361 research outputs found
A EVOLUÇÃO E A INTERLIGAÇÃO DAS AÇÕES AFIRMATIVAS E DE PERMANÊNCIA NO ENSINO SUPERIOR BRASILEIRO
No full textAtravés dos microdados do Censo da Educação Superior, este trabalho objetivou analisar a evolução das ações afirmativas e de permanência e verificar se elas evoluíram de forma interligada no ensino superior federal brasileiro e suas regiões a partir de 2013. Apenas 37% dos alunos cotistas matriculados receberam alguma ação de permanência em 2013, 34% em 2016 e 39% em 2019. Conclui-se, portanto, que as ações afirmativas e de permanência não estão sendo tratadas de forma integrada. Os resultados apontaram também que as ações de permanência não atendem a toda a demanda e carecem de revisão haja vista que muitas bolsas têm valores insuficientes e deixam de lado as necessidades de ordem acadêmica, simbólica e de pertencimento
The Concept of originality of a work in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
No full textThe article is devoted to the analysis of the content of key judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the interpretation of the legal category of a work’s originality, namely: Infopaq International A/S v. Danske Dagblades Forening (C-5/08), Eva-Maria Painer v. Standard VerlagsGmbH and Others (C-145/10), Football Dataco Ltd v. Yahoo! UK Ltd (C-604/10), and Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário SA v. G-Star Raw CV (C-683/17). The significance of these judgements for the development of a coherent concept of originality is outlined. It is emphasized that the interpretative function of the Court is fundamental and plays an essential role in shaping the legal order in a global sense by harmonizing
the mechanisms of legal enforcement within the EU.
The author draws attention to the evolution and refinement of the substantive understanding of the notion of originality in the course of the Court’s interpretative practice. The article substantiates the close connection between a work’s originality and creative activity. Particular emphasis is placed on the analysis of the essential elements of originality, such as free and creative choices, the personal contribution of the author, and intellectual creative activity.
The author formulates scholarly conclusions regarding the key components of the concept of originality. A critical analysis is conducted on the adequacy of the current legal model for determining the protectability of a work within the EU legal space. It is concluded that the existing flexible legal framework allows for the assessment of originality in each individual case, taking into account the specific characteristics of the object and the nature of the activity that led to its creation.
The article emphasizes that the foundation of originality lies in creative activity, which is the quintessence of imagination and the author’s individual vision, based on personal preferences and resulting in a unique object of copyright. Thus, the specific work embodies an idea of the author that originates from their creative search, realized through intellectual creative activity
Chicago Lakeside Health City Conference Centre
No full textMy graduation project is a part of Chicago Lakeside graduation studio in the Chair of Complex Projects. The goal of the studio was to develop a complex architectural solution based on analysis and economic and social strategies, integrated within existing fabric on different scales. The result of the first stage of my thesis work is an urban strategy for the South Chicago neighbourhood revitalization through the development of the Health City cluster on the former South Works site. Based on the extensive research done in a group of 4 people, we have chosen healthcare related functions as potentially the most applicable to create a brand, attract investments and provide essential facilities for the neighbourhood. In my individual design research I aimed to develop a building that will become a linking element between the functional elements in the research/ education cluster, existing neighbourhood and the public facilities, developed within the Health City master plan. I believe that a Conference Centre could become a link, providing collaboration space for the Science Cluster and attracting the public by facilities, exhibitions, public events and not last – an architectural quality. My project is based on the relationship of old and new: a new multifunctional space within the historical framework. Situated at the beginning of the long strip of the linear park, connecting the South Chicago neighbourhood & Lake Michigan, the conference centre plays an important role in the composition of the campus. Connecting the pedestrian routes, spanning from west to east and from north to south, the building becomes a linking element not only functionally, but also spatially. The building is concealed behind the walls, with only the external envelope visible, reflecting the sky above. The conference centre represents a multifunctional space- a centre of public activity both for the campus and the neighbourhood.Complex ProjectsArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Particulate matter in aerosols produced by two last generation electronic cigarettes: a comparison in a real-world environment
No full textThe design of e-cigarettes (e-cigs) is constantly evolving and the latest models can aerosolize using high-power sub-ohm resistance and hence may produce specific particle concentrations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the aerosol characteristics generated by two different types of electronic cigarette in real-world conditions, such as a sitting room or a small office, in number of particles (particles/cm3). We compared the real time and time-integrated measurements of the aerosol generated by the e-cigarette types Just Fog and JUUL. Real time (10 s average) number of particles (particles/cm3) in 8 different aerodynamic sizes was measured using an optical particle counter (OPC) model Profiler 212-2. Tests were conducted with and without a Heating, Ventilating Air Conditioning System (HVACS) in operation, in order to evaluate the efficiency of air filtration. During the vaping sessions the OPC recorded quite significant increases in number of particles/cm3. The JUUL e-cig produced significantly lower emissions than Just Fog with and without the HVACS in operation. The study demonstrates the rapid volatility or change from liquid or semi-liquid to gaseous status of the e-cig aerosols, with half-life in the order of a few seconds (min. 4.6, max 23.9), even without the HVACS in operation. The e-cig aerosol generated by the JUUL proved significantly lower than that generated by the Just Fog, but this reduction may not be sufficient to eliminate or consistently reduce the health risk for vulnerable non e-cig users exposed to it.Output Status: Forthcoming/Available Online Additional co-authors: X Continente, L Clancy, S Keogan, A Tzortzi, C Vardavas, Á López Nicolás, P Starchenko, J B Soriano, A A Ruprecht, TackSHS Project Investigator
Incidence bounds in positive characteristic via valuations and distality
No full textWe prove distality of quantifier-free relations on valued fields with finite
residue field. By a result of Chernikov-Galvin-Starchenko, this yields
Szemer\'edi-Trotter-like incidence bounds for function fields over finite
fields. We deduce a version of the Elekes-Szab\'o theorem for such fields.Comment: v2: local fixes; v3: local clarification
Hyperdefinable groups and modularity
No full textIn this thesis is presented a study of groups of the form G/G^{00}, where G is a 1-dimensional, definably compact, definably connected, definable group in a saturated real closed field M, with respect to a notion called 1-basedness.
In particular G will be one of the following:
1. ([-1,1),+ mod 2)
2. ([1/b,b),*mod b^2
3. (SO_2(M)*) and truncations
4. (E(M)^0,+) and truncations, where E is an elliptic curve over M,
where a truncation of a linearly or circularly ordered group (G,*) is a group whose underlying set is an interval [a,b) containing the identity of G, and whose operation is *mod(b*a^{-1}).
Such groups G/G^{00} are only hyperdefinable, i.e., quotients of a definable group by a type-definable equivalence relation, in M, and therefore we consider a
suitable expansion M' in which G/G^{00} becomes definable.
We obtain that M' is interdefinable with a real closed valued field M_w, and that 1-basedness of G/G^{00} is related to the internality of G/G^{00} to either the
residue field or the value group of M_w.
In the case when G is the semialgebraic connected component of the M-points of an elliptic curve E, there is a relation between the internality of G/G^{00} to the residue field or the value group of M_w and the notion of algebraic geometric
reduction. Among our results is the following:
If G = E(M)^0, the expansion of M by a predicate for G^{00} is interdefinable with a real closed valued field M_w and G/G^{00} is internal to the value group of M_w if and only if E has split multiplicative reduction; G/G^{00} is internal to the residue field of M_w if and only if E has good reduction or nonsplit multiplicative reduction
Form and structure of the rural-urban fringe as a diagnostic tool of postmodern urban development in Canada
No full textThis research presents an attempt to “geolocate” postmodern urban development within Canadian urban space using changes in the form and structure of the rural-urban fringe areas as a diagnostic tool. The main argument presented herein is that conceptualizations of postmodern urban form and structure, and particularly their treatment in the urban geographic literature, mask the high level of diversity occurring across the Canadian urban hierarchy.
A two-stage methodology linking the models describing postmodern urban form and structure found in the North American geographic literature with the theoretical contributions dealing with factors and forces of urban development is employed. First, investigation of the current patterns of differentiation of the urban social space in Canadian metropolitan areas is conducted. This stage of the analysis is informed by a structural approach to urban geography and carried out by means of factorial ecology. A typology of Canadian rural-urban fringe CSDs is developed using data from 1991 and 1996 censuses of population. Second, two indicators of functional relationships existing between urban fringe and urban core areas — the geographic extent of personal networks of individuals and the activity spaces of households — are investigated in the exemplar rural-urban fringe CSDs. This stage of the analysis is informed by propositions of structuration theory, although it remained compositional with regards to the main focus of analysis.
The results of this research suggest that models of postmodern urban form and structure, which have developed in the context of the recent socio-economic restructuring taking place in the United States, do not adequately describe the situation in Canada. While the current context of urban development in Canada shows certain similarities to that in the United States, it also exhibits some unique features that have important implications for the urban development. Variation in urban form and structure in Canada appears to follow two axes — the regional location of metropolitan areas and their positions within the national urban hierarchy. Although Canada exhibits a strong spatial differentiation into heartland and hinterland regions, no shift in focus of the socio-economic space comparable to that of the American Frostbelt-Sunbelt dichotomy is observed here. The majority of rural-urban fringe areas that have elements of postmodern form and structure were found at the top of the urban hierarchy and in the region that has historically been the economic and political core of Canada. Urban areas positioned in the middle of the urban hierarchy appear to have a monocentric structure with a significant degree of centrality
Passive exposure of non-smokers to E-Cigarette aerosols: Sensory irritation, timing and association with volatile organic compounds
No full textAim The current study examined symptoms of irritation reported by non-smokers passively exposed to e-cigarette aerosols and their timing and association with the concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced. Methods 40 healthy non-smoking adults were exposed to e-cigarette aerosols for 30 min in a 35 m3 room. Second-hand e-cigarette aerosol (SHA) was produced by an experienced e-cigarette user using a standardized topography and two resistance settings (exposure 0.5 Ohm and 1.5 Ohm), in addition to a control session (no emissions). PM2.5 and PM1.0 were continuously measured over the duration of exposure, while Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) were recorded at 0, 15 and 30 min (t0, t15 and t30) of exposure. Each participant completed an irritation questionnaire at t0, t15, t30 of exposure and t60 (30 min post-exposure) on ocular, nasal, throat-respiratory symptoms of irritation and general complaints. Kruskal-Wallis H test for PM comparisons, repeated measures ANOVA for VOCs and Generalized Estimating Equations for symptoms of irritation and association with VOCs were used for statistical analysis. Results 20 males and 20 females, with a mean age of 24.6 years (SD = 4.3) and exhaled CO TackSHS Project Investigators: Esteve Fernández, Yolanda Castellano, Marcela Fu, Beladenta Amalia, Olena Tigova, Maria José López, Xavier Continente, Teresa Arechavala, Silvano Gallus, Alessandra Lugo, Xiaoqiu Liu, Cristina Bosetti, Enrico Davoli, Istituto Doxa, Paolo Colombo, Sean Semple, Rachel O'Donnell, Ruaraidh Dobson, Luke Clancy, Sheila Keogan, Shashsa Li, Elizabeth Breslin, Panagiotis Behrakis, Anna Tzortzi, Constantine Vardavas, Vergina Konstantina Vyzikidou, Stephanie Teloniatis, Gerasimos Bakelas, George Matiampa, Giuseppe Gorini, Giulia Carreras, Barbara Cortini, Elisabetta Chellini, Roberto Boffi, Ario Ruprecht, Cinzia De Marco, Alessandro Borgini, Chiara Veronese, Martina Bertoldi, Andrea Tittarelli, Ángel López Nicolás, Marta Trapero-Bertran, Daniel Celdrán Guerrero, Cornel Radu-Loghin, Dominick Nguyen, Polina Starchenko, Joan B Soriano, Julio Ancochea, Tamara Alonso, María Teresa Pastor, Marta Erro, Ana Roc
Napisać przestępstwo lub odróżnić „sprawę kryminalną” od „krzywdy prostej” (Wołyń w ostatnim trzydziestoleciu XVI – na początku XVII wieku)
No full textThe article analyzes the rhetoric of Volhynian court records based on accusations of criminal offences. The focus is on how these sources were constructed by the interested parties, and on how the szlachta culture of violence affected this process. The author explores the arguments that the noblemen presented to reclassify criminal offences as “regular offences.” Concomitantly, she analyzes the performativity of trials as the public stage where the values treasured by the community were articulated, debated and relayed to the interested parties. This constructed “reality” formed the vision of the norm and possible life strategies of noblemen. Circulating in the court and the community, it affected the proceedings of trials and the actors’ actions outside courtroom, for example, by forcing the accused whose honor was insulted by the accusations to react according to the conventions accepted by the community. In the culture where any offence, be it real or imagined, demanded defending one’s honor, a trial was just a part of a conflict and its resolution
Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying to Zh in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
No full textSee paper for full list of authors – 13 pages plus author list + cover pages (30 pages total), 5 figures, 2 tables, submitted to Phys. Lett. B, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HIGG-2013-06/International audienceA search for a heavy, CP-odd Higgs boson, , decaying into a boson and a 125 GeV Higgs boson, , with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The search uses proton--proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb. Decays of CP-even bosons to or pairs with the boson decaying to electron or muon pairs are considered, as well as decays with the boson decaying to neutrinos. No evidence for the production of an boson in these channels is found and the 95% confidence level upper limits derived for \sigma (gg\rightarrow A) \times \mbox{BR}(A \rightarrow Zh) \times \mbox{BR}(h \rightarrow f\bar{f}) are 0.098--0.013 pb for and 0.57--0.014 pb for in a range of 220--1000 GeV. The results are combined and interpreted in the context of two-Higgs doublet models
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