abstract: In My Dreams is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, narrator, and piano, based on the poetry of survivors of childhood sex trafficking. It was created to raise awareness of trafficking through music and poetry through the expression of individual dreams and voices. In My Dreams recounts the devastating loss of childhood and celebrates empowering words of survival. The poetry was collected in poetry workshops held in Calcutta and Delhi India in January 2009. After the poems were selected, translated, and edited, composer Dr. Gerard Yun set them to music. This document outlines the process of creating and performing this unique humanitarian cycle. It also includes the full score, poetry, and composer's notes. Topics discussed include: experiences in finding and collecting poetry; collaboration with the composer, Dr. Gerard Yun; form and structure of the cycle; how each piece was molded to give voice to its inspired poem. Every song is analyzed from both a musical and performance perspective to give an account of the challenges and triumphs of the work and the process of undertaking it, as well as a better understanding of the background leading to its composition. / Dissertation/Thesis / Prologue / My Special Place / In My Dreams / Sometimes in the Night / I Thought I Wore the Watch Last Night / It's 2pm / I Can Hear Them / Create Another Earth for Me / In My Dreams II / Postlude / D.M.A. Music 2010

abstract: The purpose of this project was to commission, perform, and discuss a new work for an instrument pairing not often utilized, oboe and percussion. The composer, Alyssa Morris, was selected in June 2009. Her work, titled Forecast, was completed in October of 2009 and premiered in February of 2010, as part of a program showcasing music for oboe and percussion. Included in this document is a detailed biography of the composer, a description of the four movements of Forecast, performance notes for each movement, a diagram for stage set-up, the full score, the program from the premiere performance with biographies of all the performers involved, and both a live recording and MIDI sound file. The performance notes discuss issues that arose during preparation for the premiere and should help avoid potential pitfalls. TrevCo Music, publisher of the work, graciously allowed inclusion of the full score. This score is solely for use in this document; please visit the publisher's website for purchasing information. The commission and documentation of this composition are intended to add to the repertoire for oboe in an unusual instrument pairing and to encourage further exploration of such combinations. / Dissertation/Thesis / Forecast - Mvt 1: Clouds Descending (LIVE) / Forecast - Mvt 2: Rain Dance (LIVE) / Forecast - Mvt 3: Whirlwind (LIVE) / Forecast - Mvt 4: Tempest and Resolution (LIVE) / Forecast - Mvt 1: Clouds Descending (MIDI) / Forecast - Mvt 2: Rain Dance (MIDI) / Forecast - Mvt 3: Whirlwind (MIDI) / Forecast - Mvt 4: Tempest and Resolution (MIDI) / D.M.A. Music 2011

abstract: Yannis Constantinidis was the last of the handful of composers referred to collectively as the Greek National School. The members of this group strove to create a distinctive national style for Greece, founded upon a synthesis of Western compositional idioms with melodic, rhyhmic, and modal features of their local folk traditions. Constantinidis particularly looked to the folk melodies of his native Asia Minor and the nearby Dodecanese Islands. His musical output includes operettas, musical comedies, orchestral works, chamber and vocal music, and much piano music, all of which draws upon folk repertories for thematic material. The present essay examines how he incorporates this thematic material in his piano compositions, written between 1943 and 1971, with a special focus on the 22 Songs and Dances from the Dodecanese. In general, Constantinidis's pianistic style is expressed through miniature pieces in which the folk tunes are presented mostly intact, but embedded in accompaniment based in early twentieth-century modal harmony. Following the dictates of the founding members of the Greek National School, Manolis Kalomiris and Georgios Lambelet, the modal basis of his harmonic vocabulary is firmly rooted in the characteristics of the most common modes of Greek folk music. A close study of his 22 Songs and Dances from the Dodecanese not only offers a valuable insight into his harmonic imagination, but also demonstrates how he subtly adapts his source melodies. This work also reveals his care in creating a musical expression of the words of the original folk songs, even in purely instrumental compositon. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2011

Cette thèse a pour objectif majeur d’examiner l’émergence des émotions en situation de menace du stéréotype et leurs implications sur la performance cognitive des individus stigmatisés. Nous poursuivons deux objectifs. Dans un premier temps, nous souhaitons montrer que la situation de menace du stéréotype est propice non seulement au déclenchement de peur mais aussi de colère chez les individus stigmatisés. Dans ce cadre, nous postulons que l’adhésion ou non des individus au stéréotype de leur groupe d’appartenance déterminerait respectivement l’émergence de peur ou de colère. Cinq études expérimentales permettent de valider cette hypothèse. Dans un second temps, nous examinons les processus par lesquels ces deux émotions interviennent dans la chute de performance classiquement observée en menace du stéréotype. Sur la base de la théorie des tendances à l’action et des théories cognitives, nous proposons que la peur et la colère ressenties par les individus stigmatisés dans cette situation, sont responsables de ses conséquences délétères sur leur performance. La peur est associée à une tendance d’évitement qui empêcherait les individus négativement stéréotypés de s’impliquer dans la tâche qui permet l’application du stéréotype. La colère, quant à elle, favorise une tendance d’approche et un traitement heuristique de l’information qui, associés, précipiteraient les réponses des individus stigmatisés et empêcheraient le traitement approfondi de la tâche. Par leur tendance d’action, peur et colère pourraient contribuer à la réduction des performances en situation de menace du stéréotype. Trois études expérimentales permettent de valider cette idée.Cette thèse propose une explication alternative à l’effet délétère classiquement observé de la menace du stéréotype sur les performances des individus stigmatisés et pointe l’importance de prendre en considération les conséquences comportementales et cognitives des émotions dans cette situation. / The aim of this research is to examine the emergence of emotions in stereotype threat and its implications on performances of stigmatized individuals. We have two purposes. First, we want to show that stereotype threat situation triggers not only fear but also anger in stigmatized individuals. We postulate that endorsement or non endorsement to the group stereotype would respectively determine the emergence of fear or anger. Five experiments confirm our hypothesis. Then we examine processes through which fear and anger have deleterious effect on performances in stereotype threat situation. We suggest that fear and anger have deleterious effect because of the action tendencies and the cognitive processing of information that they trigger. Fear triggers an avoidance action tendency which could prevent stigmatized individuals to get involved in the task. Anger triggers an approach action tendency and a heuristic processing of information which could lead to rush towards the task without processing information deeply. Three experiments confirm our hypothesis. This research suggests an alternative explanation to the deleterious effect of stereotype threat on performances and highlights the importance to take into account the behavioral and cognitive consequences of emotions in the stereotype threat situation.

La démence entraine des conséquences non seulement pour le patient, mais également pour sa famille et pour la société elle-même et représente une priorité de santé publique. La connaissance et la compréhension des tendances temporelles de cette maladie est un sujet de recherche majeur, essentiel pour le futur. Cette thèse avait pour but d’analyser les tendances séculaires de l’incidence de la démence, ainsi que de certains de ses composants et conséquences et d’en comprendre les déterminants. Dans la première partie de ce travail, nous avons apporté un argument supplémentaire de la tendance à la baisse de l’incidence de la démence, retrouvé chez les femmes entre les années 90 et les années 2000. Ensuite, nous avons rapporté une amélioration globale des performances cognitives pour les générations plus récentes de personnes âgées, qui semble être due à une amélioration acquise relativement précocement au cours de la vie plutôt qu'à un déclin moins important des performances au cours du vieillissement. Enfin, nous avons mis en évidence une diminution de la mortalité sans démence et de la mortalité des femmes démentes, ainsi qu’une augmentation de l’espérance de vie en bonne santé et de la durée de vie en démence. Ces résultats sont en accord avec une amélioration de l’état de santé des personnes âgées au cours des deux dernières décennies, ce qui est prometteur pour le futur. D’autres travaux afin de mieux comprendre ces tendances et leurs déterminants sont cependant nécessaires ; ils permettront de mieux préciser les stratégies de prévention devant être mis en place pour diminuer ou retarder la démence. / Consequences of dementia are impacting not only patients, but also their family and even society; it has thus been highlighted as an important public health priority. Understanding temporal trends of this disease thus became a major research topic, critical for the future. This thesis aimed at investigating secular trends of dementia incidence as well as some of its components and consequences, trying tounderstand their determinants. In the first part of this work, we have brought further evidence toward a decreasing trend of dementia incidence, only found for women between the 90’s and the 2000’s in our study. Then, we have reported a global improvement of cognitive performance for younger elderly generations, potentially due to improvement early in life rather than to a slower decline across aging. Finally, we have evidenced a decrease in mortality without dementia and for demented women, as well as an increase of healthy life expectancy and survival with dementia. These results are in line with an improvement of health of older people during the last two decades, which is promising for the future.Further research to better understand these secular trends are yet needed ; it will help precise prevention strategies needed to reduce or delay dementia.

Les approches de parallélisme structuré sont un compromis entre la parallélisation automatique et la programmation concurrentes et réparties telle qu'offerte par MPI ou les Pthreads. Le parallélisme à squelettes est l'une de ces approches. Un squelette algorithmique peut être vu comme une fonction d'ordre supérieur qui capture un algorithme parallèle classique tel qu'un pipeline ou une réduction parallèle. Souvent la sémantique des squelettes est simple et correspondant à celle de fonctions d'ordre supérieur similaire dans les langages de programmation fonctionnels. L'utilisation combine les squelettes disponibles pour construire son application parallèle. Lorsqu'un programme parallèle est conçu, les performances sont bien sûr importantes. Il est ainsi très intéressant pour le programmeur de disposer d'un modèle de performance, simple mais réaliste. Le parallélisme quasi-synchrone (BSP) offre un tel modèle. Le parallélisme étant présent maintenant dans toutes les machines, du téléphone au super-calculateur, il est important que les modèles de programmation s'appuient sur des sémantiques formelles pour permettre la vérification de programmes. Les travaux menés on conduit à la conception et au développement de la bibliothèque Orléans Skeleton Library ou OSL. OSL fournit un ensemble de squelettes algorithmiques data-parallèles quasi-synchrones. OSL est une bibliothèque pour le langage C++ et utilise des techniques de programmation avancées pour atteindre une bonne efficacité. Les communications se basent sur la bibliothèque MPI. OSL étant basée sur le modèle BSP, il est possible non seulement de prévoir les performances des programmes OSL mais également de fournir une portabilité des performances. Le modèle de programmation d'OSL a été formalisé dans l'assistant de preuve Coq. L'utilisation de cette sémantique pour la preuve de programmes est illustrée par un exemple. / Structured parallelism approaches are a trade-off between automatic parallelisation and concurrent and distributed programming such as Pthreads and MPI. Skeletal parallelism is one of the structured approaches. An algorithmic skeleton can be seen as higher-order function that captures a pattern of a parallel algorithm such as a pipeline, a parallel reduction, etc. Often the sequential semantics of the skeleton is quite simple and corresponds to the usual semantics of similar higher-order functions in functional programming languages. The user constructs a parallel program by combined calls to the available skeletons. When one is designing a parallel program, the parallel performance is of course important. It is thus very interesting for the programmer to rely on a simple yet realistic parallel performance model. Bulk Synchronous Parallelism (BSP) offers such a model. As the parallelism can now be found everywhere from smart-phones to the super computers, it becomes critical for the parallel programming models to support the proof of correctness of the programs developed with them. . The outcome of this work is the Orléans Skeleton Library or OSL. OSL provides a set of data parallel skeletons which follow the BSP model of parallel computation. OSL is a library for C++ currently implemented on top of MPI and using advanced C++ techniques to offer good efficiency. With OSL being based over the BSP performance model, it is possible not only to predict the performances of the application but also provides the portability of performance. The programming model of OSL is formalized using the big-step semantics in the Coq proof assistant. Based on this formal model the correctness of an OSL example is proved.

RIBEIRO, Sandra Stephanie Holanda Ponte. Cartografias do sombrio: arte, subjetividades e performances no universo gótico de Fortaleza. 2016. 97f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-03-21T11:52:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_sshpribeiro.pdf: 2027641 bytes, checksum: 70843c37ebffd790cd481de92663edad (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-21T17:25:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_sshpribeiro.pdf: 2027641 bytes, checksum: 70843c37ebffd790cd481de92663edad (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-21T17:25:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_sshpribeiro.pdf: 2027641 bytes, checksum: 70843c37ebffd790cd481de92663edad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / In this dissertation, I accompany young trajectories tune with the Gothic in their leisure circuit in Fortaleza city, in order to observe how they lived an experience with this art world in different spaces and musical events. I bring to research the following questions: how these young people produce an experience with gothic from these meetings? What distinguishes or characterizes this experience? The work includes a description of the trajectories, events, performances, consumptions and affections that constitute and characterize these meetings, while seeking to describe the multiplicity of interactions and flows through the subjectivities of these young people. During the investigation, I use the concept of art world prepared by Becker (2010) as a methodological strategy into think of the gothic universe as a network of cooperation between individuals around artworks in the case, the Gothic art. / Nesta dissertação, acompanho as trajetórias de jovens “afinados” com o gótico em seus circuitos de lazer na cidade de Fortaleza, a fim de observar como eles vivenciam uma experiência com esse mundo artístico em diferentes espaços e eventos musicais. Trago para a pesquisa os seguintes questionamentos: como esses jovens produzem uma experiência com o gótico a partir desses encontros? O que distingue ou caracteriza essa experiência? O trabalho compreende uma descrição das trajetórias, eventos, performances, consumos e afetos que constituem e caracterizam esses encontros, ao mesmo tempo em que busca traçar a multiplicidade de interações e de fluxos que atravessam as subjetividades desses jovens. Na investigação, utilizo o conceito de mundo artístico elaborado por Becker (2010) como estratégia metodológica para pensar o universo gótico como uma rede de cooperação entre indivíduos em torno de trabalhos de arte, no caso, a arte gótica.

Introdução: O Senso de Coerência (SOC) é um recurso individual para o enfrentamento de estressores que torna os sujeitos mais competentes para manter e melhorar sua saúde. O SOC está relacionado à qualidade de vida, sendo considerado um importante preditor da saúde. Existe relação entre forte SOC e adoção de comportamentos saudáveis, percepção positiva da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal, menor ocorrência de cárie dentária, perda dentária e melhor condição periodontal. Objetivo: Investigar a relação entre SOC, impacto da saúde bucal na qualidade de vida (OIDP) e condição bucal clínica, em indivíduos de 50 a 74 anos, em Porto Alegre/RS. Materiais e Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com uma amostra de 720 sujeitos, selecionados por processo de amostragem aleatória proporcional em múltiplos-estágios. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a escala SOC (SOC-13), o questionário OIDP, uma ficha de exame clínico e um questionário de avaliação socioeconômica e uso dos serviços odontológicos, adaptados do Projeto SB- Brasil 2003. As análises bivariada e multivariada foram realizadas por meio de Regressão de Poisson, com ajuste para variância robusta, utilizando o software Stata 9.0 Resultados: Na análise ajustada, SOC mais alto associou-se à ausência de impacto da saúde bucal na qualidade de vida (RP=1,31; IC95%=1,09-1,56; p=0,003), baixo escore de OIDP (RP=1,42; IC95%=1,18-1,71; p=0,000) e ausência de impacto no desempenho sorrir (RP=1,29; IC95%=1,05-1,59; p=0,014). SOC mais alto também se associou aos desfechos clínicos estudados: ausência de necessidade de prótese (RP=1,34; IC95%=1,04-1,68; p=0,015) e maior número de dentes presentes (RP=1,05; IC95%=1,01-1,11; p=0,033), após ajuste para co-fatores. Conclusão: Os achados deste estudo demonstraram que o constructo SOC associa-se positivamente à qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal, suportando a hipótese de que os indivíduos com SOC mais elevado apresentam menor impacto da saúde bucal no desempenho de atividades diárias do que aqueles com SOC mais baixo. Os resultados também sugerem que indivíduos com SOC mais alto apresentam melhor condição bucal do que aqueles com SOC mais baixo, tendo maior número de dentes presentes e menor necessidade de prótese. / Introduction: Sense of Coherence (SOC) is a resource for coping with stressors that can make individuals more able to maintain and improve their health condition. It is related to quality of life and considered a predictor of health. There is a strong relationship between SOC and adopting healthy behaviors, positive perceptions of quality of life related to oral health, lower incidence of dental caries, tooth loss and improved periodontal condition. Objective: To investigate the relationship between SOC, Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) and oral health clinical condition in individuals aged between 50 to 74 years in Porto Alegre/RS. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional population based study with a sample of 720 subjects, who were selected through stratified random sampling process in multiplestages. Data were collected through the SOC scale (SOC -13), the questionnaire OIDP, socioeconomic and use of dental services questionnaire, adapted from the Brazilian Oral Health Survey SB-Brazil 2003, and clinical examinations. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed by Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment using Stata 9.0 software. Results: In adjusted analysis, strong SOC was associated with absence of oral impact (PR=1.31; CI95%=1.09-1.56; p=0.003), low score of OIDP (PR=1.42; CI95%=1.18-1.71; p=0.000) and no impact on the performance smile (PR=1.29; CI95%=1.08-1.59; p= 0.014). Strong SOC was also associated with clinical outcomes, no need for prosthesis (PR=1.34; CI95%=1.04- 1.68; p=0.015) and greater number of teeth (PR=1.05; CI95%=1.01-1.11; p=0.033) after adjustment for co-factors. Conclusion: Our findings showed that the SOC construct was positively associated with quality of life related to oral health, supporting the hypothesis that individuals with strong SOC have a lower impact of oral health in the development of daily activities than those with weak SOC. The results also suggest that individuals with strong SOC have better oral health than those with a weak SOC, with higher number of teeth and less need for prosthesis.

Submitted by GIULIANO TIERNO DE SIQUEIRA null (giulianotierno@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-06-22T14:01:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Giuliano_Tierno_de_Siqueira_Tese_Doutoramento_21_5_16.pdf: 1238349 bytes, checksum: bb71ff3bf78dea0ceef8b632a8fc01f2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-06-24T18:57:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 siqueira_gt_dr_ia.pdf: 1238349 bytes, checksum: bb71ff3bf78dea0ceef8b632a8fc01f2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-24T18:57:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 siqueira_gt_dr_ia.pdf: 1238349 bytes, checksum: bb71ff3bf78dea0ceef8b632a8fc01f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-21 / Esta tese trata de pensar a arte de contar histórias na cidade. O título é uma alusão à clássica obra de Walter Benjamin,O Narrador. Considerações sobre a obra de Nikolai Leskov, texto de 1936. Foram consideradas nessa investigação a experiência do pesquisador/contador de histórias e de alguns narradores brasileiros que atuam em contexto urbano. Em diálogo com pensadores, educadores, artistas contemporâneos, o foco central da discussão é o paradoxo existente entre o ressurgimento da figura do contador de histórias nas cidades nas últimas décadas - com vistas à valorização da palavra pública e de retomada do encantamento dos encontros por meio da partilha de histórias - e o seu alinhamento com as práticas artísticas e performáticas ligadas ao entrenimento. Esse último ponto, pensado à luz das ideias de Guy Debord (1931-1994), sobretudo em relação ao conceito de Sociedade do Espetáculo; e, Christoph Turcke (1948 -) e sua tese sobre a Sociedade Excitada. Para responder esse explícito paradoxo entre a necessidade do exercício da partilha pública da palavra e sua concomitante armadilha sensório-espetacular nos dias de hoje, o leitor encontrará o relato de experiência do pesquisador/contador de histórias (articulado às experiências que são comuns a tantos outros narradores que surgiram nas cidades); um diálogo fictício entre o pesquisador e os autores referenciais dessa pesquisa; e, por fim, o desdobramento de outras questões pertinentes aos posicionamentos ético, estético, poético e político do contador de histórias na atualidade. / This thesis aims to reflect on the art of storytelling in the city. The title aludes to Walter Benjamin’s classic, The Storyteller. Reflections on the work of Nikolai Leskov (from 1936). There were taken into consideration in this research investigation the experience of the researcher/storyteller and of some Brazilian raconteurs who act in the urban contexts. In a dialogue with philosophers, art and educators and contemporary thinkers, the central focus of this discussion is the paradox between the rebirth of the storyteller within cities in the last decades (with regards to the appreciation of the public word and of the enchantment) and, it’s alignment with the cultural practices of entertainment. This last point, thought under the enlightenment of Guy Debord (1931-1994) and his considerations about the spectacle society; and, Christoph Turcke (1948) thoughts about the excited society. This paradox will be seen on the interviews conducted with the storytellers, and also by the bibliographical research that approaches the art of contemporary storytelling. To reach this paradox it was necessary to retell some of the pathways for formation and acting of storytellers who will appear on the research as Brazilian icons of this comeback of the art of storytelling within cities, besides understanding the roots that originated the storytelling styles we see nowadays on social and public spaces, along with the kinds of stories which will mostly compound this raconteurs repertoires. Through a fictional dialogue between the researcher and the reference authors of this research it is explicit the paradox pointed above and also unfolded from other relevant questions referring to the ethical, aesthetical, poetical and political positioning of the storyteller nowadays.

Introdução: O Senso de Coerência (SOC) é um recurso individual para o enfrentamento de estressores que torna os sujeitos mais competentes para manter e melhorar sua saúde. O SOC está relacionado à qualidade de vida, sendo considerado um importante preditor da saúde. Existe relação entre forte SOC e adoção de comportamentos saudáveis, percepção positiva da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal, menor ocorrência de cárie dentária, perda dentária e melhor condição periodontal. Objetivo: Investigar a relação entre SOC, impacto da saúde bucal na qualidade de vida (OIDP) e condição bucal clínica, em indivíduos de 50 a 74 anos, em Porto Alegre/RS. Materiais e Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com uma amostra de 720 sujeitos, selecionados por processo de amostragem aleatória proporcional em múltiplos-estágios. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a escala SOC (SOC-13), o questionário OIDP, uma ficha de exame clínico e um questionário de avaliação socioeconômica e uso dos serviços odontológicos, adaptados do Projeto SB- Brasil 2003. As análises bivariada e multivariada foram realizadas por meio de Regressão de Poisson, com ajuste para variância robusta, utilizando o software Stata 9.0 Resultados: Na análise ajustada, SOC mais alto associou-se à ausência de impacto da saúde bucal na qualidade de vida (RP=1,31; IC95%=1,09-1,56; p=0,003), baixo escore de OIDP (RP=1,42; IC95%=1,18-1,71; p=0,000) e ausência de impacto no desempenho sorrir (RP=1,29; IC95%=1,05-1,59; p=0,014). SOC mais alto também se associou aos desfechos clínicos estudados: ausência de necessidade de prótese (RP=1,34; IC95%=1,04-1,68; p=0,015) e maior número de dentes presentes (RP=1,05; IC95%=1,01-1,11; p=0,033), após ajuste para co-fatores. Conclusão: Os achados deste estudo demonstraram que o constructo SOC associa-se positivamente à qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal, suportando a hipótese de que os indivíduos com SOC mais elevado apresentam menor impacto da saúde bucal no desempenho de atividades diárias do que aqueles com SOC mais baixo. Os resultados também sugerem que indivíduos com SOC mais alto apresentam melhor condição bucal do que aqueles com SOC mais baixo, tendo maior número de dentes presentes e menor necessidade de prótese. / Introduction: Sense of Coherence (SOC) is a resource for coping with stressors that can make individuals more able to maintain and improve their health condition. It is related to quality of life and considered a predictor of health. There is a strong relationship between SOC and adopting healthy behaviors, positive perceptions of quality of life related to oral health, lower incidence of dental caries, tooth loss and improved periodontal condition. Objective: To investigate the relationship between SOC, Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) and oral health clinical condition in individuals aged between 50 to 74 years in Porto Alegre/RS. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional population based study with a sample of 720 subjects, who were selected through stratified random sampling process in multiplestages. Data were collected through the SOC scale (SOC -13), the questionnaire OIDP, socioeconomic and use of dental services questionnaire, adapted from the Brazilian Oral Health Survey SB-Brazil 2003, and clinical examinations. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed by Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment using Stata 9.0 software. Results: In adjusted analysis, strong SOC was associated with absence of oral impact (PR=1.31; CI95%=1.09-1.56; p=0.003), low score of OIDP (PR=1.42; CI95%=1.18-1.71; p=0.000) and no impact on the performance smile (PR=1.29; CI95%=1.08-1.59; p= 0.014). Strong SOC was also associated with clinical outcomes, no need for prosthesis (PR=1.34; CI95%=1.04- 1.68; p=0.015) and greater number of teeth (PR=1.05; CI95%=1.01-1.11; p=0.033) after adjustment for co-factors. Conclusion: Our findings showed that the SOC construct was positively associated with quality of life related to oral health, supporting the hypothesis that individuals with strong SOC have a lower impact of oral health in the development of daily activities than those with weak SOC. The results also suggest that individuals with strong SOC have better oral health than those with a weak SOC, with higher number of teeth and less need for prosthesis.