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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Modelagem e monitoramento hidrológico das bacias hidrográficas dos córregos Botafogo e Cascavel, Goiânia – GO / Hydrological modeling and monitoring watershed streams Botafogo and Cascavel, Goiânia - GO

Pereira, Tatiane Souza Rodrigues 28 April 2015 (has links)
Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2015-10-23T11:41:58Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação -Tatiane Souza Rodrigues Pereira - 2015.pdf: 12338914 bytes, checksum: c966794ae558bcc73711fb5a806a52dd (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2015-10-23T11:45:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação -Tatiane Souza Rodrigues Pereira - 2015.pdf: 12338914 bytes, checksum: c966794ae558bcc73711fb5a806a52dd (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-23T11:45:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação -Tatiane Souza Rodrigues Pereira - 2015.pdf: 12338914 bytes, checksum: c966794ae558bcc73711fb5a806a52dd (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos- Finep / The impermeabilization of Brazil watersheds have generated socio-economic and environmental impacts innumerable, which has resulton a dare for public administrations. This because most of the towns do not have an efficient drainage system, this causes the water seeps quickly into water streams that are not prepared to support this new level of streamflow, mainly towards the extreme rainfall events. Thus, the hydrological modeling appears like an important support tool for planning and management. However this tool is subject to limitations that must be ascertained through calibration and model validation in real field conditions. This calibration process has been the focus of research and discussion in the last 50 years, and the most currently accepted models are based on uncertainty those analysis to determine the parameters. This study aims at the assessthe development and calibration of the model rainfall-runoff UFGModel1.1 as well as analyze the uncertainty applied to the simulation of streamflow. For this purpose, we used methodologies of uncertainty analysis by means of the Monte Carlo methods (MC) and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), which form the basis of the GLUE and DREAM algorithms, respectively, for estimating uncertainties.The results demonstrate that DREAM performs better than the calibrating the GLUE. The various sets of parameters found for both algorithms were considered great for model validation, enabling high efficiency of this precipitation events for medium at very strong with relatively narrow uncertainty limits for DREAM and great for GLUE. The parameter that showed lower sensitivity in the model was the Manning channel. / A impermeabilização das bacias hidrográficas brasileiras têm gerado inúmeros impactos sócio-econômicos-ambientais, o que tem resultado em um desafio para as gestõespúblicas. Isso porque, a maioria das cidades não possuem um sistema de drenagem eficiente, assim a água escoa rapidamente para dentro cursos d’água que nãoestão preparados para suportar esse novo patamar de vazões, principalmente frente a eventos de chuva extremos. Dessa forma, a modelagem hidrológica aparece como uma importante ferramenta de suporte ao planejamento e gestão. No entanto, tal ferramenta está sujeita a limitações que devem ser averiguadas por meio de calibração e validação do modelo em condições reais de campo. Este processo de calibração tem sido foco de pesquisa e discussão nos últimos 50 anos, sendo que atualmente os modelos mais aceitos são os que empregam análise de incerteza na determinação dos parâmetros. Este estudo, visa avaliar o desenvolvimento e calibração do modelo de precipitação-vazão UFGModel1.1, bem como analisar a incerteza aplicada na simulação das vazões. Para tanto, utilizou-se metodologias de análise de incerteza por meio dos métodos de Monte Carlo (MC) e Cadeia de MarkovMonte Carlo (MCMC),que formam as bases dos algoritmos GLUE e DREAM, respectivamente, paraestimação de incertezas. Os resultados demonstram que o DREAM realiza uma melhor calibração que o GLUE. Osvários conjuntos de parâmetrosencontrados, para ambos algoritmos, foram considerados ótimos para a validação do modelo, possibilitando alta eficiência deste para eventosde precipitação de médio à fortes com limites de incerteza relativamente estreitos para o DREAM e grandes para o GLUE.O parâmetro que apresentou menor sensibilidade no modelo foi o Manning do canal.
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The Hispanic American dream vs. the dream act and an overview of Hispanics' agenda in American public policy

Chuquizuta, Maria Teresa 01 January 2009 (has links)
This research study aims to support the enactment of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) and evaluate the political, economic and cultural effects of Hispanic population in American public policy. Every year, 65,000 illegal students graduate from American high schools and are not able to attend college due to their legal status. The DREAM Act proposes to modify current immigration legislation to allow illegal students who were brought to the United States under the age of sixteen to pursue a college or military career. This Act would also grant conditional legal residency that will eventually lead to attainment of citizenship. In addition, using textual analysis of other authors and scholars, this paper seeks to point out the Hispanic agenda for American public policy is the same as the policy agenda of non-Hispanic Americans. This study will also include critics of Hispanic immigration, culture and language. Through the understanding of the importance of the enactment of the DREAM Act non-Hispanic constituents might support the bill with their representatives in Congress. Furthermore, the findings on the Hispanic role in American public policy will perhaps influence the support of comprehensive Immigration Reform that could benefit American society and its economy while rewarding immigrants in their search for the American dream.
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宗教類非營利組織衛星頻道功能之研究:以泰國法身寺《夢中夢》節目為例 / Research on the Role of Satellite TV Run by Religious NPO : the case of the "Dream in dream"Program by the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Thailand

白樸, Tancharoon,Paiphum Unknown Date (has links)
本篇論文主要目的在於探討宗教類非營利組織網路衛星頻道的功能,並以泰國法身寺《夢中夢》節目為個案,以資作為提升道德倫理教育及解決各國社會問題的參考。本文的研究問題分為兩者:一者是《夢中夢》節目有什麼樣的製作原則與方法?;二者是《夢中夢》節目如何把節目的影響力擴大到泰國社會去? 本文採用參與觀察法 (participant observation),筆者親身參與製作《夢中夢》節目,成為法身寺的工作人員(staff),負責不同的工作項目。從西元2002年3月1日至西元2004年8月31日,共花了兩年五個月的時間來參與觀察《夢中夢》節目,從開始發展節目的階段到節目穩定的階段,才把自己所見所聞的資料作一番整理分析。本篇論文也盡量不採用佛教術語,希望能為一般讀者所接受,並能容易明瞭其內容。研究中發現: 一、《夢中夢》節目有什麼樣的製作原則與方法? (一) 節目內容:《夢中夢》節目的內容符合了製作節目的五大原則:有明確的目標、創新、關連性、掌握時代潮流和訴求廣度。除此之外每一個原則中,也有自己的特點 。 (二) 製作管理:《夢中夢》節目的製作管理符合了製作節目的五大原則:給予節目人員參與節目的政策決定、符合觀眾的作息時間、固定的帶狀時間、連接安排吸引觀眾的節目、節目存量足以播出 。 二、《夢中夢》節目如何把節目的影響力擴大到泰國社會去? (一) 節目的廣告活動:除了利用雜誌、宣傳單、海報和高速公路旁邊的大看板和網路作為廣告的工具,還請志工介紹親朋好友看《夢中夢》節目 。 (二) 節目的公關活動: 《夢中夢》節目推廣一些活動除了達到公關的效果:建立節目的形象和增加知名度之外,也能把節目的影響力擴大到社會去。 (三) 節目的促銷活動:利用研討會作為促銷活動,並設有促銷時段 。 本篇論文建議法身寺: 一、節目內容方面 (一) 明確的目標:把製作節目的原則和方法列印成《製作節目的手冊》。 (二) 創新:不斷地學習新科技,同時請實務界的科技顧問。 (三) 關連性:請願意公開姓名的個案主人來跟主持人作訪談,加強關連性的學習功能。 (四) 掌握時代潮流:成立「乾淨媒體社團」把這種新時代的潮流擴大影響到全國大眾媒體。 (五) 訴求廣度:成立「夢中夢節目觀眾的社團」讓新觀眾更感覺到節目對他和志工沒有差別的待遇。 二、製作管理方面 (一) 節目人員參與政策的決定:請實務界的廣電人士當作節目的顧問。 (二) 符合觀眾的作息時間和固定的帶狀時間:建議法身寺成立海外的轉播站。 (三) 連接安排吸引觀眾的節目:每個月應有創新的單元 (四) 節目存量足以播出:增加「佛教藝術團」專門畫畫的工作人員。 三、節目的廣告活動方面:增加網路廣告的數量與功能。 四、節目的促銷活動方面:建議法身寺灌輸新的觀念給志工:介紹節目即是法布施,如送一本好看的書給朋友看一樣。若推廣節目的情況還未提升應再研發新的管道來推廣節目,不要跟募款的管道重複。 最後,筆者認為《夢中夢》節目的特點是:一、給予“乾淨媒體”的定義,即是節目的六大原則;二、廣播節目激勵網路世界裡的善人能躍進到現實世界來顯示英雄的本質;三、推廣活動幫助現實世界的善人建起「善人關係網」;四、節目的內容不在於宣揚法身寺的名聲而在於提高全國僧團的地位,鼓勵觀眾每逢佛日(大約每七天)到家附近的寺院去護持僧團,使全國寺院團結牽手向前走、同心協力發展佛教事業。
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編導式攝影─夢遊影像故事,在夢與創作之間。 / The study on fabricated photography-The images of sleepwalk, the relationship between dreams and creations

李佳曄, Lee, Chia Yeh Unknown Date (has links)
本專題為編導式攝影製作,以夢遊為影像故事腳本,隱喻創作由發想至產出的過程。專題概念始於「創作的發想就像一場白日夢,創作的過程就像夢遊」,拍攝六段城市裡的夢遊冒險,將夢遊比喻為創作的不同階段,並在書面文字中解釋這些隱喻。 六段拍攝劇情為「失眠出門、夜遊尋找、甦醒伸展、逃離丟棄、瘋狂吞食,與沈浸熟睡」,由五位主角與我接力演出,以六人表示身處不同創作階段、激發不同面向的自己。故事由主角夜裡失眠開始,進入尋找與丟棄的主線,像是創作初期開啟不同的領域,稍做伸展停留,卻又離棄原有構想,接著進入大吃劇情,以食物帶給身心的雙重滿足,代表創作的喜悅。最後將落葉倒入浴缸中代表歸納與沈浸,浴缸如想像力的船,落葉如眾多故事的隱喻。當我墜入夢境,故事便進入夢中夢的循環。 這是一場呼應自己創作歷程的演出與拍攝,場景與道具皆有隱喻與前後牽引,具影像敘事的實驗性。考量人在夢中的視角,是能夠看見自己演出甚至指揮劇情的,同時具備導演與演員身份,故在作品說明上會使用到第一人稱與第三人稱。 / This project is a production of fabricated photography, which adopts sleepwalk as the script, implying the process of fulfilling thoughts into the tangible work. The project began with the concept that inspiration of creating is similar to daydreaming as well as the journey of creating is akin to sleep-walking. Six sequences of sleepwalk-adventures that shot in the city symbolize the different phases of creating, which will be clarified in the following articles. The plots consist of the insomniac going out, wandering and seeking, waking up and stretching, fleeing and abandoning, wildly swallowing and consuming, and settling and falling asleep, all of which are performed by five characters and me. Six characters indicate that the creator was located and inspired by different phases and facets of creating. The story begins with the protagonist couldn’t get to sleep at night, then wanders into the story line where she/he is seeking and stretching various ideas, then leaving these possibilities behind, which symbolize the first stage of creating. The plots lead us into eating section, in which foods bring both mentally and physically satisfactions to protagonist, imply the gratifications in creating. In the end, pouring the fallen leaves into the tub represents summing up and immersing. The tub is like the boat of imagination carrying fallen leaves that imply diverse stories. Once I fall into the dream land, the story goes into the circle of dreams and dreams. This is a performing and shooting that respond to me. All the sets and properties attaching to one another in the context serve as the holders of metaphors, indicating the experimental essence of image narrative. In terms of viewing angles in the dream, one can see herself/himself in the dream and even dominate the plot of it, as if she/he is playing director and actor at the same time, which is the reason that the first person and the third person narratives are both used in the depictions of this work. Keywords: Creating, Dream to Dream, Fabricated Photography, Image narrative. Sleepwalk.
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Drama and Characterization in Opera Settings of "A Midsummer Nightʼs Dream" by Britten and Siegmeister

Allen, Debra K. (Debra Kaye) 08 1900 (has links)
Although Shakespeare deliberately downplays characterization in his moonlit dream fantasy, both Britten and Siegmeister exploit this dramatic element as the basis of their opera settings of the play. Through the operas, the shallow characters take on new dimensions, creating musical experiences existing quite independently of Shakespeare, while at the same time retaining the atmosphere of a dream-fantasy. Placing emphases upon varying aspects of the play, the two composers create entirely different revelations from the Bard's dream. This paper presents a study of the way in which drama and characterization are treated in the operas, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Night of the Moonspell.
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Doing, Knowing and Being: Bringing Athena out of the shadow to illuminate the mentoring archetype and to guide practice.

Lippi, Julian Fulvius, jlippi@swin.edu.au January 2004 (has links)
This thesis is an exploration of the construct of mentoring and its transformative power in the development of the self. The concept of Athenic mentoring is offered and framed, in Jungian (Jung 1958;1996;2002) terms as an archetypical encounter between two people that can facilitate a significant transformative shift (metanoia) in the development of the personal and professional self. These shifts are initially at the level of 'being' but influence the more visible dimensions of 'doing' and 'knowing'. 'Doing' and 'knowing' can be articulated in terms of practice knowledge and skills (Schön 1987a). 'Being' is framed in both Jungian (Jung 1958;1996;2002) and Rogerian (Rogers 1973;1996) terms as engagement of the authentic, grounded and integrated self, in ways that may be largely and initially unconscious, but that can be taken up in conscious awareness and are ultimately reflected in overt, observable behaviours. Cunningham's (1988) framework of holistic interactive research was chosen as a method that allowed the researcher to draw on, as well as to reflect upon, his own experience in order to generate data. Written narrative and oral story-telling (Reason & Hawkins 1988) have been fundamental to the creation and analysis of data. Indeed, the process of writing has been an important source of self-understanding, revelation and integration for the author. The power of archetypal story-telling - most obvious in the ancient stories of human challenge, development and triumph, such as that of Athena(Mentor), in the Greek tradition - is acknowledged and explored from this perspective. In this respect the researcher has followed Megginson's (2000) advice that research into mentoring deserves and demands 'vivid stories'. The research approach also reflects Strauss and Corbin's (1990) suggestion that by staying close to the data ('grounding' theory in the data) before a deep immersion in the literature, the researcher will be more open to the insights that the data might reveal. The starting point for the research was the researcher's observation that, in the context of being a 'hired mentor' in an organisational setting, 'turning points' occurred that could be characterised as significant, transformational shifts in the energy and perspective of the person being mentored. While these shifts were reflected in important changes in work, choices and outward behaviour and practice, it was not obvious when or how the shifts had occurred. The initial research questions were framed as: what does the mentor do that leads to this turning point? and, can this be identified so that mentors can improve their chance of achieving it in practice? Later, the research journey itself led to a broader and richer framing of the research questions as a deeper exploration of the level at which transformative development of the self plays out and the implications of that for mentoring itself. The initial research question eventually was reframed as: How does the mentor need to be? Major sources of data were stories of ten people who have been in mentoring relationships (either as mentor, mentee, or both). The researcher's own experience was also a significant source of the data. In its presentation, the thesis attempts to 'track' and make transparent the ways in which listening to and writing down the stories of others, the researcher's own stories, engaging with the literature and writing reflective notes iterated with the construction of this particular conceptualisation of mentoring in 'Athenic' terms. Both contemporary Western literature (the majority of it American) and translations of Homer's (1980; 1998) accounts of Athena as mentor were used initially to explore the nature of mentoring. Later, the Jungian (Jung 1958;1992;1996;2002) and post-Jungian (Hillman 1975;1996) literature on the notion of the archetypes; Buber's (1996) conception of relationship as 'I-Thou'; and Rogers' (1996) evocation of 'becoming a person' all helped to describe more richly the dynamics of Athenic mentoring - both in terms of the nature of transformative personal change and the dynamics of the relationship that facilitates it. A major outcome of this research is the differentiation of Athenic mentoring (which facilitates the transformation of a person's 'being') from mentoring that helps to develop what a person 'knows' or 'does'. This differentiation will hopefully contribute to our understanding of the mentoring process, but at the most pragmatic level, will make it easier to navigate the complex and poorly 'mapped' contemporary literature. It is concluded that Athenic mentoring might not be, fully or even partly, recognised until well after it occurs, and that because it involves the pyschodynamic and largely unconscious interplay of one person's dominant archetypes with those of another, it is not something that can be easily orchestrated or arranged. This challenges contemporary notions (Burke & McKeen 1989; Murray & Owen 1991; Cunningham 1993; Hay 1995) that mentoring can be packaged, 'commodified' and paid for in a similar way to coaching and counselling. As a stimulus for further work, it is suggested that the role of mentor can be understood as completing or starting aspects of the development of self that have not been initiated or concluded in the parenting relationship; and the possibility for being a mentor or a mentee continues throughout life, or for at least as long as there remains the possibility that a 'Dream' (Levinson, Darrow, Klein, Levinson & McKee 1978; Levinson & Levinson 1996) can be fulfilled.
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Dispersion of Drilling Discharges : A comparison of two dispersion models and consequences for the risk picture of cold water corals / Spridning av utsläpp från prospekteringsborrning : En jämförelse av två spridningsmodeller och konsekvenser för riskbilden för kallvatten-koraller

Svensson, Josefin January 2013 (has links)
One of the ocean’s greatest resources is the coral reefs, providing unique habitats for alarge variety of organisms. During drilling operations offshore many activities maypotentially harm these sensitive habitats. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has developed arisk-based approach for planning of drilling operations called Coral Risk Assessment (CRA) to reduce the risk of negative effects upon cold water corals (Lophelia pertusa) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). In order to get a good risk assessment amodelled dispersion plume of the drilling discharges is recommended. This study concerned a drilling case at the Pumbaa field (NOCS 6407/12-2) on the NCS, and used two different dispersion models, the DREAM model and the MUDFATE model in order to investigate how to perform good risk assessments. In the drill planning process a decision to move the discharge location 300 m north-west from the actual drilling location and reducing the amount of drilling discharges, was made inorder to reduce the risk for the coral targets in the area. The CRA analysis indicated that these decisions minimised the risk for the corals, and showed that the environmentalactions in the drill planning processes are necessary in order to reduce the risk for the coral targets and that the analysis method is a preferable tool to use. The amount of discharges, the ocean current data, the discharge location and the condition of the coral targets are the factors having the most important impact on the CRA results. From monitoring analysis from the case of study, it can be seen that a pile builds up around the discharge location. The dispersion models do not seem to take into account this build-up of a pile and thereby overestimate the dispersion of drilling discharges. This observation was done when modelled barite deposit was compared with barium concentrations measured in the sediment after the drilling operation. The overestimationis the case for the DREAM model, but has not been seen in the simulations with the MUDFATE model. Results from the modelling also indicated a higher overestimation for the DREAM model when using a cutting transport system (CTS) to release thedrilling discharges compared to release the discharges without using the CTS. / Korallrev består av ett skelett av kalciumkarbonat som bygger upp unika habitat på havsbotten. Dessa utnyttjas av flera olika organismer och är en av havets största och viktigaste resurser. Under prospekteringsborrningar till havs sker stora mängder utsläpp som kan påverka de känsliga miljöerna negativt. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) har utvecklat en riskbaserad strategi för planering av prospekteringsborrning i områden med koraller kallad Coral Risk Assessment (CRA). I CRA-analysen utvärderas risken för korallstrukturer (Lophelia pertusa) att påverkas av olika borrningsaktiviteter. Spridningsmodellering av det förväntade utsläppet från borrningsoperationen är ett viktigt hjälpmedel för att kunna utföra riskanalysen på ett tillfredsställande sätt. Studien har studerat en tidigare utförd prospekteringsborrning på Pumbaa-fältet (NOCS 6407/12-2) på den norska kontinentalsockeln och två olika spridningsmodeller DREAM och MUDFATE har jämförts i studien med syfte att förbättre riskbedömningen. I planeringsstadiet av prospekteringsborrningen togs ett beslut att flytta utsläppspunkten för det producerade borrslammet 300 m nordväst från brunnen samt att mängden borrslam skulle reduceras för att minska risken för påverkan på korallstrukturerna i området. CRA-analysen som utfördes i denna studie visade att dessa beslut minskat risken för korallstrukturerna att bli påverkade. Detta indikerar således att analysmetoden är ett viktigt verktyg att använda vid miljöundersökningar i planeringsstadiet för att minska risken för oönskad påverkan från aktiviteter i samband med prospekteringsborrning. De faktorer som har störst påverkan på CRA-analysen är mängden borrslam, strömdata, utsläppspunkt och tillståndet på korallstrukturerna. Under miljöövervakningen i samband med borrningsprocessen påvisades det att vallar av borrslam byggdes upp nära utsläppspunkten, vilket skedde relativt snabbt efter det att utsläppet startat. Spridningsmodellerna verkar inte ta hänsyn till denna uppbyggnad utan överestimerar spridningen och depositionen av borrslam. Detta har påvisats vid jämförelser av modellerade och uppmätta värden av bariumkoncentrationer i sedimentet. Överestimeringen är påvisad för DREAM, men slutsatsen är mer osäker för MUDFATE. Spridningsmodelleringen med DREAM indikerar även en större överestimering av resultaten om utsläppen sker med en så kallad CTS (Cutting Transport System).
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Dreams and adjustment following marital separation : implications for the function of dreaming

Sacre, Sandra M. January 2006 (has links)
Arguably the most popular current theories of dreaming are the functional theories, including the emotional adaptation or problem-solving theory. These theories revolve around the idea that dreams may serve an independent adaptive function, helping us to adjust to, cope with, or resolve emotionally difficult life circumstances, problems and concerns. Contrary to these theories, other researchers have argued that dreams may have no function of their own, but are an epiphenomenon of REM sleep. The cognitive theories of dreaming suggest that dream content is continuous with waking concerns and preoccupations, and that dreaming about waking concerns is not adaptive but reflective, in a similar way that waking thought or daydreaming is reflective, of what is uppermost in the mind of the dreamer. A relatively small body of research (e.g., Barrett, 1993; Cartwright, 1991; Kramer, 1993) relating to individuals who have experienced major stressful life events, is often cited as support for the theory that dreams serve the specific function of helping us to adjust or adapt to current events. Until recently, this body of work has gone largely unexamined and unreplicated, though some have questioned the findings and their implications for the function of dreaming. The research presented in this thesis examined whether dream content reflects a process of adjustment in people who had recently experienced a marital separation, by investigating the relationship between their dream content in relation to measures of adjustment over time. In Study 1, 97 recently separated participants and 93 married controls were tested on personality and coping factors, asked to answer questions about their dream content, and then monitored over 12 months for change in their adjustment. In Study 2, a subset of 42 separated participants kept dream logs for a period of four weeks. Their dream reports were subjected to a qualitative analysis of thematic content, including threat and threat mastery, and analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between threat content, mastery and adjustment. In Study 3, a subset of eight Study 2 participants participated in a case study analysis which investigated contextual information about their individual situations in relation to their dream content and adjustment, in order to explore, in a more detailed way, the relationship between dream themes, adjustment, and waking concerns. Study 4 was designed to compare the findings of the previous studies with a separate sample, using three different methodologies for the collection of dream content data. This study was carried out to replicate the previous studies with the addition of a laboratory-based data collection technique. In Study 4, 18 separated participants spent one night in the sleep laboratory, monitored with a Nightcap, which allowed dream data to be collected from them via questionnaires, dream logs, and REM awakenings. Across all of the studies, and regardless of the method used to measure dream recall and content, there was a significant concurrent relationship between better adjustment and fewer dreams relating to participants’ marital situations. Those with the most distress were the same ones who were dreaming excessively about their separation. These findings suggest that dreams are continuous with waking preoccupation, and do not function to aid adjustment. As such, they did not support the functional adaptation theories of dreaming. The findings were more consistent with the cognitive theories of dreaming, including the theory that dreams have meaning, but no independent function of their own. A significant relationship was, however, found between ego strength, coping style and adjustment, highlighting the greater influence of internal personal resources in adjusting to difficult life circumstances. While these findings do not discount the suggestion that individuals derive significant personal meaning from their dreams, nor the possibility that dreams may reflect something of the function of REM sleep, they do suggest that “adaptationist” assumptions of functional theories of dreaming may be unfounded.
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Dream experiences as a method of influencing behavioural change

Melchione, Cheri 12 1900 (has links)
A dream can impact a person so profoundly that it may permanently alter his or her life, beliefs, or behaviour. Most of the time, these gifts of insight happen to only a rare few and usually occur without intention. These life-altering dreams are spontaneous and unpredictable. While most studies focus on the content or meaning of dreams after they occur, this study explores the possibility of using dreams to influence behavioural changes in the waking world. This study examined three of the dream elements associated with profound dreams that could potentially be used to develop a systematic method of using dreams to create behavioural changes. The three elements are (a) Emotion: the ability to generate high-emotion states within a dream; (b) Narrative: the formation of narratives within a dream; and (c) Reality: the ability of the dreamer to perceive and accept the dream as reality. This study was conducted using a qualitative research design with a narrative analysis approach in order to explore and understand the subjective experiences of two participants. Data were collected through the participants‘ interviews and dream journals to help determine themes emerging from each of the participants‘ individual experiences. The themes were then analysed for any information regarding the three elements of dreaming as well as the dreams‘ personal significance to the dreamer. Further analysis explored whether lucid or non-lucid dreaming was able to intentionally produce an experientially-based shift in a specific target behaviour. The results of this research study suggest that there is potential for using dreams to induce behavioural change. The research provided a preliminary inquiry into this new field of dream therapy. This exploration of key elements to a potential dream method may prove essential to defining a basic framework and the tools that may be required to implement a new dream method. Future studies are necessary to uncover the correct combination of elements that will produce profound dream experiences at will. / Psychology / Ph. D. (Psychology)
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I Have Dreamed a Dream... : An Analysis of H.G. Wells' Short Stories "Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland", "The Door in the Wall" and "A Dream of Armageddon" / Jag har drömt en dröm... : En analys av H.G. Wells noveller "Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland", "The Door in the Wall" och "A Dream of Armageddon"

Wallner, Lars January 2008 (has links)
"I Have Dreamed a Dream..." is an analysis of the three short stories "Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland", "The Door in the Wall" and "A Dream of Armageddon" by H.G. Wells. The essay makes a comparison of the three short stories from the perspectives of the dreamland, the inner struggle of the protagonist and the message of the story. The purpose is to show that the three seemingly similar short stories have different outcomes and deliver different messages to the reader. The essay finally presents a theory of how these messages coincide despite their differences. / "Jag har drömt en dröm..." är en analys av de tre novellerna "Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland", "The Door in the Wall" och "A Dream of Armageddon" av H.G. Wells. Uppsatsen gör en jämförelse av de tre novellerna utifrån tre perspektiv: drömvärlden, huvudpersonens inre kamp och historiens budskap. Syftet är att visa hur de tre till synes lika novellerna har olika resultat och presenterar olika budskap till läsaren. Uppsatsen framför slutligen en teori för hur dessa budskap överensstämmer trots sina olikheter.

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