This dissertation is composed of a critical preface, "Reconciling Art and Account in the Creative Essay," and the essay collection Resurrection Attempts: Essays. The preface situates the following essay collection within the genre of contemporary creative nonfiction. Specifically, it argues that genre-bending or genre hybridity are inherent and unavoidable features of creative nonfiction writing and should be celebrated, rather than denied or lamented. It points to other writers who deliberately challenge the bounds of genre, and discusses some of the collection's innovations in form and other ways it offers experimentation, such as use of unusual or borrowed points of view, disruption of chronology, and adoption of elements from other genres of writing, including fiction, poetry, and academic. Ultimately, embracing the artistic side of creative nonfiction (as opposed to its "purely" journalistic side) allows for heightened intimacy with the reader, a much wider breadth of storytelling, and a more vulnerable—and therefore more truthful—interrogation of legacy and the human experience. Resurrection Attempts is a collection of essays exploring the writer's rural Texas childhood and the early and tragic losses of her parents, including the effect of those experiences on her adult life and performance of motherhood. The voices of the writer's sisters sometimes intertwine with hers, especially as she examines the converging and diverging lenses of their shared experience. She works throughout to "resurrect" her parents and even to resurrect earlier versions of other family members, including herself. The collection is particularly fascinated with dreams, drawing a parallel between the subconscious lives of the dreamer and their waking constructions of their memories and experiences.

Distribués sous des licences permissives qui assurent des droits d'utilisation, de modification et de redistribution aux licenciés, l'élaboration des logiciels libres est fondée sur un modèle de développement décentralisé. Ces caractéristiques posent de nombreux défis au milieu juridique, particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la responsabilité civile. Ainsi, les développeurs se demandent dans quelles circonstances leur responsabilité civile peut être engagée suite à la défaillance de leur logiciel libre. De la même façon, ils questionnent la possibilité d'appliquer cette responsabilité à un nombre important de développeurs dispersés aux quatre coins du globe. L'analyse présentée montre que le droit, tel qu'il existe actuellement, est en mesure de résoudre la majorité des problèmes relatifs à la détermination et l'application de la responsabilité civile en matière de logiciels libres. Les règles de la responsabilité civile représentent donc un risque potentiel pour les développeurs de logiciels libres, même s'ils sont relativement bien protégés par les contextes juridiques et factuels. / Distributed under permissive licenses that guarantee the users use, modification and redistribution rights, the development of free software is decentralized. Numerous legal challenges flow from this, particularly respecting civil liability matthers. In consequence, developers are concerned regarding the circumstances in which they could be liable based on the faillure of their free software. They are equally questionning the possibility that numerous developers scattered around the world could be jointly liable. The analysis show that the law, in its actual form, is able to answer the majority of the issues resulting from the establishment and the application of civil liability regarding free software. In this way, civil liability rules are representing a potential risk to free software developers, even if they are relatively weil protected by the legal and factual contexts.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Reinalda Melo da Matta.pdf: 2727327 bytes, checksum: fed10de0ad535e0fd838b8f2000ee230 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study sets out to present research on the effect of Sandplay Therapy (TS) on the treatment of children suffering from trauma caused by abuse, neglect and abandonment. The research was carried out on 60 children living in childcare facilities in four cities in the State of São Paulo, both boys and girls aged from six years and six months to ten years. All the children within this age bracket were tested with the CBCL (Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18). Those who presented clinical and/or borderline symptoms related to internalizing factors (anxiety, depression, withdrawn and somatic complaints) and/or externalizing factors such as breaking rules and aggressive behavior, as well as total problems, were selected for this survey. The participants were tested in three different moments: T0 (before any intervention), T1 (20 sessions/weeks after T0) and T2 (six months after T1), with the following instruments: WISC-III (2002), the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (cubes and vocabulary sub-tests) and the AUQEI test (a questionnaire to evaluate life quality in children and adolescents). The children were organised into three groups: an experimental group (EG, which received the ST), a control group (CG, the waiting list) and a placebo group (PG, which received placebo therapy). New evaluations using the same instruments were carried out as follows: in the EG after 20 weekly sessions with TS (T1) and six months after T1 (T2); in the PG and CG after 20 weekly sessions/weeks (T1). There was no T2 in the PG and CG. Results of the intervention with ST showed that children in the EG presented statistically significant improvement as regards symptoms related to internalizing, externalizing factors and total problems. This change prevailed six months after the therapy was concluded. In the CG improvement in externalizing factors was obtained in the aggressive behavior scale in T1. However, the EG presented a higher average of improvement in relation to CG in this scale.We observed that research participants expressed their aggressiveness and explosive emotions through ST.It was also found that the therapeutic process revealed not only the psychopathological dynamics, but also the children s potentiality and capacities. Building scenarios led to greater adaptability to the difficult circumstances faced by the participants. Miniatures, with their symbolic potential, and playing with sand facilitated connecting and integrating with unconscious aspects that were repressed and defensive as a result of traumatic experiences. Symbolic playing in a free and protected space favored creativity and imagination, as well as the expression of traumatic narratives. Results from T1 and T2 showed significantly reduced clinical symptoms and pathological forms of behavior / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar o efeito da Terapia do Sandplay (TS) no tratamento de crianças vítimas de trauma por abuso, negligência e abandono. A pesquisa foi realizada com 60 crianças que viviam em instituições de acolhimento em quatro cidades do Estado de São Paulo, com idades entre seis anos e seis meses a 10 anos, de ambos os sexos. Todas as crianças dentro desses critérios foram testadas pelo instrumento CBCL (Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18). Aquelas que apresentavam sintomas clínicos e/ou limítrofes relacionados a fatores internalizantes (ansiedade, depressão, retraimento e queixas somáticas) e/ou externalizantes (violação de regras e comportamento agressivo) e Total de Problemas foram selecionadas para esta pesquisa. As crianças foram divididas em três grupos: grupo experimental (GE), que recebeu a TS em 20 sessões semanais); grupo de controle (GC), lista de espera em 20 semanas e grupo placebo (GP), que recebeu terapia placebo em 20 sessões semanais. Os participantes foram testados em três momentos: T0 (antes da intervenção), T1 (20 sessões e/ou 20 semanas) e T2 (apenas para o GE, seis meses após o tratamento), por meio da utilização dos seguintes instrumentos: CBCL/6-18, WISC-III (2002), Escala de Inteligência Wechsler para Crianças (subtestes Cubos e Vocabulário) e AUQEI (Questionário de Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida em Crianças e Adolescentes). Os resultados da intervenção com a TS demonstraram que as crianças do GE apresentaram melhoras estatisticamente significativas, nos sintomas ligados aos fatores internalizantes, externalizantes e Total de Problemas. Essa mudança permaneceu após seis meses do término da terapia. No GC houve mudança significativa em relação aos fatores externalizantes, no entanto esta foi menor que no GE. O GE também apresentou melhoras significativas em relação aos dois grupos. Em T1 o GE apresentou melhoras no WISC vocabulário e em T2 no WISC Cubos. Não houve alteração no teste de qualidade de vida AUQEI que apresentou avaliação de boa qualidade de vida já em T0. Pudemos observar que, por meio da TS, os participantes desta pesquisa expressaram sua agressividade e emoções explosivas. As miniaturas, com seu potencial simbólico, e o brincar na areia facilitaram a conexão e a integração com aspectos inconscientes, reprimidos e defensivos, devido a vivências traumáticas. O brincar simbólico no espaço livre e protegido favoreceu a criatividade e imaginação, assim como a expressão de conteúdos traumáticos

En droit, l’abandon de l’immeuble présente deux facettes toutes les deux attachées à l’exercice de la propriété. Un premier niveau consiste, pour le propriétaire d’un bien, à pouvoir en disposer et, dans ce cadre, décider valablement de renoncer unilatéralement à sa propriété. Le sort du bien abandonné est alors fixé par le législateur qui prévoit, à défaut de dispositions spéciales, leur attribution à la Commune sur le fondement de l’article 713 du Code civil. L’exercice du droit de propriété peut aussi consister pour son titulaire, libre d’user ou non de son bien, à s’en désintéresser, à ne pas l’entretenir et le réparer. Ce deuxième aspect de l’abandon de l’immeuble est alors entendu dans le sens usuel du terme.Comme la renonciation au droit de propriété, la renonciation à son usage n’a de bornes que le respect des droits d’autrui et de la collectivité. Le maintien de l’ordre public constitue une limite traditionnelle à l’exercice des attributs du droit de propriété immobilière. Or, un immeuble qui n’est pas entretenu finit, au fil du temps, par se délabrer, tomber en décrépitude et menacer de s’effondrer, risquant alors de porter atteinte à la sécurité des passants et de ses occupants. Ce constat fait et en érigeant la notion d’ordre public comme axiome de la recherche, il est alors possible de définir l’immeuble privé abandonné en droit administratif.Cet essai de définition entraîne inévitablement une deuxième question : celle du rapport existant entre l’immeuble délaissé et le maire, autorité de police municipale obligée d’intervenir en cas de trouble public suffisamment grave dans sa commune. C’est le manque de temps, l’imminence du péril, alliée à la proximité du maire avec le désordre, qui fonde un rapport naturel d’autorité entre eux ainsi que le caractère irréductible de la compétence du maire face à l’immeuble privé abandonné. / In law, the abandonment of the building has two facets both attached to the exercise of the property. A first level is for the owner of a good to be able to dispose of it and, in this context, decides validly to renounce unilaterally his property. The fate of the abandoned property is then fixed by the legislator, which, in the absence of special provisions, provides for their allocation to the Commune on the basis of Article 713 of the Civil Code. The exercise of the right of ownership may also consist of the owner, free to use or not to his property, to lose interest, not to maintain and repair it. This second aspect of the abandonment of the building is then understood in the usual sense of the term.Like the renunciation of the right of property, the renunciation of its use is limited only by the respect of the rights of others and of the community. The maintenance of public order constitutes a traditional limit to the exercise of the attributes of the right to real property. In the course of time, a building that is not being maintained eventually decays, falls into disrepair and threatens to collapse, threatening to undermine the safety of passers-by and its occupants. This finding, and by establishing the notion of public order as an axiom of research, makes it possible to define the abandoned private building in administrative law.This definitional test inevitably involves a second question: the relationship between the abandoned building and the mayor, a municipal police authority obliged to intervene in the event of a sufficiently serious public disturbance in its commune. It is the lack of time, the imminence of the danger, combined with the mayor's proximity to the disorder, which establishes a natural relationship of authority between them and the irreducible character of the mayor's competence in front of the private building abandoned.

Biotechnologijų vystymasis medicinai buvo didelis žingsnis į priekį, ir viena iš priežasčių kodėl atsirado egzistencinės žalos atlyginimo ieškiniai dėl neteisėto gimimo ir neteisėto gyvenimo. Neteisėto gimimo atveju tėvai siekia kompensacijos dėl nenorimo ar neplanuoto vaiko gimimo, neteisėto gyvenimo – neįgalus vaikas siekia kompensacijos už tai, kad jis toks gimė. Tokie ieškiniai yra ginčytini, kadangi jie suponuoja tokiomis teisėmis kaip teisė negimti, nėra kriterijų kuriais remiantis būtų galima pateikti neteisėto gimimo ar neteisėto gyvenimo ieškinį bei apskaičiuoti egzistencinę žalą. Todėl įrodyti tokią žalą yra pakankamai sunku. Darbe buvo apžvelgtas žalos atlyginimo Lietuvoje institutas, ypatingą dėmesį skiriant neturtinės žalos atlyginimui, ir nustatyta, kad esama tvarka nėra liberali, todėl galimybė pateikti tokį ieškinį Lietuvoje ir gauti kompensaciją lygi nuliui. / Development of technologies has been a giant step forward for medicine and one of reasons, why suits of recovery of „existential damage” because of the wrongful birth or wrongful life arose. In claims for wrongful birth parents are seek compensation for the birth of unplanned or unwanted child and in claims for wrongful life – disabled child is seek compensation for the fact, that he is born disabled. Such suits are controversial, because they deal with such rights like right not to be born. There are no criterions for the recovery of “existential damage” under which it would be possible to bring an action of this damage, because of wrongful birth and wrongful life. It is rather difficult to prove “existential damage”. This article deals with the institute of recovery of damage, giving the biggest attention to recovery of moral damage. It was ascertained, that present order is not liberal, and to suit in Lithuania and to get award there is no any possibility.

Scientific evidence is increasingly relied on in litigation. Discussions and debates aimed at enabling courts to make the best use scientific evidence are therefore critical. This thesis adds the perspective of procedural legitimacy to the science and law dialogue. Procedural Legitimacy is the concept that consistent adherence to legal procedure maintains the overall legitimacy of the legal system, and the validity of its outcomes. I argue that to maintain legitimate legal outcomes, procedural rules must be applied consistently and vigilantly to scientific evidence. This means that admissibility rules must be applied properly to scientific evidence, and that admitted scientific evidence must be duly scrutinized and weighed against the legal standard of proof. This ensures that the legal outcome will be based on valid legal facts. When the law is applied to those legal facts, litigants are legitimately bound by the judicial decision, despite the risk of factual inaccuracy. / The bulk of this thesis develops the notion of procedural legitimacy, and argues that its role in the adjudicative process is vital. The argument is founded on the conditions of uncertainty in which legal decisions are made. I show that both liability determinations and damages determinations in personal injury actions are made in conditions of uncertainty, and are dependent on consistency in procedure to maintain legitimacy. Ultimately, I apply the procedural legitimacy argument to admissibility and use of scientific evidence, and endorse the recommendations of the Goudge Inquiry in that respect.

Distribués sous des licences permissives qui assurent des droits d'utilisation, de modification et de redistribution aux licenciés, l'élaboration des logiciels libres est fondée sur un modèle de développement décentralisé. Ces caractéristiques posent de nombreux défis au milieu juridique, particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la responsabilité civile. Ainsi, les développeurs se demandent dans quelles circonstances leur responsabilité civile peut être engagée suite à la défaillance de leur logiciel libre. De la même façon, ils questionnent la possibilité d'appliquer cette responsabilité à un nombre important de développeurs dispersés aux quatre coins du globe. L'analyse présentée montre que le droit, tel qu'il existe actuellement, est en mesure de résoudre la majorité des problèmes relatifs à la détermination et l'application de la responsabilité civile en matière de logiciels libres. Les règles de la responsabilité civile représentent donc un risque potentiel pour les développeurs de logiciels libres, même s'ils sont relativement bien protégés par les contextes juridiques et factuels. / Distributed under permissive licenses that guarantee the users use, modification and redistribution rights, the development of free software is decentralized. Numerous legal challenges flow from this, particularly respecting civil liability matthers. In consequence, developers are concerned regarding the circumstances in which they could be liable based on the faillure of their free software. They are equally questionning the possibility that numerous developers scattered around the world could be jointly liable. The analysis show that the law, in its actual form, is able to answer the majority of the issues resulting from the establishment and the application of civil liability regarding free software. In this way, civil liability rules are representing a potential risk to free software developers, even if they are relatively weil protected by the legal and factual contexts. / "Mémoire présenté à la faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de maîtrise en droit des technologies de l'information [LL.M]". Ce mémoire a été accepté à l'unanimité et classé parmi les 10% des mémoires de la discipline. Commentaires du jury : "Avec les félicitations du jury."

The author in his essay lays down pretreal and judicial opportunities of protection of patient‘s rights. For comparison there are analysed Lithuanian and British systems of protection of patient‘s rights. Patients suffer certain dificulties inherent only for this category of cases. Only a small number of patients have opportunity to embrace their rights in international level. Patients migrating wthin European Union have opportunity to apply to the Court of Justice of European Communities.

Univ., Diss.--Freiburg (Breisgau), 1996.