Thesis (M.S.)--Wisconsin State University at La Crosse, 1970.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 189-194). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006. / Title from title screen. Michael Bruner, committee chair; Merrill Morris, Marian Meyers, committee members. Electronic text (138 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 19, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-128).

Its known that the age-related decline in cognitive facilities is not due to the loss of neurons but more subtle changes in specific areas of the brain. Structural and morphological changes in cellular alignment in the minicolumns correlate with increased prevalence of neurological diseases and in aging. In the rhesus monkey, cognitive decline is similar to what humans experience in aging. In the monkey prefrontal cortex, Brodmann area 46, an important region for executive functioning, cognitive decline correlates with changes in cellular alignment or “columnar strength” as studies by Cruz et al., (2009). Using the density maps method in Area 46, the ventral bank was identified to be the most susceptible to structural changes. Minicolumns, are defined by the cellular alignment of neurons in the cortex and some believe that the dendritic bundles of neurons in the cortex is also considered an integral part of the columns. The functional role of apical dendrites, is not well understood, however, given the that repeated organized bundles transverse through the laminae could be further support for their inclusion in minicolumns with possible functional importance. If structural changes such as loss of columnar strength (neuronal displacement) that correlates with cognitive aging, it is possible that the dendritic organization may also be affected in this area. In this thesis, it is hypothesized that the dendritic bundles in this area could also be related to the cognitive deficits associated with normal aging. Using double- fluorescence labeling for dendrites (MAP-2) and neurons (Neu-N), 3D confocal reconstructions of the dorsal and ventral banks of Area 46 were used to investigate structural/morphological changes in the dendritic bundles in young and old rhesus monkeys. While cortical thickness and apical dendritic length between both banks did not change, we found a significant increase in inter-bundle spacing at layer 6A in the older monkeys in the ventral bank. Inter-bundle spacing for bundles in layer 5 was measured and showed that the young consistently have smaller inter-bundle spacing. Future studies with larger sample size will also investigate whether changes in dendritic bundles and their organization also correlate with age-related cognitive deficits.

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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-26T08:00:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 304355.pdf: 1114364 bytes, checksum: 7a0b0cec1ff97bff83973adb3fa0fda6 (MD5) / A condição humana e o cuidado de si são dois temas filosóficos em direta relação com a vida. A condição humana,caracterizada pela vitaactiva,é constituída por três atividades humanas fundamentais -o trabalho, a obra e a ação. A cada uma destas atividades corresponde uma condição básica para a vida do homem. Já o cuidado de si é constituído simultaneamente como um atributo e uma necessidade universal dos seres humanos, regido por princípios de aplicação geral, embora orientados para uma prática de caráter e responsabilidades individuais. A partir dos textos de Hannah Arendt e Michel Foucault buscou-se compreender a condição humana e o cuidado de si dos profissionais de saúde docentes de uma universidade privada do sul do Brasil.Para tanto,buscou-se descrever as características dos profissionais de saúde docentes; identificar as atividades que sustentam a condição humana; investigar as práticas de cuidado de si; e analisar as interfaces entre condição humana e o cuidado de si. Nesta investigação foi utilizado método qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo, com o intuito de chegar aos objetivos propostos. Para isso foi realizada entrevista semi-estruturada com onze profissionais de saúde docentes. Após foi realizada análise de conteúdo temático-categorial de acordo com as três etapas de análise (pré-análise, exploração do material e tratamento dos resultados, inferências e interpretação)conforme proposto por Minayo (2007), Bardin (2010), Oliveira (2008). Da análise das respostas dos profissionais de saúde docentes em relação às questões que buscavam revelar aspectos referentes à condição humana emergiram três categorias # os caminhos percorridos para a docência; o viver e sobreviver na universidade; e, a felicidade e as boas obras na docência.Estas categorias originaram oito subcategorias. A partir da temática do cuidado de si emergiram três outras categorias # as faces e as máscaras da saúde; a quebra do cotidiano e as tentativas; e, o olhar voltado para si e o mover-se.Estas foram subdivididas em quatro subcategorias. Ao final desta tese foi possível caracterizar os participantes como profissionais que renunciaram carreira clínica e escolheram a docência. O preparo para ser docente foi feito após o ingresso na universidade, na própria prática docente, isto é,foram aprendendo a #ser professor# no cotidiano do próprio trabalho. O trabalho emerge como atividade central que sustenta a condição humana e a ausência do cuidado de si se estabelece como resultado. As interfaces entre a condição humana e o cuidado de si ocorrem nos aspectos relacionados à saúde e ao corpo / The human condition and the caring for itself are two philosophical issues straight related to life. The human condition characterized by the vita activa consists of three fundamental human activities - labor, work and action. Each of these activities matches a basic condition for human life. The caring for itself is an attribute and a universal need of human beings at the same time, guided by principles of general application, although oriented to a practice of feature and responsibilities absolutely individual. From the texts of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault sought to understand to what extent and how the human condition and caring for itself of health professionals teachers at a private university in southern Brazil find similarities and differences with the characteristics described by Arendt and Foucault. To this end, we sought to describe the characteristics of health professional.s teachers, to identify the activities that sustain the human condition of these subjects, to investigate the practices of caring for itself and to analyze the interfaces between the human condition and caring for itself in these health professionals. teachers. For this purpose, we used qualitative, exploratory and descriptive method. The data collection was by semi structured interviews with eleven health professionals teachers. We performed the content analysis theme categorical and were completed the three steps (pre-analysis, material exploration and processing of the results, inferences and interpretation) of analysis as proposed by Minayo (2007), Bardin (2010), Oliveira (2008). The analysis of the responses of health professionals teachers in relation to the questions that sought to reveal aspects related to the human condition emerged three categories - the paths taken to teaching, to live and survive at university, happiness and good works in teaching, which led to eight subcategories. From the theme of caring for itself emerged three other categories - faces and masks of health, breaking daily life and attempts to, the looking to itself and the moving; subdivided into four subcategories. At the end of this thesis was possible to characterize the participants as professionals who renounced clinical career and chose teaching. The preparation for teaching was done after admission at the university, in their own teaching practice, in other words, they were learning to "be a teacher" in the daily work. The work emerges as a central activity that sustains the human condition and the absence of caring for itself is established as a result. The interfaces between the human condition and the caring for itself occur in aspects related to health and body

Research to date has emphasized the importance of school leadership in improving outcomes for schools with diverse populations (NASSP & NAESP, 2013; Ruairc et al., 2013; Lambert et al., 2002; Heller& Firestone, 1995; Booth and Ainscow, 2011; Leithwood et, al., 2012). Head Teachers are expected to create the conditions for a positive learning environment, academic rigor, and set the standard for inclusive education. Although successful school leadership is a high priority for education in the Caribbean (Miller, 2013), there appear to be tensions in relation to inclusion. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) largely supports The Dakar Framework for Action of Education for All (UNESCO, 2009), and their openness to the UNESCO Salamanca Statement for Action in 1994 is widely acknowledged. There have been reports indicating steady progression in educational leadership and inclusive practices within the last decade. However, no planned, long-term innovations have emerged (Commonwealth, Secretariat, 2012 & UNESCO, 2015; Riser, 2012). The aim of the study was to explore school leadership and Inclusive education in the Caribbean from the point of view and lived experience of a group of Head Teachers. A qualitative study was conducted with sixteen participants selected from among secondary schools across Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. An Interpretative Phenomenological Approach- IPA was used (Smith, J. A.; Flowers, P. & Larkin, M. 2009), which explored how Head Teachers ascribe meaning to their unique, lived experiences and how this affects their role in facilitating inclusive education. This study has identified major misalignments between the requirements of the United Nations conventions regarding inclusion and the current focus of the Caribbean system of Education. In their efforts to maintain a student centred approach in leading their schools, the Head Teachers have been instrumental and innovative under uniquely challenging school circumstances. There is potential for the Caribbean schools' context to be seen as a place for the development of leadership that supports the process of inclusive education. However, the impression was that it would take major realignment of leadership perspectives, alongside trained, skilled expertise to be able to deliver meaningful support for inclusion.

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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Florianópolis, 2013. / Made available in DSpace on 2013-12-06T00:12:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 319857.pdf: 856332 bytes, checksum: 065c6ab8f47d260bd2608b0bbef47724 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / O processo de construção do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) nas décadas de 1980/90 no Brasil se dá no auge da reestruturação produtiva e no pós "welfare state" dos países desenvolvidos, conformando um embate entre diferentes interesses público/privado - com forte intersecção no sentido da hegemonia dos interesses privados sobre os públicos. A ética nos espaços da ação profissional em saúde, considerando as diferentes alteridades, surge como um desafio numa conjuntura trespassada por uma ideologia do mercado que coersiona todos os aspectos da vida contemporânea. Objetivo: analisar os problemas éticos encontrados na relação ou intersecção das realidades público/privadas sob o ponto de vista dos profissionais da saúde no Brasil pós-reestruturação produtiva. Método: uma pesquisa qualitativa do tipo exploratório descritivo, onde foram entrevistados 30 profissionais (enfermeiros, médicos e cirurgiões-dentistas) da região metropolitana de Florianópolis com experiência de trabalho na área pública e privada. A análise dos dados se deu através do método de Análise Textual Discursiva, utilizando-se o software ATLAS.ti como auxiliar nas etapas de formação de unidades base e categorização.. Resultados e Discussão: foram consideradas quatro macrocategorias, cada uma tratada em um manuscrito específico. Na primeira, denominada ?Intersecção público/privado: problemas estruturais e éticos na relação público-privado? os problemas éticos mostraram-se tanto nas restrições de autonomia do paciente ou nas determinações sociais, quanto na vontade do profissional em fazer o melhor, driblando possíveis problemas estruturais; as questões centrais foram a complementação de pagamento, a humanização versus o ganho secundário, capitalização, e incorporação tecnológica. No segundo manuscrito foi abordado o ?comprometimento, ética e sofrimento moral?, focando uma transformação no tradicional compromisso ?benfeitor? instrospectado nas profissões como diferencial às ocupações. Traz para o debate o papel do profissional da saúde enquanto sujeito12moral, com diversos graus de comprometimento com a construção e proteção do ?bem público?. O profissional assume ?práticas possíveis? para se manter ?minimamente? ético em realidades que coersionam a tomada de decisões. O sofrimento moral aparece relacionado a sentimentos de impotência frente a situações de determinação do processo saúde-doença ou institucional-administrativas. No terceiro manuscrito, a subjetividade do profissional da saúde pós-reestruturação produtiva é trabalhada a partir da experiência de uma profissão específica ? a odontologia. Os principais achados se referem à ética na relação inter-pares; problemas éticos e serviço privado (competição de mercado, a realidade das Clínicas populares, os convênios e planos odontológicos); ética e ideal do serviço público: a construção da excelência para a odontologia pública como necessidade socialmente construída. O manuscrito quatro focou a relação de um padrão moderno de produtividade em lógicas diferenciadas público/privado e a produtividade como sinônimo de qualidade, comprometimento e ética. Algumas questões foram trazidas para o debate: até que ponto este padrão de produtividade ?moderno/estressor? pode significar uma postura ética positiva e que estímulos alternativos poderiam ser pensados no sentido de uma produtividade necessária no serviço público associada a um comprometimento, qualidade/humanização, ética mínima e não-lucro. Conclusões: Desvelar problemas éticos na intersecção público/privado do sistema de saúde brasileiro parece fundamental para o resgate do trabalho como espaço de formação e transformação do próprio ser-profissional. A ausência de comprometimento com o outro como fato do mundo moderno surge como efeito e ao mesmo tempo causa de um processo contraditório. A busca por um humano que não se perceba isolado do todo, mas como um sujeito que pensa e que pode construir um diferencial ético no seu trabalho, "gentificado" e fazedor de história, parece significativo para a construção da qualidade e excelência no público. Na odontologia, uma crise profissional propõe problemas éticos: por um lado, o mercado reforça um sentido comercial na profissão odontológica, construindo configurações empresariais com ampliação da capitalização na odontologia sobre realidades de precarização no trabalho. Por outro lado, a ação exclusiva do profissional da odontologia no sistema público de saúde estimula um papel coletivo protagonista na busca por uma excelência de trabalho a partir de novos processos ético-políticos e epistemológicos. <br> / Abstract : The process of constructing the SUS in 1980/90 at the peak of productive restructuring in Brazil and after the welfare state in developed countries, types a strong intersection in reality of health between public and private interests. Ethics in the spaces of professional health performance, considering the different otherness, is a challenge in an environment pierced by a market ideology that links all aspects of contemporary life. Objective: To analyze the ethical problems found in the relationship-intersection of the public/private realities from the health professional?s perspective, post-productive restructuration in Brazil. Method: A qualitative research with an exploratory and descriptive approach, where 30 professionals (nurses, physicians and dentists) were interviewed in the metropolitan area of Florianópolis, with work experience in the private and public areas. Data analysis was made by using the method of the Textual Analysis discourse and the ATLAS.ti software was used in order to create the base units and categorizations. Results and Discussion: four mega-categories were considered; each of them represents a specific manuscript. The first, called "Public-private intersection: structural and ethical issues in the public-private relationship" ethical problems were shown in the restrictions on patient autonomy and in the social determinations. According to the professional?s perspective, they will do their best while dodging possible structural problems; the central issues were the completion of payment, quality/humanization versus secondary gain and technological resources. In the second manuscript the "commitment, ethics and moral suffering," were addressed while focusing on a transformation of the traditional "benefactor" commitment hard-pressed in the professional formation such as the differential among occupations. Bring to debate the role of the health professional as a moral subject, with varying degrees of commitment to the construction and protection of the "public welfare." The professional assumes "possible practices" to remain "minimally" affected by the ethics that16exist in the realities that convey ethical decision-making. Moral distress appears to be related to feelings of powerlessness in situations of determining the disease. In the third manuscript, the subjectivity of the health professional, post-productive restructuration, is crafted from the experience of a particular profession - odontology. The main findings relate to ethics in the inter-peer relationship; ethical problems and the private services (market competition, the reality of popular hospitals, covenants and dental plans); ethics and the ideal public service: the construction of excellence for public dentistry as a socially constructed need. The fourth manuscript focused on the relationship of a modern standard of productivity in the differentiated logistics for public/private interests and "productivity" as a synonym for quality, commitment and minimal ethics. Some issues were brought to the debate: to what extent can this "modern/stressor" pattern of productivity contribute to a positive ethical posture; and which alternative motivations could be thought towards necessary productivity in the public service combined with commitment, quality/humanization, minimal ethical and non-profit issues. Conclusions: Unveiling ethical problems at the intersection of the public/private health system in Brazil seems fundamental to the rescue work, as space formation and transformation of one?s self-training. The lack of commitment to each other as the fact of the modern world emerges and causes contradictory processes. The search for a human who does not look at himself as isolated, but as a person who thinks and who can build a difference in their work ethic, "socialized" and history-maker, seems significant to the building of quality and excellence in the public area. In odontology, a professional crisis proposes ethical problems: firstly, the market reinforces a sense of commercialism in the dental profession, building business settings with magnification in dentistry capitalizing on the realities of precarious work. Moreover, the unique actions of the dental professional in the public health system encourages a collective protagonist role in the search for excellence of work from new ethical-political and epistemological processes.