This thesis investigates the use of a reconceptualised social evolutionary theory for understanding and explaining how and why societies change, specifically looking at this question through the frame of nationalism. The thesis is split into three parts: in the first part I first examine older forms of social evolutionary theory (conceptions from Marx, Spencer and generalized evolutionary accounts) and critique them on the grounds that they are too ‘progressive’ in character, suffer from teleology and have a notion that all societies change linearly, i.e. pass through the same set of stages. After this I elaborate on a reconstructed version of social evolutionary theory, taking it along more Darwinian lines: that the process should be understood as contingent and non-linear, where cultural variants and social intuitions change in response to selective pressures brought about by environmental conditions. To reconstruct social evolution I draw mainly on accounts from Runciman (2009), Hodgson and Knudsen (2010), Sperber (1996), Hull (1988) and Richerson and Boyd (2006). In the second part of the thesis I look at four different theories of social change and utilize Darwinian social evolutionary theory to critique them. The four in question are: Immanuel Wallerstein (world-systems theory); Michael Hechter (rational-choice theory); Michael Mann (sources of social power); and Ernest Gellner (functionalism). These four theories were chosen as they either have, or represent, different theories of social change, and also because they are all concerned to some extent with the rise of the nation-state and nationalism. The main argument in this section is that Darwinian social evolutionary theory can incorporate elements of these theories whilst also going beyond them in explaining and understanding why societies undergo changes. In the case of Mann and Gellner I also note that they are, to a certain extent, implicitly relying on a social evolutionary account, and that drawing this out more explicitly helps provide greater theoretical solidity to their arguments. In the final part of the thesis I apply the theory to two case-studies, looking at the rise of nationalism in Britain (with a focus on England) and Japan. In both cases I examine each development of nationalism historically, using Darwinian social evolution to assess why nationalism emerged at the point that it did in each case, and not before. A final synthesis chapter then looks comparatively at the two cases and applies Darwinian social evolutionary theory to address the question of why nationalism generated in England/Britain, but did not in Japan and why the nationalist movements took the forms that they did. The chapter centres on three main themes, the role of war in forming identities, the role of variation in generating institutions, and the role of lineages in creating continuity in discontinuity. Finally it address the question of why nationalism became the dominant movement and not something else. Together this demonstrates demonstrate the usefulness of the framework for addressing questions concerning social change, in providing a different perspective and insights from other theories of social change. A final chapter summarizes and concludes the thesis, as well as pointing to new directions that research could develop.

Neonatology is a field of medicine in which immense progress has been seen during the past two decades. As the frontiers of this area are shifting forwards, ethical problems and issues regarding the quality of life of the rescued infants and children grow in importance. Now it is clear that the development and health of children that were endangered in the perinatal period should continue to be followed up by healthcare professionals, sometimes for many years. Ideally, this care should seamlessly follow hospital care. It was the aim of this work to examine how this continuity of care of high-risk newborns is implemented in practice. This Thesis consists of 2 parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part analyses the differentiation of newborn care as outlined in the Bulletin of the Czech Ministry of Health; defines the categories of newborns; and explains the basic terms used in the specific domain of high-risk newborns. Foreign experience in the provision of medical care at hospitals as well as in the continuing care after discharging from the hospital for home care is outlined. The empirical part of the Thesis was compiled based on qualitative research survey, accomplished with 3 aims in mind. The first aim was to map what type of care is provided to high-risk newborns at the Intensive Care & Resuscitation Unit of the Plzeň Teaching Hospital and who provides it. The second aim was to ascertain how the parents perceived their role during in-patient care of their babies and how they were educated and engaged in providing the care. And the last aim was to ascertain how the parents appreciated and liked the follow-up system at the Developmental Care Centre. It was found by the survey that the responders (mothers) appreciated most the comprehensiveness of the care provided by the Centre. They found the care adequate, beneficial and motivating. In their view, the desired care continuity had been achieved. The results attained within the empirical part will be presented at a workshop of the perinatology centre.

Em um movimento iniciado principalmente nos Estados Unidos na década de 90, a governança corporativa surgiu para superar o chamado conflito de agência, decorrente da separação entre a propriedade e a gestão empresarial, criando um conjunto de instrumentos para assegurar que as decisões dos executivos estejam sempre alinhadas com os interesses dos acionistas. Dentre esses mecanismos, destaca-se com grande relevância o gerenciamento de riscos corporativos, que possibilita aos administradores tratar com eficácia as incertezas, bem como as oportunidades a elas associadas, a fim de melhorar a capacidade de agregar valor às organizações. Os esforços de prevenção e tratamento de riscos operacionais geraram boa experiência no gerenciamento de interrupções de atividades essencias das organizações, constituindo a disciplina atualmente denominada como Gestão da Continuidade de Negócios (GCN). No desenvolvimento e promoção de boas práticas de GCN, destacam-se as normas da série 25999, partes 1 e 2, do BSI (British Standards Institution) que tratam, respectivamente, sobre um modelo de ciclo de vida de GCN e de um Sistema de Gestão de Continuidade de Negócios (SGCN). Partindo-se de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre governança corporativa, gestão de riscos, gestão de continuidade de negócios e sistemas de gestão, além da análise do contexto de GCN em uma empresa de telecomunicações, foi desenvolvida uma proposta de estrutura de apoio à implantação de um sistema de gestão de continuidade de negócios aplicada àquela organização e concluiu-se que essa implantação é facilitada devido ao fato de ser concebida a partir do PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act, modelo mundialmente conhecido e aplicável a outros sistemas de gestão. Concluiu-se também que o SGCN, além de estabelecido, precisa ser implementado, mantido e melhorado continuamente e, para isso, o patrocínio e o comprometimento da alta direção é muito importante. / In a movement initiated primarily in the United States in the 90s, corporate governance has emerged to overcome the agency conflict resulting from the separation of ownership and management business, creating a powerful set of mechanisms in order to ensure that the behavior of executives is always aligned with the interests of stakeholders. Among these mechanisms, stands out with high importance the business risk management, enabling administrators to deal effectively with the uncertainties and opportunities associated with them in order to improve the ability to provide value to organizations. Efforts to prevent and reduce operational risks introduced good experience in management of interruptions to the critical operations of organizations developing the discipline called Business Continuity Management (BCM). In the development and promotion of best practices GCN, there are the standard series 25999, parts 1 and 2 of the BSI (British Standards Institution) dealing, respectively on a BCM model life cycle and a Business Continuity Management System (SGCN). Starting from a literature review on corporate governance, risk management, business continuity management and management systems, and form the context of GCN in a telecommunications company, has developed a proposed structure to support the implementation of a business continuity management system applied to that organization and found that this deployment is further facilitated by the fact that it is designed from the PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act and world-renowned model applicable to other management systems. However, it was felt that the SGCN, and deployed, must be established, improved and maintened continuously and, therefore, sponsorship and commitment from top management is very important.

There are multiple factors that influence auditory steaming. Some, like frequency separation or rate of presentation, have effects that are well understood while others remain contentious. Human behavioural studies and event-related potential (ERP) studies have shown dissociation between a pre-attentive sound segregation process and an attention-dependent process in forming perceptual objects and streams. This thesis first presents a model that synthetises the processes involved in auditory object creation. It includes sensory feature extraction based on research by Bregman (1990), sensory feature binding through an oscillatory neural network based on work by Wang (1995; 1996; 1999; 2005; 2008), work by Itti and Koch (2001a) for the saliency map, and finally, work by Wrigley and Brown (2004) for the architecture of single feature processing streams, the inhibition of return of the activation and the attentional leaky integrate and fire neuron. The model was tested using stimuli and an experimental paradigm used by Carlyon, Cusack, Foxton and Robertson (2001). Several modifications were then implemented to the initial model to bring it closer to psychological and cognitive validity. The second part of the thesis furthers the knowledge available concerning the influence of the time spent attending to a task on streaming. Two deviant detection experiments using triplet stimuli are presented. The first experiment is a follow-up of Thompson, Carlyon and Cusack (2011) and replicated their behavioural findings, showing that the time spent attending to a task enhances streaming, and that deviant detection is easier when one stream is perceived. The ERP results showed double decisions markers indicating that subjects may have made their deviant detection based on the absence of the time delayed deviant and confirmed their decision with its later presence. The second experiment investigated the effect of the time spent attending to the task in presence of a continuity illusion on streaming. It was found that the presence of this illusion prevented streaming in such a way that the pattern of the triplet was strengthened through time instead of separated into two streams, and that the deviant detection was easier the longer the subjects attended to the sound sequence.

Réalisée au sein du doctorat SACRe, la démarche de cette thèse est celle d'une recherche par la pratique. Elle est constituée de deux films en 3D stéréoscopique (3Ds). Ils sont accompagnés d'un manuscrit qui fait état des explorations et met en forme la réflexion menée au cours des trois années de doctorat.Dans un premier temps, la thèse s'emploie à définir la notion de continuité au cinéma. Elle conduit à l'identification des éléments requis pour l'existence de la continuité d'une part, et pour sa compréhension d'autre part, permettant ainsi d'établir un modèle de la continuité cinématographique, qui partage certains de ses principes avec d'autres domaines, tant scientifiques qu'artistiques.Nous analysons ensuite le cas singulier de la stéréoscopie, entre continuités et discontinuités. Cette étude technique et perceptive permet d'aborder pleinement les spécificités de cette technique, afin de faire l'état des lieux de la continuité dans le cinéma en 3D stéréoscopique.La recherche s'achève en mettant en lumière les possibilités artistiques inexplorées en 3Ds, parmi lesquelles celle d'enrichir la continuité stéréoscopique en s'inspirant de la façon dont l'architecture et la musique ont traité les notions de continuité et de discontinuité. Nous avons expérimenté certaines de ces possibilités au travers de deux courts métrages, dont nous rendons compte dans la dernière partie du manuscrit. / This work has been driven among the Sciences, Arts, Design and Research doctoral program (SACRe), which relies on a practice-based research. It is therefore made of two stereoscopic 3D (S3D) movies and a dissertation that reports the explorations and our reflexive approach during this three years program.The thesis first focuses on formalising the concept of continuity in cinema. This leads to enlighten elements that permits the continuity to exist on one hand, as well as those required for its understanding on the other hand, so as to define a general model of cinematographic continuity; that reveals itself to be sharing some of its principles with scientific disciplines as well as artistic ones.We then analyse the singular case of stereoscopy, between continuities and discontinuities. This technical and perceptual study enables us to apprehend its specificities, in order to examine the state of continuity in nowadays stereoscopic cinema.This work finally focuses on unexplored artistic possibilities in S3D, among which the enrichment of stereoscopic continuity, inspired by the way architecture and music have treated continuity and discontinuity issues. We have experimented some of these possibilities through two short films, as we report at the end of the dissertation.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-09-22Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:14:58Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 herraiz_m_me_ia.pdf: 2114698 bytes, checksum: 92cfbc277d4a13ae617652ac880e14d7 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Esta dissertação busca oferecer o primeiro estudo musicológico na língua portuguesa a se dedicar de forma extensiva à obra de Frank Zappa (1940-1993). É também o primeiro trabalho de que se tem notícia a empreender análises aprofundadas de algumas de suas composições para grande orquestra ou orquestra de câmara, a saber, o terceiro movimento de “Sinister Footwear”, “Outrage At Valdez”, “The Perfect Stranger” e “Naval Aviation In Art?” – a última das quais, especificamente, não foi abordada por nenhum outro autor até então. O primeiro capítulo traça um panorama geral da vida e obra de Zappa, seguido de uma revisão crítica da escassa bibliografia existente sobre o assunto e das principais referências teóricas utilizadas neste trabalho, incluindo uma introdução à técnica das “redes harmônicas” desenvolvida pelo compositor e teórico belga Henri Pousseur. Este capítulo é concluído com um breve comentário sobre as principais fontes alternativas de material (isto é, além do próprio catálogo oficial do compositor) disponíveis ao pesquisador. O segundo capítulo aborda os principais aspectos técnicos e estilísticos do trabalho composicional de Zappa, ilustrados com análises de excertos retirados de diversas obras. A questão formal na obra do compositor, caracterizada por um forte apelo à descontinuidade, é discutida à luz da teoria dos modos temporais de Jonathan Kramer, e é oferecida ainda uma visão geral das teorias propostas por Brett Clement para o estudo deste repertório. Este capítulo serve, assim, como base conceitual para as análises propriamente ditas, reunidas no terceiro capítulo, que mostram como o compositor aplicou efetivamente os procedimentos e técnicas vistos no capítulo anterior em um discurso objetivo e direto, de acordo com um projeto musical claramente delineado em cada obra. É dada especial atenção... / This dissertation offers the first musicological study in the Portuguese language extensively dedicated to the work of Frank Zappa (1940-1993). It is also the first work to undertake in-depth analyses of some of his compositions for large orchestra or chamber orchestra, namely the third movement of “Sinister Footwear”, “Outrage At Valdez”, “The Perfect Stranger” and “Naval Aviation In Art?” – the last of which has not been specifically discussed before by any other author. Chapter 1 provides a general outline of Zappa’s life and work, followed by a critical review of the scarce works available on his orchestral music and of the main theoretical references utilized throughout this study, including an introduction to the technique of “harmonic nets” devised by Belgian composer and theoretician Henri Pousseur. This chapter concludes with a brief commentary on the main alternative sources of material (beyond Zappa’s official output) currently available to the scholar. Chapter 2 examines the main technical and stylistic aspects of Zappa’s compositional work, illustrated with analyses of excerpts from several pieces. It discusses the issue of form in the composer’s oeuvre, which is characterized by a strong penchant for discontinuity, in light of Jonathan Kramer’s theory of temporal modes. It also provides an overview of the theories proposed by Brett Clement for studying this repertoire. This chapter thus serves as a conceptual basis for the analyses themselves, gathered in chapter 3, which shows how the composer has effectively applied the procedures and techniques considered in the previous chapter within the framework of an objective discourse, each work according to a clearly outlined musical project. Special attention is given to the various forms of interaction between linear and nonlinear aspects of the musical discourse (concepts discussed by Kramer)... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Essa dissertação propõe-se a refletir sobre o enigmático encontro intersubjetivo com a arte por ser este um acontecimento vivo de troca entre espectador e obra, em ato. O ponto de partida deste trabalho é de que, apesar de não haver dúvidas quanto à verdade humana que permeia a experiência da arte, entramos constantemente na banalização de querer prová- la ou direcioná-la a outro domínio que não o da arte ela mesma, o que faz com que a significância dessa questão fique ameaçada. Com o objetivo de discutir isso, que desdobra-se na inesgotabilidade da transmissão pela arte, faz uma articulação com a psicanálise, principalmente no campo das intensidades afetivas que se referem a ordem da pré-linguagem verbal, justamente objetivando pensá-las em sua relação com a arte pelo juízo estético, o conceito de senso comum e seus desdobramentos contemporâneos. Trata também da incompletude da obra como força de movimento que a coloca em perpétuo acabamento, na busca incessante de significação, e da crítica de arte como parte desse movimento, como transmissão da verdade do encontro com a arte sendo em si outro encontro, pela palavra, também em perpétuo acabamento / With the dissertation we aim to reflect upon the enigmatic intersubjective encounter between observer and work of art. This encounter starts an endless journey in which the experience of art keeps changing also remaining the same at its core that allows the continuity of art through the ever-present. But even if we agree that one of the most important truths about art lie on this human experience, we still often try to direct it to other competencies in order to prove it right, which tends to diminish the relevance of such an encounter. With this in mind, well carefully apply some concepts of psychoanalysis, mainly in the field of affective intensities related to pre-verbal language (as the Uncanny), articulating its relation to art as aesthetic experience. The never ending process of completeness puts the relationship between observer and work in perpetual search for an end that never comes. This paradox, far from being something that stops us, is what really puts us on the move, in search for new significations for what we dont know. And writing about art, in this sense, is part of this movement towards the unknown, is what allows us to create from its shadows still keeping its mystery alive

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A reforma psiquiátrica possibilitou transformações na assistência à saúde mental e o acompanhamento terapêutico (AT), como modalidade de assistência e reabilitação psicossocial do portador de transtorno mental, faz parte dessas transformações. Desde então, o acompanhante terapêutico vem ampliando seus conceitos e fundamentando suas bases teóricas, sendo sua prática cada vez mais aceita por diferentes profissionais e valorizada por preencher as lacunas deixadas pelos tratamentos psiquiátricos tradicionais, principalmente depois que as portas dos manicômios, que enclausuravam o referido portador de transtorno mental e as maneiras adequadas de assisti-lo e reabilitá-lo, foram definitivamente abertas. O objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar a contribuição do AT no processo de assistência e reabilitação psicossocial de um portador de transtorno mental assistido em um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial e escolhido com a ajuda de sua equipe multiprofissional. Para isso, foram estabelecidos 16 encontros de AT, os quais foram desenvolvidos em diferentes locais, observados, e seus conteúdos registrados após cada encontro, sintetizados e analisados, segundo o método qualitativo. Os resultados mostraram contribuição muito positiva do AT na assistência e reabilitação psicossocial do portador de transtorno mental, tais como: resgate de sua autoestima; retomada de realização de atividades que fazia anteriormente ao início dos sintomas de seu transtorno mental; motivação para novamente buscar o lazer e conviver de forma mais saudável no seu meio familiar e social; criação de momentos de confronto de seu estado mental com a realidade, possibilitando modificações no comportamento e melhoria da qualidade de vida. Assim sendo, foi possível considerar que o AT constitui-se em mais uma modalidade terapêutica contribuindo para a assistência e reabilitação psicossocial do portador de transtorno mental e pode ser incluído nos planos terapêuticos dos serviços de assistência à saúde mental, pois se trata de modalidade terapêutica não tradicional, totalmente inserida no contexto da reforma psiquiátrica, que tem como princípio básico a mudança no foco da assistência aos portadores de transtornos mentais. / The psychiatric reform made it possible for transformations to take place in mental health care and therapeutic continuity (TC), as a health care modality and psychosocial rehabilitation of individuals with mental disorders. Since then, therapeutic continuity has broadened its concepts and founded its theoretical bases. Hence, its practice has become increasingly acknowledged by different professionals and valued for the fact it fills the gaps that were left from traditional psychiatric treatments, mainly after the doors to asylums, which used to keep mentally ill individuals cloistered, were completely open and appropriate forms of looking after these patients and rehabilitate them were implemented. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the contribution of TC over the health care process and psychosocial rehabilitation of an individual with mental disorders seen at a Psychosocial Care Center, and chosen with the help of its multiprofessional team. To do this, 16 TC appointments were scheduled, which were carried out at different locations. These meetings were observed and their contents were recorded, summarized, and analyzed according to the qualitative method. The results showed that TC has a very positive contribution in the health care and psychosocial rehabilitation of mental disorder patients, with actions such as: recovering selfesteem, going back to activities the patient did before his mental disorder symptoms appeared, motivation to once again become involved in leisure activities and lead a healthier life among his family and social environment, creating moments of confrontation between his mental condition and reality, which made it possible to change his behavior and improve his quality of life. Thus, it is understood that TC is another therapeutic modality that contributes with the psychosocial rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders. Furthermore, it can be included in the therapeutic plans of mental health care services, since it is a untraditional therapeutic modality totally inserted in the context of psychiatric reform, whose main principle is to change the focus of health care services to individuals with mental disorders.