Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Description based on print version record.

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-45).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2005. / Title from PDF title page screen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-186)

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-45).

Objet d'histoire à part entière, la danse est un « fait social total » à l'interface du corps et de l'esprit de l'individuel et du collectif : du féminin et du masculin, du religieux et du profane, du technique et du spontané. Au XVe siècle, Domenico da Piacenza, Antonio Comazzano et Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro, incarnent l'émergence d'une nouvelle figure intellectuelle, artistique et technique, celle du maître à danser, élevant la danse au rang d'art libéral. Ils construisent l'esthétique d'une danse noble en opposition à celle des danses dites populaires établissant des normes à la fois artistiques, sociales et genrées, conformes à la morale de la cour et répondant aux anathèmes religieux. La danse, vecteur d'une idéologie de cour et d'une communication entre les cours et la société, est tout autant instrument d'une évolution des disciplines du corps, voire d'une thérapeutique fondée sur l'harmonie du corps et de l'esprit. Les fondements philosophiques, techniques et pédagogiques de la danse noble s'inscrivent dans la culture des cours italiennes de la fin du Moyen Age et créent un nouveau langage du corps en mouvement, s'inscrivant de manière novatrice dans de la culture humaniste de l'époque. Une lecture attentive des sources (littéraires, iconographiques théâtrales, et musicales...) rend visible ce qui est apparemment invisible, voire caché et permet de comprendre, interpréter et restituer la richesse de l'activité chorégraphique d'une époque. Il ne s'agit pas d'histoire de la danse, mais de danse dans l'histoire de révéler un aspect de la civilisation de la fin du Moyen Age, également par tout ce que le corps en mouvement est capable de nous révéler. / Dance, a fully historical subject, is a 'total social fact' at the interface between body and soul, between individual and collective, feminine and masculine, religions and profane, and between technique and spontaneity. In the fifteenth century, Domenico da Piacenza, Antonio Cornazzano and Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro represent the rise a new intellectual, artistic and technical figure, that of the master of dance, thus promoting dance as a liberal art. The construct the aesthetics of a noble dance in opposition to those of the so-called popular dances, by creating artistic as we as social and gender norms in conformity with courtly ethics, and by offering a response to religious anathemas. Dance vector of a courtly ideology and a communication between courts and society, remains the instrument of evolving corporeal disciplines, and even a therapy founded on conceptual harmony between body and soul. The philosophical technical and pedagogical foundations of noble dance are inscribed in the culture of Italian courts from the end of the Middle Ages and create a new language of the moving body, innovating it and making it part of the humanistic culture those times. An attentive reading of the sources -literary, iconographical, theatrical and musical- makes visible what seems invisible even hidden, and enables us to understand and interpret, as well as summon up the richness of the chorographical activity of a certain period. This is not a history of dance but a history of dance in history, or rather the illumination of an aspect of late-medieval civilization, thanks, also, to what the body and movement are capable of revealing to us.

The purpose of this study was to document, from a developmental perspective, midlife women's perceptions of their changing bodies within the larger cultural context, and to use ethnographic research as a tool for researching midlife women. The central question guiding the analysis of midlife women's lives was: What are midlife women's perceptions of their changing bodies? The self-reported experiences of 11 midlife women (ages 40–55) were obtained and the data analyzed using Spradley's (1979) Developmental Research Sequence Method. Data were collected by using individual and group interviews. During the individual interviews, three kinds of ethnographic questions (descriptive, structural, and contrast) were used to explore how each woman conceptualized her experiences. After the individual interviews were completed, three consecutive group interviews were conducted. The group interviews provided a context for determining the women's shared meaning of their changing bodies at this pivotal time of their development. To solidify the credibility of this qualitative study, the understandings derived from the study were subjected to member checking and the application of content analysis. Four general themes emerged from the analysis of the data. The first two themes—the media and medicine—involved aspects of the culture that most influenced the women's interpretations of their changing bodies and were, therefore, structural in nature. The second two themes—loss, and redefining of self (including the development of self-care)—involved the more personal aspects of the women's narratives such as reflected meanings and attitudes. Results of the study indicated that the midlife period in a woman's life encompasses a broad spectrum of experience, full of contradiction and change. Issues of loss, change in role functions, cultural influences that perpetuate ageism and sexism, ambivalence, strong emotional responses, lack of consistent information about menopause and sexuality, questioning, critical reflection, coping mechanisms, redefining self self-care—all played a central role in the women's lives during this important time of transition. Midlife events prompted the participants to question and challenge traditional cultural expectations about female roles and behavior; and in this way they reinterpreted their experiences and created new meaning from them. The women reformulated their self-definitions from that of caregiver to care receiver, from caring for others to caring more for oneself. This could be seen as a major developmental change in the women's lives, since through this process of facing the challenges of midlife, the women moved from self definitions that were based on negative cultural stereotypes to self definitions that were based on an affirmation of their ability to experience the events of their existence as autonomous individuals, less bound by stereotypes than they had been before. Health professionals can attempt to examine some of their own biases and assumptions about midlife women that could influence their treatment of, and attitudes towards, these women. Furthermore, health professionals are in the position to help their midlife clients question and become critically aware of the social, historical, and political context that defines women's midlife experience, so that midlife women need not take for granted the established interpretation of their physical changes. Suggestions for further research are included. / Graduate

Orientador: Néri de Barros Almeida / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T03:44:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Polli_KatiaRegina_M.pdf: 494773 bytes, checksum: eb4e8591ed4756edde3bacc1bde6585a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Este estudo corresponde ao resultado de pesquisa acerca da maneira como os medievalistas, em especial na França, têm abordado a concepção e a representação do espaço durante a Idade Média. Delimitamos nossa pesquisa às obras produzidas entre os anos de 1973 a 2008 de forma a compreender as modificações ocorridas durante este período e o crescente interesse pela temática observado nos últimos 40 anos. Procuramos discutir os sentidos do espaço como campo de pesquisa específico na historiografia medieval e sua importância na criação de interlocução com diversas áreas das ciências sociais / Abstract: This study is the output of research about how to medievalists, especially France, have approached the design and representation of space during the Middle Ages. We defined our research to works produced between the years 1973 to 2008 in order to understand the changes that occurred during this period and the growing interest in the area observed over the last 40 years. We seek to discuss the meanings of space as a field specific search in medieval history and its importance in creating dialogue with diverse areas of social sciences / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / No processo do envelhecimento humano ocorrem alteraÃÃes significativas no organismo,incluindo o aumento do estresse oxidativo, que tem sido responsabilizado pelo desencadeamento de muitas doenÃas degenerativas. A adoÃÃo de estratÃgia capaz de interferir no processo oxidativo seria fundamental para amenizar ou retardar o surgimento de afecÃÃes prevalentes na idade avanÃada. A utilizaÃÃo de substÃncias em doses nutracÃuticas, como precursoras de antioxidantes, tem sido muito estudada. A seguranÃa e os efeitos da suplementaÃÃo via oral de glutamina, em doses nutracÃuticas, sobre o estresse oxidativo e o metabolismo glicÃmico foram analisados em indivÃduos de meia-idade e idosos. Para tanto, foi realizado um ensaio clÃnico randomizado, controlado, cruzado, duplo-cego. Foram selecionados, pelos critÃrios do Protocolo SENIEUR com modificaÃÃes, 32 residentes em instituiÃÃo de longa permanÃncia, divididos em 2 grupos e submetidos à suplementaÃÃo com L-glutamina e caseinato de cÃlcio via oral, na dose de 0,5g/Kg/dia por perÃodo de 14 dias intercalados por pausa temporal (washout period) de 5 dias. Foram realizados exames para avaliaÃÃo de alteraÃÃes hematolÃgicas, hepÃticas, renais e calculada a estimativa do Ritmo de FiltraÃÃo Glomerular (eRFG), avaliada a capacidade antioxidante pela dosagem da Glutationa Total, cÃlculo da razÃo GSH/GSSG, do potencial redox pela EquaÃÃo de Nerst e avaliada a peroxidaÃÃo lipÃdica pela dosagem do TBARS (substÃncia reativa Ãcido tiobarbitÃrico) antes (T0) e apÃs (T1) suplementaÃÃo. Dos 32 participantes que iniciaram o estudo, um foi excluÃdo por uso de antiinflamatÃrio e out o e retirou por vontade prÃpria. Dos 30 indivÃduos restantes, 16 (53,3%) eram homens, mÃdia de idade 69  8,8 anos, peso mÃdio 61,8  14,2Kg,albumina sÃrica 4,0  0,3g/dL. NÃo houve efeito clÃnico adverso durante a utilizaÃÃo de Lglutamina,tampouco alteraÃÃo significativa dos parÃmetros laboratoriais, exceto aumento nos nÃveis de urÃia, tanto no grupo caseinato (T0 = 33,033  8,688; T1 = 43,066  11,732; p <0,0001) quanto no grupo glutamina (T0 = 34,100  9,117; T1 = 44,200  8,833; p<0,0001) e aumento estatisticamente significante de creatinina no grupo glutamina (T0 = 0,917  0,123;T1 = 1,050  0,138; p<0,0001) e reduÃÃo da eRFG: 13,3% na suplementaÃÃo de L-glutamina e de 2,9% na suplementaÃÃo de caseinato de cÃlcio, porÃm sem significado clÃnico. A concentraÃÃo sanguÃnea de Glutationa Total nÃo mostrou alteraÃÃo com a suplementaÃÃo de L-glutamina, tampouco houve alteraÃÃo na capacidade de antioxidaÃÃo do sistema glutationa avaliada pelo cÃlculo da razÃo GSH/GSSG, pela equaÃÃo de Nerst e na peroxidaÃÃo de lipÃdeos avaliada pela dosagem de TBARS. A suplementaÃÃo de L-glutamina nÃo teve impacto sobre a via glicolÃtica e secretagoga de insulina. Conclui-se que aumento nos nÃveis sÃricos de urÃia e creatinina e a reduÃÃo da estimativa de Ritmo de FiltraÃÃo Glomerular sÃo provavelmente devidos à dificuldade dos rins envelhecidos de metabolizar suplementos de fonte protÃica. Embora nÃo clinicamente significativas, estas alteraÃÃes impÃem um rigoroso controle na avaliaÃÃo dos parÃmetros da funÃÃo renal durante a suplementaÃÃo de L-glutamina na dose de 0,5g/kg/dia em indivÃduos de meia-idade e idosos. Na ausÃncia de estresse adicional, a suplementaÃÃo de L-glutamina nÃo altera o padrÃo das reaÃÃes orgÃnicas de estresse oxidativo, prÃprias do envelhecimento, nÃo justificando, portanto, seu uso nestas situaÃÃes. / Significant alterations in the organism occur in the human aging process, including the increase of oxidative stress which has been held responsible for unleashing many degenerative diseases. The adoption of a strategy able to interfere in the oxidative process would be essential to ease or retard the appearance of disorders prevailing in advanced age. The usage of substances in nutraceutic dosages as antioxidants precursors has been much studied. Safety and effects of the oral L-glutamine supplementation, in nutraceutic dosages,on oxidative stress and glucose metabolism were analyzed in middle-aged and elderly individuals. Thus, a randomized, controlled, cross-over, double-blind clinic trial was performed. Through the SENIEUR test protocol criteria with modifications, 32 people living in a nursing home were selected, divided in 2 groups and submitted to oral L-glutamine and calcium caseinate supplementation at the dosage of 0.5/kg/day for a 14-day period intercalated by a 5-day washout period. Tests were performed in order to evaluate hematological, hepatic, renal alterations and the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) was calculated, the antioxidant capacity was evaluated through the total glutathione dosage,calculation of GSH/GSSG ratio of the redox (oxidation-reduction) potential through the Nerst equation and the lipid peroxidation was evaluated through dosage of TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reacting substances), before (T0) and after (T1) supplementation. From 32 participants that started the study, one was excluded due to anti-inflammatory usage and the other withdrew by own will. 16 (53.3%) out of 30 were men, average age 69 Â} 8.8 years, average weight 61.8 Â} 14.2 kg, serum albumine 4.0 Â} 0.3 g/dl. There was no clinical adverse effect during the L-glutamine usage, nor significant clinical alteration of laboratory parameters except for an increase in urea levels either at the caseinate group (T0= 34.100 Â} 9.117; T1 = 44.200 Â} 8.833; p<0.0001) as at the glutamine group (T0 = 34.100 Â} 9.117; T1 = 44.200 Â} 8.833; p<0.0001) and a statistically significant creatinine increase at the glutamine group (T0 = 0.917 Â} 0.123; T1 = 1.050 Â} 0.138; p<0.0001) and at the GFRe: 13.3% in Lglutamine supplementation and 2.9% in calcium caseinate supplementation, but without clinical significance. Blood levels of the Total Glutathione did not show alteration with Lglutamine supplementation, nor alteration in the anti-oxidation capacity of the glutathione system assessed through TBARS ratio calculation. L-glutamine supplementation had no impact on the glycolitic path and insulin secretagogue. It is concluded that the increase in urea and creatinine serum levels and the reduction of the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate occur probably due to the difficulty of the aged kidneys to metabolize protein-sourced supplements. Although they are not clinically significant, these alterations impose a rigorous control in the evaluation of the kidney function parameters during the L-glutamine supplementation with doses of 0.5g/kg/day on middle-aged and elderly individuals. In absence of additional stress, the L-glutamine supplementation does not alter the organic reactions standard of oxidative stress, pertaining to aging, not justifying, therefore, its usage in these situations.

M.Com. (Industrial Psychology) / In conjunction with general previous experiences in the environment, the intrinsic self has an important influence on a career choice and a general career approach. The self-image which forms part of the personality and which on its part forms part of the intrinsic self, determines the pattern of a individual's general functioning in his environment. The study of the self-image ought to depict a persons psychological world of living. Vrey (1984, p.l0l) has found that a strong positive self-image is coupled with a greater need for and ability to greater success. A favourable self-actualisation is coupled to less fear and tension and can be associated with self-actualisation to a greater extent. Contradictions to mentioned statements are accentuated when specifically referring to the middle ages during which the once self-assured and selfaccepting manager is now characterised by a negative self-respect as well as a tendency towards self-rejection which leads to a radical change Ln behaviour. The negative self-image which a middle aged manager has of himself, is in most cases the result of changes in physical attraction, changes in role and life structure adjustments. This then is also the main reason for withdrawal from competition in the work situation. In this study the purpose is to determine whether middle aged managers with a positive self-image experience a greater degree of occupational adjustment than middle aged managers with a negative self-image. The sample consists of 132 males in the age group of 35 - 55 years who all occupy managerial positions within the same organisation. Vrey's (1974) self-concept questionnaire was used, as this measuring instrument was developed and standardised in South Africa. Comparable data is thus available. Based on the literature study, 24 items were formulated which will determine whether a person is occupationally adjusted or not.

This work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter covers with the ways leading to the salvation of the soul. Especially with the question of the dogma of purgatory and the ways, how can - according to Thomas Stitny - the quick help to compress the torture of the dead sinners in purgatory. The issue of the second chapter is a quantitative analysis of the pious legacies pecuniary as well as non-pecuniary. The fundamental research questions are: Which charitable institutions were gifted the most frequently? How large number and volume of legacies was intended for them? How differed the structure of male and female pious legacies? Which changes in the type and the volume of the pious legacies occurred during the followed period and what were the main causes of them? In the third chapter I am analyzing all the non-pecuniary legacies and ask myself the question to which extent are in their structure reflected gender and socio-economic differences among the testators. In the fourth chapter I reenact the geographical horizon of the testators. My aim is to verify an assumption that the size of the geographical horizon of the burghers is directly proportional to the total importance of the town in question.