This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with the decision to attend an academic post-graduation program by dental students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012, last-year undergraduate students from Dental Schools of Southern Brazil. A closed questionnaire was applied including questions grouped in three different blocks: pre-graduate, undergraduate period and future persp...

This article examines the effects of residential segregation on the basis of poverty status and race for high school and college completion. Segregation effects are estimated by contrasting educational outcomes among persons raised in metropolitan areas with varying levels of segregation. This metropolitan-level approach provides two advantages in evaluating segregation effects over neighborhoo...

PURPOSE Although the link between education and alcohol consumption is known, limited information exists on racial differences in this link. We conducted the current study to test Black-White differences in the association between education and alcohol consumption among older adults in the U.S. METHODS This cross-sectional survey enrolled 1,493 Black (n = 734) and White (n = 759) older adults...

One of the most important tasks in actuarial science is to describe the actual but unknown mortality pattern of a population. In order to achieve this, the actuary calculates from raw data the crude mortality rates, which usually form an irregular series. Because of this, it is common to revise the initial estimates with the aim of producing smoother estimates, with a procedure called graduatio...

Although increasing the high school graduation rate is now a national goal, requirements for graduation are not set at the national level. And, although the goal is said to include students in special education programs, what high school graduation means for these students is not clear. We collected documentation from state departments of education to examine high school graduation requirements...

The thesis "Building and exploiting context on the Web" presents several studies regarding the different aspects of context on the Web. Thorough studies are performed and presented in the thesis in order to understand the different aspects of context on the Web. In addition, several tools are proposed and developed to support contextualization in Web environments. Later, in each chapter, the be...

The thesis "Building and exploiting context on the Web" presents several studies regarding the different aspects of context on the Web. Thorough studies are performed and presented in the thesis in order to understand the different aspects of context on the Web. In addition, several tools are proposed and developed to support contextualization in Web environments. Later, in each chapter, the be...