Esta dissertação apresenta como a criação de personagens realizada pelo escritor guianense Wilson Harris em The Sleepers of Roraima (1970) ressoa com premissas da ideia de diferença existente em cosmologias ameríndias. Para traçar uma relação entre esses planos, o trabalho foca na corporalidade e na perspectiva, tópicos fundamentais do americanismo tropical, articulando-os aos processos de singularização de personagens narrados na trilogia de novelas de Harris. Destaca-se como modos de individuação de povos nativos da região repercutem com as dinâmicas que compõem os seres ficcionais da obra. Essas dinâmicas, mediadas por aspectos pré-individuais irredutíveis a uma morfologia de personificações fisiologicamente discreta, participam da focalização das novelas, de modo que esta funciona como eixo de proliferação de perspectivas. Assim, o narrador se afasta do princípio de identidade como medida régia da personificação, convergindo com a replicação diferenciante própria de práticas de muitas ontologias ameríndias. O estudo mostra que as personagens analisadas também não são finalizadas por contornos intelectuais ou psicológicos, mas variam relacionalmente à medida que atualizam pontos de vista desdobrados por recursos narrativos como oxímoros e paralelismos. Tais procedimentos textuais dirigem provocações de Harris contra o determinismo mimético do realismo, por meio de linhas de encontro entre dilemáticas barrocas, bricolagens surrealistas e a noção ameríndia de diferença. A partir desta análise literária, a dissertação esboça contribuições para o aprofundamento de uma reciprocidade de perspectivas entre a etnologia americanista, a filosofia da diferença e os estudos literários, considerando possíveis rendimentos dessa simetrização para o questionamento de antípodas modernos tais como natureza/cultura, indivíduo/sociedade e nós/outros. / This dissertation presents how the way the Guyanese writer Wilson Harris creates characters in The Sleepers of Roraima (1970) resonates with premises of the idea of difference existing in indigenous cosmologies of lowland South America. In order to outline a relation between these planes, the work focuses on corporeality and perspective, two themes that are key to americanist ethnology, linking them to the processes of singularization of characters narrated in Harriss trilogy of novellas. More precisely, this research highlights how modes of individuation of the native peoples of the region reverberate in the dynamics that make up the fictional beings in his work. These dynamics, mediated by pre-individual aspects which are irreducible to a morphology of physiologically distinct embodiments, take part in the focalization of the novellas, producing an axis of proliferation of perspectives. Thus, the narrator turns away from the principle of identity as the common denominator of personification, converging with the differentiating replication that characterizes practices within many Amerindian ontologies. This study shows that the analyzed characters are not defined by intellectual or psychological boundaries, but vary relationally as they actualize points of views unfolded by narrative features such as oxymorons and parallelisms. Such textual procedures are directed against the determinism of mimetic realism, through lines of imbrication between baroque dilemmas, surrealist bricolages and the Amerindian notion of difference. As from this literary analysis, this dissertation outlines contributions to deepening a reciprocity of perspectives between Americanist ethnology, the philosophy of difference and literary studies, benefiting from this symmetrization as a point of entry for interrogating modern antipodes such as nature/culture, individual/society and we/others.

O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi estabelecer normas para o Desenho da Figura Humana, especificamente para o Desenho do Homem, avaliado pelo Teste Goodenough-Harris (1963) e pelos Indicadores Maturacionais de Koppitz (1973), bem como obter dados relativos à precisão e à validade. A amostra foi composta por 1540 crianças, de 5 a 11,5 anos, de ambos os sexos, sorteadas de modo a ser representativa de escolares da cidade de São Paulo. Foram controladas as variáveis: idade, sexo e tipo de escola que a criança freqüenta, este último como indicativo do nível socioeconômico. As crianças foram avaliadas individualmente, tendo sido solicitado o Desenho de um Homem e depois aplicado o Teste R-2. Foram realizadas análises de variância, considerando como variáveis a idade, o sexo e o tipo de escola. Foi constatado que as faixas etárias com amplitude de seis meses não discriminavam os grupos. Outra análise com faixas com amplitude um ano se mostrou satisfatória e as médias de pontos mostraram crescimento progressivo com a idade pelos dois sistemas de avaliação. Para a avaliação Goodenough-Harris, foram obtidas diferenças significantes entre os sexos apenas na Educação Infantil e não houve diferenças entre os tipos de escola, mostrando que o desenho pode estar associado em maior grau a fatores maturacionais do que a ambientais. As normas em percentis são apresentadas por idade, com amplitude de um ano e separadas por sexo apenas aos 5 e 6 anos. O mesmo ocorreu na avaliação Koppitz, e as normas estabelecidas por idade e separadas por sexo apenas para 5, 6 e 7 anos. As correlações entre os pontos do Desenho do Homem nas duas avaliações e o teste R-2 foram significantes, sendo para a amostra total de 0,575 (Koppitz) e 0,606 (Goodenough-Harris). A correlação entre as duas avaliações do desenho foi de 0,899 para a amostra total, que é significante e alta. Os coeficientes de precisão pelo reteste foram satisfatórios, sendo de 0,808 na avaliação Goodenough-Harris e 0,708 na Koppitz, para a amostra total. A precisão pelo Método das Metades para a amostra total foi de 0,923 e 0,857, respectivamente. Foram obtidas as freqüências de cada item, por idade e para a amostra total nas duas avaliações, e calculadas as correlações ponto-bisserial dos itens por idade e amostra total. Os resultados foram comparados com os de Harris (1963), Alves (1979), Koppitz (1973), Hutz e Antoniazzi (1995) e Sarti (1999). Concluiu-se que os dois sistemas de pontuação do Desenho do Homem são adequados para avaliação cognitiva das crianças escolares da cidade de São Paulo, podendo ser empregados na triagem e avaliação psicológica infantil. / The purpose of this work was to establish norms for the Human Figure Drawing, specifically for the Man’s Drawing, evaluated by Goodenough-Harris Test (1963) and by the Koppitz Maturity Indicators (1973), as well to get data relating to reliability and validity. The sample was composed by 1540 children, from 5 to 11½ years old, both sexes and school type and it was designed to be a representative sample of students from São Paulo city. Variables aspects age, sex and school type was controlled, this last one as a socioeconomic level indication. Children were assessed individually, and it was asked to Draw a Man and then was applied the R-2 Test. It was performed a Variance Analysis, considering as variables age, sex and school type. It was found that age levels with six months range did not discriminate groups. Another Variance Analysis indicated that age groups with one year range could discriminate age groups and the means scores increased with age in both assessment systems. For Goodenough-Harris system it was found sex differences only in preschool children, but it was not found school type differences, showing that drawing is more associated to maturational factors than environmental factors. Norms were presented in percentiles scores by age, and separated by sex only for 5 and 6 years old. Similar results were found in Koppitz assessment and norms are presented by age and separated by sex only for 5, 6 and 7 years old children. Correlations coefficients between two assessment systems of Man Drawing scores and the R-2 Test for global sample were significant (r= 0,575 to Koppitz and r= 0,606 to Goodenoough-Harris). Correlations between two assessment systems of drawing were high and significant (0,899). Reliability retest coefficients were satisfactory (r= 0,808 to Goodenough-Harris and 0,708 to Koppitz to global sample). The Split-Half reliability to total sample was 0,923 to Goodenough-Harris and 0,857 to Koppitz. It was calculated passing items frequencies and point-biserial correlations for age and for total sample in both systems. Results were compared with researches of Harris (1963), Alves (1979), Koppitz (1973), Hutz & Antoniazzi (1995) and Sarti (1999). It was concluded that both scores systems of Man’s Drawing were adequate to cognitive assessment of São Paulo city children and can be used to screening and psychological diagnostic.

O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi estabelecer normas para o Desenho da Figura Humana, especificamente para o Desenho do Homem, avaliado pelo Teste Goodenough-Harris (1963) e pelos Indicadores Maturacionais de Koppitz (1973), bem como obter dados relativos à precisão e à validade. A amostra foi composta por 1540 crianças, de 5 a 11,5 anos, de ambos os sexos, sorteadas de modo a ser representativa de escolares da cidade de São Paulo. Foram controladas as variáveis: idade, sexo e tipo de escola que a criança freqüenta, este último como indicativo do nível socioeconômico. As crianças foram avaliadas individualmente, tendo sido solicitado o Desenho de um Homem e depois aplicado o Teste R-2. Foram realizadas análises de variância, considerando como variáveis a idade, o sexo e o tipo de escola. Foi constatado que as faixas etárias com amplitude de seis meses não discriminavam os grupos. Outra análise com faixas com amplitude um ano se mostrou satisfatória e as médias de pontos mostraram crescimento progressivo com a idade pelos dois sistemas de avaliação. Para a avaliação Goodenough-Harris, foram obtidas diferenças significantes entre os sexos apenas na Educação Infantil e não houve diferenças entre os tipos de escola, mostrando que o desenho pode estar associado em maior grau a fatores maturacionais do que a ambientais. As normas em percentis são apresentadas por idade, com amplitude de um ano e separadas por sexo apenas aos 5 e 6 anos. O mesmo ocorreu na avaliação Koppitz, e as normas estabelecidas por idade e separadas por sexo apenas para 5, 6 e 7 anos. As correlações entre os pontos do Desenho do Homem nas duas avaliações e o teste R-2 foram significantes, sendo para a amostra total de 0,575 (Koppitz) e 0,606 (Goodenough-Harris). A correlação entre as duas avaliações do desenho foi de 0,899 para a amostra total, que é significante e alta. Os coeficientes de precisão pelo reteste foram satisfatórios, sendo de 0,808 na avaliação Goodenough-Harris e 0,708 na Koppitz, para a amostra total. A precisão pelo Método das Metades para a amostra total foi de 0,923 e 0,857, respectivamente. Foram obtidas as freqüências de cada item, por idade e para a amostra total nas duas avaliações, e calculadas as correlações ponto-bisserial dos itens por idade e amostra total. Os resultados foram comparados com os de Harris (1963), Alves (1979), Koppitz (1973), Hutz e Antoniazzi (1995) e Sarti (1999). Concluiu-se que os dois sistemas de pontuação do Desenho do Homem são adequados para avaliação cognitiva das crianças escolares da cidade de São Paulo, podendo ser empregados na triagem e avaliação psicológica infantil. / The purpose of this work was to establish norms for the Human Figure Drawing, specifically for the Man’s Drawing, evaluated by Goodenough-Harris Test (1963) and by the Koppitz Maturity Indicators (1973), as well to get data relating to reliability and validity. The sample was composed by 1540 children, from 5 to 11½ years old, both sexes and school type and it was designed to be a representative sample of students from São Paulo city. Variables aspects age, sex and school type was controlled, this last one as a socioeconomic level indication. Children were assessed individually, and it was asked to Draw a Man and then was applied the R-2 Test. It was performed a Variance Analysis, considering as variables age, sex and school type. It was found that age levels with six months range did not discriminate groups. Another Variance Analysis indicated that age groups with one year range could discriminate age groups and the means scores increased with age in both assessment systems. For Goodenough-Harris system it was found sex differences only in preschool children, but it was not found school type differences, showing that drawing is more associated to maturational factors than environmental factors. Norms were presented in percentiles scores by age, and separated by sex only for 5 and 6 years old. Similar results were found in Koppitz assessment and norms are presented by age and separated by sex only for 5, 6 and 7 years old children. Correlations coefficients between two assessment systems of Man Drawing scores and the R-2 Test for global sample were significant (r= 0,575 to Koppitz and r= 0,606 to Goodenoough-Harris). Correlations between two assessment systems of drawing were high and significant (0,899). Reliability retest coefficients were satisfactory (r= 0,808 to Goodenough-Harris and 0,708 to Koppitz to global sample). The Split-Half reliability to total sample was 0,923 to Goodenough-Harris and 0,857 to Koppitz. It was calculated passing items frequencies and point-biserial correlations for age and for total sample in both systems. Results were compared with researches of Harris (1963), Alves (1979), Koppitz (1973), Hutz & Antoniazzi (1995) and Sarti (1999). It was concluded that both scores systems of Man’s Drawing were adequate to cognitive assessment of São Paulo city children and can be used to screening and psychological diagnostic.

Title: Comparison of individual methods of basal metabolism determination Objectives: The aim of the work is to compare the individual methods of basal metabolism. These values were measured by indirect calorimetry, plethysmography, bioelectric impedance and predictive equations. Methods: The research was attended by 31 people, including eight men and twenty-three women. All participants of my research were aged 21-30 years. None of the participants was a professional athlete, they were all healthy and none of the women were pregnant or had menstruation. The indirect calorimetry, bioelectronics impedance device Tanita MC - 980 and BOD POD were used to collect the data. Basal metabolic rates were calculated from the prediction equations by Harris & Benedict, Fleisch's equation and Schofield's equation using measured anthropometric values. Results: The results of the methods that have been used for this group of people vary, but the difference is not significant. If we choose as a reference method indirect calorimetry, we can't replace it by any other method. The results for other methods are not significantly different, so we can replace one method with another, except indirect calorimetry. From calculations, we also found out that fat free mass greatly influences the results of basal metabolic rate...

American composer Roy Harris began writing a symphony for the Tommy Dorsey band in 1938, but the piece was never completed. This dissertation project chronicles the events surrounding the interesting collaboration between the composer and the bandleader, including problems incurred during the rehearsal process, the eventual abandonment of the project, and the discovery of the little-known band work. The paper includes information on the composer's life and works, an in-depth discussion of the compositional technique that Harris called “autogenesis,” and a detailed analysis of the two surviving movements of the band piece. The piece is also discussed comparatively with other significant works in Harris' symphonic genre, most notably his Folksong Symphony, also known as his Fourth Symphony. A significant portion of the research and preparation for the project was spent reconstructing a modern wind ensemble edition of the two surviving movements. A complete score of the reconstructed edition is included as part of this project.

The present thesis explores the link between children's drawings and cognitive development. The aim of this study is to investigate the intellectual abilities of the child draughtsman with good depiction skills and to evaluate the merit of the drawing technique in the assessment of conceptual maturity. The standardised Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (GHDT) of intellectual maturity was administered to 115 children between 4 to 8 years of age against criterion ability measures (Wechsler scales). Its psychometric properties are examined in respect to its norms and scales, its reliability and validity at different age levels and ranges of intelligence. Early theories in the area of pictorial representation were directed towards identifying features characteristic of different developmental periods (Kerschensteiner, 1905; Luquet, 1927/1977). At the same time Piaget and Inhelder (1948/1967) incorporated these stage theories into their model of spatial intelligence. Yet, the recent experimental study of children's drawings has disclosed a number of variables which interfere during the course of production, challenging the view that drawings can be seen as the royal route to access children's concepts. Stage theories are re-evaluated by means of fourteen experimental drawing tasks with various degree of difficulty. The tasks - administered to the same children tested with the standardised instruments -are spatial in nature and have been sampled from two widely researched areas related to the pictorial representation of partial occlusion and of spatial axes (horizontal/vertical). The acquisition of the pertinent spatial concepts by means of drawings is examined, considering competence-deficiency and competence-utilisation accounts of children's performance at different ages. Finally, overall perfomance on spatial tasks is compared with performance on conventional (Wechsler scales) and non-verbal (GHDT) measures of intellectual functioning, considering the optimum method to assess children's abilities by means of drawings. In general, drawing performance is reasonably sensitive to children's level of intelligence, yet the significance of drawing varies at different ages and ranges of IQ. Finally, the establishment of steadfast developmental trajectories falls short in the field of pictorial representation. The variable performance, particularly from the children at intermediate ages, suggests that the stages of intellectual or visual realism should be seen as relative and not as absolute.

El fenómeno de la transtextualidad ha desbordado todas las fronteras en el territorio de la producción cultural, generando con ello una comunicación entre textos cuyo diálogo permanente excede y reedita la obra inicial, su lenguaje y el medio utilizado para exponerse en el espacio público. El tema de la Transtextualidad o Trascendencia textual del texto, que es —según Gerard Genette— todo lo que pone a un texto en relación explícita o implícita con otros textos, nos permite revisar una obra a la luz de ciertas categorías propuestas por él, en cuanto a esas relaciones secretas o manifiestas que se despliegan generando ecos que remiten a otras fuentes —visuales, sonoras, verbales—, obras que con todo el poder significativo del texto original están ahora parcialmente contenidas en un nuevo texto, resignificándolo y potenciando una nueva relación entre ambos. Examinar esa relación en la obra Cipango del poeta chileno Tomás Harris, es lo que nos ha convocado a realizar este trabajo, donde es posible percibir cómo en su ejercicio poético pone en escena la voz original de un texto y sus múltiples ecos, aportando un nuevo sentido. Es necesario considerar el modelo discursivo del descubrimiento y la conquista de América como referente hipertextual de Cipango, donde se oyen diversas voces, aunque, fundamentalmente la de Colón, para desplegar un viaje virtual en el que el hablante-cronista transita por espacios laberínticos que supone condicionantes para llegar a la meta, lugar a conquistar para reparar el error cometido en el principio por el Almirante, quien creyó llegar a las Indias, originando con su producción escritural parte del problema identitario de América. De tal modo, hemos examinado tanto la fórmula comunicaciónal utilizada por los navegantes-cronistas españoles en sus relaciones con la Corona, como las categorías transtextuales de Gerard Genette en la crónica poética, modelo en donde Harris instala su visión de la historia.

Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica / El presente trabajo articula una investigación que se basa en la identificación de la crisis de la experiencia y de la racionalidad moderna en el libro Cipango (1992)1 del autor Tomás Harris. Lo cual es abordado desde un punto de vista generacional intentando cuestionar versiones unilaterales de la memoria que derivan en el establecimiento de una “versión oficial” lo que implica el erguimiento de una visión totalitaria sobre el acontecimiento de distintos sucesos en la historia de chile. Lo importante en este trabajo, es considerar el surgimiento de una experiencia borrada, de una realidad silenciada, y contemplar la forma en que la literatura aporta la herramienta que permite hacer surgir estos discursos. Para estos efectos, he puesto atención en un plano artístico, el modo en que distintos mecanismos literarios como la transpolación o la sinestesia, permiten la superposición de significados que abren posibilidades de interpretación sobre eventos de la realidad identitaria de Latinoamérica. Estos mecanismos literarios articulan la superación de la crisis de la experiencia y el surgimiento de lecturas más verídicas de sucesos del pasado, apoyando un trabajo reformulador de la memoria en la literatura.

In this paper, I will detail the process that went into the making of my thesis film, Extra Meat. The areas I will cover include: Writing, Directing, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, as well as Technology. Special emphasis will be given to new casting and directing styles I have developed to encourage the strongest possible performances. I will then evaluate the success of the decisions I made.

Vários estudos analisando a taxa de metabolismo de repouso (TMR) contribuíram com equações cuja proposta era estabelecer padrões que pudessem ser genericamente utilizadas para se estimar a TMR. A equação de Harris-Benedict (HB), permanece como o método mais comumente utilizado para estimar a TMR. Porém, em indivíduos obesos o uso de equações preditivas da TMR pode levar a resultados conflitantes. Indivíduos obesos submetidos a dietas hipocalóricas podem apresentar uma diminuição da TMR e do gasto energético total. Isto pode ser a causa da redução na velocidade da perda de peso durante o tratamento. Outros estudos mostram que a TMR, quando corrigida para a massa livre de gordura (MLG), apresenta pouca variabilidade e propõem uma correlação entre MLG e TMR. Porém ainda existem dificuldades em se afirmar ou não se a redução de massa corporal também reduz a TMR. O presente estudo teve como objetivos determinar a TMR de indivíduos com obesidade grau III (IMC > 40 kg/m2) do sexo feminino obtida por meio de calorimetria indireta (CI) e comparar com a TMR estimada por meio da equação de HB utilizando-se peso atual e peso ideal. Relacionar a TMR medida por CI com a composição corporal e validar a relação entre a TMR e a MLG nestes indivíduos antes e após a perda de peso. As pacientes foram internadas na Unidade Metabólica da Divisão de Nutrologia do Departamento de Clínica Médica do HCFMRP-USP, durante um período de 8 semanas. No início e no final do estudo foram realizadas: avaliação nutricional incluindo antropometria, bioimpedância e calorimetria indireta. As pacientes foram submetidas a uma dieta hipocalórica durante a internação. A TMR medida por calorimetria indireta (CI) no início e final do estudo foi de 2540 ± 417 e 1924 ± 275 kcal/dia, respectivamente (p<0,05). Quando calculado pela equação de HB utilizando-se peso atual, os valores encontrados foram 2074 ± 214 e 1941 ± 190 kcal/dia (p<0,05). Utilizando-se o peso ideal a TMR calculada foi de 1343 ± 59 kcal/dia. A TMR medida por CI foi, em média, 18 % maior que a calculada por HB pelo peso atual e 47 % maior que a calculada por HB utilizando-se o peso ideal no início do estudo. No final do estudo estes valores passaram para 1% e 30% respectivamente. Comparando-se a TMR medida por CI e calculada por HB usando peso atual tem-se, no início do estudo uma diferença significante (p<0,05) que não se repete no final do estudo (p>0,05). A TMR, quando corrigida para massa livre de gordura no início e no final do estudo foi de 46 ± 6 e 35 ± 5 kcal/d/MLG (p<0,05) respectivamente e quando corrigida para a gordura corporal (GC) foi de 33 ± 6 e 30 ± 5 kcal/d/GC (p<0,05) respectivamente. Os dados encontrados no presente estudo não permitem afirmar que o uso da equação de HB possa estimar a TMR de maneira confiável em indivíduos obesos grau III do sexo feminino. Porém os dados sugerem que logo após submeter esses indivíduos à dieta hipocalórica, com conseqüente perda de peso a equação de HB se torna confiável para estimar a TMR. Pacientes obesos ingerindo dieta livre deveriam ter a TMR obtida por meio da equação de HB corrigida por um fator de 20% a mais. / Studies analyzing resting energy expenditure (REE) have contributed with equations that were intended to establish a pattern that could be used generally to estimate the REE. Harris Benedict’s (HB) equation remains as the most used in estimating the REE. But in obese subjects, the use of predictive equations can lead to conflicting results. Obese individuals undergoing a hypo caloric diet may have a reduction in the REE and in the total energy expenditure. These are the most probably cause of the slowing on weight loss during the treatment. Some studies show that when the REE is relative to the fat free mass (FFM) there is less variability and their proposal is a correlation between FFM and REE. But it is difficult to confirm if a reduction in total body mass also can diminish the REE. The objective of this study was to define the REE of female subjects with grade III obesity (body mass index (BMI) > 40 kg/m2) using indirect calorimetry (IC) and to compare this REE with the one estimated with HB equation using real body weight and ideal body weight, and try to correlate the REE obtained by IC with the body composition, validating the relation between REE and FFM in these individual before and after weight loss. The patients were under hospital regimen in the Metabolic Unit of the Nutrology Division of the Internal Medicine Department of the HCFMRP-USP, for an 8 weeks period. At the beginning and at the end of the study, nutritional assessment was realized, including anthropometry, bioimpedance and indirect calorimetry. The patients were undergoing a hypo caloric diet during the 8 week period. The REE obtained by indirect calorimetry (IC) at the beginning and at the end of the study was 2540 ± 417 e 1924 ± 275 kcal/day, respectively (p<0,05). When estimated with the HB equation using real weight the values were 2074 ± 214 e 1941 ± 190 kcal/day (p<0,05). Using the ideal weight, the calculated REE was 1343 ± 59 kcal/day. At the beginning of the study, REE obtained by IC was 18 % greater than the REE calculated with HB equation using the real weight and 47 % greater than the one calculated using the ideal body weight. At the end of the study these values changed to 1% e 30% respectively. There is a significant difference (p<0,05) when comparing the REE obtained by IC with the one calculated using the HB equation with real weight at the beginning of the study, but this does not happen at the end of the study (p>0,05). The REE corrected by the FFM at the beginning and at the end of the study was 46 ± 6 e 35 ± 5 kcal/d/FFM (p<0,05) respectively and the REE corrected by the fat mass (FM) was 3 ± 6 e 30 ± 5 kcal/d/FM (p<0,05) respectively. The data found in this study does not allow affirming that the use of HB equation to predict REE in female grade III obese subjects is reliable. But the data suggest that immediately after using a hypo caloric diet, the REE calculated using HB equation and real weight is reliable. When calculating the REE of female grade III obese patients undergoing a free diet using HB equation, the obtained value should be increased in 20 %.