This study is concerned with subject formation in the fiction of contemporary postcolonial authors Abdulrazak Gurnah, Yvonne Vera, and David Dabydeen. In contextualised readings of a total of nine works – Gurnah’s Admiring Silence (1996), By the Sea (2001), and Desertion (2005); Vera’s Without a Name (1996), Butterfly Burning (1998), and The Stone Virgins (2002); Dabydeen’s Disappearance (1993), Turner (1994), and A Harlot’s Progress (1999) – it explores thematic and formal aspects of the subject’s constitution in the texts. Investigating the representation of material and discursive traces that constitute the individual, this study has a double aim. First, it describes the particular historical formations that mould the individual in the different texts. Second, it investigates the tactics used to imaginatively upset these formations in order to present new and more enabling modes of being. Gurnah’s fiction depicts the intricate meshwork of social codes, emotions, and narratives that shape subjectivity in a highly unstable and cosmopolitan social reality. His novels repeatedly thematise cultural disorientation, migration, and the efforts of establishing a minimum of social and narrative stability in the form of a home. The chapter reads Gurnah’s fiction against a background of Zanzibari history and diaspora and suggests that various forms of “entanglements” paradoxically provide the means to pull the subject out of states of anxiety and alienation into more viable states of being. Vera’s novels engage a powerful Zimbabwean discourse on history, and the psychic and bodily wounds that result from its violent impact on the subject. Set at moments of special and contested historical importance, her novels address the exclusions and silences of this discourse in order both to assess its effects and the possibilities of imagining alternative versions that would allow other modes of subjectivity. These possibilities are manifested, thematically and textually, through an improvisational form of “movement,” geographical, linguistic, and musical. Dabydeen’s fiction investigates the textual dimensions of identity and its connections to larger cultural archives of tropes and languages. Focusing on the constraining yet constitutive impact of various modes of colonial and racial rhetoric, his literary texts display a manipulation of textual elements from these archives that approaches a re-conception of the subject. To describe this manipulation of English and Caribbean sources, thematised and dramatically staged in his fiction, I am using Dabydeen’s own phrase, “creative amnesia.”

Extensive research has already been performed on Aloe vera therefore it is important that researchers include other aloe species, such as Aloe marlothii and Aloe ferox, in studies involving aloe plant materials (Loots et al., 2007:6891). The use of natural products has regained popularity and in recent years the demand for alternative medication has risen considerably (Walji & Wiktorowicz, 2013:86). The hydration state of the human skin is fundamental for its normal functioning (Verdier-Sévrain & Bonté, 2007:75), with healthy skin possessing a water content higher than 10% (w/v) (Blank, 1952:439). This demonstrates the importance of the topical application of skin moisturisers as part of basic skin care regime (Verdier-Sévrain & Bonté, 2007:75). The first part of this project focused on the in vivo skin hydration effects of the precipitated polysaccharide components of A. vera, A. ferox and A. marlothii leaf gel materials (3% (w/v)) after single (30, 90 and 150 min after application) and multiple applications (twice daily application over a period of four weeks) on healthy volunteers, respectively. The anti-erythema effects of these aloe materials on sodium lauryl sulphate irritated skin were also examined. The skin hydration effects of the aloe materials were determined with the Corneometer® CM 825 and Visioscan® VC 98 during the short term study (single application) and longer term study (multiple applications). In addition, as an indirect measurement of skin hydration, the Cutometer® dual MPA 580 was used to measure skin elasticity during the longer term study. To determine the anti-erythema effects of the aloe materials when applied to irritated skin areas, the haemoglobin content of the skin was measured with a Mexameter® MX 18. The results from the in vivo study indicated that A. ferox gel material dehydrated the skin, whereas A. vera and A. marlothii gel materials hydrated the skin during the short term study. Results from the longer term study showed that all the aloe leaf materials have skin dehydration effects, probably due to the aloe absorbing moisture from the skin into the applied gel layer upon drying. From the anti-erythema study, it was seen that A. vera and A. ferox materials had the potential to reduce erythema on the skin similar to that of the positive control group (i.e. hydrocortisone gel) after six days of treatment. The skin possesses exceptional barrier properties which can mostly be ascribed to the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC). Due to the physical barrier the skin has against drug permeation, the delivery of drug molecules into and across the skin continues to be challenging (Lane, 2013:13) and to overcome this barrier, penetration enhancers can be used to efficiently deliver drugs across the skin (Barry, 2002:522). The aim of the second part of this project was to determine the skin penetration enhancing effects of the gel and whole leaf materials of A. vera, A. marlothii and A. ferox. Ketoprofen was used as the marker compound and a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed and validated to determine the amount of ketoprofen present in the samples. Prior to the skin diffusion studies, membrane release studies were performed to test whether the solutions containing different concentrations of the aloe leaf materials (i.e. 3.00%, 1.50% and 0.75% (w/v)) released ketoprofen from their gel-like structures. From these studies, it was evident the 0.75% (w/v) concentration had the highest average percentage ketoprofen release, which was subsequently chosen as the concentration for the aloe leaf materials tested in the transdermal skin diffusion studies. The in vitro permeation study was conducted across dermatomed (400 μm thick) skin in Franz diffusion cells. Tape stripping was performed after completion of the diffusion studies to determine the concentration ketoprofen present in the SC-epidermis and epidermis-dermis layers of the skin. Results from the in vitro permeation study showed that A. vera gel enhanced the flux of ketoprofen to the highest extent (20.464 μg/cm2.h) when compared to the control group (8.020 μg/cm2.h). Aloe marlothii gel (12.756 μg/cm2.h) and A. ferox whole leaf material (12.187 μg/cm2.h) also enhanced the permeation of ketoprofen across the skin compared to the control group. A. vera gel material was the most efficient transdermal drug penetration enhancer of the selected aloe species investigated. In order to determine by which mechanism the aloe leaf materials enhanced the skin permeation of ketoprofen (Hadgraft et al., 2003:141), the permeation profiles were analysed using a non-linear curve-fitting procedure (Díez-Sales et al., 1991:3) to obtain α, β and kp values. A change in the α-value indicated the aloe leaf material influenced the partition coefficient (K), whereas a change in β indicated the aloe leaf material influenced the diffusivity (D) (with the assumption that h, the diffusional path length is constant) (Otto et al., 2010:278). The calculated α-values indicated the drug permeation enhancing effect of A. vera gel can be ascribed to an increased partitioning of the drug into the skin. The calculated β-values showed A. ferox whole leaf altered the diffusion characteristics of the skin for ketoprofen. The tape stripping results showed A. marlothii whole leaf delivered the highest concentration of the ketoprofen into the SC-epidermis and epidermis-dermis layers of the skin. / PhD (Pharmaceutics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Extensive research has already been performed on Aloe vera therefore it is important that researchers include other aloe species, such as Aloe marlothii and Aloe ferox, in studies involving aloe plant materials (Loots et al., 2007:6891). The use of natural products has regained popularity and in recent years the demand for alternative medication has risen considerably (Walji & Wiktorowicz, 2013:86). The hydration state of the human skin is fundamental for its normal functioning (Verdier-Sévrain & Bonté, 2007:75), with healthy skin possessing a water content higher than 10% (w/v) (Blank, 1952:439). This demonstrates the importance of the topical application of skin moisturisers as part of basic skin care regime (Verdier-Sévrain & Bonté, 2007:75). The first part of this project focused on the in vivo skin hydration effects of the precipitated polysaccharide components of A. vera, A. ferox and A. marlothii leaf gel materials (3% (w/v)) after single (30, 90 and 150 min after application) and multiple applications (twice daily application over a period of four weeks) on healthy volunteers, respectively. The anti-erythema effects of these aloe materials on sodium lauryl sulphate irritated skin were also examined. The skin hydration effects of the aloe materials were determined with the Corneometer® CM 825 and Visioscan® VC 98 during the short term study (single application) and longer term study (multiple applications). In addition, as an indirect measurement of skin hydration, the Cutometer® dual MPA 580 was used to measure skin elasticity during the longer term study. To determine the anti-erythema effects of the aloe materials when applied to irritated skin areas, the haemoglobin content of the skin was measured with a Mexameter® MX 18. The results from the in vivo study indicated that A. ferox gel material dehydrated the skin, whereas A. vera and A. marlothii gel materials hydrated the skin during the short term study. Results from the longer term study showed that all the aloe leaf materials have skin dehydration effects, probably due to the aloe absorbing moisture from the skin into the applied gel layer upon drying. From the anti-erythema study, it was seen that A. vera and A. ferox materials had the potential to reduce erythema on the skin similar to that of the positive control group (i.e. hydrocortisone gel) after six days of treatment. The skin possesses exceptional barrier properties which can mostly be ascribed to the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC). Due to the physical barrier the skin has against drug permeation, the delivery of drug molecules into and across the skin continues to be challenging (Lane, 2013:13) and to overcome this barrier, penetration enhancers can be used to efficiently deliver drugs across the skin (Barry, 2002:522). The aim of the second part of this project was to determine the skin penetration enhancing effects of the gel and whole leaf materials of A. vera, A. marlothii and A. ferox. Ketoprofen was used as the marker compound and a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed and validated to determine the amount of ketoprofen present in the samples. Prior to the skin diffusion studies, membrane release studies were performed to test whether the solutions containing different concentrations of the aloe leaf materials (i.e. 3.00%, 1.50% and 0.75% (w/v)) released ketoprofen from their gel-like structures. From these studies, it was evident the 0.75% (w/v) concentration had the highest average percentage ketoprofen release, which was subsequently chosen as the concentration for the aloe leaf materials tested in the transdermal skin diffusion studies. The in vitro permeation study was conducted across dermatomed (400 μm thick) skin in Franz diffusion cells. Tape stripping was performed after completion of the diffusion studies to determine the concentration ketoprofen present in the SC-epidermis and epidermis-dermis layers of the skin. Results from the in vitro permeation study showed that A. vera gel enhanced the flux of ketoprofen to the highest extent (20.464 μg/cm2.h) when compared to the control group (8.020 μg/cm2.h). Aloe marlothii gel (12.756 μg/cm2.h) and A. ferox whole leaf material (12.187 μg/cm2.h) also enhanced the permeation of ketoprofen across the skin compared to the control group. A. vera gel material was the most efficient transdermal drug penetration enhancer of the selected aloe species investigated. In order to determine by which mechanism the aloe leaf materials enhanced the skin permeation of ketoprofen (Hadgraft et al., 2003:141), the permeation profiles were analysed using a non-linear curve-fitting procedure (Díez-Sales et al., 1991:3) to obtain α, β and kp values. A change in the α-value indicated the aloe leaf material influenced the partition coefficient (K), whereas a change in β indicated the aloe leaf material influenced the diffusivity (D) (with the assumption that h, the diffusional path length is constant) (Otto et al., 2010:278). The calculated α-values indicated the drug permeation enhancing effect of A. vera gel can be ascribed to an increased partitioning of the drug into the skin. The calculated β-values showed A. ferox whole leaf altered the diffusion characteristics of the skin for ketoprofen. The tape stripping results showed A. marlothii whole leaf delivered the highest concentration of the ketoprofen into the SC-epidermis and epidermis-dermis layers of the skin. / PhD (Pharmaceutics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

In questo lavoro scientifico è stato studiato il contenuto di aloine e beta-polisaccaridi in piante di Aloe barbadensis (Aloe vera) ed Aloe arborescens, in relazione ad alcuni fattori di variabilità quali la specie, l’età, la tipologia di tessuto vegetale analizzato e le condizioni di coltivazione. Ulteriori analisi hanno permesso di studiare la loro stabilità in differenti matrici, il loro potere antiossidante ed antimicrobico, mediante studi in vitro. E’ stato inoltre effettuato un ulteriore studio, in vivo, somministrando un omogeneizzato d’Aloe arborescens fresco a bovine da latte in periparto, con lo scopo di valutare l’eventuale assorbimento di aloina, correlandolo ad eventuali effetti benefici. Nel derma è concentrata l’aloina, molto abbondante in piante di tre anni, mentre nella porzione fogliare interna gelatinosa, i beta-polisaccaridi. Il profilo fitochimico inoltre pare essere influenzato dalle condizioni di stress cui la coltura viene sottoposta, in particolare sembra che lo stress salino e la scarsa disponibilità in azoto, promuovano la sintesi delle principali bio-componenti studiate. Lo stesso contenuto inoltre è stato positivamente correlato al grado di luminosità percepita dalla coltura. Entrambe le componenti sono poco stabili e molto sensibili alle alte temperature, presentano inoltre ridotta capacità antiossidante. In sinergia con altre biocomponenti, pare possiedano proprietà antimicrobiche contro alcuni batteri patogeni, mentre entro certe dosi mostrano effetti pre-biotici, nei confronti di alcuni lattobacilli. E’ stato infine dimostrato dalla sperimentazione in vivo un assorbimento ematico di aloina, dimostrando in questo modo la sua sistemicità. / The relationship between Aloe main active components and plant age, specie and grow conditions has been investigated in Aloe barbadensis and A. arborescens, the commercially most used species of the genus. Aloin was mainly located in leaves outer green rid while beta-polysaccharides in inner parenchyma. Aloin concentration was higher in younger plants. Plants grown under decrising light intensities showed lower aloin and beta-polysaccharides concentrations. The content of these substances is improved by stress condition. The most antioxidant activity is located in the outer green rid of the leaves and it was slightly correlated to the total phenolic compounds content. Aloin and beta-polysaccharides stability in leaf homogenate was poor and temperature seemed to be quite more effective in reducing degradation. Antimicrobial effect against to phatogen microorganisms of anthraquinones aloin and alo-emodin and different Aloe extracts was confirmed. Prebiotic effects to Lactobacillus were discovered and a synergistic effect of several compounds was supposed. Systemic effect of aloin was explained by vivo experiments (on cows) because aloin is observed until 24 h after the oral administration of Aloe, thus metabolic and physiologic effects may be expected.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-91) / My thesis focuses on the representation of marginalized voices and trauma in the selected fiction of Tsitsi Dangarembga and Yvonne Vera. I analyze three novels written by the Yvonne Vera—Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue(1996) and The Stone Virgins(2002) set during the Zimbabwe liberation struggle period and postcolonial Zimbabwe dissident era respectively and Nervous Conditions(1988) and its sequel, The Book of Not (1996), by Dangarembga set during the 1960s to 1970s colonial Rhodesia period (the colonial name for Zimbabwe) and during the period of white‐minority rule in Rhodesia to the attainment of independence in 1980. I analyze these novels from the feminist/womanist, gender and postcolonial literary models. The rational for grouping these theoretical models in the analysis in this thesis is that they commonly highlight from a gender perspective the complex factors which oppress and marginalize women in the colonial and postcolonial contexts in which the two authors set their writings. These literary paradigms highlight the oppression of women from an African perspective and all acknowledge the need to address all factors which oppress and subordinate women (gender, race, class) if total emancipation for them is to be achieved. I also posit that Vera and Dangarembga offer discourses that challenge the silencing of narratives of oppression and violation in their novels selected for analysis in this thesis. The thesis has five chapters. In Chapter 1, I set out the argument of the thesis and give a brief history of gendered colonialism and the historical period which provides a setting for the fiction of the two authors. Next, I describe the conceptual framework I will use in analyzing the works of the two postcolonial Zimbabwe female writers. Then I will outline the research questions and hypothesis and expose the research methodology and approach that will serve as my vehicle for data collection, analysis and interpretation. In Chapter 2, I will focus on gender, class and race and discuss the ways Dangarembga explores these factors in Nervous Conditions and The Book of Not. I will also discuss innovate ways women explore to champion their freedom and voice in the fiction of Dangarembga. Chapter 3 focuses on the novels of Yvonne Vera— Without a Name, Under the Tongue and The stone Virgins —which articulate narratives of violated subjects and silenced voices. I will discuss the ways Vera explores to show how narratives of violated subjects are silenced by patriarchy, colonialism and masculine narratives of nationalism in these novels. Chapter 4 focuses on narratives of trauma. Using theories of trauma, I will analyze Without a Name, Under the Tongue and The Stone Virgins by Vera and show how these narratives articulate colonial and postcolonial trauma and female child trauma. I will also discuss The Book of Not by Dangarembga and show how the novel articulates colonial and racial trauma. My discussion of the novels of Vera and Dangarembga in this chapter will show that these novels work out traumatic experiences in the colonial and postcolonial eras and will also reveal the challenges of representing tra / English Studies / M.A. (English)

Les néoplasies myéloprolifératives (NMP) sont des hémopathies myéloïdes clonales, chroniques et prolifératives. Les plus fréquentes sont la polyglobulie de Vaquez et la thrombocytémie essentielle. Elles s’accompagnent de risques importants de thrombose (artérielles et veineuses) et de transformation en pathologies plus agressives (myélofibrose secondaire et leucémie aigüe). Les thromboses peuvent être la situation diagnostique de ces maladies, ou survenir au cours de la prise en charge. Le sujet de cette thèse est d’étudier la relation clinique entre NMP et thrombose. Dans un contexte de survenue de thrombose veineuse idiopathique, sans antécédent NMP, nous nous sommes intéressés à la recherche de mutation clonale chez les patients comme moyen diagnostique d’une NMP. Nous avons ainsi exploité la cohorte EDITH du CIC en prenant les patients ayant expérimentés un puis une récurrence thrombotique. A l’inverse, nous avons constitué une base de données (OBENE) des patients pris en charge pour une NMP au CHRU de Brest.Nous avons ensuite exploité cette base, en analysant la fréquence et l’impact des arythmies cardiaques auriculaires, la balance bénéfice-risque à l’utilisation des NACO, l’impact des statines sur la réduction du risque de thrombose ainsi que la fréquence et l’impact de la nonadhérence aux traitements dans les PV et TE.NMP et thromboses sont liées, il est donc nécessaire d’approfondir les connaissances de leur physiopathologie spécifique pour améliorer la prévention et le traitement des épisodes. Cette thèse amène quelques réponses àcertaines questions mais elle est surtout le point de départ de réflexion commune entre les praticiens et biologistes intéressés par ces domaines. / The myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are clonal myeloid, chronic and proliferative disorders. The most frequent are polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. The more frequent complications are thromboses (arterial and venous) and phenotypic evolutions (secondary myelofibrosis and acute leukemia). Thromboses can be a situation of diagnosis or observed during the followup of a MPN. This thesis is focused on the clinical link between MPN and thromboses.In a context of idiopathic venous thromboses (first event or recurrence), without medical history of MPN, we have tested patients for the most frequent MPN clonal mutations. So, we have used the informations and patients of the dedicated EDITH cohort.On the other hand, we have constituted a MPN database (OBENE) of the patients diagnosed for MPN in our Hospitalcentre. By this way, we have analysed the frequency and impact of atrial arrhythmias, the benefit-risk balance of the use of DOAC, the impact of statins to reduce the thrombotic risk and the frequency and impact of the treatment nonadherence in this population.MPN and thromboses are linked, so it is necessary to increase our knowledge of their physiopathology to improve prevention and treatment of the events. This thesis brings some answers to some questions but, she is almost the starting point of common reflexion between clinicians and biologists interested in these domains.

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-06-21T23:28:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 OSCAR GOMES DA SILVA NETO – DISSERTAÇÃO (UAEMa) 2015.pdf: 1645990 bytes, checksum: e448fc8b851a203983ccd784d8234090 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-21T23:28:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 OSCAR GOMES DA SILVA NETO – DISSERTAÇÃO (UAEMa) 2015.pdf: 1645990 bytes, checksum: e448fc8b851a203983ccd784d8234090 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-21 / A ecografia é um dos métodos de diagnóstico por imagem mais versátil e difundido na atualidade, de aplicação relativamente simples, basear-se no fenômeno de interação de uma onda mecânica com os tecidos corporais, ou seja, observa as propriedades mecânicas dos tecidos ao longo da propagação da onda pelos mesmos, necessitando de um gel de acoplamento acústico para aumentar o contato entre a pele e o aparelho. A Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) é uma planta suculenta perene, que desenvolve um tecido de armazenamento de água no interior das folhas, o gel, para sobreviver em zonas áridas de pluviosidade baixa ou irregular. Desta forma, este trabalho objetivou a extração do gel de Aloe vera, com subsequente análise de suas propriedades físicas, químicas e biológicas. Foram realizados testes de avaliação da sua funcionalidade para aquisição de imagens por ecografia e, por fim, realizado estudo comparativo com imagens ecográficas adquiridas com o gel de Aloe vera e com o gel comercial atualmente utilizado. O gel de Aloe Vera a 100% foi extraído da própria planta, processado e caracterizado por espectroscopia na Região do Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier (FTIR), espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva de raios X (EDS), Ensaio de Citotoxicidade e Ecografia. As análises foram realizadas no Laboratório de Desenvolvimento e Avaliação de Biomateriais (CERTBIO). O gel de Aloe vera quando utilizado para fins de obtenção de imagem, apresentou resultado igual ou superior às imagens obtidas com o gel comercial, podendo ter ocorrido devido a menor resistência oferecida pelo mesmo e consequentemente maior condutividade, provavelmente pela maior quantidade de íons livres, permitindo a diminuição da impedância do transdutor em relação à pele, promovendo a propagação do ultrassom desde o transdutor até os órgãos avaliados. Com base nos resultados obtidos nos ensaios de Espectroscopia na Região do Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier, Espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva de raios X, Citotoxicidade e Exames Ecográficos, pode-se concluir que os materiais apresentam características semelhantes, indicando que o gel de Aloe vera possa ser utilizado em exames de ultrassonografia. / Ultrasound is a diagnostic methods for more versatile and widespread image today, relatively simple application, be based on the interaction phenomenon of a mechanical wave with body tissues, ie observe the mechanical properties of tissues along the Wave propagation through the same, necessitating an acoustic coupling gel to increase the contact between the skin and the device. Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) is a succulent perennial plant which develops a water storage tissue sheets within the gel, to survive in arid zones of low rainfall or irregular. Thus, this study aimed to extract the gel of Aloe vera, with subsequent analysis of their physical, chemical and biological properties, as well as evaluation tests were carried out of its functionality for image acquisition by ultrasound and finally performed study comparison with ultrasound images acquired with the gel of Aloe vera and commercial gel currently used. The gel of Aloe Vera 100% was extracted from the plant itself, processed and characterized by Spectroscopy in Infrared Region Fourier Transform (FTIR) Spectroscopy Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDS), Cytotoxicity and ultrasound test. The analyzes were performed at the Development Laboratory and Biomaterials Assessment (CERTBIO). The Aloe vera gel when used for the purpose of obtaining image presented results equal to or better than the images obtained with the commercial gel and this may be due to lower resistance of the same and therefore higher conductivity and this can probably allow the reduction of the impedance of the transducer relative to the skin, promoting the propagation of ultrasound from the transducer to the evaluated organs. Since based on the results obtained in tests spectroscopy in the infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, by Energy Dispersive X-ray, ultrasound examinations and cytotoxicity, it can be concluded that the materials have similar characteristics indicative that the aloe vera gel may be used on ultrasound examination.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, 2013. / Submitted by Albânia Cézar de Melo (albania@bce.unb.br) on 2013-10-02T14:58:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_AndressaMarquesSilva.pdf: 1189696 bytes, checksum: 1e13985a9ae1aa50a7fb4e5912a3a1d0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marília Freitas(marilia@bce.unb.br) on 2013-10-03T10:54:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_AndressaMarquesSilva.pdf: 1189696 bytes, checksum: 1e13985a9ae1aa50a7fb4e5912a3a1d0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-10-03T10:54:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_AndressaMarquesSilva.pdf: 1189696 bytes, checksum: 1e13985a9ae1aa50a7fb4e5912a3a1d0 (MD5) / Esta dissertação analisa e discute a representação das personagens femininas negras na literatura brasileira contemporânea, especificamente nos gêneros romance e rap, pensando as relações afetivas vivenciadas por elas. Este estudo faz um paralelo entre as representações iniciais dessas personagens na literatura brasileira, a partir do romance O cortiço, de Aluísio Azevedo, e as perspectivas contemporâneas construídas para tais personagens. Dessa maneira, além do romance de Azevedo, foram analisados os romances As mulheres de Tijucopapo, de Marilene Felinto, e Ponciá Vicêncio e Becos da memória, de Conceição Evaristo, além de algumas letras do grupo Atitude Feminina e da rapper Vera Verônika. A fim de problematizar a estereotipia e sexualização dos corpos das personagens femininas negras e encontrar contrapontos a tal discurso a partir da experiência afetiva destas, o trabalho divide-se em três momentos: discussão sobre as violações do corpo feminino negro nas representações da literatura brasileira do século XIX, a autorrepresentação das relações afetivas desses corpos nas obras de autoras negras contemporâneas e, finalmente, a construção da subjetividade dessas personagens sob a ótica do rap feminino brasileiro atual. ______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / This paper analyses and discusses the representation of black female characters in Contemporary Brazilian Literature, particularly in the rap and novel genres ponderibg over the relationships they live. This study draws a parallel between the initial representation of this characters in Brazilian Literature , through the novel O Cortiço, by Aluisio de Azevedo and – and the contemporary perspectives built for these characters concerning their affective practices. Holding this goal, beyond Azevedo’s novel, the works of As mulheres de Tijucopapo, by Marilene Felinto, Ponciá Vicêncio and Becos da memória, by Conceição Evaristo, and some of the lyrics from the group Atitude Feminina and from the rapper Vera Verônika were analyzed. With the purpose to question the stereotyping and sexualization of the bodies of black female characters and find the literary opposite to such discourse, the paper is divided in three steps: an interpretation of the violation of the female black body in its representation in the Brazilian Literature of the nineteenth century; an analysis of the self-representation of romantic relationships of black women in the works of contemporary black female writers; and, finally, a discussion about the way effective possibilities of love are built for these women in the current Brazilian feminine rap.

This study aims to evaluate the effect of a drug in order to avoid the appearance of side effects of human pulp fibroblasts. The groups were divided into: CTR with culture medium with fibroblasts; CL, FTL only; AA, Aloe vera with distilled water; AL, Aloe vera with distilled water and FTL; HA, calcium hydroxide P.A. With distilled water; HL, calcium hydroxide P.A. With distilled water and FTL; HAA, calcium hydroxide P.A. With Aloe vera and distilled water; HAL, calcium hydroxide P.A. With Aloe vera, distilled water and FTL. Cytotoxicity evaluation was performed with the MTT reagent at 24, 48 and 72 h, for the evaluation of genotoxicity the micronucleus test was used in 24 h. At 24 h, the CL group presented a greater media of cellular viability, and the HA showed lower mean but stimulated greater number of cell division. At 48 h, the CL group presented a higher medium of cellular viability of high genotoxicity, and the HAL showed lower mean. The AL group showed a higher percentage of surviving cells in 72 h with statistic different from the HA and HL groups (p <0.05). (P <0.001) and to the AA group (p <0.01). The AL group exhibited high genotoxicity with significant results when the CTR group (p <0.001) and the AA group (p <0.01). It is concluded that Aloe vera allowed a greater cell viability in human pulp fibroblasts in the presence of calcium hydroxide, with the increase of the genotoxicity increase in this association. Calcium hydroxide and an FTL showed higher cytotoxicity. / Este estudo objetiva avaliar in vitro o efeito da Aloe vera associada a medicamento de uso endodôntico combinados ou não a FTL em fibroblastos pulpares humanos FP6. Os grupos foram divididos em: CTR com meio de cultura com fibroblastos; CL, apenas FTL; AA, Aloe vera com água destilada; AL, Aloe vera com água destilada e FTL; HA, hidróxido de cálcio P.A. com água destilada; HL, hidróxido de cálcio P.A. com água destilada e FTL; HAA, hidróxido de cálcio P.A. com Aloe vera e água destilada; HAL, hidróxido de cálcio P.A. com Aloe vera, água destilada e FTL. A avaliação da citotoxicidade sucedeu-se com o reagente MTT em 24, 48 e 72 h e, para avaliação da genotoxicidade utilizou-se o teste de micronúcleo em 24 h. Em 24 h, o grupo CL apresentou a maior média de viabilidade celular, e o HA mostrou menor média mas estimulou maior número de divisão celular. Em 48 h, o grupo CL apresentou a maior média de viabilidade celular apesar da elevada genotoxicidade, e o HAL mostrou menor média. O grupo AL demonstrou maior percentual de células sobreviventes em 72 h com diferença estatística dos grupos HA e HL (p<0,05). O grupo AL exibiu alta genotoxicidade tendo resultados significantes quando em comparação com o grupo CTR (p<0,001) e ao grupo AA (p<0,01). Conclui-se que a Aloe vera permitiu uma maior viabilidade celular em fibroblastos pulpares humanos na presença do hidróxido de cálcio, contudo houve aumento da genotoxicidade nessa associação. Já o hidróxido de cálcio e a FTL apresentaram maior citotoxicidade.

Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document / Thesis (DLitt (English))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / English / unrestricted