Spirituality in the discipline of nursing has gained popularity over the past two decades. National and provincial nursing associations and colleges expect nurses to be educated in providing spiritual health assessments and interventions in order to provide holistic nursing care. There is a paucity of research in the nursing literature on the meaning of spirituality from the perspectives of individuals who experience chronic mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. Spirituality remains an elusive construct, challenging psychiatric nurse educators, researchers and practitioners in the development of nursing curricula to guide psychiatric nursing practice. The focus of this research study was to develop a substantive theory about the experience of spirituality among individuals living with schizophrenia using grounded theory methodology in the tradition of Glaser and Strauss (1967). Forty semi-structured interviews and four focus groups were conducted with 20 participants who self-reported to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Findings: The substantive theory "spirituality as connection" indicates that spirituality for persons living with schizophrenia involves a dialectical process in which one strives to be connected to one's spiritual self (body-mind-spirit), significant others (family, friends, G o d / Higher Power, health care professionals), community (others living with a mental illness, others who are well, a faith community, the community in which participants lived), and nature, while at the same time experiencing situations and incidents that promote disconnection from these sub-themes. Strategies used by participants to achieve connection included: taking prescribed atypical anti-psychotic medications, maintaining their health and a healthy lifestyle, use of prayer / meditation, caring for self and others, and engaging in creative activities that added meaning to their life experiences. Among the 17 factors contributing to connection, exemplars are: reconnecting with one's spirit through prayer and meditation, attending drop-in centres for persons living with a mental illness, and walking / hiking in nature. Outcomes include feeling peaceful, love, contentment, being accepted and nurtured by others. Among the 14 factors contributing to disconnection, exemplars are: the effect of the illness on relationships with other people, the stigma of being in a psychiatric ward, being unemployed, and taking typical antipsychotic medications. Outcomes include feeling powerlessness, isolation, rejection and alienation.

Spirituality in the discipline of nursing has gained popularity over the past two decades. National and provincial nursing associations and colleges expect nurses to be educated in providing spiritual health assessments and interventions in order to provide holistic nursing care. There is a paucity of research in the nursing literature on the meaning of spirituality from the perspectives of individuals who experience chronic mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. Spirituality remains an elusive construct, challenging psychiatric nurse educators, researchers and practitioners in the development of nursing curricula to guide psychiatric nursing practice. The focus of this research study was to develop a substantive theory about the experience of spirituality among individuals living with schizophrenia using grounded theory methodology in the tradition of Glaser and Strauss (1967). Forty semi-structured interviews and four focus groups were conducted with 20 participants who self-reported to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Findings: The substantive theory "spirituality as connection" indicates that spirituality for persons living with schizophrenia involves a dialectical process in which one strives to be connected to one's spiritual self (body-mind-spirit), significant others (family, friends, G o d / Higher Power, health care professionals), community (others living with a mental illness, others who are well, a faith community, the community in which participants lived), and nature, while at the same time experiencing situations and incidents that promote disconnection from these sub-themes. Strategies used by participants to achieve connection included: taking prescribed atypical anti-psychotic medications, maintaining their health and a healthy lifestyle, use of prayer / meditation, caring for self and others, and engaging in creative activities that added meaning to their life experiences. Among the 17 factors contributing to connection, exemplars are: reconnecting with one's spirit through prayer and meditation, attending drop-in centres for persons living with a mental illness, and walking / hiking in nature. Outcomes include feeling peaceful, love, contentment, being accepted and nurtured by others. Among the 14 factors contributing to disconnection, exemplars are: the effect of the illness on relationships with other people, the stigma of being in a psychiatric ward, being unemployed, and taking typical antipsychotic medications. Outcomes include feeling powerlessness, isolation, rejection and alienation. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / This research project investigated differences in hypnotic suggestibility between young adults of different ethnic groups, and between male and female subjects. Further, the relationship between creativity and suggestibility in young adults was examined. Therefore, 15 white female, 11 white male and 10 black female students participated in the study. For this research, the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults, and a biographical questionnaire on Individual Creative Background were utilized. Analyses of variances and regression were used as statistical procedures in order to analyse the data. From the findings it appears that young black South Africans are more suggestible than white South Africans. Gender differences were found regarding suggestibility, but no significant differences between white and black females. Regarding the outcomes on suggestibility and creativity, it can be concluded from the regression analysis that there is no relationship between suggestibility and creativity in this sample. It can be said that suggestibility cannot predict creativity and vice versa. It appears that young South Africans do not differ in creativity regarding cultural group or gender. Nevertheless, creativity and relationship to the parents in childhood were significantly related. Further, creativity was highly correlated with the amount of time for unstructured playtime in childhood. Reasons for results obtained are discussed and suggestions for future research made.

The aim of this work is to compare methods that predict whether an image has suggestive content, such as pornographic images and erotic fashion. Using binary classification, this work contributes to an internet environment where these images are not seen out of context. It is, therefore, necessary for user experience improvement purposes, such as child protection, publishers not having their campaign associated with inappropriate content, and companies improving their brand safety. For this study, a data set with more than 500k images was created to test the Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) models: NSFW model, ResNet, EfficientNet, BiT, NudeNet and Yahoo Model. The image classification model EfficientNet-B7 and Big Transfer (BiT) presented the best results with over 91% samples correctly classified on the test set, with precision and recall around 0.7. Model prediction was further investigated using Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanation (LIME), a model explainability technique, and concluded that the model uses coherent regions of the thumbnail according to a human perspective such as legs, abdominal, and chest to classify images as unsafe. / Syftet med detta arbete är att jämföra metoder som förutsäger om en bild har suggestivt innehåll, såsom pornografiska bilder och erotiskt mode. Med binär klassificering bidrar detta arbete till en internetmiljö där dessa bilder inte ses ur sitt sammanhang. Det är därför nödvändigt för att förbättra användarupplevelsen, till exempel barnskydd, utgivare som inte har sina kampanjer kopplade till olämpligt innehåll och företag som förbättrar deras varumärkessäkerhet. För denna studie skapades en datamängd med mer än 500 000 bilder för att testa Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) modeller: NSFW-modell, ResNet, EfficientNet, BiT, NudeNet och Yahoo-modell. Bild klassificerings modellen EfficientNet-B7 och Big Transfer (BiT) presenterade de bästa resultaten med över 91%prover korrekt klassificerade på testuppsättningen, med precision och återkallelse runt 0,7. Modell förutsägelse undersöktes ytterligare med hjälp av Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanation (LIME), en modell förklarbarhetsteknik, och drog slutsatsen att modellen använder sammanhängande regioner i miniatyren enligt ett mänskligt perspektiv såsom ben, buk och bröst för att klassificera bilder som osäkra.

本篇論文建立一個藉由直覺性素描搜尋模型的系統，結合筆觸繪圖搜尋手繪圖與模型。希望可以藉由本系統，提供使用者比起關鍵字或模型搜尋模型，更加方便的模型搜尋工具。系統主要分為建立索引檔、比對特徵向量和使用者介面三個部分。建立索引檔部分要將三維模型處理成資料庫可認知的資料型態，首先將模型旋轉到不同角度並且將之從三維空間描繪成二維模型投影圖，再透過分類演算法把模型投影圖和手繪圖描述為二維特徵向量。比對特徵向量部分需建立手繪圖資料庫和三維模型資料庫的橋梁，藉由計算兩者的特徵向量之間的距離與角度，得到相似度的排序。使用者介面部分提供直覺性使用者繪畫的介面，以不影響使用者創造性的前提下，在使用者繪畫過程中給予最相似於使用者繪畫的手繪圖結果，使用者可以藉由臨摹此結果更貼近所想繪畫的物體，更進一步地取得模型的搜尋結果。最後我們將透過統計方法去驗證系統的有效性。 / We proposed an intuitive model retrieval system with a sketch interface for a database contains sketch drawings and 3D models. Benefit the sketch interface, the proposed system can facilitate the search process better than keyword query or search by 3D model. The system begins with offline indexing preprocess which convert the 3D models into feature vectors. Under best view selection, we render each 3D model into a 2D feature line image. Then classification method will apply the line images and sketching images in model database to build the feature vector. The rank of matching is computed with the angle between the feature vector of input sketch image and feature line images in the database. To extend the usability, we design a sketch interface for searching the best match result during the drawing process. For suggesting the drawing hint, candidate matching results are listed aside to the sketch input screen. We use statistical method to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed system.

Dissociation is commonly associated with sexual crimes or other forms of trauma where a person experienced a threat to the existence or survival of the self. During dissociation the ego may split in such a way that ego-states (subselves or segments of the greater personality) form to encapsulate feelings of guilt, pain, fear, and anger. If dissociation is severe, sufferers will have no conscious recollection of the sexual trauma as it is deeply repressed in the subconscious. This may result in symptoms/pathology later in life. Research indicated that hypnosis (due to its dissociative nature) is favourable as treatment modality for pathology/symptomatology associated with trauma and dissociation. This research study investigates the development of ego-states during experiences of sexual trauma and hypnosis (especially Medical Hypno-analysis and Ego-State Therapy) as effective treatment modality within the field of psycho-education. It proposes a hypnotherapy model where the diagnostic tools as indicated by the Medical Hypno-analysis model, are being used to determine the existence of repressed memories related to sexual trauma. The therapeutic processes as indicated by the Ego-State Therapy model, are being used to resolve and work through the core repressed traumatic experiences through the mobilization of associated and related ego-states. This study presents four case studies and discusses their clinical diagnostic procedures and therapeutic processes. The case studies illustrate that certain symptomatology/pathology experienced later in life may be the result of repressed memories and the formation of maladapted ego-states earlier in life when sexual trauma was experienced. Highly charged emotional and negative beliefs were set in the ego-states and could only be disarmed from their destructive content through regressions and hypnotherapy. A detailed discussion of the proposed hypnotherapy model and its application and concerns regarding its application within the field of psycho-education are also presented. The results of this study indicate that the proposed hypnotherapy model (the combination of Medical Hypno-analysis and Ego-State Therapy) can be used effectively and successfully when working with survivors and symptomatology/pathology associated with sexual crimes. / Educational Studies / D. Ed.

Thesis ((M.S.)?)--University of Michigan, (1993?).

Thesis ((M.S.)?)--University of Michigan, (1993?).

Dissociation is commonly associated with sexual crimes or other forms of trauma where a person experienced a threat to the existence or survival of the self. During dissociation the ego may split in such a way that ego-states (subselves or segments of the greater personality) form to encapsulate feelings of guilt, pain, fear, and anger. If dissociation is severe, sufferers will have no conscious recollection of the sexual trauma as it is deeply repressed in the subconscious. This may result in symptoms/pathology later in life. Research indicated that hypnosis (due to its dissociative nature) is favourable as treatment modality for pathology/symptomatology associated with trauma and dissociation. This research study investigates the development of ego-states during experiences of sexual trauma and hypnosis (especially Medical Hypno-analysis and Ego-State Therapy) as effective treatment modality within the field of psycho-education. It proposes a hypnotherapy model where the diagnostic tools as indicated by the Medical Hypno-analysis model, are being used to determine the existence of repressed memories related to sexual trauma. The therapeutic processes as indicated by the Ego-State Therapy model, are being used to resolve and work through the core repressed traumatic experiences through the mobilization of associated and related ego-states. This study presents four case studies and discusses their clinical diagnostic procedures and therapeutic processes. The case studies illustrate that certain symptomatology/pathology experienced later in life may be the result of repressed memories and the formation of maladapted ego-states earlier in life when sexual trauma was experienced. Highly charged emotional and negative beliefs were set in the ego-states and could only be disarmed from their destructive content through regressions and hypnotherapy. A detailed discussion of the proposed hypnotherapy model and its application and concerns regarding its application within the field of psycho-education are also presented. The results of this study indicate that the proposed hypnotherapy model (the combination of Medical Hypno-analysis and Ego-State Therapy) can be used effectively and successfully when working with survivors and symptomatology/pathology associated with sexual crimes. / Educational Studies / D. Ed.