The present study proposes an experimental exploration of the Romanian novel written between 1920 and 1940 through the use of stylometry, a method of distant reading employed for the statistical analysis of style. Drawing from the most recent advances in the field of computational stylistics, we select a formal standpoint from which we seek to investigate the relation between the Romanian novelistic canon and minor, tertiary novels published in the same. In our test cases, we will attempt to establish some of the more promising aspects of stylometric analysis, as well as single out the experiments that yield no relevant result. Because of the relative novelty of the method, the purpose of our investigations is to offer a kind of pilot experiment that can illustrate the benefits of using computational methods on Romanian literary corpora.
This article presents an empirical analysis of the housing costs of Austrian households and the resulting financial burden for homeowners and renters. On average homeowners have significantly higher incomes than households that rent their main residence. In addition, the housing costs for homeowners are also lower in absolute terms, even if a current loan is still being paid off. Thus, the relative housing cost burden as a share of disposable income is much lower for homeowners than for renters. Consequently, the inclusion of housing costs leads to an increased inequality of disposable income (after deducting housing costs). The data also show that subsidized tenants have a comparatively lower housing cost burden than non-subsidized tenants. This finding is also confirmed by econometric exercises, which further show that housing costs represent an above-average burden for young households, singles and especially single parents. Housing policy measures designed to reduce the burden of the households most affected by high housing costs should therefore primarily focus on supporting renters.
No sistema educacional brasileiro, a figura do professor é controvertida. Em alguns casos, acusam-no de autoritário, despreparado para lidar com as novas tecnologias ou incapaz de compreender as transformações pelas quais a contemporaneidade passa. Em outros, ao contrário, dizem que está sufocado pelas pressões da sala de aula e que, por distintas causas, minam a sua autoridade. Há ideologias que combatem a figura do professor tradicional relacionando-o com a Ditadura Militar de 64. Contudo, mesmo com um currículo democrático e com constante preocupação didático-metodológica, os índices de aprendizado da educação básica, desde a Redemocratização, não são satisfatórios. Vez ou outra aparecem escolas isoladas, privadas ou estatais, que apresentam bons resultados e, quando analisasadas detalhadamente, nota-se que há rechaço, explícito ou tácito, a muitas das ideias preconizadas pela educação progressista. Por tudo isso, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar o papel do professor tradicional e da escola estatal no contexto da sociedade democrática atual.Palavras-chave: Professor tradicional. Escola pública. Educação progressista. Democracia.Traditional teacher: between the right and left ideologiesABSTRACTIn the Brazilian educational system, the figure of the teacher is controversial. In some cases, they accuse him of being authoritarian, unprepared to deal with new technologies, or unable to understand the transformations that contemporary times go through. In others, on the contrary, they say that he is suffocated by classroom pressures and that, for different causes, undermine his authority. There are ideologies that counteract the figure of the traditional teacher by relating him to the Military Dictatorship of 64. However, even with a democratic curriculum and constant didactic-methodological concern, the learning indices of basic education since Redemocratization are not satisfactory. Occasionally, isolated private or state schools appear, which have good results, and when you look at them in detail you find that there is an explicit or tacit rejection of many of the ideas advocated by progressive education. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze the role of the teacher and the traditional school in the context of the current democratic society.Keywords: Traditional teacher. Public school. Progressive education. Democracy.Profesor tradicional: entre las ideologías de derecha y de izquierdaRESUMENEn el sistema educativo brasileño, la figura del profesor está controvertida. En algunos casos, nos acusan de autoritario, sin preparo para lidiar con las nuevas tecnologías o incapaz de comprender las transformaciones por las cuales la contemporaneidad pasa. En otros, al contrario, dicen que está sofocado por las presiones del aula y que, por diferentes causas, disminuyen su autoridad. Hay ideologías que combaten la figura del profesor tradicional relacionándolo con la Dictadura Militar del 64. Pero, mismo con un currículo democrático y constante preocupación didáctico-metodológica, los índices de aprendizaje de la educación básica, desde la Redemocratización, no son satisfactorios. De vez en cuando, aparecen escuelas aisladas, privadas o estatales, que presentan buenos resultados, y cuando se las analiza detalladamente, se nota que hay rechazo, explícito o tácito, de muchas ideas preconizadas por la educación progresista. Por esta razón, el objetivo de este artículo es analizar el papel del profesor tradicional y de la escuela estatal en el contexto de la sociedad democrática actual.Palabras clave: Profesor tradicional. Escuela pública. Educación progresista. Democracia.
AbstractWe evaluate standard assumptions in the estimation of dynamic oligopoly models with laboratory data. Using an entry/exit game, we estimate structural parameters under the assumption that the data are generated by a Markov‐perfect equilibrium and subsequently predict counterfactual behavior. If behavior was collusive, however, the assumption would be violated and one would mispredict counterfactuals. The laboratory allows us to compare predicted behavior to true counterfactuals implemented as treatments. Our main finding is that prediction errors due to collusion are modest in size. We also document a different deviation from equilibrium behavior (inertia) that can lead to large prediction errors.
O artigo analisa as noções de sociedade pós-industrial referendado pelos escritos do filósofo alemão Jürgen Habermas. São apresentados e debatidos os fundamentos da noção de integração, bem como os direcionamentos para a ruptura com a razão instrumental e emergência do modelo de razão comunicativa, anunciando a integração das lutas sociais aos canais de participação estabelecidos institucionalmente. Para tal, reconstroem-se os argumentos utilizados pelo filósofo para compreender a transição da sociedade industrial para a sociedade pós-industrial e as questões referentes ao trabalho. Finalmente, são debatidas algumas das ambivalências presentes na crítica de Habermas à teoria do valor-trabalho de Karl Marx, no que diz respeito a desassociação do mundo do trabalho com a emancipação social, assumindo uma raiz descentralizada e discursiva quanto às capacidades de ação social.
Die vorliegende Studie präsentiert eine empirische Analyse zu den Wohnkosten österreichischer Haushalte und deren unterschiedliche Belastung für WohnungseigentümerInnen und MieterInnen. EigenheimbesitzerInnen haben im Durchschnitt deutlich höhere Einkommen als Haushalte, die ihren Hauptwohnsitz mieten. Zusätzlich fallen für WohnungseigentümerInnen die Wohnkosten auch absolut niedriger aus, selbst wenn noch ein laufender Kredit abbezahlt wird. Somit ist die relative Wohnkostenbelastung als Anteil am verfügbaren Einkommen für WohnungseigentümerInnen wesentlich geringer als jene für MieterInnen. Folglich führt die Berücksichtigung der Wohnkosten zu einer erhöhten Ungleichheit der (nach Abzug der Wohnkosten) verbleibenden verfügbaren Einkommen. Die Daten zeigen weiters, dass geförderte MieterInnen eine vergleichsweise geringere Wohnkostenbelastung aufweisen als nicht geförderte MieterInnen, und unterstreichen somit die verteilungspolitische Wirksamkeit dieser Politik. Dieser Befund wird auch durch ökonometrische Analysen bestätigt, wobei sich hier zeigt, dass vor allem für junge Haushalte, Singles und Alleinerziehende die Wohnkosten eine deutlich überdurchschnittliche Belastung darstellen. Wohnungspolitische Maßnahmen, die die Belastungen für jene Haushalte senken sollen, die am stärksten von hohen Aufwendungen für das Wohnen betroffen sind, sollten somit in erster Linie bei einer Entlastung von MieterInnen ansetzen.
Das neue Datenschutzrecht für Unternehmen, das sog. Corporate Privacy Law, ist aktuell einer der wichtigsten wirtschaftsrechtlichen Entwicklungen. Besondere Bedeutung kommen dabei den Betroffenenrechten und dem erweiterten datenschutzrechtlichen Auskunftsanspruch zu.
La globalización como fenómeno propio de la modernidad ha permitido una ruptura entre los límites que antes creíamos infranqueables. Culturas, personas, dinero, mensajes y políticas viajan por el mundo y se entrelazan en complejas relaciones transnacionales. Lo mismo sucede con los discursos, fuente de los significados que circulan entre los sujetos y que dan sentido a sus prácticas.En la actualidad, el mundo del manga-anime se ha visto asaltado por un constante intento de adaptar los éxitos y temáticas de estos productos a la lógica de la industria cinematográfica occidental. Teniendo en mente lo dicho, nos proponemos aquí un análisis del fenómeno de las adaptaciones. En la primera parte reconstruiremos el entramado histórico-comercial que ha tenido la industria del anime y su relación con el mercado occidental; en la segunda, buscaremos analizar brevemente la cinta Ghost in the Shell de Mamoru Oshii (1995)y su adaptación Ghost in the Shell: La vigilante del futuro de Rupert Sanders (2017). Con el objetivo de interpretar cómo los cambios en ambos filmes repercuten en los sentidos que proponen ambos discursos. ; Globalization as a typical modernity phenomenon has allowed a break with the limits that we previously closed unbridgeable. Cultures, people, money, messages, and politics travel around the world and interwine in complex trasnational relationships. The same applies to discourses as source of senses that circulate among people and give meaning to their pratices. Today, the world of manga-anime has been assailed by a constant attempt to adapt the successes and themes of these products to the logic of the Western film industry. With this in mind we propose here an analysis of the phenomenon of adptations. First we will reconstruct the historical-commercial framework that the anime industry has had and its relationship with the western market. Second, we will seek to briefly analyze the film Ghost in the Shell by Mamoru Oshii (1995) and its adaptation Ghost in the Shell by Rupert Sanders (2017). The aim is to interpret how the changes in both films affect the directions proposed by both discourses. ; Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social
In: In FAT* Conference '20: ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, January 27–30, 2020, Barcelona, ES. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 10 pages. https://doi.org/12.1234/1234567.1234567