<p>The overall purpose of this study is to illuminate the changeover process experienced by individuals who as adults acquired a traumatic brain injury (TBI), to increase the knowledge and the understanding of this process, and describe the meaning of support in every day life.</p><p>Persons who acquired a TBI as adults were administered a semi-structured interview covering six areas: consequences of TBI, family and social networks, working life and occupation, life-changes, support from society and everyday life. The interviews were qualitative and in-depth. A total of 15 informants participated, aged between 19-53 years when injured. Data were structured and underwent two phases of analysis. In the first phase, data underwent latent content analysis, underpinned by a hermeneutic approach, and in the subsequent phase, reanalysed within a framework derived from the theory of social recognition.</p><p>Findings from the first phase of inductive analysis elicited key themes: (i) the meaning of care, a question of formal and/or informal support; (ii) the meaning of action, a question of activity versus inactivity; (iii) autonomy, a question of dependence versus independence; (iv) social interaction, a question of encounter and/or treatment; (v) the theme of changes, a question of process versus stagnation; and (vi) emotions, an oscillation between hope versus hopelessness. After the construction of the six themes each of them were, through a discursive analysis, connected with theories, earlier studies in the field of brain injuries and important interview quotations from the empirical material. During this phase, an interest developed to study the material from a new theoretical point of view. The second phase of analysis therefore involved the development of a framework derived from Honneth’s (1995) theory of social recognition. The central construct of ‘recognition’ was analysed from three different dimensions proposed by Honneth: the individual dimension, the legal dimension, the value dimension. Using this framework, the data were reanalysed. The scientific term for this process of re-contextualisation and re-description of data is abduction inference.</p><p>Reported consequences were negative as well as positive. Significant others (e.g. next of kin) had an important function as a driving force for training and preparation for life-situation after injury. A majority of the informants were satisfied with support from society, such as hospital-care, rehabilitation and community support. Such support, initially, proceeded without problems but as time passed, the responsibility shifted to the person with TBI to take the initiative in arranging longer-term services. Long-term support which addresses physical, cognitive as well as psychosocial consequences of the TBI is important for outcomes. The majority of the informants had difficulties in returning to working life after the injury. The outcomes and recovery seemed to be a prolonged process, probably never ending, but which gradually over time becomes integrated as a part of life. The informants gave varying accounts of the extent to which they experienced social recognition.</p>

The overall purpose of this study is to illuminate the changeover process experienced by individuals who as adults acquired a traumatic brain injury (TBI), to increase the knowledge and the understanding of this process, and describe the meaning of support in every day life. Persons who acquired a TBI as adults were administered a semi-structured interview covering six areas: consequences of TBI, family and social networks, working life and occupation, life-changes, support from society and everyday life. The interviews were qualitative and in-depth. A total of 15 informants participated, aged between 19-53 years when injured. Data were structured and underwent two phases of analysis. In the first phase, data underwent latent content analysis, underpinned by a hermeneutic approach, and in the subsequent phase, reanalysed within a framework derived from the theory of social recognition. Findings from the first phase of inductive analysis elicited key themes: (i) the meaning of care, a question of formal and/or informal support; (ii) the meaning of action, a question of activity versus inactivity; (iii) autonomy, a question of dependence versus independence; (iv) social interaction, a question of encounter and/or treatment; (v) the theme of changes, a question of process versus stagnation; and (vi) emotions, an oscillation between hope versus hopelessness. After the construction of the six themes each of them were, through a discursive analysis, connected with theories, earlier studies in the field of brain injuries and important interview quotations from the empirical material. During this phase, an interest developed to study the material from a new theoretical point of view. The second phase of analysis therefore involved the development of a framework derived from Honneth’s (1995) theory of social recognition. The central construct of ‘recognition’ was analysed from three different dimensions proposed by Honneth: the individual dimension, the legal dimension, the value dimension. Using this framework, the data were reanalysed. The scientific term for this process of re-contextualisation and re-description of data is abduction inference. Reported consequences were negative as well as positive. Significant others (e.g. next of kin) had an important function as a driving force for training and preparation for life-situation after injury. A majority of the informants were satisfied with support from society, such as hospital-care, rehabilitation and community support. Such support, initially, proceeded without problems but as time passed, the responsibility shifted to the person with TBI to take the initiative in arranging longer-term services. Long-term support which addresses physical, cognitive as well as psychosocial consequences of the TBI is important for outcomes. The majority of the informants had difficulties in returning to working life after the injury. The outcomes and recovery seemed to be a prolonged process, probably never ending, but which gradually over time becomes integrated as a part of life. The informants gave varying accounts of the extent to which they experienced social recognition.

Bakgrund: Tidigare studier påvisar att fysisk miljö främjar patienters återhämtning vid utformning som en läkande miljö. Patienters erfarna trygghet, kontroll och välmående i en läkande miljö gynnar återhämtningen. Tidigare studier belyser sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av patienters återhämtning där vårdande relationer innefattande patienter, anhöriga och sjuksköterskor framkommer som centrala. De vårdande relationerna främjar sjuksköterskors möjlighet att förstå och möta patienter där de befinner sig i återhämtningsprocessen och ger dem möjlighet att understödja den. Syfte: Att beskriva den psykosociala miljöns inverkan på patienters återhämtning. Metod: Allmän litteraturöversikt utifrån Friberg, 13 artiklar analyserades varav elva kvalitativa och två kvantitativa. Resultat: Den psykosociala miljön påverkade patienters återhämtning positivt likväl som negativt. Resultatet redovisades utifrån fyra teman som framkom under analysen: Psykosocialt stöd från medpatienter, Psykosocialt stöd från vårdpersonal, Psykosocialt stöd från anhöriga och Psykosocialt stöd till sig själv. Konklusion: Patienters återhämtning främjas av delandet av erfarenheter och relationer mellan patienter samt att personal finns tillgänglig för stöd, samtal och uppmuntran. Anhöriga kan ge emotionellt och praktiskt stöd som uppmuntran, främja engagemang i coping-strategier och skapa trygghet. Patienters upplevda kontroll inverkar på återhämtningsprocessen där möjligheten till avskildhet och social interaktion fokuseras. / Background: Previous studies show that the physical environment promotes patients’ recovery when designed as a healing environment. Patients’ experiences of security, control, and wellbeing in a healing environment encourage recovery. Previous studies illuminate nurses’ experiences of patients’ recovery where caring relationships including patients, relatives and nurses emerge as central. Caring relationships facilitate nurses’ opportunities to understand and meet patients where they are in the recovery process and provides them with opportunities to support it. Aim: To describe the psychosocial environment’s impact on patients’ recovery. Method: General literature-overview based on Friberg, 13 articles were analysed, of which eleven were qualitative and two quantitative. Result: The psychosocial environment effected patients’ recovery, positively or negatively. Four themes emerged during analysis: Psychosocial support from fellow patients, Psychosocial support from healthcare professionals, Psychosocial support from relatives and Psychosocial self-support. Conclusion: Patients’ recovery is facilitated by relationships with fellow patients and patients’ sharing of experiences, and having healthcare professionals available for support, conversations and encouragement. Relatives can provide patients with emotional and practical support as encouragement, promoting engagement in coping-strategies and security. Patients’ perceived control affects the recovery process where seclusion and social interaction are essential.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CarlosML.pdf: 1974392 bytes, checksum: 7dc32733a49e5db708c65fe1d883a3ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-11-28 / In the recovering process of oil, rock heterogeneity has a huge impact on how fluids move in the field, defining how much oil can be recovered. In order to study this variability, percolation theory, which describes phenomena involving geometry and connectivity are the bases, is a very useful model. Result of percolation is tridimensional data and have no physical meaning until visualized in form of images or animations. Although a lot of powerful and sophisticated visualization tools have been developed, they focus on generation of planar 2D images. In order to interpret data as they would be in the real world, virtual reality techniques using stereo images could be used. In this work we propose an interactive and helpful tool, named ZSweepVR, based on virtual reality techniques that allows a better comprehension of volumetric data generated by simulation of dynamic percolation. The developed system has the ability to render images using two different techniques: surface rendering and volume rendering. Surface rendering is accomplished by OpenGL directives and volume rendering is accomplished by the Zsweep direct volume rendering engine. In the case of volumetric rendering, we implemented an algorithm to generate stereo images. We also propose enhancements in the original percolation algorithm in order to get a better performance. We applied our developed tools to a mature field database, obtaining satisfactory results. The use of stereoscopic and volumetric images brought valuable contributions for the interpretation and clustering formation analysis in percolation, what certainly could lead to better decisions about the exploration and recovery process in oil fields / No processo da recupera??o do petr?leo, a heterogeneidade das rochas exerce um impacto enorme na forma como os l?quidos se movem no reservat?rio, definindo quanto petr?leo pode ser recuperado. A fim de estudar esta variabilidade, a teoria da percola??o, que descreve fen?menos envolvendo geometria e conectividade ? um modelo muito ?til. Os resultados da simula??o de percola??o s?o de car?ter tridimensional e n?o t?m nenhum significado f?sico at? que sejam visualizados em imagens ou anima??es. Embora ferramentas poderosas e sofisticadas de visualiza??o tenham sido desenvolvidas, estas transformam grandes volumes de dados em imagens 2D. A fim de interpretarmos os dados como eles aparecem no mundo real, t?cnicas de realidade virtual baseadas principalmente em estereoscopia podem ser usadas. Neste trabalho, propomos uma ferramenta interativa, denominada ZSweepVR, baseada em t?cnicas de realidade virtual, que permite uma melhor compreens?o dos dados volum?tricos gerados por simula??es de percola??o din?mica. O sistema desenvolvido tem a capacidade de renderizar imagens utilizando duas t?cnicas diferentes: renderiza??o de superf?cie e renderiza??o de volumes. A renderiza??o de superf?cie ? realizada utilizando diretivas OpenGL, enquanto que a renderiza??o volum?trica ? realizada pelo algoritmo de renderiza??o volum?trica direta ZSweep. No caso da renderiza??o volum?trica, implementamos algoritmo para gerar imagens est?reo. N?s tamb?m propomos melhorias no algoritmo original de percola??o din?mica visando melhorar sua efici?ncia. Aplicamos as ferramentas desenvolvidas a dados de campos maduros, obtendo resultados satisfat?rios. O uso de imagens estereosc?picas e volum?tricas trouxe contribui??es valiosas para a interpreta??o e analise da forma??o dos aglomerados na percola??o, o que certamente pode levar a decis?es melhores sobre a explora??o e recupera??o de petr?leo

Dans ce travail, une étude est réalisée sur le développement d'une méthodologie permettant la génération et l'évaluation de nouvelles trajectoires de valorisation pour des déchets. Ainsi, pour répondre à cette problématique, trois sous problèmes ont été identifiés. Le premier concerne un cadre de modélisation permettant la représentation structurée et homogène de chaque trajectoire, ainsi que les indicateurs choisis pour l'évaluation de ces dernières, permettant une sélection ultérieure. Le deuxième se concentre sur le développement d'une méthodologie puis la réalisation d'un outil permettant la génération de nouvelles trajectoires en s'appuyant sur d'autres connues. Enfin, le dernier sous problème concerne le développement d'un second outil développé pour modéliser et estimer les trajectoires générées. La partie de création d'un cadre de modélisation cherche à concevoir des structures globales qui permettent la catégorisation des opérations unitaires sous plusieurs niveaux. Trois niveaux de décomposition ont été identifiés. La Configuration générique de plus haut niveau, qui décrit la trajectoire sous de grandes étapes de modélisation. Le second niveau, Traitement générique propose des ensembles de structures génériques de traitement qui apparaissent régulièrement dans les trajectoires de valorisation. Enfin, le plus bas niveau se focalise sur la modélisation des opérations unitaires. Un second cadre a été créé, plus conceptuel et comportant deux éléments : les blocs et les systèmes. Ces cadres sont ensuite accompagnés par un ensemble d'indicateurs choisis à cet effet. Dans une volonté d'approche de développement durable, un indicateur est sélectionné pour chacune de des composantes : économique, environnemental et social. Dans notre étude, l'impact social se limite à l'estimation du nombre d'emplois créés. Afin de calculer cet indicateur, une nouvelle approche se basant sur les résultats économiques d'une entreprise a été proposée et validée.L'outil de génération de nouvelles trajectoires s'appuie sur l'utilisation de la connaissance en utilisant un système de raisonnement à partir de cas (RàPC). Pour être adapté à notre problématique, la mise en œuvre de ce dernier a impliqué la levée de plusieurs points délicats. Tout d'abord, la structuration des données et plus largement la génération de cas sources sont réalisées par un système basé sur des réseaux sémantiques et l'utilisation de mécanismes d'inférences. Le développement d'une nouvelle méthode de mesure de similarité est réalisé en introduisant la notion de définition commune qui permet de lier les états, qui sont des descriptions de situations, à des états représentant des définitions générales d'un ensemble d'états. Ces définitions communes permettent la création d'ensembles d'états sous différents niveaux d'abstraction et de conceptualisation. Enfin, un processus de décompositions des trajectoires est réalisé afin de résoudre un problème grâce à la résolution de ses sous-problèmes associés. Cette décomposition facilite l'adaptation des trajectoires et l'estimation des résultats des transformations. Basé sur cette méthode, un outil a été développé en programmation logique, sous Prolog. La modélisation et l'évaluation des voies de valorisation se fait grâce à la création d'outil spécifique. Cet outil utilise la méta-programmation permettant la réalisation dynamique de modèle de structure. Le comportement de ces structures est régi par la définition de contraintes sur les différents flux circulants dans l'ensemble de la trajectoire. Lors de la modélisation de la trajectoire, ces contraintes sont converties par un parser permettant la réalisation d'un modèle de programmation par contraintes cohérent. Ce dernier peut ensuite être résolu grâce à des solveurs via une interface développée et intégrée au système. De même, plusieurs greffons ont été réalisés pour analyser et évaluer les trajectoires à l'aide des critères retenus. / In this work, a study is realised about the creation of a new methodology allowing the generation and the assessment of new waste recovery processes. Three elements are proposed for that. The first one is the creation of a modelling framework permitting a structured and homogeneous representation of each recovery process and the criteria used to asses them. The second one is a system and a tool generating new recovery processes from others known. Finally, the last element is another tool to model, to estimate and to asses the generated processes. The creation of a modelling framework tries to create some categories of elements allowing the structuring of unit operations under different levels of description. Three levels have been identified. In the higher level, the Generic operation which describes global structure of operations. The second one is Generic treatment which is an intermediate level between the two others. It proposes here too categories of operations but more detailed than the higher level. The last one is the Unit operation. A second framework has been created. It is more conceptual and it has two components : blocs and systems. These frameworks are used with a set of selected indicators. In a desire of integrating our work in a sustainable development approach, an indicator has been chosen for each of its components: economical, environmental and social. In our study, the social impact is limited to the number of created jobs. To estimate this indicator, we proposed a new method based on economical values of a company. The tool for the generation of new waste recovery processes used the methodology of case-based reasoning CBR which is based on the knowledge management. Some difficult points are treated here to adapt the CBR to our problem. The structuring of knowledge and generally the source case generation is realised by a system based on connections between data and the use of inference mechanisms. The development of a new method for the similarity measure is designed with the introduction of common definition concept which allows linking states, simply put description of objects, to other states under different levels of conceptualizations and abstractions. This point permits creating many levels of description. Finally, recovery process is decomposed from a main problem to some sub-problems. This decomposition is a part of the adaptation mechanism of the selected source case. The realisation of this system is under logic programming with Prolog. This last one permits the use of rules allowing inferences and the backtracking system allowing the exploration to the different possible solution. The modelling and assessment of recovery processes are done by a tool programmed in Python. It uses the meta-programming to dynamically create model of operations or systems. Constraint rules define the behaviour of these models allowing controlling the flux circulating in each one. In the evaluation step, a parser is used to convert theses rules into a homogeneous system of constraint programming. This system can be solved by the use of solvers with an interface developed for that and added to the tool. Therefore, it is possible for the user to add solvers but also to add plug-ins. This plug-ins can make the assessment of the activity allowing to have different kinds of evaluation for the same criteria. Three plug-ins are developed, one for each selected criterion. These two methods are tested to permit the evaluation of the proposed model and to check the behaviour of them and their limits . For these tests, a case-base on waste has been created Finally, for the modelling and assessment tool, a study case about the recovery process of used tyres in new raw material is done.

Föreliggande kvalitativa intervjustudie bygger på intervjuer med åtta kvinnor som i förfluten tid levt i en relation med förekomst av våld. Syftet med studien var att belysa heteronormativa kvinnors upplevelser av vad de anser har varit skadligt och/eller hjälpsamt i samband med och efter uppbrottet från en våldsam relation. Studien syftade även till att utröna förekomsten av kunskap, stödinsatser, behov och utmaningar som ställts under läknings- och återhämtningsprocessen. Det krävs större bildning om våld i nära relation på alla samhällsnivåer för att få en förståelse för hur hjälpinsatser och bemötande av kvinnor och barn bäst bör tillämpas. Det råder även brist på studier utifrån kvinnors egna upplevelser och insikter kring våldets mekanismer. Många kvinnor drabbas årligen av våldets konsekvenser, där förekomst och utevaro av kunskap och förmåga till stödjande hjälpinsatser i samhället kommit att påverka alla led av kvinnors uppbrotts-, läknings- och återhämtningsprocess. / The present qualitative interview studies are based on interviews with eight women who in the past have lived in a relationship with the occurrence of violence. The aim of this study was to illustrate heteronormative women's experiences of what they consider having been harmful and/or helpful in connection with and after the breakup from a violent relationship. The study also aimed to determine the prevalence of knowledge, support, needs and challenges that have been posed during the healing and recovery process. There is a need for greater education about domestic violence at all levels of society to gain an understanding of how relief efforts and the treatment of women and children should best be applied. There is also a lack of studies based on women's own experiences and insights into the mechanisms of violence. Many women are affected annually by the consequences of violence, where the presence and absence of knowledge and the ability to provide supportive assistance in society has come to affect all stages of the women's break-up, healing, and recovery process.

Denna studie syftar till att öka förståelsen för hur boendestödjarna beskriver sitt vardagsarbete med brukarnas återhämtning på två boenden med särskild service inom Socialpsykiatriska utförarenheten i Skärholmens Stadsdelsförvaltning. Vi har intervjuat åtta boendestödjare. Valet av respondenter har gjorts utifrån ett kvoturval, fyra boendestödjare från Frösätra samt fyra från Solholmen. Vi har gjort semi-strukturerade intervjuer med samtliga boendestödjarna och utformat en intervjuguide. Intervjuguiden berör fenomen hur personalen på boendena beskriver begreppet återhämtning, hur de arbetar med återhämtning, hur återhämtning nås samt hur personal beskriver sin roll. Resultatet av studien påvisar att återhämtning innebär att den enskilde har möjligheten att återhämta sig från det kaotiska tillståndet samt att den enskilde tar makten över sitt liv. Återhämtning innebär utveckling och att den enskilde är självständig trots att en del av symptomen är varaktiga. Arbetet med återhämtning handlar om att lita på den enskildes förmåga och inte ge upp hoppet. Att se människan bakom symtomen och sjukdomen och därefter lyfta fram det friska. Återhämtning nås genom att den enskilde själv medverkar i sin egen återhämtning, är aktiv och villig att åstadkomma en förändring. / This study aims to increase understanding of how housing supporters describe their everyday work with the users' recovery at two sheltered housing, in Social Psychiatry perform purity of Skärholmens District Administration. We interviewed eight housing supporters. The selection of respondents was made based on a quota sample, four housing supporters from Frösätra and four from Solholmen. We did semi-structured interviews with all housing supporters and designed an interview guide. The interview guide affects phenomena such as how staff describes the concept of recovery and work on recovery. How the recovery is accessed and how staff describes their role. The results of this study demonstrated that recovery means that the individual has the ability to recover from the chaotic state, and that the individual will take charge of their lives. Recovery involves the development that the individual is autonomous although some symptoms are lasting. The work of recovery is about trusting the individual capacity and to not give up hope, to see the person behind the symptoms and the disease and highlight the healthy. Recovery achieved by the individual themselves take part in their own recovery, are active and want to make a change.

Submitted by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2012-05-11T20:23:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dione Valesca Xavier de Assis.pdf: 1222783 bytes, checksum: e4d196cccf62ac4271f5731ebc330d4a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2012-05-11T20:24:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dione Valesca Xavier de Assis.pdf: 1222783 bytes, checksum: e4d196cccf62ac4271f5731ebc330d4a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-05-11T20:24:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dione Valesca Xavier de Assis.pdf: 1222783 bytes, checksum: e4d196cccf62ac4271f5731ebc330d4a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03 / Este estudo objetiva analisar os processos de recuperação judicial iniciados, desde a vigência da Lei de Recuperação de Empresas (fevereiro de 2005) até 31/06/2011 nas varas empresarias da comarca da capital do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Além da aferição do tempo médio de cada uma das etapas previstas na Lei de Recuperação de Empresas (deferimento do processamento da recuperação judicial, concessão da recuperação judicial e encerramento do processo após cumprimento de todas as obrigações previstas no plano que se vencerem até dois anos depois da concessão da recuperação judicial), busco também verificar se, de fato, alguma sociedade requerente conseguiu se recuperar. Para tanto, considerarei recuperada a sociedade que, após o encerramento do processo, estiver cumprindo plenamente o seu plano de recuperação, sem que tenha havido qualquer requerimento posterior de falência. Considerando que a Lei de Recuperação de Empresas já está no seu sétimo ano de vigência, bem como o fato de o legislador ter idealizado o processo para que dure no máximo 3 anos, entendo não haver óbices à adoção do conceito supra, tendo em vista que já haver tempo suficiente para o início e encerramento desse tipo de processo. Diante disso, o presente estudo observou que o tempo médio para cumprimento das etapas ultrapassa o limite do razoável, bem como que nenhuma sociedade conseguiu se recuperar até o desfecho da pesquisa, havendo casos, inclusive, de convolação da recuperação judicial em falência. / This study focus on analyzing the judicial recovery proceedings from its beginning, since The New Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law's effectiveness (February of 2005) until June 31st, 2011, when its use started on the enterprise matters court of the State of Rio de Janeiro. The analyzes will be done through all phases predicted on the New Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law, such as the acceptance of the process of Judicial Recovery, the granting of the judicial recovery and the closure of the process after fulfillment of all obligations predicted on the recovery plan in the period limit of 2 years after the granting of the judicial recovery plan. This analyzes also confirm if any Company had in fact been able to recover after this process. For this purpose, it shall be considered recovery a Company that has fulfill it plans after the Regarding the 7th anniversary of The New Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law closure of the process without a claim of bankruptcy in this period., as well as the Brazilian Legislator planned processing to last no more than three years, from my point of view there are no reasons which can obstruct the referred concept adoption as there is time enough to initiate and conclude the processing. Therefore, this study had observed that average time to conclude all processing stages exceed the reasonable time and there was no company able to recover itself until the closure of this study, having indeed cases of conversion of the Judicial Recovery into bankruptcy.

Text in English / The purpose of this study was to establish the vulnerabilities of the security control measures that are being used at Impala Platinum mines and refinery to prevent the theft of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs). It is important to ensure that the security control measures in place are effective and efficient in preventing the occurrence of such theft. The research examined the security risk management approach to the prevention of theft of PGMs and the causes of theft of PGMs by organised crime syndicates operating in South Africa and abroad. The study found that Impala Platinum employees, in collusion with contractors and members of mine security services, are involved in the theft of PGMs. To achieve the goals and objective of the research study, effective security control measures were identified that will help Impala Platinum mines and refinery to overcome the risks and challenges related to the theft of PGMs. / Security Risk Management / M. Tech. (Security Management)