Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1962. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Men Who March Away is a story about men and war, an ancient narrative recipe. In particular, two men who share some traits in common with their fellows but in other respects are unique. King and country mean little or nothing to them. They don’t fight in defence of the hearth-fire as popular myth would have us believe. The First World War just coincided with the prime years of their life and appeared to them as a refuge from the torments in their personal lives. One of them, Richard Travis, is a taciturn, troubled loner, who assimilates easily into the Army and finds self-fulfilment on the battlefield. He wins New Zealand’s highest and most prestigious military medal, the Victoria Cross but is killed in action, before he knows of his achievement. The other is the socially marginalised yet quintessential rough diamond, James Douglas Stark, Starkie. He enlists to escape the police and resists assimilation into the Army. However, he does his bit on numerous battlefields, saves Travis’ life but receives scant recognition. Ending up in the same battalion, they’re forced into an uneasy alliance which makes them confront and alter their attitudes to each other and to their duty.

Thèse--Lettres--Paris, 1911. / L'éd. ancienne a paru dans la "Bibliothèque de l'École des hautes études, Sciences historiques et philologiques" Bibliogr. p. XV-XIX. Index.

Thesis--University of New Mexico. / Vita. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. -- 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-139).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 330-378).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Rochester, 1963. / Typewritten. Bibliography: l. 125-129. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/4088

This thesis is concerned with the earthwork and timber castles built in the southern March of Wales between the periods AD 1050-1250. The research addresses the presence of the castles and discusses their roles as weapons of conquest and structures of administrative control. It is argued that the recognisable change in the form of earthwork castle construction over the 200 year period can be seen as a consequence of changing functions. Although it has not been possible to demonstrate how the area within a castle was used, it has been possible to identify a difference in the degree of defence verses habitation space associated with these structures. A system of classification is introduced which relies on the tenet of "form follows function" whereby all of the known earthworks are interpreted as to type and date; the date periods being generalised into the 11 th, 12th and 13 th centuries. The information for the classification is derived from a variety of sources; documentary evidence, fieldwork, aerial photography, topographical survey, geophysical survey, and limited excavation. The surveys and excavations that are included are original work undertaken for this study. Discussion has also been undertaken as to the social structures in the March both prior to the Norman Conquest and after the arrival of the Normans. Research is also presented with a view to questioning both the origin of the castle and the definition of the term. The research uses a certain amount of data from outside of the area including Normandy. The outcome of the research presents an interpretation of the Norman Conquest of theSouthern March of Wales.

A doenÃa de Parkinson (DP) à caracterizada pela degeneraÃÃo nigroestriatal, com depleÃÃo dopaminÃrgica, alteraÃÃes inflamatÃrias e oxidativas cerebrais levando a prejuÃzo no controle do movimento e coordenaÃÃo. Trabalhos recentes mostram que a atividade fÃsica em esteira pode ser benÃfica para estes pacientes, mas hà poucas evidÃncias avaliando os parÃmetros sanguÃneos relacionados, como estresse oxidativo e nÃveis de neurotrofinas. Assim, o presente estudo objetivou avaliar o impacto do treinamento da marcha atravÃs da esteira ergomÃtrica na capacidade funcional e marcadores de estresse oxidativo bem como os nÃveis de neurotrofinas em pacientes com DP. Tratou-se de ensaio clÃnico controlado, aberto e aleatorizado, de agosto de 2013 a fevereiro de 2014. IncluÃdos 22 indivÃduos com DP estÃgio II e/ou III, na escala de Hoehn e Yahr, acima de 40 anos, e que nÃo apresentaram quadro de demÃncia pelo Mini Teste do Estado Mental (escore> 21). ExcluÃdos os que apresentaram sinais de piora clÃnica apÃs o inicio do estudo com aumento no tremor Ãs atividades e com duas faltas consecutivas ao tratamento proposto ou trÃs no tempo total deste. Os pacientes foram aleatorizados em dois grupos: Grupo Controle (GC) e Grupo de IntervenÃÃo (GI). As avaliaÃÃes relacionadas à capacidade funcional (qualidade de vida, anÃlise estÃtica e dinÃmica da marcha) e parÃmetros sanguÃneos como peroxidaÃÃo lipÃdica (TBARS), glutationa reduzida (GSH) e fator neurotrÃfico derivado do cÃrebro (BDNF) foram realizadas antes e apÃs as oito semanas de intervenÃÃo. O GI iniciou o protocolo individualmente, com duas intervenÃÃes semanais na esteira ergomÃtrica, utilizando 80% da velocidade mÃxima encontrada no protocolo de Harbor, num total de 16 atendimentos. Jà o GC manteve-se somente com o tratamento medicamento previsto. Resultados foram avaliados pelo programa estatÃstico SPSS versÃo 17.0 e expressos como mÃdia  desvio padrÃo, sendo estatisticamente significante valores de p< 0,05. Os dados demogrÃficos dos grupos foram homogÃneos quanto Ãs variÃveis idade, gÃnero, altura, peso, tempo de doenÃa, teste mini mental e teste da escala de depressÃo. A qualidade de vida nÃo mostrou diferenÃas no coeficiente fÃsico sumarizado, entretanto no coeficiente mental sumarizado foi observado diferenÃa entre os grupos no perÃodo pÃs-intervenÃÃo (p=0,03), o SF-36 considera QV acima de 50 pontos. NÃo foram encontradas diferenÃas na superfÃcie do pà (P) direito (D) e esquerdo (E), nem na distÃncia dos pÃs em relaÃÃo ao barocentro, tambÃm nÃo houve diferenÃa na pressÃo mÃdia e mÃxima dos PD e PE, em ambos os grupos. Com relaÃÃo a variÃvel superfÃcie, viu-se diferenÃa no perÃodo prÃ-intervenÃÃo no PE (p=0,001). No perÃodo pÃs-intervenÃÃo houve diferenÃa na superfÃcie do PD (p=0,001), na oscilaÃÃo Ãntero-posterior do PE (0,01) e na oscilaÃÃo lÃtero-lateral do PD (p=0,01). Na velocidade da marcha foi encontrado, antes da intervenÃÃo, diferenÃa na velocidade mÃdia do PD (p=0,04). No GI, viu-se associaÃÃo forte entre BDNF e GSH com valores de significÃncia estatÃstica (r= 0,8; p=0,001), assim como entre BDNF e prÃtica de atividade fÃsica (r= 0,7; p=0,03). Conclui-se que a caminhada controlada na esteira melhora o equilÃbrio estÃtico, qualidade de vida e os nÃveis plasmÃticos de GSH em pacientes com DP. / Parkinson disease (PD) is characterized by nigrostriatal degeneration with consequent depletion of dopamine content in the striatum as well as brain inflammatory and oxidative alterations leading to movement and coordination impairment. Recent studies showed that physical exercise in the treadmill is benefic for PD patients although there is a lack in the literature of plasma alterations in oxidative stress parameters and neurotrophins in PD patients submitted to physical exercise. Based on this, the present study had the goal to evaluate the impact of controlled treadmill walking in the functional capacity and plasma levels of oxidative stress parameters and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) of PD patients. To do this, participants from both sexes were submitted to an open and randomized trial from august 2013 to February 2014. The participants were randomized in two groups control (CG) and intervention group (IG). The IG comprised PD patients in stage II and/or III, based on the Hoehn and Yahr scale. These patients were 40 years old or above and did not present dementia as evaluated by Mini-mental state examination (score> 21). Patients who presented signals of clinical worsening, such as increased tremor during activities, or presented two consecutive absences during the treatment or a total of three absences were excluded from the study. The evaluation related to the functional capacity (e.g. quality of life, static analyses and dynamic gait) and plasma parameters (lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione (GSH) and BDNF were performed before and immediately after eight weeks of intervention. The IG group started the protocol individually with two weekly interventions in the treadmill with 80 % of maximum velocity based on the Harbor protocol in a total of 16 interventions. The CG was maintained only in drug treatment. The results were evaluated using the SPSS software version 17.0 considering differences when p<005. The demographic data were homogeneous based on the variables age, sex, weight, time of disease, mini-mental and depression tests. Quality of life did not present significant differences in the physical coefficient summarized, however in the mental coefficient summarized there was a difference between groups in the post intervention period (p= 0.03). There were no differences in the surface of right (RF) and left feet (LF) neither in the distance of the feet in relation to the barocenter. There was no alteration in the medium and maximal pressure of RF and LF. In relation to the variable surface, a significant difference in the period pre-intervention in the LF was observed (p= 0.001). In the period post-intervention there as a difference in the surface of RF (p= 0.001), in the antero-posterior oscillation of the LF (p= 0.01) and in the latero-lateral oscillation of the RF (p= 0.01). Regarding the gait velocity we observed before intervention a difference in the mean velocity of RF (p= 0.04). In the IG we observed a strong association before intervention between BDNF and GSH (r= 0,8; p=0,001), as well as between BDNF and physical activity (r= 0,7; p=0,03). We can conclude that controlled treadmill walking improves functional capacity of PD patients, accompanied by increased levels of antioxidant defenses.

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Magister Artium - MA / This thesis is concerned with an uprising which occurred during the early morning hours of the 22nd of November 1962 in Paarl- a small agricultural town some 60 kilometres northeast of Cape Town. On this occasion a group of about 250 men, armed with axes, pangas and other home-made weapons, marched from the nearby Mbekweni township to the police station in the town's centre. An event, which lasted no more than three hours, left seven dead and several wounded in its wake. This uprising was a comparatively small event, with comparatively few casualties but it took place against the backdrop of the turn to armed struggle which followed the banning of the African National Congress (hereafter the ANC) and the Pan African Congress (hereafter the PAC). However in the sense that it seemed to directly threaten white civilians, this was an event constructed as most closely resembling the anti-colonialist Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya between 1952 and 1960 during which time press reports focused most often of the brutal killings of white women and children by groups represented as violent "terrorist gangs." Informed by this kind of over-simplified propaganda of the war in Kenya, the events in Paarl, particularly the killing of 17 year old Rentia Vermeulen and 21 year old Frans Richard, as well as the attack on an elderly couple in their bed, by men with "primitive weapons," incited massive latent white anxieties throughout South Africa and intensive repressive measures.