Background and Purpose: Progressive cerebellar ataxia is a rare neurological condition characterised by uncoordinated movement, and impaired speech articulation. Rehabilitation and physiotherapy in particular, form the cornerstone of healthcare intervention. Little qualitative research has been undertaken to understand the subjective experience of this complex condition. This study explored the experience of progressive cerebellar ataxia, physiotherapy and physiotherapy services from the perspective of people living with this condition. Method: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis underpinned this inductive qualitative enquiry. Twelve people with a progressive cerebellar ataxia participated in semi-structured interviews. All participants had some experience of physiotherapy. Interviews were transcribed. A case by case idiographic analysis was undertaken followed by a cross case analysis. Findings: Five super-ordinate themes were identified. ‘The embodied experience of progressive cerebellar ataxia’ emphasised the foregrounding of the body, and the disruption of the skilful interaction between body and world. ‘Identity, stigma and disrupted embodiment in public spaces and places’ encapsulated how participants made sense of actual and perceived stigma and discrimination. ‘Lifeworld meets biomedicine: a complex juxtaposition’ described participants’ problematic relationships with healthcare practitioners and their disease-centric world. ‘Wresting control in the face of uncertain and changing forces’ portrayed participants’ attempts to understand and reinterpret their condition on their own terms. ‘Exercise: a multifaceted contributor to managing life with ataxia’ captured the meaning of exercise and physical activity. One over-arching theme, ‘Retaining a homelike way of being-in-the-world’, cautiously indicated that whilst participants described ‘unhomelike’ lifeworlds (uncomfortable and disturbing); they simultaneously held onto, and sometimes realised, the possibility of ‘homecoming’, for example through the generation of new modes of belonging. Conclusion: This study provided a detailed, phenomenological account of the lived experience of progressive cerebellar ataxia. New insights were developed that have the capacity to inform not only physiotherapy practice but also other healthcare disciplines. New avenues for future research were also identified.

Research into Elementary School Teacher¡¦s Meaning of Life, Attitude Towards Life Education and the Implementation of Life Education Abstract This research aims at probing into life meaning sense , educational attitude of the life of the grade teacher of Tainan and to the view of implementing the present situation of life education. It is 681 teachers of primary school of Tainan to study samples , carry on research with the investigation method of the questionnaire. In order to describe statistics , t-test, one-way ANOVA, LSD law are compared afterwards , Pearson product-moment correlation. The conclusion got in this research is as follows: (1) The idea that the life educated has already been popularized in the primary school, grade teachers of Tainan generally hold the attitude with definite front , teaching method , teaching opportunity and teaching material use all quite lively pluralism.¡¨ time insufficient ¡§, it knows to be can insufficient with¡¨teaching material lack¡¨ is it have heavy difficulty most met to implement. (2) Grade teachers of Tainan generally present ¡§ good degree and height ¡§to approve in life meaning sense . There is difference of showing because of the teacher's different sex , marital status , age , religious belief , scale of the school , school site. No study in a school in the university , well educated and serving the age and service seniority , taking on the post and having most differences because of the change of teacher. (3) Grade teachers of Tainan generally present ¡§ good degree and height¡¨ to approve in educational attitude of the life. Sex , marital status , age , religious belief , scale of the school , well most educated , the age and service seniority of service , post of holding and having difference of showing because of the change of teacher. There is a difference because the teacher's difference studies in a school in the university , school site . (4) Highly relevant between life meaning sense and educational attitude of life, grade teacher of the life meaning with high sense , its behavior in educational attitude of the life is better too. According to the above conclusion , put forward the suggestion on educational administrative organ , school , teacher , media and parents separately. Key word: Life education , life meaning sense , educational attitude of the life

The historic place is the result of a uniqueness that characterises and differentiates it from other places. It holds both tangible and intangible features that creates its sense of place, which is a lifelong process whereby it gradually constitutes our historic city and its character. This study aligns with the growing recognition by the international heritage community to expand our understanding of cultural heritage to include tangible and intangible values, agenda of sustainability, the role of local culture, and sustainable development. It, thus, initiates a critical dialogue between heritage conservation and sustainable urban development, to examine the concept of sense of place and its implications for conservation theory and practice. By drawing on a variety of methodologies and sources, it seeks to understand how effectively sense of place can contribute to the management of historic urban areas in a globalised world. The theoretical phase of the research traces relevant literature and studies, presenting the latest debates on heritage management at the international level, and explores selected collaborative projects in Europe at regional level. While the practical phase, focuses on Edinburgh as an in-depth case study, exploring its policies and practice at a local level. The methodological approach adopted in this study has enabled combining literature from different disciplines, through categorising the main features of sense of place, to a grid of main goals for any development project: conserving the physical structure, the suitability of the use, and the development of local community and improving the quality of life. This takes us beyond issues of conservation and towards a recognition of the central role sense of place and local community have in (re)configuring shared values, practices, collective memory and identity in a specific cultural cluster. To illustrate the validity of the approach, the analytical framework was applied to selected development projects across Edinburgh to explore the sense of place, unpack the complexity of local values of various users, effectively engage more users and stakeholders, and redefine heritage management and the way it can be integrated within the planning system. This was possible by using various methods to acknowledge its multiplicity: exploring the evolution of Edinburgh’s historic place in history and the role of planning system and policies into shaping the present character; and conducting semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and focus groups in local communities.

Submitted by RONALDO REVEJES PEDROSO null (ronal_rp@hotmail.com) on 2017-03-26T22:31:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO_RonaldoRevejesPedroso.pdf: 929691 bytes, checksum: 4847ab54c67a1501af722a5b639a963e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-03-27T13:41:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 pedroso_rr_me_arafcl.pdf: 929691 bytes, checksum: 4847ab54c67a1501af722a5b639a963e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-27T13:41:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 pedroso_rr_me_arafcl.pdf: 929691 bytes, checksum: 4847ab54c67a1501af722a5b639a963e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A pesquisa busca compreender a relação entre a escola, seu significado social e seu sentido para os jovens em conflito com a lei. Parte-se de uma análise histórica da institucionalização da escola no Brasil e da criação da modalidade de Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) para se compreender o processo de construção social dos significados da escola pública no país. Partindo da experiência pessoal desses jovens a pesquisa procura compreender o sentido que a escola tem para esses indivíduos. O objetivo é identificar como a relação entre o significado e o sentido da escola interfere na vida dos alunos e como a ausência de sentido pode provocar dificuldades durante o trabalho educativo. O estudo tem como perspectiva metodológica a abordagem dialética e busca compreender a problemática por meio das categorias que expressam as relações contraditórias na realidade. A investigação propõe uma melhor compreensão da juventude presente na EJA e aponta para a necessidade de reflexão dos profissionais da educação sobre essa temática. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada em uma escola pública de Araraquara/SP, que atende o público alvo do presente estudo. A referida unidade é um centro de formação e articulação das ações de EJA no município, e oferece ensino fundamental a alunos vindos de diversos bairros da cidade. Os dados obtidos indicam que o distanciamento entre o significado social da instituição escolar e o sentido que possui para os alunos pode ser o causador dos conflitos destes com a escola. Nesse cenário, ocorre uma ruptura no processo educativo e surgem conflitos diversos entre os adolescentes e os demais sujeitos presentes na instituição escolar. O estudo aponta possíveis caminhos para que a escola possa atuar na busca de superação desse problema. / The research looks for understanding the relationship between the school, its social significance and its meaning for young people in conflict with the law. It begins with a historical analysis of school institutionalization in Brazil and the creation of Youth and Adult Education (EJA) in order to understand the process of social construction and the meanings of the public schools in the country. From the experience of these young, the research looks for understanding what the school means to them. The goal is to identify how the relationship between the meaning and the sense of school interfere in the lives of students and how the absence of direction can cause difficulties for the educational work. The study has as methodological perspective the dialectical approach to comprehend the problematic through the categories that express the contradictory relations in reality. It proposes a better understanding of this youth in adult education and offers wide material for reflection, mainly to the professionals related to education. The field research was conducted at a public school in Araraquara / SP, where there is the target audience of this study. The place is the formation and coordination center for Young and Adult Education and offers basic education to students from various districts in town. The data indicate that the gap between the social significance of the school for teenagers may be cause of the conflict of them with the school. In this scenario, there is a disruption in the educational process and various conflicts arise among teenagers and the adult students. The study suggests possible and positive ways to overcome this problem at school. / CAPES: 1468314

This diploma thesis analyses the occurrence of synonymy in the texts of academic prose and fiction. The topic of synonymy has been in the centre of attention for a long time and it still deserves much attention. The aim of this thesis is to approach to the topic from a different perspective. Theoretical part describes the theoretical background of synonymy from the upper layers of the system of language. These theories are used as analytical tool in analysing the collected samples with the focus on similarities and differences in connotation of pairs of synonyms. The diploma thesis should particularly contribute to study of partial synonymy and the components of associative meaning that vary in dependence on functional style. This thesis should also marginally refer to the topic of absolute synonymy. The frequency of the components of associative meaning and findings are described in the conclusion of the thesis.

Le travail présenté ici se situe dans le cadre général d’élaborer une méthodologie de traitement du sens lexical dans une dimension textuelle – textes arabes et énoncés (types et occurrences) plus courts – à la lumière de la sémantique interprétative de F. Rastier. Pour ce faire, cette étude cherche tout d’abord à déterminer le statut du texte en linguistique moderne et dans la pensée traditionnelle arabe. Il s’agit de revenir sur les facteurs-clés qui ont donné lieu à la prise en compte du palier textuel dans les études linguistiques modernes et dans la tradition grammaticale, rhétorique et exégétique arabe.S’inspirant des travaux en sémantique interprétative de F. Rastier, le présent travail entend rendre compte par le biais d’une application pratique (analyse des textes arabes) du rôle essentiel que jouent l’analyse sémique, l’isotopie sémantique, le contexte et la pratique sociale en cours, dans l’assignation du sens aux unités lexicales. Après avoir présenté les limites des modèles textuels issus de deux approches sémantiques formelles (véri-conditionnelle) et cognitives, l’objectif de cette recherche est de montrer la pertinence de l’application du modèle Rastérien – issu d’une approche sémantique structurale – à des textes arabes. / This work falls within the general framework of developing a working methodology for processing lexical meaning within a text. It seeks to apply François Rastier’s theory of interpretive semantics to Arabic texts and utterances. The thesis starts with a survey of the state of the text in both traditional Arabic thinking and modern linguistics. Such a survey reveals the key factors that have brought the textual level to the fore, in modern linguistics on the one hand, and Arabic traditional grammar, rhetoric and exegetics on the other hand. This study seeks to apply Rastier’s notion of interpretive semantics to texts and examples in Arabic. The overall objective of this close textual approach is to highlight the fundamental role of semantic analysis, semantic isotopy, context and the current social practices in assigning lexical meaning. The thesis attempts also to show the shortcomings of textual models offered by two semantic approaches, namely the formal (truth-conditional) and the cognitive approaches; in order to highlight the pertinence of Rastier’s model within a structural semantic approach to Arabic texts.