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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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Victimized By Bad Accusation, But Set Free in the Light of Hope: an Introduction to Paul Ricoeur's Thinking With a Difference in His Anthology Titled 'The Conflict of Interpretations' (1969)

Fauquex, Jacques Albert January 1990 (has links)
Permission from the author to digitize this work is pending. Please contact the ICS library if you would like to view this work.
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Rorschach Interpreters: Relationship to Spatial Intelligence

Laverty, Vivian D. 12 1900 (has links)
In an attempt to find meaningful predictors of the ability to interpret Rorschach protocols by clinicians, a paradigm change (Kuhn, 1962) was instigated by using as predictors the scores of the perceptual organizational abilities of 30 subjects, and their ratings of favorableness toward the Rorschach in terms of its usefulness as a clinical tool. The subjects were first year, graduate psychology students, and the Haptic Visual Discrimination Test (HVDT) was the instrument used to measure perceptual organization. A multiple linear regression analysis was computed, and the data supported the hypothesis that perceptual organization and favorableness are of significant predictive value (R = .54, F(2, 27) = 5.43, p = .01). The standardized beta for usefulness was .47 (p = .008) and the HVDT beta was .33, (p = .05). The results were interpreted as applying to Rorschach validity research methodology and pedagogy.
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Sex sells - or does it? Responses to the construction of youth identities in print advertisements

Ndlangamandla, Clifford 01 November 2006 (has links)
Student Number : 0311003J - MA research report - School of Literature and Language Studies - Faculty of Humanities / This dissertation examines the representations of youth identity in print advertisements found in Y Magazine and SL Magazine. The researcher uses Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse the identities that are constructed in four fashion brands. The print advertisements are also interpreted by young people from Grade 11 classes in two Johannesburg high schools. Learners completed survey questionnaires and participated in focus group discussions. My interpretation of the advertisements reveals three over sexualized identities in the Soviet, Guess and Diesel advertisements. Soviet depicts an image of a male penetrative sexual fantasy; Guess depicts feminine self-centred sexual pleasure and Diesel communicates a message of funky, sexy, heterosexual male-female desire. It is proposed that advertisers base their strategies on assumptions that sex sells to the youth. The Levi’s advertisement differs from the rest by constructing a Hip Hop brand identity that appeals to a majority of the respondents. The learners’ responses are varied; some identify with the brands and accept the subject positions that are offered by the advertisements and others critique the sexuality that pervades the majority of the advertisements. Learners’ interpretations also reflect different reading positions, as well as unclear gendered target audiences. I conclude that media representations provide a range of powerful resources, which young people draw on in constructing their identities. I argue that print advertisements can be used productively in the language classroom as part of the body of literature that is studied in the English syllabus, especially because of their contemporary value and role in shaping post-modern subjects.
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A computational intelligence approach to modelling interstate conflict : Forecasting and causal interpretations

Tettey, Thando 03 December 2008 (has links)
The quantitative study of conflict management is concerned with finding models which are accurate and also capable of providing a causal interpretation of results. This dissertation applies computational intelligence methods to study interstate disputes. Both multilayer perceptron neural networks and Takagi-Sugeno neuro-fuzzy models are used to model interstate interactions. The multilayer perceptron neural network is trained in the Bayesian framework, using the Hybrid Monte Carlo method to sample from the posterior probabilities. It is found that the network is able to forecast conflict with an accuracy of 77.3%. A hybrid machine learning method using the neural network and the genetic algorithm is then presented as a method of suggesting how conflict can be brought under control. The automatic relevance determination approach and the sensitivity analysis are used as methods of extracting causal information from the neural network. The Takagi-Sugeno neuro-fuzzy model is optimised, using the Gustafson-Kessel clustering algorithm to partion the input space. It is found that the neuro-fuzzy model predicts conflict with an accuracy of 80.1%. The neuro-fuzzy model is also incorporated into the hybrid machine learning method to suggest how the identified conflict cases can be avoided. The casual interpretation is then formulated by a linguistic approximation of the fuzzy rules extracted from the neuro-fuzzy model. The major finding in this work is that the interpretations drawn from both the neural network and the neuro-fuzzy model are consistent.
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O lugar do ser: espaço e lirismo em Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / Place of the being: space and lyrism in Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Alexandre Bonafim Felizardo 12 April 2012 (has links)
Para a poeta portuguesa Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, o espaço existencial do homem tornou-se um centro gerador da escritura, um fundamento para a criação poética. A espacialidade criada pela linguagem serve como um ponto catalisador, base pela qual a poeta explicita um fecundo mergulho no mundo, em que seres e coisas são captados por um vislumbre lírico de êxtase e paixão. Com efeito, o real, em sua aparição epifânica, ganha uma aura de encantamento, pela qual a voz lírica se conjuga no mundo, formando um verdadeiro tecido inconsútil. Assim, dessa intensa relação com os espaços, nasce uma aguda consciência dos limites humanos e de nossa condição histórica. Diante de um mundo em ruínas, a poeta irá empreender um canto de resistência, denunciando, principalmente nas cidades reificadas, a crescente desumanização do homem. Tanto a espacialidade é fundamental na obra de Sophia, que podemos dizer que sua escrita é uma topoiesis ou topoética. Dessa forma, para a escritora portuguesa, o ser do homem traduz-se, liricamente, pelo estar no mundo. / For the Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, the existential space of the man became a center generating the deed, a foundation forpoetic creation. The spaciousness created by language serves as a catalyst, the basis upon which the poet explains a fertile diving in the world, where beings and things are picked up by a lyrical glimpse of ecstasy and passion. Indeed, the real, in his epiphanic appearance, gains an aura of enchantment, in which the lyric voice in the world fits together, forming a truly seamless fabric. Thus, this intense relationship with the spaces, there arises a keen awareness of human limitations and of our historical condition. In a world in ruins, the poet will undertake a song of resistance,denouncing, especially in cities reified, the increasing dehumanization of man. Bothspatiality is fundamental to the work of Sophia, we can say that your writing is a\"topoiesis\" or \"topoética.\" Thus, for the Portuguese writer, man\'s being reflected, lyrically, by being in the world.
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O lugar do ser: espaço e lirismo em Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / Place of the being: space and lyrism in Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Felizardo, Alexandre Bonafim 12 April 2012 (has links)
Para a poeta portuguesa Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, o espaço existencial do homem tornou-se um centro gerador da escritura, um fundamento para a criação poética. A espacialidade criada pela linguagem serve como um ponto catalisador, base pela qual a poeta explicita um fecundo mergulho no mundo, em que seres e coisas são captados por um vislumbre lírico de êxtase e paixão. Com efeito, o real, em sua aparição epifânica, ganha uma aura de encantamento, pela qual a voz lírica se conjuga no mundo, formando um verdadeiro tecido inconsútil. Assim, dessa intensa relação com os espaços, nasce uma aguda consciência dos limites humanos e de nossa condição histórica. Diante de um mundo em ruínas, a poeta irá empreender um canto de resistência, denunciando, principalmente nas cidades reificadas, a crescente desumanização do homem. Tanto a espacialidade é fundamental na obra de Sophia, que podemos dizer que sua escrita é uma topoiesis ou topoética. Dessa forma, para a escritora portuguesa, o ser do homem traduz-se, liricamente, pelo estar no mundo. / For the Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, the existential space of the man became a center generating the deed, a foundation forpoetic creation. The spaciousness created by language serves as a catalyst, the basis upon which the poet explains a fertile diving in the world, where beings and things are picked up by a lyrical glimpse of ecstasy and passion. Indeed, the real, in his epiphanic appearance, gains an aura of enchantment, in which the lyric voice in the world fits together, forming a truly seamless fabric. Thus, this intense relationship with the spaces, there arises a keen awareness of human limitations and of our historical condition. In a world in ruins, the poet will undertake a song of resistance,denouncing, especially in cities reified, the increasing dehumanization of man. Bothspatiality is fundamental to the work of Sophia, we can say that your writing is a\"topoiesis\" or \"topoética.\" Thus, for the Portuguese writer, man\'s being reflected, lyrically, by being in the world.
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Unexplainable experiences : -Interpretations and geographical effects

Fredholm, Lina January 2006 (has links)
<p>Abstract</p><p>This is a study of peoples interpretations of what they consider are unexplainable experiences, the geographical effects of it and the connection between the interpretations and effects. The phenomenon itself is not studied. The study is conducted in Sweden in the county of Värmland by a student, in Human Geography at Karlstads University. An inductive way to work, a behaviour ideology and qualitative method have been used to answer the questions. Data have been collected by a “structured open ended” interview technique. Seven people have been interviewed. No general conclusions are drawn because the low amount interviews. Similarities and differences on the other hand are showed.</p>
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"The Body is Made to Move" : Gym and Fitness Culture in Sweden

Hedblom, Christina January 2009 (has links)
Ideas about "exercise" and "health" have varied over time and across cultures. With the recent Euro-American fitness trend, a growing number of Swedes now take part in some kind of physical activity at Gyms or Fitness Centers. By applying a phenomenological and constructivist approach, the aim of this ethnographic study is to examine the non-profit but also commercial culture of and around this form of exercise. The focus is on how meaning is created, transformed, embodied, and perceived by gym goers as truth, science, knowledge, or even myth. There are two central overlapping concerns in this thesis, both dealing with the interrelation between categories, and status positions. The first part of the thesis deals with the social aspects of movement, such as the definition and categorization of self and others as different types of gym-goers. Related to this are also what is termed critical norms of interpretation of aims and reasons for exercise, such as gaining strength or aesthetic improvement. The other central concern is more specifically focused on the body itself and deals with ideas about exercise, diet, substances, and physiology, that is, how to exercise and how the body works. "The body is made to move", was a common saying at Gyms and Centers, meaning that the human body is physically built to be active. But the techniques and practices of how this movement is performed vary and are sometimes even contradictory. Here sources in the distribution of ideas about the body and body movement are brought out: the Internet, informal and formal instructors in the Gym, as well as gym machines. The method has been participant observation and in-depth interviews with gym goers and instructors at Gyms and Fitness Centers in two middle size towns in Sweden mainly during a year in 2004-2005. Rather than taking sides in the debate on how to exercise, this thesis raises wider questions about the authority to define reality.
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Unexplainable experiences : -Interpretations and geographical effects

Fredholm, Lina January 2006 (has links)
Abstract This is a study of peoples interpretations of what they consider are unexplainable experiences, the geographical effects of it and the connection between the interpretations and effects. The phenomenon itself is not studied. The study is conducted in Sweden in the county of Värmland by a student, in Human Geography at Karlstads University. An inductive way to work, a behaviour ideology and qualitative method have been used to answer the questions. Data have been collected by a “structured open ended” interview technique. Seven people have been interviewed. No general conclusions are drawn because the low amount interviews. Similarities and differences on the other hand are showed.
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Barriers to Live Animal Handling Training for Zoo Volunteers

Tygielski, Susanne C. January 2005 (has links)
Zoos and museums utilize docents, or volunteer educators, to help educate and entertain visitors through live animal demonstrations. Preparing volunteers to handle live animals is complex because volunteers must learn animal handling techniques, emergency protocols, interpretive material, be able to simultaneously show and monitor the animal, talk about it, take visitor questions, and be aware of safety concerns. Zoos are held accountable for animal welfare as a priority as well as volunteer and visitor safety.This study investigated barriers to preparing adult volunteers to handle live animals at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Adult docents and training staff members were interviewed about their perceptions of barriers from the previous year's animal handling training. Ten individual docent interviews, two docent focus groups, and four staff member interviews provided information about animal handling training challenges.Barriers included the resistance to change; specifically volunteers needed to recognize why changes in protocols were necessary so they would support changes. Volunteers expressed the desire to be part of the change with staff members rather than having protocols delivered to them. Miscommunication was a second barrier, originating from lack of consistent communication systems and volunteers feeling left out of the change process. Another barrier was volunteers' perception of authority in that volunteers invested time questioning staff about program changes based on staff qualifications rather than utilizing their time working with the animals. A fourth barrier was that volunteers shared that they felt pressure to perform or else they feel as though they failed part of their volunteer job. Finally recognizing that volunteers learn in different ways was a fifth barrier and many volunteers suggested the need to address a variety of learning styles.Adult learning theory provided a theoretical framework from which the barriers could be investigated. Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory (1984) suggests that volunteers need to have animal handling training lessons presented with different teaching techniques or styles. Investing time into training staff about learning theories and teaching techniques may circumvent struggles with volunteers learning new techniques.

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