I uppsatsen behandlas omslagsbilderna till Bruce Springsteens Born In The U.S.A samt singelversionen av titelspåret utifrån teorier kring nationellt mytskapande, genus och skivomslagskonst. I uppsatsen undersöks hur och i vilket syfte en artist etablerar en image samt hur denna image kan tolkas i flera olika kontexter. Här visas genom semiotisk bildanalys på hur omslagsbilderna driver en aktiv kritisk retorik mot ett politiskt system. Vidare visas på populärkulturens möjligheter att med mytologiserad symbolik och bildspråk aktivt opponera sig mot vedertagna konventioner och sociopolitisk verklighet. Den mytologiska retorikens inneboende tvetydighet och förfogandet däröver lyfts fram, liksom hur en artist genom skivomslagsbilden kan formulera sin identitet för att aktualisera och utmana sociala och politiska konventioner och trender.

Thesis (D.Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 235-240).

Thesis (MA(Semitic Languages))--University of Pretoria, 2001. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-61). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2004. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 4, 2006). Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-99) and filmography (p. 100). Also issued as a print manuscript. Print manuscript contains illustrations omitted from online version.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 235-240).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:27:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3945.pdf: 746734 bytes, checksum: 759f0299b121e175c4c8fc136f294b23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-24 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / Given (X; 0) C (CN; 0) a weighted homogeneous germ of hypersurface with isolated singularity and f : (CN; 0) - C a germ of function finitely determined with respect to X, we show that UBR(f;X) = U(f) + U(X; f), where U(f) and U(X; f) denote the Milnor numbers of f and of the fiber X \ f&#56256;&#56320;1(0), respectively, and UBR(f;X) is the Bruce-Roberts number of f with respect to X. We show that the logarithmic characteristic subvariety, LC(X), is Cohen-Macaulay and we get relations between the Bruce-Roberts number and the Euler obstruction. Given F : (CN; 0) ! Mm;n(C) a holomorphic function germ, let (X; 0) be the isolated determinantal singularity given by X = F-1(Ms m;n(C)) where Ms m;n(C) is the set of the complex matrices with rank less then s, with s an integer number between 0 and minfm; ng such that N < (m - s + 2)(n - s + 2), we will define the vanishing Euler characteristic of (X; 0) and the Milnor number of a holomorphic function germ with an isolated singularity at X, f : (X; 0) - C. / Dados (X; 0) C (CN; 0) um germe de hipersuperfície quase homogêneo com singularidade isolada e f : (CN, 0) - C um germe de função finitamente determinado com respeito a X, mostramos que UBR(f;X) = U(f) + U(X; f), onde U(f) e U(X; f) denotam o número de Milnor de f e da fibra X \ f-1(0), respectivamente, e _BR(f;X) é o número de Bruce-Roberts de f com respeito a X. Mostramos que a variedade logarítmica característica LC(X) é Cohen-Macaulay e obtemos relações entre o número de Bruce-Roberts e a obstrução de Euler. Dado F : (CN; 0) ! Mm;n(C) um germe de função holomorfa, seja (X; 0) a singularidade determinantal isolada dada por X = F-1(Ms m;n(C)) onde Ms m;n(C) é o conjunto das matrizes complexas com posto menor que s, com s um número inteiro entre 0 e minfm; ng tal que N < (m-s+2)(n-s+2), definimos a característica de Euler evanescente de (X; 0) e o número de Milnor de um germe de função holomorfa com uma singularidade isolada em X, f : (X; 0) - C.

Submitted by Gisely Teixeira (gisely.teixeira@uniceub.br) on 2018-06-11T17:59:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 51400313.pdf: 1084650 bytes, checksum: ef786116e128f9ea50ad500a0306fb6e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-11T17:59:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 51400313.pdf: 1084650 bytes, checksum: ef786116e128f9ea50ad500a0306fb6e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018 / Introdução: O consumo máximo de oxigênio (VO2máx) é considerado o parâmetro mais importante para identificar a capacidade funcional do sistema cardiorrespiratório e também é um importante preditor para avaliar o nível de aptidão física, respostas orgânicas ao treinamento e diagnóstico de limitação cardiorrespiratória. Objetivo: O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar a aptidão física de mulheres diante da classificação do Vo2máximo obtido por meio do protocolo de Bruce perante a classificação da AHA. Material e Métodos: Foram avaliadas 21 voluntárias do sexo feminino fisicamente ativas. Foram submetidas a três etapas em três dias consecutivos havendo um dia de intervalo. A primeira etapa dedicou-se na explicação sobre os testes e a coleta da assinatura do TCLE, a estratificação amostral (tais como idade, peso, estatura, IMC, frequência cardíaca de repouso, pressão arterial de repouso). Na segunda etapa foi destinada a execução do protocolo de Bruce na esteira, a mensuração da pressão arterial (PA) e a frequência cardíaca (FC) em repouso, imediatamente após e depois da atividade física aeróbica, bem como o VO2 estimado em dois dias diferentes com o intervalo de 48 horas para a recuperação. Resultados: Elevando-se o coeficiente de correlação ao quadrado, foi obtido o coeficiente de determinação, que para este estudo é de 70,72%. Dessa forma, notou-se que aproximadamente 70% do escore de VO2max obtido no teste de Bruce poderia ser explicado pela classificação da aptidão cardiovascular proposta pela American Hearth Association (AHA) Conclusão: As alterações alcançadas pelas participantes nesse demonstraram que de vinte e uma mulheres, doze dessa amostra apresentaram consumo fraco de VO2máximo indireto e nove foram classificadas como regular segundo a tabela da AHA.

M.A. / Since the 19th century, scholastic biblical hermeneutics mushroomed in competition with other critical disciplines within the human sciences, and this resulted in the emergence of the historical critical approach. This is an umbrella-term which describes a plurality of methods. These approaches include the textual criticism; literary criticism; form criticism; redaction criticism; source criticism and many others. The historical critical approach dominated biblical interpretation for the last one hundred and fifty years. The socio-scientific critics used the expression “context” to understand the importance of the life-situation; the economic; social; political; historical; cultural, gender and psychological “context” to bring back the full picture of “human context" of the Bible. Representatives such as Bruce Malina and Richard Rohrbaugh read and interpret the New Testament from a modernized industrial perspective with certain presumptions and assumptions from the reader’s own culture and background. New Testament scholars have made attempts to use the aspects of the social world of ancient Israel to investigate the origin, development, and/or function of these societal components of the social systems and structures of biblical Israel. The socio-scientific critics feel that every interpretation, giving meaning to a text, derives from a cultural system. They say that using social-science models from Mediterranean cultures is an honest attempt to come to the same understanding, of that of the first century reader and author by applying the same social systems. According to the socio-scientific critics, the modern reader must understand what then made sense to a Mediterranean culture. In this case, they also say that the knowledge of the sociological data of the biblical world is very important for the interpreters. Socio-scientific criticism studies, emphasises the strict relationship between the texts of the Bible and the life actually lived by the early Christian communities. We can therefore conclude by saying that the socio-scientific criticism is indeed that phase of the exegetical task which concerns itself with the social and cultural dimensions of the text and of its environmental context.

While Scotland was politically unified before the First Scottish War of Independence (1296-1328), it was only nominally so. Scotland shared a rich cultural unity amongst the clans, and it was only through the invasion from England, and the war that followed, that Scotland found a true political unity under King Robert the Bruce. This thesis argues that Scotland had a shared cultural identity, including the way it waged war, and how it came to be united under one king who brought a sense of nationalism to Scotland.