Probability and statistics: selected problems

Probability and Statistics—Selected Problems is a unique book for senior undergraduate and graduate students to fast review basic materials in Probability and Statistics. Descriptive statistics are presented first, and probability is reviewed secondly. Discrete and continuous distributions are presented. Sample and estimation with hypothesis testing are presented in the last two chapters. The solutions for proposed excises are listed for readers to references.

Linear algebra: selected problems

Linear Algebra—Selected Problems is a unique book for senior undergraduate and graduate students to fast review basic materials in Linear Algebra. Vector spaces are presented first, and linear transformations are reviewed secondly. Matrices and Linear systems are presented. Determinants and Basic geometry are presented in the last two chapters. The solutions for proposed excises are listed for readers to references.

Des+construção sénior, sentimento e teatro : trabalho de projeto

Trabalho de Projecto submetido à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Teatro e Comunidade.

A arte de envelhecer dançando: recordar o passado e preparar o futuro no Centro Social da Paróquia de Santa Eulália de Nespereira

Com a realização do trabalho, que agora se apresenta, tem-se como finalidade refletir sobre a maneira como se pode envelhecer dançando. Sustentados na metodologia de projeto, o esforço recaiu numa análise sobre as conexões das necessidades emergentes dos participantes, no que concerne desejos e motivações dos idosos1 (bem como as diferentes implicações subjacentes e latentes), com a possibilidade de as concretizar pela dança. Intentou-se, assim depreender de que forma numa sociedade global, onde o acesso a informações e conhecimentos atualizados é fundamental, a motivação para a aquisição de novas competências, adaptadas a novos desafios e situações, é considerada crucial e possível na idade adulta, e mais concretamente no período de reforma e, particularmente neste caso, na melhoria da ocupação dos tempos livres, desenvolvendo novas competências e estímulos. Tendo em conta os interesses e a implicação dos idosos, direcionou-se o trabalho no sentido de se construir um projeto com e para os idosos, através da metodologia de investigação ação participativa, mostrando como não há idade para aprender nem para ensinar, de forma a potenciar melhorias na qualidade de vida dos participantes, nos tempos livres ocupando-os e implicando-os, suplantando as habituais atividade comummente designadas de “entreter velhinhos”.

Feasibility and acceptability of an exergame intervention for schizophrenia

Objectives To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an exergame intervention as a tool to promote physical activity in outpatients with schizophrenia. Design Feasibility/Acceptability Study and Quasi-Experimental Trial. Method Sixteen outpatients with schizophrenia received treatment as usual and they all completed an 8-week exergame intervention using Microsoft Kinect® (20 min sessions, biweekly). Participants completed pre and post treatment assessments regarding functional mobility (Timed Up and Go Test), functional fitness performance (Senior Fitness Test), motor neurological soft signs (Brief Motor Scale), hand grip strength (digital dynamometer), static balance (force plate), speed of processing (Trail Making Test), schizophrenia-related symptoms (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) and functioning (Personal and Social Performance Scale). The EG group completed an acceptability questionnaire after the intervention. Results Attrition rate was 18.75% and 69.23% of the participants completed the intervention within the proposed schedule. Baseline clinical traits were not related to game performance indicators. Over 90% of the participants rated the intervention as satisfactory and interactive. Most participants (76.9%) agreed that this intervention promotes healthier lifestyles and is an acceptable alternative to perform physical activity. Repeated-measures MANOVA analyses found no significant multivariate effects for combined outcomes. Conclusion This study established the feasibility and acceptability of an exergame intervention for outpatients with schizophrenia. The intervention proved to be an appealing alternative to physical activity. Future trials should include larger sample sizes, explore patients' adherence to home-based exergames and consider greater intervention dosage (length, session duration, and/or frequency) in order to achieve potential effects.

Proactive services ecosystem framework

Dissertation presented to obtain the degree of Doctor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specialization on Collaborative Enterprise Networks

How to increase and attract more tourists into Kenya throught experiental marketing

This marketing plan project is a culmination of extensive strategies with the use of experiential marketing to address issues confronting the Kenyan tourism industry in order to have a sustainable tourism sector. Following the terrorist attack carried out by Islamist militants’ belonging to al-Shabaab terrorist organization on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall in September 2013, tourist forecast has gone down sharply with an average of 20% fall in tourists’ arrivals which is likely to have an impact on the tourism sector in Kenya. Even before the deadly attack on Westgate, the most lethal attack by Islamist terrorists in 15 years in Kenya, the government through the Kenya tourist board had announced that in 2013 tourist arrivals were down by 12%, at 495,978, according to an October 2013 report by Bloomberg. Tourism revenues were also down by 7.4%, over FY12/13 (July-June) to reach KES96.24bn, according to a September 2013 report on the local Capital FM website. Beyond 2013, much will depend on how quickly the Kenya tourist board can regain control of the situation. The Kenyan government believes that the Westgate mall attack was a 'one-off' incident, with a low probability of a similar event happening again over the short term period. Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, France and Canada continue to be the key source market however; the Kenya tourist board can make continued growth stronger from new emerging markets in order to increase new arrivals into the country. The marketing plan outlines the objectives to be implemented and provides the implementation strategy, activity plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, financial requirements projections and proposes a new structure of experiential marketing. A number of regional forces are identified that will impact tourism into the country including global, social and economic forces, emerging trends in visitor motivations and behavior, emerging forces in experiential marketing. A major component of the strategy identifies target markets for Kenya to commensurate with the level of resources that will be available for marketing and promotion, in keeping with the forces and trends identified and the nature of the Kenya tourism environment. The agreed upon target market segments are: generic/mass travel, experiential travel, creative travel, adventure seeking travel, senior/extended/long stay travel, and business related travel. The strategy phases the development of the target markets over the years of the marketing strategies in order to yield the best opportunity for results. A core activity in developing a marketing strategy is determining the nature of experiences Kenya offers in tourism. The strategy’s experience development process will continue to develop within the context of the products identified which will be promoted regionally: culture/heritage, nature, community-based. Each county in the country has a significant number of attractions and experiences and the challenge of the country is to bring these together in a creative and innovative way in order to encourage tourists to visit more than one county in Kenya.

CTT, the mail going public

The main purpose of this case-study is to analyse CTT’s privatisation process, a previously Government-owned firm, which went public in 2013, under the terms of the adjustment program agreed between Portugal, the European institutions (ECB and European Commission) and the IMF. The emphasis will be placed on the IPO process, but also on the company itself (its history, current situation and prospects for its new phase, as a publicly listed company). This piece of work aims to evaluate the different alternatives for the privatisation of the company along with the respective implications, as well as the outcome of the actual decision taken by the Portuguese Government. One key aspect of the case is also to understand the importance that the privatisation of the Royal Mail, which can be seen as a peer of the Portuguese company, in the unfolding of the process and in the choice of the privatisation model. The case intends to show how the British process influenced the subsequent option of the Portuguese entities to sell CTT through an IPO, instead of a trade sale. All in all, the overall objective of this case-study is to analyse CTT’s successful sale process, which created the first Portuguese company with 100% free-float. 3 On the last days of November 2013, Steven Bernstein was staring at the window of his office overlooking downtown Manhattan, not even noticing the intense rain that was pouring down. As senior manager at ABC Fund, a pension fund responsible for managing more than 800 million dollars, his thoughts were focused on a very important decision that ABC Fund would have to make in just a matter of days. The American pension fund was considering whether or not to invest in the upcoming Initial Public Offering of CTT- Correios de Portugal, the Government-owned Portuguese mail company. Is this investment opportunity in accordance with the risk profile of a pension fund? Is it a wise decision to acquire shares in a Portuguese company when the country is at the centre of the European Sovereign debt crisis, going through a very demanding economic adjustment program imposed by its bail-out creditors? Would the creation of Portugal's Postal Bank make CTT a sure bet today when its price does not fully reflect the future benefits from entering financial services? Those were some of the questions that were constantly in Mr. Bernstein’s mind over the last couple of days and he was struggling to find the answers…

Radiologists' vs. surgeons' reading performance in non traumatic acute abdomen CTs : P32

Purpose: Emergency room reading performances have been a point of interest in recent studies comparing radiologists to other physician groups. Our objective was to evaluate and compare the reading performances of radiologists and surgeons in an emergency room setting of non-traumatic abdominal CTs. Methods and materials: A total of ten readers representing four groups participated in this study: three senior radiologists and visceral surgeons, respectively, and two junior radiologists and surgeons, respectively. Each observer blindedly evaluated a total of 150 multi-slice acute abdominal CTs. CTs were chosen representing established proportions of acute abdomen pathologies in a Level I trauma centre from 2003 to 2005. Each answer was interpretated as right or wrong regarding pathology location, diagnosis and need for operation. Gold standard was the intraoperative result, and the clinical patient follow-up for non-operated patients. Significance was assumed at a p <.05 level. Results: Senior radiologists had a mean score of 2.38 ± 1.14, junior radiologists a score of 2.34 ± 1.14, whereas senior surgeons scored 2.07 ± 1.30 and junior surgeons 1.62 ± 1.42. No significant difference was found between the two radiologist groups, but results were significantly better for senior surgeons as compared to junior surgeons and better for the two radiologist groups as compared to each of the surgeon groups (all p <.05). Conclusion: Abdominal CT reading in an acute abdomen setting should continue to rely on an evaluation by a radiologist, whether senior or junior. Satisfying reading results can be achieved by senior visceral surgeons, but junior surgeons need more experience for a good reading performance.

Then and Now: Leadership

The purpose of the “Then and Now” program is to engage these people more actively in the annual meetings and provide a forum for them to engage with those who are following in their footsteps. This purpose allows the missions of the Community of Academy Senior Scholars (CASS) and the Management History (MH) Division to intersect. CASS has as one of its goals to keep these pioneers of management history engaged in their profession and their professional organization (AOM). MH has as one of its goals to accurately record the intellectual contributions of the pioneers of the management field.

Drivers and Barriers of Collaboration in the Value Chain of Paperboard-Packed Consumer Goods

Value chain collaboration has been a prevailing topic for research, and there is a constantly growing interest in developing collaborative models for improved efficiency in logistics. One area of collaboration is demand information management, which enables improved visibility and decrease of inventories in the value chain. Outsourcing of non-core competencies has changed the nature of collaboration from intra-enterprise to cross-enterprise activity, and this together with increasing competition in the globalizing markets have created a need for methods and tools for collaborative work. The retailer part in the value chain of consumer packaged goods (CPG) has been studied relatively widely, proven models have been defined, and there exist several best practice collaboration cases. The information and communications technology has developed rapidly, offering efficient solutions and applications to exchange information between value chain partners. However, the majority of CPG industry still works with traditional business models and practices. This concerns especially companies operating in the upstream of the CPG value chain. Demand information for consumer packaged goods originates at retailers' counters, based on consumers' buying decisions. As this information does not get transferred along the value chain towards the upstream parties, each player needs to optimize their part, causing safety margins for inventories and speculation in purchasing decisions. The safety margins increase with each player, resulting in a phenomenon known as the bullwhip effect. The further the company is from the original demand information source, the more distorted the information is. This thesis concentrates on the upstream parts of the value chain of consumer packaged goods, and more precisely the packaging value chain. Packaging is becoming a part of the product with informative and interactive features, and therefore is not just a cost item needed to protect the product. The upstream part of the CPG value chain is distinctive, as the product changes after each involved party, and therefore the original demand information from the retailers cannot be utilized as such – even if it were transferred seamlessly. The objective of this thesis is to examine the main drivers for collaboration, and barriers causing the moderate adaptation level of collaborative models. Another objective is to define a collaborative demand information management model and test it in a pilot business situation in order to see if the barriers can be eliminated. The empirical part of this thesis contains three parts, all related to the research objective, but involving different target groups, viewpoints and research approaches. The study shows evidence that the main barriers for collaboration are very similar to the barriers in the lower part of the same value chain; lack of trust, lack of business case and lack of senior management commitment. Eliminating one of them – the lack of business case – is not enough to eliminate the two other barriers, as the operational model in this thesis shows. The uncertainty of the future, fear of losing an independent position in purchasing decision making and lack of commitment remain strong enough barriers to prevent the implementation of the proposed collaborative business model. The study proposes a new way of defining the value chain processes: it divides the contracting and planning process into two processes, one managing the commercial parts and the other managing the quantity and specification related issues. This model can reduce the resistance to collaboration, as the commercial part of the contracting process would remain the same as in the traditional model. The quantity/specification-related issues would be managed by the parties with the best capabilities and resources, as well as access to the original demand information. The parties in between would be involved in the planning process as well, as their impact for the next party upstream is significant. The study also highlights the future challenges for companies operating in the CPG value chain. The markets are becoming global, with toughening competition. Also, the technology development will most likely continue with a speed exceeding the adaptation capabilities of the industry. Value chains are also becoming increasingly dynamic, which means shorter and more agile business relationships, and at the same time the predictability of consumer demand is getting more difficult due to shorter product life cycles and trends. These changes will certainly have an effect on companies' operational models, but it is very difficult to estimate when and how the proven methods will gain wide enough adaptation to become standards.

Recueil de pièces relatives principalement à la Bourgogne, au Portugal et à l'Allemagne de 1343 à 1575.

Contient : 1 Lettre d'ANDRE DANDOLO, doge de Venise, à Louis, comte de Flandres, concernant un nommé Ange Guide, qui avait en gage certains joyaux appartenant audit comte. Palais des doges, 14 janvier 1343. En latin. Orig. sur parchemin ; 2 Lettre d'YOLANDE DE FLANDRE, comtesse de Bar et dame de Cassel, à Louis de Male, comte de Flandre, touchant les différends survenus entre lui et Robert, duc de Bar, fils d'Yolande. Signée : « La contesse de Bar et dame de Cassel,... Escript à Clermont, le XIIe jour de janvier » 1356 au plus tôt. Orig ; 3 Lettre de CHARLES V à Louis de Male, comte de Flandre, pour le prier de se trouver au traité de paix projeté avec l'Angleterre. Signée : « Charles ». Senlis, 25 octobre 1375. Orig. sur parchemin ; 4 Réponse de LOUIS DE MALE, comte DE FLANDRE, à la lettre de Charles V. Signée : « Loys, contes de Flandres ». Gand, 3 novembre 1375. Autographe ; 5 Lettre de CHARLES V à Marguerite de France, comtesse de Flandre et d'Artois, portant créance pour le duc de Bourgogne, qu'il envoyait vers elle pour quelques affaires secrètes. « Escrit de notre main le jour Saint Martin. Charles ». 1376. Autographe ; 6 Lettre de JEAN, duc DE BRETAGNE, au comte de Flandre, Louis de Male, lui demandant secours contre Charles de Blois. Signée : « Jehan, duc de Bretaigne, conte de Montfort et viconte de Limoges,... Escript à Kemperelé, le IIIIe jour de juign » 1364. Orig ; 7 Lettre de WENCESLAS, duc DE LUXEMBOURG et de Brabant, audit comte de Flandre, touchant un différend survenu entre eux au sujet de « ceaus de Cons ». Signée : « Li dux de Lucemburch et de Brabant,... Escrit à Lucemburch, XIIII jours, en avril ». Environ 1360. Orig ; 8 Lettre de FREDERIC DE SAARWERDEN, archevêque de Cologne, audit comte de Flandre, qui lui avait envoyé le seigneur de La Gruythuyse, chevalier, et le prévôt de l'église de Notre-Dame de Bruges. Il le félicite de ce qu'ils lui ont appris qu'il avait reconnu Urbain VI pour pape. Signée : « Fridericus, archiepiscopus Coloniensis... ». Francfort-sur-le-Mein, 17 septembre 1378. Orig. En latin ; 9 Lettre de CUNO DE FALKENSTEIN, archevêque de Trèves, au même comte de Flandre, sur le même sujet. Signée : « Cuno, archiepiscopus Treverensis ». Francfort-sur-le-Mein, 24 septembre 1378. Orig. En latin ; 10 Lettre de RUPERT Ier, comte palatin du Rhin, au même, sur le même sujet. Signée : « Rupertus senior, Dei gratia comes palatinus Reni, sacri imperii elector et Bavarie dux ». Francfort-sur-le-Mein, 17 septembre 1378. Orig. En latin ; 11 Lettre de JEAN Ier, roi D'ARAGON, à Philippe le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne, pour lui demander de vouloir bien favorablement traiter ses sujets trafiquant en Flandre. Signée : « Rex Aragonum ». « Dat. in Montesono, sub nostro sigillo secreto, XVa die aprilis, anno a Nativitate Domini MCCCLXXXIX ». Orig. En latin ; 12 Lettre de YOLANDE, reine d'Aragon, au même, sur le même sujet. Signée : « La reyna d'Arago ». Monzon, 13 avril 1389. Orig. En aragonais ; 13 « Offres faictes aux Anglois par les ambaxadeurs du roy au traictié fait à Arras ». Arras, 8 septembre 1435 ; 14 Déposition de RAOUL LE BOUVIER, chanoine d'Angers, de ce qu'il savait du traité d'Arras touchant les villes engagées au duc de Bourgogne. Signée : « Bouvier ». 6 novembre 1451. Orig ; 15 Lettre de PHILIPPE LE HARDI, duc DE BOURGOGNE, à son beau-père, Louis, comte de Flandres. Signée : « Vostre filz le duc de Bourgoingne ». Compiègne, 7 juillet. Orig ; 16 Autre lettre du même au même. Signée de même. Même date. Orig ; 17 Lettre de PHILIPPE LE BON, duc DE BOURGOGNE, aux baillis, prévôts et échevins de Courtrai. Signée : « Phelippe ». Lille, 22 août. Orig ; 18 Autre lettre du même aux mêmes. Signée : « Phelippe ». Mons, 14 novembre 1451 ? Orig ; 19 Lettre d'ISABELLE DE PORTUGAL, femme de Philippe le Bon, aux échevins, etc. de Courtrai. Signée : « Isabel ». Bruxelles, 26 décembre. Orig ; 20 Lettre de JEAN DE BOURGOGNE, comte DE NEVERS, aux mêmes. Arras, 31 mars. Orig ; 21 Lettre d'ISABELLE DE BOURBON, femme de Charles le Téméraire, aux mêmes. Signée : « Isabel ». Bruges, 4 janvier. Orig ; 22 Lettre de PHILIPPE LE BON, duc DE BOURGOGNE, aux mêmes, signée : « Phelippe ». Bruxelles, 7 décembre 1451. Orig ; 23 Autre lettre du même aux mêmes, signée : « Phelippe ». Bruxelles, 10 décembre 1451. Orig ; 24 Lettre d'EDOUARD IV, roi D'ANGLETERRE, au duc de Bourgogne selon Baluze, au roi Louis XI, selon une note ancienne placée au dos de la pièce, pour le porter à la paix avec le duc d'Autriche, 19 mars 1475 ou 1480. Copie ; 25 Lettre de PHILIPPE LE BON, duc DE BOURGOGNE, à Charles VII, signée : « Phelippe ». Lille, 29 décembre 1453. Orig ; 26 Voeu de Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, dit le Voeu du paon, précédé du récit du banquet où ce voeu fut prononcé. Lille, 17 et 22 février 1454 n. st. Copie ; 27 Lettre de « NICOLAS ROLIN », chancelier de BourGOGNE, à Charles VII. Bruges, 16 avril 1455. Orig ; 28 Lettre de PHILIPPE LE BON, duc DE BOURGOGNE, au même, signée : « Phelippe ». Leyde, 25 juillet 1456. Orig ; 29 Nouvelles de l'année 1457, relatives aux affaires de Bourgogne et d'Angleterre ; 30 Lettre d'appel adressée à Charles VII, relative à l'enlèvement d'une fille que le duc de Bourgogne voulait marier à un de ses archers, signée : « JEHAN BARBIN et SYMON ». Paris, 4 avril 1456 n. st. Orig ; 31 Lettre de PHILIPPE LE BON, duc DE BOURGOGNE, aux gens du conseil du roi, signée : « Phelippe », contresignée : « Gros ». Bruxelles, 23 octobre 1456. Orig ; 32 Lettre du même à Charles VII, signée : « Phelippe ». Mons, 8 janvier 1459 n. st. Orig ; 33 Lettre de CHARLES LE TEMERAIRE, alors comte DE CHAROLAIS, à Jean Il le Bon, duc de Bourbon et d'Auvergne, signée : « Charles », contresignée : « Gros ». Le Quesnoy, 13 juillet 1458. Orig ; 34 Réponse du conseil du duc de Bourgogne aux trois états de Bourgogne sur le fait de la gabelle. Lille, 1460 ; 35 Autre réponse. Dijon, 1460 ; 36 Lettre de CHARLES LE TEMERAIRE, alors comte DE CHAROLAIS, aux gens du conseil du roi, signée : « Charles », contresignée : « Gros ». Dinant, 19 août 1466. Orig ; 37 Promesse de PHILIPPE DE COMINES aux habitants de Courtrai, signée : « Phelippe de Comines ». 9 janvier 1468 n. st. Autogaphe ; 38 Lettre du « connestable de Flandres » au chancelier de Flandres. Lille, 1er août 1467. Orig ; 39 Lettre d'EDOUARD IV, roi D'ANGLETERRE, au duc de Bourgogne, signée : « Vostre bon cousin Edouard ». Londres, 20 avril. Orig ; 40 Lettre du duc DE BOURGOGNE, CHARLES LE TEMERAIRE, à Edouard IV, roi d'Angleterre, non signée. « Escript à Arras, le XIe jour d'avril ». Orig ; 41 Lettre de Charles le Téméraire, comte de Charolais, aux prévôt, échevins, etc., de Courtrai, signée : « Charles ». Lille, 15 juin 1464. Orig ; 42 Lettre du même aux mêmes, signée : « Charles ». Lille, 16 juin 1464. Orig ; 43 Double de la lettre précédente, adressée au premier échevin et au secrétaire de la ville de Courtrai. Même signature, même date. Orig ; 44 Lettre du même devenu duc de Bourgogne, au roi de France, signée : « Charles », contresignée : « Gros ». Gand, 16 octobre. Orig ; 45 Lettre du même aux prévôt, échevins, etc., de Courtrai, signée : « Charles ». Bruxelles, 3 février 1468 n. st. Orig ; 46 Lettre du même à Louis XI, signée : « Charles ». Bruxelles, 26 juillet 1467. Orig ; 47 Lettre du même aux prévôt, échevins, etc., de Courtrai, signée : « Charles ». Gand, 20 janvier 1470 n. st. Orig ; 48 Lettre du même aux mêmes, signée : « Charles ». La Haye, 27 septembre 1469. Orig ; 49 Lettre du même au doge de Venise. 19 juillet 1470. Copie. En latin ; 50 Lettre des président et autres conseillers du parlement de Paris à Louis XI. Paris, 25 octobre 1470. Orig ; 51 Les mêmes au même. Paris, 14 décembre 1470. Orig ; 52 Lettre de G. HUGONET, chancelier de Bourgogne, au chancelier de France, signée : « Le tout vostre, G. Hugonet, chancellier de monseigneur de Bourgogne ». Arras, 12 juillet 1476. Orig ; 53 Lettre de CHARLES LE TEMERAIRE, duc DE BOURGOGNE, à Julien de La Rovère, cardinal de Saint-Pierre ès Liens, signée : « Charles ». Luxembourg, 25 avril 1474. Orig. En latin ; 54 Lettre de G. HUGONET, chancelier de Bourgogne, aux prévôt, échevins, etc., de Courtrai, signée : « G. Hugonet ». Bruges, 31 mars 1475. Orig ; 55 Instructions données par FERDINAND LE CATHOLIQUE, roi de CASTILLE et de LEON, premier né d'ARAGON, à ses envoyés à la cour de Marie de Bourgogne. « Medina del Campo », 3 août 1477. Orig. En espagnol. Sceau plaqué ; 56 Lettre de CHARLES-QUINT, non encore empereur, aux prévôt, échevins, etc., de Courtrai, signée : « Charles ». Saragosse, 10 mai 1518. Orig ; 57 Lettre de l'empereur MAXIMILIEN Ier à sa fille Marguerite d'Autriche, signée : « Maxi. ». 22 décembre 1512. Orig ; 58 Lettre de THOMAS DE WOLSEY, cardinal d'York, à la même, signée : « T., cardinalis Ebor. ». Londres, 1er janvier 1521 n. st. Orig. En latin ; 59 Lettre de MARGUERITE D'AUTRICHE au président et aux gens de la cour des comptes de Lille, signée : « Marguerite ». Malines, 29 janvier 1523 n. st. Orig ; 60 Lettre de la même aux mêmes, signée : « Marguerite ». Anvers, 9 juin 1524. Orig. Cachet armorié ; 61 Lettres patentes de FERDINAND, roi DE PORTUGAL, s'engageant vis-à-vis des ambassadeurs de Louis, duc d'Anjou et de Touraine, venus vers lui pour conclure alliance au nom de leur maître, contre le roi d'Aragon, à ne pas traiter de paix avec ledit roi d'Aragon pendant l'espace de 15 jours, nécessaire à la perfection du traité d'alliance. Tentugal, 25 mars 1377. En latin. Orig. sur parchemin ; 62 Mémoire pour la défense de Pierre Barret, sujet du roi de Portugal. Envoyé en 1457 par le roi de Chypre vers le roi d'Aragon, il avait été fait prisonnier à son passage en France, en revenant de Rome, par Jean Leforestier, capitaine d'Aigues-Mortes. 21 janvier 1459 ; 63 « Responces pour la partie de Jehan Leforestier, contrerolleur pour le roy de la recepte generalle de Languedoc et lieutenant d'Aigues Mortes, deffendeur, à la demande baillée par escript par messire Pierre Barret, tant pour lui que autres Portugaloys prisonniers. demandeur ». 1459 ; 64 Lettre d'ALPHONSE, roi DE PORTUGAL, à Louis XI, signée : « El Rey ». Sceau plaqué. Elvas, 23 avril 1464. Orig. En latin ; 65 Lettre du même au même. « Vila de Arguedas », 11 mars 1464. Orig. En portugais ; 66 Mémoire donné par JACQUES DE GUARDIA, envoyé de don Pedro de Portugal, soi-disant roi d'Aragon, au comte de Candale, vice-roi de Roussillon et de Cerdagne. 1465. En aragonais ; 67 Lettre d'ALPHONSE, roi DE PORTUGAL, à Louis XI, signée : « El Rey ». Estremoz, 8 janvier 1475. En latin. Orig. sur parchemin ; 68 Copie de la lettre précédente ; 69 Traduction en français de la lettre précédente ; 70 Autre lettre d'Alphonse, roi de Portugal, à Louis XI, signée : « El Rey ». Estremoz, 30 janvier 1475. En latin. Orig ; 71 Lettre de LOUIS XI à Alphonse, roi de Portugal. Paris, avril 1475. En latin. Copie ; 72 « Minute au net des premières instructions données » par Louis XI à Olivier le Roux, envoyé en ambassade auprès du roi de Portugal, en 1475 ; 73 Lettre de JEAN, duc DE LUXEMBOURG, au duc de Bourbon, signée : « Johan, duc de Luccembourgh et de Gorlitz et marquis de Lusitz ». Luxembourg, 10 mars 1400 ? Orig ; 74 Lettre de PHILIPPE-MARIE, duc DE MILAN, au chancelier de France, Guillaume Juvénal Des Ursins, signée : « Filippus Maria Anglus... ». Cusago, 18 janvier 1447. En latin. Orig ; 75 Lettre de JEAN CARVAJAL, cardinal de Saint-Ange à Charles VII, signée : « Jo., cardinalis S. Angeli, apostolice sedis legatus ». Vienne, 2 décembre 1447. Autographe. En latin ; 76 Lettre de l'empereur FREDERIC III à Charles VII. 11 juin 1448. Orig. Parchemin. En latin ; 77 Autre lettre du même au même. 9 janvier 1454. Orig. En latin ; 78 Lettre de JEAN HUNYADE à Denis Szechy, cardinal archevêque de Strigonie. 23 juillet 1456. Copie ; 79 Lettre de GEORGES PODIEBRAD, roi DE BOHEME, à Louis XI. Prague, 4 janvier 1467. Orig. En latin. Parchemin ; 80 Lettre du même à Matthias Corvin, roi de Hongrie. 28 juillet 1468 ? En latin. Copie ; 81 Lettre de ROBERT DE BAVIERE, archevêque de Cologne, à Louis XI, signée : « Ropertus, Dei gratia archiepiscopus Coloniensis, princeps elector Westfalie... » Bonn, 26 août 1471. En latin. Orig ; 82 Lettre de SIGISMOND, archiduc D'AUTRICHE, à Pierre d'Oriole, chancelier de France. Innsprück, 24 janvier 1478. En latin. Orig ; 83 Lettre, en latin, du sénat et du magistrat de Nuremberg à François Ier. 9 mai 1519. Orig. Vélin. Cachet ; 84 Supplique, en latin, des princes protestants à l'empereur, en faveur de leurs coreligionnaires de Bavière, Savoie, Luccau, persécutés. Acte en latin, souscrit : « Wolffangus, comes palatinus Rheni ; Udalricus, dux Megapolensis ; Christophorus, dux Wirtembergicus ». 1566. Copie ; 85 Lettre de FREDERIC III, comte palatin du Rhin, à Emmanuel-Philibert, duc de Savoie, en faveur des protestants persécutés. Augsbourg, 23 mai 1566. Copie. En latin ; 86 Manifeste de la noblesse de Pologne au sujet de l'élection d'Étienne Bathori, roi de Pologne. Varsovie, 15 décembre 1575. Copie. En latin

Bill and Terry

Bill Bremner, Senior Chairman and Terry O'Malley, President and Creative Director

The connection between career education and career maturity /

The value of career education is measured by the extent to which it enhances students' decision making skills regarding career planning. This is referred to as "career maturity". The purpose of this study was to examine what connections could be found between career education and career maturity within one career planning course. A senior level career planning class was studied in depth for one semester and five senior students participated in the study. The five students were interviewed three times during the semester to determine whether, and to what extent, students feel more prepared personally to make decisions as a result of a guided course of instruction. The current trend in education shows an increased emphasis on career education. The government mandates career education, students are in need of career planning courses, and parents want students to learn how to effectively make decisions concerning their future. With this increased emphasis comes the need to evaluate current career education programs which is why this study is significant and useful. The central findings were as follows: first, as a result of taking a career planning course students did increase their career maturity. Second, current career education planning curriculum was similar to the proposed course of study for career planning which comes into effect in September 1999. Current curriculum does help to prepare students to make informed educational and career decisions, a chief aim of the proposed curriculum. Knowing that this outcome is currently achieved will help when the course is being organized to fit the new curriculum.

The nature of bullying among secondary school students /

The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence and effect of bullying in a secondary school. Six hundred and fifty-nine student volunteers completed a survey which included a quantitative component of 40 questions and 3 questions which required a written response. The results suggest that approximately 1 student in 10 was involved in a bullying situation either as a bully or a victim. As age increased, physical bullying decreased whereas psychological remained high in the senior years of high school. Boys were involved more in bullying than girls, especially in the junior years. The effects of bullying could be devastating to the point of school avoidance or early school leaving. The results also indicate that much of the bullying was not being reported. The implication for the education system is that more needs to be done to prevent bullying, to encourage the reporting of bullying, and to deal with the aftermath of a bullying situation.