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Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Infrastructure for Poor People : Public Policy for Private Provision
No full textThe chapters in this book examine the
data on infrastructure and the poor in developing countries
and consider how policies centered on private provision can
address their needs. Many of the chapters focus on the
extent to which the poor have access to infrastructure
services of reasonable quality, for example, to water that
is safe to drink, to a reliable source of electricity, and
to a nearby telephone. Access to such services is, of
course, not the only infrastructure issue that matters to
the poor; the poor who already have access to modern
services care, for instance, about the price and reliability
of those services. However, in most developing countries
access is the key issue. In these countries most of the poor
have no access to standard infrastructure services provided
by utilities. Instead they often pay high prices for
lower-quality substitutes: they might buy water by the
bucket from a private vendor and use candles instead of
electricity for lighting. They would rarely make a telephone
call. The lack of ready access to good basic infrastructure
services can directly reduce the well-being of the poor
Accounting stratagems and fiscal risks
No full textApresentação de Timothy Irwin, do Fundo Monetário InternacionalO seminário Riscos Fiscais do Brasil no Médio e Longo Prazos foi uma iniciativa conjunta do FMI e do FGV/IBRE que teve como objetivo discutir, tendo como referência a experiência internacional, os riscos fiscais que a economia brasileira pode vir a enfrentar. Os principais temas tratados foram: transparência fiscal e contabilidade de ativos/passivos e transações financeiras; controle dos riscos fiscais associados aos governos subnacionais; manejo das demandas futuras dos sistemas de previdência social; e arranjos fiscais apropriados para economias ricas em recursos naturais. Os temas foram apresentados por especialistas brasileiros e internacionais com grande experiência nas respectivas áreas e, em seguida, debatidos com os demais participantes do seminário, o que permitiu uma relevante troca de opiniões no sentido de analisar e planejar a situação fiscal do Brasil nos anos à frente.Fundo Monetário Internaciona
Money piece by Timothy P. Agnew, chief executive officer of the Finance Author
No full textMoney piece by Timothy P. Agnew, chief executive officer of the Finance Authority of Maine, about the increased availability of credit for Maine\u27s small businesses
Calculating centre of pressure from multiple force plates for kinetic analysis of sprint running
No full textForce plates are relatively small compared to athletes’ step lengths during sprint running. A large number of trials are subsequently rejected when collecting force plate data, which could be reduced by using multiple force plates. The aim of this study was to determine the suitability of foot contacts occurring across the boundaries of two force plates for use in inverse dynamics analyses. Centre of pressure data for a loaded wheel rolling across two force plates were compared to known positions of the wheel measured using an automated motion analysis system. A mean difference of 0.0027 [±0.0024] m was found between centre of pressure location and the measured wheel position as the wheel crossed the boundary between plates. The centre of pressure error resulted in joint power errors ranging from 0.27% to 1.47% for the ankle, knee and hip
Detection of low level nilotinib or dasatinib resistant BCR-ABL mutations by mass spectrometry in CML patients who fail Imatinib is highly predivtive of their subsequent clonal expansion when treated with the drug for which their mutation confers resistance
No full textWendy T Parker, Musei Ho, Rebecca M Lawrence, Darryl L Irwin, Hamish S Scott, Timothy Hughes and Susan Branfordhttp://ash.confex.com/ash/2010/webprogram/Paper29762.htm
Timothy Meyer serves as a contributing author for UN report
No full textAssistant Professor Timothy Meyer served as a contributing author for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization\u27s report titled Networks for Prosperity: Connecting Development Knowledge Beyond 2015. The document, which was released during November, analyzes the nexus between the global connectedness of a country and its economic success, sustainability and government effectiveness. Meyer was one of only approximately 20 academic and practical experts from around the world selected to serve as a contributor after a global call for proposals.
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Selected Contributions of Sister Mary Berenice Beck, O.S.F. to Nursing in the United States, 1923-1956
No full textby Sister M. Timothy Costello.Typescript.Thesis (M.S.N.)--Catholic University of America.Bibliography: leaves 44-47.Also available in microfilm
The Baptismal Liturgy of Theodore of Mopsuestia
No full textTimothy A. Curtin.Typescript.Thesis (S.T.D.)--Catholic University of America, 1971.Bibliography: leaves 368-393
Five minutes with Timothy Gowers: “academics can publish journals of the highest quality without a commercial entity”
No full textFields Medal-winning Cambridge mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers and a team of colleagues have recently launched a new editor-owned Open Access (OA) journal for mathematics. Discrete Analysis is an arXiv overlay journal, which means articles are submitted and hosted via the preprint server arXiv first. The journal coordinates peer-review and publishes via Scholastica with no cost to reader or author. Gowers reflects here on his vision for the future of editor-owned journals
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