Orientador: Vera Aparecida Madruga Forti / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T21:27:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zanchetta_LuaneMargarete_M.pdf: 3119218 bytes, checksum: 0682ed5d410cb5f6da27ea5c33824ed0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: No Brasil, assim como em quase todo o mundo, a população idosa vem tendo um crescimento que supera o crescimento populacional totaL Deve-se levar em conta também o perfil do brasileiro que envelhece, pois inúmeros trabalhos científicos indicam que não são os anos, mas sim os hábitos incorretos e o estilo de vida inativo os principais fatores de risco para as doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, onde as maiores prevalências ocorrem a partir da meia idade. A busca da saúde por meio da prática de exercícios fisicos desde os primeiros anos de existência pode acarretar além da prevenção de tais doenças, um sentimento de bem estar e auto-estima, incrementando a qualidade de vida (QV). O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a percepção subjetiva da QV em 48 indivíduos de meia idade que foram submetidos a programas de treinamento físico por um período de 12 semanas. Para tal análise utilizamos o instrumento de avaliação da QV proposto pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), o WHOQOL-bref Tanto os domínios, como a qualidade de vida geral, são medidos em direção positiva, ou seja, escores mais altos denotam melhor qualidade de vida. Após efetuar a sintaxe proposta pela OMS e aplicar o teste Wilcoxon, observamos que a amostra estudada apresentou como resultados os seguintes escores antes (SED) e após o treinamento fisico (TRE) respectivamente para o Domínio Físico: de 68,15 para 75,97 (P=O,OO); Domínio Psicológico: de 63,72 para 70,49 (P=O,OO); Domínio Relações Sociais: de 63,89 para 68,75 (p=O,04); Domínio Meio Ambiente: de 62,30 para 67,51 (p=O,OI); Overall Questões 1 e 2 (escala de 1 a 20): de 14,54 para 15,87 (P=O,OO). Podemos concluir que após as análises .realizadas, os programas de treinamento físico foram capazes de incrementar todos os domínios da QV contidos no instrumento WHOQOLbref, confirmando o que a literatura tem relatado em relação aos beneficios do exercício físico para a saúde e prevenção de doenças em diferentes faixas etárias. Desta forma, deixar de ser sedentário além de ser fator de proteção para inúmeras doenças, melhora também a QV do indivíduo de meia idade / Abstract: In Brazil the elderly population comes having a growth that exceeds the gross population growth. It must itself lead in count also the profile of the Brazilian that ages, therefore endless number scientific works indicate that do not be the years, but yes the incorrect habits and the style of inactive life the main factors of risk for the not transmittable chronic illnesses, where the biggest predominance occur ITom the half age. The search of the health by means of the practical one of physical exercises since the first years of existence can cause beyond the prevention of such illnesses, a feeling of well be and self-esteem, increasing the quality of life (QV). The objective of this I study was evaluating the subjective perception of the QV in 48 individuaIs of half age that were submitted to a program of physical training during twelve weeks. For such analysis we utilize the instrument of evaluation of the QV proposed by the World Organization of Health (OMS), the WHOQOL-bref. In the domains of the instrument the value O (zero) signifies to worse QV possible and the maximum value, or be, to better QV possible, would be the value 100 (hundred). After it perform the syntax proposal by the OMS and apply the test Wilcoxon, observe that the sample studied presented as a result the following scores before (SED) and after the training physical (TRE) respectily for the Domain Physical: 68,15 to 75,97 (p=O,OO); Domain Psychological: 63,72 to 70,49 (p=O,OO); Domain Social Relations: 63,89 to 68,75 (p=0,04); Domain Environrnent: 62,30 to 67,51 (p=O,OI); Overall Ouestions 1 and 2 escale of 1 to 20): 14,54 to 15,87 (p=O,OO). We be able to infer like conclusion that after the analyses carried out, the program of physical training was capable of increase all óf the domains of the QV contained in the instrument WHOQOL-bref, confirming what the literature has related regarding the benefits of the physical exercise for the health and prevention of illnesses in different age streaks, showing that leave of be sedentary beyond be factor of protection for countless Subjective ofthe individual ofhalf age / Mestrado / Atividade Fisica, Adaptação e Saude / Mestre em Educação Física

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A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo demonstrar a finalidade catequética da obra intitulada Laudes e Cantigas Espirituais escrita pelo beneditino André Dias na primeira metade do século XV. Os versos de Mestre André parecem assumir um valor pedagógico à medida que visam a transmitir a mensagem do Evangelho inclusive com o propósito de edificar os cristãos a partir da exemplaridade de Jesus e Maria. Sob esta ótica, o laudário parece enfatizar uma religiosidade mais intimista, mais palpável e acessível à esfera divina sem prescindir, contudo, de seu aspecto devocional. Desta forma, através das análises de três grupos temáticos do laudário de Mestre André (Loas de Natal, Loas e Prantos de Nossa Senhora e Laudas da Paixão), este estudo visa a evidenciar os elementos que assinalam a finalidade doutrinária das composições em questão. À luz da tradição laudística medieval - cujo centro difusor fora a Península Itálica -, procuraremos apontar, ainda, o possível diálogo entre as laudes portuguesas e os escritos dos italianos Feo Belcari e Jacopone da Todi. / This research aims at showing the catechetic function of Laudes e Cantigas Espirituais written by the Benedictine Monk Andre Dias in the first half of the fifteenth century. The verses of Master André seem to assume an educational value as they aim at transmitting the Gospels message in order to edify christians through the exemplarity of Jesus and Mary. Within this scope, the lauds seem to emphasize some kind of more intimist, more palpable sense of religiosity, as well as more accessible to the divine sphere. However, the lauds still do not neglect their devotional aspect. Thus, through the analyses of three thematic groups, Master Andres laudarium (Loas de Natal Christmas Loas - , Loas e Prantos de Nossa Senhora Loas and Sorrows from Our Lady - and Laudas da Paixão Lauds of the Passion), this study seeks to highlight the elements which determine the doctrinary functions of analyzed compositions. Based on the medieval laudistic tradition, which was mainly diffused in the Italian Peninsula, we shall attempt at pointing out a possible relationship between the Portuguese Lauds and the writings by the Italian writers Feo Belcari and Jacopone da Todi.

Partindo de um contexto social demarcado por transformações sociais, como o incremento do uso de tecnologia e a inserção da mulher no mercado de trabalho, com a necessidade de maior flexibilização e preparo para nele se inserirem os cidadãos, bem como por transformações no âmbito das relações interpessoais, em especial as familiares, objetivamos, nesta tese, compreender como homens na meia-idade vivenciam esta fase do seu desenvolvimento. A meia-idade é um período demarcado por mudanças, em especial psicológicas para os homens. Isso porque a percepção do envelhecimento, da proximidade da fase adulta dos filhos e a competição com pessoas mais jovens no mercado do trabalho podem deflagrar a chamada “crise da meia-idade”. Esse momento pode tanto levar a uma reflexão e a um re-direcionamento existencial como a uma estagnação, demarcada pelo marasmo e receio de empreender mudanças, pois pode haver uma percepção de que a proximidade da morte faz parte de sua vida. Nosso olhar para os homens, nessa fase do desenvolvimento, norteou-se pelas facetas da paternidade, da sexualidade e de seus projetos de vida. A metodologia utilizada foi a fenomenologia ontológico-hermenêutica de Martin Heidegger em que a interpretação do existir humano é a principal tônica. Foram entrevistados sete homens com idade entre 41 e 52 anos, nível socioeconômico A e B, casados e com filhos adolescentes. Os resultados evidenciam que a inautenticidade – modo de ser em que o referencial são “os outros” – mostrou-se como principal norteadora da vida desses homens, embora a autenticidade – assunção das responsabilidades existenciais –, também tenha se revelado. A afetividade, desvelada na preocupação com os filhos foi o principal sentido dos discursos. A inautenticidade revelou-se quando o futuro pessoal dos homens mesclou-se ao dos filhos, não havendo uma percepção de indivíduo, mas sim de que seu papel social norteia seu existir. A autenticidade foi vislumbrada quando a preocupação com suas relações afetivas e seus projetos de vida foram colocados em pauta. O envelhecimento mostrou-se tanto como impeditivo de mudanças, tendo no comodismo sua principal marca, como despertou questionamentos a respeito do modo de vida individual e afetivo. Esses aspectos evidenciam que a meia-idade, vivenciada no mundo pós-moderno, pode propiciar, por meio dos questionamentos que envolvem o existir humano, oportunidades de transformação no contexto das relações interpessoais, abrangendo o mundo familiar, bem como o social mais amplo. Essa fase do desenvolvimento pode proporcionar às novas gerações valores e crenças que lhes oportunizem reflexões e modelos de conduta que sejam alternativos aos que estão presentes nos relacionamentos sociais. A aproximação entre as gerações e a transmissão de questionamentos, dúvidas e anseios podem ser importantes caminhos a serem trilhados por todos os que se preocupam com o existir humano. Como horizontes, percebemos que os sentidos e significados do existir humano são múltiplos e que a fenomenologia ontológico-hermenêutica pode trazer contribuições para a ampliação da compreensão da existência ao desvelar, por intermédio da linguagem, nosso modo de ser. / Starting from a social context marked by social transformations such as the improving use of technology and the influx of working women in the job market and the necessity of a greater flexibility and education of the citizens to make part of it, as well as the transformations occurring in the interpersonal relations, specially those happening within the family, this thesis aims at understanding how the middle-aged men act and experience this development phase of life. The middle age is a period that is marked by changes, specially those psychological ones to men. This happens due the perception of getting old, the proximity of the adult phases of the children and the competition with younger people in the job market, which can blow up the “middle age crisis”. This moment can lead to a deeper thinking and to a re-direction of his existence as well as it can lead to stagnation marked by apathy and fear of making changes once the perception of the proximity to death makes part of his life. The glancing to the men at this phase of development was given emphasizing aspects as paternity, sexuality and projects of life. The method employed was based on the Martin Heidegger’s ontological-hermeneutical phenomenology, which focuses the human existence as main point. Seven men with age ranging from 41 to 52 years old were interviewed, having a socio-economical level A or B, married, and having adolescent children. The results show that inauthentic existence - a way of being where the reference is based on the “others” - revealed that main guiding line to those men in this period of their life, although the authentic existence – the assumption of existence’s responsibilities – has been shown up. The affection mixed up the deep worries towards the children was the main sense in the discourses. The inauthentic existence appeared when the future of the children was mixed up with their future, not existing a perception of the individual but the social role that guided his existence. The authentic existence was glimpsed when his worries and preoccupations with affective relations and projects of life were put in evidence. The aging process showed as being an obstacle to changes due to the self-indulgence as well as it raised some questions about of his individual and affection way of living. Those aspects put in evidence the middle age happening in a post-modern world may cause by means of questioning the human existence, in a series of transformation opportunities in a context of interpersonal relations, including the family and the society. This phase of development may proportionate to the coming generations values and beliefs that may give them opportunity to reason over the models and behavior patterns that are alternative ones to those present in the social relationships. The coming up of generations and the transmission of questionings doubts and hopes may be important tracks to be followed by those who really worry about the human existence. We can perceive as horizons that the meanings of the human existence are multiple and the phenomenology ontological-hermeneutical may contribute to wide the comprehension of the existence and may unveil by means of the language our way of living.

O conceito de paternidade e sua vivência tornaram-se alvos de intensa investigação na literatura científica a partir do início dos anos 1970. Os estudos realizados destacam os acelerados processos de mudanças estruturais e organizacionais que incidem na família e na sociedade, que redefinem constantemente o entendimento que se tem sobre a paternidade, intensificando assim, o interesse em compreender a vivência paterna nos mais diversos contextos. Apesar da discussão que gravita em torno dessa temática, no que diz respeito à idade, os estudos existentes se concentram na vivência de pais adolescentes e adultos e na relação destes com seus filhos e companheiras. O objetivo do presente estudo foi compreender a experiência da paternidade na meia-idade a partir da perspectiva de pais, mães e filhos envolvidos. Trata-se de um estudo de caráter exploratório, descritivo, de corte transversal, amparado na abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, no qual utilizou-se o estudo de caso múltiplo como estratégia metodológica. Os participantes deste estudo foram membros de quatro famílias, denominadas de: Família Campos, Família Sampaio, Família Azevedo e Família Pires. Os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta de dados foram: (a) Formulário de Dados Sociodemográficos, que engloba o Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil; (b) Roteiro de Entrevista Semiestruturada realizada com o pai; (c) Roteiro de Entrevista Semiestruturada realizada com a mãe; (d) Roteiro de Entrevista Semiestruturada realizada com o(a) filho(a); (e) Desenho da Família (DF), aplicado nos filhos menores de 12 anos; (f) Genograma, aplicado a todos os membros da família em conjunto e, (g) Diário de campo. As entrevistas foram gravadas em áudio e, posteriormente, transcritas na íntegra. O corpus de pesquisa foi organizado por meio de análise de conteúdo temática e a análise e interpretação dos dados pautou-se na teoria psicanalítica e na literatura disponível sobre o tema da paternidade. A partir da análise do material coletado, pôde-se elaborar, em diálogo com a literatura, três categorias temáticas: (a) Construindo uma família: Adaptações da conjugalidade às novas experiências de ser pai; (b) Que pai eu sou e que pai eu quero ser? e, (c) Potencialidades e dificuldades da paternidade na meia-idade. Os resultados permitiram desvelar a paternidade na meia-idade como uma vivência composta por múltiplas articulações. A conjugalidade e a reavaliação do modelo transmitido pelo próprio genitor revelaram-se como aspectos importantes no exercício paterno e nas expectativas em relação ao desempenho desse papel. Dentre as especificidades da experiência paterna na meia-idade, a maturidade e a estabilidade financeira foram apontadas como potencialidade desejáveis dessa vivência, enquanto que a indisposição física e o receio de talvez não ser capaz de acompanhar o processo de desenvolvimento da(o) filha(o) foram caracterizados como barreiras/dificuldades. Espera-se que este estudo possa fomentar novas investigações acerca da vivência paterna em diferentes etapas do ciclo de vida, a partir do relato dos seus próprios protagonistas e daqueles que com eles compartilham tal vivência. / The concept of fatherhood and its experience became subject of intense research in scientific literature from the beginning of the 1970s. Studies emphasize the accelerated processes of structural and organizational changes that affect both family and society, which constantly redefine the understandings about paternity, thus intensifying the interest in comprehending paternal experience in several diverse contexts. Despite many discussions surrounding this subject, regarding age, most of the studies focus on the experience of fatherhood during adolescence and young adulthood, and their relations with their children and spouses. The present study aimed to comprehend the experience of fatherhood in middle-age from the perspective of fathers, mothers and children. This is an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Participants were members of four families named: Campos, Sampaio, Azevedo and Pires. Instruments used for data collection were: (a) Sociodemographic form, which includes the Brazilian Economic Classification Criterion; (b) Semistructured interview with fathers; (c) Semistructured interview with mothers; (d) Semistructured interview with sons and/or daughters; (e) Family Drawing (FD), used with children younger than 12 years old; (f) Genogram, used with all members of the Family together; and (e) Field diary. Interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed in full. Corpus of research was organized through content analysis in thematic modality, and data interpretation was based on psychoanalytic theory and on the available literature regarding fatherhood. The analysis of collected data, along with dialogues with literature, enables the development of three thematic categories: (a) Building a family: Adaptations of conjugality to the new experiences of being a father; (b) What father am I and what father do I want to be?; and (c) Strengths and weaknessess of fatherhood in middle-age. Results showed fatherhood in middle-age as an experience composed by multiple articulations. Conjugality and reassessment of the model provided by their own parents were revealed as important aspects to the exercise of fatherhood and to the expectations regarding performance of this role. Among the specifities of the experience of fatherhood in middle-age, maturity and financial stability were considered desired strengths, whereas physical indisposition and the fear of not being able to follow children´s development were characterized as weaknesses/barriers. We expect that this study can foment new research approaching the experience of fatherhood in different stages of life cycle, from the perspective of the main characters and those with whom they share such experience.

L’étude des réécritures françaises de l’Évangile de Nicodème produites entre le XIIe et le XVIe siècle montre comment ce texte apocryphe prend des libertés et évolue progressivement du texte sacré vers le texte littéraire. Tendant tout à la fois vers le romanesque et le dramatique, il utilise et dépasse la lettre pour se faire image dévotionnelle. Ainsi, les différentes réécritures construisent un texte-carrefour, au confluent des écritures saintes, de la littérature de divertissement et de la culture iconique, qui s’avère fondamental tout à la fois dans l’histoire du christianisme et dans la littérature médiévale. Notre étude s’accompagne des éditions de deux réécritures du XIVe siècle : l’Évangile de Gamaliel et une version interpolée dans une Histoire de la Bible. / Our study of the French rewritings of the Gospel of Nicodemus dating from the XIIth to the XVIth century shows how this apocryphal text takes liberties, progressively shifting from a sacred to a literary script. Approaching both romance and dramatic writing, it tends to become a devotional representation. Thus, the different rewritings form an original object intermingling holy scriptures, romance and iconic culture, which proves to be fundamental to Christianity and to medieval literature. Editions of two rewritings from the XIVth century also appear in our study : the Gospel of Gamaliel and a version of the Gospel of Nicodemus inserted in a Story of the Bible.

En tant que constantes de la littérature de tous les peuples et de tous les temps l’alba et le somni (l’aube et le rêve) participent par leur réalisations typiques de l’époque au jeu poétique de la poésie romane qui se concrétise, sur le modèle des schémas déjà préétablis, entre imitation, variation et transgression. Les réalisations possibles, inhérentes aux motifs et thèmes d’alba et de somni (comme p. ex. les adieux des amoureux à l’aube, la souffrance et la maladie amoureuse, le rêve comme compensation ou acte de la création poétique, le moment magique de la transition), sont accentuées et développées par rapport à une aire culturelle donnée, dont témoignent les exemples des troubadours et des trouvères, les cantigas galego-portugais et la poésie italienne du Duecento. Le jeu des variations de ces constantes poétiques se réalise dans un contexte d’un réseau de genres, dans lequel les textes singuliers interagissent et forment un système complexe de références intertextuelles. Cette étude sur les variations de l’alba et du somni romanes se considère comme contribution à la mise en valeur des structures et de la poétique inhérente de la poésie médiévale. Elle montre non seulement comment la perspective comparatiste peut contribuer à la compréhension de la richesse des facettes de la poésie médiévale et des chemins et des formes de la réception et de la fécondation mutuelles, mais aussi quel rôle peut jouer l’examen des dictatz no principals encore négligés. L’étude de ces genres « mineurs » thématiques n’a pas seulement d’intérêt en soi, car ces dictatz indiquent généralement les sujets centraux et les points culminants de la poésie, mais aussi parce qu’elle peut contribuer à l’éclaircissement ou à une meilleure compréhension des modèles déjà connus et étudiés. / Being constants of the literature of all nations and ages, alba and somni (dawn and dream) participate in the poetic play of the Romanic poetry by means of their typical realisations characteristic of a time, that is concretised, on the basis of preformed patterns, between imitation, variation and transgression. The development and accentuation of possible realisations inherent to the motifs and themes of alba and somni (such as e. g. the parting at dawn, suffering and lovesickness, dreaming as compensation or act of poetic creation, the magical moment of transition) differ depending on the cultural area as is indicated by the examples of the troubadours and trouvères, the Galician-Portuguese cantigas and the Italian poetry of the Duecento. The play of variations of these poetical constants is realised in the context of a network of genres, in which the individual texts interact and form a complex system of intertextual references. This study of the Romanic variations of alba and somni is considered as a contribution to an enlightenment of the structures and poetics inherent to medieval poetry. It does not only show how the comparative perspective can contribute to the comprehension of the abundance of facets of medieval poetry and of the ways and forms of mutual reception and fecundation, but moreover point out the role that can be assigned to the study of the dictatz no principals which is still and often neglected. The study of these “minor” genres of thematic kind is not only interesting as such, for the dictatz generally indicate the central subjects and climactic points of poetry, but also because it can contribute to an elucidation or a better comprehension of the patterns already established and studied.

abstract: Interpersonal strain is linked with depressive symptoms in middle-aged adults. Self-compassion is an emerging resilience construct that may be advantageous in navigating relationship strain by helping individuals respond to emotions in a kind and nonjudgmental way. Although theory and empirical evidence suggests that self-compassion is protective against the impact of stress on mental health outcomes, many studies have not investigated how self-compassion operates in the context of relationship strain. In addition, few studies have examined psychological or physiological mechanisms by which self-compassion protects against mental health outcomes, depression in particular. Thus, this study examined 1) the extent to which trait self-compassion buffers the relation between family strain and depressive symptoms, and 2) whether these buffering effects are mediated by hope and inflammatory processes (IL-6) in a sample of 762 middle-aged, community-dwelling adults. Results from structural equation models indicated that family strain was unrelated to depressive symptoms and the relation was not moderated by self-compassion. Hope, but not IL-6, mediated the relation between family strain and depressive symptoms and the indirect effect was not conditional on levels of self-compassion. Taken together, the findings suggest that family strain may lead individuals to experience less hope and subsequent increases in depressive symptoms, and further, that a self-compassionate attitude does not affect this relation. Implications for future self-compassion interventions are discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Psychology 2019

Fajta, M. 2015: Phenomenon of water in mining - gold panning, findings of ore mills in Slovakia. [Master's thesis] Water has always been closely associated with the mining and processing of precious metals. Either it served as a secondary source from which gold was gained by gold-washing, or as a tool for further processing of primary mined ore. Thesis is divided into two sections which describe both of these options. In the first part, thesis deals with gold-panning. It describes sources for the history study of gold-panning in Slovakia and it presents current state of research. On the basis of historical knowledge from "De Re Metallica libri XII." (G. Agricola 1556) are presented the different types of chutes, which are used for gold-washing. This section also includes excursion about mining archaeology and excursion about origin and appearance of gold in Slovakia. The second part describes different steps in the processing of primary mined ores. Since there was no archaeological research of medieval facilities for processing ores in Slovakia, in the paper are presented examples of two researches of mining facilities from Czech Republic. In the chapters describing processing of ores is the biggest attention devoted to ore mills. The most common evidence for the existence of such mills are...

This thesis deals with the revision of archaeological research at Stará Kou im. This locality was excavated between 1948 and 1957 by M. Šolle. Sixty years after the end of the Stará Kou im research, some conclusions need to be reinterpreted. The paper was mainly focused on the revision of the middle fortifications research and brought new, unpublished results. Key words: early middle age, hillfort, fortification, revision, ceramic, Old Kou im.