Employee Participation or Labor Militancy: Remarks of Ellis Boal Before the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations

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Classical Lagrangian Model of the Pauli Principle

A classical Lagrangian model of the Pauli potential is introduced. It is shown that the kinematic kinetic energy ($\sum \frac{1}{2} m v^2$) in the model approximately reproduces the energy of a free Fermi gas at low temperatures and at densities relevant in nuclear collisions with moderate beam energies. Differences between canonical and kinematic quantities are pointed out. The Pauli potential can be used in transport simulations.Comment: Latex, 8 pages, 3 figures available on request from the authors, KSUCNR-012-9

A Participação Portuguesa em Programas Comunitários e de Cooperação Internacional

A evolução das sociedades dos últimos anos deste século tem tido fortes repercussões sociais, económicas e políticas. Como se afirma no Livro Branco da Comissão Europeia, sobre educação e formação Ensinar e Aprender - Rumo à Sociedade Cognitiva, o mundo atravessa um período de profundas transformações no contexto da actividade económica e das relações sociais, constituindo este final de século uma fase de rápida transição para uma nova era de mundialização das relações e de globalização da informação, de que o acelerado progresso científico e técnico tem sido o principal suporte

Effect of residual Bose-Einstein correlations on the Dalitz plot of hadronic charm meson decay

We show that the presence of residual Bose-Einstein correlations may affect the resonant contribution of hadronic charm decays where two identical pions appear in the final state. The distortion of the phase space of the reaction would be visible in the dalitz plot. The decay D+ --> K- pi+ pi+ is discussed but results can be generalized to any decay with identical bosons.Comment: 12 pages, included 4 figures. Submitted Phys. Lett.

Multiparticle correlations from momentum conservation

Using a generating-function formalism, we compute the contribution of momentum conservation to multiparticle correlations between the emitted particles in high-energy collisions. In particular, we derive a compact expression of the genuine M-particle correlation, for arbitrary M.Comment: 5 pages, RevTeX. v2: typos corrected, to match journal versio

Singing Against Loneliness: songs of a homeless choir in Porto

This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the link in this record.recent decades, cultural institutions in Western countries have developed educational services and supported community cultural projects. Through the rhetoric of social inclusion, the concert hall Casa da Música (CM) in Porto, Portugal, tries to reach marginalized people in deprived contexts. This study investigated ‘Som da Rua’ (“Sound of the Street”), a music ensemble of homeless adults created by the CM, who perform in rehearsals and concerts supported by professional musicians and social educators. It explores the role of community music while reflecting on its possible effects upon the participants’ development, its significance in their lives and its potential to build resilience among disadvantaged adults. Special attention is given to the songs, as relevant elements in the construction of the group’s identity. The method is designed as a qualitative interpretive case study, combining various approaches: an evaluation of the project’s aims and implementation; a semi-structured interview with the music director; field notes of observations of the musical practice; and an analysis of the song repertoire. The results suggest positive effects of musical practice in building a sense of belonging and a group identity among disadvantaged adults. Through singing and playing, supported by professional musicians, participants develop good interpersonal relationships which may foster their self-confidence and social skills. Achieving good musical results and being warmly applauded by the audiences gives them a sense of accomplishment. The musical repertoire is unique to this group, and some songs were built from the participants’ inputs. The repertoire is therefore a key element in the construction of a new musical and social identity. The emotional character of the songs and the lyrics (sadness, despair, but also hope and resilience) reflects participants’ moods and life experiences, while helping them to cope with their harsh lives and build resilience against adversity