Through the sculptural object, this thesis, in|form: The per formative object, explores the relationships between body and object, viewer and artist, performance and the per formative. By exploring the performativity of an object (and questioning how an object performs in relation to the body), the documented performances activate an inter-relational act between artist and object (I perform the object, the object performs me simultaneously). The work that unfolds from this investigation considers the placement of the viewer’s body in relation to the artist’s. A dialogue is formed between the three bodies: object, artist and viewer, creating a sense of embodiment within the work through this relationship. in|form explores this embodiment through the role of video documentation. The performances are constructed to be viewed solely through the documentation, which creates a discussion between the ‘live’ moment and the documented event, and how the viewer then relates to this. The performances take place as solo acts, but are constructed with the viewer in mind. As the viewer watches the documented performance of the action between artist and object in space, the relational nature of the work creates a second performance which embodies the viewer. This sole action, recorded and then viewed, considers the relational value of the body, specifically engaging with the abstraction of bodily formlessness within the object to reveal a bodily nature. Using the object to trace the movement of the body creates a language that communicates to, and about, both viewer and artist: through the awareness of passing time, through the large scale projection of the documentation, through the bodily nature of the object, and through the performativity of the object’s responsive nature to the artist’s body as the pair navigate through space. in|form explores how the absence of the body (in a literal sense) considers the body as an object bound by time, at once physical yet transient. By tracing the motion of the body through object, the viewer experiences the body through sensibility. Ultimately, the function of the body negotiating as a time-bound object is imitated through the performativity of the object with artist, and the elusiveness of this action emphasized by its documentation.

Household survey data collected primarily from rural Bangladesh (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2005-2006) is utilized in this paper to identify the important individual, household and district-level factors that influence the decision making process that parents undertake to determine their children’s (between the age of 7 and 14 inclusive) absence rate from school and work intensity. Bivariate Tobit model is used to jointly estimate the absence rate and hours worked equations. The results of the analysis conducted in this paper suggest that an increase in perceived returns on human capital from attending school – as measured by the wage differential between low-skilled and higher-skilled occupations in a given market – negatively impact absence rate in rural Bangladesh. Moreover, results suggest that the education level of the parents has an impact on a child’s absence rate and the number of hours worked in a week. It is found that the higher the education level of the father, the lower the absence rate and the number of hours worked of a child, while higher levels of the mother’s education level is shown to negatively impact the absence rate. It is also found that being the first born child in a household is associated with both higher absence rate from school and greater amount of hours worked per week. With respect to gender, being a girl is found to be associated with a greater number of hours worked. Lastly, household wealth is found to have a U-shaped relationship with both absence rates and number of hours worked; it is negatively associated with both of the dependent variables at lower levels, but has a positive impact on both absence rate and number of hours worked at higher levels. In general, the results detailed in this paper highlight the importance of policies such as the provision of cash stipends to the poorest households, improving the quality of schooling facilities and directed educational schemes meant to eradicate the persistent gender inequality that is hindering truly universal primary education in rural Bangladesh. / Graduate / 0501 / najsaqib@hotmail.com

A project around loss and absence. This work is a reflection on tradition, mourning and the importance to remember. Based on how crafts relate to society in ceremonial contexts by being a tool to communicate with others. By having a reflective relation with tradition this fiber works intend to transfer the innate poetic language of symbolic materials used in rituals around death and commemoration in Mexico into new forms through specific repetitive actions in the making. Delving into the unique physical qualities of onion skin, sugar, beeswax, corn husks and paper. Seeking to evoke an emotion by diverting our perception of ordinary materials.

Bakgrund: Förekomsten av skolfrånvaro i Sverige är hög bland gymnasieelever. Skolfrånvaro är ett komplext fenomen med flera olika orsaker och kan leda till icke godkända betyg, arbetslöshet, utanförskap och psykisk ohälsa. Syfte: Syftet är att beskriva hur gymnasielever med långvarig ogiltig frånvaro upplever sin skolsituation. Metod: I studien användes en kvalitativ metod och resultatet analyserades genom beskrivande innebördsanalys. Fem informanter deltog i studien. Resultat: I resultatet presenterades fyra innebördsteman som beskrev informanternas upplevelser: Att uppleva kränkning och orättvisa, att uppleva problem i familjära och vardagliga relationer, att uppleva en bristfällig anpassning från skolans sida samt att uppleva behov av att skolan förbättras/förändras. Konklusion: Studien visade hur viktigt det är att skolan anpassas efter varje unik elev, både pedagogiskt och när det gäller insatser som gör eleven delaktig och respekterad. Skolan behöver arbeta med att inte någon elev ska behöva utsättas för mobbning, kränkningar eller trakasserier. Orsaken till frånvaron är i de flesta fall på något sätt relaterad till skolan och dess verksamhet. Elever i föreliggande studie upplever att skolan har många delar som kan förbättras för att undvika situationer som leder till långvarig, ogiltig frånvaro. Skolan är för eleverna i studien inte förknippat med något positivt och motivationshöjande, utan något som har en negativ inverkan på deras hälsa. / Background: The occurrence of school absenteeism in Sweden is high among high school students. School absenteeism is a complex phenomenon with several causes and can lead to non-approved grades, unemployment, alienation and mental health issues. Purpose: The purpose is to describe how high school students with long-term invalid absence experience their school situation. Method: A qualitative method was used and the result was analyzed according to meaning analysis. Five informants participated in the study. Result: The study resulted in four meaning subjects which described the informants’ experiences: To experience victimization and injustice, to experience familiar and everyday relationship problems, to experience inadequate school adaption and to experience the needs of school improvements/changes. Conclusion: The study showed how important it is to adapt school to every unique student, both in an educational way and when it comes to efforts which make the student more involved and respected. School needs to address issues which involve the idea that no student should be exposed to bullying, victimization or harassments. The cause of the school absenteeism is in most cases related to the school activities. Students in this study experience that school has many areas which could be subject to improvements to avoid situations leading to chronic, invalid absenteeism. They don’t associate school with something positive and motivational, but something with a negative impact on their health.

This thesis is an archaeological and ethnographic exploration of historic military sites associated with the Cold War. It takes a multi-sited approach to former radar installations in the UK and examines the range of meanings and values that surround them, as well as their mediation, management and curation in the contemporary landscape. This thesis provides a detailed study of a range of related (although not necessarily overlapping) practices, which have accumulated around these places since the 1990s. Much has been written about the ruined-aesthetic of abandoned military sites. Moreover, conservation professionals have undertaken extensive research and granted heritage status to a number of key sites. However, little academic research has been carried out concerning the contemporary social life of former military installations. Furthermore, despite valuable archaeological research concerning the character and form of Cold War historic sites, little attention has been given to the ways in which they are involved in the production of ideas surrounding the Cold War and Cold War heritage in the present; this thesis aims to cover both of these issues. Each of the main chapters in this thesis focuses on a particular set of practices or relationships surrounding historic radar sites, which have been treated in a relatively sporadic and uneven fashion – some have been demolished, others left in ruination and limbo, whereas as a few have been designated as nationally important heritage sites. Therefore, a number of heritage and memory practices are covered, including conservation management, militarisation and nostalgia, as well as the museumification of Cold War sites and objects and the (often) disparate memory practices of former radar veterans. Principally, the analysis in this thesis focuses on extensive ethnographic research undertaken by the author at a number of sites in the UK. This includes semi-structured interviews, participant observation and archival research undertaken in England and Scotland. The key case-studies are the listed and scheduled monuments at RAF Neatishead in Norfolk; the Air Defence Radar Museum, which is located on the same site; and a former early warning site at Saxa Vord in Unst, Shetland. Research conducted at a number of other Cold War sites and museums is also discussed. The principal aim of this thesis is to contribute a set of nuanced and detailed accounts surrounding the archaeology and heritage of the recent past. The Cold War was a varied and complex phenomenon – one which is much debated. Manifold legacies of the Cold War also continue to shape and influence the contemporary world. In a similar manner, concepts and practices surrounding heritage and memory are widely studied, but remain slippery and resist straightforward interpretation. Therefore, the complexities surrounding these phenomena are magnified when they are combined in the present through the notion of Cold War heritage. In order to add some specificity to these related issues, this thesis focuses on two main questions (which are really two-sides of the same coin): what kind of heritage emerges in relation to historic Cold War radar sites? And, what kind of Cold War is produced in the context of heritage and memory practices? Throughout the thesis, it is argued that the Cold War is an uneven, complex and occasionally difficult heritage to deal with in the UK. Mostly, this relates to practical problems such as the complexities surrounding the ownership of former military sites, as well as a number of other conceptual and philosophical issues. For example, in the context of designation and management, this emerges as a tension between the idea of the Cold War as avant-garde heritage and modern conservation principles that underpin contemporary heritage management practices. Furthermore, the emphasis placed on materiality, place and continuity in heritage and memory practices are also brought into relief. At times, these are shown to be complicated by the (at times) elusive, unpredictable and uncertain character of the Cold War in the present. Using radar sites as a microcosm, it is argued that former Cold War sites are seldom the product of coherent or unified approaches to heritage and memory. Instead, they are often at the centre of a variety of converging, conflicting and confounding agendas. Practices surrounding radar sites also present a number of ethical and political challenges. Moreover, it is also argued that radar sites, despite their billing as Cold War heritage, cannot simply be reduced or collapsed into the concept of the Cold War. Nonetheless, the author argues that this kind of fragmentation and complexity might form the basis of a more comprehensive approach to the Cold War and the recent past in the present. Therefore, in the conclusions to this thesis, the author presents a number of avenues for future research and examines the implications of his findings.

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Studien syftar till att undersöka den upplevda arbetsglädjen hos anställda inom Piteå kommun samt om det finns förbättringsområden som kommunen kan arbeta med för att öka arbetsglädjen. Dessutom undersöks om det finns några skillnader i arbetsglädje mellan olika grupper inom Piteå kommun. Förutom detta undersöks om det finns något samband mellan den upplevda arbetsglädjen hos den anställde och den anställdes attityd till sjukfrånvaro. Även skillnader i attityder till sjukfrånvaro mellan olika grupper studeras. Data samlades in med en enkät. Totalt deltog 865 anställda.Arbetsglädjen inom Piteå kommun är överlag hög. Vissa skillnader finns i arbetsglädje mellan förvaltningar, yrken och befattningar. Även vissa skillnader i attityder till sjukfrånvaro finns mellan yrken, heltid respektive deltid och mellan befattningar. Inget samband mellan total arbetsglädje och attityd till sjukfrånvaro hittades. Däremot framkom en svag negativ korrelation mellan arbetsglädje och sjukanmälan vid nekad ledighet, vilket innebär att om arbetsglädjen ökar så anses det som mindre okej att sjukanmäla sig. Vidare, en svag positiv korrelation framkom mellan arbetsglädje och sjukanmälan vid förkylning och låg feber, detta betyder att om arbetsglädjen ökar så ökar även attityden att det är okej att sjukskriva sig. / This study aims at investigating employees of Piteå municipality’s perceived happiness at work and possible areas of improvement to help increase perceived happiness. In addition, it investigates whether there are any differences in perceived happiness between different groups within the municipality of Piteå. In addition to this, it investigates if there is any correlation between the experienced happiness of the employee and the employee’s attitude towards sickness absence. Additionally, it explores attitudes towards sickness absence between groups. Data was collected with a survey. A total of 865 employees participated. The perceived happiness at work within Piteå municipality is overall high. There are some differences in happiness between different administrations, occupations and positions. There are also some differences in attitudes towards sickness absence between occupations, part- and full-time employment and between positions. No relation was found between overall happiness at work and the total score for attitudes towards sickness absence.It did however show a weak negative correlation between happiness at work and reporting sick when denied leave, which means that if the perceived happiness at work increases, the attitude towards reporting sick decreases. Further, a weak positive correlation was found between happiness at work and reporting sick with a mild cold and low fever, which means that if perceived happiness at work increases so will the attitude towards reporting sick.

abstract: The body is capable of regulating hunger in several ways. Some of these hunger regulation methods are innate, such as genetics, and some, such as the responses to stress and to the smell of food, are innate but can be affected by body conditions such as BMI and physical activity. Further, some hunger regulation methods stem from learned behaviors originating from cultural pressures or parenting styles. These latter regulation methods for hunger can be grouped into the categories: emotion, environment, and physical. The factors that regulate hunger can also influence the incidence of disordered eating, such as eating in the absence of hunger (EAH). Eating in the absence of hunger can occur in one of two scenarios, continuous EAH or beginning EAH. College students are at a particularly high risk for EAH and weight gain due to stress, social pressures, and the constant availability of energy dense and nutrient poor food options. The purpose of this study is to validate a modified EAH-C survey in college students and to discover which of the three latent factors (emotion, environment, physical) best predicts continual and beginning EAH. To do so, a modified EAH-C survey, with additional demographic components, was administered to students at a major southwest university. This survey contained two questions, one each for continuing and beginning EAH, regarding 14 factors related to emotional, physical, or environmental reasons that may trigger EAH. The results from this study revealed that the continual and beginning EAH surveys displayed good internal consistency reliability. We found that for beginning and continuing EAH, although emotion is the strongest predictor of EAH, all three latent factors are significant predictors of EAH. In addition, we found that environmental factors had the greatest influence on an individual's likelihood to continue to eat in the absence of hunger. Due to statistical abnormalities and differing numbers of factors in each category, we were unable to determine which of the three factors exerted the greatest influence on an individual's likelihood to begin eating in the absence of hunger. These results can be utilized to develop educational tools aimed at reducing EAH in college students, and ultimately reducing the likelihood for unhealthy weight gain and health complications related to obesity. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Nutrition 2013

Estudo de abordagem quantitativa, elaborado com o objetivo de identificar e analisar o comportamento do tempo médio de assistência de enfermagem despensado aos pacientes, das Unidades de Internação do HU-USP, no período de 2001 a 2005. A identificação das variáveis intervenientes no cálculo do tempo médio de assistência de enfermagem, possibilitou a aproximação com a realidade das Unidades, permitindo visualizar a distribuição dos leitos, a quantidade média diária de pacientes assistidos, a quantidade média de pessoal existente nas Unidades de Internação e o Índice de Segurança Técnica, segundo as categorias profissionais. Verificou-se que o número e a distribuição de leitos das Unidades sofreu alterações ao longo do período analisado. O percentual de ausência prevista sofreu variação entre os índices encontrados em cada Unidade, evidenciando que, as ausências previstas por folga mostraram-se superiores ao indicados pela literatura, apontando para a possibilidade da Instituição conceder um número maior de feriados do que aqueles estabelecidos pelas leis e decretos federais, estaduais e municipais, como por exemplo, as emendas de feriados. Com relação as ausências não previstas, verificou-se que as faltas, as licenças médicas e as licenças maternidade constituíram os tipos mais constantes de ausências, no entanto, constatou-se que o percentual de ausência não prevista por licença INSS foi bastante significativo na categoria técnico/auxiliar de enfermagem. O tempo médio de assistência de enfermagem, apesar de algumas variações, manteve-se equilibrado durante todo o período para a maioria das Unidades, com exceção das Unidades de UTIP e BER que sofreram diminuição do tempo de assistência de enfermagem nos anos de 2003 e 2004, respectivamente. Constatou-se, ainda, que o tempo médio de assistência identificado, na maioria das Unidades de Internação, apresentou variações conforme as alterações observadas no quantitativo médio de pessoal de enfermagem e no número médio de pacientes. Os resultados apontados, referentes a distribuição percentual do tempo de assistência entre os profissionais da equipe de enfermagem, corroboram os encontrados em outros estudos, que já demonstraram que a proporção de horas atribuídas às enfermeiras, são inferiores aquelas atribuídas aos técnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem, e estão muito distantes daquilo que é preconizado pelo COFEN. O desenvolvimento desse estudo evidencia perspectivas para a realização de outras pesquisas que complementem as análises realizadas e verticalizem o conhecimento das variáveis que interferem no processo de identificação do tempo médio de assistência despensado aos pacientes das instituições hospitalares. / Study of quantitative approach, created for aiming to identify and analyze the average time behavior of nursing care delivered for the patients from the Internment Units at HU-USP from 2001 to 2005. The identification of intervenient variables in the average time calculus of nursing care made it possible the contact with the reality in the Units, allowing us to visualize the bed distribution, daily average amount of attended patients, the average amount of personnel working in the Internment Units and the Technical Safety Index, according to professional categories. It was verified that the number and distribution of beds in the Units had changes throughout the analyzed period. The percentage of predicted absence had variations among the indexes found in each Unit, proving that predicted absences for days off were higher than the ones seen in literature, pointing to the possibility of the facility to concede a greater number of holidays than those established by laws and local, state and federal decrees, as for example, the holiday bridges. Regarding to the unpredicted absences, it was verified that the missing days, medical leaves and maternity leaves were the most constant kinds of absence. However, it was noticed that the percentage of unpredicted absence for INSS leaves was quite high in the nursing technician/auxiliary categories. Average time of nursing care, despite of some variations, kept stable throughout the period in most Units, except for UTIP and BER Units, which suffered a reduction of nursing care time in the years of 2003 and 2004 respectively. It was also evidenced that the average time of care identified in most Internment Units presented variations as the observed changes in the average amount of nursing staff and the average number of patients. The results obtained, referring to the percentage of distribution of time for care among the nursing staff professionals confirm the ones found in other studies, which showed that the proportion of hours attributed to nurses are lower than those attributed to nursing technicians and auxiliaries, which are very far from what is advised by COFEN. The development of this study shows perspectives for making other researches that complement the analyses made to deepen the knowledge of the variables that interfere in the process of identification of the average time devoted for caring the patients in the hospital institutions.

Como tentativa para compensar a ausência de resposta, aplicou-se o estimador ponderado por pesos amostrais nos dados de um inquérito domiciliar que registrou uma taxa global de resposta igual a 79,10 por cento . O procedimento procurou viabilizar a aplicação do ajuste ao nível dos elementos, usando os pesos obtidos a partir da taxa diferencial de resposta verificada na amostra composta pelas famílias. Fixado o número de cômodos do domicílio como a variável critério para a formação das classes ponderadas, calcularam-se as médias ajustadas e suas variâncias para o peso e a estatura dos menores de 19 anos, usando-se as estimativas calculadas na amostra constituída pelos elementos pertencentes às famílias que efetivamente responderam ao inquérito. A consistência dos resultados obtidos sugere que estudos devem ser desenvolvidos a fim de buscar soluções que minimizem as pressuposições necessárias à aplicação do procedimento e determinem níveis de abrangência que possam ser considerados satisfatórios. / The weighting adjustment by sample weights was applied on the data from a survey sampling with a total response rate of 79,10 per cent , in order to compensate for the unit nonresponse. The weighting factors were gotten by the differential response rate calculated on the household sample to facilitate the application procedure. The variable used to define the weighting classes was the number of rooms of the dwellings. Also, the adjusted means and their variances were calculaled for weight and height of persons with ages under 19 years, using the measures obtained from the same age group individuals related to the respondent households. The consistency of the results support the sugestion that more research has to be done to search for procedures that will minimize the necessary assumptions that underlie them and that can assure wider application levels.