A presente dissertação verifica a abordagem dos espaços periféricos a partir da análise poética da canção Subúrbio, de Chico Buarque (Carioca, 2006), com o fito de analisar o lugar de enunciação do sujeito poético. Nossa hipótese é a de que na canção um enunciador cujo olhar se distancia dos objetos que tematiza e que esta abordagem é um aspecto que prevalece em boa parte da obra cancional do referido poeta. / The current dissertation aims to verify the approach of the outlying areas through the analysis of the poetic song Subúrbio, by Chico Buarque (Carioca, 2006), in order to analyze the poetic subjects enunciative place. Our hypothesis is that in the song there is an enunciator whose look distances itself from the themed matters and this approach is an aspect that prevails in almost of the reffered poet`s songbook

O número de indivíduos obesos quase dobrou desde 1980. Sendo assim, a obesidade torna-se uma ameaça para o equilíbrio físico, mental e social destes indivíduos. Entre os tratamentos psicológicos, destaca-se a Terapia Cognitivo Comportamental, na qual explica que o sistema de crenças de um indivíduo interfere no desenvolvimento de seus sentimentos e comportamentos e, quando distorcido, pode causar tendências disfuncionais de raciocínio. Adaptar instrumentos a fim de aprofundar os estudos em relação ao comportamento alimentar de indivíduos obesos, pode levar a promover ações para promoção de saúde destes. A Dieting Beliefs Scale, composta por 16 afirmações, divididas entre lócus de controle interno (fator 1), lócus que estão além do controle, (fator 2) e lócus externo (fator 3), avalia a relação entre peso e comportamento na dieta. O objetivo deste estudo é adaptar esta escala em adultos para a amostra não clínica (alunos e funcionários da Universidade de Ribeirão Preto - UNAERP) de ambos os sexos e aplicar a versão adaptada para amostra clínica (pacientes da clínica de Nutrição da UNAERP). A análise dos dados da adaptação foi realizada com 197 sujeitos da amostra não clínica e foram realizadas a tradução, análise das evidências de validade (Análise Fatorial Exploratória - AFE - e Análise Fatorial Confirmatória - AFC) e precisão ou fidedignidade (alpha de Cronbach e teste-reteste). A aplicação da escala adaptada foi realizada na amostra clínica (n=114). Em relação aos resultados da tradução, a amostra não clínica não apresentou dúvidas em relação à versão traduzida. Sendo assim, esta foi aplicada em 197 sujeitos desta amostra. Já em relação aos resultados das evidências de validade a AFE constatou que os itens 2, 9, 10, 11 e 15 apresentaram uma carga fatorial alta para o fator 1; os itens 5, 6 e 7 apresentaram alta carga fatorial para o fator 2 e os itens 8, 12 e 13, para o fator 3. Foram excluídos os itens 1, 3, 4 e 16 por terem apresentado carga fatorial abaixo de 0,40. Na AFC, o modelo re-especificado da escala original apresentou ajuste razoável. Os resultados da Precisão ou fidedignidade foi realizada por meio do Alpha de Cronbach (0,404), classificado como moderado e do Teste-reteste (n=96), onde se observou que o fator 1 possui maior índice de correlação (0,620), comparados com os fatores 2 (0,499) e 3 (0,381). Os resultados da aplicação da escala na amostra clínica mostram que há evidências da não relação estatisticamente significativa entre o IMC e os fatores da Escala de Crenças sobre Dieta. Esta amostra pode ter compreensão da importância dos fatores internos em um processo de perda de peso. Assim, as análises estatísticas demonstraram qualidades psicométricas razoáveis. Recomenda-se a utilização deste instrumento para pesquisas a fim de compreender as crenças dos indivíduos em processo de perda de peso e o fator que pode estar interferindo em seu comportamento / The number of obese people has nearly doubled since 1980. Thus, obesity becomes a threat to the physical, mental and social balance of these individuals. Among the psychological treatments, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy stands out, in which it explains that the belief system of an individual interferes in the development of their feelings and behaviors and, when distorted, can cause dysfunctional tendencies of reasoning. Adapting instruments to deepen the studies regarding the eating behavior of obese individuals may lead to actions to promote their health. The Dieting Beliefs Scale, composed of 16 statements, divided between internal control locus (factor 1), locus that are beyond the control (factor 2) and external locus (factor 3), evaluates the relationship between weight and behavior in the diet. The aim of this study is to adapt this scale in adult non-clinical sample (students and staff at the University of Ribeirão Preto - UNAERP) of both genders and apply the version adapted for clinical sample (clinic patients Nutrition UNAERP). The analysis of the adaptation data was performed with 197 subjects from the non-clinical sample and the translation, analysis of the validity evidence (Exploratory Factor Analysis - AFE - and Confirmatory Factor Analysis - AFC) and accuracy or reliability (Cronbach\'s alpha and test -retested). The application of the adapted scale was performed in the clinical sample (n = 114). Regarding the results of the translation, the non-clinical sample showed no doubts about the translated version. Therefore, it was applied in 197 subjects of this sample. Regarding the results of the validity evidence, AFE found that items 2, 9, 10, 11 and 15 presented a high factor load factor 1; Items 5, 6 and 7 presented a high factor load for factor 2 and items 8, 12 and 13 for factor 3. Items 1, 3, 4 and 16 were excluded because they presented a factorial load below 0.40. In the AFC, the re-specified model of the original scale presented a reasonable fit. The results of Accuracy or reliability were performed using Cronbach\'s Alpha (0.404), classified as moderate and Test-retest (n = 96), where it was observed that factor 1 had a higher correlation index (0.620), compared with Factors 2 (0.499) and 3 (0.381). The results of scale application in the clinical sample show that there is evidence of a non-statistically significant relationship between BMI and Dietary Belief Scale factors. This sample may have an understanding of the importance of internal factors in a weight loss process. Thus, the statistical analyzes demonstrated reasonable psychometric qualities. It is recommended to use this tool for research in order to understand the beliefs of individuals in the process of weight loss and the factor that may be interfering in their behavior

O lugar como referência de aprendizagem no ensino de geografia trajetória docente no estado de Santa Catarina objetiva a leitura do mundo a partir do espaço vivido e cotidiano dos/das estudantes da Educação Básica, na perspectiva de marcar a identidade e pertencimento de ser e estar no mundo. O estudo é uma narrativa de minha história escolar enquanto estudante e professora, com experiências vivenciadas em diversos municípios do estado de Santa Catarina. Na trajetória docente relata o trabalho no magistério público da rede estadual de ensino e na rede municipal de Paulo Lopes/SC, percorrendo pela educação geográfica que descortina a formação dentro da profissão. Afirma que a partir da experiência geográfica do lugar dos/das estudantes envolvidos nas suas rotinas e vivências cotidianas é possível ensinar Geografia e alongar o olhar para a leitura integrada do mundo. Demonstra a diversidade de percepções do lugar trazidas nas vivências das crianças e adolescentes, bem como nos referenciais teóricos do ensino de Geografia e nos exemplos de atividades pedagógicas. A avaliação e aprendizagem geográfica compõem um enredo de condução do conceito de lugar como prelúdio ao conhecimento geográfico durante toda a narrativa. Expressa a realidade do exercício da docência considerando uma atividade de interações humanas; no reconhecimento da diversidade no espaço social escola. / Locus as learning reference in Geography teaching. Teaching trajectory in Santa Catarina State. It aims the reading of the world through elementary students living places and their everyday lives, in the perspective of marking their identity of being and belonging by becoming and being in the world. This study is a narrative of the researcher’s school story as a student and teacher with many experiences lived in different cities of Santa Catarina State. In her teaching carrier she tells about her work at the Educational public State system and at the Educational Public system of Paulo Lopes city passing through geographic education that reveals her vocational training. She states that from students’ geographical locus experiences engaged in their everyday lives, it is possible to teach Geography and extend their view to an integrated reading of the world. She shows the variety of local world perceptions brought by children and teenagers life experiences, as well, in the Geography teaching theoretical references and by pedagogical activity examples. The evaluation and geographic learning consist of a narrative that drives the concept of locus as the prelude to geographical knowledge during all the narrative. It expresses the reality of teaching practice considering it as an activity of human interactions in the acknowledgment of the diversity in the social place-school.

Orientador: Paulo Roberto da Cunha. / Tese (Doutorado em Ciências Contábeis e Administração) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Contábeis e Administração, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Andrew Emil Yagle. / M.S.

Orientador: Rita Cássia Menegati Dornelles / Co-orientador: Janete Aparecida Anselmo-Franci / Banca: Maristela de Oliveira Poletini / Banca: Jacqueline Nelisis Zanoni / Resumo: As alterações nos componentes reprodutivos do eixo hipotálamo-hipófise-gônadas em muitas fêmeas de mamíferos determinam a transição gradual de ciclos reprodutivos regulares para ciclos irregulares, com perda de fertilidade. A interação dos neurônios do hormônio liberador de gonadotrofinas (GnRH) e esteróides gonadais representa função chave na neurobiologia do envelhecimento, pois a sobreposição temporal da senescência endócrina e neural está mecanicamente interligada pelas alças de retroalimentação. Estímulos do locus coeruleus (LC) para a área pré-óptica (APO) e eminência mediana são essenciais para a liberação das gonadotrofinas e seus neurônios apresentam receptores para estrógeno e progesterona, sugerindo controle dos esteróides ovarianos. Neste estudo foi avaliado a atividade de células neuronais localizadas em áreas e núcleos envolvidos com o controle de ação dos neurônios GnRH de ratas Wistar no período de transição para a aciclicidade. Para este trabalho foram utilizadas fêmeas Wistar cíclicas (4 meses) e acíclicas (18-20 meses) submetidas à decapitação ou perfusão às 10, 14 e 18 h na fase do diestro. Após serem retirados, os cérebros dos animais decapitados foram congelados e armazenados para posterior determinação do conteúdo de GnRH hipotalâmico e do conteúdo de noradrenalina e dopamina na APO. Os cérebros perfundidos foram cortados seriadamente em secções coronais de 30 μm para a APO e o LC e... / Abstract: Changes in reproductive components of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in many female mammals determine the gradual transition from regular reproductive cycles to irregular cycles, with loss of fertility. The interaction of neurons of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadal steroids represents key role in the neurobiology of aging, because the temporal overlap of endocrine and neural senescence is mechanically interconnected by feedback loops. Stimulation of the locus coeruleus (LC) for the preoptic area (POA) and median eminence are essential for the release of gonadotropins and their neurons have receptors for estrogen and progesterone, suggesting control of ovarian steroids. Therefore, in this study we evaluated the activity of neuronal cells located in areas and nuclei involved in the control of action of GnRH neurons of female rats during the transition to acyclicity. For this study, we used cyclic female (4 months) and acyclic (18-20 months) rats underwent perfusion or decapitation at 10, 14 and 18 h of diestrus day. The brains from decapitated animals, after removed, were frozen and stored for subsequent determination of the hypothalamic GnRH content and the noradrenaline and dopamine content in the POA. The perfused brains were serially cut into coronal sections of 30 μm to POA and LC and subsequently submitted to immunohistochemical labeling for Fos (FRA) and FRA / TH, respectively. For quantitative analysis of the POA were considered plates containing AVPe being the counting of neurons FRA-ir performed from the insertion of the box with... / Mestre

The correlation between locus of control and marital satisfaction is examined as part of a longitudinal study spanning 44 years and 3 time points. It is predicted that as locus of control has more of an external orientation marital satisfaction will be lower. Participants include high school juniors and seniors in the state of Washington from 1966 with follow-up surveys in 1980 and 2010. Using ordinary least squares regressions, marital satisfaction scores in 1980 or 2010 are predicted by locus of control scores from either 1966 or 1980 with control variables that include gender, income, educational attainment, occupational prestige, and military service. Partial support for the presented hypotheses is found and discussed. Locus of control as measured in middle adulthood predicted marital satisfaction measured contemporaneously. However, in contrast to previous reports, none of the control variables significantly predicted marital satisfaction. A primary limitation that is discussed regards the measurement of locus of control occurring in a manner without any established psychometric data to confirm reliability or validity. Understanding the relationship between locus of control and marital satisfaction may help improve case conceptualization and treatment for couples seeking treatment. Considerations for future research are explored.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to research the effects of a student-staff mentoring relationship on high school students’ locus of control, life/school satisfaction and ultimately their academics as determined by their grades. Participants consisted of a small cohort of 10th grade high school students at a public charter, college preparatory high school in inner city Phoenix, Arizona. Frederickson’s broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions and Bandura’s social cognitive theory provide the models of behavior to improve school satisfaction, motivation and overall well being. A mixed method, action research design was used to study how a 9-week mentoring program facilitated by the dean of students impacted the students’ locus of control, satisfaction, and academic achievement. Participants completed pre and post test measures using a modified Trice College Success Survey that measured external-internal locus of control and the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS) used to measure life satisfaction and sub-constructs of satisfaction including family, friends, school, living environment and self. Post intervention a smaller sample of students were interviewed, field notes were also compiled and analyzed using a social constructionist point of view to gather insight on how students create their own knowledge and how that connects to their behaviors and attitudes that affect their success. Among the key findings was that students indicated a preference for the type of individualized attention that the mentoring program introduced to support them academically. Quantitative analyses of the survey data did not indicate a significant shift from external to internal locus of control or an improvement in life or school satisfaction, however further research should be conducted to implement a longer intervention period with similar intervention components. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Educational Administration and Supervision 2019

Combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological condition researchers have cited as a major cause of marital discord and divorce for veterans with PTSD. This study examined the psychological construct of locus of control among the wives of veterans diagnosed with combat-related PTSD and whether or not it was a predictor of marital satisfaction within this context. An extensive search of the current literature revealed no previous studies that had investigated this relationship. Utilizing the family systems theory to address this gap, this study sought to compare reported marital satisfaction in wives with an internal locus of control to those with an external locus of control. Participants for this study were 111 wives of veterans with combat-related PTSD, each of whom completed a demographic questionnaire, the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Survey, and the Duttweiler Internal Control Index. A multiple linear regression was conducted to determine if age, number of years married, number of children, level of education, household income, and internal locus of control were predictors of marital satisfaction reported by wives of veterans with combat-related PTSD. The results indicated that an internal locus of control accounted for a significant degree of the variance in marital satisfaction while the demographic variables were not significant predictors. This study contributes to social change by providing an empirical insight into the relationship between locus of control and marital satisfaction in wives of veterans with PTSD. The results of this study could help improve the quality of life of veterans with PTSD by enhancing awareness of locus of control to practitioners while developing a therapeutic treatment plan that will fit the veteran's locus of control orientation.

An intrinsic religious orientation has been linked to improved cardiovascular health. Individuals may be protected by their beliefs against anger/hostility, which have been linked to increased cardiovascular reactivity and disease. Health locus of control differentiates between internals, who take responsibility for health, and externals, who attribute responsibility to chance or powerful others. Internal health locus of control has been linked to healthy behaviors, but its relationship to religious orientation is unclear. Intrinsically held religious beliefs and internally held expectancies for health may, through the mechanism of reactivity, reduce risk for cardiovascular disease. This study explored relationships among health locus of control, religious orientation, and cardiovascular reactivity to an interpersonal stressor in an older adult population. Intrinsic religiousness and internal health locus of control emerged as highly related potential buffers against anger/hostility and cardiovascular reactivity.