Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Italian." Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225).

El embarazo en la mujer produce cambios fisiológicos, anatómicos que alteran la biomecánica postural. Estos cambios pueden producir síndromes dolorosos de espalda baja debido a la sobrecarga en los músculos paravertebrales y pélvicos; el dolor puede ser tan intenso que la madre sufre disminución de sus actividades cotidianas. Para tabular los datos obtenidos se realiza un trabajo de investigación tipo estadístico, cuantitativo – cualitativo, histórico y lógico, teniendo como población a mujeres comprendidas entre los 15 a 40 años de edad cursando el tercer trimestre del embarazo en el Hospital La Paz de la ciudad de La Paz. Los datos recopilados durante los meses de septiembre y octubre de 2002 corroboran las estadísticas mundiales de que el 80% de las mujeres que cursan el tercer trimestre de embarazo presentan dolor de espalda baja. Se realiza una encuesta basada en un cuestionario del dolor de McGill – Melzack que es elaborado de forma directa, identificando la zona del dolor en la región central y lateral de la espalda que corresponden a los ligamentos lumbosacro e iliolumbar. De acuerdo a las conclusiones tenemos que de las 300 mujeres que cursan el tercer trimestre del embarazo el 85% presenta dolor de espalda baja, siendo de mayor frecuencia entre las multíparas con el 64% de 26 a 30 años de edad con un 30%.

Dolores Dyer played from 1952-1953 for the Texas Cowgirls, a barnstorming women's basketball team that provided a form of entertainment popular throughout the United States in that era. The story of Dyer's life demonstrates how a woman could attempt to achieve the American dream—a major theme in American history—through success in athletic competition. Dyer's participation with the Texas Cowgirls also provides a look into the circumstances that limited women's participation in professional sport during the mid-twentieth century. Women's sports studies, although some are very thorough, have gaps in the research, and women's barnstorming basketball is one of the areas often overlooked. In light of this gap, this thesis relies on a variety of sources, including primary documents from unpublished collections, archived materials, and original oral histories from several members of the Texas Cowgirls team. This thesis contains analysis of the socioeconomic factors that influenced Dolores Dyer's maturation into a professional basketball player, examines what the American dream meant to her, and evaluates the extent to which she achieved it. Overall, it constructs a social history that can serve as a foundational source for further study of women in sports during the twentieth century.

Texte remanié de: Thèse de doctorat--Hist.--Universidad autónoma de Barcelona. / Bibliogr. p. 113-123.

Honors Project--Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 28).

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002. / Bibliography: leaves 151-161.

Gut contents of 2,500 stonefly nymphs, comprising 10 species, from the Gunnison and Dolores Rivers, Colorado were examined from Dec., 1974-Oct., 1975. Perlidae species were carnivorous feeding primarily on chironomids, mayflies and caddisflies. Seasonal patterns of ingestion and preference varied among species and predator sizes and between rivers. Early instar polyphagous species utilized detritus in the fall, eventually shifting to carnivorous habits as they grew through winter-spring. Pteronarcids fed predominantly on detritus. Dietary overlap of predators was greatest in the Gunnison River, with subtle mechanisms such as prey species and size selectivity, temporal succession and seasonal shifts to detritus-plant material in some, providing reduction of competition. A more complete partitioning of prey resources was evident in the Dolores River.

The Dolores River in Utah and the Virgin River in Nevada are ecosystems under pressure from increased groundwater withdrawal due to growing human populations, climate change and introduced species such as Tamarix spp. (tamarisk). Tamarisk is reputed to take excessive water from its environment. Controlling tamarisk is of concern in the western United States where plants grow quickly in already fragile and diminishing riparian areas. For this reason, biologic control beetles Chrysomelidae: Diorhabda carinulata were released to weaken the tamarisk population, thus reducing its water use. The studies for this dissertation were conducted between 2010 and 2011. We quantified tamarisk water use over multiple cycles of annual defoliation using sap flow measurements, leaf area index (LAI), well data, allometry and satellite imagery from EOS-1 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) sensor. Study objectives for the Virgin River were to measure evapotranspiration (ET) before beetles ever arrived and to examine the effects on tamarisk ET in the year after beetle arrival. This site showed plant ET from sap flow averaged about 4.3 mm m⁻² leaf day⁻¹ in 2010. In 2011, ET from sap flow averaged 6.4 mm m⁻² leaf area day⁻¹ pre beetle arrival, but dropped to 3-4 mm m⁻² leaf area day⁻¹ after beetle arrival. Stand level ET measured by MODIS was 2.2 mm d⁻¹ in 2010 and approximately 1.5 mm day⁻¹ when beetle arrival was measured in 2011. Significant visual change was apparent as the trees senesced. Results showed the first year of beetle arrival resulted in reduced ET but did not result in significant water savings. We also compared the reaction of the newly defoliated (in 2011) Virgin River site to the long-term defoliated (since 2007) Dolores River site to explore if all beetle invasions were created equal. This paper views the two sites as fairly extreme examples of tamarisk stand reaction to the beetle. While no mortality was reported at the Dolores River site, the site is much older, less photosynthetically active and covers far less ground when compared to the younger tamarisk monoculture on the Virgin River. Pre-beetle arrival Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values were higher on the Virgin River than on the Dolores River. Beetle arrival at each site was captured with Landsat NDVI and a reduced NDVI signal (13% drop in NDVI at Dolores River, 5% drop at Virgin River) was seen after beetle arrival.

This paper examines how femininity is portrayed in the Harry Potter-series. Many female characters display certain feminine traits which are deemed as negative in the novels, and they are treated as less than because of it. Specifically Dolores Umbridge, Fleur Delacour and Luna Lovegood are disliked or ridiculed because of their feminine expressions. With help from theories about gender performativity, femininity as a scapegoat and texts about feminity this essay is demonstrating how the characters' characteristics and actions of three characters contributes to a misogynistic portrayal of women. It argues that female characters are unable to succeed unless they conform to the series' established norms for women. Keywords: Harry Potter, femininity, performativity, gender norms, gender critical, Dolores Umbridge, Fleur Delacour, Luna Lovegood

Licenciado en artes con mención en teoría e historia del arte / La Relación Autobiográfica de sor Úrsula Suárez (1678) y el Epistolario de Sor Josefa de Peñaillillo (1739) son dos textos coloniales producidos en el encierro del claustro conventual en nuestro país. Ambos documentos son considerados como material inédito en lo que refiere a la escritura conventual femenina en Chile, portando en ellos una riqueza enorme a los estudios de la vida conventual, cotidiana y espiritual del Chile colonial. Con respecto a esto último, en esta investigación reparo especialmente en las manifestaciones sobrenaturales, como escucha de hablas, arrobos y sobre todo, las visiones místicas que lograron alcanzar dichas monjas. Este trabajo propone una relación entre las visiones que escriben estas monjas en sus respectivos textos y los cuadros coloniales a los que estuvieron constantemente expuestas dentro de sus respectivos monasterios: Las Clarisas de la Victoria en el caso de Úrsula y Dominico de Santa Rosa de Lima en el de sor Josefa. Dentro del relato de estas dos monjas es posible identificar elementos literarios, simbólicos y plásticos que influyeron tanto sus relatos visionarios, como las visiones mismas que experimentaron y que refirieron en los textos que ambas dejaron. Para llevar a cabo esta relación es necesario hacer una sucinta revisión de lo que fue la vida conventual femenina en el chile colonial –puntualizando cada uno de los monasterios-, las normas conventuales –reglas y constituciones de cada convento-, las influencias literarias –Santa Teresa de Ávila principalmente- a las que fueron expuestas nuestras monjas, los modos de comportamiento dentro de los claustros –retórica del diminutio, mortificaciones corporales, etc.- y el factor más trascendente para nuestra disciplina, la normalización de la mirada dentro del claustro a través del cuadro. De este conjunto de factores, resulta un tipo de monja ideal, que a su vez produce un tipo de relato con características visionarias que se alimenta de cierta influencia de la pintura sobre sus experiencias místicas.