Search results for "PERFORMANCE"

Factores moduladores de la percepción de la calidad docente

2010

Resumen basado en el del autor Título, resumen y palabras clave en español e inglés Título, resumen y palabras clave en español e inglés Disponible la versión en inglés Se presenta una revisión sobre los hallazgos existentes en relación a la investigación de los factores supuestamente implicados en la valoración que el alumnado universitario realiza sobre la tarea docente de sus profesores, pudiendo suponer una amenaza a la validez de dicho constructo. La revisión se presenta organizada en torno a las tres fuentes implicadas en el proceso perceptivo del alumno, siendo éstas el propio alumno, el profesor y el contexto. La revisión concluye que, a pesar de efectos menores, los factores analiz…

Evaluating the impact of public subsidies on a firm's performance : a two-stage quasi-experimental approach

2009

In this paper we evaluate the effectiveness of regional R&D public programs in Catalonia (Spain) with a two-stage procedure. Firstly, we compare the performance of publicly subsidised companies (treated) with that of similar, but unsubsidised companies (non-treated). We use the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) methodology to construct a control group which, with regard to its observable characteristics, is as similar as possible to the treated group, and that allows us to identify firms which maintain the same propensity to receive public subsidies. Secondly, and once a valid comparison group has been established, we compare the respective performance of each firm using regression techniques…

How to predict university performance: a case study of a prestigious Turkish university

2016

International audience; Turkey's education system is based on a centralized selection system, starting from secondary education level. For post-secondary studies, students are sorted according to their scores in a competitive national exam. By statute, Galatasaray University, a French speaking institution founded in 1992 by Turkey and France, enrolls half of its students from the very best candidates while the other half comes from French speaking high schools (relatively top-ranked). These students must be classified amongst the first 25,000 in the national competition to be admitted as well as passing a competitive exam in French, although their national ranking remains lower than the fir…

Structural analysis, phase stability and electrochemical characterization of Nb doped BaCe0.9Y0.1O3−x electrolyte for IT-SOFCs

2012

Abstract To improve the chemical stability of high temperature proton conductors based on barium cerate, electrolyte powders doped with different amounts of niobium were synthesized by the citrate–nitrate auto-combustion method. Pure single phases of BaCe 0.9− x Nb x Y 0.1 O 3− x (BCYN, 0.03 ≤  x  ≤ 0.12) were obtained by thermal treatment at 1000 °C. Sintering at 1450 °C for 10 h produced dense pellets. X-ray absorption spectroscopy allowed to define the dopant ion insertion site and the co-dopant valency. Treatments in pure CO 2 atmosphere at 700 °C for 3 h and subsequent XRD analysis were carried out to probe the chemical stability of the produced electrolytes. The influence of the prese…

Effects of sport-specific training background on performance of volleyball and basketball athletes

2013

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of 3 years of sport-specific training background (SSTB) on throwing performance and vertical jumping in young female players of team sports. Methods: Thirty-one healthy adolescent girls, of which 11 age-matched control subjects [C], 10 volleyballers (VP) and 10 basketballers (BP) were considered in our analysis. The vertical jumping performance was evaluated by squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump with (CMJ-AS) and without arm swing (CMJ) using Optojump system (Microgate S.R.L., Italy). Instead, the throwing performance was measured by seated backward overhead ball throw (SBOMBT) and seated chest pass throw (SCPT) using a 3-kg rubber m…

Effects of physical activity, specific exercise and traumatic brain injury on motor abilities : theoretical and pragmatic assessment

2010

Hypovitaminosis D in Young Basketball Players: Association with Jumping and Hopping Performance Considering Gender

2021

This study aimed to verify whether a group of young well-trained basketball players presented deficiencies in vitamin D concentration, and to analyze whether there was an association between vitamin D concentration and jumping and hopping performance. Gender differences were considered. Twenty-seven players from an international high-level basketball club (14 female, 16.00 ± 0.55 years

Less Effort, Better Results: How Does Music Act on Prefrontal Cortex in Older Adults during Verbal Encoding? An fNIRS Study

2014

Several neuroimaging studies of cognitive aging revealed deficits in episodic memory abilities as a result of prefrontal cortex (PFC) limitations. Improving episodic memory performance despite PFC deficits is thus a critical issue in aging research. Listening to music stimulates cognitive performance in several non-purely musical activities (e.g., language and memory). Thus, music could represent a rich and helpful source during verbal encoding and therefore help subsequent retrieval. Furthermore, such benefit could be reflected in less demand of PFC, which is known to be crucial for encoding processes. This study aimed to investigate whether music may improve episodic memory in older adult…

Fonds de retraite et performance : la famille compte-t-elle ?

2008

(VF)Actuellement, la majorité des fonds mutuels ou des fonds de pension appartient à une famille. Une famille comprend les fonds gérés par la même société. Cet article s’intéresse à la performance des fonds de pension anglais à cotisations définies sur longue période. La performance est mesurée du point de vue de la famille de fonds. Ce changement de niveau d’analyse amène à s’interroger sur l’influence de la taille et donc de la complexité organisationnelle des sociétés de gestion de portefeuille sur leur performance. Autrement dit, les petites familles présentent-elles des performances supérieures à celles des grandes familles? (VA)Almost all mutual funds or pension funds belong to a fami…

Facilitadores y flujos de aprendizaje como agentes dinamizadores en la gestión del capital intelectual y la performance corporativa

2012

El propósito fundamental de esta investigación es explorar hasta qué punto los componentes del capital intelectual establecen relaciones con los facilitadores para la creación de conocimiento, también con los flujos de aprendizaje feedback y feedforward, y cómo pueden estos, a su vez, influir en la performance de la organización. Para la consecución de este objetivo hemos estructurado este trabajo en tres grandes bloques. El primero de ellos incluye los fundamentos teóricos y ofrece una revisión de la investigación previa y de los conceptos relevantes de este trabajo. Está estructurado en tres capítulos: en el primero se realiza una aproximación del capital intelectual en el marco de la Teo…