Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-41). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1997. / Title from title page screen, viewed June 7, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Ron Fortune (chair), Douglas D. Hesse, Lee Brasseur. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-225) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. "Reaction time tasks designed to measure static and dynamic imagery processes in both vision and audition were tested with two adult samples ... and one sample of 5-year-old children"--P. iv. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 244-264). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Many consumers are now considering the effects of general corporate behavior (e.g., political views, charitable contributions, environmental disasters) and of the product's manufacture, consumption or disposal (e.g., animal testing, ecological harm) on society's overall well-being. These situations involve the issue of individual social responsibility and are good examples of complex decisions that are not readily explained by traditional decision theories. Abstract attributes (e.g., product "greenness" or lack of harm to the environment) and the active role of the decision maker's values, principles, and ethics are problematic. The primary purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual framework for consumer decision making in the presence of a social responsibility issue. The secondary purpose of the study is to assess the value of image theory for explaining the decision process. Image theory (Beach and Mitchell 1987; Beach 1990), a relatively recent development in decision making, provides a compatible decision framework for these types of decisions due to its emphasis on an individual's values and on the screening of alternatives using value-laden attributes. Survey methodology and consumer preference tasks are utilized, and the hypothesized models are tested by structural equation modeling. The findings suggest that image theory provides a credible explanation of socially responsible consumer choice. In terms of this study's context, a consumer who has a strongly held social responsibility principle, values a clean environment, has a high level of environmental concern, and believes that his/her actions make a difference, is more likely to be committed to a pro-environmental plan of action and to use certain decision processes. These specific processes are screening alternatives to eliminate those that are not environmentally friendly and weighting the greenness attribute heavily in evaluating options. Using image theory's terminology and structure, social responsibility and environmental value form the value image. Environmental concern and perceived consumer effectiveness form the trajectory image. The strategic image is reflected in the plan (commitment to pro-environmental behaviors) and tactics (using the social responsibility attribute in the decision process). This research demonstrates that enduring values and principles guide consumer behavior involving social responsibility issues.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-17T15:01:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 parte1.pdf: 1804847 bytes, checksum: c3b3307cc51a7c4cc0aa210249b8e979 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The dissertation Charity according to Ibiapina: history and imagery in Santa Fé, aims to analyze the imagery found in the Santa Fé charity house, created by Father Ibiapina in 1866. This was only one of the several institutions he created, as the missionary worked in the Provinces of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Ceará, Alagoas and Rio Grande do Norte, where besides charity houses, he created hospitals, cemeteries, reservoirs and churches. Neverthless, Santa Fé is of relevance because Ibiapina chose to spend there his last days, which were the ones after his legs were paralyzed, and also because he viewed it as a model to other houses. To a better comprehension of this imagery, we cared to extensively contextualize the daily routine of the institution, and thus documents that regulated it as well as letters that commented the way it worked supported our action. Before that, we analyzed the man that created this institution, just as we did with the way his early biographers described him, as in their accounts they revealed the everyday life of Província of Paraíba as well as the way Father Ibiapina related to the Catholic Church. Finally, we finished this work with a Durandian mythcritics of the letters and documents that regulated Santa Fé in order to identify the founding myths that intersperse the imagery of this institution and of its creator. / A dissertação A caridade segundo Ibiapina: história e imaginário em Santa Fé tem como objetivo analisar o imaginário presente na casa de caridade Santa Fé, que foi construída pelo Padre Ibiapina, no ano de 1866. Essa casa foi apenas uma das muitas instituições por ele realizadas, já que o missionário atuou nas Províncias da Paraíba, Pernambuco, Ceará, Alagoas e Rio Grande do Norte, construindo além das casas de caridade, hospitais, cemitérios, açudes e igrejas. Entretanto, a relevância de Santa Fé está na escolha de Ibiapina em passar seus últimos dias nesta instituição, após ser acometido de uma paralisia nas pernas, sempre mencionando-a como padrão para as demais. Para uma melhor compreensão desse imaginário, será realizada uma ampla contextualização do cotidiano dessa instituição, baseando-se nos documentos que a regiam e nas cartas endereçadas a outras instituições que comentam sobre o seu funcionamento. Antes disso, será feita uma análise do seu idealizador e de como os primeiros biógrafos, que tiveram contato com Santa Fé, o descreveram, trazendo a tona o cotidiano da Província da Paraíba e a relação do Padre Ibiapina com a Igreja Católica. Feita essa contextualização, se encerra este estudo com a mitocrítica durandiana nas cartas e documentos que regem Santa Fé a fim de se identificar os mitos fundantes que perpassam o imaginário dessa instituição e do seu idealizador

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-17T15:02:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1933222 bytes, checksum: a5468415ed69d69b97e184f7629ec4a0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The imagery organizes the images produced by homo sapiens in their anthropological path. This process occurs in psychophysiological level interaction with the cosmic environment and cultural, or vice versa. In this process, the imagination has the function of euphemization, that's why man creates images and symbols to mediate the harsh reality of time and the inevitability of death. Regarding the phenomenon "population in street situation", it is understood as being a group of people that lives in the streets and of it, usually, of their own will, or for reasons beyond his will. Crisscrossing these two concepts, this study aimed to analyze the symbolic images produced by people on the street to identify their religious imagery. The research subjects are housed in Casa de Acolhida of the City of Joao Pessoa and people living on the streets at the Mercado do Peixe of Tambaú in João Pessoa-PB. As a theoretical contribution, we used the General Theory of the Imagery (GTI) developed by G. Durand who supported the analysis of the images. We also seek the input of Discourse Analysis (DA) of the french line, with the concepts espoused by Foucault. The study was developed from the fieldwork that is one of the designs of the qualitative method. The research instruments were the Life History of the deponents and the implementation of a semi-structured interview, which allowed the collection of data relating to the religious imagery of the people on the street. In developing the survey, we could understand the formation of religious images from reflexology and arquetipology; we understand that modern man has the need of (re)encounter with the sacred, possibly, because spirituality is part of its constitution. The study results indicated that the religious imagery of the people on the streets in João Pessoa-PB features a convergence of daytime and nighttime images, since these images pointed upwards, towards the light and at the same time, indicated fall. These images are typical of the antithetical scheme - Daytime Conditions. On the other hand, the images converged to the center, to the intimacy of the house and the cup that are the expression of the euphemization of negative images from living on the streets. The religious imaginary the people in street situation analysis here unveiled, still, the religion an under prospective prism regarding the search for better days and a resignation about your own destiny. In this connection between utterances, we found the religious discourse crossed by syncretism and by pluralism with greater emphasis on images of Christianity. / O imaginário organiza as imagens produzidas pelo homo sapiens em seu trajeto antropológico. Esse processo ocorre em nível psicofisiológico em interação com o meio cósmico e cultural, ou vice-versa. Nesse processo, a imaginação tem a função de eufemização, por isso o homem cria imagens e símbolos para mediar a dura realidade do tempo e da inexorabilidade da morte. Quanto ao fenômeno população em situação de rua , compreende-se como sendo um grupo de pessoas que mora na rua e vive dela, geralmente, por vontade própria ou por razões alheias a sua vontade. Entrecruzando esses dois conceitos, este estudo teve como objetivo analisar as imagens simbólicas produzidas por pessoas em situação de rua para identificar seu imaginário religioso. Os sujeitos da pesquisa são os albergados da Casa de Acolhida da Prefeitura Municipal de João Pessoa e as pessoas que vivem em situação de rua no Mercado do Peixe de Tambaú, em João Pessoa-PB. Como aporte teórico, fizemos uso da Teoria Geral do Imaginário (TGI) elaborada por Durand (2002), que deu suporte à análise das imagens. Buscamos também o aporte da Análise do Discurso (AD) de linha francesa, com os conceitos defendidos por Foucault. O estudo foi desenvolvido a partir da pesquisa de campo, que é um dos delineamentos do método qualitativo. Os instrumentos da pesquisa foram a História de Vida dos depoentes e a aplicação de uma entrevista semiestruturada, os quais possibilitaram a coleta de dados referentes ao imaginário religioso das pessoas em situação de rua. No desenvolvimento da pesquisa, pudemos compreender a formação das imagens religiosas a partir da reflexologia e da arquetipologia; compreendemos ainda que o homem contemporâneo tem a necessidade de um (re)encontro com o sagrado, porque a espiritualidade faz parte de sua constituição. O resultado do estudo indicou que o imaginário religioso da população em situação de rua em João Pessoa-PB apresenta uma convergência das imagens diurnas e noturnas, uma vez que essas imagens apontaram para o alto, para a luz e, ao mesmo tempo, indicaram queda. Essas imagens são próprias do regime antitético Regime Diurno. Por outro lado, as imagens convergiram para o centro, para a intimidade da moradia e da taça, que são a expressão da eufemização de imagens negativas da vivência nas ruas, próprias do Regime Noturno. O imaginário religioso das pessoas em situação de rua aqui analisado desvelou a religião sob um prisma prospectivo no que tange à busca por dias melhores e uma resignação quanto ao seu destino. Nessa relação entre os enunciados, encontramos o discurso religioso atravessado pelo sincretismo e pelo pluralismo com ênfase maior nas imagens do cristianismo.

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar a potencial relação entre habilidades de memorização na prática violonística e o grau de habilidade de imagética (prática mental de recriação virtual de experiências sensoriais). Nove violonistas foram submetidos a testes de memorização com privação de feedback sensorial na forma de uma condição Controle seguida de três condições experimentais: Motora (remoção do feedback sonoro), Aural (remoção do feedback motor) e Visual (remoção dos feedbacks motor e aural). Os participantes foram instruídos a imaginarem o feedback ausente. Após dez repetições dos trechos musicais construídos especialmente para os testes, os violonistas tocavam o que memorizaram em condições normais de performance. O desempenho na memorização dos trechos estudados nas condições Motora e Visual foi inferior àquele obtido nas condições Aural e Controle, o que indicou a importância da presença do feedback sonoro durante o estudo de peças novas para o processo de memorização. Relacionando estes desempenhos com o grau de habilidade de imagética aural dos participantes, notou-se que aqueles com maior grau de habilidade de imagética não foram prejudicados pela ausência dos feedbacks nas tarefas de memorização, mantendo o desempenho em todas as condições testadas. Estes dados sugerem a importância da habilidade de imagética aural e corrobora com a ideia de que os músicos podem se beneficiar dela para o processo de memorização. / The aim of this research was to investigate the potential relationship between guitar practice memorization and imagery skills (mental practice through witch it is possible to create virtually real sensory experience). Nine guitarists were submitted to memory testes with sensory feedback privation through one Control condition followed by three experimental conditions: Motor (aural feedback absent), Aural (motor feedback absent) and Visual (both motor and aural feedbacks absent). After ten practice trials of the music pieces design specifically for the tests, the guitarists then played in normal performance conditions what they memorized. The subjects memorized less on the Motor and Visual experimental conditions compared to Aural and Control, what points to the importance of aural feedback during the practice of new piece when it concerns the memorization process. Comparing the memorization tests with aural imagery tests results showed that subjects with stronger imagery ability were less affected by feedback absent on memorization tasks, keeping the performance on every test condition. This data suggests the importance of aural imagery ability and corroborates with the idea that musicians can beneficiate of such skill on memorization process.

L’objectif de ce travail était d’apporter des données encore inconnu sur la relation entre les corrélats neurophysiologiques de l’action et la représentation mentale. Un ensemble de six expérimentations ont été menées. Celles-ci nous ont permis de mieux comprendre les modalités d’utilisation de l’imagerie motrice qu’elle soit concomitante ou réaliser après la pratique réelle. Les effets de la pratique physique sur la capacité d’utilisation de l’imagerie motrice ont aussi été explorés. Nos résultats montrent que l’imagerie motrice est très efficace, qu’elle soit pratiquée de manière concomitante à la pratique réelle ou après celle-ci lorsque la fatigue physique est importante. Nous démontrons que des capacités d’imagerie élevées ne sont pas systématiquement reliées à une amélioration de la performance. De manière inédite nous démontrons que la pratique réelle peut–être bénéfique pour la capacité d’imagerie motrice d’une habilité fortement automatisée. De plus, des sessions de pratique physique prolongées et intermittentes semblent plus perturber la capacité d’imagerie motrice qu’une pratique continue. L’ensemble de ces résultats est une contribution importante aux connaissances relatives à l’utilisation de l’imagerie motrice dans la réhabilitation ou encore dans la pratique physique / The main purpose of the present work was to add substantial data regarding the psychophysiological correlates of action with respective mental representation. A total of six experimental protocols were developed to understand the mechanisms of using motor imagery concomitant and after actual practice, and the effects of exercise on motor imagery ability. According to our findings, motor imagery can very be usefull when performed concomitant with actual practice and even after an exercise session, when fatigue is most present. We demonstrate that higher levels of motor imagery ability are not always linked with greater performance enhancement. Unprecedentedly, we reported that an exercise session might even be beneficial for motor imagery ability of high-automated task. In addition, prolonged intermittent exercise session are more likely to impair motor imagery ability in comparison with continuous exercise. These findings are of special interest of sports coaches and rehabilitation professionals, which usually incorporate motor imagery into their physical training sessions

Syftet med studien är att undersöka några förskollärares inställningar till barns bildaktiviteter och konstmöten i förskolan,och söka samband till hur ämnet enligt dem tar plats i verksamheten.Genom studien söks också inblick i deras egen syn på vald roll när bildaktiviteter utförs och konstmöten skapas i den pedagogiska verksamheten.Metoden för studien är kvalitativ och fem intervjuer har utförts.Resultatet visar att samtliga intervjuade förskollärare ser bildskapande och konstmöten som betydelsefullt och viktigt för barns utveckling.Resultatet visade att ämnet ofta fungerar som estetisk lärprocess för matematik,musik och biologi.Rollerna som förskollärarna väljer i samband med ämnet är varierande och en osäkerhet verkar finnas om vad som är pedagogiskt.Under studiens gång framkommer att konstmöten är svårare att berätta om och relatera till.Konstmöten utanför verksamheten uteblir även på fyra av de fem förskolorna. / <p><strong>Fastställt via akademichefsbeslut HIG-STYR 2019/7 den 2019-01-07</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Daniel Petterson, fil dr, univ. lekt Pedagogik och Erika Björklund, fil dr, univ. lekt Pedagogik går in som examinatorer på PEG700 under veckorna 1 till och med 3, 2019 då Peter Gill, prof. Pedagogik, gått i pension från och med 2019-01-01.</p>

This thesis presents and evaluates different methods to semantically segment 3D-models by rendered 2D-views. The 2D-views are segmented separately and then merged together. The thesis evaluates three different merge strategies, two different classification architectures, how many views should be rendered and how these rendered views should be arranged. The results are evaluated both quantitatively and qualitatively and then compared with the current classifier at Vricon presented in [30]. The conclusion of this thesis is that there is a performance gain to be had using this method. The best model was using two views and attains an accuracy of 90.89% which can be compared with 84.52% achieved by the single view network from [30]. The best nine view system achieved a 87.72%. The difference in accuracy between the two and the nine view system is attributed to the higher quality mesh on the sunny side of objects, which typically is the south side. The thesis provides a proof of concept and there are still many areas where the system can be improved. One of them being the extraction of training data which seemingly would have a huge impact on the performance.