Submitted by MARCOS LEANDRO TEIXEIRA DE OLIVEIRA (marcosteixeira@ufv.br) on 2018-11-23T17:04:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 4043180 bytes, checksum: d52fa3c5be03876e5a9f9cfc3dfbecf5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-23T17:04:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 4043180 bytes, checksum: d52fa3c5be03876e5a9f9cfc3dfbecf5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-30 / Ana Miranda é uma escritora reconhecida na cena da literatura brasileira contemporânea, tendo sido agraciada com importantes prêmios da crítica brasileira. Ela tem sido destacada por sua interlocução entre a história e a literatura. O presente trabalho pretende investigar os romances Desmundo (1996) e Dias e Dias (2003), analisando a representação da nação no romance , bem como a representação da personagem feminina nos romances. Seus livros têm como pano de fundo dois momentos fulcrais da história do Brasil: a colonização e os processos de independência. Assim, faz-se necessária uma leitura da história do Brasil, de modo a cotejar a leitura crítica que Miranda faz com a representação dos textos clássicos, como a Carta de Caminha. Por fim, foi feita uma análise de como a escritora apresenta, em sua a obra, a situação da mulher, problematizando e questionando a sociedade patriarcal a partir de temas como o casamento. Para fundamentar este trabalho, foram destacadas várias criticas feministas da literatura, que formularam importantes contribuições sobre a situação da mulher, assim como nomes icônicos da teoria feminista, especialmente, Simone Beauvoir e Virginia Woof. / Ana Miranda is a writer recognized of the Brazilian contemporary literature having been awarded important prizes by Brazilian critics. Shiite has been highlighted by critics for her interlocution between a story and a literature. The present work investigated the novels Desmundo (1996) and Dias e Dias (2003) analyzing the representation of religion in the novel, as well as a presentation of the women's representation in the novels. The novels have a background a vision and a process of independence, as well as a reading of the; history of Brazil, a way of making a critical critique of Miranda makes of the history with Translation, of classic texts, like the Letter of Caminha. Finally, an analysis was made of a writer in her work of a woman, to problematize a patriarchal society, starting with themes such as marriage. The foundation of the work was highlighted by several active women in literature, especially in relation to the situation of women and iconic names in feminist theory, especially Simone Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf.

Trotz aller Fortschritte bei der Etablierung spezifischer Autoantikörperassays ist das Screening auf antinukleäre Antikörper (ANA) mittels indirekter Immunfluoreszenz an HEp-2-Zellen für eine qualitätsgerechte Labordiagnostik von ANA-assoziierten rheumatischen Erkrankungen (AARE) weiterhin unabdingbar. Mit den Erkenntnissen zur Relevanz von DFS-Mustern und DFS70-Antikörpern eröffnen sich neue Möglichkeiten zur Optimierung der serologischen Stufendiagnostik bei Verdacht auf AARE. Das dicht-feingranuläre („dense fine speckled“, DFS) ANA-Muster ist relativ gut von den klassischen, mit dsDNAAntikörpern assoziierten „homogenen“ ANA-Mustern differenzierbar. Die wichtigste bei diesem Muster nachweisbare ANA-Spezifität ist der DFS70-Antikörper (Synonym: LEDGFAntikörper). Dieser Antikörper ist auch die häufigste bei ANA-positiven gesunden Personen nachweisbare ANA-Spezifität. Die Prävalenz von DFS70-Antikörpern in AARE-Patienten ist signifikant niedriger im Vergleich zur Prävalenz bei ANA gesunden Personen. Es besteht eine negative Assoziation der DFS70-Antikörper mit AARE, insbesondere wenn der Antikörper nicht in Begleitung von klinisch relevanten Autoantikörpern vorliegt. Isolierte DFS70-Antikörper findet man in weniger als 1% der AARE, aber in 5%–11% bei gesunden Personen. Beim Vorliegen eines isolierten DFS70-Antikörpers verringert sich die post-Test-Wahrscheinlichkeit für eine AARE deutlich. DFS70-Antikörper sind daher wertvolle neue Biomarker zur besseren Interpretation positiver ANA bei Negativität für AARE-assoziierte Autoantikörper und sollten in modifizierte Testalgorithmen zur Vermeidung unnötiger Überweisungen und Folgeuntersuchung von ANA positiven Personen integriert werden.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master Of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies at the University Of Zululand, 2018 / The purpose of this study was to understand the efficacy of the implementation of Annual National Assessment (ANA). In this study, the researcher chose King Cetshwayo District and Mthunzini circuit as a field of investigation. The investigation was conducted using a mixed method approach which was driven by both qualititave and quantitative approach. In this case, the Intermediate Phase schools were the main target to select a sample of 75 participants. All these randomly selected educators answered a questionnaire with closed and open-ended questions while five Heads of Departments (HoDs) and five educators were purposively selected to participate in the in-depth interview session. The main objectives of the investigation were to: (a) explore teachers’ views about the implementation of ANA in the Intermediate Phase; (b) find out teachers’ perspectives of on the use of ANA as diagnostic assessment tool; and (c) find out about the impact of ANA on learner performance in English First Additional Language. The findings revealed that the majority of educators complained about lack of training, administration including time in which ANA is written, exposure of underperforming schools and methods of teaching which encourage rote learning. Most educators were unhappy that their district officials were not supportive during the administration phase. Educators raised concerns that Grade 4 learners have difficulty in understanding the questions since it is their first year of using English as Language of Learning and Teaching. Some educators indicated that they have not been sent to ANA workshops yet they are expected to administer the assessment. Based on the findings, the researcher realised that the objectives of the implementation of ANA were not achieved in some schools due to the negative attitude displayed by educators towards ANA. The inconsistency of the test questions makes it difficult for the Department of Basic Education to ascertain whether or not there is any improvement in ANA results. The researcher recommends that in order for ANA to be successfully implemented, the school management teams and the subject advisors have to work closely with Intermediate Phase educators and provide necessary resources and support.

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a powerful tool for performing chemical analysis measurements of materials, such as slurries, soils, plastics and powder samples. The LIBS technique has proven to be sensitive, selective and robust for rapid, in situ analysis. The focus of this dissertation is the optimization of laser spectroscopic sensing methodologies for material characterization. The applications of the LIBS technique to slurry samples is very challenging due to the water content (~80%). A new sample preparation method called “spin-on-glass” was adopted to reduce the water content in slurry samples and improve the LIBS signal. The feasibility of using the new sampling method with a LIBS system was tested by applying multivariate analysis to the LIBS spectral data. The calibration results demonstrated that the LIBS technique with the new sampling method could successfully predict the elemental concentrations of slurry samples qualitatively and quantitatively. The possibility of developing a LIBS-based sensor system for total carbon quantification in soil samples was studied. The soil samples were studied in pellet form and the calibration models were developed by using simple linear regression (SLR) and multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. It was found that both SLR- and MLR-based calibrations successfully predicted the carbon concentration in an unknown sample with relative accuracy (RA) within 8%. The LIBS experimental setup was designed, developed and tested for the determination of elemental impurities in plastic calibration standards that are used in dual-energy computed tomography (CT) scanning for petrophysical applications. Univariate calibration (UC) and multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis were used to develop calibration models. From this study, it was concluded that MLR improved the calibration results and data derived from the LIBS analysis enhanced the predictive capabilities of dual-energy CT scanning in general. A comparative study was performed for quantification of strontium (Sr) in an aluminum (Al) batch with both the atomic and molecular LIBS emissions. The calibration models were developed using SLR analysis and the limits of detection (LOD) were obtained. The study confirmed that molecular LIBS could be used for quantification of Sr in a binary mixture.

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A estética do labirinto: barroco e modernidade em Ana Hatherly tem como objetivo estudar a criação poética da autora portuguesa, apontando suas afinidades estéticas com as tradições barroca e maneirista, e em especial com os labirintos (ou textos visuais) do século XVII. Ana Hatherly, que integrou o movimento da Poesia Experimental Portuguesa (PO-EX), na década de 1960, fez uma releitura criativa dessa herança cultural, ao mesmo tempo em que dialogou com formas e procedimentos da vanguarda internacional (e em particular com a Poesia Concreta), visando a reinvenção da escrita, mesclando recursos da literatura, da música, da pintura e outras formas de expressão. A escrita renovada de Ana Hatherly demanda um outro tipo de recepção por parte do leitor, que participa da descoberta ou da construção de significados, numa reinvenção da leitura. A estratégia criativa de Ana Hatherly aproxima-se, portanto, do conceito de obra aberta, formulado por Umberto Eco e Haroldo de Campos, que pode ser definida como um tipo de estrutura estética que permite múltiplas leituras, a partir de certo conjunto de regras estabelecidas pelo autor (que revela assim o aspecto de jogo da obra de arte). Este é um dos conceitos centrais discutidos na dissertação, aplicado à análise de obras da autora como as Tisanas, com apoio adicional nas formulações teóricas de autores como Affonso Ávila, Gustav R. Hocke e Johann Huizinga. Por fim, discutiremos os conceitos de vanguarda com base em autores como Marjorie Perloff, Renato Poggioli e Richard Kostelanetz, com o objetivo de apontar a atualidade de muitas das propostas do movimento da PO-EX, que não se limitam a um determinado contexto histórico, relacionando-se, inclusive, com experiências realizadas nos dias de hoje, no campo da poesia eletrônica ou digital. / The aesthetics of the labyrinth: baroque and modernity in Ana Hartherly aims to study the poetic creation of this Portuguese author pointing out its aesthetics choices in relation to the baroque and the mannerism, particularly the labyrinths (or visual texts) produced in the 17th century. Ana Hatherly, who took part in the Portuguese Experimental Poetry movement (PO-EX), in the 1960\'s, performed a creative rereading of this cultural heritage, and at the same time established a link with forms and procedures of the international vanguard (especially with the Concrete Poetry), pursuing the reinvention of the writing, merging resources of literature, music, painting and other forms of expression. Ana Hatherly\'s renewed writing demands another way of approaching, one that leads the reader into discoveries or constructions of meanings, in a reinvention of the act of reading. Ana Hatherly\'s creative strategy therefor is closely related with the concept of an open piece of work, formulated by Umberto Eco and Haroldo de Campos, and means a type of aesthetic structure that allows multiple interpretations, once a certain set of rules is established by the author (rendering, this way, a gamelike work). That is one of the key concepts to be discussed in this dissertation, where her works, such as Tisanas will be analyzed with additional theoretical support of works by Affonso Ávila, Gustav R. Hocke, and Johann Huizinga. Finally, we shall discuss the concepts of vanguard with theoretical support of Marjorie Perloff, Renato Poggioli and Richard Kostelanetz, aiming to point out how contemporary many of the PO-EX propositions are. Those are not bonded to a determined historical context, and even nowadays can be observed in experiences in the field of the electronic or digital poetry.

Following study is about the anorexic behavior and the pro-ana movement, which is a web-based subculture where the followers of this, stands for anorexia as an identity position and lifestyle, rather than a disease. The purpose of this study was that, from a sociological perspective give possible interpretations of the anorexic behavior, and interpret why some anorexics choose to be a part of and identify oneself with the pro-ana movement. The reason has been to conduce more knowledge and understanding of the topics, but also to contribute with a deeper perspective and sociological approach to the former research that is already available. To conduct the study, qualitative research has been used, and the chosen methodology was document analysis/text analysis. The collected empirical data consisted material from two pro-ana forums, four blogs and six twitter accounts, where all the users of those claimed to be supporters of the pro-ana. The empirical data has been interpreted by Howard S. Becker's theory of deviance, Erving Goffman's theory of stigma and his dramaturgical theory. In addition, previous research has also been used as a support. The study has shown that anorexics by being stigmatized for their deviant behavior may take different consequences for their actions. These are in the form of social isolation, concealment of behavior and resistance from the rest of society etcetera. Furthermore, the study also revealed that the major reason that anorectics choose to be a part of the pro-ana is because they are in need of interaction with likeminded people. Through membership the anorectics may get the status and attention they need, and at the same time take part of a community where they are not questioned, but rather perceived as fully normal.

As a living manifestation following the stream of history, literature has included, mainly after the sixties, attempts of recognition of social groups neglected so far. Constituted by the geographic, ethnic, and social (negroes, homossexuals, women ) periphery, this large human mass used literature as a stage for narrating their histories. In that disruptive context, novels were used to disclose the dissonant and disturbed reality of the XX century. Tropical sol da liberdade is the novel by Ana Maria Machado that aligns itself to that praxis of inquiring and unveiling historical truths . It shows us, from the female, deportee, and ex-centric point of view, facts from the 1964 Brazilian military dictatorship. Based on studies by the Canadian researcher Linda Hutcheon we intend to figure the place and the strength of those peripheral characters in the narrative developed by Machado. Aware that reality is continuously defying its representation, we have investigated into the vast universe embracing voluntary and involuntary departures, in the search for a literary representation of exile with emphasis on otherness issues. Given the theme's complexity, some background from psychology, sociology, cultural studies, was used for helping us to understand how Ana Maria Machado, as an excluded Latin American woman, has turned her experience into a discursive practice. While encompassing elements of a chaotic context, the analyzed novel does not evolve as a linear timeline following protagonist's consciousness time. It evolves otherwise, as time perception from a woman, tormented at same time, by the need to narrate things she saw and lived, and being bounded by the impossibility of doing that. Written in a delicate and exciting way, Tropical sol da liberdade doesn‟t speak about prison or torture. The novel narrates simple people's everyday life with their anguish and traumas. Through a metafictional narrative the traditional distance writer- reader is dissolved while we are kindly invited to participate in the creative act. That corroborates Umberto Eco's concept that a literary piece only completes with the participation of readers, in the same sense that victims of oppressive regimes reporting facts would only have therapeutic effect, as stated by Freud, when there is a concerned listener. From that starting point, we also investigate the importance of direct or indirect witnesses in reconstructing lives interrupted by dictatorships. What we've done through this study, can be considered a short walk through fictional woods, literary theories and spaces where the inexhaustible plurality resides. We have tried randomly to set an order by choosing thoughts, but never sticking on the illusory intention of exhausting reasons that incite us to keep investigating. / Como espaço privilegiado que acompanha o homem em sua trajetória existencial, a literatura incorporou, especialmente a partir da década de 60, as tentativas de reconhecimento de segmentos da sociedade até então negligenciados. Composta pela periferia étnica, geográfica e social (negros, homossexuais, mulheres...), essa grande massa fez da literatura palco para contar suas histórias. Reiterada a constatação de que os mais inspiradores sonhos sociais e políticos não passavam de sonhos, foram os romances que, inseridos num contexto de rupturas, revelaram a conturbada realidade do século XX. Tropical sol da liberdade, narrativa ficcional de Ana Maria Machado que se alinha a essa prática de desnudamento e questionamentos sobre as verdades históricas , nos revela visões diferenciadas dos fatos da ditadura militar de 64: das mulheres, dos exilados, dos ex-cêntricos . Com base nos estudos da pesquisadora canadense Linda Hutcheon, intentamos compreender o lugar e a força dessas personagens periféricas na narrativa elaborada por Machado. Cientes de que o real é algo que desafia a representação, investigamos, dentro de um vasto universo que opera entre deslocamentos voluntários e involuntários, a representação literária do exílio, com ênfase nas questões de alteridade daí advindas. Por sua complexidade, tal empreendimento exigiu que levássemos em conta conceitos provenientes de áreas como a psicologia, a sociologia, os estudos culturais, com o intuito de compreendermos como Ana Maria Machado, enquanto latino-americana degredada, fez de sua experiência uma prática discursiva. Refletindo as particularidades de um contexto caótico, o romance que nos propusemos estudar não obedece à ordem do relógio, mas à consciência da protagonista, uma mulher atormentada que se encontra numa encruzilhada: a necessidade de narrar o que viu e viveu, atrelada à impossibilidade de fazê-lo. Escrito de maneira delicada e emocionante, Tropical sol da liberdade não fala das torturas, das prisões, mas narra a vida miúda das pessoas simples, suas angústias, seus traumas. Desestabiliza a distância mantida, durante séculos, entre escritor e leitor. Através de uma narrativa metaficcional que desvenda o processo da criação literária, somos gentilmente convidados a participar do ato criativo, ratificando a ideia defendida por Eco de que a obra só se completa com a interferência do leitor. Da mesma forma, os relatos das vítimas dos regimes opressores só têm valor terapêutico, como afirma Freud, se houver um receptor interessado. Partimos dessa concepção para investigarmos a importância das testemunhas, diretas ou indiretas, na reconstrução das vidas interrompidas pelas ditaduras. O que fizemos neste trabalho foi uma breve incursão pelos bosques da ficção e das teorias literárias, lugares onde a pluralidade inesgotável habita. Tentamos, arbitrariamente, ordenar, optar, mas jamais com a ilusória intenção de esgotar os porquês que nos motivarão, sempre, a continuar investigando.

A estética do labirinto: barroco e modernidade em Ana Hatherly tem como objetivo estudar a criação poética da autora portuguesa, apontando suas afinidades estéticas com as tradições barroca e maneirista, e em especial com os labirintos (ou textos visuais) do século XVII. Ana Hatherly, que integrou o movimento da Poesia Experimental Portuguesa (PO-EX), na década de 1960, fez uma releitura criativa dessa herança cultural, ao mesmo tempo em que dialogou com formas e procedimentos da vanguarda internacional (e em particular com a Poesia Concreta), visando a reinvenção da escrita, mesclando recursos da literatura, da música, da pintura e outras formas de expressão. A escrita renovada de Ana Hatherly demanda um outro tipo de recepção por parte do leitor, que participa da descoberta ou da construção de significados, numa reinvenção da leitura. A estratégia criativa de Ana Hatherly aproxima-se, portanto, do conceito de obra aberta, formulado por Umberto Eco e Haroldo de Campos, que pode ser definida como um tipo de estrutura estética que permite múltiplas leituras, a partir de certo conjunto de regras estabelecidas pelo autor (que revela assim o aspecto de jogo da obra de arte). Este é um dos conceitos centrais discutidos na dissertação, aplicado à análise de obras da autora como as Tisanas, com apoio adicional nas formulações teóricas de autores como Affonso Ávila, Gustav R. Hocke e Johann Huizinga. Por fim, discutiremos os conceitos de vanguarda com base em autores como Marjorie Perloff, Renato Poggioli e Richard Kostelanetz, com o objetivo de apontar a atualidade de muitas das propostas do movimento da PO-EX, que não se limitam a um determinado contexto histórico, relacionando-se, inclusive, com experiências realizadas nos dias de hoje, no campo da poesia eletrônica ou digital. / The aesthetics of the labyrinth: baroque and modernity in Ana Hartherly aims to study the poetic creation of this Portuguese author pointing out its aesthetics choices in relation to the baroque and the mannerism, particularly the labyrinths (or visual texts) produced in the 17th century. Ana Hatherly, who took part in the Portuguese Experimental Poetry movement (PO-EX), in the 1960\'s, performed a creative rereading of this cultural heritage, and at the same time established a link with forms and procedures of the international vanguard (especially with the Concrete Poetry), pursuing the reinvention of the writing, merging resources of literature, music, painting and other forms of expression. Ana Hatherly\'s renewed writing demands another way of approaching, one that leads the reader into discoveries or constructions of meanings, in a reinvention of the act of reading. Ana Hatherly\'s creative strategy therefor is closely related with the concept of an open piece of work, formulated by Umberto Eco and Haroldo de Campos, and means a type of aesthetic structure that allows multiple interpretations, once a certain set of rules is established by the author (rendering, this way, a gamelike work). That is one of the key concepts to be discussed in this dissertation, where her works, such as Tisanas will be analyzed with additional theoretical support of works by Affonso Ávila, Gustav R. Hocke, and Johann Huizinga. Finally, we shall discuss the concepts of vanguard with theoretical support of Marjorie Perloff, Renato Poggioli and Richard Kostelanetz, aiming to point out how contemporary many of the PO-EX propositions are. Those are not bonded to a determined historical context, and even nowadays can be observed in experiences in the field of the electronic or digital poetry.

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