Relative abelian kernels of some classes of transformation monoids

Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, nº 73 (2006), p. 375-404

L’IMPORTANCE DES OBJETS DANS LA “MAISON DE PASSAGE”: ENTRE NOSTALGIE ET STRATEGIES D’AFFIRMATION IDENTITAIRE

Relatório de Estágio do Mestrado em Migrações, Inter-etnicidades e Transnacionalismo

Sound levels and risk perceptions of music students during classes

It is well recognized that professional musicians are at risk of hearing damage due to the exposure to high sound pressure levels during music playing. However, it is important to recognize that the musicians’ exposure may start early in the course of their training as students in the classroom and at home. Studies regarding sound exposure of music students and their hearing disorders are scarce and do not take into account important influencing variables. Therefore, this study aimed to describe sound level exposures of music students at different music styles, classes, and according to the instrument played. Further, this investigation attempted to analyze the perceptions of students in relation to exposure to loud music and consequent health risks, as well as to characterize preventive behaviors. The results showed that music students are exposed to high sound levels in the course of their academic activity. This exposure is potentiated by practice outside the school and other external activities. Differences were found between music style, instruments, and classes. Tinnitus, hyperacusis, diplacusis, and sound distortion were reported by the students. However, students were not entirely aware of the health risks related to exposure to high sound pressure levels. These findings reflect the importance of starting intervention in relation to noise risk reduction at an early stage, when musicians are commencing their activity as students.

Wandlungen des Herrscherbildes im politischen Denken des Spatmittelalters

pp. 311-328

Quelques réflexions sur un espace composé

L’idée d’entité sonore englobe les aspects physiques du phénomène sonore et ceux perceptifs dans un réseau d’opérations manipulables au niveau de la composition musicale (sonore). L’entité sonore ne pourra, par ses particularités, être objectivement définie que par l’ensemble d’éléments disparates qui la constituent lesquels ne semblent pas a priori cohésifs. Cependant, la technologie actuelle autorise l’accès non seulement à l’extériorité mais également à l’intériorité du son, rendant possible l’intégration logique de toutes ses hétérogénéités. Fondée sur des opérations, des articulations, mais également sur des perceptions, l’entité sonore inclut l’acte même de composition : des schémas opératoires, des interactions et des articulations en font partie. Ainsi conçue dans le contexte musical, elle est un élément qui interagit, qui agit, qui réagit et qui accepte des transformations dans le contexte compositionnel où elle est utilisée ou construite. Le son ainsi composé, considéré comme un ensemble de perceptions, d’éléments manipulables, d’opérations possibles à tous les niveaux temporels, est une présence porteuse d’espace.

Extracção de classes de ocupação do solo a partir de imagens de alta resolução com recurso a árvores de decisão

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Detecção Remota e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica

Detecção remota em meio urbano: teste com classificadores supervisionados a nível do pixel sobre imagens de alta resolução espacial aplicados numa lógica hierárquica de classes

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão do Território, Área de Especialização em Detecção Remota e Sistemas de Informação Geográfica

Regards croisés francophones et portugais : les images des Portugais dans la littérature romanesque contemporaine (1950-2000)

Tese de doutoramento em Línguas e Literaturas Românicas, Literatura Românica Comparada

The importance of physical education classes in pre-school children

The purpose of this study was to analyse differences between total physical activity (TPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) of pre-school children during daily school hours when they attended the physical education class (PED) and school days without PE class (NPED) and to assess the contribution of PE classes to TPA in school hours. The sample was composed of 193 pre-school healthy children (96 girls) aged from three to five years old and was conducted between February and December of 2008. Children wore accelerometers for at least four consecutive days during school hours. Data were analysed with specific software, age-specific counts-per-minute cut-off points and a 5 s epoch were used. Independent and general linear model repeated measures were used to assess differences between gender and differences between different days within each gender, respectively. Boys engaged more MVPA than girls (P < 0.05). During PED, pre-school children engaged significantly more in TPA and MVPA than during NPED (P < 0.05). PE class contributed, on average, 27.7% for the TPA and 32.8% of daily MVPA during PED in both gender. The results of this study suggest that structured PA such as a PE class increased the daily TPA and MVPA level of pre-school children.

Ethno-pragmatique et prosodie. Présentation d'une hypothèse de recherche pluridisciplinaire dans le domaine des sciences du langage et de la culture

L'hypothèse de recherche que nous souhaitons vous présenter ici a pour objet l&s fonctions pragmatiques de Ia prosodie. L'ensemble de notre Projet de Recherche s'organise en effet autour d'une seule (mais fondamentale) hypothèse de travail: c'est dans et par Ia prosodie que pour Vessentiel le langage contribue activement à Ia construction du lien social. La formulation de cette hypothèse resulte des travaux que nous avons menés dans le champ de FAnthropologie des rites, étudiés dans une perspective sémiologique (au sens large), visant à mieux saisir dans quelle mesure et selon quelles modalités, dans et par le rite, Vordre du signe est signe de 1'ordreK Le rite constitue un système complexe de comrpunication symbolique qui contribue en effet activement à definir sur le plan sémantique et à structurer sur le plan dramaturgique les situations d'interaction sociale.

Protective and risk factors for toxocariasis in children from two different social classes of Brazil

The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of Toxocara spp. antibodies in children from two different socioeconomic classes in the Presidente Prudente municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil, and the protective and risk factors associated with toxocariasis. One hundred and twenty-six middle-class (MC) and 126 disadvantaged children (DC) were included in this study. Anti-Toxocara ELISA test was performed in order to evaluate seroprevalence. A survey was applied to the children's guardians/parents in order to analyze the protective and risk factors. The overall prevalence was 11.1%, and of 9.5% (12/126) and 12.7% (16/126) for MC and DC subgroups, respectively. Toxocara seropositivity was inversely proportional to the family income. A high household income was considered a protective factor for toxocariasis in the total population and in both MC and DC subgroups. Being a girl was considered a protective factor for the total population and for both subgroups. Whilst being an owner of cat was a risk factor for children belonging to the total and for both MC and DC subgroups, having dog was considered as a risk factor for only the MC. Epidemiologic protective/factor risks can be distinct depending on the strata of the same population. Thus, it is relevant to evaluate these factors independently for different socioeconomic classes in order to design future investigations and programs for preventing the infection of human beings by Toxocara spp. and other geohelminths.

A influência das tecnologias da comunicação e da informação na atitude das classes médias urbanas

Como escreve Edgar Morin "..., a questão da origem do homem e da cultura não diz unicamente respeito a uma ignorância que é preciso reduzir, a uma curiosidade a satisfazer. É uma questão com um alcance teórico imenso, múltiplo e geral. E o nó górdio que sustem a soldadura epistemológica entre natureza/cultura, animal/homem. É o local exacto onde devemos procurar o fundamento da antropologia, i De que forma as tecnologias da comunicação vão influenciar as atitudes culturais e porquê a preocupação com as classes médias urbanas? Qual o motivo do seu isolamento como objecto e (ou) sujeito no domínio que estamos a tratar? Porque defendemos o ponto de vista de que se trata do grupo social (ou do conjunto de sub-grupos sociais) meno(s) enraizado(s) numa cultura própria e por esse motivo com maior exposição à manipulação televisiva, à influência dos jornais, à informação radiofônica e até às vagas da intemet. Neste contexto, os comportamentos das elites universitárias, das aristocracias operárias, dos rendeiros agrícolas e dos proletários rurais obedecem a padrões de comportamento diversos, mas em que o cosmopolitismo, a ancestralidade e o distanciamento face a valores socialmente dominantes dificultarão as condições de manipulação.

A festa nazi em Le Roi des Aulnes. De Michel Tournier: eu-foria e dis-foria

Sugerido para estes encontros interdisciplinares, o tema da Festa reenvia-nos para sentimentos de alegria e plenitude, para algo que traz ao quofidiano a abolição do tempo, uma centelha de renovação e etemidade, que podemos denominar de euforia. De acordo com a etimologia, a palavra foria deriva do grego (popeív e significa trazer, levar, carregar, ao passo que o prefixo eu, (et)) da mesma origem, quer dizer bem. Se juntarmos à mesma palavra, foria, o prefixo Ôya, também de origem grega, obteremos, o confrário de euforia, isto é, disforia que significa carregar mal-estar, dificuldade, desgraça. O romance de Michel Tournier, Le Roi des aulnes,^ que, segundo o autor, esteve para ser intitulado La phorie,^ organiza-se em tomo de núcleos temáticos relacionados com o sentido da palavra ^r/úf. No romance, a euforia é definida pela personagem principal como uma festa, «porter avec bonheur», mas a leitura mostra que euforia (eu-foria) e disforia (dis-foria) são dois estados reversíveis, podendo existir em simultâneo, e que a face de um pode ocultar a do outro.

A problemática da (In)disciplina em sala de aula: o papel do professor na sua (des)construção

Relatório de Estágio apresentado para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ensino da História e da Geografia no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário