Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:11:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Denise Marciano de Aquino.pdf: 9251290 bytes, checksum: 1af551e1fc9d03478f8c9e731f49fac2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-01 / The "body" transcends its material condition of existence, marks, designs and shows a being staying in a world shaped by realities which make it tactile, albeit subjective, vibrating, and at the same time encased in standards. Volatile, even if you want it to be everlasting. These realities are embroidered by ideals of beauty, which converge into aesthetic standards that are persistently. Which are the Processes that reflect the representation of a "body" that is considered ideal? The initial hypothesis is that the media aimed at female audiences defile / is contaminated by aesthetic standards of beauty woven into a kaleidoscope in which cultural practices embroider a mosaic bio-political and socio-cultural.It is worth remembering that when I consider the female audience, I assume that the "beauty" is often related to it. In this study, therefore, I believe that women's magazines are an important source to investigate the question posed: by means of linguistic and visual resources this media establishes a will and a duty to be "beautiful." The female reader has access to a kind of knowledge and power that can be incorporated to make her "beautiful", sanctioned by the society and the public for whom it is aimed. The magazine that introduced the photo-story in Brazil will be analyzed in this study: it is the Grand Hotel, whose weekly editions circulated between 1947 and 1980.Covers published in its first year of service are being analyzed; a kind of "artistic work", they are drawn by hand and function as an identification of the journal. The choice of this analysis material is due to the cultural ideology of the late 40'sThe analysis is grounded in a proposal which, in addition to a system of signs, the culture is understood as a light of traditional theories of communication and arts magazines and translated into a new dimension of knowledge - which considers the need for a change of fields and methods of application .This research focuses on how a media production is related to cultural series, redesigning and distributing porous and non-orthogonal forms of beliefs, values and ways of life, exchanging cross bordering translations whose threads I intend to investigate. This work is based therefore on theoretical aspects of communication and the arts (especially in the semiotic work of the Slavic extraction, among which, Tynianov, Lotman and others). Three chapters compose the dissertation: the first chapter checks cases in which the contamination between codes, sets and languages inscribed in bodies (considered ideal) embroidered in a double subjectivity in which the natural and cultural are intertwined. Chapter 2 covers "printed aesthetic universes" it deals with the emergence of the magazine, relating this media with an aesthetic language of the universe. The proposed analysis of the corpus are developed in Chapter 3. Some final remarks close the paper, and opportunities for future research in the area are also highlighted / O corpo transcende sua condição material de existência; marca, projeta e mostra um ser e um estar no mundo, moldado por realidades que o tornam tátil, ainda que subjetivo; vibrátil, e ao mesmo tempo enclausurado em padrões. Volátil, mesmo que se queira perene. Essas realidades são bordadas por ideais de beleza, que confluem em padrões estéticos insistentemente perseguidos. Que processos traduzem a representação de um corpo considerado ideal? Este é o problema central desta dissertação. A hipótese inicial é a de que a mídia voltada ao público feminino contamina/ é contaminada por padrões estéticos de beleza tecidos num caleidoscópio em que práticas culturais bordam um mosaico bio-político-cultural. Vale lembrar que, quando considero o público feminino, parto do pressuposto de que a beleza é frequentemente relacionada a ele. Nesta pesquisa, pois, considero que as revistas femininas constituem um lugar importante para investigar a questão proposta: por meio de recursos linguísticos e visuais, esta mídia instaura um querer e um dever ser bonita . A leitora tem acesso a um saber e a um poder passíveis de serem incorporados para fazê-la bonita , sancionados pela sociedade e também pelo público a que se dirige. A revista que introduziu no Brasil a fotonovela será analisada nesta pesquisa: trata-se da Grande Hotel, cujas edições semanais circularam entre 1947 e 1980. São analisadas capas publicadas em seu primeiro ano de circulação; espécie de obra artística , são desenhadas à mão e funcionam como identificação do periódico. A escolha por este material de análise se deve à ideologia cultural de finais dos anos 40. A análise se embasa em uma proposta na qual, para além de um sistema de signos, a cultura é compreendida à luz de teorias tradicionais da comunicação e das artes revistas e traduzidas para uma nova dimensão de conhecimento na qual se considera a necessidade de alteração de campos e métodos de aplicação. Esta pesquisa se debruça sobre o modo como uma produção midiática se relaciona com séries culturais, redesenhando e distribuindo formas porosas e não-ortogonais de crenças, valores e modos de vida, intercambiando traduções interfronteiriças cujos encadeamentos investigo. Este trabalho se fundamenta, pois, em vertentes teóricas da comunicação e das artes (principalmente em filiação a trabalhos semióticos de extração eslava, dentre os quais, Tynianov, Lotman e outros). Três capítulos compõem a dissertação: o capítulo inicial verifica processos em que a contaminação entre códigos, séries e linguagens inscrevem em corpos (considerados ideais) subjetividades bordadas num duplo em que o natural e o cultural se entrelaçam. O capítulo 2 aborda universos estéticos impressos : trata do surgimento da revista, relacionando esta mídia com linguagens do universo estético. As análises do corpus proposto são desenvolvidas no capítulo 3. Algumas considerações finais encerram a dissertação, e também são apontadas possibilidades de pesquisas futuras na área

The top endorsed athletes in the world are most likely the ones who have the biggest impact on their sport. These athletes are usually among the best in their sport or they might have something special that creates a strong relationship between the athlete and his or her fans. It is possible to say that this relationship combined with their skills on and off of the fields, courts, or arenas is what makes these athletes special. Big companies all over the world feel attracted to these athletes and, as a result, they spend millions of dollars every year in order to make these athletes the face of their companies. This research investigates the relationship between the monetary values of the top 50 most endorsed athletes in the world and their behaviors. Companies spend millions of dollars every year on endorsement deals, so it is important that they pick the right athlete to represent them. Furthermore, the athletes that are being endorsed need to know if there is a possibility of gaining or losing endorsements based upon their behaviors. The methodology in this research utilizes Analysis of Variance to investigate this relationship.

The teratogenic potential of commercial formulations of atrazine (40.8%) and 2,4-D was evaluated using FETAX (frog embryo teratogenic assay--Xenopus). Because these herbicides have been detected in ground and surface water, this study was designed to determine the adverse effects in buffer and natural water for both herbicides. All treatments showed a significant concentration-response effect on exposed embryos, except for the 2,4-D natural water sample. Atrazine (solubility of the commercial formula used 70 mg/L at 20 degrees C), compared to 2,4-D (solubility = 311 mg/L at pH = 1 and 25 degrees C), had a significantly greater teratogenic effect in both the buffer (atrazine EC50 = 33 mg/L, LC50 = 100 mg/L, TI = 3.03; 2,4-D EC50 = 245 mg/L, LC50 = 254 mg/L, TI = 1.04) and natural water samples (atrazine EC50 < 8 mg/L, LC50 = 126 mg/L; 2,4-D EC50 and LC50 > 270 mg/L). The 2,4-D EC50 and LC50 values for the buffer were similar at 245 mg/L and 254 mg/L. These similar values and the teratogenic index (TI) of 1.04 suggested that 2,4-D was more embryotoxic than teratogenic to frog embryos at high concentrations. Atrazine in natural water demonstrated a significantly greater EC50 (100% abnormality at 8 mg/L, the lowest test concentration) to frog embryos than the buffer experiment (EC50 = 33 mg/L). The extrapolated lowest observable adverse effect concentration (LOAEC) for the natural water experiment was 1.1 mg/L. These results suggest that atrazine toxicity is enhanced by the synergistic or additive effects of some component of the water or atrazine was already present in the sample. In contrast to atrazine, 2,4-D was less toxic in natural water than buffer. These results suggest that both atrazine and 2,4-D pose little threat, since their embryotoxicity and teratogenicity to frog embryos occur at high concentrations approaching their maximum solubility levels in water.

Both the short-term and long-term unemployment rates for older workers in the United States have increased significantly since the 2007 recession. Researchers who examine the impact of involuntary job loss have predominantly focused on the experiences of men. Limited prior research exists on the job loss experiences of women over 50 years of age compared to men. The goal of this study was to address this gap in knowledge by examining the lived experiences of women over 50 who had experienced involuntary job loss, the barriers faced to reemployment, and the ways women overcame the barriers to reemployment. A phenomenological design was employed to gather data from a convenience sample of 10 women in a northeastern metropolitan city. Guided by the frameworks of Bandura and Leana and Feldman, this transcendental approach aimed to capture the lived experiences of the women who incurred involuntary job loss. Data transcribed from audio-taped interviews were manually coded and aligned with the appropriate research question. The findings highlighted the emotions, finances, family and social life of women following job loss. The findings suggest women faced age discrimination, organizational practices, technological challenges, and stereotypical beliefs in their attempts toward reemployment. The results of the study can be used to inform organizational leaders of the need for greater emphasis on programs offering solutions to older female workers seeking reemployment. The study promotes potential positive social change by informing organizational leaders of the experiences of women over 50 who had experienced involuntary job loss.

Les abeilles et les parasitoïdes de pucerons courent le risque d'exposition à des insecticides qui ne leur sont pas destinés. Nos objectifs consistent à évaluer ce risque sur le terrain et à contribuer à mettre au point des tests de toxicité létale et sublétale en laboratoire pour les deux types d'insectes. <br />A Madagascar, nous avons mené une enquête pour déterminer l'impact de pratiques paysannes en matière de protection de cultures d'agrumes sur les abeilles, et une expérimentation en parcelle de choux pour évaluer les effets de traitements insecticides sur les Hyménoptères parasites de pucerons. En France, nous avons déterminé en laboratoire les toxicités aiguës de la deltaméthrine, de la lambda cyhalothrine, du chlorpyriphos éthyle et du pyrimicarbe, pour les abeilles et le parasitoïde de pucerons, Aphidius ervi. Nous avons analysé, chez l'abeille, certaines causes de variabilité des doses létales à 50%. Nous avons également déterminé les effets d'insecticides sur le comportement d'orientation olfactive en olfactomètre chez l'abeille et A. ervi. <br />A Madagascar, le traitement pendant la floraison existe et les apiculteurs constatent des effets négatifs sur leurs ruches. L'expérimentation en parcelle de chou montre que le traitement insecticide contribue à retarder l'action des Hyménoptères parasites de pucerons. <br />En laboratoire, la toxicité varie en fonction du mode de pénétration et de la nature des matières actives. Chez l'abeille, les toxicités par ingestion collective et individuelle ne sont pas toujours comparables. L'importance du phénomène de trophallaxie dans cette différence a été précisée. Ainsi, la valeur de DL50 exprimée en ng/abeille dépend des conditions expérimentales. Les abeilles et A. ervi ayant survécu aux traitements insecticides et testés en olfactomètre, ne montrent pas ou peu de changement de comportement d'orientation vis-à-vis de l'odeur utilisée. Par contre, les abeilles recevant des DL20 et DL50 de deltaméthrine ont une capacité locomotrice réduite. Cette perturbation pourrait avoir des effets non négligeables sur les insectes auxiliaires dans un environnement pollué par les insecticides

At the Forschungszentrum Rossendorf the build-up of the superconducting 1.3 GHz accelerator ELBE is still in progress. Furthermore a new sc photo injector (SRF gun) is under development, which should accelerate electrons up to 10 MeV at 1.3 GHz frequency. The use of electron accelerators is also more and more interesting for applications where the destructive potential of the electrons are used like sterilization of medical waste and medical products, food irradiation or decontamination of sewage. For these processes a high power is required to achieve a high product throughput in a plant. The aim is therefore to use beam powers of around 100 kW or more. Since the applications of electron accelerators in industrial environments are steadily increasing one can speculate about transferring the above named state of the arte technology to industrial electron accelerators. At the FZR a feasibility study of such a table top electron accelerator (TTE) has been performed to investigate its technical limits and marketabilitys.

Both the short-term and long-term unemployment rates for older workers in the United States have increased significantly since the 2007 recession. Researchers who examine the impact of involuntary job loss have predominantly focused on the experiences of men. Limited prior research exists on the job loss experiences of women over 50 years of age compared to men. The goal of this study was to address this gap in knowledge by examining the lived experiences of women over 50 who had experienced involuntary job loss, the barriers faced to reemployment, and the ways women overcame the barriers to reemployment. A phenomenological design was employed to gather data from a convenience sample of 10 women in a northeastern metropolitan city. Guided by the frameworks of Bandura and Leana and Feldman, this transcendental approach aimed to capture the lived experiences of the women who incurred involuntary job loss. Data transcribed from audio-taped interviews were manually coded and aligned with the appropriate research question. The findings highlighted the emotions, finances, family and social life of women following job loss. The findings suggest women faced age discrimination, organizational practices, technological challenges, and stereotypical beliefs in their attempts toward reemployment. The results of the study can be used to inform organizational leaders of the need for greater emphasis on programs offering solutions to older female workers seeking reemployment. The study promotes potential positive social change by informing organizational leaders of the experiences of women over 50 who had experienced involuntary job loss.

En kommitté med uppgift att utreda huruvida en övergång bör ske från traditionsprincipen till avtalsprincipen tillsattes den 14 mars 2013. Utredningen har påkallats bland annat med anledning av att köpares okunskap, beträffande kravet på tradition, föranleder ett omedvetet risktagande från köparens sida i form av att en förvärvad vara kvarlämnas i säljarens besittning. Om en köpare kvarlämnar en köpt vara i säljarens besittning riskerar han enligt gällande rätt att gå miste om såväl varan som erlagd köpeskilling, med anledning av att förvärvet inte är skyddat mot säljarens borgenärer. Säljarens borgenärer har följaktligen möjlighet att ta en kvarlämnad vara i anspråk för täckning av säljarens skulder. Om en över­gång skulle ske till avtalsprincipen skulle köparens förvärv erhålla skydd mot säljarens borgenärer vid köpeavtalets ingående och köparen skulle därför kunna hindra att en köpt, men kvarlämnad, vara tas i anspråk för täckning av säljarens skulder. Köparen erhåller emellertid enbart separationsrätt till en vara om köpet uppfyller kravet på individualisering. För att er­hålla separationsrätt krävs även att köparen kan uppvisa betryggande bevisning till stöd för sin rätt, vilket kan medföra att köparen, om han efter köpet kvarlämnar varan i säljarens besittning, riskerar att gå miste om den på grund av att han inte kan styrka sin äganderätt. En övergång kan därför innebära att köparen likväl riskerar att gå miste om en köpt vara, dels eftersom han kan vara ovetandes om kravet på individualisering och dels eftersom han kan ha svårt att styrka sin rätt. Även säljaren vidtar, när han ingår ett överlåtelseavtal, en risk för att göra en förlust, men det är osannolikt att den risken skulle förändras med anledning av ett principbyte.

L’invecchiamento della popolazione in atto, l’entrata in massa della donna nel mercato del lavoro, verificata negli ultimi anni, l’aumento delle aspettative di vita e l’allungamento dell’età pensionabile con la Riforma Fornero-Monti, contribuiscono al mutamento della morfologia della famiglia, dei contesti lavorativi e della società nel complesso rendendo palese l’esigenza di comprendere meglio le dinamiche che questi cambiamenti comportano. Nonostante l’invecchiamento delle lavoratrici rappresenti un cambiamento importante, non ci sono ancora molti studi che hanno analizzato questo fenomeno. Il presente studio ha avuto l’obiettivo di comprendere e far luce sulle caratteristiche delle lavoratrici over 50, in particolar modo conoscere le peculiarità delle loro relazioni familiari/extra-lavorative e lavorative attraverso il concetto sociologico di Capitale sociale ritenuto di estrema importanza per comprendere il potenziale delle lavoratrici. La ricerca ha coinvolto, attraverso la compilazione di un questionario, 4962 lavoratrici tra i 50 e i 69 anni di 18 aziende associate a Valore D, su tutto il territorio italiano. Dallo studio emerge che le lavoratrici hanno ancora un buon livello di potenziale e che il CSF e CSL possono rivestire un ruolo importante come risorsa nella vita delle donne in questa fase di vita, ma anche per le aziende e la società stessa. / The aging of the population, the mass entry of women into the labor market, verified in recent years, the increase in life expectancy and the lengthening of the retirement age with the Fornero-Monti Reform, contributed to the change of the morphology of the family, of working contexts and of society as a whole, making clear the need to better understand the dynamics that these changes entail. Although the aging of female workers represents an important change, this phenomenon has not been analyzed yet. The present study aims to understand and shed light on the characteristics of of workers over 50, especially to know the peculiarities of their family / extra-work and work relationships through the sociological concept of Social Capital considered of extreme importance to understand the potential of female workers. The research involved 4962 workers between 50 and 69 years of 18 companies associated with Valore D, throughout Italy, who completed a questionnaire. The study shows that female workers still have a good level of potential and that the CSF and CSL can play an important important role as a resource for women in this phase of their life, but also for companies and society itself.

The objective of the present thesis entitled The creation of the Soviet union's ideal and its media image in the Czechoslovak media in 1950's is to show the effort of the major daily newspaper of that time - i.e. Rudé právo - to describe Soviet science. Creating a positive image of the Soviet Union through the presentation of scientific breakthroughs represents a significant way of building the ideal image of the USSR. More than fifty years later, it may be well analyzed which scientific fields were glorified by right, wherein the Soviet Union really excelled; and the rest, glorified only for propagandistic purposes. The theoretical part of this paper deals with the political situation in the USSR at the end of 40's and in the 50's as well as with the overall scientific environment during the same period. It characterizes the position of Rudé právo and describes the method of investigation. The paper however centers on the media analysis of ten separate time periods. The basic research method consists in historical and content- related analysis. The areas to be analyzed include the most important military research event of the decade under investigation - the successful test of the Soviet H-bomb, as well as the first successful use of nuclear energy for civilian purposes in the world - the startup...