The dualist paradigm, which has been criticized by sources in both the Catholic tradition and feminism for alienating persons from their bodies and allowing the treatment of persons as objects and property, has greatly influenced the development and practice of medicine. Particularly now, with the advent of modern molecular biology techniques as well as the potential for commercial profit-making from human biomaterials, the use of patient-derived tissue in biomedical research brings forth many questions for discussion. The notion of embodiment, what it means to have and to be a body, can be seen as a useful perspective from which to gain insight into these questions concerning person's bodies. Although stated in different terms and employing different methodologies, many sources from both the Catholic and feminist traditions of thought on embodiment converge on a holistic understanding of the person, one that counters pervasive dualistic tendencies. Within the Catholic tradition, a person is considered to be an integrated unity of body and soul; as Pope John Paul II has said, 'touch the body, touch the person.' Within the feminist perspective, the classic 'our bodies, ourselves,' is a reference to the fundamental understanding of the self as incorporating the body in an essential sense. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

Revised thesis (doctoral)--Universität Łódź, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-214).

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At the beginnings of the Gothic, in the eighteenth century, there was an anxiety or taboo surrounding consumption and appetite for the Gothic text itself and for the excessive and sensational themes that the Gothic discussed. The female body, becoming a commodity in society, was objectified within the texts and consumed by the villain (both metaphorically and literally) who represented the perils of gluttony and indulgence and the horrors of cannibalistic desire. The female was the object of consumption and thus was denied appetite and was depicted as starved and starving. This also communicated the taboo of female appetite, a taboo that persists and changes within the Gothic as the female assumes the status of subject and the power to devour; she moves from being ethereal to bestial in the nineteenth century. With her renewed hunger, she becomes the consumer, devouring the villain who would eat her alive. The two sections of this study discuss the extremes of appetite and the extremes of bodily representations: starvation and cannibalism.

Neste trabalho, modelos de pedestres, utilizados para simular a caracterização da radiopropagação em interiores de edifícios, são reproduzidos, analisados e comparados em diversos ambientes e com diferentes fluxos de pedestres. Estes modelos têm como base o método de traçado de raios (imagens), e se diferenciam em relação ao formato (lâmina, paralelepípedo e cilindro), constantes eletromagnéticas (material absorvente, condutor e dielétrico) e mecanismos de espalhamento de onda eletromagnética (difração, reflexão ou ambos) considerados sobre o pedestre. Para cada um dos modelos, um algoritmo foi criado e detalhado através da apresentação de equações e estrutura dos dados. A análise dos modelos foi realizada em duas etapas de comparação: uma com dados empíricos e outra entre parâmetros de caracterização do canal, como desvanecimentos e dispersão no tempo, obtidos através de simulações com cada tipo de modelo de pedestre. Dentre os vinte e nove modelos ensaiados, os resultados da análise mostraram que o pedestre modelado por um cilindro condutor é aquele que apresenta resultados mais satisfatórios. / In this work, pedestrian models, used to simulate characterization of indoor radio propagation are reproduced, analyzed and compared in different environments with different pedestrian flows. These models are based on the image ray-tracing method, and differs themselves on shape (plate, cylinder and cuboid), electromagnetic constant (absorber, conductive and dielectric materials) and considered spread mechanisms (diffraction, reflection, or both). For each model, an algorithm is created and detailed through the presentation of equations and data structure. The models analysis were made in two comparison steps: one with empirical data and the other with the environment characterization parameters, like fading and time spread, obtained through simulations of each pedestrian model. Within twenty nine models simulation, the results analysis show that the most satisfactory results are given by the model that considers the pedestrian as a conducting cylinder.

I create opportunities for nourishment that are physical, emotional and spiritual with my functional porcelain vessels. They reference the human body's sensual curves, dimples, and bulges, establishing the experience of eating as a metaphor for the sensual experience of human interaction. The tactility is heightened by the variety of glazes dancing around the vessels, from satiny smooth and skin-like, to wet and dripping. Handmade vessels connect the users not only more deeply to the food that provides them nourishment, but also connects them more deeply to one another, and to the maker of the work. The slow, deliberate work of making one-of-a-kind objects is similar to the act of carefully preparing a homemade meal, and in turn, dedicating time to the ritual of sitting down together to enjoy that meal. Whether I'm working in my studio creating vessels, or in my kitchen creating a meal, I derive the same experience of spiritual wellbeing. In these moments I am completely present and mindful. / by Alexandria Schwartz. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

Neste trabalho, modelos de pedestres, utilizados para simular a caracterização da radiopropagação em interiores de edifícios, são reproduzidos, analisados e comparados em diversos ambientes e com diferentes fluxos de pedestres. Estes modelos têm como base o método de traçado de raios (imagens), e se diferenciam em relação ao formato (lâmina, paralelepípedo e cilindro), constantes eletromagnéticas (material absorvente, condutor e dielétrico) e mecanismos de espalhamento de onda eletromagnética (difração, reflexão ou ambos) considerados sobre o pedestre. Para cada um dos modelos, um algoritmo foi criado e detalhado através da apresentação de equações e estrutura dos dados. A análise dos modelos foi realizada em duas etapas de comparação: uma com dados empíricos e outra entre parâmetros de caracterização do canal, como desvanecimentos e dispersão no tempo, obtidos através de simulações com cada tipo de modelo de pedestre. Dentre os vinte e nove modelos ensaiados, os resultados da análise mostraram que o pedestre modelado por um cilindro condutor é aquele que apresenta resultados mais satisfatórios. / In this work, pedestrian models, used to simulate characterization of indoor radio propagation are reproduced, analyzed and compared in different environments with different pedestrian flows. These models are based on the image ray-tracing method, and differs themselves on shape (plate, cylinder and cuboid), electromagnetic constant (absorber, conductive and dielectric materials) and considered spread mechanisms (diffraction, reflection, or both). For each model, an algorithm is created and detailed through the presentation of equations and data structure. The models analysis were made in two comparison steps: one with empirical data and the other with the environment characterization parameters, like fading and time spread, obtained through simulations of each pedestrian model. Within twenty nine models simulation, the results analysis show that the most satisfactory results are given by the model that considers the pedestrian as a conducting cylinder.

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