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Produção De Materiais Didáticos De Ciências No Brasil, Período 1950 A 1980 [The Development Of Science Education Materials In Brazil From 1950 To 1980], Karl M. Lorenz, Vilma Marcassa Barra

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho descreve o desenvolvimento de um movimento curricular surgido no Brasil, cujo objetivo era a elaboração de textos e materiais didáticos para o ensino de Ciências nas escolas de 1º e 2º graus. O estudo abrange o período de 1950 a 1980 e refere-se ás atividades desenvolvidos por três organizações: a Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino de Ciências (FUNBEC), o Instituto Brasileiro de Educação, Ciências e Cultura (IBECC), e o Projeto Nacional para a Melhoria de Ensino de Ciências (PREMEN).
This article describes the curricular movement to develop primary and secondary school science texts and materials in …

Position Paper For The 1986 Tavertet Spain Colloquium On Cultural Resistance, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

For most minority peoples in the world today, cultural resistance and cultural survival is dependent on their continuing social survival. Many minority peoples are modernly citizens of large nation-states, surrounded by numerous and very different majority groups. Their continued existence is tenuous, to say the least. This is particularly true of small tribal nationalities in some parts of the world.

Is Increased Price Flexibility Stabilizing?, J. Bradford Delong, Lawrence Summers

J. Bradford DeLong

This paper uses John Taylor's model of overlapping contracts to show that increased wage and price flexibility can easily be destabilizing because of the Mundell effect. Simulations based on "realistic" parameter values suggest that increases in price flexibility might well increase the cyclical variability of output in the United States.

Is Increased Price Flexibility Stabilizing?, J. Bradford Delong, Lawrence Summers

J. Bradford DeLong

No abstract provided.

La Política Del Municipio De Quito, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En la década de los años sesenta, con la modernización capitalista de la sociedad nacional, el eje de la acumulación tiende a trasladarse a las ciudades. De esta manera, el proceso de urbanización se acelera significativamente, sobre todo como consecuencia del paso de las formas de acumulación semicoloniales o primario exportadoras a las nuevas de susurbano-industrial, que tienen como base al hecho de que la plusvalía extraída de los sectores minero y agrícola, que anteriormente fluía los centros metropolitanos, comienza a ser acumulada localmente a través del desarrollo, aunque incipiente, de la industria, la banca, el comercio, etcétera (Quijano: 1974) …

Using Structural Represantation Of Anomalous States Of Knowledge For Choosing Document Retrieval Strategies., Barbara H. Kwasnik, Belkin N. J.

Barbara H. Kwasnik

No abstract provided.

Traumatic Granuloma/Eosinophilic Ulcer, Rosnah Zain, Abdul Hamid J., Awang M. N.

Prof. Dr. Rosnah Binti Zain

Two case reports of an uncommon type of oral ulcerative lesion are presented. These lesions are of long duration, benign and reactive, and may clinically mimic a malignant ulcer. Histologically, these are deep lesions which exhibit 'pseudoinvasion' into skeletal muscle. There is a predominance of eosinophils while other chronic inflammatory cells such as plasma cells and histiocytes are in abundance. A brief review of the literature showed past treatment being surgical excision, incisional biopsy, radiation, cryosurgery with liquid nitrogen and no treatment. All modalities used result in resolution of the lesion.

Os Livros Didáticos E O Ensino De Ciências Na Escola Secundária Brasileira No Século Xix [Textbooks And The Teaching Of Science In The Brazilian Secondary School In The Nineteenth Century], Karl M. Lorenz

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho apresenta os resultados de um estudo que teve como objetivo identificar os livros didáticos de Ciências utilizadas no Colégio Pedro II, entre os anos de 1838 e 1900. Na investigação, vinte e quatro autores e vinte e seis livros didáticos foram identificados.
The article presents the results of a study whose objective was to identify science textbooks used in the College Pedro II between the years 1838 and 1900. In the investigation twenty-four authors and twenty-six textbooks were identified.

Az Ellentétek Ontológiája A Mechanikai Mozgás Leírásában (The Ontology Of Contradictions In The Description Of Mechanical Motion), Milan Meszaros

Milan Meszaros physicist

A tanulmány a mechanikai mozgás önkonzisztens ellentét ontológiai, tudománytörténeti és analítikus filozófiai leírását adja meg a folyamat szempont-logikájában.

Bentham’S Unpublished Manuscripts On Subscription To Articles Of Faith, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

Private Detective Agencies And Labour Discipline In The United States, 1855-1946, Robert P. Weiss

Robert P. Weiss

No abstract provided.

Intermodality Superfactors In The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16pf), Eight State Battery (8sq), And Objective Motivation Analysis Test (Oab), Gregory J. Boyle

Gregory J. Boyle

The behavioural scientists Eysenck and Cattell have much in common, having investigated intrapersonal psychological structure, albeit at different levels in its hierarchical structure. Eysenck has studied the personality domain in terms of a typological model involving a small number of important superfactors. In contrast, Cattell has typically resorted to analyses of a considerably larger number of primary factors. While both approaches are complementary, nevertheless, little research has been undertaken into intermodality superfactors. The present study, therefore, examines Cattellian intermodality superfactors across the normal personality trait, mood state, and motivational dynamic domains, respectively, in the hope of elucidating broad affect dimensions …

Estudo Sumário Das Ciências No Currículo Da Escola Secundária Brasileira [A Summary Of Science Studies In The Brazilian Secondary School Curriculum], Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho traça a evolução do ensino de ciências no currículo secundário brasileiro nos séculos XIX e XX, enfocando as mudanças ocorridas nos currículos em termos de sua organização e composição. Identificam-se vinte e quatro currículos e catorze disciplinas cientificas contidas neles. Analisa as disciplinas in termos de sua área de estudo, sua incidência e distribuição na seriação, e sua carga horaria.
The paper describes the changes in the science program of the Brazilian secondary school curriculum of the XIX and XX Centuries. It identifies fourteen scientific disciplines listed in twenty-four curricula. It analyzes the courses in terms of their …

Competências Mínimas Na Programação Em Basic [Minimum Competencies For Programming In Basic], Karl M. Lorenz

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho apresenta uma lista de duzentas competências, divididas em doze categorias, consideradas essenciais para desenvolver programas simples usando a linguagem de programação BASIC.
The paper lists two hundred competencies, divided into fifteen categories, that are considered essential to developing simple programs using the BASIC programming language.

Plant Breeding For The Home Gardener, Henry R. Owen

Henry R. Owen

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Fawn Breeding In A South Carolina Deer Herd, Olin E. Rhodes Jr., James M. Novak, Michael H. Smith, Paul E. Johns

James M. Novak

Annual variation in breeding success among female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns on the Savannah River Plant (1967 to 1985) was determined from direct counts of pregnancy in spring-collected fawn females and evidence of lactation and measurements of udder thickness in fall-harvested 1. 5-yearolds. Percent lactation in 1.5-year-old females collected during September and October gave the best estimate of fawn breeding in the previous year. The overall mean fawn breeding estimate from September and October was 41 % , and the yearly variation in fawn breeding was significant. An estimate of the average yearly contribution to recruitment was 43 fetuses …

Preemption And The Dormant Commerce Clause: Implications For Federal Indian Law, Stephen Feldman

Stephen M. Feldman

In 1832, the Supreme Court held that states could not extend their laws into Indian country, but over the years the Court has allowed greater and greater state incursions. The Court now recognizes two partial barriers to state power in Indian country: first, any state law that infringes on tribal sovereignty is barred; second, any state law that is preempted by federal law is also barred. Nonetheless, the Court has not clearly identified the sources of constitutional power underlying either of these barriers to state power. This Article argues that each barrier to state power springs from, and should be …

Application Of Factor Analysis In Psychological Research: Improvement Of Simple Structure By Computer Assisted Graphic Oblique Transformation: A Brief Note, Gregory J. Boyle

Gregory J. Boyle

Several studies have suggested the efficacy of topological rotation as an adjunct to oblique analytical rotation in attaining improved approximation to maximum simple structure of the factor pattern matrix. Recently, using a higher- order scale factoring of the Objective Motivation Analysis Test (MAT), and the Eight State Questionnaire (8SQ), Boyle(1983) reported a 6.17% increase in the ±.10 hyperplane count after only five Rotoplot cycles. Four of the 11 extracted factors were simplified in line with Thurstone’s simple structure requirements. The present brief note examines the issue of topological rotation in regard to its usefulness and ease of application by investigators …

Estimation Of Measurement Redundancy Across The Eight State Questionnaire And Differential Emotions Scale, Gregory J. Boyle

Gregory J. Boyle

The present article addresses the important issue of the psychometric assessment of mood, and evaluates the measurement overlap (redundancy) between two multidimensional instruments, the Eight State Questionnaire (8SQ) and the Differential Emotions Scale (DES-IV). Both measures are purported to index some of the major emotions evident in human behaviour. While the subscale descriptions differ somewhat across the two measures, nevertheless, some apparent commonalities exist, although in general each instrument seems to be tapping significant discrete psychological variance within the mood-state sphere. In order to quantify the measurement redundancy across the two scales, and to elucidate the content similarities and differences …

Analysis Of Typological Factors Across The Eight State Questionnaire And The Differential Emotions Scale, Gregory J. Boyle

Gregory J. Boyle

The use of multivariate mood-state scales has recently become quite popular. Two instruments designed to measure fundamental emotions are the Eight State Questionnaire and the Differential Emotions Scale. As it appears that each instrument taps somewhat different sectors of the mood-state sphere, elucidation of a smaller number of typological factors across both instruments seems desirable to provide the basis for an instrument which better taps the total mood-state sphere than does either one of these alone. In the present study, a combined scale-factoring of the two instruments is undertaken on a sample of 450 college students. Results suggest that six …

Prediction Of Cognitive Learning Performance From Multivariate State‑Change Scores, Gregory J. Boyle

Gregory J. Boyle

While the role of non-ability intrapersonal variables including personality traits and motivational dynamic factors has been well documented in numerous studies, the relationship of transient states to cognitive performance has been relatively neglected. Boyle (1983b, 1986) demonstrated that emotional states powerfully influence cognitive learning outcomes under conditions of stressful activation. However, under neutral, non-emotive conditions, it remained unclear what role if any was played by mood states in cognitive learning. The failure to employ change measures in these studies may have obscured the likely influence of emotions on cognitive performance in the neutral situation. This study re-examines the relationship of …

Higher-Order Factors In The Differential Emotions Scale (Des-Iii), Gregory J. Boyle

Gregory J. Boyle

The 30-item version of Izard's Differential Emotions Scale (DES-III) was submitted to an iterative principal factoring plus oblique (direct Oblimin) rotation to simple structure, on a sample of 204 University of Delaware undergraduates. The intercorrelation matrix for the eight primary emotional-state factors derived, was subsequently subjected to a higher-order factoring. Four second-order factors accounted readily for the variance measured in the DES-III scales and this suggests that the multivariate mood-state instrument might be more profitably scored for secondary factors, in certain instances. This conclusion in no way detracts from the importance of the DES-III primaries, but adds to the usefulness …

The Prophecy Manuscript - Part 2, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

The Prophecy Manuscript by Robert K. Thomas is not an academic volume. Instead it is a critical appraisal of American Indian life for American Indian readers. Thomas, in this volume, makes no attempt at ‘pulling punches’. He is critical of Indian militants, nationalists, bureaucrats, educators and pseudo-religious leaders.

Part 2 contains step 3. The Need for Unity Among all Tribes and step 4. The Need to Avoid Entanglements. .

Jamāl Al-Dīn Al-Ghāzīghumūqī, Al-Adab Al-Marḍiyah Fī Al-Ṭarīqah Al-Naqshabandīyah, Jamāl Al-Dīn Al-Ghāzīghumūqī

Rebecca Gould

al-Adab al-marḍīyah fī al-ṭarīqah al-Naqshabandīyah Author: Jamāl al-Dīn al-Ghāzīghumūqī.; Marie Broxup Publisher: Oxford : Society for Central Asian Studies, 1986.

The Hillsborough Deal And The Lessons Of Sunningdale, James E. Crimmins Dr, J F. Mcgarry

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

“The Study Of True Politics:” John Brown On Manners And Liberty, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

Bentham On Religion: Atheism And The Secular Society, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

Olfactory Responses Of Aquatic And Terrestrial Salamanders To Air And Waterborne Stimuli, Adam Artz, Wayne Silver, J Russell Mason, Larry Clark

Larry Clark

Electro-olfactograms (EOGs) were used to assess olfactory responding by aquatic larval and terrestrial adult tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) to airborne volatile compounds, and volatile and non-volatile compounds in aqueous solution. Both forms of salamander showed saturation effects to presentations of airborne stimuli (Fig. 2). Saturation was not observed, however, to stimulus presentations in aqueous solution (Figs. 2, 3). When threshold values and concentration-response curve parameters were compared, non-volatile amino acids in solution were more potent stimuli for larvae while airborne volatiles were more potent stimuli for adults (Tables 1, 2). We infer that metamorphosis in the tiger salamander is accompanied …

The Distorted Mirror: Reflections On The Unintended Con­Se­Quences Of Advertising, Richard W. Pollay

Richard W. Pollay

No abstract provided.

A Revolution Delayed: The Indonesian Republic And The Netherlands Indies, August-November 1945, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

Article discusses relations between the Indonesian Republic, the Netherlands and Great Britain in the months immediatelty after the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War. It argues that the strategies of all three sides were driven by their profound military weakness.