Welcome to the new world disorder: conflict and transformation in Ian McEwan’s saturday

Ian McEwan‘s novel Saturday deals with the complex issues of conflict and transformation in the age of terrorism. The plot presents one internal dilemma and several interpersonal altercations that occur within a mere twenty-four hours: a) Perowne (the protagonist) vs. himself, in face of his ambivalent thoughts regarding British military participation in the war in the Middle East; b) The protagonist vs. Baxter, a ruffian from East End, in the context of a car accident; c) Perowne vs. a fellow anaesthetist, Jay Strauss, during a squash game; d) Perowne‘s daughter, Daisy vs. her grandfather, John Grammaticus, both poets and rivals; e) Perowne‘s family vs. Baxter, who intrudes the protagonist‘s house. In this paper, I exemplify, analyse and discuss how: a) Understanding the causes of what we call evil constitutes an important step towards mutual understanding; b) Both science and arts (which Perowne considers, at first, irrelevant) are important elements in the process of transformation; c) Both personal and interpersonal conflicts are intrinsic to human nature — but they also propitiate healthy changes in behaviour and opinion, through reflection. In order to do so, I resort to Saturday, and to the work of several specialists in the field of conflict management.

Relatório de estágio

Relatório de Estágio apresentado à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, nos termos estabelecidos no Regulamento do Mestrado em Ensino da Matemática, para a obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Ensino de Matemática no 3º ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Secundário

Preços de transferência – o caso português

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentado ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Auditoria, sob orientação da Mestre Gabriela Pinheiro

Body mass index, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption and cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx: modeling odds ratios in pooled case-control data.

Odds ratios for head and neck cancer increase with greater cigarette and alcohol use and lower body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height(2) (m(2))). Using data from the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium, the authors conducted a formal analysis of BMI as a modifier of smoking- and alcohol-related effects. Analysis of never and current smokers included 6,333 cases, while analysis of never drinkers and consumers of < or =10 drinks/day included 8,452 cases. There were 8,000 or more controls, depending on the analysis. Odds ratios for all sites increased with lower BMI, greater smoking, and greater drinking. In polytomous regression, odds ratios for BMI (P = 0.65), smoking (P = 0.52), and drinking (P = 0.73) were homogeneous for oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers. Odds ratios for BMI and drinking were greater for oral cavity/pharyngeal cancer (P < 0.01), while smoking odds ratios were greater for laryngeal cancer (P < 0.01). Lower BMI enhanced smoking- and drinking-related odds ratios for oral cavity/pharyngeal cancer (P < 0.01), while BMI did not modify smoking and drinking odds ratios for laryngeal cancer. The increased odds ratios for all sites with low BMI may suggest related carcinogenic mechanisms; however, BMI modification of smoking and drinking odds ratios for cancer of the oral cavity/pharynx but not larynx cancer suggests additional factors specific to oral cavity/pharynx cancer.

Suite de la Clef, ou Journal historique sur les matieres du tems

1731/01 (T29)-1731/06.

Suite de la Clef, ou Journal historique sur les matieres du tems

1731/07 (T30)-1731/12.

L'Écho de Paris

1888/12/19 (Numéro 1731).

La Connoissance des temps, ou calendrier et éphémérides du lever & coucher du soleil, de la lune, & des autres planètes...

1731.

Arrêt du Grand Conseil rendu en faveur des secrétaires du Roi, lesquels sont maintenus dans l'exemption du logement des gens de guerre

[Acte. 1729-09-09. Paris]

Arrêt du grand conseil en faveur du Sr de Vouges, trésorier de France, contre les marguilliers de l'église de Boissy-Saint-Léger, par lequel il est ordonné que lesdits marguilliers seront tenus porter le pain-bénit à lui, sa femme et sa famille et de le faire jouir des honneurs de ladite église immédiatement après le seigneur

[Acte. 1731-01-09. Paris]