[pt] Em décadas recentes, renovou-se o interesse no campo da estabilidade estrutural em função das novas aplicações envolvendo estruturas inteligentes e ajustáveis, micro e nano componentes e a mecânica dos metamateriais. Em muito destas estruturas deseja-se um comportamento multiestável, que pode ser obtido por materiais tradicionais ou novos materiais capazes de sofrer grandes deformações elásticas. Neste trabalho o comportamento não linear, estabilidade e vibrações de uma treliça neo-Hookeana que exibe comportamento multiestável é investigada. Neste caso, a teoria de grandes deformações é essencial para modelar as barras da treliça. Muitos trabalhos na literatura investigam a estabilidade de treliças, porém são restritos ao comportamento linear dos materiais. No presente trabalho uma análise paramétrica detalhada de treliças abatidas e não abatidas submetidas à carga estática vertical ou horizontal é realizada, considerando a elasticidade em seu domínio não linear completo para derivar as equações não lineares de equilíbrio e movimento. Imperfeições de carga e geométricas são consideradas. Assim, os caminhos de equilíbrio são obtidos, sua estabilidade é investigada utilizando o princípio da energia potencial mínima, frequências naturais e conceito de bacias de atração. Os resultados demonstram que a presença simultânea da não linearidade do material e geométrica dá origem a novos caminhos de equilíbrio que não são esperados para os materiais elásticos lineares, resultando em várias soluções estáveis e instáveis coexistentes e em uma complexa superfície de energia potencial, esclarecendo a influência do modelo neo-Hookeano nos resultados. Os presentes resultados poderão ajudar no desenvolvimento de novas aplicações na engenharia onde a multiestabilidade é desejada. / [en] Recent decades have seen a renewed interest in the field of structural stability due to new applications involving smart and deployable structures, micro- and nanocomponents and mechanical metamaterials, among others. In many of these structures multistable behaviour is desirable, which can be accomplished by traditional and new materials capable of undergoing large elastic deformations. In this paper the nonlinear behaviour, stability and vibrations of a hyperelastic neo-Hookean truss exhibiting multistable behaviour is investigated. In such case, the large deformation theory is essential to model the truss members. Most papers in the literature dealing with this problem is however restricted to linear material behaviour. In the present work a detailed parametric analysis of shallow and steep trusses under horizontal or vertical loads, considering elasticity in the fully non-linear range is employed to derive the nonlinear equilibrium and motion equations. Then, all equilibrium paths are obtained and their stability is investigated using the minimum energy principle, natural frequencies and the basins of attraction concept. Load and geometric imperfections are considered. The results show that the simultaneous presence of geometric and materials nonlinearities lead to new equilibrium paths which are not expected for linear elastic materials, resulting in several coexisting stable and unstable solutions and a complex potential energy landscape, clarifying the influence of the constitutive hyperelastic model on the results. The present results may help the development of new engineering applications where multistability is wanted.

Combining insights from critical discourse analysis (CDA) and neo-Gramscian IPE theory, this paper puts forth a cultural political economy (CPE) perspective to analyse the discursive articulation of ‘European subjects’ in the context of the EU’s Lisbon Agenda modernisation strategy. It is suggested here that the transformation proposed in Lisbon to the new economic imaginary of the knowledge based economy (KBE), depends on ‘new subjects’ and thus new discursive constructions of identities to reflect the new economic and social formations it envisions. The citizenship discourses of two of the Lisbon Agenda’s main supporters, specifically European business lobbies (represented by the ERT and LCEC) and the EU Commission, are examined in order to explore the relationship between citizenship rights and responsibilities and the two main goals of the Agenda, namely economic competitiveness/growth and social inclusion/social welfare protection modernisation. The argument is made that the discursive articulation of a ‘neoliberal communitarian’ variant of citizenship, especially evident in the discourses of the EU’s business lobbies and the EU Commission since the ‘shift’ to jobs and growth in early 2005, represents an attempt to further the commodification of the EU polity, and as a result, subordinate the more social goals of the Lisbon Agenda to the perceived imperatives of economic growth and competition. The Lisbon Agenda does not therefore mark a dramatic ‘turning point’ in favour of a more ‘social Europe’ as was speculated early on, but instead works to consolidate the dominance of ‘embedded neoliberalism’ as the socio-economic governance model for the EU. The paper ends with a discussion of the possible counter-hegemonic movements challenging the orthodoxy of embedded neoliberalism and neoliberal communitarian conceptions of citizenship.

This dissertation concerns the socio-cultural politics expressed in the performances of Matthew Barney, Steven Cohen, Marina Abramovic, and the ‘Pop’ artist Madonna. The contention is that these artists mirror and dramatize marginalization and seem to reflect a desire to resolve conflicts experienced between social and psychological identities in contemporary society. The premise of this study is that these performers engage in a ‘dialogue’ with viewers as a form of self-preservation and self-healing. The Performance artists’ measure of socio-cultural tensions suggests the merging of mass media entertainment, theatrical devices and other cultural practices such as fetishism and rituals involving altered states of consciousness, props and allusions to shamanism. An ancient modality of healing, such as shamanism, when appropriated by artists, seems to reflect an urgent phenomenological need of the individual within Western society for overcoming feelings of powerlessness as a type of therapeutic practice. The Performance artists’ Othering is acted out as a survival mechanism addressing and questioning the ‘degradation’ imposed on marginalized individuals who challenge the traditional notion of authentic identity and the ‘classic’ body. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

The Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal movements propose a subsequent to salvation Spirit baptism. This baptism is viewed as an experience in which the Spirit either confers or awakens gifts within the life of the believer. The thesis ofthis paper is that Spirit baptism occurs at conversion. Spirit filling on the other hand is one of many metaphors to describe the work of the eschatological Spirit subsequent to salvation. This distinguishing of Spirit baptism and Spirit filling is different to the Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal idea that Spirit baptism and Spirit filling are synonymous experiences that occur at some point subsequent to salvation. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Th. M. (Systematic Theology)

Magistrinio darbo problema kaip buvo skleidžiama Japonijos propaganda dėl Š. Korėjos įvykdytų pagrobimų ir kokios jos sklaidos pasekmės išryškėjo. Baigiamojo darbo objektas - Japonijos propaganda 2002 – 2011 m. Š. Korėjos inicijuotų pagrobimų atveju. Šio darbo tikslas išanalizuoti Š. Korėjos įvykdytus Japonijos piliečių pagrobimus ir atskleisti Japonijos propagandos dėl šių pagrobimų organizacijos struktūrą, sklaidos priemones ir rezultatus. Šiam tikslui pasiekti išsikelti tokie uždaviniai: 1.Remiantis teorinės literatūros šaltinių analize apibrėžti propagandos sampratą ir jos skaidos priemones bei parengti Japonijos propagandos analizės modelį; 2. Išryškinti prielaidas Japonijos vyriausybės propagandos formavimui1970 – 2005 m.;3. Atlikti propagandos modelio taikymo Japonijoje analizę.; 4. Išnagrinėti Japonijos vyriausybės propagandos dėl Š. Korėjos įvykdytų pagrobimų poveikį Japonijos visuomenei. Baigiamajame darbe naudojami šie metodai: Lyginamasis, aprašomasis ir analitinis. Atlikus tyrimą prieita prie tokių išvadų: 1. Remiantis užsienio ir Lietuvos autorių propagandos sąvokos lyginamąja analize, iškirtais propagandos tipais ir jos sklaidos priemonėmis bei G.S. Jowett ir V. O‘Donnell propagandos analizės 10 žingsnių metodu buvo sudarytas 7 žingsnių Japonijos propagandos analitinis modelis. 2. Įvertinus propagandos formavimosi kontekstą ir atskleidus Japonijos ir Š. Korėjos santykius 1971 – 2005 m., pavyko identifikuoti pagrindinius propagandos šaltinius Japonijoje: neo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Problem of this master thesis is how propaganda of Japan regards North Korea initiated Japanese abductions is distributed and what are the consequences of this propaganda is in general. Subject in the final thesis is propaganda of Japan in 2002 – 2011: North Korea initiated Japanese abduction case. Objective of this research is to analyze North Korea initiated Japanese abductions and following it clarify structure of Japanese government propaganda, its distribution techniques and results. To reach this objective these following tasks are made: 1. define propaganda concept and ways of propaganda distribution based on theoretic scientific literature analysis and prepare model of Japanese propaganda analysis. 2. Highlight assumptions of Japanese governmental propaganda development in 1971 – 2005. 3. Accomplish research analysis based on model of propaganda of Japan. 4. Analyze Japanese government propaganda on North Korea initiated Japanese abduction case influence to Japanese society. In this research three methods are used: description, comparative and analytical methods. Accomplished Japanese propaganda analysis of this research led to these conclusions: 1. based on comparative analysis of Lithuanian and foreign authors on concept, sorts and ways of distributing propaganda, and G.S. Jowett ir V. O‘Donnell 10 steps of propaganda analysis method, 7 steps model of propaganda of Japan is shaped. 2. From propaganda development context based on Japan’s and North Korea‘s relation... [to full text]

Det finns individuella skillnader i hur vi påverkas av stress och ett sätt att identifiera skillnaderna är att undersöka hur personlighetsdrag predicerar upplevd stress. Detta kan tillämpas vid rekrytering till yrken med särskilda krav på stresstålighet. Lazarus transaktionsmodell är ledande inom stressforskning och inom personlighetsteorier representerar femfaktormodellens (FFM) neuroticism, extraversion, öppenhet, samstämmighet och samvetsgrannhet de grundläggande personlighetsdragen. Enligt tidigare forskning utgör neuroticism en särskild sårbarhet för stress. Tre hypoteser prövades och undersökningens syftet var att predicera hur personligheten påverkar benägenheten att uppleva stress utifrån FFM, på dimensions- och facettnivå, samt att undersöka skillnader i upplevd stress beroende på kön. Etthundratolv studenter svarade på en enkät innehållande NEO-PI-R som mäter personlighetsdimensionerna samt Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) som mäter upplevd stress. Korrelationsanalyser, t-test och hierarkiska multipla regressioner gjordes. Hypoteserna om neuroticism och stress får stöd i resultatet men inte hypotesen om kön och stress. Oväntade resultat beträffande andra personlighetsdimensioner framkommer och möjliga orsaker till detta diskuteras.

[pt] Diferente do modo como costuma ser reduzida por parte da crítica especializada, o estudo pretende mostrar que a obra de António Alves Redol tem a marca da mudança, da variedade e da diversidade. Observar-se-á que a homogeneidade que se costuma impor nas análises sobre a obra do autor não se justifica nem da perspectiva da profundidade do conteúdo narrativo, nem da perspectiva da superfície das formas de expressão. Em relação a esta última, parece haver um cuidado estético especial no que tange à concisão, à precisão e ao impacto dimensionados na simplicidade narrativa dos documentários humanos explorados por Alves Redol. Nesse sentido, a obra de Redol representa a heterogeneidade de formas, conteúdos, narrativas e conceitos do neo-realismo, simbolizando, no seu microcosmo, a história e os processos de todo o movimento. Ao eleger a palavra-pele para conceituar o modo de escrever de António Alves Redol, mostrando em que medida a sua narrativa incide ao mesmo tempo nas dimensões política e estética, a tese também procura refletir sobre como tal ideia de palavra-ação poderia auxiliar numa melhor compreensão da escrita neo-realista em Portugal. / [en] This study aims to highlight variety, diversity and change as important qualities that can be noticed in the books of the Portuguese writer António Alves Redol. Whereas the critics tend to analyze his work under the characteristic of homogeneity, this thesis discusses the contradictions of this point of view by focusing on the deep of the narrative content and the surface of the narrative form. In what concerns the surface of the narrative, one of the objectives of this research is to analyze the aesthetic specificities of the writing expression of Alves Redol and the impact of his narrative simplicity. Hence, this thesis aims to discuss the concept of the word-skin, which will be used to define his writing. The idea of the word-skin contains the politic and aesthetic aspects of literary narrative as well as it discusses how word can be associated to action. Therefore the work of Alves Redol represents the heterogeneity of the Neorealism, an essential characteristic of this artistic expression in Portugal, and also symbolizes, in its micro cosmos, the entire history of the movement. Finally, this study develops the relations between a different approach to the analysis of the work of Alves Redol and the enlargement in the comprehension of the Portuguese Neorealism.

Esta tese se propõe discutir a questão da alegoria histórica em romances do naturalismo brasileiro (Adolfo Caminha e Aluisio Azevedo) e em três romances (Caetés, Angústia, Vidas secas) de Graciliano Ramos. Partindo do princípio de que a alegoria histórica só pode ser efetuada a partir de um narrador interessado, ou seja, de um narrador que, através de sua narrativa, construa sua história para defender suas posições políticas, tentei comprovar que, na tensão entre o que é dito pelo narrador e as contradições deste discurso interessado postas no romance pelo autor do romance, é possível vislumbrar uma posição autoral, dando ao relato, por esse hibridismo, a função de discussão e tomada de posição dos fatos políticos e processo sócio-histórico. A obra literária aqui teria a função de discutir, no momento exato dos fatos, a situação política, mesmo que outros fatores literários devam ser levados em conta em sua leitura. / This work aims to discuss the issue of historical allegory in the novel of Brazilian naturalism (Adolfo Caminha and Aluisio Azevedo) and in three novels (Caetés, Angústia, Vidas secas) of Graciliano Ramos. Assuming that the historical allegory can only be performed from a person narrator, or of a narrator who, through his narrative, build its history to defend their political views, I tried to prove that in the tension between what is said by the narrator and the contradictions of this discourse interested in the novel made by the author of the novel, it is possible to discern an authorial position, giving the report for that hibridismo, the role of discussion and adoption of a position of political events and socio-historical process. The literary work here would have the task of discussing the exact timing of events, the political situation, even if other factors literary should be taken into account in their reading.

O arcabouço teórico neo-Kaleckiano parte da importância da demanda efetiva no processo de geração de renda para relacionar sua distribuição funcional - parcela da renda destinada a salários e lucros - à demanda agregada, e assim caracterizar o tipo de regime de demanda das economias, se wage-led (parcela de salários a afetando positivamente) ou profit-led (parcela de lucros a afetando positivamente). Contribuições posteriores propõem extensões ao modelo convencional que incluem o efeito de economia aberta, do crédito e da distribuição pessoal da renda sobre o tipo de regime característico. Partindo de tal arcabouço e da trajetória da economia brasileira nos anos 2000, esta dissertação busca avaliar empírica e teoricamente a relação entre distribuição funcional, distribuição intrasalarial e endividamento das famílias. No âmbito teórico, um modelo neo-Kaleckiano que avalia relação dinâmica de longo prazo entre dívida e distribuição é desenvolvido. No âmbito empírico, a relação entre distribuição funcional e demanda efetiva para economia brasileira no período 1995 a 2013 é analisada, mas considerando o impacto de variáveis ausentes do modelo seminal, que foram abordadas no modelo teórico apresentado, e que parecem relevantes para explicar o desempenho da economia brasileira no período - crédito, distribuição intrasalrial e preço das commodities. Resultados sugerem que o controle para estas variáveis de fato alteram o efeito da distribuição funcional sobre a demanda agregada e vice versa. / The neo-Kaleckian theoretical framework focuses on the importance of effective demand in the income generation process in order to relate its functional distribution - share of income that goes to wage and profits - to aggregate demand, and thus characterize the demand regime that leads it, either wage-led (wage share positively affecting demand or profit led (profit share positively affecting de-mand). Recent contributions include extensions to the standard model such as the open economy effect, household debt, and personal distribution of income to further characterize the regime type. Departing from that approach and from Brazilian Economy\'s performance on the 2000s, this thesis aims to empirically e theoreticallyanalyze the relationship between functional distribution, wage distribution and household debt. In the theoretical ground, a neo-Kaleckian model in which long term relationships between wage heterogeneity and household debt is developed and analyzed. In the empirical ground, the relationship between functional distribution of income and aggregate demand is analyzed for the Brazilian Economy in the period 1995-2013, but testing whether variables that are not present in the seminal model that seem to affect the Brazilian economy in the 2000s - household debt, personal distribution of income and commodity prices - alter the relationship between the two variables. Our results suggest that the control for those aspects indeed change the intercept and inclination of our demand and distributive curves.

O trabalho aqui apresentado trata sobre a reinvenção de uma identidade germânica por meio da arquitetura ocorrida nas cidades de Blumenau e Joinville, em Santa Catarina. Este processo, ocorrido nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, teve um apelo fortemente comercial, visando vender a imagem destas cidades, entre outras na região, de que as tradições germânicas trazidas por imigrantes a partir do século XIX teriam permanecido inalteradas, no intuito de promover o turismo. Esta política, que se baseava no discurso de resgate das tradições, culminou, entre outras coisas, na criação de uma falsa arquitetura típica: o neo-enxaimel, um estilo arquitetônico inspirado no enxaimel, uma antiga técnica de construção de casas, trazida pelos imigrantes. Tendo se proliferado pelo centro destas cidades e alterado a estética urbana, esta arquitetura foi novamente trazida ao presente dentro de um contexto histórico e social bastante diferente daquele das antigas casas. Além disso, para sua implantação não houve qualquer comprometimento histórico, resultando em uma arquitetura inautêntica e até mesmo Kitsch, devido ao seu caráter comercial. Este fato, no entanto, não pode ser entendido como algo isolado, estando relacionado a questões mais amplas discutidas internacionalmente, como a ampliação do conceito de patrimônio cultural, a ilusão de perda da identidade cultural provocada pela globalização, o crescimento da indústria cultural e da indústria do turismo, entre outros fatores. Desta forma, para melhor analisar a invenção do neo-enxaimel como uma tradição estética em Santa Catarina, será inicialmente apresentada uma discussão envolvendo estas questões. / The work presented here deals with the reinvention of a Germanic identity through architecture occurred in the cities of Blumenau and Joinville, Santa Catarina state. This process, which occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, had a strong commercial appeal in order to sell the image of these cities, among others in the region, that the Germanic traditions brought by immigrants in nineteenth century would have remained unchanged, in order to promote tourism. This politics was based on a speech of rescue of traditions and culminated, among other things, in the creation of a false typical architecture: the neo-enxaimel style, an architectural style inspired by the ancient timber framing, a popular technique of building houses brought by immigrants. Having been widespread through the center of these cities, this architecture has altered the urban aesthetics and was brought again into the present within a historical and social context quite different from that one of the old houses. Moreover, for its implementation there was no historical commitment, resulting in an inauthentic architecture and even kitsch, due to its commercial nature. This fact, however, cannot be understood as something separate, being related to broader issues discussed internationally, such as the expansion of the concept of cultural heritage, the illusion of loss of cultural identity caused by globalization, the growth of cultural industry and tourism industry and other factors. Thus, to better analyze the invention of neo-enxaimel style as an aesthetic tradition in Santa Catarina, it will be initially presented a discussion involving these issues.