International Competitiveness: is the reduction of wages a solution? An evolution for the Portuguese case

The purpose of this paper is to analyse, for the case of Portugal, the effectiveness of a wage reduction - a current proposal since 2011 to help the country to reverse the high public and external debts - in promoting the efficiency and the international competitiveness of the economy. A static multi-sector and single-country general equilibrium model is used and data is collected from GTAP7 Data Base. The model allows the measurement of changes by sector. The simulations performed show that extending the reduction of wages already deployed by the government in the public sector to the private one leads to a positive impact on employment (both skilled and unskilled labour), production and volume of exports in all sectors except those that are R&D intensive, characterized by a low weight in the Portuguese economy. However it is possible that the positive results in terms of external competitiveness are not sustainable as the impact on productivity is negative, albeit small, for most sectors. There is also reasons for concern regarding the observed deterioration of the trade balance of most sectors, the exception being the traditional labour intensive sectors that show good prospects in this respect

Triagem universal de alunos em risco de apresentarem dificuldades de aprendizagem específicas na leitura

A presente comunicação tem como finalidade analisar o uso da monitorização do progresso na aprendizagem da leitura, como sistema escolar de triagem universal de alunos em risco de desenvolverem Dificuldades de Aprendizagem Específicas, no contexto da fase preventiva de um modelo educativo com base no grau de resposta à intervenção. Analisa-se o uso de uma prova Maze na triagem universal de alunos do 3o ano de escolaridade e apresentam-se resultados de um estudo realizado num agrupamento de escolas do norte de Portugalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Reading curriculum-based measurement: screening Portuguese students at risk for dyslexia

This poster presentation will present results from a study developed within the rst level of support, primary prevention, which was focused on identifying and preventing academic problems from occurring in those students enrolled in a school setting. How progress measurement was used in reading comprehension as a universal school screening system for third-grade Portuguese students will be analyzed. Results for level and growth in both groups of students at risk and not at risk and the risk factors presented in the study participants will also be presented and discussed

Tuberculous Tonsillitis in a Patient Treated with an Anti-TNF Ag

Tuberculosis remains a concern in patients receiving anti-TNF therapy as these individuals have a higher incidence of extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis. Tuberculous tonsillitis is an unusual presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which is diagnosed mostly in immunodeficient patients. We report the case of a 33-year-old woman, diagnosed with Behçet’s syndrome, immunosuppressed with adalimumab, cyclosporine and prednisolone. She had odynophagia for 2 weeks, fever and a hypertrophied, ulcerated left tonsil. A tonsil biopsy revealed a granulomatous inflammatory process. Ziehl-Neelsen staining was positive for acid-fast bacilli. The chest x-ray revealed a milliary pattern. Gastric juice was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA. A diagnosis of tonsillar and pulmonary tuberculosis was established. This case report highlights the low threshold for a tuberculosis diagnosis in unusual locations in patients treated with anti-TNF therapy

Dificuldades de aprendizagem específicas centradas na leitura: a monitorização com base no currículo no contexto do modelo de atendimento à diversidade, como forma de identificar alunos em risco

Esta comunicação tem por finalidade apresentar resultados de um estudo a decorrer no ano lectivo 2010/2011 num Agrupamento de Escolas, em Portugal. Considerando que cerca de 80% dos alunos com dificuldades de aprendizagem específicas (DAE) não progride adequadamente na leitura (Shaywitz, 2008), pretende-se conhecer o nível de leitura dos alunos do 3ºano, identificar alunos em risco de desenvolverem DAE na leitura e conhecer também o seu nível de leitura

For a better understanding of specific reading disabilities in reading

Este artigo tem por objetivo contribuir para a clarificação da definição de dificuldades de aprendizagem específicas (DAE) em geral e na leitura, em particular. Adicionalmente, são apresentados resultados de um estudo quantitativo e é delineada, a partir destes resultados, uma forma de atuação face aos problemas na leitura, onde se inserem as DAE, que toma o nome de Modelo Educativo Preventivo.This paper aims to contribute to the clarification of the definition of specific learning disabilities (SLD) in general and in reading, in particular. Additionally, results of a quantitative study are outlined and, based on these results, a way of acting against the problems in reading, including SLD, which is called Preventive Educational Model.Este trabalho foi financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) com uma bolsa PROTEC, com a referência SFRH/PROTEC/67381/2010.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Screening Portuguese students at risk for dyslexia with curriculum-based measurement-Maze

In Portugal the field of Specific Learning Disabilities is characterized by a lack of a technically adequate system of school-wide screening and progress monitoring (Martins, 2006). Emphasis on the need of this system has increased as a result of national research (i.e., Mourão, 2011; Patrão, 2010) within the context of a Multi-level Prevention System. Additionally, Portuguese educational theorists who teach, research, conduct clinics, and write about specific learning disabilities, also documented this need (Martins, 2006).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Screening Portuguese students at risk for dyslexia with curriculum-based measurement-Maze

In Portugal the field of Specific Learning Disabilities is characterized by a lack of a technically adequate system of school-wide screening and progress monitoring (Martins, 2006). Emphasis on the need of this system has increased as a result of national research (i.e., Mourão, 2011; Patrão, 2010) within the context of a Multi-level Prevention System. Additionally, Portuguese educational theorists who teach, research, conduct clinics, and write about specific learning disabilities, also documented this need (Martins, 2006).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Characterization of portuguese students at risk of specific learning disabilities based on results of curriculum-based measurement in reading comprehension

This poster aims to present results from a study that aimed to characterize Portuguese students at risk of specific learning disabilities based on results of curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in reading comprehension. Additionally, the objectives of the study were to show 1) the differences between students at risk and not at risk; 2) qualitative data related to environmental and personal factors that were present in students considered at risk; 3) acceptance and reliability of the CBM probe.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio