La critique des Sciences Humaines aux affirmations catégoriques sur la centralisation de l´homme comme sujet plein de sa conscience, centre de soi-même et de la societé, a rendu possible une analyse moins égocentrique et moins préjugé du phénomène de la possession, comme on voit dans les interprétations sociologiques et anthropologiques de la possession dans le pentecotisme brésilien. En s´appuyant sur quelques de ces travails, on présente ici le regard spécifique de l´Analyse de Discours sur le rituel de possession et exorcisme dans l´Église Universel du Royaume de Dieu, determiné par sa relation avec les religions afrobrésiliennes. Selon la théorie du discours, l´étude de tout discours doit être lié à l´étude de sa dépendance à pré-construits qui lui sont extérieurs, divisés entre le texte et l´hors texte, formant une unité avec frontières poreuses et mouvantes qui détermine l´hétérogénéité du sens et du sujet. C´est en considerant la dépendance à l´outre qui constitue tout énoncé que nous présentons une analyse du phénomène de la possession neopentecôtiste comme une rituel dans lequel la présence de l´autre (entité possesseure) ne prend place qu´en dépendant de l´Autre (discours). Dans la première partie du travail on présent les préssuposés théoriques, l´objet et les procedures méthodologiques d´analyse. Dans la seconde partie, on a divisé l´analyse proprement dite en quatre chapitres, correspondantes aux quatre moments du rituel. On a examiné la ritualization linguistico-discursive de chaque de ces moments en observant comment le fonctionnement discursive de ces étapes préssupose l´existence d´un ailleurs qui se présente dans le sein de l´unité du discours neopentecotiste de L´Église Universel. On propose, donc, présenter, à partir d´analyse du rituel de libération et cure, le fonctionnement discursive de la production du simulacre de l´alterité du discours neopentecotiste de L´Église Universel. / A crítica das ciências humanas às afirmações categóricas sobre a centralidade do homem como sujeito pleno de sua consciência, centro e origem de si e da sociedade tem possibilitado um estudo menos egocêntrico e menos preconceituoso do fenômeno da possessão, como é o caso das interpretações sociológicas e antropológicas sobre a possessão no pentecostalismo brasileiro. Com base em alguns desses trabalhos, apresentamos o olhar específico da análise do discurso sobre o ritual de possessão e exorcismo neopentecostal da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, determinado por sua relação com as religiões afro-brasileiras. Segundo as bases teóricas da Análise de Discurso, o estudo de qualquer discurso deve estar relacionado ao estudo de sua dependência a pré-construídos que lhe são anteriores e que, desse modo, são divididos entre o texto e o fora do texto, formando uma unidade com fronteiras porosas e moventes que determina a heterogeneidade do sentido e do sujeito. É portanto com base na dependência ao outro que constitui todo enunciado que apresentamos uma análise do fenômeno da possessão neopentecostal como um ritual discursivo em que a presença do outro (entidade possessora) só ocorre na dependência do Outro (discurso). Na apresentação do trabalho, a primeira parte apresenta os pressupostos teóricos, objeto e procedimentos metodológicos da análise. Na segunda parte, dividimos a análise propriamente dita em quatro capítulos, correspondentes a quatro momentos do ritual. Examinamos a ritualização lingüístico-discursiva de cada um desses momentos observando como o funcionamento discursivo dessas etapas pressupõe a existência de um alhures que se apresenta no seio da unidade do discurso neopentecostal da IURD, sobretudo no momento do ato de exorcismo. Pretendemos, portanto, ao longo da análise do ritual de libertação e cura, apresentar o funcionamento discursivo da produção do simulacro da alteridade do discurso neopentecostal da IURD.

Tornou-se rotina os espaços públicos abertos de nossas cidades estarem ligados, ou de alguma forma associados, a algum tipo de uso ou posse que foge do ordinário, ou do que foi inicialmente idealizado para os mesmos. Este apossamento dos espaços públicos abertos refere-se à instalação de comércio ambulante e vendedores informais nos espaços públicos destinados à circulação e ao lazer, como passeios públicos, praças e parques. A escolha dos espaços a serem utilizados para tais fins se dá por um determinado motivo, e a descoberta deste motivo é o que esta pesquisa pretende investigar. O centro do município de Santa Maria historicamente abriga em maior quantidade o uso comercial, aí englobando os setores varejista, atacadista e de prestação de serviços. Seguindo nesta linha, existe um grande eixo onde estes usos se concentram, composto pela Avenida Rio Branco e a Rua do Acampamento. Este eixo é reconhecidamente o maior agregador destes usos, sendo acessado diariamente por uma grande parcela da população vinda da periferia da cidade em busca das ofertas aí existentes. Este fato gera uma grande sobrecarga no fluxo de pessoas da região, e o movimento de pedestres se dá de maneira bastante intensa. Verifica-se também que algumas localizações de ofertas acabam atraindo mais pedestres do que as demais, havendo, portanto passeios públicos mais sobrecarregados de fluxo do que outros. O trabalho em comento busca avaliar, através de medições de potencial virtual (que seria o potencial das atividades atratoras que é captado pelos espaços públicos), o desempenho destes espaços públicos abertos da área central de Santa Maria, com a finalidade de detectar quais são as características que fazem com que alguns espaços sejam mais atrativos a estes agentes apossadores em detrimento de outros espaços. Para tanto, mostra-se necessário um embasamento teórico que unifique os conceitos de morfologia urbana, modelos mensuradores de propriedades configuracionais e práticas sociais, mais especificamente a prática do apossamento, realizando um cotejo entre a realidade consolidada e as medições de potencial virtual, obtidas através da ferramenta “Medidas Urbanas”. O confronto dos resultados indica que existe uma correlação mediana entre tais resultados, virtual e real. Isto significa que, apesar de muitos espaços públicos abertos da região central de Santa Maria apresentarem potencial relativamente alto para posse, alguns deles em realidade não são apossados. / In our current time has become routine the public open areas of our cities being connected, or in any way associated with, some kind of use or possession that goes beyond the ordinary, or from what was originally idealized for them. This ‘apossession’ of the public open spaces relates to the installation of itinerant trade and informal vendors in public spaces for the movement and leisure, as public sidewalks, squares and parks. The choice of spaces to be used for such purposes whether for a particular reason and this reason is the discovery that this research aims to investigate. The center of the municipality of Santa Maria historically shelters in greater quantity commercial use, there encompassing the sectors retail, wholesale and provision of services. Particularly, there is a major axis where these uses are seeking to be located, which refers to the Avenida Rio Branco and the Rua do Acampamento. This axis is admittedly the largest aggregator of these land uses, and is daily accessed by a large portion of population coming from the city´s edges, searching for these offers. This fact creates a great burden on the people´s flow in the region, and the pedestrian´s movement is very intense. There are also some locations, that seems to attract more pedestrians than others, therefore there is more burdened public tours of flow than others. The research search to evaluate, through measurements of virtual potential (that would be the potential of the atractor activities, which is captured by the public spaces), the performance of these public open spaces of the Santa Maria´s central area, with the aim of detecting what characteristics make some spaces more attractive to these ‘apossessive’ agents in the detriment of other areas. Therefore, it is necessary a base theory that unifies the concepts of urban morphology, models that can measure the configurational properties, and social practices, in particular the practice of ‘apossession’, carrying out a collating between the reality consolidated and virtual potencial´s measurements, obtained through the tool "Medidas Urbanas". The comparison of these results indicates that there is a median correlation between them, virtual and real. This means that despite many public open spaces of the central region of Santa Maria present relatively high potential for possession, some of them are not possessed in fact.

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Na história das mulheres do ocidente, os corpos femininos, regidos e interpelados por normas que regulavam, sobretudo, sua sexualidade, foram compreendidos em pares de oposição: as mães e as prostitutas, as santas e as satanizadas. A umbanda, religião afro-brasileira detentora da capacidade de acolher os discursos e práticas da sociedade brasileira, incluiu essa dualidade em sua religiosidade, mas de maneira peculiar: a pombagira foi corporificada na figura de uma prostituta sagrada e passou a ser cultuada em lugar de destaque por seus fieis. A partir de trabalho de campo em terreiros de umbanda do estado de São Paulo, foram realizadas entrevistas com médiuns, pais e mães-de-santo, bem como com as próprias pombagiras incorporadas para compreender os sentidos associados ao culto das pombagiras. A análise dos dados contou com a combinação do método etnográfico a uma escuta psicanalítica lacaniana para investigar a participação da pombagira na vida dos adeptos da religião. O trabalho apresenta como, na interação com a pombagira, o ser mulher é associado à sedução, à força, à beleza, ao sexo, ao desejo, à inteligência e, inclusive, à maternidade, integrando sentidos dissociados pelas dicotomias mencionadas. Por meio de uma narrativa atenta ao sensível e incluindo a vivência da própria pesquisadora na interação com os grupos pesquisados, o trabalho apresenta uma compreensão etnopsicológica de gênero ao dar ouvidos a sentidos que se elaboram no contexto umbandista, circulam socialmente e ressoam intimamente. / In the history of the western women, female bodies, especially governed by their sexuality, were conceived in opposite pairs: the mothers and the prostitutes, the saints and the demoness. The umbanda, an afrobrazilian religion that holds the discourses and practices of Brazilian society, included this duality in its religiosity, but in a peculiar way: the pombagira is embodied in the figure of a sacred prostitute and is worshiped in prominent place by faithfuls of this religion. In umbandas terreiros in the state of São Paulo, we interviewed spiritualist mediuns as well as embodied pombagiras to understand the meanings associated with the cult of the pombagiras. The data were analyzed from a combination of the ethnographic method and the lacanian psychoanalytic listening to investigate how pombagiras participate in the life of the supporters of this religion. This work presents how, through the relationship with the pombagira, the woman being is associated with the seduction, the strength, the beauty, the sex, the desire, the intelligence and even the maternity, integrating the decoupled senses with the mentioned dichotomy. The pombagiras meanings produce senses that build the personal experiences of their faithfuls. Using a narrative that concerns the sensible and by the researchers experience in the relationship with the surveyed groups, this work presents an ethnopsychological comprehension of the gender and considers the senses that are elaborated in the umbanda and that circulate socially.

The southern Mozambique/ South Africa borderland is a landscape epitomised by fluctuation, contradiction and constant transformation. It is a world betwixt-and-between Mozambique and South Africa. The international border, imposed on the landscape more than a century ago, gives life to a new world that stretches across and away from it. The inhabitants of this transitional zone constantly shape and reshape their own identities vis-à-vis people on the opposite and same side of the border. This border, which was delineated in 1875, was to separate the influence spheres of Portugal and Britain in south-east Africa. On the ground it divided the once strong and unified Mabudu-Tembe (Tembe-Thonga) chiefdom. At first the border was only a line on a map. With time, however, it became infused with social and cultural meaning as the dividing line between two new worlds. This was exacerbated by Portuguese and British colonial administration on opposite sides of the border, Apartheid in South Africa and socialist modernisation and war and displacement in Mozambique. All these events and factors created cultural fragmentation and disunion between the northern and southern sides of the borderland. By the end of the Mozambican War in 1992 the northern side of the borderland was populated by displaced refugees, demobilised soldiers and bandits, as well as returnees from neighbouring countries. Many of these people did not have any ancestral ties to the land nor kinship ties to its earlier inhabitants. Whereas a common Thonga identity had previously united people on both sides of the border, South African policies of Apartheid increasingly promoted the Zulu language and culture on the southern side of the border. The end of warfare in Mozambique and of Apartheid in South Africa facilitated contact across the border. Social contact between the inhabitants of the borderland is furthermore fostered by various economic opportunities offered by the border, such as cross-border trade and smuggling. The increase in social and economic contact has in turn dissolved differences between the inhabitants of the borderland and promoted homogeneity and unity across the political divide. Fragmentation and homogeneity characterises daily life in the borderland. Inhabitants of the frontier-zone play these forces off against each other, now emphasising the differences across the border, later emphasising the similarities. The borderland is a world of multiple identities, where ethnicity, citizenship and identity, already fluid and contextual concepts in their own rights, become even more so as people constantly define and redefine themselves in this transitional environment. / Thesis (DPhil (Anthropology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Anthropology and Archaeology / unrestricted

The Master's Thesis is focused on the problem of securing an operational cash flow for maintaining entrepreneurship activities of organizations that enter into insolvency proceedings because of their insolvency or excessive indebtedness. This issue is addressed by the insolvency law through a new institute of debtor-in-possession financing which is a part of the main purpose of this law to assist companies that have a certain economic potential to create value added in the future prospect. The issue is with obtaining such post-petition financing because there is not many banking or non-banking institutions that would provide this high-risk financing. From the above-mentioned reason, an idea has been developed with the cooperation of Česká Spořitelna a.s. to create a new credit product provided by the banking institution for the Czech financial market. The assessment of rationality, effectiveness, and recoverability, as well as the proposal of standards and requirements for completion of contracts and their structure about debtor-in-possession financing are compiled in the Master's Thesis.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:18:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_jose_andre.pdf: 1229177 bytes, checksum: 51d1308fc9292bef15436ae981b31938 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-07-01 / When the thought of a State of Law arises, there is an absolute certainty that public order, social peace and the respect of a State s sovereignty are basic public interests protected by the Judiciary. The possession of land is a factual situation and a component of social stability, being, thus, the protection of the right of possession is a means of social pacification. If the possessor changes, that alteration cannot result in social disorder. It is imposed that the passage of possession form one subject to another be done without any risk to social harmony. When the dispute over the possession of land occurs, it must de dealt with by the due process of law, exactly as disciplined by the brazilian legislation. It is well known that the law flourishes within the evolution of social facts in society, and that justice should be swift and effective, or risk being characterized as manifest injustice, as Rui Barbosa (1849-1923) once said in his speech Oração aos Moços . In the mist of that absolute truth, the present dissertation aims to study the procedural remedies for protecting the rights of the possessor of land, and the applicability of the article 273 of the brazilian procedural code in those types of actions, both in cases involving posse nova (possession up to one year of duration) and posse velha (possession over one year of duration). The implementation of that institute results in more swiftness and effectiveness. To better illustrate that thought, it should be remembered the biblical passage in Matthew, chapter 22, verses 20 and 21, in which Jesus, after being questioned about the validity of the paying of taxes, affirms that what belong to Cesar should be given to Cesar, showing that justice is giving each person that which belongs to them, but also in a swift and effective manner, so as to avoid the manifest injustice that was referred to by Rui Barbosa / Quando se pensa em Estado de Direito , tem-se a certeza inequívoca de que a ordem pública, a paz social, o respeito à soberania do Estado, são interesses públicos básicos, de cuja tutela cuida precipuamente o poder judiciário. A posse é uma situação de fato e uma componente de estabilidade social, sendo, por conseguinte a proteção da posse um pacificador social. Se a posse muda de titular, tal mudança não pode resultar em desequilíbrio social, em perturbação de ordem. Impõe-se que a passagem da posse de um para outro titular se dê sem qualquer risco à harmonia social. Quando a disputa pela posse se acende urge que cesse através do due process of law, e nos exatos termos da legislação pátria. É sabido de todos, que o direito floresce na medida da evolução dos fatos sociais em uma determinada sociedade, igualmente é sabido que a justiça há de ser célere e efetiva, sob pena de restar caracterizada uma injustiça qualificada e manifesta, tal qual anunciava Rui Barbosa(1849-1923) em sua Oração aos Moços, ao afirmar que A justiça atrasada não é justiça, senão injustiça qualificada e manifesta. Diante de tal certeza irrefutável, é que, neste trabalho, que aborda os remédios processuais possessórios, é feito também um estudo sobre a aplicabilidade do artigo 273 do Código de Rito Cível, tanto para a hipótese de esbulhos ou turbações novas, como para aquelas ocorridas há mais de ano e dia; A implementação da aplicabilidade de tal dispositivo em situações de posse velha , implica não somente numa maior celeridade processual, mas também na efetividade do direito. À guisa de ilustração, há de ser lembrada a passagem bíblica esculpida em Mateus, capítulo 22, versículos 20 e 21, na qual Jesus referindo-se aos fariseus e herodianos, após ser questionado sobre a validade do pagamento de tributos, afirmou que deveria ser dado a César, aquilo que efetivamente fosse de César ( Dai, pois, a César o que é de César e a Deus, o que é de Deus ), para se verificar que a justiça é dar a cada um o que é seu, contudo, tal ato há de ser célere, efetivo, sob pena de nos vermos diante de uma injustiça qualificada e manifesta , tal qual aquela antes referida por Rui Barbosa

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:18:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rodrigo_ferreira_santos.pdf: 785696 bytes, checksum: f15410e4bd0e903ad02ff469282b3e5d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-18 / The ownership of public property is the subject that, although of great importance, has not been parsed with the necessary care by doctrine and national courts. This study start of an essential distinction between the various kinds of public buildings, that guides the analysis of possession and its consequences. Possession will exist whenever there is factual power over good, provided there is no pre delete warning clause of jurisdicidade. In a second step, evaluates the effectiveness of ownership over that property public, taking into account the characteristics of the possession and the subjects involved. Existing ownership, its consequences (legal effect) will vary according to the class to which that public good fits and this condition will affect the judicial protection of ownership. You can't conceive a wayward material law possessory supervision that governs the situation being addressed. In the case of dominicias, it is possible a full guardianship of private ownership, which inexistirá in the case of goods of special use. / A posse dos bens públicos é tema que, embora de grande relevância, não tem sido analisado com o necessário cuidado pela doutrina e pelos tribunais do país. No presente estudo, parte-se de uma distinção essencial entre as diversas espécies de bens públicos, o que norteia a análise da posse e de suas consequências. A posse existirá sempre que houver poder fático sobre o bem e desde que não exista cláusula de pré-exclusão de jurisdicidade. Configurada a posse, avalia-se a eficácia da posse sobre aquele bem público, tendo em conta as características da posse e os sujeitos envolvidos. Existindo posse, suas consequências (efeitos jurídicos) variarão conforme a classe a que aquele bem público se enquadre, e essa circunstância afetará a tutela jurisdicional da posse. Não se pode conceber uma tutela possessória desgarrada do direito material que rege a situação a ser tutelada. No caso dos bens dominicas, é possível uma tutela completa da posse do particular, o que inexistirá no caso dos bens de uso especial.

Le véhicule électrique est une des solutions de transport respectueuses de l’environnement, n’émettant pas de polluant lors de son utilisation. Gruau, constructeur carrossier pour véhicules utilitaires, se lance activement dans le transport écologique sur le segment de l’utilitaire 3,5t. Afin d’accroitre les ventes de véhicules utilitaires électriques, il est nécessaire d’en réduire le coût total de possession (ou TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)). L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier et de modéliser le comportement des composants de ce véhicule électrique pour simuler des calculs de TCO. Le composant principal étudié est la batterie, dont la durée de vie limitée conditionne la rentabilité du véhicule. La première partie des travaux fut consacrée à la modélisation du comportement du véhicule en fonction d’une mission client donnée. Une étude des cellules de batterie est réalisée dans le but de construire un modèle multi-physique complet en prenant en considération le vieillissement calendaire et le vieillissement en cyclage. Un modèle énergétique global, comprenant ce modèle batterie, permet de déterminer l’énergie nécessaire pour un parcours donné et de simuler le vieillissement des cellules électrochimiques afin de calculer le TCO. Une seconde partie est orientée vers le calcul du TCO. La mise en oeuvre d’un algorithme d’optimisation avec une méthodologie d’accélération des calculs a permis de réaliser les calculs dans des temps raisonnables (passage de 13h à 15min par itération). Après étude de l’impact du dimensionnement de la batterie sur le TCO, il en ressort que la réduction de la capacité n’entraine pas systématiquement la réduction du TCO. Il existe pour chaque mission un point de TCO optimal (jusqu’à 17% d’éconnomie). Afin d’améliorer le TCO, des stratégies de recharge intelligentes sont élaborées et permettent rentabilité accrue du VUE (jusqu’à 29%). Ce travail a été intégré dans un logiciel d’aide à la décision de la capacité de la batterie suivant les besoins du client, destiné aux forces de ventes commerciales. / The electric vehicle is one of the environmentally friendly transport solutions that emit no pollutant during its use. Gruau, manufacturer-converter for light commercial vehicles (LCV), is actively involved in green transport in the 3.5t segment. In order to increase sales of electric LCV, it is necessary to reduce its total cost of ownership (TCO). The objective of this thesis is to study and model the behavior of the components of this electric vehicle in order to simulate TCO. The main component studied is the battery, whose limited lifetime will determine the profitability of the vehicle. The first part of the work was devoted to modeling the behavior of the vehicle according to a given customer mission. The study of battery cells was done with the aim of building a complete multi-physics model taking into account calendar aging and cycling aging. Then, this battery model is integrated in a complete energy model taking into account all the components of the studied vehicle. Then a global model, including this battery model, makes it possible to determine the energy required for a given path and to simulate the aging of the electrochemical cells in order to calculate the TCO. A second part is oriented towards the calculation of the TCO. The implementation of an optimization algorithm, with a methodology of computing acceleration, allowed to achieve the computations in reasonable times (reduction from 13h to 15min by iteration). After studying the impact of battery sizing on the TCO, it appears that the reduction of the battery capacity does not systematically lead to the reduction of the TCO. There is therefore an optimum TCO point for each mission (up to 17% savings). In order to improve the TCO, smart recharging strategies are developed and allow increasing e-LCV profitability (up to 29%). This work is integrated into a decision support software relative to the battery capacity according to customer needs, intended for commercial sales forces.

This is a study conducted in Zimbabwe which compared a group of 50 zvirvere zvechivanhu patients and a group of 50 non-patients in age, sex, marital status, level of education and claims of spirit possession. Claims of spirit possessions and types of spirits, as pointed out by Bennel (1982), were used as symptoms of zvirwere zvechivanhu. The two groups were also compared in symptom dimensions of the SCL-90-R used in the study. The SCL-90-R, developed by Derogatis (1975), is a 90-item symptom check list used to screen people for psychological problems reflected in the nine symptom dimensions of somatization, obsessive/ compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism and in the three global scores of Global Severity Index, Positive Symptom Distress Index and Positive Symptom Total. The subjects were chosen from two different sites, using a systematic sampling method. Three statistical methods were used to analyze the data. The Chi-square was used to analyze data on descriptive variables. The T-test and 2 x 2 analysis of variance were used to analyze the data on symptom dimensions and global scores. The study had one main hypothesis and nine subhypotheses. The main hypothesis was that zvirwere zvechivanhu patients were significantly different from the non-patients on the overall global scores. The nine subhypotheses stated that the patient and non-patient groups were significantly different in the nine separate symptom dimensions. The study concluded that the zvirwere zvechivanhu patients were significantly different from the non-patients in the overall global scores. In the nine separate symptom dimensions, it was concluded that the two groups were the same in all except the somatization and obsessive/compulsive system dimensions.