The aim of this study was to discover whether a value-based typology could be established that was applicable to all South African adults. It was predicated on the basis of a literature review and previous research findings that there were two major underlying dimensions of values: collectivism versus individualism and inner- versus outer-directed. The parameters of these dimensions were hypothesised within the framework of a common social structure, based on a number of related propositions. It was also hypothesised that the South African adult population consisted of five types. Five value measures were examined and found to have disadvantages for South Africa. A value measurement technique had been developed in South Africa for an on-going study titled Sociomonitor. The core of this study was the measurement of values of relevance to marketing and media. Over the period 1976 to 1993 separate value based typologies were identified for urban Blacks and Whites. In 1995 both races were covered in the same year and a common typology was found. In 1997/8 Sociomonitor was extended to the total adult population of South Africa. Respondents were sub-divided into Collectivism, Individualism, Inner- and Outer-directed groups. The characteristics of which were found to be substantially as had been expected. South African adults were categorised into five value types. Three of which were as had been hypothesised, two were in place of one of the five anticipated and one wasn't found. It is concluded that the values of adults from all ethnic groups fall within the parameters of collectivism versus individualism and inner- versus outer-directed. Furthermore, there are five different value types in the South African adult population that transcend ethnic boundaries. The implications of a multi-ethnic typology for marketing, social and political decision-making, research and the formulation of scenarios are outlined. It is recommended that this type of research be extended to other African countries and small communities. / Dissertation (PHD)--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Psychology / unrestricted

Orientador: Márcia Maria Strazzacappa Hernandéz / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / O exemplar da FE acompanha um Clipe de apresentação da pesquisa. / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T16:14:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_LauraArgentoLuisda_M.pdf: 2394194 bytes, checksum: dfa02cff7ef8b5498f381748e1bb1fd8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A pesquisa apoiada pela FAPESP, insere-se na busca atual de novos paradigmas na formação continuada de educadores, buscando ampliar a reflexão em torno das contribuições mútuas das áreas da arte e da educação. Realizou uma investigação relacionando estas áreas, focando-se na utilização da experiência teatral para a construção do saber pedagógico, criando elos entre a criação artística e a criatividade na prática educacional. Objetivou-se, com seu desenvolvimento, investigar possibilidades criativas de aproximação entre teoria e prática pedagógicas, partindo da proposição do educador francês Célestin Freinet: "Se você não voltar a ser como uma criança, não entrará no Reino Encantado da Pedagogia". Estruturou-se tendo como base pesquisa de campo realizada na AMIC - Amigos da Criança/ Centro Espírita Fé e Amor, tendo seus procedimentos metodológicos identificados com aqueles da Pesquisa Participante, ou Pesquisa Criação, desdobrando-se em três frentes distintas: experimentação prática por meio de oficinas teatrais realizadas com um grupo constante de educadoras; acompanhamento dos cotidianos destas educadoras em sala de aula; entrevistas. As principais referências teóricas (além de Freinet) foram: Janusz Korczak, Augusto Boal, Constantin Stanislavski e Viola Spolin. Os temas desenvolvidos foram: a empatia do educador em relação ao educando; as opressões que aquele exerce sobre este; o jogo simbólico como possibilidade de comunicação entre o mundo adulto e o infantil; a busca pela criança interior do educador por meio de suas memórias e brincadeiras de infância; a confiança trabalhada pela expressão corporal; possibilitando a criatividade, a espontaneidade, a auto superação, a recuperação de sua identidade, em um processo que culminou em uma montagem cênica e apresentações públicas de uma peça teatral. / Abstract: The research supported by FAPESP, is in search of new paradigms in the current continuing education of educators, seeking to expand the discussion around the mutual contributions of the areas of art and education. Conducted an investigation relating these areas, focusing on the use of the theatrical experience for the construction of pedagogical knowledge, creating links between artistic creation and creativity in educational practice. The objective, to its development, was to investigate creative possibilities of rapprochement between educational theory and practice, based on the proposition of the French educator Celestin Freinet: "If you do not return to the way of a child, you won't enter the Kingdom of Good Teaching." It's structure was based on field research conducted in AMIC - Friends of Children / Center Spiritist Faith and Love, and its methodological procedures identified with those of the Research Participant, or Creation Research and was split into three distinct fronts: experimental practice through theatrical workshops held with a group of educators, monitoring the daily of educators in the classroom and interviews. The main theoretical references (besides Freinet) were: Janusz Korczak, Augusto Boal, Constantin Stanislavski and Viola Spolin. The themes that were developed: the empathy of the teacher on the student, the oppression that the teatcher has on this, the symbolic game as a possibility for communication between the adult and child world, the search for the child inside the educator through his memories and tricks of childhood, the trust built up by the body expression, allowing the creativity, spontaneity, self overrun, the recovery of their identity in a process that culminated in an assembly stage and public presentations of a theatrical piece. / Mestrado / Educação, Conhecimento, Linguagem e Arte / Mestre em Educação

The purposes of this study were to investigate the possible therapeutic and educational effects of writing an autobiography in an undergraduate developmental psychology course, to explore the role of structure in writing an autobiography, and to determine if any significant sex differences exist in the effects of writing an autobiography.

Thesis problem: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) can provide images with identical information and considerable dose reduction compared with reasonably low costs compared to multislice computed tomography (MSCT) especially where multiple follow up imaging studies are needed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of CBCT, using i-CAT®'s software, for detection of the anatomical landmarks of the external, middle and inner ear to answer this question whether MSCT Can be replaced by dental CBCT for evaluation of the temporal bone. Material and methods: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of 63 subjects made with the same machine, with unknown clinical histories and no evidence of pathosis on CBCT images, were evaluated by two oral and maxillofacial radiologists retrospectively. Seven anatomical points (scutum, oval window, incudomalleolar joint, the tympanic/horizontal and mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve, anterior and posterior crura of stapes) of the right and left temporal bone (total of 120 temporal bones) were evaluated. The results were provided as percentage of the points identified by each radiologist. The intra and inter observer agreement were calculated using kappa statistic. Results: The scutum, the tympanic/horizontal segment of the facial nerve canal and the oval window of the right and left temporal bone of 63 cases (total 126 temporal bones) were visualized by the first observer as well-defined structures in 100%, 96.03% and 100% of the cases, respectively. The tympanic/horizontal segment of the facial nerve canal was visualized as a poorly-defined structure in 2.38 % and could not be identified in 1.59% of the cases. The anterior and posterior crura of stapes, the mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve canal and the incudomalleolar joint were visualized as well-defined structures in 24.60%, 53.17%, 99.21% and 57.94% of the cases, as poorly defined structures in 32.54%, 41.27%, 0.79% and 39.68% of the cases respectively. The anterior and posterior crura of stapes, the mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve canal and the incudomalleolar joint could not be identified in 42.86%, 5.56%, 0% and 2.38% of the cases respectively. The intra- and inter-observer agreement ranged from strong for tympanic/horizontal and mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve canal to poor for the anterior and posterior crura of stapes and also the incudomalleolar joint. Conclusion: The i-CAT CBCT machine is a promising replacement for MSCT in evaluation of the temporal bone where there is no need for evaluation of the anterior and posterior crura of stapes and the incudomalleolar joint which are the smallest anatomical structures in the temporal bone. Other CBCT machines with higher contrast to noise ratio should be evaluated for detection of those anatomical structures since CBCT can reduce the patient dose substantially where multiple follow up CT studied are needed. Key words: Computed tomography; cone beam CT; multislice helical CT; middle ear; inner ear; temporal bone.

<div><p>Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that stayed unnoticed for over half a century. Only after the 2015-16 Brazilian outbreak did the severity of the infectious outcome, particularly the Congenital Zika Syndrome, become apparent. ZIKV is associated with severe neurodevelopmental impairments in human fetuses, including microencephaly, ventriculomegaly, retinopathy, and sensorineural hearing loss. Though the pandemic is now under control in the Latin American countries, several tropical countries could still be at risk of widespread infection. This warrants a better understanding of the congenital Zika syndrome; this project attempts to contribute towards this goal.</p><p><br></p><p>Previous reports examining neural progenitor tropism of ZIKV in organoid and animal models did not address whether the virus infects all neural progenitors uniformly. To explore this, ZIKV was injected into the neural tube of 2-day-old chicken embryos, resulting in non-uniform periventricular infection 3 days later. Recurrent foci of intense infection were present at specific signaling centers that influence neuroepithelial patterning at a distance through secretion of morphogens. ZIKV infection reduced transcript levels for 3 morphogens, SHH, BMP7, and FGF8, expressed at the midbrain basal plate, hypothalamic floor plate, and isthmus, respectively. Levels of Patched1, a SHH-pathway downstream gene, were also reduced and a SHH-dependent cell population in the ventral midbrain was shifted in position. Thus, the diminishment of signaling centers through ZIKV-mediated apoptosis may yield broader, non-cell autonomous changes in brain patterning.</p><p><br></p></div><p>Sensorineural hearing loss is a relatively understudied consequence of congenital Zika syndrome, and balance disorders are essentially unreported to date. ZIKV pathogenesis was explored in the developing inner ear using the accessible chicken embryo model system. One goal was to assess the spatiotemporal susceptibility of otic epithelial-derived structures to ZIKV infectivity. Direct injections of the inner ear or the inner ear primordium were performed <i>in ovo</i>with subsequent harvests at 2 to 8 days-post-infection. The degree of infection in sensory/prosensory organs was evaluated histologically to determine the susceptibility of one auditory and five vestibular organs. ZIKV infection of the sensory as well as non-sensory epithelia was observed at most stages of analysis, with no apparent preference for one over the other. The lagena, the ventral most tip of the chicken inner ear, and the endolymphatic sac/duct were least frequently infected. In this report, two novel findings in sequela of ZIKV infection are presented: the vestibular labyrinth can present with stalled canal morphogenesis, and the auditory ganglion can be severely shrunken, perhaps due to an increased cell death upon early ZIKV infection of the inner ear.</p><p><br></p><p>Additional methods of peripheral infection in the chicken embryos were tested to examine ZIKV transmission to the central nervous system: E3 blood vessel, E4 limb bud, and E10 chorioallantoic membrane infections. Although none of these methods resulted in a histologically significant infection of the developing brain 3 to 6 days-post-infection, evidence of ZIKV genome replication and viremia was detected in several tissue types.<br></p>

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京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第21577号 / 理博第4484号 / 新制||理||1644(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科地球惑星科学専攻 / (主査)教授 千木良 雅弘, 教授 釜井 俊孝, 准教授 松四 雄騎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

The aim of this diploma thesis is propose a way to create a marketing strategy for the young company in the media & marketing market. This diploma thesis describes the use of key techniques, basic theoretical assumptions and their physical implementation of theoretical methods and support methods in connection with the topic of work developed under analysis.

To understand the pathophysiology of hearing loss, it is necessary to identify genes responsible for embryonic development of neurosensory cells in the inner ear. The aim of this work is to clarify the role of LIM-homeodomain transcription factor ISL1 in the development of these cells. Using Cre-loxP recombination strategy, we generated a mouse line with time and site- specific deletion of Isl1 gene in NEUROD1-Cre expressing cells (Isl1 CKO). Although the early development of stato-acoustic ganglion was not affected by Isl1 deletion, at E14,5, we observed abnormalities in neuronal migration, formation of spiral ganglion and axon guidance in the Isl1 CKO cochlea. The length of the cochlear sensory epithelium was shortened by 20% as a consequence of lower proliferation activity of sensory precursor cells. Our results suggest that ISL1 is necessary for spiral ganglion formation and innervation of the Organ of Corti. Key words: transcription factor ISL1, neurons, Cre-loxP system, mouse model

Denna studie berör ämnet musikaliskt uttryck och hur det går att utveckla det musikaliska uttrycket. Under studien har de två metoderna inre bilder och inlevelse använts och syftet med studien är att undersöka hur dessa metoder påverkar det musikaliska uttrycket genom att studera hur de musikaliska parametrarna dynamik, artikulation, tempo och klang påverkas. Studien har utförts på blockflöjt och den musik som har använts har varit svensk folkmusik. Som grund för denna studie presenteras information om musikaliskt uttryck, kopplingar mellan känslor och musik samt information om blockflöjten. Därefter presenteras tidigare forskning inom området musikaliskt uttryck och vidare en beskrivning av det fenomenologiska perspektivet. I metodkapitlet presenteras bland annat de metoder som har använts i denna studie vilka är loggbok och ljudinspelning samt tematisk analys. Svar på studiens frågeställningar redovisas i resultatkapitlet och därefter diskuteras det som framkommit i resultatet. / This study is about musical expression and how to develop in musical expression. In this study the two methods inner images and visualize a feeling are used and the purpose whit this study is to investigate how theese methods affect the musical expression by studying how the musical parameters dynamic, articulation, tempo and tone are affected. This study has been performed on recorder and the music that has been used is Swedish traditional music. As a basis for this study information about musical expression, connections between music and emotions and information about the recorder is presented. Then previous research about musical expression is presented and after that a description of the phenomenological perspective. In the method chapter the methods logbook, audio recording and thematic analysis is presented. Answers for the questions of this study are given in the result chapter and after that the information in the result are discussed.