraulic parameters from disc permeameter data has been developed. A numerical study showed that the inverse method is quite robust in identifying the hydraulic parameters. However application to field data showed that the estimated water retention curve is generally smaller than the one obtained in laboratory measurements. Nevertheless the estimated near-saturated hydraulic conductivity matched the analytical solution quite well. Th author believes that the inverse method can give a reasonable estimate of soil hydraulic parameters. Some experimental and theoretical problems were identified and discussed. A formal analysis was carried out to evaluate the efficiency of the different methods in predicting water retention and hydraulic conductivity. The analysis identified the contribution of individual source of measurement errors to the overall uncertainty. For single measurements, the inverse disc-permeameter analysis is economically more efficient than using pedotransfer functions or measuring hydraulic properties in the laboratory. However, given the large amount of spatial variation of soil hydraulic properties it is perhaps not surprising that lots of cheap and imprecise measurements, e.g. by hand texturing, are more efficient than a few expensive precise ones

The Onpo Lhakhang of Sumur. Notes on the neglected Nyingmapa tradition of Nubra

For more than two hundred years, the Nubra valley of Ladakh has been pervaded by a socio-religious network that is related to the Nyingmapa tradition and existed beside the large-scale monastic system of the dominant Gelugpa. This system manifested itself in a two-fold manner. First, through a selected group of families whose members were “astrologers” (Tib. onpos) and sometimes also “traditional medical practitioners” (Tib. amchis). Second, the system took shape through a number of stupas which shared a specific iconographic topic: the “zhitro” mandala. In the center of the system was – and still is – the Onpo Lhakhang of Sumur.Depuis plus de deux cents ans, la vallée de la Nubra au Ladakh est traversée par un réseau socioreligieux affilié à la tradition Nyingmapa, existant aux côtés du vaste système monastique Gelugpa dominant. Ce réseau se manifeste de deux manières. Premièrement, à travers un groupe de familles dont les membres étaient des « astrologues » (tib. onpos) et parfois aussi des « médecins traditionnels » (tib. amchis). Deuxièmement, le réseau a pris forme à travers un certain nombre de stupas qui partagent un programme iconographique particulier : le mandala zhi khro. Au centre de ce système se trouvait – et se trouve toujours – le temple Onpo Lhakhang de Sumur

A tectum opticum peptiderg és GABAerg idegsejtjeinek kapcsolatai = Connections of the peptidergic and GABAerg neurons of the optic tectum

1. NOS immunreaktiv (ir) neuronok, nem küldenek axont a thalamusba és a nucl. isthmibe. 2. A lazac és patkány MCH- és glutamat-izoleucin-szerű immunreakció a béka előagyában (bulbus olfact., pallium lat., septum, amygdala), a közép- és utóagyban, gerincvelőben idegrostokban található. A köztiagyban a látóköypontok és a habenula kivételével mindenhol volt ir rost. Sejtek: nucl. centralis thalami, nucl. suprachiasmat., hypothalamus. 3. Urocortin-ir rostok: septum, thalamus, hypothalamus, tectum, tegm. mesencephali, torus semicirc., a gerincvelő hátsó szarva, intermedier zónája, a kisagy szemcsés rétege, hallómag. Ir neuronok: preoptikus area, nucl. ventromed. thalami, tuberc. post., Edinger-Westfal mag. 4. A CART peptid idegrendszeri lokalizációja kecskebékában és afrikai karmos békában hasonló. CARTp-ir sejtek és rostok: bulbus olfact., nucl. accumbens, pallium med., striatum, septum, amygdala, preoptikus terület, nucl. centralis és ventromed. thalami, hypothalamus, tectum, Edinger-Westhphal mag, agytörzs, gerincvelő nucl. intermediolat. A motoneuronok körüli fonatok egy felszálló pálya végződései. Kecskebékában a bulbus olfactoriusban volt a legerősebb festődés, Xenopusban a tectumban. 5. A CARTp ir boutonok szorosan hozzáfekszenek a neuron sejtmembránjához. Szinaptikus kapcsolatok ritkák, kicsik, szimmetrikusak. Az axon végződéssel szemben a felszín alatti lapos ciszternák elektrondenz membránjai láthatók. | 1. Nitric oxide synthase immunoreactive (ir) neurons do not project to the thalamus and the isthmic nucleus. 2. Salmon and rat MCH-like, and glutamate-isoleucine-like immunoreactivity occur in nerve fibres in the frog telencephalon (olfactory bulb, lat. pallium, diagonal band, septum, amygdala), mes- and rhombencephalon, spinal cord. In the diencephalon, ir fibres were also found with the exception of retinal projection areas and the habenula. Ir cells: central- and ventromed. thalamic and suprachias. nuclei, hypothalamus. 3. Urocortine-ir fibres: septum, thalamus, hypothal., tectum, tegm. mesencephali, torus semicirc., dorsal horn and intermediet zone of the spinal cord, granular layer of the cerebellum, cochlear nucl. Ir neurons: preoptic area, ventromed. thalamic nucl., post. tubercle, Edinger-Westfal nucl. 4. Location of CART-peptide in the CNS of Rana and Xenopus is similar. CARTp-ir cells and nerve fibres: olf. bulb, accumbens nucl., med. pallium, striatum, septum, amygdala, preoptic area, central and ventromed. thalamic nucl., hypothal., tectum, Edinger-Westfal nucl., brain stem, intermediate zone of spinal cord. Terminals of ascending fibres form plexuses around motoneurons. The strongest immunoreactivity in Rana occurred in the olf. bulb, and in the tectum of Xenopus. 5. CARTp-ir boutons form close appositions on motoneurons. Synapses are rare, small and symmetric. Opposite to the axon terminal, electrondense membranes of subsurface cysterns occur

Triloknath revisited. Recent results from field research

The Triloknath temple of Tunde in the Chandrabhaga valley of Lahul holds a special position among the religious monuments of the western Himalayan region. It is a place of Buddhist and Hindu worship. This unusual co-existence of the two religious belief systems results from a two-fold identification of the main cult image as Avalokiteśvara or Śiva. The article will address this situation from an architectural perspective.Le temple de Triloknath à Tonde, dans la vallée de Chandrabhaga au Lahul, occupe une place particulière parmi les monuments religieux des régions de l’Himalaya occidental. C’est un lieu de culte hindou et bouddhique. Cette coexistence inhabituelle des deux religions découle d’une double identification de l’image principale soit en tant que Avalokiteśvara ou en tant que Śiva. Cet article adresse cette situation d’un point de vue architectural

A alma silenciada: uma experiência no SAMU/DF

Siguiendo los preceptos de la psicodinámica de la clínica de trabajo (PDT), el objetivo general de este estudio fue evaluar cualitativamente el espacio de diálogo entre los gerentes y los servidores en servicio de emergencia móvil (SAMU) en el Distrito Federal. El SAMU es un programa que tiene como objetivo prestar auxilio a la población en casos de emergencia. Es un servicio público y universal que salva, todos los días, a miles de personas en Brasil. El enfoque de este caso incluye el campo de las relaciones, teniendo en cuenta los factores subjetivos e institucionales que interfieren y los aspectos de la intolerancia que toma el lugar de la ausencia de diálogo. Las consecuencias pueden conducir a acciones violentas, perpetrando el autoritarismo cuando se hace difícil aplicar los medios para seguir las prescripciones. Someter la actividad de las decisiones políticas, la sobrecarga de trabajo a la que están expuestos los servidores y la gestión basada en metas numéricas son algunos de los temas discutidos en este trabajo.   Palabras clave: salud de los trabajadores. SAMU. El espacio de diálogo. Sufrimiento psíquico.  Following the precepts of the Psychodynamics of Clinical work (PDT), the overall objective of this study was to evaluate qualitatively the interaction between managers and servers at a mobile emergency care service (SAMU) in the Federal District (Brasília – Brazil). SAMU is a program that aims at aiding the population in emergency cases. It is a public and universal health care service that saves thousands of people daily in Brazil. The scope of this case includes relatioships among workers, taking into account subjective factors, as well as institutional interferences and aspects of intolerance which substitute the lack of communication. As a consequence, it may lead to violent actions, thus perpetrating authoritarianism when it becomes difficult to follow prescriptions. This report aims at discussing, among other issues, political decisions, work overload to which workers are subjected, and management which is based on numerical goals.   Keywords: Worker's health. SAMU. Worker’s communication. Psychic suffering.En suivant les préceptes de la Clinique psychodynamique du travail (PDT), l’objectif général de cette étude est d’évaluer qualitativement l’espace de parole entre gestionnaires et fonctionnaires du Service d'aide médicale urgente (SAMU) au District fédéral du Brésil. Le SAMU est un programme qui vise à offrir des secours à la population en cas d’urgence. Il s'agit d'un service public et universel qui, a chaque jour, permet de sauver des milliers de personnes partout dans le pays. La portée de la présente affaire touche le champ des relations, y compris les facteurs subjectifs et institutionnels interférants et les aspects de l’intolérance qui prend la place de l’absence de dialogue. Les conséquences peuvent conduire à des actions violentes, en perpétrant l'autoritarisme au moment où il devient difficile d’employer des moyens pour respecter les prescriptions. L’activité marquée par décisions politiques, la surcharge de travail à laquelle sont exposés les fonctionnaires et la gestion basée sur des objectifs quantitatifs sont quelques-unes des questions présentées et abordées par le présent rapport.   Mots-clés: santé du travailleur, SAMU, espace de parole, souffrance psychique.Seguindo os preceitos da Clínica Psicodinâmica do Trabalho (PDT), o objetivo geral deste estudo foi avaliar qualitativamente o espaço de fala entre os gestores e servidores no Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU) no Distrito Federal. O SAMU é um programa que tem como finalidade prestar o socorro à população em casos de emergência. Trata-se de um serviço público e universal que salva milhares de pessoas, diariamente, no Brasil. O escopo deste caso inclui o campo das relações, tendo em conta fatores subjetivos e institucionais interferentes e os aspectos da intolerância que toma o lugar da ausência de diálogo. As consequências podem gerar ações violentas, perpetrando o autoritarismo, quando se torna difícil aplicar os meios para seguir as prescrições. Submeter a atividade de decisões políticas, a sobrecarga de trabalho a que os servidores estão expostos e a gestão baseada em metas numéricas são algumas questões discutidas neste relato.   Palavras chave: Saúde do trabalhador. SAMU. Espaço da palavra. Sofrimento psíquico