Title: The influence of water temperature on the rate of recovery during repeated isometric exercise. Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to assess the effect of water temperature on immersion of forearm to water for the sake of speeding up the recovery process during repeated isometric performance. Methods: Five male subjects from the students of FTVS (average age 22 ± 3 years) underwent three meaurements with repeated exercise to exhaustion with various kinds of rest periods. The exercise was represented by three series of intermittent isometric contraction of the finger flexors until exhaustion with 20 minutes rest period. The rest period was represented by the immersion of forearm into cold water (8řC; 15řC;) as well as by a passive rest. Sturation O2 of saturated hemoglobin (SmO2) was monitored by the spectrometer throughout the entire measurements at flexor digitorum profundus. Results: The reliability of measurements was rel=0,79 with standard deviation SD= 27,3s and standard measurement error SEM= 12,5s. The least effective method of recovery was passive recovery. Decrease in the time between the first, second and third contraction respectively was 35s, 34s respectively. Immersion in 15 ř C water under recovery phase led to improvement in the second contraction by 43s and by 27s in the...

The target of my thesis is to find out the level of physical abilities of younger school boys who are active in floorball. I tested the level of motor abilities using the Unifittest (6-60) and the Holistic Motor Test. I did the testing in the floorball club called Start 98 Prague, where I tested 62 players. I compared the level of motor abilities with the general population. I also wanted to find out how big the differences will be with the players who are divided by performance. The research section shows that the players have achieved the best results in their strengths tests. Furthermore, it turned out that the worst achievements were obtained by the players in agility tests. Average results were obtained by the players during their speed skills tests. KEYWORDS younger school, age, motor abilities, floorball, testing, motor abilities tests

Based on the former studies, there is evidence of tinnitus being associated with performance on cognitive ability tests (for example Andersson et al. 2009, Hallam et al. 2004). The topic of my bachelor thesis was to unravel how depression, stress and anxiety connected with tinnitus symptoms are related to cognitive abilities such as verbal fluency, inhibition ability and working memory capacity. In order to fill an existing gap of knowledge, the relationship of different severity of stress caused by tinnitus symptoms as measured with Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) and cognitive abilities and depression and anxiety symptoms was emphasized. The experiment group was divided into two subgroups, those with lower and higher level of perceived tinnitus severity and the differences in test scores between groups were investigated with one-way analysis of variance. As a result, significant differences between the two tinnitus patient groups were found in the level of performance in inhibition task where participants were asked to give the font color of congruent color - word pair as an answer. It was also studied whether there were correlations between perceived severity of tinnitus symptoms, depression and anxiety symptoms, working memory capacity and inhibition ability. As a result of correlation analysis, this study confirmed the connection between tinnitus symptoms and anxiety and depression symptoms found in previous studies, and a significant correlation was found between THI scores and anxiety symptoms, and THI scores and C inhibition test scores where the participant was asked to name the font color from incongruent color-word pairs. The results of this study suggest that there is a connection between the level of perceived tinnitus severity and the ability to name font color of incongruent color - word pair. The current study found no evidence about the connection between THI scores and other cognitive abilities as well as anxiety and depression symptoms, even though the THI scores correlated with both anxiety symptom scores and with the reaction times of an inhibition task where the participants were asked to point out the font color from incongruent color - word pairs.

Cognition (i.e. how individuals perceive, process and react to environmental cues) is fundamental to all animals’ life. Despite this, what explains variation in cognitive abilities is still mainly unclear. Environment is assumed to influences cognitive variation, but the mechanisms for this are still unknown. According to the social intelligence hypothesis, living in a group with a rich social environment, generate challenges that can enhance cognitive abilities. Impulsivity (to not be able to inhibit impulses), one aspect of cognition, may be influenced by the social environment, however this has not yet been experimentally tested. Impulsivity can complicate life, both for humans and animals. In humans, high levels of impulsivity and lack of self-control are associated with addictions and psychiatric disorders, thus is considered to be maladaptive. In animals, impulsivity correlates with stereotypies. To improve our understanding of impulsivity, I experimentally investigated how early social environment affects individual variation in impulsivity. To test this, red junglefowl chicks were used because their group living nature, and our accumulated knowledge on their cognition and behaviour. To manipulate the social environment, chicks either grew up in larger groups (with 17 individuals) or smaller groups (with 7 individuals). During the chicks’ first five weeks of life, three aspects of impulsivity were tested; impulsive action, persistence (in a detour reaching test) and routine formation (in a reversal learning test). Chicks that grew up in larger groups tended to perform less impulsive actions, while social environment did not explain variation in persistence. Chicks from larger groups had less strong routine formation compared to chicks raised in smaller groups. This partially supports the social intelligence hypothesis, and suggest that early social life can affect cognitive traits and explain individual variation in such.

M.A., Faculty of Humanities, University of the University, 2011 / With the increasing prevalence of autism on a worldwide scale, new teaching methodologies need to be explored in order to educate children with autism helping them to achieve their maximum potential. It has previously been established that many individuals with autism use visual opposed to verbal modes of thinking and learning. In this study action research was used to examine if high imagery instructional methods of teaching could be used as a teaching tool for autistic children attending a special needs school. This study examined whether there was a change in the classroom performance of three autistic children after a 5 month period of high imagery instruction, as compared against a baseline of response to previous instruction, as well as the pattern of verbal and non verbal abilities manifested at time of intake into the programme. Analysis of the results of initial cognitive, language and perceptual tests was thus undertaken for diagnostic purposes, combined with analysis of initial response to teaching prior to high imagery intervention. Once this base-line had been established, analysis of school readiness and scholastic tests was then undertaken pre and post intervention, combined with in-depth interviews with the children’s teacher, analysis of developmental diaries and analysis of work done as part of the school programme followed by each child over a five month period of intervention. At baseline all three children were found to have phonological weaknesses, as evidenced by difficulties isolating onset sounds in words, difficulties with rhyming and difficulties in skills such as blending sounds into words. Two of the children in the sample showed little to no response to the high imagery instruction, and continued to have difficulties with reading and pre-reading tasks involving working with the sound structure of the English language. The third child in the sample showed an increase in phonological skills and in reading, writing and spelling abilities in response to high imagery instruction, as well as an increase in both vocabulary and the non-verbal abilities involved in drawing . It was noted at base-line as well as throughout the study that visual memory was an area of strength for this child, but not for the other two children in the sample. The child who made progress was also able to use his visual strengths to develop associations between sounds and letters. The conclusions from this exploratory study are that not all children with autism learn through use of visual strategies in teaching. The success of high imagery teaching strategies when used with a child with well developed visual memory abilities would suggest that high imagery instruction could be a useful and successful teaching strategy where children with autism exhibit well developed visual modes of thought. Strengths in visual memory and in visual association may be indicators of the likelihood that a child with autism will respond positively to high imagery instruction.

The purpose of the study is to support a younger mathematically gifted student to develop his problem solving ability in mathematics. The study was based on a micro-ethnographic study through participatory observations, where the analysis was based on Krutetskii's eight mathematical abilities. The result of the analysis shows that even younger, especially talented students in mathematics demonstrate Krutetskii's thoughts on mathematical abilities. The specific child in the study shows that there are several mathematical abilities within him. The problem is that the child does not get enough management and stimulation to develop his or her abilities. The child in the study needs adequate support to be able to reach full potential. Problem solving has been the focus of our meetings in order to develop the ability to motivate mathematical problems. The study has focused on two different types of problems, both closed and open issues. The result of the analysis also shows that the special education teacher needs to guide teachers in rich mathematical problems and treatment for particularly talented students in mathematics.

Statistiken och mäns upplevelser av vårdnadstvister antyder att mammor har flera fördelar i de vårdnadstvister som leder fram till ensam vårdnad. I vår studie genomför vi en kritisk diskursanalys av de domar som har lett fram till ensam vårdnad i Stockholms tingsrätt under år 2018. Vi undersöker om normer och föreställningar kring mammaroller och papparoller påverkar utfallet i domarna. Till vårt statistiska resultat har vi utgått från 121 domar och vårt kvalitativa resultat baseras på 18 domar. Vi använder Norman Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys som teori och metod och som komplementerande teori använder vi Lewis och Welsch modell som delar in ett fungerande föräldraskap i fyra kategorier samt Ylva Elvin-Nowaks forskning om könspositioner. Resultatet uppmärksammar att många fall innehåller historier av mammor som har blivit utsatta för våld och barn som har bevittnat våld. Det förekommer även fall med pågående missbruk och psykisk ohälsa. Alla dessa påverkar tydligt utfallet på domarna till nackdel för problemföräldern. Dominerande teman och diskurser i resultatet är Riskanalys, Barnets nuvarande boendesituation, Könad omsorgsförmåga, Strategier samt En mammas känsla av rätt till sitt barn är större än pappas känsla av rätt till sitt barn. Studiens resultat visar att den omständighet som beaktas som viktigast är barnets nuvarande boendesituation, boendeföräldern har ett tydligt försprång framför umgängesföräldern. Resultatet visar också att det förekommer omsorgsförmågor som beskrivs olika beroende på om de relateras till en mamma eller pappa. Mammor gynnas dessutom av att kunna exkludera pappor från familjen. Studien ger en mer nyanserad bild av hur pappor idag inte bara bedöms i avsaknad av “feminina” kvaliteter. / Statistics and fathers´experiences from custody battles imply that mothers have more benefits when the court is ruling for sole custody. In our study we examine if norms and conceptions regarding parenting roles and gender roles might affect the outcome in these custody battles. Our empirical material is based on court documents from Stockholm District Court in 2018. We have created statistics from 121 custody battle court orders, and performed a qualitative study based on 18 custody battle court orders. We use Norman Fairclough´s critical discourse analysis as our theory and method, and as a complement we use Parenting practices divided in four dimensions by Jane Lewis and Elaine Welsh a theory, as well as research about gender roles av Ylva Elvin-Nowak. Our research show a high number of cases with violence towards the mother, where the child has been witness to the violence. Some court cases concern parents with existing drug abuse or mental illness. All of these cases effect the outcome of the custody battle, with disadvantage to the violent parent or the parent with drug abuse/mental illness. Dominating themes and discourses in the results are Risk analysis, The child´s current living arrangement, Gendered Care Ability, Strategies and A Mother´s sense of right to her child is more apparent than a Father´s sense of right to his child. The results show that the outcome of a sole custody battle is primarily based on the child´s current living arrangement. We can show that some care abilities have different implications for mothers and fathers, and that mothers can exclude the father from the family as a strategy and benefit from it. Our study depicts a more nuanced image of how fathers are judged not only in the absence of “feminine” qualities.

Este estudo versa sobre o desenvolvimento de competências para a docência segundo a vivência de docentes de um curso de graduação em enfermagem. Busca conhecer quando e como docentes de um curso de graduação de Enfermagem desenvolvem competências para a docência; identificar os conhecimentos e as habilidades desenvolvidas pelos docentes na construção de competências para o ensino de Enfermagem e identificar como intervir nesse processo, por meio da reflexão sobre a profissão docente. Realizada com a metodologia da pesquisa-ação, esta pesquisa social, busca a confirmação de 3 hipóteses iniciais formuladas pela pesquisadora, objetivando comprovar se o perfil atual do professor enfatiza as qualidades pessoais que invadem a construção das competências docentes; se este perfil sofre a influência dos valores vigentes na sociedade e se as estruturas das Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) influenciam e determinam a trajetória e a capacitação profissional do docente. Face às hipóteses e objetivos, a pesquisa foi realizada em dois momentos sucessivos, iniciando com entrevistas individuais com as docentes cujas falas, foram analisadas pelo método da análise de conteúdo, segundo a técnica de análise temática, que conforme Minayo (1996) consiste em descobrir os núcleos de sentido que compõem uma comunicação. Desta análise resultou um relatório síntese, adotado como texto disparador para o momento seguinte, que foi a realização de um grupo focal, constituído por 6 docentes integrantes do corpo docente do curso de Enfermagem, lócus da pesquisa. Os dados coligidos no grupo focal foram analisados conforme a metodologia da hermenêutica dialética, segundo determinantes estruturais, particulares e singulares, sob a ótica do materialismo histórico-dialético, possibilitando captar os sentidos e conceitos dos sujeitos com relação ao tema da pesquisa. Os resultados referendam as hipóteses formuladas e apontam para o estabelecimento de um novo modo de pensar e de agir no contexto da educação em enfermagem, visando a melhoria no atendimento das demandas sociais, referindo-se à construção das competências ético-sociais, envolvendo a capacidade de colaboração e cooperação com o outro (estudantes, usuários, docentes e demais profissionais), estabelecendo relações humanas participativas e construtivas, assumindo a responsabilidade de ser um agente transformador social sob a égide da ética, especialmente a ética no cuidado, respeitando a autonomia, a diversidade e a responsabilidade nas relações com o outro. Estas relações possibilitaram o desenvolvimento de competências da esfera sócio-educativa, envolvendo a comunicação, autonomia intelectual, capacidade auto-reflexiva e de autocrítica. As condições da unidade de ensino proporcionaram o desenvolvimento de competências técnico-científicas, relacionadas à aquisição, construção e domínio dos saberes necessários para a realização das atividades nas áreas da enfermagem e do ensino em enfermagem. As competências docentes não foram construídas em um momento temporal específico, mas sim, ao longo das trajetórias pessoais e profissionais, no cotidiano das docentes, expandido para além da sua área técnica de formação, invadindo os espaços sociais das relações interpessoais, tanto na sociedade, quanto nas instituições de ensino. As falas captadas mostraram grande sintonia na direção de um conjunto de fatores intervenientes, demonstrando a influência do processo histórico e dos determinantes sociais, que por sua vez, moldam as estruturas das unidades de ensino, estabelecendo as relações com as competências. Com relação às habilidades, foram desenvolvidas as referentes às relações interpessoais e de interação professor-aluno; de planejamento das ações e de uso de novas estratégias e metodologias de ensino que possibilitaram o aprimoramento da visão educacional e as voltadas para a construção da autonomia intelectual, tanto do aluno quanto do próprio docente. Para uma nova conformação do processo de ensino-aprendizagem, concluiu-se ser necessário não só aos novos enfermeiros, mas também aos atuais e aos futuros enfermeiros-professores, desenvolverem competências que os possibilitem a pensar e agir com ética e ousadia. / This study broaches the development of abilities for the teaching following lecturer’s experiences with a nursing graduating study. It seeks to know when and how lecturers of nursing graduating colleges develop their teaching abilities; to identify the knowledge and the skills developed by the lecturers in the process of building abilities for Nursing teaching and identify how to interfere in this process, through the reflection over the profession of a teacher. Accomplished with the research-action methodology, this social research, intends to corroborate three initial hypothesis proposed by the researcher, yet intending to confirm if the present profile of a teacher emphasizes the personal qualities that brake in the process of building teaching abilities; if this profile is under the influence of the society’s present values and if the structures of the Universities/Colleges (IES) do interfere and determine the professional path and training of the lecturer. In the view of the hypothesis and objectives, the research was made at two successive moments, starting with individual interviews of the teachers whose speech was analyzed through the method of subject analysis, following the technique of thematic analysis, that accordingly with Minayo (1996) consists in finding the signification cores that compose a communication. From this analysis came a synthetic report, adopted as base text for the following moment, which was to build a focal group composed by six lecturers from the teaching staff of a Nursing Graduating course, locus of the research. The data collected in the focal group was analyzed accordingly with the methodology of dialectic hermeneutic, following structural determinants, singular and particular, under the historic-dialectic materialism scope, allowing, thus, to collect the subject’s senses and concepts related to the research’s theme. The results countersign the previous hypothesis and point to the establishment of a new way of thinking and acting in the nursing educational context, intending to improve the assistance to social demands, referring to the process of building ethic-social abilities, involving the capacity of collaboration and cooperation with others (students, users, lecturers and other professionals), establishing constructive and participative human relations, taking the responsibility of being an agent of social transformation, supported by ethics, specially ethics related to the care, respecting the autonomy, the diversity and the responsibility in the relations with others. These relations allowed the development of abilities under the social-educational scope, involving the communication, intellectual autonomy, self reflective and self critical capabilities. The conditions of the educational facility allowed the development of technical-scientific abilities, related to the acquisition, assembling and control of the knowledge needed for the accomplishment of the activities of the nursing educational and practical field. The teaching abilities were not built in a specific temporal moment, but instead, they were built in the course of personal and professional paths, over the teachers daily work, expanding to beyond their formal educational area, trespassing the social fields of interpersonal relations, as much in society , as in the teaching facilities (IES). The speeches recorded have shown great tuning on the direction of a conjunct of intervenient factors, showing the influence of the historical process and the social determinants, those that shape the educational facilities’ structures, establishing the relations with the abilities. As for the abilities, those related to interpersonal relations and teacher-student interaction were developed; also, action planning and those related to using new teaching strategies and methodologies that allowed the improvement of the educational view, and those related to building an intellectual autonomy, as much for the student, as for the teacher himself. For a new conformation of the teaching-learning process, we have concluded that it is necessary for the new nurse-teacher, as much as for the present and those yet to come, to develop abilities that allow them to think and act ethically, and with audacity.

Considerando que o Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio influencia práticas de ensino, este trabalho tem como proposta verificar como Situações-problema (ZABALA e ARNAU, 2010) articuladas ao Ensino de Química podem promover o desenvolvimento de Competências e Habilidades exigidas pelo ENEM. Desenvolvemos e aplicamos uma sequência de atividades em um Cursinho Popular Comunitário. Os objetivos de trabalho consistiram em analisar as atividades procurando evidenciar as principais dificuldades conceituais e cognitivas dos alunos na resolução dos problemas, realizar um acompanhamento individual dos estudantes para verificar evoluções ou superações das dificuldades, contribuir com práticas pedagógicas no Ensino de Química, e desenvolver um estudo dos principais documentos oficiais. De forma contraditória as próprias questões do ENEM nem sempre desenvolvem Competências e Habilidades, apresentando um caráter conteudista. Assim, criamos e aplicamos situações que problematizaram o ensino. Os dados deste trabalho foram obtidos através da resolução de questões reelaboradas do próprio ENEM e outras criadas. Como análise de dados foi empregada a ferramenta Análise de Conteúdos proposta por Bardin (1977), apoiando-se em referenciais teóricos que investigam o desenvolvimento de habilidades cognitivas de alta e baixa ordem para a criação de categorias (MARCONDES E SUART (2008) e ZOLLER, (1993)). Os alunos apresentaram melhores rendimentos em questões de baixa ordem cognitiva que, segundo Zoller (1993), significa maior facilidade em recordar a informação, aplicar conhecimentos ou algoritmos memorizados. Quanto ao rendimento em questões que demandaram alta cognição, incialmente apresentou-se baixo, mas após a participação nas sequências de atividades, houve um aumento gradual e significativo. O que representou o domínio de investigação e resolução de problemas muitas vezes pouco familiares aos alunos e a tomada de decisões (ZOLLER, 1993). Acreditamos que conhecer o aluno de forma individualizada foi importante para que pudéssemos acompanhar suas dificuldades e avanços. Diversas foram as razões que comprometeram a resolução adequada dos problemas propostos, como o nível de envolvimento e compreensão dos alunos, a forma de aplicação dos conhecimentos adquiridos, e também, dificuldades conceituais e de raciocínios matemáticos. Apesar das dificuldades, ensinar por meio de competências e habilidades certamente correspondem à forma ideal de ensino. E como educadores temos a obrigação de enfrentar os desafios cotidianos da educação. / Considering that the National Examination of Secondary Education influences teaching practices, this work has as a proposal to verify as Problem Situations (ZABALA e ARNAU, 2010) articulated to the teaching of Chemistry can promote the development of Competences and Skills required by ENEM. We developed and aplied a sequence of activities in a Community Popular Course. The objectives of the study were to analyze the activities seeking to highlight the main conceptual and cognitive difficulties of the students in solving problems, to carry out an individual follow-up of the students to verify evolutions or overcome difficulties, to contribute with pedagogical practices in the teaching of Chemistry, and to develop a study of the main official documents. In a contradictory way the very issues of the E do not always develop Skills and Abilities, presenting a content character. Thus, we create and apply Situations that problematized the teaching. The data of this work were obtained through the resolution of reworked questions of the ENEM itself and other created ones. The data analysis tool was proposed by Bardin (1977), based on theoretical references that investigate the development of high and low order cognitive abilities for the creation of categories (MARCONDES AND SUART (2008) and ZOLLER, (1993)).According to Zoller (1993), the students presented better performance in questions of low order of cognition, which means that it is easier to remember the information, to apply memorized knowledge or algorithms. Concerning income in questions that demand high cognition, it was initially low, but after participation in the sequences of activities, there was a gradual and significant increase. What represented the domain of investigation and resolution of problems often unfamiliar to students and the decision-making (ZOLLER, 1993). We believe that knowing the student in an individualized way was important so that we could follow his difficulties and advances. There were several reasons that compromised the adequate resolution of the proposed problems, such as the level of student involvement and understanding, the application of acquired knowledge, and also conceptual difficulties and mathematical reasoning. Despite the difficulties, teaching through skills and abilities certainly correspond to the ideal form of teaching. And as educators we have an obligation to face the everyday challenges of education.

The study investigated the relationship among three cognitive styles and summarization abilities. Both summarization products and processes were examined. Summarizing products were scored and a canonical correlation analysis was performed to determine their relationship with three cognitive styles. Summarizing processes were examined by videotaping students as they provided think aloud protocols. Their processes were recorded on composing style sheets and analyzed qualitatively. Subjects were sixth-grade students in self-contained classes in a suburban school district. Summarizing products were collected over a two week period in the fall. Summarizing processes were collected over an eight week period in the spring of the same school year. The results of the summarizing products analysis suggest that cognitive styles are related to summarization abilities. Two canonical correlations among the two variable sets were statistically significant at the .05 level of significance (.33 and .29). The results further suggest that students who are field independent, reflective, and flexible in their attentional style may be more adept at organizing their ideas and using written mechanics while summarizing. Students who are impulsive and constricted in attentional style may exhibit strength in expressing their ideas while summarizing. Results of the summarizing processes analysis suggest that students of one cognitive style combination may exhibit different behaviors while summarizing than those of other cognitive style combinations. Students who are field independent, reflective, and flexible in their attentional style seem to display more mature, interactive behaviors while summarizing than their peers of other cognitive style combinations.