The purpose of this thesis is to take a closer look at Jane Austen’s work and understand the importance of it in both the academic and cultural sphere. With a specific focus on Pride and Prejudice, this research starts with a focus on feminist readings of the novel. Primarily, this research looks at the novel with a feminist lens in order to better understand the female characters and their involvement in the marriage plot. Secondarily, the research goes on to look at the cultural impact of Pride and Prejudice and attempts to understand the ways in which this novel re-appears in different adaptations. Finally, the research suggests that there should be a new way of reading Austen that better fits contemporary society. Despite how far removed Jane Austen’s world may seem, her work remains important and worth studying. This thesis argues in favor of the appreciation of Jane Austen’s work both academically and culturally.

A visual investigation into the lighting, scenic and projection design work of Lucas P. Ingram during his training at the University of Iowa from 2013 – 2016.

By the n-th Fibonacci (respectively Lucas) vector of length m, we mean the vector whose components are the n-th through (n+m-1)-st Fibonacci (respectively Lucas) numbers. For arbitrary m, we express the dot product of any two Fibonacci vectors, any two Lucas vectors, and any Fibonacci vector and any Lucas vector in terms of the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. We use these formulas to deduce a number of identities involving the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers.

Chest compressions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation are of utmost importance although not without a risk. Many injuries are described but the incidence of these is hard to define due to methodological differences. It is strenuous to perform chest compressions and therefore mechanical chest compressions have been looked upon with interest. This thesis presents new insights on the panorama and incidence of injuries in modern CPR and a comparison of safety and efficacy between manual chest compressions and mechanical chest compressions with the LUCAS™ device. We also evaluated if computed tomography could be an aid in the detection of these injuries. Two pilot trials were conducted and one presented no difference in early survival with 26% and 31% having return of spontaneous circulation when comparing manual chest compressions with the LUCAS device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The other revealed no difference in autopsy-detected injuries. A third multicentre autopsy trial revealed that in patients treated with manual chest compressions 78.3% had at least one injury and 63.9% had at least one rib fracture. The corresponding numbers for patients treated with the LUCAS device was 92.8% (p = 0.002) and 77.7% (p=0.022). Sternal fractures occurred in 54.2% and in 58.3% of the cases treated with manual chest compressions and the LUCAS device respectively (p = 0.556). The median number of rib fractures was 7 in the group receiving manual chest compressions and 6 in the group receiving chest compressions with the LUCAS device. In 31 cases a computed tomography was conducted prior to autopsy and we found a very strong correlation in the discrimination of patients with or without rib fractures (kappa=0.83). Mean difference between the two methods in detecting rib fractures was 0.16. The detection of other injuries did not have a strong correlation. In conclusion there is no difference in early survival between the two methods and mechanical chest compressions adds 14-15% more patients with rib fractures but the amount of rib fractures, sternal fractures and other injuries is equal. CT can aid but not replace autopsies in the detection of these injuries.

Tracking gaze of an individual provides important information in understanding the behavior of that person. Gaze tracking has been widely used in a variety of applications from tracking consumers gaze fixation on advertisements, controlling human-computer devices, to understanding behaviors of patients with various types of visual and/or neurological disorders such as autism. Gaze pattern can be identified using different methods but most of them require the use of specialized equipments which can be prohibitively expensive for some applications. In this dissertation, we investigate the possibility of using sclera and iris regions captured in a webcam sequence to estimate gaze pattern. The sclera and iris regions in the video frame are first extracted by using an adaptive thresholding technique. The gaze pattern is then determined based on areas of different sclera and iris regions and distances between tracked points along the irises. The technique is novel as sclera regions are often ignored in eye tracking literature while we have demonstrated that they can be easily extracted from images captured by low-cost camera and are useful in determining the gaze pattern. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the proposed technique is demonstrated by experiments with human subjects.

Thesis (doctoral)--Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, (2000). / Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-348) and indexes.

[pt] A presente dissertação, que tem como Título O Outro que me justifica, trata-se de uma análise exegético/hermenêutica sobre a perícope Lucana 18, 9-14, a parábola do Fariseu e do Publicano. A metodologia adotada é a aplicação dos passos do Método Histórico Crítico, trazendo também algumas considerações para a realidade geral da teologia e algumas ciências afins, como a filosofia e a psicologia. A parábola de Lc 18, 9-14, conhecida como a do Fariseu e do Publicano, ao longo da história vem sido interpretada como uma parábola que trate sobre a oração, ou seja a forma adequada com que o discípulo deve se referir a Deus. Outra linha recorrente ao longo da história é a de que esta tenha sido uma parábola sobre a humildade, já que a atitude soberba do fariseu contrasta com a figura humilde do publicado que nem sequer ousa levantar os olhos aos céus, e que desce para casa recebendo os favores divinos. O presente trabalho continua a mostrar a validez dessas interpretações, ao mesmo tempo mostra que eles não são suficientes para mostrar a riqueza de significado do texto. O presente trabalho se propõe a mostrar a parábola como um exemplo presente já nos sinóticos da doutrina da justificação pela fé, que será posteriormente desenvolvida pelo apóstolo Paulo, e que abarca com maior totalidade o sentido semântico desta, e que abarca também as interpretações anteriores que foram feitas desta. / [en] This work, which has the title The Other justifying me, this is an exegetical analysis / hermeneutics on the pericope Lucana 18, 9-14, the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. The methodology is the implementation of the steps of the Critical History Method, also bringing some considerations to the overall reality of theology and some related sciences, such as philosophy and psychology. The parable of Luke 18: 9-14, known as the Pharisee and the Publican, throughout history has been interpreted as a parable that deals on prayer, that is the proper way in which the student must refer to God. Another recurring line throughout history is that this was a parable about humility, as the superb attitude of the Pharisee contrasts with the humble figure of published that dares not even raise his eyes to heaven, and down home receiving the divine favors. This study continues to show the validity of these interpretations, at the same time shows that they are not enough to display the text meaning of wealth. This paper aims to explain the parable as an example already present in the synoptic of the doctrine of justification by faith, which will be further developed by the apostle Paul, and that includes most all the semantic meaning of this, and that also includes previous interpretations They were made from this.

Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-27T14:14:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 000385860-0.pdf: 2234761 bytes, checksum: 7b23f266c101b16ecfdfe247b9ec048a (MD5) license.txt: 581 bytes, checksum: 44ea52f0b7567232681c6e3d72285adc (MD5) / This epidemiological descriptive retrospective study evaluated patients of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service of the Hospital São Lucas of the Pontifical Catholic University of the Rio Grande do Sul, of January of 2000 at December of 2005, with the purpose to determine the epidemiological profile of the patients admitted and/or operated for the service. The data related to the number of attendance of patients, sex, age, year and patient orign, beyond surgical modalities carry out, instituted treatments and the lenght of hospital stay were collected from hospital records. A total of 1117 patients was taken care during the six years of study with a trend of reduction of the number with elapsing of the years (p = 0. 022). It had a predominance of patients of the feminine sex (56%), in the age between 10 and 40 years and caming of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. The most patients was taken care of the way System of Public Health (56%), with the private insurance representing 32. 6% and particular attendance 11. 4%. Amongst the carried out surgical modalities, the dentoalveolars surgeries were most prevalent (22. 9%), followed for the orthognathics surgeries (21. 4%), facial fractures (18%), surgeries of pathological conditions (16. 7%), implants and grafts (13. 7%), surgeries of clefts lip and palate (3. 4%), treatment of infections (2. 9%) and surgeries of the TMJ (1%). The average time of stay hospital was of 2. 94 days. The information contained in the present research provides data for one better clarification of the type of attendance carried out for the service, being of basic importance for the planning, organization and improvement of the attendance of these patients. Additionally, they can serve as data of comparison of services and the impact of this in the hospital activities. / Realizou-se um estudo epidemiológico retrospectivo descritivo do Serviço de Cirurgia e Traumatologia Bucomaxilofacial do Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, de janeiro de 2000 a dezembro de 2005, com o objetivo de determinar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes internados e/ou operados pelo serviço. Os dados relacionados ao número de pacientes atendidos, gênero, idade, ano e procedência, além de modalidades cirúrgicas realizadas, tratamentos instituídos e o tempo de internamento hospitalar foram coletados a partir dos prontuários hospitalares. Um total de 1117 pacientes foi atendido durante os seis anos de estudo com uma tendência de diminuição do número de atendimentos com o decorrer dos anos (p= 0,022). Houve uma predominância de pacientes do gênero feminino (54%), na faixa etária compreendida entre 10 e 40 anos e oriundos da região metropolitana de Porto Alegre. A maioria dos pacientes foi atendida via Sistema Único de Saúde (56%), com os convênios privados representando 32,6% e os atendimentos particulares 11,4%. Dentre as modalidades cirúrgicas realizadas, as cirurgias dentoalveolares foram as mais prevalentes (22,9%), seguidas pelas cirurgias ortognáticas (21,4%), fraturas faciais (18%), cirurgias de condições patológicas (16,7%), implantes e enxertos (13,7%), cirurgias de fissuras labiopalatais (3,4%), tratamento de infecções (2,9%) e cirurgias da ATM (1%). O tempo médio de internamento hospitalar foi de 2,94 dias. As informações contidas na presente pesquisa provêem dados para um melhor esclarecimento do tipo de atendimento realizado pelo serviço, sendo de fundamental importância para o planejamento, organização e melhoria do atendimento desses pacientes. Adicionalmente, podem servir como dados de comparação de serviços e o impacto destes nas atividades hospitalares.

The present thesis deals with multiple econometric equations systems which might provide a useful insight into the national economy modelling. It takes into account possible pitfalls of common practices. It introduces the theory and estimation methods of multiple econometric equations systems. It also discusses the equality of savings and investment and the theory of money. Furthermore, it briefly analyses Klein's model I from a theoretical point of view and uses the three-step least squares method in order to estimate it. Partial modifications of this model are suggested and implemented. The quality of the competitive models is evaluated employing the predictive criterion. Consequently, the canonical NK DSGE model is derived and subjected to theoretical criticism. The thesis debates doubts on the relevance of the NK IS curve and argues that Lucas's critique is still valid. A generalized method of moments is used to implement the NK DSGE model. Finally, this model is briefly compared with Klein's model I.

In this work we cover some counting techniques used to solve some classic problems in Combinatorics. We also show a link between the so called ârencontre problemâ, the âmÃnage problemâ and the permanent of a square matrix. / Neste trabalho abordamos algumas tÃcnicas de contagem utilizadas para solucionar alguns problemas clÃssicos da AnÃlise CombinatÃria. Mostramos tambÃm uma relaÃÃo entre o problema das cartas mal endereÃadas, o problema de Lucas e os permanentes de uma matriz quadrada.