Thesis (M.S.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2007. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1996. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2891. Typescript. Abstract precedes second title page as preliminary pages 2-3. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-31).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-456) and index.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008. / Accompanied by .pdf, .jpg and .bmp files. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-127).

This thesis explores aspects of Melville’s presentation of both the whale and the human bodies in Moby-Dick and human bodies in other important novels. It argues that Melville uses his presentation of bodies to explore some of the versions of confinement those bodies experience, and by doing so, analyses the psychology which subtends that confinement. Throughout Melville’s works bodies are confined, both within literal spatial limits and by the psychology which creates and/or accepts these spatial limits. The thesis argues that perhaps the most important version of bodily confinement Melville addresses is the impulse to conquer bodies, both that of the other and one’s own. It adopts a largely psychoanalytic approach to interpreting bodies and their impulse to conquer, so that the body is seen to figure both in its actions and its external appearance the operations of the inner psyche. The figure of the body is equally prevalent in Melville’s exploration of nationalist conquest, where, as with Manifest Destiny and antebellum expansionism, the psychological and physical lack experienced by characters can be read as motivating factors in the ideology of conquest. A final important strand of the thesis is its argument in favour of a gradual shift in Melville’s interpretation of the value and possibility of genuine communion between human beings and between humans and the whale. One may read Typee as an attempt by Melville to explore the possibility of a this-worldly utopia in which human beings can return to a version of primitive interconnectedness. This exploration may be seen to be extended in Moby-Dick, particularly in Ishmael’s attempts to find communion with others and in some moments of encounter with the whales. The thesis uses phenomenology as a theory to interpret what Melville is trying to suggest in these moments of encounter. However, it argues, finally, that such encounter, or ‘intersubjectivity’ is eventually jettisoned, especially in the works after Moby-Dick. By the end of Melville’s life and work, any hope of an intersubjective utopia he may have harboured as a younger man have been removed in favour of a refusal actually to assert any final ‘truth’ about social, political or even religious experience. Billy Budd, his last body, is hanged, and his final word is silence.

The human gut microbiota is considered to be a highly specialized organ providing nourishment, regulating epithelial cell development, modulating innate immune responses and colonization resistances, and it significantly impacts human health and disease. Dispite of being extensively studied for several decades, the functionality of the microbiota colonization in the human gastrointestinal tract and the mechanisms of the interactions between the host and bacteria are still poorly understood. This research follows a novel and unique approach, which combines the complementary strengths of in vitro experiment, in vivo study and mathematical modelling. The work undertaken has three emphases: 1) probiotic strains and their impact on human health; 2) the development of gut microbiota in infants; 3) quantification of human gut microbial ecosystem at both the species level and the system level. In the first part of this research, a versatile anaerobic continuous culture platform was implemented following a novel and unique design, which allows easy and continuous sampling and monitoring of microbial growth. A number of carefully planned in vitro experiments have been conducted to investigate the growth and competition of probiotic strains under different culture conditions. These in vitro experiments improve the understanding for the growth behaviour of the specific probiotic strains. The second part of this project analyzed 50 faecal samples collected from 9 healthy infants with administration of probiotic strains and placebo. The analysis is based on the 454-pyrosequencing technology, which reveals the complete profiles of gut microbiota in these infants and confirmed the modulation effect of the specific probiotic strains. The last part of this research focused on the development of mathematical and computational models of human gut microbial ecosystem. The outcome from this part of the research includes: a) a new bacterial growth model that overcomes the parodox of competitative exclusion caused by previous models; b) a versatile computational framework to simulate in vitro fermentation experiments; and c) a comprehensive mathematical model for human gut and gut microbiota that is the first model for its nature.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-08-22Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:48:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 amaral_mep_me_bauru.pdf: 1033929 bytes, checksum: 32587b46e9b4802faf091dececc8d880 (MD5) / O corpo se torna um discurso cultural dialogando com as referências no tempo e no espaço. Essa pesquisa pretende analisar as formas de representação do corpo masculino em veículos homoeróticos. Para isso, a intenção foi de fazer o recorte em dois momentos da história dessa categoria de veículos: o jornal Lampião da Esquina e a revista Junior. Por se encontrarem em momentos diferentes no tempo, a representação do corpo também se modificou. As ideologias de cada veículo são distintas e acompanharam os movimentos de ordem social e cultural, tornando-se, também uma base para a composição do discurso midiático. Para isso foram escolhidas quatro fotografias de capas de cada veículo para perceber as mudanças ocasionadas e percebê-las segundo análise de fotografia e também na perspectiva da representação social e referência de cultura, identidade e midiatização / The body becomes a cultural discourse in dialogue with the references in time and space. This research aims to analyze the forms of representation of the male body in homoerotic vehicles. For this, the intention was to make the cut in two moments in the history of this category of vechicles: Lampião da Esquina Press and Junior magazine. These vehicles are in different moments in time, so the representation of the male body has also changed. The ideologies of each vehicle are distinct and followed the movements of social and cultural order, making it also base for compositing the media discourse. Se four photographs of covers each vehicle are chosen to realize the changes caused and perceive them according to the analysis of photography and also in terms of social representation and referrals culture, identity and media

Orientador: Cláudio Bertolli Filho / Banca: Maximiliano Martin Vicente / Banca: Larissa Maués Pelúcio Silva / Resumo: O corpo se torna um discurso cultural dialogando com as referências no tempo e no espaço. Essa pesquisa pretende analisar as formas de representação do corpo masculino em veículos homoeróticos. Para isso, a intenção foi de fazer o recorte em dois momentos da história dessa categoria de veículos: o jornal Lampião da Esquina e a revista Junior. Por se encontrarem em momentos diferentes no tempo, a representação do corpo também se modificou. As ideologias de cada veículo são distintas e acompanharam os movimentos de ordem social e cultural, tornando-se, também uma base para a composição do discurso midiático. Para isso foram escolhidas quatro fotografias de capas de cada veículo para perceber as mudanças ocasionadas e percebê-las segundo análise de fotografia e também na perspectiva da representação social e referência de cultura, identidade e midiatização / Abstract: The body becomes a cultural discourse in dialogue with the references in time and space. This research aims to analyze the forms of representation of the male body in homoerotic vehicles. For this, the intention was to make the cut in two moments in the history of this category of vechicles: Lampião da Esquina Press and Junior magazine. These vehicles are in different moments in time, so the representation of the male body has also changed. The ideologies of each vehicle are distinct and followed the movements of social and cultural order, making it also base for compositing the media discourse. Se four photographs of covers each vehicle are chosen to realize the changes caused and perceive them according to the analysis of photography and also in terms of social representation and referrals culture, identity and media / Mestre

Este trabalho de História Social trata de discorrer sobre as práticas corporais dos indivíduos durante o higienismo, especialmente nos primeiros anos da República Brasileira, em que as elites se apropriam do poder, as camadas médias buscam sua acensão e reconhecimento social por meio da distinção de suas aparências e de seus corpos ora saudáveis por conta do progresso e da ciência, tentando fazer do futuro da pátria uma nação do futuro ao extirpar a doença e o atraso. / This work of social history comes to talk about bodily practices of individuals during hygienism, especially in the early years of the Republic of Brazil, where elites get hold of power, the middle classes seek their rise and social recognition through the excellence of her appearances and their bodies healthy now because of the progress and science, trying to make the future of the nation to eradicate disease and backwardness.

Orientador: Marília Vieira Soares / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T05:08:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Santinho_GabrielaDiDonatoSalvador_D.pdf: 1466298 bytes, checksum: b11eda4888b1e58a542694655e352da3 (MD5) Santinho_GabrielaDiDonatoSalvador_Anexo.zip: 721380883 bytes, checksum: 6807bfa40d87f58a50e2a4efc5f4ad56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este texto apresenta o corpo mitológico como uma possibilidade de trabalho com a mitologia sagrada na dança cênica. A proposta do corpo mitológico surge a partir da observação da significativa presença da mitologia nas temáticas da dança cênica ao longo de sua história e das práticas usadas pela autora como caminho de criação coreográfica. O corpo mitológico é aqui apresentado como um tipo de corpo cênico voltado para a interpretação da mitologia na cena que pode ser alcançado a partir de trabalhos psicofísicos que despertam os conteúdos mitológicos presentes no inconsciente do dançarino, que, por sua vez, os transformam em movimentos expressivos. A base do conceito teórico do corpo mitológico está nas teorias de inconsciente pessoal e coletivo, propostas pela Psicologia Analítica Junguiana e na compreensão da mitologia como resultado de processos psíquicos e biológicos, advindas de autores como Mircea Eliade e Joseph Campbel. A prática efetiva do corpo mitológico foi realizada a partir de laboratórios de dança que buscaram possíveis caminhos para que esse tipo de corpo se manifeste na dança e teve como resultado o estudo coreográfico intitulado "Outra Pele", também apresentado como parte da presente pesquisa / Abstract: This text presents the mythological body as a possibility to work with sacred mythology in scenic dance. The proposal of the mythological body arises from the observation of the significant presence of mythology in the scenic dance themes throughout its history and practices used by the author as a way of choreographic creation. The mythological body is presented here as a type of scenic body facing the interpretation of mythology in the scene that can be reached from psychophysical studies that evoke mythological content present in the unconscious of the dancer , which in turn transform them into expressive movements. The basis of the theoretical concept of the mythological body is in theories of personal and collective unconscious, proposed by Analytical Jungian Psychology and understanding of mythology as a result of psychological and biological processes , resulting from authors such as Mircea Eliade and Joseph Campbel. The effective practice of mythological body was carried from dance laboratories sought possible ways for this body type is manifested in dance and resulted choreographic study entitled " Another Skin " , also presented as part of this research / Doutorado / Teatro, Dança e Performance / Doutora em Artes da Cena