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The idea of witnessing through the lense of cultural trauma is one which has been described by Dominick LaCapra and others as a encompassing and far reaching from the private to the public spheres. In some cases, when trauma is so overwhelming, the response is to remain silent and do nothing to acknowledge acceptance of the causing factors of the cultural trauma. Novelists such as Kazuo Ishiguro employ various methods of discussing cultural trauma in their works. Ishiguro’s novels, Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day harbor narrators whose inner traumas reflect the trauma of the culture at large. The silent spaces in these novels arise in situations where the extreme measures taken by governing entities is also clearly stated, particularly in their discussions of the Holocaust and World War II.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T15:32:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_2350_DissertacaoMestradoRenatoOrletti.pdf: 1269443 bytes, checksum: 88c981b4d674179ad5d03a2ab29d4ab9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-11-24 / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre lâmpadas de alta intensidade de descarga (AID), abordando seu funcionamento, os principais tipos e as peculiaridades de seu acionamento. O acionamento com reator eletromagnético e reator eletrônico são analisados apontando-se suas vantagens e desvantagens. Ao fim desta análise, é proposto um reator eletrônico baseado num conversor chaveado de estágio único com alto FP controlado por um microcontrolador digital. Foi implementado um protótipo em laboratório para análise de desempenho do reator proposto. Os resultados experimentais obtidos comprovam a viabilidade do reator eletrônico proposto, podendo-se destacar o pequeno número de componentes utilizados na construção do protótipo.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T15:56:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo2934_1.pdf: 5686045 bytes, checksum: 0b76116d92790b2ba2c38648603b9dfb (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / O middleware do Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital (SBTVD), chamado Ginga, possibilita a interação entre dispositivos móveis e o receptor de TV Digital. Esta é uma de suas maiores inovações, e é viabilizada pela inclusão de novas interfaces de rede no set-top box que interagem com dispositivos domésticos. Esta rede doméstica é chamada de Home Area Network, e é capaz de integrar tecnologias de rede como Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB, entre outros. Pela especificação do SBTVD, as novas interfaces de rede podem ser usadas pelas aplicações interativas (Xlet) através da API de Integração de Dispositivos. Esta API possibilita a comunicação do receptor com um módulo do Ginga executado nos dispositivos móveis. Porém, um usuário não pode iniciar a comunicação com o receptor quando desejado. Também não é possível utilizar o receptor como um gateway entre dispositivo móvel e qualquer servidor acessível pelo canal de retorno. Isto permitiria a utilização da Internet ou de qualquer aplicação pelos dispositivos móveis sem onerar o custo que existe na utilização das redes de telefonia. Estas impossibilidades demonstram apenas algumas das suas limitações. Além disso, as diversas novas possibilidades de interação são pouco exploradas. Para expandir as funcionalidades providas, este trabalho propõe resolver algumas dessas lacunas existentes na abordagem do SBTVD através da utilização de uma arquitetura orientada a serviços (Service-Oriented Architecture - SOA). Essa abordagem proposta viabiliza a interação com o receptor para o consumo de serviços sempre que desejado pelo usuário. Não é necessária a existência de qualquer aplicação interativa, nem mesmo do sinal das operadoras de TV. Toda a infra-estrutura é montada em software, sem a necessidade, portanto, da existência de novo hardware além dos já propostos pelo SBTVD

Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T22:35:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_10030_DISSERTAÇÃO _Janiel Cerqueira da Silva.pdf: 1101283 bytes, checksum: a28a6bc98fc920bcf8e37d4e98093b29 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-14 / Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar diferentes métodos de medição de altura e volume comercial de árvores para fins de manejo florestal sustentável em uma floresta nativa na região Amazônica. Para isso, os métodos de medição de altura comercial analisados foram: Visual com experiência; Clinômetro Suunto; Hipsômetro eletrônico Haglöf II; Hipsômetro Vertex IV e a medição com árvore abatida com o auxílio de uma trena. Já para obtenção do volume comercial, foram analisados os métodos: cubagem com o Criterion RD 1000; estimação com o fator de forma igual a 0,7 considerando no cálculo do volume do cilindro o diâmetro a 1,30m e a medida visual com experiência da altura comercial; estimação com o fator de forma igual a 0,7 considerando no cálculo do volume do cilindro diâmetro a 1,30m e altura comercial medida com o Clinômetro Suunto e a cubagem rigorosa tradicional. Foram medidos 30 indivíduos de quatro espécies em uma floresta nativa localizada nos municípios de Mâncio Lima e Rodrigues Alves, Acre. Para análise dos métodos, foi realizada a análise gráfica dos resíduos, além das estatísticas Viés (V), Raiz do quadrado médio do erro (RQME), Médias das diferenças absolutas (MD). Dos métodos de medição de altura comercial, o Suunto se destacou, sendo o mais indicado para medição de altura das árvores em floresta nativa na Amazônia. Já entre os métodos de obtenção do volume comercial com casca das árvores individuais, a utilização do Criterion RD 1000 possibilitou a obtenção das medidas mais exatas. Palavras-chave: Amazônia, inventário florestal, instrumentos, exatidão.

This thesis explored significant other responses to CFS/ME in association with patient illness outcomes and symptom maintenance utilising a multi-method approach; a systematic review, cross-sectional, longitudinal and momentary methods were included. The review identified empirical evidence for two potential interpersonal mechanisms. The evidence suggested that significant other beliefs and responses, dyadic relationship quality, and patient outcomes associated with each mechanism were different. Dyadic belief incongruence was also highlighted as important with respect to relationship quality. Thus, potential research questions and current methodological limitations were identified; the subsequent empirical papers presented attempted to address these. The first empirical study (Chapter 3) utilised the Expressed Emotion (EE) framework to investigate the impact of critical comments and EOI; no cross-sectional associations between EE and patient outcomes were observed. A longitudinal design was also employed to examine the predictive validity of EE. Longitudinally, high critical comments predicted higher fatigue severity; further analyses indicated that depression mediated this relationship. High EOI was also predictive of higher fatigue severity at follow-up. This was the first study to examine EE within a CFS/ME sample; the longitudinal impact of high-EE upon patient outcomes suggests that it is a potentially beneficial target for future interventions. Paper 2 (Chapter 4) sought to examine the factors that might contribute to significant other EE by examining significant other illness beliefs and dyadic belief incongruence. The results indicated that significant others rated as high-EE had stronger illness models, more negative beliefs about the consequences associated with the condition, and negative emotional representations. These findings identify those beliefs that may be particularly important for high-EE within the current patient group. Overall dyadic belief incongruence was not important for EE-rating; high-EE dyads reported similar illness beliefs, whilst low-EE significant others reported more optimistic beliefs about the condition. These findings suggest that optimistic beliefs about the condition may be better for both significant other and patient outcomes. The final empirical study (Chapter 5) examined the associations between significant other negative and solicitous responses and fluctuations in patient illness outcomes on a momentary basis. The impact of significant other responses was largely transitory; changes in patient outcomes did not extend past the current momentary assessment. Negative significant other responses were associated with momentary increases in symptom severity; patient distress partially mediated this relationship. Patient-perceived solicitous responses were associated with increased activity limitation, but reduced disability reported at the same momentary assessment. These results suggest that momentary reports capture more dynamic processes than observed in traditional cross-sectional analyses. Taken together, the findings presented within this thesis provide further evidence for the impact of significant other factors on patient outcomes. The evidence for the hypothesised mechanism associated with critical EE was consistent throughout studies. However, the evidence for the role of EOI currently requires further exploration. Finally, the results suggest that the development of significant other-focussed interventions may be beneficial for both patient and significant other outcomes.

Hold Me Tight: Conversations for Connection is a relationship education program based on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT; Johnson 2004), an empirically supported model of couple therapy with roots in attachment theory. Currently, relationship education is mostly provided through skills-based programs with a focus on teaching communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills from the social-learning perspective. The HMT program is different; it targets attachment and emotional connection – aspects central to relationship functioning as identified in the literature. The present study is the first outcome study of the HMT program. The purpose of the study was to examine the trajectory of change for relationship satisfaction, trust, attachment, intimacy, depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms. Couples who participated in this study were from several cities across Canada and the United States. The trajectory for the outcome variables were modeled across baseline, pre-program, post-program and follow-up in a sample of 95 couples participating in 16 HMT program groups. Results of a four-level Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM: Raudenbush & Bryk, 2002) analysis demonstrated a significant cubic growth pattern for relationship satisfaction, trust, attachment avoidance, depressive and anxiety symptoms demonstrating no change from baseline to pre-program and improvements from pre-program to post-program. Scores returned to pre-program levels at follow-up. Follow-up analyses demonstrated that the changes from pre- to post-program were significant with a large effect size. We also looked at couples’ reported ability to engage in the conversations from the program and found that mean scores declined from post-program to follow-up. The results of this initial pilot study suggest that the HMT program is a promising alternative to existing relationship education programs with results comparable to skills-based relationship education programs. The decrease in scores from post-program to follow-up suggests that booster sessions following the completion of the program could be necessary to help couples maintain gains. Limitations and areas for further study are discussed.