Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Just a test'

The current study examined the relationship between depression and uncertainty within the stress-diathesis model. Depression is a mental health disorder that is wide spread within our society. However, few causes of this disease have been able to be identified. Studies in uncertainty have shown that it is a major stressor in day-to-day life. Previous research has shown that individuals with high levels of uncertainty show higher levels of depression. The stress-diathesis model, a model originally developed to explain differences in development of schizophrenia, provides a theoretically meaningful way to combine these two concepts. The model states that a person who is likely to develop a disease has an internal mechanism, a diathesis, that will be triggered upon presentation of a stressor. This study tested the idea that uncertainty can be used as a stressor to activate diathesis within an individual, aiding in the prediction of depression. In total, 163 participants were randomly assigned one of three conditions, an uncertainty threat, an affirmation condition, and a control condition. Participants were given pre and post independent variable measures of depression and anxiety. Findings suggest that uncertainty activated negative emotions differentially within the participants, resulting in higher levels of negative affects after the uncertainty threat, especially for participants who already scored relatively higher on depression indicators. These results hint at a possible understanding of why depression rates and diagnosis rates of mental health issues rise during economic downturn and other times of strong uncertainty.

Although organization design to bring about corporate social performance (CSP) is a critical issue in the business and society field, little research has been conducted. This study is an empirical test of the general model of the just organization presented by Stephens and colleagues (1991; Stephens, et al., 1997). The theoretical development describes organizational design principles from John Rawls' (1971) Theory of Justice, chosen for its emphasis on economic organizations and structure, its emphasis on efficiency as well as justice, and its affinity with Max Weber's wertrational (or value rationality) social action category from Economy and Society (1978/1910). From the general model of the just organization and characteristic organizational design features (structural and processual) consistent with the general model, an ideal type of just organization is developed. The primary hypothesis is that the more an organization emulates the ideal type of the just organization, the better its social performance will be as measured by higher CSP ratings. The degree of similarity of design with the ideal-type profile of the just organization is measured by the Euclidean distance, or summary distance metric, of the sample organization's profile to the ideal-type profile. The methodology utilizes surveys of corporations for organizational design features and the CSP ratings from the Kinder, Lydenberg, and Domini, Inc., social ratings database. The results indicate that there is no correlation between organization design and social performance when CSP is taken as an aggregate of all the stakeholder-firm relationships. However, when the specific stakeholder relationship is analyzed, there is an association between the presence of stakeholder-specific design features and higher CSP ratings along the stakeholder-specific social rating dimension.
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The Study Island computer program is one of many highly used instructional programs in school districts nationwide; however, there is little independent research available that provides information about its impact on student achievement performance. This study used a descriptive comparative research design to compare the mean gain scores of the semester that students received math instruction with Study Island to mean gain scores of the semester that students did not receive math instruction with the program to determine if a significant difference exists between the two semesters. The test scores from a sample of 124 ninth-grade math students from an economically disadvantaged suburban school district in a southeastern state were used. The results concluded that the mean gain scores from pretest to posttest of the semester that students used the Study Island program were significantly higher than that of the semester that students did not use the program.

Los objetivos de la presente tesis fueron comparar el efecto de tres técnicas de cocción en varios vegetales y su selección para cada producto estudiado. Para ello, los trabajos realizados han considerado los cambios en las propiedades físico-químicas, nutricionales, sensoriales y la microestructura. Asimismo, como respuesta al reto de aplicar tratamientos equivalentes en firmeza con diferentes técnicas de cocción se ha propuesto una metodología que combina los diseños experimentales de superficie respuesta (RSM) con análisis instrumentales y sensoriales. Los tratamientos térmicos estudiados fueron la cocción tradicional (TC¿ agua hirviendo a 100 °C) junto con dos tratamientos que utilizan el vacío en el procesado: el cook-vide (CV¿ cocción a vacío continuo donde los alimentos están en contacto con agua hirviendo a baja presión) y el sous-vide (SV¿ cocción de alimentos previamente embolsados a vacío donde el alimento está separado del agua de cocción). Los vegetales objeto de estudio fueron la patata morada (Solanum tuberosum L. var. Vitelotte), la judía verde (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Estefania), la zanahoria (Daucus carota L. cv. Nantesa) y la col lombarda (o repollo colorado) (Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. capitata f. rubra). Considerando muestras con firmeza instrumental similar y las propiedades nutricionales y sensoriales (especialmente aroma y sabor), incluyendo la aceptación del consumidor, se recomienda la cocción SV para los vegetales estudiados, excepto para la zanahoria. En el caso de este vegetal el cocinado tradicional (100 °C) mantiene la aceptabilidad del consumidor y aumenta la extracción de los ß-carotenos por lo que se considera más recomendable que el SV.
Iborra Bernad, MDC. (2013). Comparison of vacuum treatments and traditional cooking in vegetables using instrumental and sensory analysis [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/32953
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The aim of this thesis is twofold: to present a translation into Portuguese of Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling informed by a consideration of textual, contextual and extratextual parameters; and to treat some key issues In Translation Theory and practice which have arisen out of the process of translating the text. The thesis is divided into two parts: Part One, the Introduction; and Part Two, the Translation. In Chapter One of Part One, the evolution of the reception of Kipling's oeuvre is summarised. His work became controversial, with a discrepancy between critical reservation and public acclaim. Against this background, the writings intended primarily for children form an exception. Critical response to this category, although restricted, has generally supported the favourable view of the public. Among the works most highly praised has been Just So Stories. This favourable, although scarce, attention suggests that a detailed critical examination of the text is essential to a full understanding of Kipling's work. Consequently, Just So Stories is considered in terms of its origins, critical reception, style, literary affiliations and possible sources. General points are illustrated by case studies drawn from the text. In Chapter Two, the complex factors which determine what works are translated are summarised. In contemporary Portugal, children's literature publishing is flourishing, and Kipling is represented almost exclusively as a children's author. So, a balanced view of his work is inaccessible to the Portuguese reader. Even within the field of children'S literature, Kipling is not faithfully represented. The only published translation of Just So Stories into Portuguese is an unacknowledged adaptation of a French translation, itself an incomplete version of the original English text. This Portuguese version raises wide issues about the function and role of the translator, which are discussed in detail, with reference to the work of leading theorists of translation theory. In Chapter Three, in order to deal with the factors relevant to the translation of Just So Stories, a distinction is drawn between problems resulting from culture-specific differences and problems resulting from differences in the structures of the two languages. The problems are identified and analysed, and specific case studies drawn from the translation are adduced in illustration of the solutions adopted. As a result of the task of translating Just So Stories and of the study of Translation Theory texts, a view of translation as an approximation and of the translator as a visible interpreter has been reached. Part Two of this thesis consists of the translation of the twelve stories published in 1902, and of the two extra stories published later, 'The Tabu Tale' and 'Ham and the Porcupine'. Notes are kept to a minimum and are only intended to supplement the discussion of translation problems carried out in Chapter Three.

In modern society where time is of essence and almost everything is accessible with a click of a button, it is important that the information we take in is relevant, which is why automatized text summaries must contain necessary information and is understandable for the reader. This study aims to investigate if extracted and highlighted automatic text summaries are as comprehensive as the original text and the differences between extracted summary and highlight summary. The research will study the eyes movement during reading different types of texts, mainly focusing on fixation and saccades. The study found that readers tend to fixate more when reading summaries than an original text, which in turn lead to a longer time to read the text. For comprehensiveness there was no greater difference found between the summaries and the original text.

The central focus of this study is to look at the legitimacy of using computer games for textual study in subject English and to understand the value that non-traditional forms of narrative text can have in enhancing student learning and enjoyment. This thesis argues that when students are engaged in textual study that is pleasurable, learning outcomes can be enhanced. Narrative computer games are appropriately placed within the realm of popular cultural texts, therefore, this study is also located within a cultural studies field of inquiry. A range of theoretical lenses which are appropriate to this field, such as critical theory, poststructuralism, reader response theories and narratology, are drawn upon in order to provide different perspectives on knowledge, relationships of power, and elements of story. These multiple perspectives are combined to construct a methodological framework for my research that brings a richness to data analysis. In locating my study within this multi-dimensional methodological framework, it is possible to achieve a layering and interpretation of the many different responses to the binaries of “work” versus “play” inherent in my title. The study focuses on a junior secondary English class at a school in South-east Queensland. The students undertook a curriculum unit which used a critical literacy framework to study the narratives and cultural identifications inherent in a number of computer games. The participants’ responses to “play” within the classroom forms one facet of the study; the depth of narrative experience enabled by computer games forms another facet; and the final facet examines the cultural responses to newer forms of literacies. The study concludes that using narrative computer games as a form of text for study in subject English allows for an examination of new forms of literacies that are student-friendly. A hybridised form of communication and pedagogy is also suggested. Narrative computer games allow for pleasure and play in the classroom, albeit in a less traditional way, and a hybridised communication can allow students and teachers access to a dialogue that values the learning experiences associated with this textual medium.

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Clones com alta produtividade, adaptabilidade e estabilidade a vários ambientes são imprescindíveis para o desenvolvimento da heveicultura no Brasil. O objetivo do trabalho foi selecionar progênies com maior adaptabilidade e estabilidade a partir do diâmetro da planta a 50 cm do solo (DA50) e a produção de borracha seca (PBS, a partir do teste Hamaker Morris Mann modificado), de uma população de seringueira, aos três anos de idade, plantada em três ambientes distintos (Selvíria-MS, Votuporanga-SP e Colina-SP), utilizando-se do método MHPRVG (média harmônica da performance relativa dos valores genéticos) preditos por BLUP e estimar a variabilidade genética a partir de caracteres quantitativos, tais como: altura da planta (ATP), DA50, forma da planta (FOP), sobrevivência das progênies (SOP) e PBS dos três locais, aos dois e três anos de idade, pelo procedimento REML/BLUP visando a conservação dos recursos genéticos da espécie. As sementes utilizadas na produção das mudas dos testes de progênies foram, na sua maioria, coletadas de clones de origem Asiática provenientes da coleção de clones instalada na área experimental da Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios – APTA - Polo Regional de Votuporanga, Estado de São Paulo. As progênies foram instaladas nos três locais sob o delineamento de blocos ao acaso, compostos por 30 tratamentos (progênies), três repetições e parcelas lineares de 10 plantas, no espaçamento de 3,00 x 3,00 metros, totalizando 900 plantas úteis em cada local. O método da MHPRVG propiciou um ganho genético de 12,03 a 45,65% entre 10 progênies selecionadas a partir da PBS e permitiu a seleção de progênies com alto potencial produtivo predito. As 10 melhores progênies foram oriundas dos clones GT1, PB 28/59, PR 261, RRIM 606, PB 217, IAC 41, IAC 35, PR 255, RRIM 701 e IAC 301. Os caracteres ATP, DA50, FOP, SOP e a PBS...
Clones with high yield, adaptability and stability for many environments are indispensables to the development of the rubber tree crop in Brasil. The paper objective was to select progenies with high adaptability and stability from the diameter gauges from 50 cm of height of soil (DA50) and dry rubber yield (PBS, from the Hamaker Morris Mann modified test), of genotypes from a rubber tree population, two and three years old, installed in three different locations (Selvíria-MS, Votuporanga-SP e Colina-SP), by the MHPRVG (Harmonic Average Performance Relative breeding values) method predicted by BLUP and to estimate the genetic variability from quantitative characters: total height of the plant (ATP), DA50, plant form (FOP), survival of progeny (SOP) and PBS of three locations, two and three years old, by REML/BLUP procedure, intending the genetic resources conservation of the specie. The seeds used on seedlings production of progenies tests were in majority collected on Asiatic clones origin from the clones installed in the experimental area of Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios – APTA – Votuporanga regional pole, State of São Paulo. The progenies were installed in a randomized block design of 30 treatments (progenies), three replications and 10 plants per plot, with spacing of 3,00 x 3,00 m, a total of 900 useful plants in each location. The method of MHPRVG provided a genetic gain ranging from 12,03 to 45,65% in 10 progenies to the PBS and allowed the selection of progenies with high yield potential predicted. The 10 best progenies were derived from clones GT1, CR 28/59, PR 261, RRIM 606, PB 217, IAC 41, IAC 35, PR 255, RRIM 701 and IAC 301. The characters ATP, DA50, FOP, SOP and PBS presented considerable coefficients of genetic variation, ranging from 1,25% for the ATP to 21,33% for PBS and medium heritability for DA50 and PBS being 0,23 and 0,80, respectively... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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The present study examines the performance of Mexican essayist and intellectual Justo Sierra Méndez (1848-1912), in the project of problematization and defense of a mestizo identity for Mexico in the late nineteenth century. The main point of the research is to analyze the categories listed by Sierra in his essays, starting from the assumptions of Cultural History, in order to systematize and provide the debate on mestizaje, identity and politics in nineteenth century Mexico. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine Sierra's thinking regarding the multicultural formation of the Mexican nation amid the social and political problems that besieged social thought in that country between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
O presente estudo examina a atuação do ensaísta e intelectual mexicano Justo Sierra Méndez (1848-1912), no projeto de problematização e defesa de uma identidade mestiça para o México, em fins dos oitocentos. O ponto fulcral da pesquisa é analisar as categorias arroladas por Sierra em seus ensaios, partindo dos pressupostos da História Cultural, visando sistematizar e prover o debate sobre mestiçagem, identidade e política no México oitocentista. Portanto, a proposta do presente estudo é examinar o pensamento de Sierra no que concerne à formação multicultural da nação mexicana, em meio aos problemas sociais e políticos que assomavam o pensamento social naquele país entre os séculos XIX e início do XX.

The present study comprises part of an ongoing research study investigating the effects 0 f cumulative mild head injuries 0 n Rugby Union p layers. The aim 0 f t he study was to ascertain whether there are neuropsychological effects of cumulative mild head injuries sustained during the rugby-playing careers of senior schoolboy rugby players. Participants were top-level rugby players from high schools in Grahamstown and Cape Town (n = 79) and non-contact sport controls of top-level field hockey players from the same schools (n = 58). Group mean comparisons across a battery of neuropsychological tests were carried out between the Total Rugby versus the Total Field Hockey group, and the Rugby Forwards versus the Rugby Backs group. Comparisons between Total Rugby versus Total Field Hockey revealed impaired performance by the rugby players on two tests of visuoperceptual tracking, namely Digit Symbol Substitution and Trail Making Test (Part A). For Rugby Forwards versus Rugby Backs, there were no consistent differences to support the expectation that forwards would perform worse than backs. Forwards performed more poorly than backs on WMS Associate Learning Subtest - Hard (Delayed Recall), whereas backs performed more poorly than forwards on Digits Backwards. This suggests that some individuals in the cohort were starting to exhibit verbal memory deficit, albeit not clearly in association with forward positional play. Overall, results of the present study provide tentative support for the hypothesis that school level rugby players are more susceptible to the effects of cumulative concussive and sub-concussive head injuries than are non-contact sport controls.
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This master’s thesis investigates the contextualized relation between a reader and a text, in a non classroom-oriented situation. I am studying the questions of (a) in what way a persons education, personal experiences and opinions, and (b) how the text; its design (language) and message, holds a function in – and forms – the reader-text relation. At the same time I am testing the theoretical framework of Louise Rosenblatt, for the purpose of finding an adequate method to analyze this relation. Using semi-structured interviews, six participants have read and answered questions about two texts. Exploring the theories of Rosenblatt, the participants take part in an ‘experiment’ where their communicated text transactions are the crucial foundation of the study. The analysis of their statements has been carried out with the help of Rosenblatts’ efferent-aesthetic continuum, together with a field model of Berntsen and Larsen, which survey different types of text interaction. The result of the study shows, that we are able to conduct an analysis on the reader-text relation, with the help of the framework that the above-mentioned tools offer. The methods help us to identify and understand both individual and contextualized – as well as more general – elements in the reader-text relation. In this way, we can learn how the relation takes form and develops during the transaction. This comes to help in the larger issue of understanding reading as a phenomenon. Also, the study shows that Rosenblatt's theoretical framework serves a study conducted outside of a classroom-related context well.

This essay focus on the development and implementation of a model to evaluate consumer perceived value. Initially, itâs discussed the perceived value concept, its importance under strategy and marketing perspectives and its relation to price and quality. The model is presented, considering each step to be followed: perceived quality study of brands in the market; consumerâs perceptions of competitorâs prices; and the value map development, defined considering the relation quality/price for each brand in the market. The model applicability was tested in a soft drink category study in Fortaleza market, based in a survey with 400 consumers. The application shows that the model, built under consumerâs point of view, can provide a descriptive panel of competitorâs positions and relevant information to be used in market diagnoses. The information and the descriptive panel mentioned can be useful, not only in strategic analyses, but also in price formulations.
Esta dissertaÃÃo està centrada no desenvolvimento e utilizaÃÃo de um modelo para a avaliaÃÃo do valor percebido pelos consumidores. Inicialmente, à discutido o conceito de valor percebido, sua importÃncia sob as perspectivas estratÃgicas e mercadolÃgicas e sua relaÃÃo com o preÃo e a qualidade. O modelo à apresentado a partir da descriÃÃo dos passos necessÃrios para sua aplicaÃÃo: o estudo da qualidade percebida de cada marca; o levantamento das percepÃÃes dos consumidores com relaÃÃo aos preÃos dos concorrentes; e o desenho do mapa de valor, que à traÃado a partir das relaÃÃes qualidade/preÃo definidas para cada marca do mercado. A aplicabilidade do modelo foi testada atravÃs de um estudo da categoria de refrigerantes no mercado de Fortaleza, que envolveu uma pesquisa do tipo survey junto a 400 consumidores. Verificou-se que o modelo fornece um quadro descritivo dos posicionamentos mercadolÃgicos dos concorrentes e outras informaÃÃes relevantes para o diagnÃstico de mercado, considerado sob a Ãptica dos consumidores. As informaÃÃes e o quadro descritivo citados podem ser utilizados para anÃlises e formulaÃÃes estratÃgicas e para a formaÃÃo de preÃos.

Resumo: Clones com alta produtividade, adaptabilidade e estabilidade a vários ambientes são imprescindíveis para o desenvolvimento da heveicultura no Brasil. O objetivo do trabalho foi selecionar progênies com maior adaptabilidade e estabilidade a partir do diâmetro da planta a 50 cm do solo (DA50) e a produção de borracha seca (PBS, a partir do teste Hamaker Morris Mann modificado), de uma população de seringueira, aos três anos de idade, plantada em três ambientes distintos (Selvíria-MS, Votuporanga-SP e Colina-SP), utilizando-se do método MHPRVG (média harmônica da performance relativa dos valores genéticos) preditos por BLUP e estimar a variabilidade genética a partir de caracteres quantitativos, tais como: altura da planta (ATP), DA50, forma da planta (FOP), sobrevivência das progênies (SOP) e PBS dos três locais, aos dois e três anos de idade, pelo procedimento REML/BLUP visando a conservação dos recursos genéticos da espécie. As sementes utilizadas na produção das mudas dos testes de progênies foram, na sua maioria, coletadas de clones de origem Asiática provenientes da coleção de clones instalada na área experimental da Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios - APTA - Polo Regional de Votuporanga, Estado de São Paulo. As progênies foram instaladas nos três locais sob o delineamento de blocos ao acaso, compostos por 30 tratamentos (progênies), três repetições e parcelas lineares de 10 plantas, no espaçamento de 3,00 x 3,00 metros, totalizando 900 plantas úteis em cada local. O método da MHPRVG propiciou um ganho genético de 12,03 a 45,65% entre 10 progênies selecionadas a partir da PBS e permitiu a seleção de progênies com alto potencial produtivo predito. As 10 melhores progênies foram oriundas dos clones GT1, PB 28/59, PR 261, RRIM 606, PB 217, IAC 41, IAC 35, PR 255, RRIM 701 e IAC 301. Os caracteres ATP, DA50, FOP, SOP e a PBS ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Clones with high yield, adaptability and stability for many environments are indispensables to the development of the rubber tree crop in Brasil. The paper objective was to select progenies with high adaptability and stability from the diameter gauges from 50 cm of height of soil (DA50) and dry rubber yield (PBS, from the Hamaker Morris Mann modified test), of genotypes from a rubber tree population, two and three years old, installed in three different locations (Selvíria-MS, Votuporanga-SP e Colina-SP), by the MHPRVG (Harmonic Average Performance Relative breeding values) method predicted by BLUP and to estimate the genetic variability from quantitative characters: total height of the plant (ATP), DA50, plant form (FOP), survival of progeny (SOP) and PBS of three locations, two and three years old, by REML/BLUP procedure, intending the genetic resources conservation of the specie. The seeds used on seedlings production of progenies tests were in majority collected on Asiatic clones origin from the clones installed in the experimental area of Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios - APTA - Votuporanga regional pole, State of São Paulo. The progenies were installed in a randomized block design of 30 treatments (progenies), three replications and 10 plants per plot, with spacing of 3,00 x 3,00 m, a total of 900 useful plants in each location. The method of MHPRVG provided a genetic gain ranging from 12,03 to 45,65% in 10 progenies to the PBS and allowed the selection of progenies with high yield potential predicted. The 10 best progenies were derived from clones GT1, CR 28/59, PR 261, RRIM 606, PB 217, IAC 41, IAC 35, PR 255, RRIM 701 and IAC 301. The characters ATP, DA50, FOP, SOP and PBS presented considerable coefficients of genetic variation, ranging from 1,25% for the ATP to 21,33% for PBS and medium heritability for DA50 and PBS being 0,23 and 0,80, respectively... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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This dissertation aims to demonstrate how the expansion of instructive powers of the judge, under the collective process, is an appropriate mechanism to densify access to the legal system, calling it the attributes of equity and effectiveness. To give support to this proposal, it is through the theoretical contributions of post-positivism as a promising paradigm proper legal foundation, through the legal argument at the time that it reveals an instrument of control and improvement of judicial decisions. On the other hand, the proposal places the collective protection in the second renewals wave of civil procedure, describing the extra-legal obstacles to access to jurisdiction and analyzes the constitutional postulate in its material dimension, pointing out the risk of its sacredness and its negative impact on the protection of collective goods. The collective process is raised to the status of an autonomous branch of the civil process, composing a microsystem endowed with natural principles. When entering your analysis describes its social and political relevance, underlying having a society permeated by massed relations. As a theoretical reference the expansion of instructive powers leaned over the device and inquisitorial systems. This polarization emerges a discussion of the role of the judiciary. We propose a new perspective of judicial action, more dynamic and embedded in the social environment that surrounds it, a position aligned with the publicist view of the process. In this context it works with a new process model, cooperative, a convergent analysis with collective protection, enhancing its democratic foundation and its contribution to the delivery of a fair and appropriate remedy. The powers are described in kind, highlighting the paradigms in consumeristas and environmental labors. The right to trial was submitted to a constitutional reading to support their investment and modulation inspired by the nature of the legal interests at stake. The theory of dynamic distribution is presented as strengthening the judicial action in favor of the effectiveness of collective action. They are faced limits to this outburst, with the goals of the constitutional process principles. Given these assumptions, the outlook point-of attracting organized civil society to make use of collective actions, from the strengthening of judicial functions aimed to eradicate the barriers of access to the differentiated protection.
A presente dissertação objetiva demonstrar como a dilatação dos poderes instrutórios do julgador, no âmbito do processo coletivo, é um mecanismo adequado a densificar o acesso à ordem jurídica, qualificando-a pelos atributos da equidade e efetividade. Para dar sustentação a essa proposta, recorre-se aos aportes teóricos do Pós-positivismo como um paradigma promissor a adequada fundamentação judicial, por meio da argumentação jurídica, ao tempo em que se revela um instrumento de controle e aperfeiçoamento das decisões judiciais. Por outro lado, a proposta situa a tutela coletiva na segunda onda renovatória do processo civil, descrevendo os obstáculos extrajurídicos do acesso à jurisdição e analisa o postulado constitucional em sua dimensão material, apontando o risco de sua sacralização e seu impacto negativo sobre a tutela dos bens coletivos. O processo coletivo é alçado à condição de um ramo autônomo do processo civil, compondo um microssistema dotado de princípios singulares. Ao ingressar em sua análise descreve-se sua relevância social e política, tendo subjacente uma sociedade permeada por relações massificadas. Como referencial teórico a ampliação dos poderes instrutórios debruçou-se sobre os sistemas dispositivo e inquisitivo. Dessa polarização emerge uma discussão sobre o papel do Poder Judiciário. Propõe-se uma nova perspectiva de atuação judicial, mais dinâmica e inserida no ambiente social que o circunda, numa posição alinhada à visão publicista do processo. Neste contexto trabalha-se com um novo modelo processual, cooperativo, numa análise convergente com a tutela coletiva, realçando seu fundamento democrático e sua contribuição para a entrega de uma tutela jurisdicional justa e adequada. São descritos os poderes em espécie, realçando os paradigmas nas lides consumeristas e ambientais. O direito à prova foi submetido a uma leitura constitucional para embasar a sua inversão e modulação inspiradas na natureza dos bens jurídicos em disputa. A teoria da distribuição dinâmica é apresentada como reforço a atuação judicial em prol da efetividade das ações coletivas. São enfrentados os limites a este assomo, tendo como balizas os princípios constitucionais do processo. Diante destas premissas, apontam-se as perspectivas de atrair a sociedade civil organizada para que faça uso das ações coletivas, a partir do fortalecimento das funções judiciais vocacionadas a debelar as barreiras de acesso a essa tutela diferenciada.

Nous passons plus des trois quarts de notre vie dans l'état postprandial. Pourtant, une plus grande attention a été accordée à l'étude du métabolisme à jeun qu'à l'impact de l'état postprandial sur la santé.Il est prouvé scientifiquement qu'une alimentation optimale pour la santé passe par la prise en compte de l'impact glycémique des aliments au-delà de leur simple teneur en glucides. Un déterminant important de l'impact glycémique de notre alimentation est l'amidon, qui joue un rôle clé dans la nutrition humaine en fournissant jusqu'à 50% de l'apport énergétique total. S'il est établi que la cinétique de digestion des aliments riches en amidon est un élément essentiel de leur impact glycémique, les contributions de chaque étape digestive à ce processus restent un sujet de débats. Afin de mieux comprendre les facteurs qui peuvent influencer la réponse glycémique aux aliments riches en amidon, et d’identifier de nouvelles stratégies pour atténuer leur impact glycémique, il est essentiel d'élargir notre compréhension du processus digestif de l'amidon. Cette thèse visait à étudier la digestion de repasriches en amidon (pain et pâtes), à réévaluer la contribution l’amylase salivaire à l'aide de digestions semi-dynamiques in vitro, et à mener une étude chez l'Homme pour déterminer l'effet de boissons (jus de citron et thé) sur : la réponse glycémique au pain, l'apport ad libitum, et la digestion gastrique étudiée par imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM). Nos résultats apportent une base scientifique à l'élaboration d'une stratégie simple et efficace pour réduire la réponse glycémique aux aliments riches en amidon dans des repas de tous les jours
All of us spend over three quarters of our lives in the postprandial state. Still, more attention has been dedicated to the study of the fasting metabolism than to the impact of the postprandial state on health.Scientific evidence supports that an optimum diet for health requires consideration of the glycaemic impact of foods in preference to consideration of carbohydrate content alone. An important determinant of the glycaemic impactof our diets is starch, which plays a key role in human nutrition, supplying up to 50% of the total energy intake. If it is clear that the digestion rate of starch-rich foods is an important determinant of their glycaemic impact, the contribution of each digestive stage to this process remains controversy. To better understand the factors that can influence the glycaemic response to starch-rich foods, and to identify new strategies to attenuate the glycaemic impact of starch-rich diets, it is essential to expand our understanding of thedigestive process of starch. The aims of this PhD were to study the digestionof starch-rich meals (bread and pasta), to reevaluate the contribution of salivary amylase using semi-dynamic in vitro digestions, and to conduct a human study to determine the effect of drinks (lemon juice and tea) on: the glycaemic response to bread, ad libitum intake, and gastric digestion assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Our results provide scientific rationale for the development of a simple and effective strategy to reduce the glycaemicresponse to starch-rich foods in everyday-life meals

This research explores the hypothesis that methods from decision theory and machine learning can be combined to provide practical solutions to current manufacturing control problems. This hypothesis is explored by developing an integrated approach to solving one manufacturing problem - the optimization of die-level functional test. An integrated circuit (IC) is an electronic circuit in which a number of devices are fabricated and interconnected on a single chip of semiconductor material. According to current manufacturing practice, integrated circuits are produced en masse in the form of processed silicon wafers. While still in wafer form the ICs are referred to as dice, an individual IC is called a die. The process of cutting the dice from wafers and embedding them into mountable containers is called packaging. During the manufacturing process the dice undergo a number of tests. One type of test is die-level functional test (DLFT). The conventional approach is to perform DLFT on all dice. An alternative to exhaustive die-level testing is selective testing. With this approach only a sample of the dice on each wafer is tested. Determining which dice to test and which to package is referred to as the "optimal test problem", and this problem provides the application focus for this research. In this study, the optimal test problem is formulated as a partially observable Markov decision model that is evaluated in real time to provide answers to test questions such as which dice to test, which dice to package, and when to stop testing. Principles from decision theory (expected utility, value of information) are employed to generate tractable decision models, and machine learning techniques (Expectation Maximization, Gibbs Sampling) are employed to acquire the real-valued parameters of these models. Several problem formulations are explored and empirical tests are performed on historical test data from Hewlett-Packard Company. There are two significant results: (1) the selective test approach produces an expected net profit in manufacturing costs as compared to the current testing policy, and (2) the selective test approach greatly reduces the amount of testing performed while maintaining an appropriate level of performance monitoring.
Graduation date: 1999

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo fazer uma análise de forma a caracterizar os turistas e visitantes da cidade de Viana do Castelo, esboçando um perfil dos mesmos, bem como os aspetos mais relevantes e importantes para a sua satisfação e qualidade de vida em Viana do Castelo. Quer-se também, com este projeto, criar um Monitor do Diálogo ‘Always On’ do Turismo de Viana do Castelo, que surge com a propagação das tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Depois da contextualização onde é analisado o Turismo em Portugal e em Viana do Castelo, estudados os conceitos Place Marketing e Branding, bem como o processo de desenvolvimento de uma marca-cidade, passando pela possibilidade de uma cidade ser uma Smart City e terminando com a análise do modelo “Just-in-Time Knowledge Brand Model” e de que forma ele pode ser aplicado na cidade, apresenta-se uma investigação composta por duas fases: exploratória e confirmatória; onde são conhecidos os fatores de maior agrado e desagrado para o turista. Após este estudo, analisam-se os dados conseguidos e apresentam-se as conclusões do mesmo.
The present dissertation aims to make an analysis in order to characterize the tourists and visitors of the city of Viana do Castelo, outlining a profile of them, as well as the most relevant and importante aspects for their satisfaction and quality of life in Viana do Castelo. With this project, we also want to create a Monitor of the Dialogue ‘Always On’ of Viana do Castelo Tourism, which comes with the spread of information and communication technologies. After the contextualization where the Tourism in Portugal and Viana do Castelo are analyzed, the concepts of Place Marketing and Branding were studied, as well as the process of developing a brand-city, through the possibility of a city beign a Smart City and ending the analysis of the “Just-in-Time Knowledge Brand Model” and how it can be applied in the city, an investigation in made up of two phases: exploratory and confirmatory; where the factors of greater pleasure and displeasure for the tourist are known. After this study, the data obtained are analyzed and the conclusions of the study are presented.