PROPOSIÇÃO: As características cefalométricas, faciais e dentárias, variam consideravelmente entre as diferentes raças. No Brasil, em virtude da grande miscigenação populacional, é necessário conhecer também as variações apresentadas pelas misturas destas raças. Por esta razão, o objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os padrões das variáveis dentárias e esqueléticas de jovens mestiços nipo-brasileiros com oclusão normal e compará-los com amostras semelhantes de leucoderma e de xantoderma. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Foram utilizadas 40 telerradiografias de jovens leucodermas, 32 de nipo-brasileiros e 33 de xantodermas. As três amostras apresentavam indivíduos com oclusão normal e face bem balanceada. Foram realizadas as análises estatísticas de covariância (ANCOVA) e o teste t. Basicamente, as variáveis cefalométricas usadas seguiram as análises de Steiner (1953), Tweed (1954) e McNamara Jr (1984). RESULTADOS: Encontrou-se diferença estatística (p < 0,05) entre as raças em 7 das variáveis estudadas. Estas diferenças indicaram um padrão mais vertical, menor ângulo interincisivos e menor sobremordida para a amostra nipobrasileira, com relação à amostra leucoderma, porém valores semelhantes aos da amostra xantoderma. CONCLUSÕES: Os valores esqueléticos e dentários encontrados para os jovens nipo-brasileiros foram, em geral, intermediários aos das amostras leucoderma e xantoderma, entretanto, mais similares àqueles da amostra de xantoderma, o que fortalece a necessidade de conhecer o padrão específico deste grupo de mestiços. / OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify the standards for skeletal and dental measurements of adolescent Japanese-Brazilian descents with normal occlusion and also to compare it with a similar White and Japanese sample. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Lateral cephalometric radiographs were used with the purpose of comparison between the groups: White (N=40), Japanese-Brazilian (N=32) and Japanese (n=33). The statistical tests were the t test and ANCOVA. Basically, the cephalometric measurements used followed the analyses of Steiner (1953), Tweed (1954) and McNamara Jr (1984). RESULTS: The statistical differences (p < .05) indicated a more accentuated vertical pattern, smaller interincisal angle and overbite for the Japanese-Brazilian sample, when compared to the White sample, although with similar values to the Japanese group. CONCLUSION: The skeletal and dental standards found for the Japanese-Brazilian descents were, in general, similar to those of the Japanese sample but diverse to the White sample. This empowers the necessity to discern this Japanese-Brazilian descents pattern.

PROPOSIÇÃO: As características cefalométricas, faciais e dentárias, variam consideravelmente entre as diferentes raças. No Brasil, em virtude da grande miscigenação populacional, é necessário conhecer também as variações apresentadas pelas misturas destas raças. Por esta razão, o objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os padrões das variáveis dentárias e esqueléticas de jovens mestiços nipo-brasileiros com oclusão normal e compará-los com amostras semelhantes de leucoderma e de xantoderma. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Foram utilizadas 40 telerradiografias de jovens leucodermas, 32 de nipo-brasileiros e 33 de xantodermas. As três amostras apresentavam indivíduos com oclusão normal e face bem balanceada. Foram realizadas as análises estatísticas de covariância (ANCOVA) e o teste t. Basicamente, as variáveis cefalométricas usadas seguiram as análises de Steiner (1953), Tweed (1954) e McNamara Jr (1984). RESULTADOS: Encontrou-se diferença estatística (p < 0,05) entre as raças em 7 das variáveis estudadas. Estas diferenças indicaram um padrão mais vertical, menor ângulo interincisivos e menor sobremordida para a amostra nipobrasileira, com relação à amostra leucoderma, porém valores semelhantes aos da amostra xantoderma. CONCLUSÕES: Os valores esqueléticos e dentários encontrados para os jovens nipo-brasileiros foram, em geral, intermediários aos das amostras leucoderma e xantoderma, entretanto, mais similares àqueles da amostra de xantoderma, o que fortalece a necessidade de conhecer o padrão específico deste grupo de mestiços. / OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify the standards for skeletal and dental measurements of adolescent Japanese-Brazilian descents with normal occlusion and also to compare it with a similar White and Japanese sample. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Lateral cephalometric radiographs were used with the purpose of comparison between the groups: White (N=40), Japanese-Brazilian (N=32) and Japanese (n=33). The statistical tests were the t test and ANCOVA. Basically, the cephalometric measurements used followed the analyses of Steiner (1953), Tweed (1954) and McNamara Jr (1984). RESULTS: The statistical differences (p < .05) indicated a more accentuated vertical pattern, smaller interincisal angle and overbite for the Japanese-Brazilian sample, when compared to the White sample, although with similar values to the Japanese group. CONCLUSION: The skeletal and dental standards found for the Japanese-Brazilian descents were, in general, similar to those of the Japanese sample but diverse to the White sample. This empowers the necessity to discern this Japanese-Brazilian descents pattern.

This thesis addresses the question ‘how can breastfeeding support services best meet the needs of women of Bangladeshi origin living in the UK?’ Breastfeeding is important for health, potentially contributing to reducing health inequalities. National surveys show that women of Bangladeshi origin have high initiation rates but low rates of continuation and exclusive breastfeeding. An initial literature review revealed that existing research relating to breastfeeding and the Bangladeshi community was descriptive and essentialist representing ethnic groups as homogenous and failing to recognise the influence of structural factors. Quantitative analysis of 357 Bangladeshi women in the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) provided a more detailed national context for the qualitative research.A cumulative qualitative design underpinned by reflexivity was used comprising focus groups and interviews with grandmothers, fathers, mothers and health practitioners. Sampling was purposive for the family and practitioner phases and theoretically-informed for the mothers’ interviews. Analysis used ethnographic and narrative approaches to make sense of individual experiences within social context.The main finding was that the breastfeeding support needs of women of Bangladeshi origin were generally similar to the majority population. However to improve breastfeeding support practitioners need to understand where cultural context makes a difference. Practitioners misrecognised diversity of the Bangladeshi population in the UK including how ethno-religious identities as a minority group within a hostile majority were constituted and impacted on women’s lives. The family context of breastfeeding, including living arrangements, household responsibilities and family relationships mediated women’s access to time and space for breastfeeding. While practitioners recognised these pressures on women, they were used to affirm stereotypes of women as passive. This combined with lack of confidence and organisational constraints led to practitioners feeling powerless to support breastfeeding. Alongside implementing good practice for breastfeeding and culturally competent care, health services could engage with families, provide bilingual advocacy workers and involve women in designing accessible breastfeeding support services.

The present study deals with the nature of the New Order Government policies toward the Indonesian Chinese ethnic group and the role of Bakom PKB in assisting the New Order Government to formulate and implement the pembauran policy. This study will consider the policy communication framework toward the Indonesian Chinese ethnic group in Indonesia, and discuss the New Order Government policies, and the role of the Bakom PKB within this framework. Two case studies are used to iluminate the role of Bakom PKB in channeling the pembauran policy from the government to the society vice versa. In the case of settling the citizenship status of Chinese descent, the role of Bakom PKB in assisting the New Order Government in formulating and implementing the pembauran policy is obvious right from its establishment. While in the case of the development and implementation of kemitraan (partnership) policy, the Bakom PKB only has a public relation function. The development and implementation of kemitraan policy is carried out by the organisation/association/institutions which are included in the pembauran policy communication networks. There are also discussions on the New Order Government policies concerning the Indonesian Chinese in the period 1966 - 1996, and the communication networks that existed amongst the Bakom PKB, Pokja Inlerdep and private institutions in disseminating the idea of pembauran in the frame of national integration.

Research indicates that Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is associated with a poor self-concept and high levels of anxiety (peens et al., 2004; Piek et al., 2000; Skinner & Piek, 2001). Research also substantiates that participation in a well planned motor intervention programme can enhance the self-concept of a child with DCD (Colchico et al., 2005). Literature further indicates that DCD is associated with neuro-motor problems which may vary in severity (Sigmundsson & Hopkins, 2005). It is further indicated that more boys than girls are diagnosed with DCD and also that, in general, boys have a higher self-concept than girls (Maldonado-Duran, 2002; Stein et al., 1998). The aim of this study was firstly, to determine the influence of DCD on the self-concept and anxiety of 7-9 year old children in the Potchefstroom district. Secondly, the study aimed to determine whether gender and the ethnic group of DCD children have an effect on the success of different intervention programmes. A third aim was to determine whether a motor based intervention programme, a self-concept enhancing programme or a combination of the two (psycho-motor intervention programme) would have the best effect on enhancing children's self-concept and motor proficiency. Lastly, the study attempted to determine whether neuro-motor problems could have a negative influence on an intervention programme for DCD children. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC), Bruininks-Oseretsky Test for Motor Proficiency (BOTMP-SF), Sensory Input Measurement Instrument (SIM) and Quick Neurological Screening Test II (QNST) were used to determine children's motor proficiency as well as possible neuro-motor problems. The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (Child Form) (TSCS-CF) and Child Anxiety Scale (CAS) were used to determine the children's self-concept and anxiety respectively. One way variance of analysis, repeated measures analysis, independent t-testing, co-variance of analysis as well as correlational coefficients (r) were conducted, using the Statistica computer package in order to analyze the data according to the above-mentioned aims. A p-value of smaller than or equal to 0.05 was accepted as a significant difference. From the results of the study it seemed that the self-concept and anxiety of randomly selected 7-9 year old children (N=58) diagnosed with DCD are negatively influenced and that girls are more vulnerable to these influences. Repeated measure analyses over a period of one year showed that of the three programmes the motor intervention programme showed the best results at improving the children's motor proficiency while, on the other hand, the psychomotor intervention programme improved their self-concept most. Ethnic group and gender did not have a significant effect on the success of intervention programmes. Lastly, it was found that underlying neuro-motor problems could influence the effect of an intervention programme negatively. It is clear from this study that DCD has a negative effect on children, but that participation in a well planned intervention programme will have positive effects on both their motor proficiency and self-concept. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Human Movement Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka hur kosovoalbaner ser på blandäktenskap i dagens Sverige. Vidare var studiens frågeställningar: hur intervjupersoner ser på relationer med någon med annan bakgrund och hur de upplever familjens åsikter. Dessa frågor har i sin tur besvarats med hjälp av empirisk studie, tidigare forskning och teoretiskt ramverk. Kvalitativa intervjuer med sex kosovoalbaners intervjusvar har varit grunden för insamlingen av materialet. Sammanfattningsvis visar resultatet att respondenterna inte har något emot blandäktenskap, men att de själva inte hade valt att gifta sig med någon utanför den etniska gruppen. Vidare visar resultatet att föräldrarnas åsikter spelar en stor roll för respondenternas liv och därmed påverkar det även deras val av partner. / The purpose of the study has been to explore ideas about how Kosovo Albanians view mixed marriage in today's Sweden. Furthermore, the questions of the study were: how interviewees look at relationships with someone with a different background and how they experience the family's views. These questions have in turn been answered with the aid of empirical studies, previous research and theoretical framework. Qualitative interviews with six Kosovo Albanians as respondents has been the basis for the collection of the material. Based on the purpose and the issues of the study, I have chosen to investigate what these six respondents think about relationships with someone who has a different background, and if the experience of family opinions is of importance to young people's choice of partner. In summary, results have shown that respondents do not mind interracial marriage, but they have not chosen to marry anyone outside the ethnic group. Furthermore, results have shown that their parents' views play a major part in their lives and thus indirectly affect their choice of partner.

The topic of this thesis is Genocide in Rwanda which occurred in 1994 and its reflection in Czech press during that time. The aim is to find out in what way the chosen press reported about the genocide itself, the violence in 1994 that preceded it and events that ensued. The findings are compared mutually. Specifically, it's about Mladá fronta Dnes and Lidové noviny that were chosen to represent right sided press. Rudé právo, a newspaper closer to left side of political spectrum, and weekly prints named Respekt and Reflex all representing non-daily print. The thesis is ment as a probe closely investigating Czech media and painting general picture of how the media reported about the conflict in Rwanda. The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical and investigative part, the former describing the general characteristics of the country and the historical causes of the tension between the two ethnic groups, events that preceded the genocide and last but not least the course of events that unfolded afterwards during the same year while the latter analyzes the selected Czech prints.

The purpose of this study was to examine how the Swedish press produced begging phenomenon in Sweden during the year of 2014. The used method was a qualitative content analysis using the theoretical perspectives, social constructionism and labeling theory. This study has covered 90 articles focused on begging phenomenon within the Swedish press.The main results in this study were that Swedish media often present the phenomenon of begging on the basis of ethnic group, the Roma. Due to a long history of discrimination they lack social and economic security both in Sweden and in the rest of the EU. The phenomenon of begging is presented as a result of organized crime and the given solution resolving begging is to ban it. Social knowledge about who the involved individuals are and why they beg is represented clearly in the press. We acknowledge that the results, based on theories and previous research, not always integrates and correspond with reality. The press often forgets to mention that this ethnic group has no safe and secure place to call "home".

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mauricio Loiacono.pdf: 2110226 bytes, checksum: a34778480f9b5a914f87cde154ab7fb1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper has as a theme the Exile of The Russian Orthodox Apostolic Catholic Church in São Paulo. The Development of the theme in issue had as objectiv to demonstrate how this denomination of the Orthodox Church related to the immigration work along with Russians who participate in it, not only limiting a relation in a holy space where they are installed in their temples to wich the followers run into in Service Days or Holly Feasts; moreover, its way of leading with daily matters of their followers lives who away from Russia were obliged to a reconstruction of their identities in a country totally strange to them. The text that is presented had as resources, a research done along with the priests of this Church mainly responsible of the São Sérgio de Radonej church in Moema, São Paulo; besides the interviews conducted with the clergyman, it was still done in this research activities such as, in loco observation work, participation in Sunday Liturgy, in Easter Celebration, and the Foundation of the church Celebration among other festivities. Therefore, it is expected that this pioneer paper in relation to this matter will be part of a contribution to those studious people of The Religion Science field, as well as other correlated studies to the Religious Diversity Study in Brazil. / O presente trabalho tem como tema, A Igreja Católica Apostólica Ortodoxa Russa no Exílio em São Paulo. O desenvolvimento do tema em questão objetivou-se a demonstrar como essa denominação da Igreja Ortodoxa voltada para a Imigração atua junto aos russos que a ela são congregados, não apenas limitando-se a uma relação no espaço sagrado onde estão instalados seus templos para onde os fiéis acorrem nos dias de Liturgia e Festas Santificadas, mais que isso, a sua forma de agir no cotidiano dessas pessoas que fora da Rússia foram obrigadas à reconstrução de sua identidade em um país totalmente estranho para eles. O texto que ora é apresentado, teve como subsídios uma pesquisa feita junto a sacerdotes dessa Igreja, principalmente o padre responsável pela Paróquia de São Sérgio de Radonej no Bairro de Moema-SP. Além dessas entrevistas concluídas junto aos clérigos, foram realizados ainda nessa pesquisa, trabalhos de observação in loco, participando além das Liturgias Dominicais, em celebrações como a da Páscoa e Festa da Fundação da Paróquia entre outras. Assim sendo, espera-se que esse trabalho pioneiro em relação ao assunto venha a apresentar-se como uma contribuição para os estudiosos das Ciências da Religião, bem como outros estudos correlatos a Diversidade Religiosa no Brasil.

This study explored the experiences of young adult members of a Ukrainian Catholic community in Western Canada using the concept of sense of community as a conceptual framework. Psychological sense of community refers to a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members needs will be met through their commitment to be together (p. 9, McMillan & Chavis, 1986). Sense of community has been studied primarily at the level of the individual, rather than the group or community. This research used focus groups to move beyond the level of the individual to examine the sense of community shared by Ukrainian Catholic young adults. A total of 22 young adults participated in six focus groups. Qualitative analysis of focus group transcripts using Ethnograph 5.07 (Robbins & Seidel, 1998) revealed that belonging, familiarity with community members, and trust that the community would support them, were three core aspects of the sense of community shared by these young adults. Three supportive aspects that increased sense of community also emerged from this study: participation in church services and community events, similarity in members beliefs, values, interests and goals, and a strong sense of ones ethnic and religious heritage and traditions. These findings argue for the inclusion of participation as a dimension of sense of community rather than a correlate. Challenges to all of these aspects tended to decrease young adults sense of community. Lack of shared beliefs, feelings of intimidation in a new parish and hypocrisy in the actions of other community members were especially damaging to young adults sense of community. Based on this information, four areas of need were identified for the Ukrainian Catholic young adult population and suggestions were made to help strengthen their sense of community. The use of focus groups allowed for the emergence of a description of sense of community that was reflective of the ethnic, religious and developmental characteristics of the population under study. Future research should employ methodologies that are sensitive to the context-dependent nature of this construct.