Submitted by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-22T12:53:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-deborah-moreira-guimaraes.pdf: 945434 bytes, checksum: 96c3761fb24974be57e744dc595fe0c3 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-22T13:00:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-deborah-moreira-guimaraes.pdf: 945434 bytes, checksum: 96c3761fb24974be57e744dc595fe0c3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T13:00:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-deborah-moreira-guimaraes.pdf: 945434 bytes, checksum: 96c3761fb24974be57e744dc595fe0c3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Este trabalho pretende examinar os diversos modos de findar presentes, prioritariamente, na obra Ser e Tempo, do filósofo alemão Martin Heidegger. Assim, será necessário abordar, primeiramente, a proposta heideggeriana de uma ontologia fundamental para, a partir daí, podermos explicitar, em detalhes, a constituição deste caractere existenciário: o “ser-para-a-morte”. Doravante, faremos uma análise destes modos do findar, tendo como referência suas variáveis, como o “cessar-de-viver”, o “findar”, o “deixar-de-viver” e o “ser-para-a-morte”, ponto principal deste trabalho. Também será abordado o modo pelo qual o Dasein chega à compreensão de sua morte, por meio do desvelamento de seu ser proporcionado pelo despertar de uma tonalidade afetiva fundamental. Por fim, faremos um breve apêndice para traçar uma possível relação entre o conceito de ser-para-a-morte e a noção de apelo-da-consciência, cujo objetivo é averiguar as aplicações ônticas da compreensão da morte enquanto possibilidade-de-ser iminente, certa e intransferível. / This paper intends to examine the various modes of ending present, mainly, in the work Being and Time, of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Therefore, it will be necessary to approach, first of all, the Heidegger’s proposal for a fundamental ontology to make possible to explain thenceforward, in detail, the constitution of this existential character: the “being-towards-death” (Sein-zum-Tode). Henceforth, we will make an analysis of these modes of ending with reference to their variables, such as “perishing” (Verenden), “ending” (Enden), “demise” (Ableben) and “dying” (Sterben), main point of this paper. It will also be approached the mode by which Dasein reaches the comprehension of its death, through the unveiling of its own being provided by the awakening of a ground mood (Grundstimmung). Lastly, we will make a brief appendix to draw a possible relation between the concept of being-towards-death and the idea of conscience as a call (Gewissensruf), whose aim is investigating the ontical applications of death’s comprehension as imminent, certain and nontransferable possibility-of Being.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / In this work, we perform a diachronic study of adverbs ending in -mente in the Portuguese of 14th, 16th and 20th centuries, in order to investigate the grammaticalization and lexicalization processes such adverbs have been experiencing. To this end, we analyzed constructions ending in -mente from four corpora, which consists of the representative of historiographical prose following texts: CrÃnica Geral de Espanha (CGE), from 14th century;HistÃria da ProvÃncia de Santa Cruz (HPSC) and Da Monarquia Lusitana (ML), from 16th century, and HistÃria do Brasil (HB), from 20th century. Based on Lehmann (2002), who argues that grammaticalization and lexicalization processes are not opposite but complementary, since they occur in parallel, we evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively the roles played by these adverbs and the degree of compositionality they present in every period we analyzed. We concluded that, as time has gone by, adverbs ending in -mente have become decreasingly compositional and have expanded their functions progressively. However, these adverbs have concluded neither of these processes yet, once they still cannot be taken as lexicalizated words, since the adverbâs adjectival base still appears predominantly transparent even in the most recent period; and still hold, in 20th century, mostly semantic functions. / Neste trabalho, pretendemos fazer um estudo diacrÃnico dos advÃrbios em âmente no portuguÃs dos sÃculos XIV, XVI e XX, a fim de investigar os processos de gramaticalizaÃÃo e lexicalizaÃÃo pelos quais tais advÃrbios vÃm passando. Para tanto, analisamos as construÃÃes em -mente em quatro corpora, constituÃdos pelos seguintes textos representativos da prosa historiogrÃfica: CrÃnica Geral de Espanha (CGE), do sÃculo XIV; HistÃria da ProvÃncia de Santa Cruz (HPSC) e Da Monarquia Lusitana (ML), do sÃculo XVI e HistÃria do Brasil (HB), do sÃculo XX. Calcados em Lehmann (2002), que defende que os processos de gramaticalizaÃÃo e lexicalizaÃÃo nÃo sÃo opostos e sim complementares, vez que ocorrem em paralelo, avaliamos quantitativa e qualitativamente as funÃÃes exercidas por esses advÃrbios e o grau de composicionalidade que apresentam em todos os perÃodos analisados. Chegamos à conclusÃo de que, com o passar do tempo, os advÃrbios em âmente estÃo se tornando cada vez menos composicionais e expandindo cada vez mais suas funÃÃes. Todavia ainda nÃo concluÃram nenhum dos dois processos, vez que ainda nÃo podem ser tomados como palavras idiomatizadas, jà que a base adjetiva do advÃrbio ainda se mostra, mesmo no perÃodo mais recente, predominantemente transparente; e ainda exercem, no sÃculo XX, predominantemente funÃÃes semÃnticas.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / A microscopia permite o conhecimento dos tecidos e possibilita avaliar a morfologia de vÃrias estruturas biolÃgicas. Os mecanorreceptores e terminaÃÃes nervosas livres sÃo as unidades elementares funcionais do sistema nervoso perifÃrico. Elas transmitem ao sistema nervoso central informaÃÃes fisiolÃgicas em forma de potencial de aÃÃo, quando os constituintes articulares, cÃpsulas, ligamentos e mÃsculos sÃo submetidos aos estresses do movimento e da dor. Foram avaliadas a presenÃa, localizaÃÃo e densidade dos mecanorreceptores e terminaÃÃes nervosas livres nos ligamentos laterais do tornozelo: talofibular anterior, calcaneofibular e talofibular posterior, em 24 tornozelos, de 13 cadÃveres masculinos, nÃo formalizados. A idade presumida variou de 18 a 65 anos com a mÃdia de 41,6 anos. Cada ligamento foi dividido em 3 partes ou regiÃes: proximal, central e distal para coloraÃÃo com o cloreto de ouro a 1%. Em seguida obtiveram-se cortes seriados de 20 micrÃmetros de espessura para estudos na microscopia de luz. Foram identificados 3 tipos de mecanorreceptores, Rufini, Pacini e Golgi alÃm das terminaÃÃes nervosas livres. Utilizou-se tambÃm a classificaÃÃo de Freeman e Wike, 1967. Realizou-se a contagem individual de cada terminaÃÃo neural atravÃs da histomorfometria por sistema de teste. Este mÃtodo permitiu relacionar a contagem com a Ãrea e encontrar a densidade de cada receptor por regiÃo em milÃmetro quadrado. Concluiu-se que houve predomÃnio das terminaÃÃes neurais, tipo Pacini em relaÃÃo Ãs demais (p < 0,001). Por outro lado, nÃo houve diferenÃa significante quando comparada a densidade total entre as 3 partes ou regiÃes e a densidade total entre os 3 ligamentos (p>0,05). / Microscopic examination of different tissues is widely used to evaluate the morphology of biological structures. When joint components such as capsules, ligaments and muscles are submitted to mechanic stress and pain, free nerves endings and mechanoreceptors located within these anatomical structures detect and relay this physiological information to the central nervous system. Ankle lateral ligaments (anterior talofibular, talocalcaneal and posterior talofibular) obtained from 24 ankles of 13 masculine non-formolized unclaimed cadavers were used in the study. Age ranged from 18 to 65 years (mean age: 41,6 years). Ligaments samples were divided into 3 equal parts (proximal, central and distal segments). Following tissue impregnation with gold chloride 1% solution, serial cuts (20Â thickness) were studied under light microscopy. Mechanoreceptors (Rufini, Pacini and Golgi) and free nervous endings were identified, according to Freeman and Wikeâs classification. Counting of individual mechanoreceptors and free nerves endings (histomorphometry) and evaluation of mechanoreceptor density in squared millimeter areas was carried out in all samples. There was a significant prevalence of Pacini (p<0.001) compared with Rufini and Golgi mechanoreceptors types. However, there was no significant difference in mechanoreceptors density in the different tendon segments analyzed (p>0.05).

is worldwide concern that people do not save enough towards retirement. To stimulate savings, tax incentives are a method employed by governments to encourage retirement savings. In this context, the asset allocation decisions that individuals make and the asset allocation restrictions that are imposed by regulators in an attempt to protect retirement savings, potentially impact the retirement ending wealth, which could be accumulated in the pre-retirement phase of an individual. The objective of the study was to determine the impact of tax legislation, Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act (24/1956) and asset allocation choices on accumulated retirement ending wealth and what could be deemed appropriate for most individuals considering different time horizons. Therefore, the aim of this study was two-fold: to determine whether pension fund legislation which limits the exposure to risky asset classes resulted in sub-optimal accumulated retirement ending wealth despite the associated tax savings; and to determine whether life cycle retirement funds, as opposed to different balanced retirement funds, were appropriate for most individuals. The study did not find support for the notion that direct investment funds dominated high equity balanced retirement funds that complied with Regulation 28 as measured by firstorder and almost stochastic dominance. Despite the higher asset allocation to equities that was possible with direct investments, this benefit was outweighed by the tax savings attributable to retirement funds. Additionally, the results of the study refuted the notion that a direct investment fund could be optimal over a long investment horizon. The implication of the finding was that an individual saving for retirement should, firstly, do so by taking full advantage of the tax savings that retirement funds offered. Hence retirement funds are an effective retirement saving tool despite the limitations on high-risk asset class allocations. The study found only limited support for the hypothesis that a theoretical retirement fund with a 100 per cent allocation to equities dominated a high equity balanced retirement fund that complied with Regulation 28 (particularly in the case of a 100 per cent local equity retirement fund compared with a Regulation 28 high equity balanced fund with no foreign equity exposure). Because the South African equity asset class was very volatile (annualised standard deviation of 19.8 per cent against 17.4 per cent for local against foreign equity in the data used in the study), a high exposure could lead to very low accumulated retirement ending wealth values; the intent of Regulation 28 was to protect the retirement savings of individuals against such adversity. Despite being perceived as very restrictive on the individual, the findings could not conclude that Regulation 28 restrictions on asset classes were inappropriate. This study provided no support for the notion that a life cycle fund dominated a balanced fund with similar starting asset allocation from the perspective of accumulated retirement ending wealth. This raised the question whether life cycle funds, which are often included as default options for members of retirement funds, have a place. Hence they were likely not the optimal choice compared with a balanced fund counterpart with similar starting asset allocation. However, they could be attuned to the preferences of the individual (such as risk and personal preferences) rather than a rational objective assessment of one fund compared with another. The study provided mixed support for whether a life cycle fund dominated a balanced fund with dissimilar starting asset allocations. This indicated that whether there was a place for a life cycle fund in any retirement fund default options, or whether it was optimal compared with an alternative balanced fund, strongly depended on the underlying asset allocations of the funds while the length of the glide path, the investment horizon as well as the risk and return characteristics of the investable universe could also influence the conclusion. The study uniquely contributed to the retirement savings question with evidence that did not support the notion that Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act was necessarily inappropriate to serve the purpose of protecting retirement savings. The study also showed how the lower risk attribute of life cycle strategies impacted on accumulated retirement ending wealth, how it compared with balanced funds and which choice would be appropriate for most individuals. Because the life cycle industry is a fast-growing portion of the retirement fund market and becoming more popular as default options in retirement funds, the study contributed by contrasting life cycle funds with balanced funds and showed that the choice of which fund was optimal, was driven by the different characteristics of the funds such as investment horizon, starting and ending asset allocations as well as the length of the glide path. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2015. / tm2016 / Financial Management / PhD / Unrestricted

Solved area is located in the center of Vyškov and is directly connected to the square. It forms one end of the chip Square. The proposal was to create a dominant object, which will close the square and end with the visual axis, which in recent years is not very flattering. The building would be dominant, but only so that did not compete with dominant main square, with the town hall. At the same time the goal was to design a functional building, which, thanks to the cartridge housing, shops and bring more people into the center and revive him.

Internet har inneburit nya möjligheter för mänskligheten att kommunicera och organisera sig. I denna uppsats beger vi oss till utkanterna av nätet för att utforska ett sexköpsforum online med inriktning mot thaimassagesalonger. Med hjälp av netnografisk metod och utifrån sociologisk teori undersöks normer och organisering på forumet med fokus på förstagångsbesökaren. En lättare undersökning av förekomst av sexuell tjänst som beskriven av forumets medlemmar återfinns. Studiens resultat tyder på att det analyserade forumet har bidragit till att inspirera och lära förstagångsbesökare till att erhålla sexuella tjänster. Vidare identifieras ett, utanför det publika forumet, informationsubyte av komprometterande information där exakta anvisningar och platsdata utbyts medlemmar emellan. Detta sker i det så kallade privata meddelandet / Along with the rise of the Internet human interaction, communication and organisaiton have come to see new opportunities. In this study we will explore the fringes of the internet to explore a forum discussing thaimassage with sexual services also known as Happy Ending. Thanks to netnographic methods and sociological and criminological theory we will put the sex buyer in a social context. Extra focus is given to the first timer. The results of this study shows that criminal or deviant behavior can be learned from a forum online. In particular that the first time sexbuyer gets inspiration from and help to learn how to become a sexbuyer. Other results include the organisational setup surrounding the analyzed forum as well as a brief quantitative calculation on occurences of Happy Endings.

The thesis attemps to map the current situation of the variance process in masculines ended with epicene consonants -s and -z. Based on the description of the situation presented in language guides approximately since 1950s and with the help of Retrográdní slovník současné češtiny, the authoress compiled a list of masculines with this type of ending and afterwards she verified each noun via corpus databáze ČNK syn2010. To komplete the corpus results the authoress used the questionary survey on selected nouns. From acquired data there was set together a summary which should describe the current situation of this variance in these nouns.

This dissertation studies the reaction of trading behavior of investors, especially institutional investors, to the public information in Taiwan. Two kinds of public information are chosen in this dissertation. One is open-ending closed-end funds under the regulation set up by Taiwan authority. The other is the change of stocks in MSCI Taiwan Index that is decided by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), a well-known foreign institution in constructing various indices. Consistent with earlier studies using U.S. data, our results show that open-ending is a wealth-enhancing event for shareholders. We also provide evidence of the existence of noise traders in the closed-end fund market. The evidence is derived from the trading behavior of domestic institutional investors and small individual investors, who ignore price discounts when open-ending is imminent. The trading by noise traders impedes price adjustments to the discounts, and provides profit opportunities to arbitragers. Furthermore, we show that foreign investors gain considerable wealth, largely at the expense of domestic institutional investors and small individual investors, in the open-ending process. On average, their gains account for 30% of the total gains associated with open-ending, or NT$562 millions per case. On the issue of the change of stocks in MSCI Taiwan Index, we find that MSCI prefers to select the securities with good performance, high liquidity, and large firm size into MSCI Taiwan Index while tends to drop the securities with poor performance, lower liquidity, and small firm size from MSCI Taiwan Index. Besides, consistent with the previous studies, prices increase (decrease) significantly for stocks added to (deleted from) the MSCI Taiwan Index after the announcement date. As well as the deletions, the price decreases for unchanging stocks after the announcement date. However, there is no evidence to find that foreign investors have information advantage in MSCI news over domestic investors. Foreign investors increase (decrease) their holdings on stocks included in (excluded from) the MSCI Taiwan Index after the announcement date. Moreover, price pressure hypothesis is not supported. Visibility hypothesis, information content hypothesis, downward sloping demand curves hypothesis are supported. Finally, for additions and deletions, the market-adjusted returns are driven by the contemporaneous excess buy of foreign investors and the contemporaneous excess sells of domestic corporations and individuals.

This diploma thesis deals with playful methods of word-construction teaching at lower primary schools. The practical part of the thesis deals with terms connected to this subject and terms student come across at lower primary schools. The following terms will be defined: prefix, root, suffix, ending, related words, base word, base. A part of the theoretical part consists of a summary of this subject meant for Grades 3 - 5 in textbooks by different publishers. The practical part contains a number of playful exercises and activities that that may be used even in acquiring these learning topics.

La thèse consiste en une étude monographique analytique et transdisciplinaire des peintures médiévales à sujet religieux de la vallée de Suse (Piémont). Cette région présente en effet, et particulièrement dans cette longue fin du Moyen Âge, entre les XIVe et XVIe siècles, une aire géographique dense et fréquentée puisqu'il s'agit d'une des voies de traversée des Alpes par excellence. Articulée entre deux grandes entités politiques, les états de Savoie et le Dauphiné de Viennois, la vallée relève du diocèse de Turin mais connaît une agitation religieuse certaine par la présence vaudoise. Elle offre ainsi un panorama complexe et une lecture fascinante des vallées de montagne des Alpes occidentales. Son corpus de peintures murales conservées et documentées représente un matériel important pour son analyse à travers les représentations culturelles dans les images, suivant une approche anthropologique. À travers l'étude des caractéristiques iconographiques et stylistiques en parallèle des données pluricontextuelles religieuses, politiques et sociologiques, la recherche a pour objectifs d'analyser les enjeux culturels des représentations murales alpines. La thèse explore ainsi d'une part les interactions entre les territoires et les pouvoirs, les relations entre l'image et les pratiques religieuses. L'analyse se penche d'autre part sur les réceptions artistiques en lien potentiel avec les aléas historiques et religieux et l'implantation spatiale. Les effets de migration des artistes mais aussi la question des transferts culturels et artistiques les concernant sont traités, notamment à travers les relations entre les sites centraux et ceux de périphérie. L'objectif de la thèse est en effet d'esquisser une synthèse de la peinture murale valsusaine à la fin du Moyen Âge, tout en questionnant la problématique des cultures alpines, finalement plurielles, et leurs enjeux à travers l'image murale médiévale. / The thesis comprises a monographic, analytic and transdisciplinary study of the medieval paintings with religious subject matters in the Susa valley (Piedmont). This area is densely populated and travelled, particularly during the long end of the Middle Ages between the XIVth and XVIth centuries, as it is one of the main thoroughfares through the Alps. Split between two major political entities, Savoy and the Dauphiné Viennois, the valley pertains to the diocese of Turin despite the religious turmoil due to the waldensian presence. Thus it offers a broad view of the complex and fascinating mountain valleys of the western Alps. Its corpus of preserved and documented wall paintings is a substantial material for analysis through cultural depictions with an anthropological approach. By studying distinctive iconographic and stylistic features concurrently with the pluricontextual religious, political, and sociological data, the study aims to analyse cultural stakes of alpine mural depictions. The thesis delves on the one hand into the interactions between territories and powers, the relationships of images with devotional customs. On the other hand the analysis looks into artistic receptions and their links to historical and religious vagaries or spatial settlements. The effects of artist migrations and the broader question of cultural and artistic transference they pertain to are also addressed, for instance through the relationship between central and peripheral sites. The objective of the thesis is indeed to sketch a summary of Susa valley paintings in the end of the Middle Ages, while surveying the issues of the subtly plural alpine cultures and their stakes through medieval murals.