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Gomez, Alex A. "Feelings of Enlightenment: A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Latent Enlightenment Assumptions in Greenberg's Emotion-Focused Therapy." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1534515730529141.
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Koh, Chee Wee. "Work-Value Profile and Career Success." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6281.
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Work values, defined as the end states people desire and expect to realize through work, appear to play a role in career success, but the small number of past studies have reported conflicting results, some of which may be attributed to research methodology. Using a person-centered approach to model the conjoint effects of intrinsic and extrinsic work values, the present study inductively investigated the association between work-value profile and career success using a three-panel longitudinal dataset consisting of 905 lawyers from the After the Juris Doctorate (AJD) study. Latent profile analysis identified five work-value profiles: (i) Neither Intrinsic nor Extrinsic (NIE); (ii) Moderately Intrinsic and Extrinsic (MIE); (iii) Highly Intrinsic (HI); (iv) Highly Intrinsic, also Extrinsic (HI[E]); and (v) Highly Extrinsic, also Intrinsic (HE[I]). Measurement invariance was established across gender, but gender was an antecedent to profile assignment, with males being more likely to belong to the NIE, MIE, or HE[I] profiles compared to the HI profile. The work-value profile construct displayed intuitive and meaningful relationships with objective and subjective career success indicators over time. The results exposed the inadequacies of methods that examine the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic work values separately. The two sets of values appeared to interact in a non-linear fashion in their associations with career variables, such that modelling them simultaneously, but only linearly, might also be misleading. Contrary to claims made by studies based on the self-determination theory, the HI profile was not positively associated with subjective career success. Generally, the more successful lawyers from early to mid-career also tended to report high intrinsic and high extrinsic work values i.e., those with the HI[E] and HE[I] profiles; the former enjoyed higher subjective career success while the latter exhibited the highest objective career success. The absence of the highly extrinsic profile among this sample of lawyers reinforced past calls to restructure the transactional rewards systems in large law firms.
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Pasquini, Laura Anne. "Organizational Identity and Community Values: Determining Meaning in Post-secondary Education Social Media Guideline and Policy Documents." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700007/.
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With the increasing use of social media by students, researchers, administrative staff, and faculty in post-secondary education (PSE), a number of institutions have developed guideline and policy documents to set standards for social media use. Social media platforms and applications have the potential to increase communication channels, support learning, enhance research, and encourage community engagement at PSE institutions. As social media implementation and administration has developed in PSE, there has been minimal assessment of the substance of social media guideline and policy documents. The first objective of this research study was to examine an accessible, online database (corpus) comprised of 24, 243 atomic social media guideline and policy text documents from 250 PSE institutions representing 10 countries to identify central attributes. To determine text meaning from topic extraction, a rotated latent semantic analysis (rLSA) method was applied. The second objective of this investigation was to determine if the distribution of topics analyze in the corpus differ by PSE institution geographic location. To analyze the diverging topics, the researcher utilized an iterative consensus-building algorithm.Through the maximum term frequencies, LSA determined a rotated 36-factor solution that identified common attributes and topics shared among the 24,243 social media guideline and policy atomic documents. This initial finding produced a list of 36 universal topics discussed in social media guidelines and policies across all 250 PSE institutions from 10 countries. Continually, the applied chi-squared tests, that measured expected and observed document term counts, identified distribution differences of content related factors between US and Non-US PSE institutions. This analysis offered a concrete analysis for unstructured text data on the topic of social media guidance. This resulted in a comprehensive list of recommendations for developing social media guidelines and policies, and a database of social media guideline and policy documents for the PSE sector and other related organizations. Additionally, this research stimulated important theoretical development for how organizations socially construct a semantic structure within a community of practice. By assessing the community of practice, comprised of PSE 250 institutions that direct social media use, a corpus of documents provided unstructured data to evaluate the community. The spontaneous participation and reification process of the social media guideline and policy document corpus reaffirmed that a corpus-creating community of practice can instinctively form a knowledge-sharing organization that provides meaning, values, and identity. These findings should stimulate further research contributions, and provides practitioners and scholars with tools to measure, understand, and assess semantic space for other artifacts developed within a community of practice in other industries, organizations, or distributed associations.
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Lu, Yang. "Analyse de survie bivariée à facteurs latents : théorie et applications à la mortalité et à la dépendance." Thesis, Paris 9, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA090020/document.
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Cette thèse étudie quelques problèmes d’identification et d’estimation dans les modèles de survie bivariée, avec présence d’hétérogénéité individuelle et des facteurs communs stochastiques.Chapitre I introduit le cadre général.Chapitre II propose un modèle pour la mortalité des deux époux dans un couple. Il permet de distinguer deux types de dépendance : l’effet de deuil et l’effet lié au facteur de risque commun des deux époux. Une analyse de leurs effets respectifs sur les primes d’assurance écrites sur deux têtes est proposée.Chapitre III montre que, sous certaines hypothèses raisonnables, on peut identifier l’évolution jointe du risque d’entrer en dépendance et du risque de mortalité, à partir des données de mortalité par cohortes. Une application à la population française est proposée.Chapitre IV étudie la queue de distribution dans les modèles de survie bivariée. Sous certaines hypothèses, la loi jointe des deux durées résiduelles converge, après une normalisation adéquate. Cela peut être utilisé pour analyser le risque parmi les survivants aux âges élevés. Parallèlement, la distribution d’hétérogénéité parmi les survivants converge vers une distribution semi-paramétrique<br>This thesis comprises three essays on identification and estimation problems in bivariate survival models with individual and common frailties.The first essay proposes a model to capture the mortality dependence of the two spouses in a couple. It allows to disentangle two types of dependencies : the broken heart syndrome and the dependence induced by common risk factors. An analysis of their respective effects on joint insurance premia is also proposed.The second essay shows that, under reasonable model specifications that take into account the longevity effect, we can identify the joint distribution of the long-term care and mortality risks from the observation of cohort mortality data only. A numerical application to the French population data is proposed.The third essay conducts an analysis of the tail of the joint distribution for general bivariate survival models with proportional frailty. We show that under appropriate assumptions, the distribution of the joint residual lifetimes converges to a limit distribution, upon normalization. This can be used to analyze the mortality and long-term care risks at advanced ages. In parallel, the heterogeneity distribution among survivors converges also to a semi-parametric limit distribution. Properties of the limit distributions, their identifiability from the data, as well as their implications are discussed
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Hartmann, Marcelo. "Métodos de Monte Carlo Hamiltoniano na inferência Bayesiana não-paramétrica de valores extremos." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/4601.
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Previous issue date: 2015-03-09<br>In this work we propose a Bayesian nonparametric approach for modeling extreme value data. We treat the location parameter _ of the generalized extreme value distribution as a random function following a Gaussian process model (Rasmussem & Williams 2006). This configuration leads to no closed-form expressions for the highdimensional posterior distribution. To tackle this problem we use the Riemannian Manifold Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm which allows samples from the posterior distribution with complex form and non-usual correlation structure (Calderhead & Girolami 2011). Moreover, we propose an autoregressive time series model assuming the generalized extreme value distribution for the noise and obtained its Fisher information matrix. Throughout this work we employ some computational simulation studies to assess the performance of the algorithm in its variants and show many examples with simulated and real data-sets.<br>Neste trabalho propomos uma abordagem Bayesiana não-paramétrica para a modelagem de dados com comportamento extremo. Tratamos o parâmetro de locação _ da distribuição generalizada de valor extremo como uma função aleatória e assumimos um processo Gaussiano para tal função (Rasmussem & Williams 2006). Esta situação leva à intratabilidade analítica da distribuição a posteriori de alta dimensão. Para lidar com este problema fazemos uso do método Hamiltoniano de Monte Carlo em variedade Riemanniana que permite a simulação de valores da distribuição a posteriori com forma complexa e estrutura de correlação incomum (Calderhead & Girolami 2011). Além disso, propomos um modelo de série temporal autoregressivo de ordem p, assumindo a distribuição generalizada de valor extremo para o ruído e determinamos a respectiva matriz de informação de Fisher. No decorrer de todo o trabalho, estudamos a qualidade do algoritmo em suas variantes através de simulações computacionais e apresentamos vários exemplos com dados reais e simulados.
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Stroder, Miriam Elizabeth. "Effects of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on the Literacy Learning of Latino Students." TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Stroder&field_2=fname&value_2=Miriam&field_3=institution&value_3=Western%20Kentucky%20University&advanced=1.
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Enz, Cathy Ann. "Perceived and latent value congruity as determinants of intraorganizational power." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1272294007.
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Enz, Cathy A. "Perceived and latent value congruity as determinants of intraorganizational power /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487259125220516.
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Zychowicz, Mary S. "Cultural Discontinuities: Insights into Latino Educational Values in a Latino Community in the U.S." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1257179655.
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Zychowicz, Mary. "Cultural discontinuities insights into Latino educational values in a Latino migrant community in the U.S. /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1257179655.
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Donovick, Melissa Renee. "Parenting Practices and Child Mental Health among Spanish Speaking Latino Families: Examining the Role of Parental Cultural Values." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/759.
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The purpose of this study was to examine Latino cultural values of familismo and respeto and parenting to understand their relationship to child mental health among a community sample of Spanish-speaking Latino families primarily of Mexican origin. Literature suggests that familismo and respeto are unique and important Latino values, they have the most evidence to support their existence, and they are noted to be related to parenting and child outcomes. Research indicates that child behavioral problems can be improved by focusing on cultural values within the context of parenting. Very little attention, however, has been given to Latino cultural values among family processes. While the emergent literature has brought forth useful information, lack of consistency among findings and reliance on self-report methodology lead to many unanswered questions.
To address this issue, we conducted a multi-method investigation involving a parent-child behavioral observation of parenting practices that were coded (i.e., warmth, supportive demandingness, nonsupportive demandingness, and autonomy granting) and parental self-report surveys of cultural values and child mental health. Participants included 87 families primarily of Mexican origin with a child between 4 and 9 years. Participants in the study were enrolled in phase 1 of a larger study to culturally adapt a parenting intervention. Overall, research demonstrated that cultural values impact parenting, and parenting impacts child mental health. Cultural values did not predict child mental health. Latino families reported high familismo and medium high levels of respeto and they were positively correlated. Latino families were observed to engage in high supportive demandingness, medium high levels of warmth and autonomy granting, and low levels of nonsupportive demandingness. For Latina mothers, nonsupportive demandingness and familismo demonstrated a statistically significant positive relationship. Results indicated that among Latina mothers autonomy granting evidenced a significant relationship with child externalizing behavioral problems. Implications for preventative methods and clinical interventions for Latino families as well as directions for future research endeavors are discussed.
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Pacheco, Schweitzer Marisel. "Parental beliefs, values, and knowledge affecting kindergarten readiness among Latino children." Thesis, Northern Arizona University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10252101.
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<p> For decades, researchers have investigated strengths and challenges promoting early healthy childhood development, in terms of physical, social emotional and linguistic aspects, for a variety of children groups in the United States. Due to the limited availability of research on the Latino population, addressing the needs of the growing population of Latino children throughout the United States is challenging. Latino students living in the United States are academically behind students of other ethnicities. In 2011, Latinos were identified as the largest and fastest growing minority group in the U.S. with the lowest education attainment levels. Unfortunately, less than 50% of Latino children are less likely to be enrolled in early childhood programs.</p><p> The purpose of this research was to examine the Latino parents’ beliefs, values and knowledge affecting their decision-making process in opting to send their children to Early childhood programs (ECPs), impacting their readiness for school. Both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from Latino parent/guardians, Preschool to first grade teachers, and administrators from 9 schools in a school district in Phoenix, Arizona and analyzed. Qualitative data were collected in the form of in-depth interviews and surveys as sources of data from participants. Qualitative data were analyzed using two cycles of coding and represented through matrices. Quantitative data were analyzed using a descriptive analytical method. Five themes emerged that informed the research questions.</p><p> Findings of this study suggested that capitalizing on the Latino parents’ cultural wealth can help district administrators and policy makers to maximize opportunities for this growing minority group to increase their readiness to kindergarten and success in school. It is important to increase access to high quality early programs to help children begin kindergarten with the necessary tools to succeed in school and in life.</p>
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McDonald, Rebecca Louise. "Context, latency and the value of preventing a statistical cancer fatality." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2391.
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This thesis contributes to the state of understanding about the value of latent health and fatality risk reductions, focussing on the effects of context and latency on the Value of Preventing a Statistical Cancer Fatality (VSLCAN) relative to road accident fatalities. The conceptual, methodological and empirical contributions are derived from two stated preference studies. The studies are designed to explore how the VSLCAN is driven by the context effect, which includes dread of the cause ‘cancer’ and the effects of illness prior to fatality; and the latency (delay) effect which depends upon time preferences and risk preferences. Study 1 develops a Risk-Risk survey protocol, and the resulting central tendency and regression analysis verify that the context of cancer increases the VSL and that latency decreases it. The relativity between VSLCAN and the road accident VSL is then summarised into a simple relationship where the offsetting influences of context and latency are parameterised. This novel tool has the potential to enhance the comparability and evaluation of a wide range of existing and future VSL studies involving context and latency effects through the elicitation of key underlying parameters such as the context premium and effective discount rate. As such it represents a significant methodological contribution. Study 2 focusses directly on two aspects of the latency effect. These relate to risk and time preferences, explored in Studies 2a and 2b respectively. Delayed outcomes are inherently risky, so the exploration of latent outcomes requires controlling for risk preferences. Study 2a develops a theoretical and empirical framework for eliciting risk aversion proxies in the domain of health, which have not previously been fully developed in the literature. The method extends the classic Holt-Laury risk preference elicitation framework into a new domain- health risks- and the method is implemented successfully in Study 2. This chapter therefore makes both conceptual and methodological contributions through clarifying the utility theoretic basis of a health risk aversion measure and then developing a way to elicit such a measure in surveys. Study 2b uses the novel VSLCAN:VSL relationship developed in Study 1 to elicit exponential discount rates from Risk-Risk data comparing latent cancer and road accident risks. Regression analysis performed on these rates on a sample and individual level, provides strong evidence to suggest that a non-standard (sub-additive) discounting model is the most descriptively accurate discounting assumption for this sample. It provides the first evidence regarding sub-additive discounting in the domain of health and fatality risk.
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Albuloushi, Nour M. S. M. J. "Governance configurations: Testing the global value chain framework." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116771/2/Nour%20M%20S%20M%20J_Albuloushi_Thesis.pdf.
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The Global Value Chain Governance Framework is empirically tested in this thesis. The framework has become a highly influential in determining the governance structure of firms. Despite the framework being widely influential and used extensively across industry-specific case research and international development agencies, there has been limited empirical validation of the framework's predictions. Adopting a two-study quantitative methodology and configuration analysis, in this thesis an important foundational advancement is advanced in the application of configuration analysis to test the GVC governance framework. A foundational elaboration of theory is offered by, first, conceptualising the GVC core concepts and, second, executing empirical research as a basis for developing new theoretical insights.
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Fitzgerald, Megan E. "Cultural values, acculturation, and parental involvement as predictors of Latino youth engagement in extracurricular activities." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3601.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Landa, Isidro. "Identity integration| Social and value congruity and science engagement among Latino students." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10133996.
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<p> The university environment in science can feel unwelcoming for ethnic underrepresented minority (URM) students due to cultural incongruity. Thus, it can be difficult for a Latino student—seeking congruity in social and value domains—to develop a coherent identity as both an ethnic minority and as an emerging scientist. Using longitudinal archival data spanning an academic year, the proposed study sought to examine whether and how motivational experiences for freshmen and sophomores contribute to identity processes, specifically among Latinos in science education. Current hypotheses were mostly unsupported, but unexpected findings suggests there is room to explore a differential influence of Social Congruity and Value Congruity on two components of Identity Integration: Conflict and Closeness. Greater Social and Value Congruity at the beginning of the academic semester independently and positively predicted greater Conflict and Closeness at the end of the same semester, respectively. Potential interpretations and implications are discussed.</p>
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Mosquera, Aura Constanza. "Values and symbols: An intercultural analysis of web pages on the Internet." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2558.
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The author examines how a North American commercial Web site developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute serves as a vehicle through which American hegemony and cultural imperialism are propagated to Latin America. The author argues that the content of the web site pages, which contain American cultural symbols and values, may serve to influence or change the values of its Latin American visitors.
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Bouscasse, Hélène. "Essays on travel mode choice modeling : a discrete choice approach of the interactions between economic and behavioral theories." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE2106/document.
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Cette thèse a pour objectif d’incorporer des éléments de théories de psychologie et d’économie comportementale dans des modèles de choix discret afin d’améliorer la compréhension du choix modal réalisé à l’échelle régionale. Les estimations se basent sur une enquête de type choice experiment présentée en première partie. Une deuxième partie s’intéresse à l’incorporation de variables latentes pour expliquer le choix modal. Après une revue de littérature sur les modèles de choix hybrides, c’est-à-dire des modèles combinant modèle d’équations structurelles et modèle de choix discret, un tel modèle est estimé pour montrer comment l’hétérogénéité d’outputs économiques (ici, la valeur du temps) peut être expliquée à l’aide de variables latentes (ici, le confort perçu dans les transports en commun) et de variables observables (ici, la garantie d’une place assise). La simulation de scénarios montre cependant que le gain économique (diminution de la valeur du temps) est plus élevé lorsque les politiques agissent sur des dimensions palpables que sur des dimensions latentes. S’appuyant sur un modèle de médiation, l’estimation d’un modèle d’équations structurelles montre par ailleurs que l’effet de la conscience environnementale sur les habitudes de choix modal est partiellement médié par l’utilité indirecte retirée de l’usage des transports en commun. Une troisième partie s’intéresse à deux formalisations de l’utilité issues de l’économie comportementale : 1) l’utilité dépendante au rang en situation de risque et 2) l’utilité dépendante à la référence. Dans un premier temps, un modèle d’utilité dépendante au rang est inséré dans des modèles de choix discret et, en particulier, un modèle à classes latentes, afin d’analyser l’hétérogénéité intra- et inter-individuelle lorsque le temps de déplacement n’est pas fiable. La probabilité de survenue d’un retard est sur-évaluée pour les déplacements en train et sous-évaluée pour les déplacements en voiture, en particulier pour les automobilistes, les usagers du train prenant d’avantage en compte l’espérance du temps de déplacement. Dans les modèles prenant en compte l’aversion au risque, les fonctions d’utilité sont convexes, ce qui implique une décroissance,de la valeur du temps. Dans un deuxième temps, une nouvelle famille de modèles de choix discret généralisant le modèle logit multinomial, les modèles de référence, est estimée. Sur mes données, ces modèles permettent une meilleure sélection des variables explicatives que le logit multinomial et l’estimation d’outputs économiques plus robustes, notamment en cas de forte hétérogénéité inobservée. La traduction économique des modèles de référence montre que les meilleurs modèles empiriques sont également les plus compatibles avec le modèle de dépendance à la référence de Tversky et Kahneman<br>The objective of this thesis is to incorporate aspects of psychology and behavioral economics theories in discrete choice models to promote a better understanding of mode choice at regional level. Part II examines the inclusion of latent variables to explain mode choice. A literature review of integrated choice and latent variable models – that is, models combining a structural equation model and a discrete choice model – is followed by the estimation of an integrated choice and latent variable model to show how the heterogeneity of economic outputs (here, value of time) can be explained with latent variables (here, perceived comfort in public transport) and observable variables (here, the guarantee of a seat). The simulation of scenarios shows, however, that the economic gain (decrease in value of time) is higher when policies address tangible factors than when they address latent factors. On the basis of a mediation model, the estimation of a structural equation model furthermore implies that the influence of environmental concern on mode choice habits is partially mediated by the indirect utility derived frompublic transport use. Part III examines two utility formulations taken from behavioral economics: 1) rankdependent utility to model risky choices, and 2) reference-dependent utility. Firstly, a rank-dependent utility model is included in discrete choice models and, in particular, a latent-class model, in order to analyze intra- and inter-individual heterogeneity when the travel time is subject to variability. The results show that the probability of a delay is over-estimated for train travel and under-estimated for car travel, especially for car users, as train users are more likely to take into account the expected travel time. In the models that account for risk aversion, the utility functions are convex, which implies a decrease in value of time. Secondly, a new family of discrete choice models generalizing the multinomial logit model, the reference models, is estimated. On my data, these models allow for a better selection of explanatory variables than the multinomial logit model and a more robust estimation of economic outputs, particularly in cases of high unobserved heterogeneity. The economic formulation of reference models shows thatthe best empirical models are also more compatible with Tversky et Kahneman’s reference-dependent model
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Rault, Julien. "Poétique du point de suspension : valeur et interprétations." Thesis, Poitiers, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014POIT5027/document.
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Partant de l'hypothèse d'un mouvement global d'inclusion des signes de ponctuation dans le système de la langue, prenant appui sur une grammaticalisation, ce travail envisage l'élément ponctuant comme un véritable signe de langue écrite, soit un ponctème auquel il est possible de conférer une valeur différentielle et une signification, par la confrontation d'un signifiant graphique et d'un signifié.Nous proposons une étude linguistique du point de suspension, signe complexe, polyvalent, traditionnellement doté de propriétés antithétiques et d'innombrables fonctions. En ayant soin de distinguer le niveau sémiotique du niveau sémantique et métasémantique, nous définissons le ponctème comme le « signe du latent » dont l'interprétation peut être synthétisée en trois réalisations (suppression, suspension, supplémentation) qui sont le support d'enjeux syntaxique, sémantique, énonciatif majeurs.La valeur, réflexive, intrinsèquement contestataire, de la latence permet alors d'envisager les différentes réalisations discursives du ponctème, dans le discours littéraire, journalistique ou encore métalinguistique (imaginaire) ; elle offre la possibilité d'appréhender, dans une perspective poétique (stylistique, générique, socio-historique, épistémologique), un genre de discours qui transcende l'opposition entre discours littéraire et non-littéraire. Depuis son apparition et son utilisation dans le théâtre imprimé français (XVIIe siècle) jusqu'aux nombreux usages contemporains dans divers genres de discours, l'idéogramme du latent, mi-dire faisant apparaître une possible apparition, est un signe dont la valeur labile, excessive, infinissant le sens, procède fondamentalement d'un discours oblique<br>This work assumes the inclusion of punctuation in the system of the language, motivated by grammaticalization. It considers ponctuation mark as a real sign of written language, a ''ponctème'' to which it is possible to confer a differential value and a meaning, by the confrontation of a graphic signifier and a signified. We present a linguistic study of the suspension point, a complex and versatile sign, traditionally endowed with antithetical properties and with uncountable functions. By distinguishing the semiotic level from the semantic and metasemantic level, we define the ''ponctème'' as the sign of latency, which can be discursively interpreted as 1) suppression 2) suspension 3) supplementation. The reflexive value of latency allows us to account for the various discursive constructions of the sign, in the literary, journalistic or else metalinguistic discourses. It offers the possibility of considering in the perspective of poetics a genre of discourse which transcends the opposition between literary and non-literary discourse. From its first use in the french printed theater of the XVIIth century to todays's uses in numerous kinds of discourse, this ideogram of latency (making appear a possible appearance) is a sign whose unstable, transgressive, excessive value is closely related to an oblique discourse
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Gallegos, Monica L. "Communication Processes and the Latino Health Paradox: Exploring Relationships among Loneliness, Cultural Values, and Health across the Lifespan." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301766.
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This study tested predictions that potentially explain why Latinos, despite being disadvantaged in a number of ways related to poor health such as low education and low income, still fare better for some health outcomes compared to Anglos; A phenomenon know as the Latino health paradox. In particular, loneliness was hypothesized as a key mediator in the relationship between Latino cultural values and three health outcomes: overall health, depression and engaging in protective health practices. Cultural values of familism and spiritual well-being were predicted to be inversely related to loneliness, and reduced loneliness was predicted to be associated with beneficial health outcomes. Ethnicity (i.e., being Latino) was also hypothesized to predict endorsement of cultural values. Participants were 319 adults, including 116 Anglos and 139 Latinos between the ages of 19-88. Results indicated that being Latino predicted endorsing the values of spiritual well-being and familism. Spiritual well-being had an association with better health through reduced loneliness for both Latinos and Anglos, and the effect size was greater for Latinos. Familism predicted reduced loneliness and had a significant indirect effect on health through loneliness for Anglos, but not for Latinos; a result that may be attributable to the obligatory nature of familial relationships in Latino culture. Finally, age did not moderate the impact of familism or spiritual well-being on health through loneliness for Latinos or Anglos, suggesting that the indirect effects on health through loneliness are consistent throughout the lifespan.
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Siebel, Valeria. "Relevância dos indicadores contábeis na determinação do preço das ações no contexto da nova economia: um estudo da América Latina." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2013. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/4283.
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Previous issue date: 2013-01-31<br>Nenhuma<br>Esta é uma pesquisa sobre value-relevance. A despeito da existência de outros estudos deste tipo em finanças corporativas, os resultados são inconclusivos e instigam debates na academia e fora dela. Muitos autores sustentam que a contabilidade, por estar desenhada para uma economia do tipo industrial, não estaria mais apta a contribuir de forma relevante na determinação dos preços das ações. Trabalhos conduzidos por outros autores em diversos mercados não apontam direções únicas, alguns mostrando perda de relevância do valor patrimonial da ação (VPA) e/ou do lucro por ação (LPA) na determinação do preço dos ativos, outros mostrando situação diversa (COLLINS, MAYDEW e WEISS, 1997; BROWN, LO e LYS, 1999; LEV e ZAROWIN, 1999; TRABUCHO, 2007; ZANINI, CANIBANO e ZANI, 2010). Com o objetivo de contribuir para esta discussão, este estudo analisou as variáveis contábeis tradicionais LPA e VPA na determinação dos preços das ações nos últimos 22 anos, abarcando amostra com empresas listadas nas bolsas de valores em alguns países da América Latina: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, México e Peru. O modelo para as análises foi o Modelo de Ohlson (1995), já utilizado em inúmeros outros trabalhos. A técnica estatística utilizada foi a análise de regressão múltipla, com dados em painel padronizados, que proporcionaram a comparação direta dos resultados entre os países e a eliminação do efeito escala. Os resultados apontaram para alguma perda de relevância do VPA no Brasil, perda da relevância do LPA na Argentina e no Chile e aumento da relevância do LPA no Peru. Outro resultado importante foi o de que o VPA parece perder relevância no seu poder explicativo em momentos de crises econômicas, situação em que os resultados de curto prazo, espelhados no lucro das empresas, parecem ser mais importantes para os investidores.<br>This is a study about value relevance. Despite the existence of other such studies in corporate finance, the results are inconclusive and instigate debates in academia and beyond. Many authors argue that accounting, being designed for an industrial economy, would no longer be able to contribute significantly in the determination of stock prices. Studies conducted by other authors in several markets do not indicate unic directions, showing some loss of relevance for book value (BV) and / or earnings per share (EPS) in determining asset prices, others showing different situation (COLLINS, MAYDEW and WEISS, 1997; BROWN, LO and LYS, 1999; LEV and ZAROWIN, 1999; TRABUCHO, 2007; ZANINI, CANIBANO and ZANI, 2010). Aiming to contribute to this discussion, this study analyzed the traditional accounting variables EPS and BV in the determination of stock prices over the past 22 years, in a sample of companies listed on stock exchanges in some Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The model for the analysis was the Ohlson Model (1995), already used in many other works. The statistical technique used was multiple regression analysis with panel data standarized, which provided a direct comparison of results between countries and the elimination of the scale effect. The results showed some loss of relevance of BV in Brazil, loss of relevance of EPS in Argentina and Chile, and increased relevance of EPS in Peru. Another important result was that the BV seems to lose relevance in its explanatory power in times of economic crises, in which the short-term results, based in corporate profits seem to bemore important for investors.
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Teixeira, Humberto Carlos Faria. "Consumption smoothing in Latin America: an empirical assessment of present value models." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/211.
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Previous issue date: 2003-06-18<br>The study aims to assess the empirical adherence of the permanent income theory and the consumption smoothing view in Latin America. Two present value models are considered, one describing household behavior and the other open economy macroeconomics. Following the methodology developed in Campbell and Schiller (1987), Bivariate Vector Autoregressions are estimated for the saving ratio and the real growth rate of income concerning the household behavior model and for the current account and the change in national cash ‡ow regarding the open economy model. The countries in the sample are considered separately in the estimation process (individual system estimation) as well as jointly (joint system estimation). Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SURE) estimates of the coe¢cients are generated. Wald Tests are then conducted to verify if the VAR coe¢cient estimates are in conformity with those predicted by the theory. While the empirical results are sensitive to the estimation method and discount factors used, there is only weak evidence in favor of the permanent income theory and consumption smoothing view in the group of countries analyzed.
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Mechammil, Molly. "The Effects of Familism and Sibling Relationships on Mexican-Origin Adolescents' Intentions for Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Use." DigitalCommons@USU, 2016. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5169.
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Mexican-origin youth represent a large and growing ethnic minority subgroup, and have disparate risk for early initiation of substance use. Therefore, it is crucial to understand factors that can prevent them from the initiation of substance use at an early age. Previous research has identified positive sibling relationships, lower rates of older sibling deviant behavior, and high levels of family values as important protective factors relevant for early substance use risk for European American youth. However, few studies have examined these influences among Mexican origin adolescents, and generalizability cannot be assumed given the notable differences between Mexican origin and EuropeanAmerican siblings. For example, Mexican origin siblings spend more time together than European-American siblings, and are shaped by many cultural factors, such as traditional family values (familism). The goal of this study was to understand the potential explanatory and interactive effects of familism and sibling relationships on Mexican origin youths’ intentions for using substances. I hypothesized that sibling relationship quality would serve as both a partial mediator and moderator between familism and ATOD use intentions, and that higher levels of older sibling deviance would partially mediate and/or moderate the association between familism and younger sibling ATOD use intentions.
I used secondary data to analyze 409 pre-adolescent Mexican origin youth recruited from a metropolitan area in Northern California. None of our hypothesized models were confirmed. Specifically, negative sibling relationship quality did not serve as a moderator (b = -.27, SE = .87, OR = .77, p = .77), nor a mediator (b = -.01, SE = .04, 95% CI = -0.12, .05). between familism and ATOD use intentions. Further, older sibling deviant behavior did not serve as a moderator (b = .38, SEb = .94, OR = 1.47, p = .68), nor a mediator (b = -.00, SE = .04, 95% CI = -0.10, .05) between familism and ATOD use intentions. Despite the null findings, this study has important clinical implications, including the recommendation to promote sibling relationships in prevention programs for Latino youth. There were several limitations of the study which are discussed along with suggestions for future research directions.
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Bodelot, Colette. "L'interrogation indirecte en latin : syntaxe, valeur illocutoire, formes /." Paris : Louvain : Société pour l'information grammaticale ; diff. Peeters, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35100113v.
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Zavala, Pelayo Edgar. "Religion and 'secular' social science : the neglected epistemological influences of Catholic discourses on sociology in Mexico." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9600.
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Inspired by the Enlightenment’s principles of rationality, positivistic ideologies as well as the nascent modern-industrial state, sociology since its inception in Europe was conceived as a fundamentally secular enterprise. Whereas positivistic streams have been rather left aside, secularism in sociology still remains as a cornerstone of the discipline’s identity. However, is sociology in the 21st-century really ‘secular’? In this dissertation I present to the reader an empirical research about the epistemological influences of Catholicism upon sociology in Mexico, a constitutionally secular state since the 19th century. Theoretically, I draw from authors who have put forward the epistemological influences of Christianity upon western social science. I argue that these authors have unintentionally re-stated, with interesting additions, Durkheim’s rather neglected theses about the socio-religious origin of our ‘categories of thought’ –‘classification’ and ‘causality’ in particular. Although I will not attempt to trace the origins of sociological classifications and causalities back to Catholicism in Mexico, I will argue that it is possible to find salient similarities between both knowledge fields in terms of these categories and other discursive characteristics. By analysing these resemblances in a (neo)Durkheimian-Weberian frame, I will explain how Catholic discourses in Mexico, combined with the Mexican state’s teleological discourses on democracy, modernisation and progress, influence sociological discourses not through Durkheim’s ‘imitative rites’ and a priori ‘necessary connections’, but through a series of ‘bridge’ institutions and particular cultural-ideological structures. Individuals’ own religious beliefs and their deliberate and unintended interactions with these elements and their emergent properties turn apparently parochial Catholic discourses into a series of ‘discursive offensives’ which subtly yet pervasively shape common sense in society at large and also predispose sociology practitioners to adopt and develop i) ‘mono-causal’ and ‘power-over’ interpretations of social phenomena, ii) implicit and explicit dichotomistic logics as well as iii) normative-prescriptive sociological stances. In arguing this, I account for how Weberian authority models and Weberian-Mertonian religious values are not only key ‘background factors’, but also constitute actual cognitive devices in the production of sociological knowledge. I also offer empirical evidence about the role that individuals’ religious beliefs play in the conception of sociological models of power and causality and, by extension, in the construction of scientific reason or scientific beliefs. These accounts support the view of contemporary religions as plastic discourses whose ideological powers permeate, under certain historical conditions, the knowledge produced in scientific domains whose secularity has been mistakenly taken for granted. And this, I conclude, strongly suggests the need to revise the secularist foundations of sociologies of science and scientific knowledge, of sociology in general as well as current monolithic theories and paradigms of secularism and science-religion dualistic debates.
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Toresson, Ludwig. "Making a Packet-value Based AQM on a Programmable Switch for Resource-sharing and Low Latency." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap (from 2013), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-82568.
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There is a rapidly growing number of advanced applications running over the internet that requires ultra-low latency and high throughput. Bufferbloat is one of the most known problems which add delay in the form of packets being enqueued into large buffers before being transmitted. This has been solved with the developments of various Active Queue Management (AQM) schemes to control how large the queue buffers are allowed to grow. Another aspect that is important today is how the available bandwidth can be shared between applications with different priorities. The Per-Packet Value (PPV) concept has been presented as a solution for resource-sharing by marking packets according to predefined marking policies. The packet value will be taken into consideration to make drop/mark decisions, which leads to higher packet values being prioritized at bottleneck links. In this thesis, a design of a packet value-based AQM on a programmable Barefoot Tofino switch will be presented. It will use a combination of the Proportional Integral Controller (PIE) AQM scheme and the PPV concept to make drop decisions when queuing delay is discovered. Packet value statistics are collected through the P4 programmable data plane to maintain knowledge about the distribution of packet values. With the dropping probability calculated through the PIE AQM scheme, a decision can be made about which packets should be dropped. An evaluation shows that with the implemented PV AQM, a low queuing delay can be achieved by dropping an appropriate amount of packets. It also shows that the PV AQM controls the resource-sharing between different traffic flows according to a predefined marking policy.
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Medeiros, Lilian de Castro. "O value premium e o risco-país: um estudo comparativo dos principais mercados da América Latina." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/BUOS-98ZFPW.
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Asset pricing is a theme widely explored in the financial literature. Nevertheless, the phenomenon of value premium remains controversial, since, although easily detected in developed and emerging markets, little is actually known about the effective economic forces that explain its existence. In this context, this paper proposes to identify the value premium in major Latin American markets, as well as to verify if the macroeconomic variable country risk could be considered an additional risk factor for conditional returns in the region. We then propose a model of five factors that consists of adding to the model of Carhart (1997) a country risk factor. The statistical procedure adopted was that of Fama and French (1993) for the period between 1994 and 2012, using data from non-financial companies listed on the stock exchanges in countries studied: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. We confirmed the existence of the value premium in four of the six markets studied: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. In only one of them - Brazil the country risk and the value premium were presented together as significant factors in explaining conditional returns, ie, explanatory variables that capture different effects.With regard to the two countries for which the existence of the value premium was not confirmed, the five factor model was presented as the most suitable to explain the average returns of the portfolios only in the Mexican case. With regard to Colombia and Venezuela, it should be borne in mind that the results relate to the behavior of specific companies and may not reflect a market behavior. After all, the size of these two markets has limited the number of shares that formed the analyzed portfolios.<br>A precificação de ativos é um tema bastante explorado pela literatura financeira. Apesar disso, o fenômeno do value premium permanece controverso, uma vez que, embora facilmente detectado nos mercados desenvolvidos e emergentes, pouco se sabe efetivamente sobre as forças econômicas que explicam sua existência. Nesse contexto, esta dissertação se propôs a identificar o value premium nos principais mercados latino-americanos, bem como a verificar se a variável macroeconômica risco-país poderia ser considerada um fator de risco adicional para os retornos condicionados na região. Para tal, foi proposto um modelo de cinco fatores, que consistiu na adição do fator risco-país ao modelo de Carhart (1997). O procedimento estatístico adotado foi o de Fama e French (1993) para o período compreendido entre 1994 e 2012, sendo utilizados dados de empresas não financeiras listadas nas bolsas de valores da Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, México e Venezuela. Confirmou-se a existência do value premium em quatro dos seis mercados analisados: Argentina, Brasil, Chile e Venezuela. Em apenas um deles, o Brasil, o risco-país e o value premium se apresentaram como fatores significativos para a explicação dos retornos condicionados conjuntamente; ou seja, como variáveis explicativas que captam efeitos distintos. No que diz respeito aos dois países para os quais não foi confirmada a existência do value premium, o modelo de cinco fatores se apresentou como o mais adequado para explicar os retornos médios das carteiras apenas no caso mexicano. No que se refere à Colômbia e à Venezuela, deve-se ter em mente que os resultados obtidos dizem respeito ao comportamento de empresas em específico, podendo não refletir um comportamento de mercado. Afinal, o tamanho desses dois mercados limitou o número de ações que formaram as carteiras analisadas, restringido-as a um ativo praticamente durante todo o período estudado.
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Ruiz, Yaneli M. "Latinos en La Educación: El Nuevo Valor de La Cultura Latina." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/390.
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Este papel, primero pretende presentar un enfoque informativo de como la cultura latina impacta la educación—con el deseo que se termine por reconocer el verdadero valor de la educación. Segundo, espera que se reconozca en la cultura latina que deben adoptar el conocimiento que a fin de avanzarse en los Estados Unidos, hay que empezar la educación desde temprana edad y alcanzar al menos un título de licenciatura. Tanto la educación de infancia temprana como la educación en la primaria, secundaria, preparatoria, y universidad contribuyen para preparar a los estudiantes latinos para enfrentar y triunfar en la sociedad de los Estados Unidos. Por fin, pretende presentar medidas concretas e ideologías que incorporan la cultura Americana para que los padres latinos puedan adoptarlas y darles una vida mejor a sus hijos, que ultimadamente sería una vida mejor para ellos también.
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Dwyer, Eleanor A. "Price, Perceived Value and Customer Satisfaction: A Text-Based Econometric Analysis of Yelp! Reviews." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/715.
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We examine the antecedents of customer satisfaction in the restaurant sector, paying particular attention to perceived value and price level. Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation, we extract latent topics from the text of Yelp! reviews, then analyze the relationship between these topics and satisfaction, measured as the difference between review rating and user average review rating.
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Harman, David M. "Stochastic process customer lifetime value models with time-varying covariates." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2221.
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Customer lifetime value (CLV) is a forecasted expectation of the future value of a customer to the firm. There are two customer behavioral components of CLV that represent a particular modeling challenge: 1) how many transactions we expect from a customer in the future, and 2) how likely it is the customer remains active. Existing CLV models like the Pareto/NBD are valuable managerial tools because they are able to provide forward-looking estimates of transaction patterns and customer churn when the event of a customer leaving is unobservable, which is typical for most noncontractual goods and services.
The CLV model literature has for the most part maintained its original assumption that the number of customer transactions follows a stable transaction process. Yet there are many categories of noncontractual goods and services where the stable transaction rate assumption is violated, particularly seasonal purchase patterns. CLV model estimates are further biased when there is an excess of customers with no repeat transactions.
To address these modeling challenges, within this thesis I develop a generalized CLV modeling framework that combines three elements necessary to reduce bias in model estimates: 1) the incorporation of time-varying covariates to model data with transaction rates that change over time, 2) a zero-inflated model specification for customers with no repeat transactions, and 3) generalizes to different transaction process distributions to better fit diverse customer transaction patterns. This CLV modeling framework provides firms better estimates of the future activity of their customers, a critical CRM application.
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Ore, Rosa. "Framing Colombian Women's Beliefs, Values and Attitude Towards Sex and Sexual High-Risk Behaviors." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4556.
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Hispanic immigrants constitute the largest and fastest growing groups of minorities in the United States. According to the 2010 Census, there are 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making up 16.3% of the total population (Passel, Cohn & Lopez, 2011). Furthermore, the state of Florida is home to 4,223,806 Hispanics (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). Because the Hispanic population continues to grow, it is important to study their sexual health behaviors because diseases linked to risky sexual behaviors account for approximately 20,000 U.S. deaths each year, and are linked to a number of adverse reproductive outcomes (Abraido-Lanza, Chao, & Florez, 2005; Hussey, Hallfors, Waller, Iritani, Halpern & Bauer, 2006; Mokdad, Marks, Stroup & Geberding, 2004). Much of the research on risky sexual behaviors has included women of Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent (Weiss & Tillman, 2009). Therefore, to fill a gap in the current research further investigations should be conducted among other Latin subgroups such as Colombians. Conducting studies of Colombian women will contribute to the relatively unknown attitudes, beliefs and values towards sex and sexual high-risk behaviors of South American women.
This study systematically examines literature in order to build a conceptual model, which will explain the sexual behaviors of Colombian women. The study will provide a survey instrument to be used in future research.
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Rosales, Mesa Rocio. "Cultura y colegio Latina/o cultural values, acculturation, cultural fit, psychological well-being and academic persistence in Mexican American college students /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5505.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 29, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Presvôts, Corentin. "Multiple-Model Coding Scheme for Electrical Signal Compression." Electronic Thesis or Diss., université Paris-Saclay, 2025. http://www.theses.fr/2025UPASG007.
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L'intégration des sources d'énergie renouvelables dans le réseau électrique introduit une dynamique plus complexe, nécessitant un contrôle plus efficace et à faible latence. Ce contrôle exige la transmission de gros volumes de données des sous-stations aux centres de contrôle supérieurs. Pour répondre aux contraintes de débit du réseau, il est crucial de développer des techniques de compression efficaces, adaptées aux caractéristiques spécifiques des signaux électriques. Actuellement, les Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) sont les dispositifs les plus couramment utilisés pour acquérir et compresser ces signaux. Cependant, les PMUs ne peuvent pas représenter avec précision les transitoires rapides. Dans la première partie de cette thèse, une méthode de compression utilisant des réseaux de neurones, basée sur des Auto-encodeurs variationnels (VAEs), est décrite. Cette méthode, initialement développée pour la compression d'images, est adaptée dans cette thèse à la compression des échantillons de signaux électriques. Le principe repose sur l'optimisation de l'étape de transformation en minimisant un compromis débit-distorsion sur un ensemble de signaux électriques d'entraînement. Cette méthode permet d'optimiser l'ensemble de la chaîne de compression en tenant compte de la quantification et du codage entropique, offrant ainsi de meilleures performances en moyenne que les méthodes classiques non entraînables, utilisant par exemple une transformée en cosinus discrètes (DCT) ou une transformée en ondelettes discrètes (DWT).La seconde partie décrit un schéma de codage multi-modèles (MMC) proposé pour la compression des échantillons de signaux électriques. Pour réduire la latence, l'approche MMC opère sur des fenêtres d'environ une période électrique (de l'ordre de la latence des PMUs), contenant donc un nombre limité d'échantillons. Dans un premier étage de compression, plusieurs modèles paramétriques de signaux sont comparés (modèles sinusoïdaux, polynomiaux ou encore prédictifs) pour obtenir une représentation grossière du signal électrique. Dans un deuxième étage, plusieurs techniques de codage par transformation sont utilisées pour compresser le résidu de reconstruction du premier étage. Les transformations utilisées sont, la DCT, la DWT et les VAEs mentionnés précédemment. Les paramètres du modèle sont quantifiés et l'allocation du budget de débit entre les deux étages est optimisée en fonction d'un débit cible. Néanmoins, imposer une contrainte de budget entraîne des variations dans la qualité de reconstruction des signaux échantillonnés, ce qui peut ne pas répondre aux exigences strictes de qualité de reconstruction imposées par les utilisateurs finaux.Une troisième partie vise donc à déterminer le budget de bits minimum nécessaire pour respecter une contrainte de distorsion maximale imposée. Le degré de liberté supplémentaire, offert par le choix du budget total, augmente la complexité de l'approche MMC par rapport à sa variante à débit fixe et peut être incompatible avec les contraintes de temps réel. Deux méthodes distinctes sont proposées pour la sélection du modèle et l'allocation des bits entre les deux étages. La première méthode repose sur une recherche exhaustive pour déterminer le nombre de bits à allouer aux deux étages de compression. La seconde méthode utilise une recherche par section dorée. Le coût de calcul de ces deux approches est encore réduit en amont grâce à une estimation préalable du meilleur modèle et de l'allocation optimale du budget de bits entre les deux étages, de manière à satisfaire la contrainte de distorsion. Cette estimation s'appuie sur des modèles débit-distorsion<br>The integration of renewable energy sources into the electrical grid introduces more complex dynamics, requiring more efficient and low-latency control. This control demands the transmission of large volumes of data from substations to higher-level control centers. To address network bandwidth constraints, it is essential to develop efficient compression techniques tailored to the specific characteristics of electrical signals. Currently, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) are the most commonly used devices for acquiring and compressing these signals. However, PMU cannot accurately represent fast transients. In the first part of this thesis, a compression method using neural networks, based on Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), is described. Initially developed for image compression, this method is adapted in this work to the compression of sampled electrical signals. The principle relies on optimizing the transformation step by minimizing a Rate-Distortion (RD) trade-off over a training set of electrical signals. This method enables the optimization of the entire compression pipeline by accounting for quantization and entropy coding, thus providing better average performance compared to classical non-trainable methods, such as the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) or the discrete wavelet transform Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). The second part describes a proposed multi-model coding scheme for the compression of sampled electrical signals. To reduce latency, the Multiple Model Compression (MMC) approach operates on windows of approximately one electrical period (on the order of glspl{pmu} latency), thus containing a limited number of samples. In the first compression stage, several parametric signal models (sinusoidal, polynomial, and predictive models) are compared to obtain a coarse representation of the electrical signal. In the second stage, several transform coding techniques are used to compress the reconstruction residual from the first stage. The transformations used include the DCT, DWT, and the previously mentioned VAEs. The model parameters are quantized, and the bit budget allocation between the two stages is optimized based on a target rate. However, imposing a rate constraint introduces variations in the reconstruction quality of the sampled signals, which may not meet the strict quality requirements imposed by end users. The third part of this thesis aims to determine the minimum bit budget required to satisfy a maximum distortion constraint. The additional degree of freedom provided by the choice of the total bit budget increases the complexity of the MMC approach compared to its fixed-rate variant and may be incompatible with real-time constraints. Two distinct methods are proposed for model selection and bit allocation between the two stages. The first method relies on an exhaustive search to determine the number of bits to allocate to both compression stages. The second method uses a golden-section search. The computational cost of these two approaches is further reduced by a preliminary estimation of the best model and the optimal bit allocation between the two stages to meet the distortion constraint. This estimation is based on RD models
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Mougel, Philippe. "Quand la sagesse ne fit plus école. . . : généalogie des valeurs éducatives dans l'antiquité gréco-latine." Rouen, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004ROUEL485.
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Malgré leur puissance et leur extension dans l'espace et le temps, les civilisations humaines peuvent périr. Ala suite de Nietzsche, Weber et Foucault, Mougel a mené une exploration généalogique des valeurs de l'antiquité greéco-latine, en s'interessant particulièrement à celles qui étaient prônées dans l'éducation. Après avoir décrit la sagesse des anciens scribes, puis présenté la démocratie grecque et la république romaine comme des efforts de mobilisation de l'intelligence collective afin que les citoyens puissent prendre des décisions avec sagesse, l'auteur a cherché à rendre compte de la décomposition des valeurs dans les civilisations antiques, sous l'action des idéologies "fondamentalistes" des divers courants philosophiques et religieux de la "métaphysique". Cette approche historique de l'agonie et de la mort des civilisations grecques et latines par la perte de la sagesse humaine, nous interroge sur les moyens de diagnostic et de lutte efficace contre les idéologies dangereuses pour la survie de l'espèce humaine<br>In spite of their power and of their extension in space and time, humain civilizations can disappear. Following F. Nietzche, M. Weber and M. Foucault, P. Mougel has carried out a genealogical exploration of antique values with a particular interest in education. After the first discribed of the ancien scribes' wisdom, and then presented the Greek democracy and the Roman republic like as efforts of collective intelligence as that the citizens could take wise decisions. The author has tried to account for the degeneration of values in antique civilizations under the influence of fundamentalist ideologies such as metaphysical philosophis and religions. This historical approach of the end of Greek and Latin civilizations because of a lack of human wisdom, exposes points of the means we have to diagnose and fight against ideologies wich jeopardize the survival of humain species
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Stefanan, Aline Armanini. "Desempenho das empresas detentoras de marcas valiosas no mercado acionário da américa latina." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/4776.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>This study aimed to compare the performance, in terms of risk and return, of stocks of companies with recognized brand value with the actions of other companies listed on the stock market of emerging countries of Latin America: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, as ranking of Morgan Stanley Capital International (2015). More specifically, it was analysed companies portfolio with most valuable brands - Valuable Brands Portfolio -, the portfolio of all companies listed on the stock exchanges of these countries - Total Market Portfolio -, and a portfolio with the companies on the stock exchanges that not belongs to the Valuable Brands Portfolio - Reduced Market Portfolio -. The valuable brands considered were those which are presented at the most valuable Latin America brands at Millward Brown's reports. The Carhart s four-factor model were utilized to analyze the performance of the three mentioned portfolios. The total sample included 732 stocks in the Latin American market, which the data for calculating the model factors were collected at Economatica, monthly, at period of 2004 to 2013, totalizing 120 observations of each action. Regarding the results, the return could not be analyzed because the intercept was not significant for any of the three portfolios, such as the results of Billet, Jiang and Rego (2014), Dutordoir, Verbeeten and Beijer (2015), Fehle et al. (2008), Oliveira (2009) and Oliveira et al. (2010). However, it was found that the Valuable Brands Portfolio presents lowest investment risk than the others portfolios, as in the studies of Billet, Jiang and Rego (2014), Dutordoir, Verbeeten and Beijer (2015), Fehle et al. (2008), Johansson, Dimofte and Mazvancheryl (2012), Madden, Fehle and Fournier (2006), Oliveira (2009) and Oliveira et al. (2010), suggesting that stocks of companies with valuable brands ensure lower risk investment to shareholders in these emerging markets.<br>Este estudo teve como objetivo comparar o desempenho, em termos de risco e retorno, das ações de empresas com marcas consideradas valiosas com as ações das demais empresas listadas nas Bolsas de Valores dos países emergentes da América Latina: Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, México e Peru, conforme a classificação do Morgan Stanley Capital International (2015). Mais especificamente, analisou-se o portfólio das empresas com as marcas mais valiosas da América Latina Portfólio Marcas Valiosas , o portfólio de todas as empresas listadas nas bolsas de valores destes países Portfólio Mercado Total , e o portfólio composto pelas empresas com ações cotadas nas bolsas de valores que não pertencem ao Portfólio Marcas Valiosas Portfólio Mercado Reduzido . Foram consideradas marcas valiosas aquelas que apareceram nos relatórios de marcas mais valiosas da América Latina da Millward Brown. O modelo de quatro fatores de Carhart foi utilizado para analisar o desempenho dos três portfólios supracitados. A amostra total contemplou 732 ações do mercado latino-americano, cujos dados para o cálculo dos fatores do modelo foram coletados no software Economática, mensalmente, no período de 2004 a 2013, totalizando 120 observações por ação. Quanto aos resultados, o retorno não pôde ser analisado porque o intercepto não foi significativo para nenhum dos três portfólios, como nos resultados de Billet, Jiang e Rego (2014), Dutordoir, Verbeeten e Beijer (2015), Fehle et al. (2008), Oliveira (2009) e Oliveira et al. (2010). No entanto, foi constatado que o Portfólio Marcas Valiosas apresentou menor risco de investimento que os demais portfólios, como nos estudos de Billet, Jiang e Rego (2014), Dutordoir, Verbeeten e Beijer (2015), Fehle et al. (2008), Johansson, Dimofte e Mazvancheryl (2012), Madden, Fehle e Fournier (2006), Oliveira (2009) e Oliveira et al. (2010), o que sugere que as ações de empresas com marcas valiosas garantem investimento de menor risco para os acionistas nesses mercados emergentes.
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Fatello, Fabienne. "Les emplois de "quando" dans différents genres textuels du latin préclassique au latin postclassique." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne (2017-2020), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018CLFAL002.
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Cette recherche sur corpus a pour objet les emplois de quando (quandoque, quandoquidem, quandocumque) dans différents genres textuels du latin préclassique au latin postclassique. À partir du CD-ROM de la Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina nous avons répertorié les occurrences de quando dans les Comédies de Plaute, les Discours de Cicéron, le De rerum natura de Lucrèce, l’Histoire romaine de Tite-Live et les Traités philosophiques de Sénèque. En principe, le terme en kw- peut servir d’adverbe interrogatif, indéfini ou relatif et de conjonction temporelle ou causale. Or la distinction de ces différents emplois ne peut se faire à l’aide de procédés classificatoires qui prendraient comme cadre d’analyse maximal la phrase en raison d’ambiguïtés sémantiques et d’interférences fonctionnelles entre types de subordonnées. Aussi optons-nous pour une approche macro-syntaxique tenant compte des relations dépassant le segment phrastique et alliant les points de vue morpho-syntaxique et sémantico-énonciatif. D’abord, l’étude de quando, terme polyvalent susceptible de fonctionner à plusieurs niveaux de la structure phrastique, nous amène à nous interroger sur les niveaux d’insertion et la fonction de quando dans la phrase. Ainsi, les interférences fonctionnelles entre relatif et conjonction temporelle mettent en évidence la perméabilité des frontières entre fonctions syntaxiques. Ensuite, l’ambiguïté sémantique invite à dépasser le strict cadre phrastique et à considérer les inférences contextuelles du terme étudié en vue de distinguer notamment la valeur temporelle de la valeur causale de quando. Enfin, l’outil grammatical ne peut être appréhendé sans considération de sa valeur illocutoire. Par la grande diversité d’actes réalisés, l’analyse des emplois interrogatifs peut révéler certaines caractéristiques liées à l’écriture générique. Dans une approche empruntée à la grammaire fonctionnelle sera étudiée enfin la portée du terme au niveau du discours. Une telle analyse s’avère nécessaire pour caractériser l’emploi causal, dans la mesure où ce dernier intervient au niveau interpersonnel et non référentiel, et joue, dans la terminologie de la grammaire fonctionnelle, le rôle de satellite disjoint. En ce sens, cette étude prouve l’utilité d’une approche éclectique dans l’analyse des emplois de quando : le recours à différentes approches linguistiques, selon les besoins de l’interprétation, met en évidence la complémentarité des points de vue morpho-syntaxique et sémantico-pragmatique dans une description empirique des faits de langue et de discours visant à définir, à partir de données textuelles apparemment disparates, les valeurs de base des différents emplois de quando. L’intérêt de l’étude réside ainsi dans la polyvalence du terme, permettant d’aborder un large éventail de problèmes linguistiques voire extralinguistiques liés à la structure phrastique, au texte et à la situation de discours<br>This corpus-based study analyses the use of quando (quandoque, quandoquidem, quandocumque) in different textual genres from Early to Postclassical Latin. From the Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina CD-ROM (BTL-4) we have listed the instances of quando in Plaute’s Comedies, Cicero’s Discourses, Lucretius’ De rerum natura, Livy’s History of Rome and Seneca’s Moral Essays. Quando can be used as an interrogative, indefinite and relative adverb or as a temporal or causal conjunction. But the classification of these different uses is not possible without a macro-syntactic approach that combines morpho-syntactic, semantic and enunciative points of view. First, the study of this multifunctional term raises the question of its integration in the sentence structure. Thus the functional interference of its use as a relative adverb and as a temporal conjunction shows that the frontiers between syntactical functions are malleable. Furthermore, the semantic ambiguity invites us to extend the analyses to the contextual inferences to distinguish for instance its temporal and causal use. Moreover we cannot analyse the use of quando without considering its illocutionary force: for instance the questions introduced by quando perform a great variety of speech acts which reveal certain characteristics of the literary genre. Finally, the methods of Functional Grammar are necessary to study the level quando affects in the sentence structure, as the causal subordinate clause provides information on the interpersonal level and can be considered as a disjunct satellite. In the light of these considerations, it is evident that an eclectic approach is necessary to study the use of quando: only different linguistic approaches, combining the morpho-syntactic, semantic and enunciative point of view in an empirical description of its occurrences, can define the value of the different uses of quando. Thus the significance of this study resides in the multifunctionality of quando which allows us to consider a large variety of linguistic and extra-linguistic problems occurring not only at multiple levels of the sentence structure, but extended even to the larger context of the speech interaction and intimately linked to the authors writing techniques and the speakers discursive intentions
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Oliveira, Alessandra Cavalcante de. "Aliança do Pacífico: um estudo da iniciativa de integração produtiva na América Latina." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/84/84131/tde-13092016-140945/.
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O estudo tem como objetivo analisar o potencial da Aliança do Pacífico em desenvolver cadeias regionais de valor e conseguir uma melhor inserção nas cadeias globais. Para tanto, com o respaldo da teoria sobre o tema, são analisadas as principais ações que estão sendo empreendidas pelo bloco para este propósito. O estudo investiga também os principais entraves presentes, que dificultam o avanço do processo, a fim de analisar as possibilidades da Aliança do Pacífico em consolidar o seu projeto de integração produtiva. Para tal análise, este estudo está dividido em quatro capítulos, além da introdução e das conclusões. A primeira parte trata sobre a teoria das cadeias globais de valor que tem como objetivo oferecer subsídios para análise do potencial da Aliança do Pacífico em desenvolver a integração produtiva. O segundo capítulo discute o processo de integração produtiva regional uma vez que diversos estudos e análises empíricas indicam que as cadeias globais de valor, em verdade, são articuladas regionalmente. Para tanto, esta parte apresenta alguns estudos teóricos e também empíricos que mostram como a integração regional pode estimular a integração produtiva regional. O terceiro capítulo trata sobre a evolução da Aliança do Pacífico, desde a sua criação até a entrada em vigor do Acordo Marco, ocorrida em julho de 2015. O quarto capítulo apresenta a análise de dados econômicos, principalmente sobre comércio e investimento estrangeiro, para uma melhor compreensão do atual cenário vivido pelos quatro integrantes do bloco, a fim de identificar os principais obstáculos e oportunidades para uma maior integração produtiva entre eles, como também, de se projetarem ao mundo, em especial, em direção à região da Ásia-Pacífico, por meio das cadeias globais de valor. O resultado desta análise revela que apesar dos esforços da Aliança do Pacífico em promover a integração produtiva existem inúmeros obstáculos que dificultam a concretização deste projeto. Mas à medida que as ações sejam implementadas é possível que o processo de integração produtiva possa ser concretizado.<br>The study aims to analyze the potential of the Pacific Alliance to develop regional value chains and achieve better integration in global chains. To this end, with the support of the theory on the subject, it analyzes the main actions being undertaken by the bloc for this purpose. The study also investigates the main obstacles present that hinder the progress of proceedings in order to examine the possibilities of the Pacific Alliance to consolidate its productive integration project. For this analysis, this study is divided into four chapters, besides the introduction and the conclusions. The first part deals with the theory of global value chains that aims to provide analysis of the potential benefits for the Pacific Alliance to develop the productive integration. The second chapter discusses the process of regional productive integration since several studies and empirical that analyzes indicate that global value chains, in fact, are coordinated regionally. To this end, this part presents some theoretical and empirical studies that show how regional integration can stimulate regional productive integration. The third chapter focuses on the evolution of the Pacific Alliance, since its conception until the entry into force of the Framework Agreement, which took place in July 2015. The fourth chapter presents the analysis of economic data, especially on trade and foreign investment, for a better understanding of the current situation experienced by four members of the bloc in order to identify the main obstacles and opportunities for greater productive integration between them, but also to designing the world, in particular towards the Asia-Pacific region, through global value chains. The result of this analysis shows that despite the Pacific Alliance efforts to promote productive integration there are numerous obstacles to the realization of this project. But as the actions are implemented it is possible that the productive integration process can be achieved.
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LONGERET, CATHERINE. "Risque asthmatique dans la rhinite pollinique : valeur predictive de l'hyperreactivite bronchique non specifique latente, detectee hors saison ; etude de 32 observations." Lyon 1, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993LYO1M220.
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Cuellar-Gomez, Olga Lucia. "Coffee Produced by Women in Cauca, Colombia: Where has Juanita Valdez Been?" Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193246.
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In order to meet the demands of a European roaster interested in coffee produced by women, a Colombian coffee cooperative developed a female growers' program in 2000. Today this program has grown into an association of 390 women. This thesis evaluates how marketing strategies have impacted women's lives, gender roles, experiences of leadership, and expectations of improving profits as well as individual and communities living standards. In addition, it examines how women have taken advantage of gender equity, female leadership, and empowerment discourses as a marketing strategy. The lessons learned from the successes and challenges that these women have experienced is documented. This research examines how new circumstances and struggles have increased women's participation in coffee production and how these transformations have opened new opportunities for women in the market. The study is based on interviews with members of the Asociación de Mujeres Caficultoras Cauca, in the summer 2007.
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Michalet, Georges. "Valeur pronostique des potentiels évoqués auditifs précoces et de latence moyenne chez 60 patients neurochirurgicaux compliqués." Lyon 1, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990LYO1M364.
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Granillo, Olga Elena Herrerra. "Teen fatherhood: A preliminary study of young Latino men as fathers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1856.
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Gallon-Sauvage, Anne-Laure. "Le dauphin dans la littérature latine, des origines au Ve siècle de notre ère : descriptions, valeurs, significations." Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008STR20041.
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Notre étude sur le dauphin, qui occupe une place particulière dans la littérature latine, s’organise en deux volumes : un corpus des cent cinquante extraits de textes latins mentionnant le dauphin, classés par ordre chronologique avec traduction et commentaire, puis une synthèse organisée par thèmes. La première partie de la synthèse étudie les mots delphinus et delphin du point de vue linguistique, l’approche zoologique et la constellation du Dauphin ; dans la deuxième partie nous abordons la place du dauphin dans la mythologie et la religion, par l’intermédiaire de ses liens avec Neptune, Apollon, Bacchus et Vénus, mais aussi la légende du poète Arion, très populaire dans le monde romain. Enfin, la troisième partie traite des fonctions symbolique, morale, esthétique et poétique du dauphin, qui évoque la vitesse, l’agilité, la domination, est porteur de valeurs morales telles que le courage et constitue enfin un motif très apprécié de certains poètes<br>The dolphin has a special place in Latin literature. Our research is organized in two volumes. The first is a corpus of the hundred and fifty extracts of Latin texts which mention the dolphin, with a translation into French and a commentary. The second is a thematic study. In the first part of the thematic study we examine the linguistic aspect of the words delphinus and delphin, revealing their Greek origin, the zoological approach and the 'Dolphin' constellation. In the second part, we tackle the place of the dolphin in mythology and religion, how it is linked to Neptune, Apollo, Bacchus and Venus and also to the poet Arion, whose legend was very well-known in the Roman world. Finally, the third part deals with the symbolic, moral, aesthetic and poetic role of the dolphin, which represents speed, agility and supremacy and further carries moral values such as courage, providing a literary motif favoured by some poets
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King, John Douglas. "Deep Web Collection Selection." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2004. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15992/3/John_King_Thesis.pdf.
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The deep web contains a massive number of collections that are mostly invisible to search engines. These collections often contain high-quality, structured information that cannot be crawled using traditional methods.
An important problem is selecting which of these collections to search. Automatic collection selection methods try to solve this problem by suggesting the best subset of deep web collections to search based on a query.
A few methods for deep Web collection selection have proposed in Collection Retrieval Inference Network system and Glossary of Servers, Server system.
The drawback in these methods is that they require communication between the search broker and the collections, and need metadata about each collection.
This thesis compares three different sampling methods that do not require communication with the broker or metadata about each collection. It also transforms some traditional information retrieval based techniques to this area. In addition, the thesis tests these techniques using INEX collection for total 18 collections (including 12232 XML documents) and total 36 queries.
The experiment shows that the performance of sample-based technique is satisfactory in average.
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King, John Douglas. "Deep Web Collection Selection." Queensland University of Technology, 2004. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15992/.
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The deep web contains a massive number of collections that are mostly invisible to search engines. These collections often contain high-quality, structured information that cannot be crawled using traditional methods. An important problem is selecting which of these collections to search. Automatic collection selection methods try to solve this problem by suggesting the best subset of deep web collections to search based on a query. A few methods for deep Web collection selection have proposed in Collection Retrieval Inference Network system and Glossary of Servers Server system. The drawback in these methods is that they require communication between the search broker and the collections, and need metadata about each collection. This thesis compares three different sampling methods that do not require communication with the broker or metadata about each collection. It also transforms some traditional information retrieval based techniques to this area. In addition, the thesis tests these techniques using INEX collection for total 18 collections (including 12232 XML documents) and total 36 queries. The experiment shows that the performance of sample-based technique is satisfactory in average.
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Schneider, Anna. "Social statuses in later life : a study of the effect of retirement in Germany today." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30983.
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The thesis presents analysis on four types of social statuses (as defined by Linton and Merton), namely volunteer, carer for an adult, child carer, and friend, in the second half of life in Germany based on the German Ageing Survey. In reference to the cultural sociological theories of Gerhard Schulze, the impact of retirement as life event on older adults’ lifestyle and likelihood of adopting these statuses is critically discussed. The use of the category of ‘old adult’ is put into question. It is found that between 1996 and 2008 the share of volunteers and of people spending time on leisure activities in company has increased in all age groups in the German population aged 50 and over. Carers, on the other hand, showed stable numbers with decreasing time investment, and the share of people looking after children was on the decline. All social statuses were represented in different numbers in Eastern and Western Germany, with Eastern Germany showing less engagement especially in volunteering and social leisure activities. Possible reasons for this are discussed. The volunteer and friend statuses were selected as dependent variables for regression models of the influence of retirement. The models based on cross-sectional as well as the models based on panel data showed that there was at best a marginal influence of retirement on a person’s likelihood of volunteering or spending leisure time with friends and relatives. With Gerhard Schulze’s theory of the ‘event society’, it is argued that the reason for the increase of volunteers and of people more actively cultivating their friend status amongst older Germans is that they no longer significantly differ in their value orientations and lifestyles from younger adults and that therefore the persistent founding of research and social policy on age categories is no longer a valid approach.
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Muffat-Jeandet, Morgan. "Essai sur l’intensification des relations économiques entre la Chine et l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes. Internationalisation des firmes chinoises, déterminants et modalités de leurs investissements directs au Mexique." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019USPCA012/document.
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La présence chinoise en Amérique latine et Caraïbes (ALC), tout comme dans d’autres régions du monde, a fortement augmenté depuis une quinzaine d’années. Au-delà des motifs traditionnels de cette expansion au niveau économique (la recherche de ressources et de nouveaux marchés), la Chine représente un partenaire particulier pour les pays latino-américains en raison des frontières floues entre les formes de propriété publique et privée, et des objectifs stricts de son gouvernement en matière de politique industrielle et de développement sur le long terme. En outre, des disparités régionales sont apparues entre l’Amérique du Sud, longtemps favorisée par l’augmentation de la demande chinoise en matières premières, et le Mexique, qui s’est rapidement retrouvé en situation de concurrence ouverte avec la Chine sur différents segments de son secteur secondaire, et dont la dynamique d’intégration en Amérique du Nord fut profondément impactée par l’arrivée des entreprises chinoises sur le marché des États-Unis. En combinant une analyse approfondie des bases de données disponibles sur les investissements directs à l’étranger (IDE) de la Chine en ALC et trois études de cas originales d’entreprises chinoises installées dans le domaine manufacturier au Mexique, cette thèse montre que ces opérations présentent des modalités inédites notamment en termes de rythme d’expansion et de capacités d’adaptation aux environnements locaux. Cependant, les externalités positives ou négatives des IDE chinois demeurent tributaires des interactions entre le contexte institutionnel du pays d’accueil et les stratégies des entreprises<br>Chinese footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as in other parts of the globe, has surged in the last fifteen years. Beyond the traditional drivers of this expansion from an economic perspective (securing resources and new markets), China represents a special partner for Latin-American countries because of grey lines delimiting public and private ownership, strict industrial policy and long-term development goals. Besides, regional discrepancies have appeared between South America, which benefited from the boom of Chinese demand for raw materials, and Mexico, which found itself in direct competition with China on different segments of his secondary sector, and whose integration dynamic in North America was deeply impacted by the growing shares of Chinese companies in the US market. Combining an extensive analysis of existing databases about foreign direct investments (FDI) from China in LAC and three original case studies of Chinese companies located in the manufacturing industry in Mexico, this dissertation shows unique features in these operations such as an accelerated growth path and relative adaptive skills to foreign environments. Nevertheless, the positive or negative externalities of Chinese FDI remain dependent upon the interactions between the institutional context of the host country and the companies’ strategies
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Ripoll, François. "La morale héroïque dans les épopées latines d'époque flavienne : tradition et innovation /." Louvain ; Paris : Peeters, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37007913v.
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Nothaas, Stefan [Verfasser], Michael [Gutachter] Schöttner, and Stefan [Gutachter] Conrad. "Low-Latency Data Access in a Java-based Distributed In-Memory Key-Value Storage / Stefan Nothaas ; Gutachter: Michael Schöttner, Stefan Conrad." Düsseldorf : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1205544186/34.
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Monteiro, Aurélie. "L'apport-cession-délocalisation." Thesis, Paris 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA020042/document.
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Pour les contribuables détenteurs de titres en forte plus-value latente qui souhaitent, d’une part, utiliser leur valorisation pour réaliser de nouveaux investissements et, d’autre part, limiter l’impôt afférent à cette plus-value, une opération a été imaginée : l’apport-cession-délocalisation. Il s’agit pour le contribuable d’apporter ses titres à une société sous un régime de différé d’imposition – report ou sursis – avant que cette dernière ne les cède en franchise d’impôt. Ce faisant, la société bénéficiaire de l’apport peut réinvestir le prix de cession et le contribuable n’est imposé que lors de la cession ultérieure des titres reçus en échange de l’apport. Réalisé dans un cadre national, l’apport-cession n’octroie au contribuable qu’un délai dans l’établissement de l’impôt de plus-value mais combiné à une délocalisation du domicile fiscal, cette opération peut aboutir à sa diminution voire à sa suppression. Toutefois, la jurisprudence et le législateur sont intervenus afin d’encadrer cette opération en posant les conditions dans lesquelles elle serait abusive puis en instaurant un nouveau régime spécifique aux apports réalisés en faveur d’une société contrôlée par l’apporteur et en remettant en place un système d’exit tax. Certes, ces nouveaux encadrements impliquent l’adaptation des modalités de réalisation de l’opération et en limitent les effets, particulièrement l’exit tax, toutefois, l’opération demeure possible et avantageuse. En outre, certains aspects de l’exit tax peuvent être contestés au regard du droit de l’Union européenne et conventionnel de sorte que sa pérennité – et donc les limites qu’il implique dans le cadre de cette opération – est incertaine<br>A dedicated three-step tax scheme has been designed for individuals holding assets with a latent capital gain; willing to reinvest their profits into other activities and reduce taxes on capital gains normally owed: Capital contribution of the assets held by this individual to a company in exchange of shares (Step 1), sales of those assets by the this company to a third-party (Step 2), relocation of the individual to another country (Step 3). The objective is for this individual to beneficiate from a deferred taxation on the capital contribution and for this company to sell assets on a tax-free basis. The company will therefore be able to reinvest the price from the assets sales and the individual will only be taxed when received shares are subsequently sold. In domestic situations, this tax scheme only offers deferral of taxes on capital gains ; but combined with the individual relocation, it enables to drastically reduce if not totally suppress taxes. Since then, legislators and judges have clearly identified conditions defining tax abuse, have defined new rules related to capital contribution to companies controlled by the contributor and have implemented exit-tax mechanisms. Despite this new legal framework, the studied tax scheme is still of significant interest. Additionally, some aspects of the exit-tax might certainly be challenged in regards to European Union law and European fiscal conventions
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Mitchell, Jane Virginia. "Acquisition development and demonstration of grit among latina teachers from the central San Joaquin Valley." Scholarly Commons, 2015. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/872.
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This qualitative collective case study explored how four female Latina teachers in the Central San Joaquin Valley acquired and developed the noncognitive trait of grit. Additionally, this study explored how the manifestation of this noncognitive trait of grit is demonstrated by these teachers with students in their classrooms. Through a series of interviews, and classroom observations with annotated field notes, I examined the life experiences and professional educational background of participants in order to highlight factors that are contributory and fundamental in the underpinnings of how grit developed in each of their lives. I examined and analyzed distinctive traits, specific influences, and behaviors.
The theoretical framework developed by Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews and Kelly (2007) provided the background structure to help in understanding the noncognitive trait of grit. This exploration extended current scholarship on grit by exploring one specific cultural and gendered-subset of teachers to aid in the understanding of how grit emerges in teachers deemed exceptional.
This qualitative case study addresses the following questions:
1. From the perspective of four female Latina teachers, what is grit?
2. From the perspectives of four female Latina teachers, in what ways has grit been acquired, developed and demonstrated?
3. From the perspective of four female Latina teachers, how has gender and race shaped their experiences in grit?
4. From the perspectives of four female Latina teachers, and as evidenced by student outcomes, how does the trait of grit impact teacher effectiveness?