This is a study of the reactions of high school students in Sweden when reading A Modest proposal (Swift, 1729). If they get the chance to write whatever they want about the text, what do they find important? This study emanates from Rosenblatts (2002) view of reading out of two different stances: the aesthetical and the efferent. The aesthetical mode is reading for pleasure and experiencing the text, whilst in efferent reading the reader is primarily focused on what he or she will carry away as information from the text (Rosenblatt). To be able to categorize the material from the students more properly, a different set of ideas about reading modes, obtained from Tengberg (2011), is also presented and used in this essay.

Genom närläsning av ämnesplanen i svenska samt semistrukturerade intervjuer med pedagoger är detta en undersökning som har fokuserat på varför och hur litteraturundervisning sker i klassrummet. Hur kan en pedagog tolka de nya styrdokumenten och därefter lägga upp undervisning i litteratur? Pedagogerna som intervjuades valde, ofta utan elevpåverkan, vilka skönlitterära texter som skulle belysas. Synen på hur litteraturhistorien skulle bearbetas skilde sig åt beroende på den gemensamma hållningen att låta elevernas intressen och erfarenheter stå i centrum. Under läsningen var den vanligaste inställningen att låta eleverna läsa enskilt hemma. Genom att besvara frågor, men även genom att ibland samtala bearbetades sedan läsningen. Såväl kunskapskraven i ämnesplanen som elevernas läslust satte upp ramarna för vilka didaktiska val som gjordes. Att använda multimediala texter var en av de främsta metoderna som nyttjades i syfte att skapa lust att lära om och av skönlitteratur.

The purpose of this degree project has been to examine the implications of the provision of certain methodological support mechanisms, what has often been referred to as "instructional scaffolding" in literary didactics, to assist students in the ESL/EFL classroom in their interaction with the various literary texts into which they come into contact during their English language education at the upper secondary level in Sweden. My primary interest has been to gauge the response of the students involved in this study to the particular types of literary didactic methods utilized, for example, regarding their effectiveness in aiding the learning process as well as their impact on the literary, or aesthetic, experience itself. An analysis of student responses to a literature instruction module based on a reading of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness will demonstrate that certain forms of literary didactic methods in general, and significantly, particular forms of what can be conceptualized as instructional scaffolding, play a crucial role for both the learning process and the student's aesthetic experience of literature.

[Truncated abstract] The mammalian cochlea receives an efferent innervation which originates in the superior olive. Known collectively as the olivocochlear system, this efferent innervation can be divided into lateral and medial systems. While the function of the lateral efferent system in the cochlea is still unknown, previous studies have identified both excitatory and inhibitory changes in sound-evoked and spontaneous cochlear responses attributable to the lateral efferent system. One of the neurotransmitters in the lateral efferents is the catecholamine dopamine, which in the central nervous system is known to exert inhibitory and excitatory effects by activating different receptor subtypes. The first experiments in this thesis were designed to determine if activation or blockade of different dopamine receptor subtypes in the cochlea could lead to both excitatory and inhibitory changes in sound-evoked and spontaneous cochlear responses. Adult guinea pigs were anaesthetised (Nembutal and Hypnorm) and highly specific D1/5 (SKF 38393, SKF 81297, SCH 23390), D2 ((+) PHNO, L 741, 626) and D3 (PD 128907, U 99194A) receptor agonists and antagonists were perfused through the cochlea for 15 minutes. Sound-evoked (compound action potential, summating potential, cochlear microphonic) and spontaneous cochlear responses were recorded before and after perfusion. Remarkably, activating or blocking D1/5 or D2 receptor subtypes resulted in the suppression of CAP amplitudes. These findings are paradoxical as the agonist data suggest that the D1/5 and D2 receptor subtypes are inhibitory, but the antagonist perfusions suggest that these receptors are excitatory. We propose that the presence of an agonist induces a process of receptor desensitisation which would elicit changes akin to receptor antagonism. If this is indeed the case then our agonist findings are spurious and require further interpretation. ... The suppression of the cochlear microphonic suggests that dopamine receptor influence is not confined to the primary afferent dendrite may also include the active process of the outer hair cells. The D1/5 and D2 antagonist data also suggests that dopamine receptors are activated by intrinsic dopamine. Therefore, we attempted to investigate the effects of putative dopamine depletion of the cochlea and found that application of the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP causes changes in both neural and hair cell responses which have not been reported before. However, we also demonstrated that tyrosine hydroxylase positive nerve fibres are still present in MPTP treated cochleae which suggests that dopamine is still present in these cochleae. Furthermore, we observed significant electrophysiological changes in these same cochleae when these were exposed to a D2 receptor antagonist which again supports the presence of intrinsic dopamine in these 'depleted cochleae'. These data suggest that the currently accepted method of acute dopamine depletion using MPTP is insufficient and different methods must be developed in the future.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-143). Also available via World Wide Web.

OBJECTIVES: to verify the occurrence and the effect of transient otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE), existence of association between: tinnitus degrees and hyperacusis degrees, TEOAE suppressive effect and laterality, tinnitus and hyperacusis degrees, and verify the characteristics of normal hearing individuals with complaints of tinnitus and hyperacusis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 25 normal hearing subjects having complaints of tinnitus and hyperacusis, with 16 female and nine male. About tinnitus, the subjects were asked about the location and tinnitus type and they completed the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), used for the classification of tinnitus degrees. A developed hyperacusis questionnaire and the questionnaire on handedness The assessment and analysis of handedness: The Edinburgh Inventor were completed too. They were tested about the research of Loudness Discomfort Level (degrees of hyperacusis), Acuphenometry and the suppression effect of otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in the frequencies of 1, 1.5, 2, 3 and 4 KHz. We used descriptive and statistical analysis of the data (Fisher exact test, Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U and Spearman correlation). RESULTS: The occurrence of TEOAE ranged from 33 to 88%. We observed the presence of TEOAE suppression effect on 63.7% in the right ear and 81.7% in the left ear. There was no association between tinnitus degrees and hyperacusis degrees, and between the TEOAE suppression effect and laterality, degrees of tinnitus and hyperacusis degrees. About tinnitus, the most subjects reported acute pitch, in anamnesis and in Acuphenometry, bilateral location and mild degree. Women had degree of tinnitus statistically superior than men. The sounds considered uncomfortable were the high intensity ones and the reaction to the sounds most often cited were irritation, anxiety and need to depart from the sound. The difficulty in speech understanding at noise was mentioned. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the occurrence of TEOAE in these subjects was lower than that found in normal hearing subjects. A higher percentage of presence of TEOAE suppression effect has been found in both ears. Degrees of tinnitus and hyperacusis degrees were not correlated in normal-hearing individuals with complaints of tinnitus and hyperacusis, and there was no association between the TEOAE suppression effect and laterality and degrees of tinnitus and hyperacusis. The sample presented acute pitch, bilateral location and mild bilateral tinnitus.High intensity sounds were reported as uncomfortable and irritation was the most cited reaction of the sound. / OBJETIVO: verificar a ocorrência e o efeito de supressão das emissões otoacústicas transientes (EOAT), a existência de associação entre: graus de zumbido e de hiperacusia, efeito supressor das EOAT e lateralidade, graus de zumbido e graus de hiperacusia, e analisar as características audiológicas de indivíduos normo-ouvintes com queixas de zumbido e hiperacusia. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: A amostra foi composta por 25 indivíduos normo-ouvintes, com queixas de zumbido e hiperacusia, sendo 16 do gênero feminino e nove do masculino. Em relação ao zumbido, os indivíduos foram questionados sobre o pitch e localização e preencheram o Tinnitus Handicap Inventory brasileiro (THI), utilizado para avaliar o grau de zumbido. O questionário de hiperacusia e o questionário sobre lateralidade manual The assessment and analysis of handedness: The Edinburgh Inventory também foram preenchidos. Os indivíduos foram submetidos a pesquisa do Loudness Discomfort Level (grau de hiperacusia), a acufenometria e a pesquisa e do efeito de supressão das emissões otoacústicas transientes (EOATs) nas frequências de 1, 1,5, 2, 3 e 4 KHz. Utilizou-se análise descritiva e estatística dos dados (testes exato de Fisher, Kruskal Wallis, U de Man Whitney e correlação de Spearman). RESULTADOS: A ocorrência das EOAT variou de 33 a 88%. Houve 63,7% de presença de efeito de supressão na orelha direita e 81,7% na orelha esquerda. Não ocorreu associação significativa entre os graus de zumbido e os graus de hiperacusia, e entre o efeito supressor das EOAT e lateralidade, graus de zumbido e graus de hiperacusia. Em relação ao zumbido, a maioria dos indivíduos apresentou pitch agudo, tanto na anamnese quanto na acufenometria, localização bilateral e grau leve no THI. As mulheres apresentaram grau de zumbido estatisticamente superior ao dos homens. Os sons considerados desconfortáveis foram os de alta intensidade e as reações aos sons mais citadas foram a irritação, ansiedade e necessidade de afastar-se do som. A dificuldade de compreensão de fala na presença de ruído foi referida pela maioria dos indivíduos.CONCLUSÃO: Conclui-se que a ocorrência de EOAT foi inferior a encontrada em sujeitos normo-ouvintes sem esses sintomas. Obteve-se maior percentual de presença do efeito de supressão das EOATs em ambas as orelhas analisadas. Os graus de zumbido e os graus de hiperacusia não apresentaram correlação em indivíduos normo-ouvintes com queixas de zumbido e hiperacusia, bem como não ocorreu associação entre o efeito de supressão das EOAT e lateralidade, graus de zumbido e de hiperacusia. A amostra estudada apresentou predomínio de zumbido de pitch agudo, localização bilateral e grau leve. Os sons considerados desconfortáveis foram os de alta intensidade e a reação de irritação aos sons foi a mais citada.

Orientadores: Antonio Marcos Orsi, Sergio Luis Felisbino / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T10:45:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Domeniconi_RaquelFantin_D.pdf: 10868266 bytes, checksum: 8bdfe8a912508f6afd1b6131f9f8934e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Estudos recentes têm identificado família de proteínas denominadas aquaporinas (AQP), relacionadas à alta permeabilidade de água em várias membranas biológicas. As AQP1, AQP2, AQP7, AQP8 e AQP9 são as principais AQPs identificadas no sistema genital masculino, sendo a sua localização espécie-específica e região-específica. Em vista da importância do fluido luminal na via espermática para a integridade morfofuncional dos espermatozóides, bem como dos componentes que os constituem, tais como a água e proteínas, é importante estudar a distribuição das AQPs ao longo da via espermática. Assim, este trabalho teve como objetivos principais estudar no cão as AQP1, AQP2, AQP7, AQP8 e AQP9, visando identificá-las e localizá-las, através de imuno-histoquímica e ¿Western blotting¿ na via espermática. No cão, a AQP1 foi notada na rede testicular, ductos eferentes e em vasos, sugerindo sua importância na rápida absorção de fluido testicular. Pela primeira vez a AQP2 foi detectada na rede testicular, ductos eferentes e epidídimo, e a AQP7 no epitélio epididimário e ducto deferente em mamíferos. Porém, o papel funcional dessas AQPs no sistema genital masculino do cão permanece desconhecido. A AQP8 não foi detectada ao longo dos ductos extratesticulares do cão. A AQP9 foi abundantemente expressada ao longo da via espermática do cão, que representa um importante caminho apical para o fluxo transmembrana de água e solutos. Portanto, os resultados confirmam o padrão de expressão espécie-específica e região-específica das AQPs, sugerindo variações de atividades de absorção de fluidos e solutos ao longo da via espermática. O conhecimento destas variações torna-se relevante para estudos clínicos de infertilidade, bem como para tecnologias de reprodução assistida / Abstract: Recent studies have identified proteins called aquaporins (AQP) related to the fast water permeability in some biological membranes. AQPs are small, intrinsic membrane proteins that are present in many cell types involved in fluid transport. AQP1, AQP2, AQP7, AQP8 and AQP9 had been the main AQPs identified in the male reproductive tract, being their localization species-specific and region-specific. In view of the importance of the luminal fluid to sperm maturation and integrity of the spermatozoa, it is important to study the distribution of the AQPs throughout the spermatic way. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the expression of AQP1, AQP2, AQP7, AQP8 e AQP9 in epithelial cells in the adult dog efferent ducts, epididymis and vas deferens, using immunohistochemistry and estern blotting methods to characterize the aquaporins in male reproductive tract. In dog, AQP1 was noted in rete testis, efferent ducts and in vessels in intertubular space, suggesting that AQP1 is important for rapid absorption of testicular fluid. For the first time the AQP2 was detected in rete testis, efferent ducts and epididymis and the AQP7 was expressed in the epithelium epididymidis and in vas deferens in mammals. But its functional role in the male dog reproductive tract, remain unknown. No specific staining for AQP8 was detected in epithelial cells of excurrent ducts in dog testis. AQP9 was abundantly expressed in dog male reproductive tract, in which it is an important apical pathway for transmembrane flow of water and neutral solutes. Thus the results confirm that the AQPs are species-specific and region-specific, suggesting activity variations related with the fluid and solute absorption throughout male excurrent ducts. Investigations of AQP biology could be relevant to clinical studies of the male reproductive tract, as well as to technologies for assisted procreation / Doutorado / Anatomia / Doutor em Biologia Celular e Estrutural

The circadian timing system establishes daily rhythms in behavior and physiology throughout the body, ensuring that functions like activity, sleep and hormone release are appropriately timed. Research suggests that his temporal synchrony within the body is quite important for health and survival. In mammals, the central circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) drives rhythms in behavior and physiology in large part by stimulating or inhibiting other brain regions responsible for these functions at the appropriate times of day. This timed signal is often indirect, i.e. relayed or possibly processed through a series of neurons in different brain regions before reaching the effector site. The subparaventricular zone (SPZ), a region adjacent to the SCN which is the main recipient of direct neuronal inputs from the SCN, is thought to be a critical relay for SCN signals, since loss of the SPZ results in loss of circadian rhythms in body temperature, activity and sleep/wakefulness. Another important relay site, the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH) gets direct input from both the SCN and SPZ and is critical for normal expression of various circadian rhythms.

Although the suppressive effect of the medial olivocochlear system (MOCS) on peripheral auditory active mechanisms is well documented in humans, the effect of efferent inhibition over prolonged periods of acoustic stimulation is less well documented, especially as observed in suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE’s). The present study therefore evaluated the relationship between the duration of contralateral acoustic stimulation and the suppression of TEOAE’s in ten adults with normal hearing. TEOAE recordings with linear clicks (60 dB sound pressure level) were measured at four intervals during 15 minutes of continuous contralateral white noise (45 dB sound pressure level), followed by two post-noise recordings. An identical within-subject control condition was recorded without contralateral noise. Experimental and control measurements were repeated three times, on separate days. Results revealed significant and sustained TEOAE amplitude reduction for the entire duration of contralateral stimulation. Suppression increased across the duration of contralateral noise, but not sufficiently to be statistically significant. After noise termination, TEOAE amplitudes increased to values significantly above control recordings. The sustained suppression of TEOAE’s indicates continuous efferent inhibition over time in normal adults, with a significant increase in TEOAE amplitude after noise cessation possibly indicating increased outer hair cell responsiveness after prolonged contralateral noise. / Dissertation (MCommunication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology / Unrestricted

Lyrik är en av de stora litteraturvetenskapliga genrerna vid sidan av epik och dramatik och förväntas därför finnas med i alla kurser inom svenskämnet på gymnasiet. Svensk poesididaktisk forskning är emellertid inte vanligt förekommande och särskilt inte studier som undersöker poesins roll inom lärarutbildningen. Föreliggande studie har som övergripande syfte att belysa och problematisera hur poesi hanteras inom svenskämnet på ämneslärarutbildningen. Genom en analys av åtta kvalitativa intervjuer studeras hur lärarutbildare beskriver och genomför undervisning i poesi inom ämneslärarutbildningen. Studiens övergripande teoretiska ramverk utgörs av Biestas teori om utbildningens funktioner och som analysverktyg används Rosenblatts begrepp estetisk och efferent läsning. Resultatet visar att förekomsten av poesi på ämneslärarutbildningen skiljer sig åt på de olika lärosätena och de intervjuade lärarna är överens om att poesin får stå tillbaka till förmån för mer prosaorienterade texter. Skillnaderna mellan de olika lärosätena kan påverka utbildningens likvärdighet, vilket kan vara problematiskt. Lärarutbildarna förmedlar en entydig bild av att både studenter och många lärare tycker att poesin är svår och abstrakt att arbeta med. Resultatet indikerar även att dessa svårigheter delvis har att göra med kravet på mätbarhet inom gymnasieskolan men även inom ämneslärarutbildningen. I uppsatsen framhålls behovet av en diskussion om poesins värden inom ämneslärarutbildningen samt om legitimering av poesiundervisning på en övergripande nivå så att normer och värderingar som påverkar lärarutbildningens innehåll synliggörs och granskas. För att studenterna ska kunna gå in i läraryrket som medvetna subjekt behöver de under sin utbildning få möjlighet att pendla mellan kunskap och reflektion. En litteraturdidaktisk reflektion kan möjliggöras genom att studenter och lärare utbyter förståelser och upplevelser kring dikter för att stimulera till en klarare insikt om poesin som genre.