Introdução: A aplicação de Pressão Positiva Contínua nas Vias Aéreas Superiores (CPAP) durante o sono é o padrão ouro no tratamento da Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono (AOS) e foi primeiramente descrito utilizando uma máscara nasal. No entanto, na prática clínica a máscara oronasal é comumente. Este estudo foi desenhado para determinar os efeitos agudos da mudança de rota de fluxo do CPAP de nasal para oronasal e oral na patência da via aérea superior durante o sono em pacientes com AOS. Nós hipotetizamos que a pressão transmitida pelo compartimento oral da máscara oronasal pode comprometer a eficácia do CPAP no tratamento da AOS por empurrar a língua posteriormente. Métodos: Dezoito pacientes (idade 44 ± 9 anos, índice de massa corpórea de 33,8 ± 4,7 kg / m², índice de apneia-hipopneia 49,0 ± 39,1 eventos/hora) dormiram com máscara oronasal customizada com dois compartimentos (nasal e oral) selados e independentes conectados a uma válvula multidirecional. O sono dos pacientes foi monitorizado pela polissonografia e induzido por baixas doses de midazolam (3,1 ± 2,2 mg). O CPAP nasal foi titulado até a pressão de manutenção das vias aéreas superiores. A rota de fluxo do CPAP foi mudada de nasal para oronasal (n = 18) e oral (n = 16) durante o sono. A área retroglossal foi continuamente observada durante a nasoendoscopia. Resultados: O CPAP nasal (14,8 ± 4,1 cmH2O) foi suficiente para estabilizar a via aérea superior em todos os pacientes. Em contraste, o CPAP oronasal e oral promoveram eventos obstrutivos em 12 (66,7%) e 14 (87,5%) pacientes, respectivamente. Quando o CPAP foi transmitido pela rota oronasal e oral houve uma redução progressiva e significante na distância entre a epiglote e a base da língua e na área retroglossal em comparação com a respiração estável durante a rota nasal. Conclusões: Mudanças agudas na rota de fluxo do CPAP nasal para as rotas oronasal e oral induzem eventos obstrutivos e diminuem as dimensões da orofaringe em pacientes com AOS durante o sono. A máscara oronasal pode comprometer a efetividade do CPAP no tratamento da AOS / Introduction: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the gold standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and was conceived to be applied by nasal route only. However, in clinical practice the oronasal mask is commonly used. This study was designed to determine the acute effects of changing the nasal CPAP route to oronasal and oral in upper airway patency during sleep in patients with. We hypothesized that the pressure transmitted by the oral compartment of oronasal mask will push the tongue backwards and will compromise CPAP effectiveness in OSA treatment. Methods: Eighteen patients with OSA (age: 44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years44±9 years , body mass index: 33.8±4.733.8±4.733.8±4.7 33.8±4.7 33.8±4.7 Kg/m², apnea-hypopnea index: 49.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.1 49.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.149.0 ± 39.1 events/hour) slept with a customized oronasal mask with a nasal and oral sealed compartments connected to a multidirectional valve. Sleep was monitored by full polysomnography and induced by low dosis of midazolam (3.1 ± 2.2 mg). Nasal CPAP was titrated up to holding pressure and flow route was changed to oronasal (n = 18) and oral route (n = 16) during sleep. Retroglossal area was continuously observed by nasoendoscopy. Results: Nasal CPAP (14.8±4.1 cmH2O) was able to stabilize breathing in all patients. In contrast, CPAP delivered by oronasal and oral route promoted obstructive events in 12 (66.7%) and 14 (87.5%) patients, respectively. Compared to stable breathing during nasal route, there was a significant and progressive reduction in the distance between epiglottis and tongue base and the retroglossal area when CPAP was delivered by oronasal and oral route, respectively. Conclusions: CPAP delivered by oronasal route may compromise CPAP effectiveness to treat OSA

The artist discusses the work in DollHouse, her Master of Fine Arts exhibition on display at Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee from January 25 to February 5, 2016. The exhibition was an installation consisting of five sets, each containing furniture - both 2D and 3D - and a mask with instructions relating to a room found within a dollhouse. The sets and supporting thesis explore the ideas of social norms, feminism, and identity, and how submission to ideologies can create emptiness, while engagement can prompt social change. Topics include the process and evolution of the work and the artists who influenced it, ideas of identity and society, and the impacts of social norms on young women’s lives. Included is a catalogue of the exhibition.

This dissertation begins with a discussion of the rediscovery and rehabilitation of masks as tools of performance and pedagogy in Western theatre over the past century, considering the work of various theorists, directors, teachers and performers in whose work the mask occupies a significant position. Discussion then focuses on the development of the neutral mask as an object and as a paradigm of pedagogy for the actor over the past eighty years and undertakes a comparative investigation of the concept of neutrality as a performant state. The discussion takes in the teaching of Jacques Copeau, Etienne Decroux and Jacques Lecoq, and extends to the theories of Eugenio Barba, considering the possible parallels between Barba's 'pre-expressive' state and the state of neutrality which the mask assists to develop in the actor. The dissertation further proposes that the term 'performative liminality' is an appropriate term to adopt for this performant state, and makes this proposal with reference to the theories of anthropologist Victor Turner regarding the liminal state. The practice-as-research component of the project sought to investigate and document the various uses of the neutral mask and its application to the creative processes of the actor, and aimed to provide qualitative analysis and evaluation of the neutral mask when used in a developmental workshop environment. The dissertation contains a full account of the practice component of the project and details the processes used to investigate the neutral mask, offering analysis drawn from the inside experiences of the actors and the outside observations of the researcher. Within that analysis is a consideration of the neutral mask as a tool for developing the scenic presence of the actor. / Masters Thesis

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Ce mémoire veut, de prime abord, porter un regard sur la rue Saint-Laurent qui, depuis ses débuts, joue un rôle fondamental dans le tissu montréalais. Grâce à son visage bigarré et à son hétérogénéité, elle a su marquer l’histoire de la métropole et alimenter l’imaginaire d’un bon nombre d’écrivains. Michel Tremblay demeure un de ceux qui, dans l’ensemble de son oeuvre, explore le plus abondamment les clairs-obscurs et l’étrangeté de ce corridor urbain. Son écriture à la fois crue, marginale et théâtrale, s’inscrit pertinemment dans l’univers de la Main et, plus particulièrement, dans la partie du Redlight où aboutissent et se meuvent ses personnages les plus colorés. Ayant délaissé leur milieu d’origine, ces derniers s’imposent des changements radicaux afin de mieux cadrer avec la nature et les activités de leur terre d’accueil. Ce mémoire visera donc à penser l’« identité trafiquée » des personnages de Tremblay comme condition de leur inscription sur la rue Saint-Laurent. En outre, il sera question de l’esprit théâtral de cette artère qui pousse les travestis et les artistes en tout genre à se donner « en représentation » et à incarner un rôle de composition. Par l’entremise des masques – notamment celui du déguisement, du maquillage et du travestissement, mais aussi celui de la langue qu’ils modulent afin de mieux coller à leur personnage –, ils projettent une identité individuelle instable qui dévoile l’ambiguïté qui les habite. Plus largement, la présente étude s’intéressera à l’ensemble des marginaux qui arpentent la Main et qui cherchent à (re)définir leur identité culturelle, au milieu des cultures américaine et française. Bien qu’elle essaie de se forger une identité propre, cette collectivité peine à se définir sans calquer les modèles dont elle tente de se dissocier. Une telle contradiction évoque à bien des égards le paradoxe auquel se sont heurtées les communautés immigrantes de la rue Saint-Laurent, dont la lente adaptation à la culture nord-américaine s’est faite non sans un difficile constat de pertes et de gains face à la culture d’origine. Il s’agira donc de voir comment ces groupes, en apparence irréconciliables, trouvent dans le même univers un contexte favorable pour mener leur quête identitaire. / The primary objective of this thesis is to examine St. Laurent Street, which has played, since its early stages, a fundamental role in the city of Montreal. Due to its motley face and its heterogeneousness, this street marked the history of the metropolis and fed the imagination of many writers. Michel Tremblay is one who, within his work, explores most abundantly the twilight and the oddness of this urban corridor. His writing, which is considered controversial, raw and theatrical, pertinently frameworks the universe of The Main and, more specifically, the world of the Redlight District where his most colourful characters find themselves. Having left their place of origin, the characters bring about radical changes in order to fit in with the nature and the activities of their new neighborhood. This thesis will therefore aim to think out the « trafficked identity » (identité trafiquée) of Tremblay’s characters as the condition of their belonging on St. Laurent Street. Moreover, it will take a keen interest in the theatrical spirit of this main road, which influences transvestites and artists of all kinds to play a role and embody a made-up persona. Through the use of masks – notably disguises, make-up and cross-dressing, as well as language which they modulate in order to fit with their character –, they project an unstable identity that unveils the ambiguity that lies in them. The present study will also focus on the marginalized individuals who pace The Main as a group of people who look forward to (re)defining their cultural identity, due to the feeling of being stuck between the American and French culture. Although this community tries to build up its own identity, it struggles to define itself without imitating the models from which it attempts to dissociate itself. Such a contradiction evokes the paradox that faced immigrant communities on St. Laurent Street, whose slow adaptation to North-American culture took place with many gains and losses of their culture of origin. It will therefore be interesting to examine how these apparently irreconcilable groups find in the same universe a favorable context to lead their quest for identity.

Surgical face masks have been designed to protect health care professionals from the splashes of the patients’ blood or body fluids and also to minimise the transmission of oro- and nasopharyngeal bacteria from the surgical team to the patient’s wounds, thereby decreasing the likelihood of postoperative surgical site infections during a surgical procedure. However, there are several ways in which surgical face masks could potentially contribute to contamination of the wound during a surgical procedure in the operating room. The objectives of this study were to explore and describe the effectiveness of surgical face masks as a protective barrier during a surgical procedure in the operating room in the public hospitals in the North West Province, South Africa and to formulate recommendations regarding surgical face masks worn by health care professionals during a surgical procedure in the operating rooms. A systematic review was conducted, followed by a quantitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual approach. The motivation for a systematic review was to search evidence on surgical face mask efficiency. A search strategy was conducted in February and March 2012 and the total initial search was 9,933 research articles. Screening of articles on effectiveness of surgical face masks during a surgical procedure was done. After six months the search was updated and the final sample of six relevant articles (n=6) was obtained. Studies that met the inclusion criteria were critically appraised based on the scores using standardised critical appraisal tools. The findings of this research project were synthesised and evaluated in order to come to conclusions. Conclusions were integrated and synthesised as the basis of developing a clear overview of the best quality empirical evidence about effectiveness of surgical face masks during a surgical procedure in the operating room. Recommendations were formulated for the nursing practice, education and research focussing on wearing a surgical face mask during a surgical procedure in the operating room. Reviewer’s conclusion: From the limited results it is unclear whether wearing surgical face masks during a surgical procedure in the operating room serve as a protective device for both surgical team and the patient. There is a need for further research. / Thesis (MCur)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

Surgical face masks have been designed to protect health care professionals from the splashes of the patients’ blood or body fluids and also to minimise the transmission of oro- and nasopharyngeal bacteria from the surgical team to the patient’s wounds, thereby decreasing the likelihood of postoperative surgical site infections during a surgical procedure. However, there are several ways in which surgical face masks could potentially contribute to contamination of the wound during a surgical procedure in the operating room. The objectives of this study were to explore and describe the effectiveness of surgical face masks as a protective barrier during a surgical procedure in the operating room in the public hospitals in the North West Province, South Africa and to formulate recommendations regarding surgical face masks worn by health care professionals during a surgical procedure in the operating rooms. A systematic review was conducted, followed by a quantitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual approach. The motivation for a systematic review was to search evidence on surgical face mask efficiency. A search strategy was conducted in February and March 2012 and the total initial search was 9,933 research articles. Screening of articles on effectiveness of surgical face masks during a surgical procedure was done. After six months the search was updated and the final sample of six relevant articles (n=6) was obtained. Studies that met the inclusion criteria were critically appraised based on the scores using standardised critical appraisal tools. The findings of this research project were synthesised and evaluated in order to come to conclusions. Conclusions were integrated and synthesised as the basis of developing a clear overview of the best quality empirical evidence about effectiveness of surgical face masks during a surgical procedure in the operating room. Recommendations were formulated for the nursing practice, education and research focussing on wearing a surgical face mask during a surgical procedure in the operating room. Reviewer’s conclusion: From the limited results it is unclear whether wearing surgical face masks during a surgical procedure in the operating room serve as a protective device for both surgical team and the patient. There is a need for further research. / Thesis (MCur)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2009. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, page: .

Abstract: It is very important for the whole society to pay attention to the health condition of small children. The thesis is focused on a possible effect of chemical and toxic substances which may endanger child{\crq}s health every day. In every house with children there are many types of food, products, medicine, or also plants which can endanger children. According to the research (e.g. with milk, vitamin A or paracethamol) there are provable food items unsuitable for children in many cases. Also house plants or bushes commonly grown at home or at yards in pre-schools may also be a cause of health problems of small children. Another important aspect, which is often neglected by parents, is a material that the toys are made of. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the research which was carried out at the territory of Karviná region in 19 pre-schools (PS). There were two files of entities designed for the needs of the thesis. In one file there are 87 pedagogical workers who are employed in pre-schools. The second file covers 155 parents whose children attend randomly selected pre-schools. Both parents and pedagogical workers were asked similar questions in the form of questionnaire, which are related to the information from the area of civilian protection. The main topic here was the danger of hazardous chemical substances release. These questions were to test theoretical competence of adults to react in proper way in such cases, immediately and correctly, thus protecting themselves and children mainly. The conclusion with both groups is that the knowledge from the area of civilian protection is insufficient. Most of the respondents (67 % of teachers and 57 % of parents) would not react in a correct way. Only a very little part of the questioned persons was able to name some of the tools of the individual protection. These outcomes were then handed to the Fire Rescue Brigade of the Moravian-Silesian Region, and they will be used as support material for making changes in the system of information for citizens, and especially pedagogy workers in the area of civilian protection. One of the possible benefits of this thesis is also a creation of an education aid for the officers in duty with handicapped citizens.

Submitted by Glauber Assunção Moreira (glauber.a.moreira@gmail.com) on 2018-08-31T13:59:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Commedia dell´Arte no sertão da Bahia pdf.pdf: 2888283 bytes, checksum: cb9571caf96d028295de355741c4152a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ednaide Gondim Magalhães (ednaide@ufba.br) on 2018-09-11T13:21:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Commedia dell´Arte no sertão da Bahia pdf.pdf: 2888283 bytes, checksum: cb9571caf96d028295de355741c4152a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-11T13:21:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Commedia dell´Arte no sertão da Bahia pdf.pdf: 2888283 bytes, checksum: cb9571caf96d028295de355741c4152a (MD5) / O presente trabalho se configura como uma pesquisa-ação realizada com os jovens do Assentamento de Reforma Agrária Poço Longe. Na referida pesquisa, são investigados aspectos da experimentação com elementos da Commedia dell´Arte com os jovens do assentamento, sendo os seguintes elementos escolhidos para orientar a investigação: a construção corporal dos tipos do gênero, a confecção de máscaras e a elaboração de roteiro. Após a aplicação da pesquisa-ação, foi verificado que tais elementos articulam-se e compõem, cada um com sua respectiva especificidade, o trabalho geral em torno das máscaras dell´Arte. A experimentação objetivou explicitar a apropriação e transformações realizadas pelos sujeitos participantes a partir de suas identificações culturais às máscaras trabalhadas. Para a aplicação da experimentação, foi realizada pesquisa teórica em torno de temas relacionados à Commedia dell´Arte, como o contexto histórico social e artístico de seu período, a cultura popular na Idade Média e no Renascimento, a perspectiva do grotesco nesses períodos e a função social do riso e de alguns de seus mecanismos de produção. Os resultados foram analisados pela perspectiva do pesquisador a partir das improvisações, do processo de trabalho, dos depoimentos e avaliações dos jovens e apontaram principalmente para a potencialidade de trabalho com a atualização de alguns elementos da Commedia dell´Arte a partir da imaginação e do contexto específico dos sujeitos participantes. / This study is an action-research accomplished with the young population of Agrarian Reform Settlement Poço Longe. In this research, aspects of experimentation are investigated with elements of Commedia dell'Arte with the young population of the settlement, the following aspects were chosen to guide the research: the corporal construction of genre types, mask making and creation of scripts. After the action-research was applied, it was verified that these elements articulate and make up themselves, each one with its specificity with the general work around the dell'Arte masks. The trial aimed to make explicit the appropriation and changes made by the subjects who participated from their cultural identifications to the masks worked with. In order to apply the experimentation, theoretical research was carried out on themes related to the Commedia dell'Arte such as the historical and social context of its social and artistic period, popular culture in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, the perspective of grotesque in those periods and the social function of laugh and some of its mechanisms of production. The results were analyzed through the perspective of the researcher from the improvisations, the work process, the statements and evaluations of the young population and particularly pointed to the potential of working with the update of some elements of Commedia dell'Arte from the imagination and specific context of the subjects who participated.