Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110).

Thesis (Psy.D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 227-245).

Thesis (Psy.D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 114 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

abstract: The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is a central issue in ecology, and a number of recent field experimental studies have greatly improved our understanding of this relationship. Spatial heterogeneity is a ubiquitous characterization of ecosystem processes, and has played a significant role in shaping BEF relationships. The first step towards understanding the effects of spatial heterogeneity on the BEF relationships is to quantify spatial heterogeneity characteristics of key variables of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, and identify the spatial relationships among these variables. The goal of our research was to address the following research questions based on data collected in 2005 (corresponding to the year when the initial site background information was conducted) and in 2008 (corresponding to the year when removal treatments were conducted) from the Inner Mongolia Grassland Removal Experiment (IMGRE) located in northern China: 1) What are the spatial patterns of soil nutrients, plant biodiversity, and aboveground biomass in a natural grassland community of Inner Mongolia, China? How are they related spatially? and 2) How do removal treatments affect the spatial patterns of soil nutrients, plant biodiversity, and aboveground biomass? Is there any change for their spatial correlations after removal treatments? Our results showed that variables of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the natural grassland community would present different spatial patterns, and they would be spatially correlated to each other closely. Removal treatments had a significant effect on spatial structures and spatial correlations of variables, compared to those prior to the removal treatments. The differences in spatial pattern of plant and soil variables and their correlations before and after the biodiversity manipulation may not imply that the results from BEF experiments like IMGRE are invalid. However, they do suggest that the possible effects of spatial heterogeneity on the BEF relationships should be critically evaluated in future studies. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Biology 2011

Idiopathic Epiretinal membrane is a proliferation of contractile cells on the surface of the retina that typically occurs after posterior vitreous detachment. Though many questions have been raised on the causes of this condition, a greater debate has been on the treatment of this pathology. The literature suggest the potential benefit in peeling ILM, due to its inherent proliferative characteristics, along with the ERM, during the surgery, however sufficient data has yet to been found. Due to the lack of consensus in treatment of iERM, this study set forth to provide some insight on the surgical outcomes of patients that undergo combined peeling as well attempting to contribute to a potential surgical protocol in treating iERM. This was a retrospective case series study looking at 140 eyes from 126 iERM patients that underwent ERM surgical treatment at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center between 1998 and 2015. Pre- and post- operative visual acuities, lens status (phakic, aphakic, pseudophakic), type (kenalog with or without ICG) and duration (0.5min, 1 min, 1.5 min) of the stains used in the procedure, and any prior or successive surgeries were recorded and analyzed. Overall, ERM surgeries demonstrated a significant (p<0.0001) improvement in visual acuity. Furthermore, the combined peel patients demonstrated a significantly (p<0.0467) greater mean change in logMAR score when compared to ERM-only peel procedures. In addition, the combined peel group showed a smaller rate of recurrence. Lastly, simultaneous cataract surgery and the use of ILM stains did not have an impact on the outcome of ERM surgery. The study found that combined (ERM and ILM) peeling along with simultaneous cataract surgery, if a cataract was present, along with the utilization of ILM stains is cost-effective, safe, and effective approach in treating iERM and decreasing its recurrence.

A faixa urbanizada da orla na costa sul – oriental e leste do Estado do Rio de Janeiro sofre constantemente com a destruição de calçadões, ruas, muros e casas em eventos oceanográficos extremos. Essas construções, na maior parte dos casos estão localizadas muito próximas ao limite com a praia, dentro da faixa de não edificação prevista no Projeto Orla do Ministério do Meio Ambiente. A região apresenta forte crescimento populacional com principais atividades econômicas associadas à exploração de petróleo nas cidades de Macaé e Rio das Ostras, ao turismo da Região dos Lagos, além do centro urbano de Niterói já consolidado. A identificação de jazidas de material semelhante ao original para recuperação de praias como opção de mitigação, representa uma alternativa para manter a função de proteção exercida pelas mesmas e de seu uso para o lazer. Nesse sentido, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a compatibilidade de sedimentos superficiais da plataforma continental interna com as areias de praias urbanas, situadas entre as cidades de Niterói e Macaé – RJ, através da comparação de parâmetros estatísticos da distribuição granulométrica das areias desses dois ambientes. Para a caracterização sedimentar das praias alvo, foram coletadas amostras da face praial de 16 praias situadas nos principais núcleos urbanos deste segmento do litoral fluminense. Os dados granulométricos dos sedimentos superficiais da antepraia e plataforma continental interna entre Niterói e Macaé são secundários, de campanhas oceanográficas pretéritas. Tais dados foram filtrados e digitalizados, somando um total de aproximadamente 1200 pontos de coleta que vão desde a barra leste da Baia da Guanabara até a Restinga de Jurubatiba. Onze áreas granulometricamente compatível com as diferentes praias da região de estudo foram identificadas próximo à isóbata de -20 m ao largo da costa de Niterói e Maricá, de Cabo Frio e Búzios e entre Rio das Ostras e Macaé, representando potenciais estoques de sedimento para utilização em projetos de recuperação dessas praias. / The urbanized coastline of east and south-east littoral of the state of Rio de Janeiro suffers constantly with the destruction of houses, walls and streets in extreme oceanographic events. These constructions, in most cases are located very close to the limit with the beach, inside of the range of no building suggest by Projeto Orla – Ministry of Environment. This region has strong population growth with major economic activities associated with oil exploration in the city of Macae and Rio das Ostras, industry of tourism in Lakes Region and the urban center of Niteroi already consolidated. The identification of sand deposits with similar granulometric characteristics to the native material to nourishment project as a mitigation option, represented an alternative to maintain the protective function of the beach and use for recreation. The objective of this study is analyze the compatibility of surface sediments of the inner continental shelf and sands of urban beaches, located between the cities of Niteroi and Macae – RJ, through of comparison the statistical parameters of size distribution of the sands of these two environments. For the characterization of sedimentary beaches were sampled from the beach face of 16 beaches located in the major urban centers of this segment of the coastline of Rio de Janeiro’s state. The granulometric data of surface sediments of the inner continental shelf between Niteroi an Macae are secondary from preterits oceanographic campaigns. These datas were filtered and digitized with a total of approximately 1200 collection points ranging from east bar of Guanabara Bay to the Restinga de Jurubatiba. Eleven areas granulometrically compatible with the different beaches were identified near the -20 meters isobaths near the coast of Niteroi and Marica, Cabo Frio and Buzios and between Rio das Ostras and Macae, representing a potential borrow areas for use in nourishment projects in this region.

CÂMARA, Pedro Pinheiro. Sobre a possibilidade do conhecimento de si na dedução transcendental e nas reflexões sobre O Sentido Interno de Leningrado. 2017. 98f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia, Fortaleza (CE), 2017. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-05-03T17:29:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_ppcâmara.pdf: 1521207 bytes, checksum: e578db56b4236c775fd6aaa3c6460576 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-05-04T14:14:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_ppcâmara.pdf: 1521207 bytes, checksum: e578db56b4236c775fd6aaa3c6460576 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-04T14:14:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_ppcâmara.pdf: 1521207 bytes, checksum: e578db56b4236c775fd6aaa3c6460576 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / This research discusses arguments about self-knowledge in the work Transcendental Deduction of the Critique of Pure Reason using as a strategy of analysis and study of the work the comparison of it with a Kantian manuscript found and published only at the end of the 20th century. It also uses, in order to deepen the theses, the commentators who notably held discussions on the subject. The research defends the importance of inner sense to understand the main argument and to characterize its specificities. Inner sense is a secondary theme, but very attached to the main problem. Time, which is the form of this inner sense, has been studied as the appearance of the subject in the sensibility and, therefore, crucial factor in the understanding of the Kantian subjectivity. This research was structured around some important distinctions to understand the theme under analysis, they are: between internal sense and external sense, and apperception and inner sense. Throughout the production of the arguments the systemic character of the Kantian thought was emphasized, which implies in a greater complexity in the definition of its elements since they are defined in relation to the others. The research concludes the specificity of the self-knowledge that is distinct from the knowledge in a strict sense, because it does not contain the qualifiers of a properly objective knowledge. From the conclusions also emerged the importance of the embodiment of the empirical subject as a way of apprehending oneself, expressing the relation between internal and external sense; as well as the self-affection as an important concept to understand the distinction of the inner sense from the transcendental apperception. / A pesquisa discute argumentos sobre o conhecimento de si na Dedução Transcendental da Crítica da Razão Pura, utilizando como estratégia de análise e estudo da obra o seu cotejamento com um manuscrito kantiano encontrado e publicado apenas no final do século XX. Utiliza também para aprofundamento das teses os comentadores que notadamente realizaram discussões sobre a temática. Os argumentos defendem a importância do sentido interno para compreensão do argumento principal e para caracterização de suas especificidades, o que o torna esse último tema adjunto ao problema. O tempo, que é a forma desse sentido interno, foi estudado como aparecimento do sujeito na sensibilidade e, portanto, é fator crucial na compreensão da subjetividade kantiana. O trabalho de pesquisa foi estruturado em torno de algumas distinções importantes para compreensão do tema em análise, são elas: entre sentido interno e sentido externo, e apercepção e sentido interno. Ao longo da produção dos argumentos, ressaltou-se o caráter sistêmico do pensamento kantiano, o que implica em maior complexidade na definição de seus elementos, visto os mesmos estarem bastante definidos em relação aos demais. Do trabalho se conclui a especificidade do conhecimento de si, compreendido como distinto do conhecimento em sentido strictu por não conter os qualificativos de um conhecimento propriamente objetivo. Das conclusões também emergiram a corporeidade do sujeito empírico como modo de apreensão de si mesmo, revelando a relação sentido interno e externo, além da autoafecção como conceito importante na compreensão da distinção do sentido interno da apercepção transcendental.

I studied outer, middle and inner ear morphology in Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis).I compared studied specimen with other subterranean, fossorial and aboveground rodents and assumed degree of its adaptation to subterranean environment.