School Failure and Intergenerational “Human Capital” Transmission in Portugal

School Failure and Intergenerational Human Capital Transmission… ABSTRACT A new education reform is about to be passed into Law, in Portugal, the extension of compulsory education until the 12th grade being one of the main goals. Given huge value school failure indicators (e.g., illiteracy rates, drop-outs, retention rates) still exhibit for Portuguese education system, we keep large doubts on the effectiveness of such an aim. Moreover, education outcomes inertia between generations appears to be strong, in the light of some indirect indicators, although no recent specific research has been addressing such an issue. In this paper we therefore try to shed some light on the potential impact intergenerational school achievement would exert upon actual school failing and also control for possible endogeneity both with students' own previous trajectory indicators and school effect. For that purpose, we rely on 2003 data relative to Lisbon Metropolitan Area four schools as case studies (author abstract)School failure; father’s, mother’s education; students’ previous school trajectories; school effect; Portugal

Facts and Photographs: Visualizing the Invisible with Spirit and Thought Photography

Photography has been related to a positivist aim since its beginning and its genealogy is generally drawn from the realism of the camera obscura. But when it comes to the sort of photographs usually called “spirit photography” and “fluid and thought photography”, classic theorists like Barthes, Rosalind Krauss and Tom Gunning tend to relate this practice with the magic and the ‘uncanny’ reception that occurred at its very beginnings. In this paper I will point out that the main question is to question the possibility of a “spiritualist document”, and, in this sense, we will connect this issue to the enlargement of the very notion of scientific “fact” as was being worked out by philosophers like William James and Frederick Myers inside and outside the spiritualist movement. We will try to underline the intense relationship between this kind of documents of the supernatural and the changes we can observe that were claiming for an enlargement of philosophical thought that could accept phenomena which were challenging rational argument

Photography, Cinema, and the Ghostly : A Short Introduction

Introduction to the issue 53 of the Journal of Communication and Languages, on "Photography, Cinema, and the Ghostly"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Genetic Testing in Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Is It for Everyone?

ReviewPurpose of Review: Lipid measurements and genetic testing are the main diagnostic tools for FH screening that are available in many countries. A lipid profile is widely accessible, and genetic testing, although available worldwide, in some countries is only performed in a research context. Still FH is diagnosed late, showing lack of early screening programs worldwide. Recent Findings: Pediatric screening of FH was recently recognized by the European Commission Public Health Best Practice Portal as one on the best practices in non-communicable disease prevention. The early diagnosis of FH and the lowering of LDL-C values over lifespan can reduce the risk of coronary artery disease and offer health and socioeconomic gains. Summary: Current knowledge about FH shows that early detection through appropriate screening needs to become a priority in healthcare systems worldwide. Governmental programs for FH identification should be implemented to unify the diagnosis and increase patient identification.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Active brain 4 all : a social brain gym online platform

Ageing has been increasing. Not only in Portugal but also across Europe, demographic involution has been the trend. Imagina® is involved in a project to design and build a social online platform with cognitive games for brain gym, promoting active ageing and rehabilitation. In this paper we will present how we came to a first design solution using two complementary techniques: a benchmarking study, trying to identify what is relevant and how we can propose a better and smarter solution, and a survey by questionnaire to refine our assumptions taking into account the opinion of specialists in the field. Another challenge is how to design and develop a solution that is easily accessible anytime, everywhere, consistent and transparent to the user from any operating system and any device, with particular awareness to tablets and smart phones

Ver, espreitar, contemplar — para uma psicanálise da estereoscopia

Esta breve reflexão sobre a fotografia estereoscópica procurar relacionar a sua intensa produção e consumo nas décadas subsequentes à sua industrialização na segunda metade do século XIX com as condições psico-culturais do sujeito observador/ consumidor, partindo de conceitos da psicanálise como «fetichismo» e «escopofilia». Assim, à hipótese de Crary, que diferencia a estereoscopia da fotografia pelas suas propriedades de regulação e disciplina do sujeito, e que distingue de uma vocação mais objectiva e realista da fotografia, acrescentaremos uma abordagem que privilegia a compreensão do desejo que lhe subjaz para além do potencial de regulação

da fotografia espírita ao digital

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Contribuição para a avaliação, previsão e prevenção do regime de cheias na bacia do Vouga

Mestrado em Gestão e Políticas AmbientaisCom este trabalho pretende-se contribuir, através do estudo das características da bacia hidrográfica e da modelização hidrológica, para a obtenção de um método de previsão/alerta da ocorrência de cheias na Bacia do Vouga, o qual poderá vir a integrar futuramente um Plano Especial de Cheias, a elaborar pela Comando Distrital de Operações e Socorro de Aveiro. A dissertação compreende três secções. A primeira destina-se a caracterizar a bacia do Vouga (em termos biofísicos, climatológicos, sócio-económicos e hidrológicos) e o seu regime de cheias, no que respeita a precipitação, cotas e caudais. A segunda secção aborda a modelação hidrológica, procurando obter-se, a partir de dados reais obtidos pela monitorização, e utilizando modelos disponíveis comercialmente, um contributo para avaliar e/ou prever o regime de cheias. Atendendo à dimensão da bacia do Vouga, e à dificuldade inerente em trabalhar e obter dados hidroclimatológicos de um sistema com esta complexidade, optou-se por restringir a modelização à subbacia do rio Águeda, a qual apresenta algumas características que a tornam particularmente indicada para este tipo de abordagem científica: é uma bacia de pequenas dimensões, com um regime hidrológico e um tipo de disposição que a tornam especialmente propensa a inundações repentinas, que afectam gravosamente a população local. A terceira e última secção reúne as conclusões do trabalho, identificando-se as lacunas e possíveis caminhos a explorar em investigações futuras. Pretende-se realçar a importância e o potencial da modelação hidrológica em termos de ferramenta de trabalho para o sistema de protecção civil, enquanto instrumento de apoio à decisão para o estabelecimento de avisos e alertas de cheia, planeamento de percursos de evacuação e movimentação de meios de socorro no terreno.The thesis comprehends tree sections. The first comprehends the characterization of the Vouga basin (in biophysical, climatological, socio–economic and hydrological terms) and it’s flooding regime, concerning rainfall, hydraulic levels and flows. The second section discusses hydrological modelling, seeking to obtain, trough real monitored data, and using commercial available models, contributes to evaluate and/or predict the flood regime. Bearing in mind the Vouga basin dimension, and the inherent difficulty to obtain and work hydroclimatological data from such a complex system the modelling was restricted to Águeda subbasin, which presents some characteristics that make it especially indicated to this kind of approach: it’s a small basin, with an hydrological regime and geographical disposition that make it especially prone to sudden flooding, which affect seriously the local community. Third and last section presents the conclusions of this research, discussing the gaps of information and possible future work to be developed. It is intended to enhance the importance and potential of hydrological modelling as a tool to decision support for the civil protection services, in the establishment of flood alerts, evacuation planning and deployment of relief operations

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