Dissertations / Theses: 'Classic Age'

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Ersoy, Gozde. "Trajectories, thresholds, transformations : coming of age in classic modern fantasy fiction." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13606.

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This thesis examines and explores the process of coming of age in successful fantasy fiction series, including J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novel and its prequel The Hobbit, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. In particular, it is suggested that the huge popularity of fantasy stems from the fact that it provides a representation of human agency significantly at odds with the everyday experience of an increasingly bureaucratized and financially-determined world. Analysis shows how fantasy texts provide a universal model that help younger readers to understand the process of maturity as individuation and entry into the intersubjective social world. The central protagonists of such texts have to learn to master concepts such as seeing oneself in the other through intersubjective dialogues, objectifying one’s self in the world, and coping with their own battles, in the process of finding their way to maturity. This fictional “quest” or “journey” provides a model for readers to assess their own realities and actions, which in turn has the effect of changing their understanding and enabling them to critique their own lives. It is demonstrated how these classic and widely translated works of fantastic literature, which reach a huge crossover readership, may be understood in terms of parallel transformational stages such as confusion, inattentional blindness, fear, courage and various attempts of learning the need for moderation. Overall, this analysis, comprising the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, anthropology, education, behavioural economics, sociology, media, and history, explores the processes of transformation and maturation within fantasy literature. At the same time, the case for fantasy literature’s uniqueness in its capacity to reveal the mechanisms of human agency is substantiated within a theoretical framework.

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Buxton, Jennifer Katie. "Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma : the malignant cells and tumour microenvironment in adults of different ages." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23401.

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Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL) has an annual incidence of 2.4 cases per 100 000 population in the UK, and is one of the most common malignancies diagnosed in young adults aged 15 to 34. The majority of younger patients have a good long-term outcome with between 80 and 90% disease-specific survival but cHL also affects older adults in whom the prognosis is significantly poorer. The role of tumour-associated macrophages (TAM) in cHL has gained much interest, with several studies reporting an association between high numbers of CD68-positive TAM and poor prognosis. There is also a question over the prognostic significance of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection which is implicated in up to 50% of cHL cases in developed countries. Published data suggests that EBV positivity in elderly patients may be associated with a poorer outcome, whereas in younger adults may be of prognostic benefit. Differences related to age are of interest particularly as an age-related decline in immunity has been linked with the development of certain subtypes of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in older patients. In a retrospective study, two separate cohorts of patients with cHL were examined with the aim of identifying: • Differences in the cellular composition of the tumour microenvironment in cHL which has arisen in young and elderly adult patients; • Differences in the cellular composition of the tumour microenvironment in cHL associated with or without EBV infection; • Factors within the tumour microenvironment which may influence prognosis and may be targeted for novel treatments. One group consisted of patients aged between 15 and 34 years at diagnosis and the other, of those aged 60 or over at presentation. Tissue obtained at the time of diagnosis was examined with regard to a number of factors related to the malignant cells and the surrounding microenvironment, including the number and phenotype of macrophages, the number of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and the number of malignant Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells and non-malignant ‘background’ cells undergoing apoptosis. Comparisons were made between the two age groups, also taking into account the EBV-status of tumours, cHL subtype and gender. Results confirmed the current understanding that EBV-positive cHL is more common in older patients and has a strong, but not exclusive, association with the MCHL subtype. In addition, a strong link between young males and EBV-positive disease was shown. Macrophages were found to vary between the two age groups, in number and phenotype and there were clear differences associated with the presence or absence of EBV infection. While no definite link with outcome and macrophages was identified it was apparent that the implications of macrophages in the tumour microenvironment may differ between the two age groups. The number of apoptotic cells correlated closely with the number of macrophages and in the young the number of HRS cells was associated with prognosis. Investigation of the tumour microenvironment is complex and caution is needed in interpreting studies which do not differentiate between patients according to age, as tumour characteristics may have variable implications in different age groups. In this thesis a number of clinicopathological differences were identified between the two age groups. These point to the need for further larger studies to delineate how such age-related differences may or may not be associated with immune function and how this information could be translated into treatments to improve outcomes.

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Saxerbo, Sjöberg Karolina. "Iron Age religion in Britain : classical texts versus archaeology." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1540.

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In this essay, material and written sources are compared in an attempt to learn more about the Iron Age religion in Britain. Classical texts and archaeological evidence concerning the Iron Age religion in Britain are presented, after which a comparison is made of the two to try to find out whether the classical authors statements could have been true. The conclusion drawn is that much of the facts in the classical texts are substantiated by material remains, but some information cannot be proved. Furthermore, the archaeological evidence provides us with facts of the Iron Age religion which was not mentioned by the classical authors. Denna uppsats berör religion under järnåldern i Storbritannien. Den består av en jämförelse mellan klassiska källor och arkeologiskt material. Målet är att får reda på huruvida påståenden av klassiska författare om religionen i Storbritannien under järnåldern kan ha stämt. Mycket av det de klassiska författarna skrev kan stödjas av arkeologiska bevis, men en del har inget stöd i det arkeologiska materialet. Dock ger oss materiella lämningar information om religionen under järnåldern i Storbritannien, som inte nämndes av de klassiska författarna.

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Diyen, Hayat. "The representation of crime in writing in eighteenth-century England." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386459.

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The. thesis describes the, network of theories and practices which articulated the discourse of crime in legal and fictional writing in eighteenth-century England. Alter an Introduction which outlines the general scope of the thesis, successive chapters examine a number of issues which the representation of crime in eighteenth-century England raises. Chapter one is a study of the effects of luxury on the perception of crime in the Classical period (the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries); Chapter two is a critical approach to the English criminal law in the Classical Age. This chapter examines how legal thought was constructed and how its concepts and statements were defined within the general mode of knowledge during this period. Chapter three discusses the definitions of crime and the treatment of criminals in a world governed by a market-economy and representative authority. Chapter four describes the penal system which existed in England in the Classical period and analyses its theoretical choices, methods and practice. Chapter five which opens Part 11 is a study of the relationship between crime and narrative. The focus in this chapter is on Defoe's, Pelham's and Fielding's narratives of the life of Jonathan Wild. The chapter also studies the practices of Jonathan Wild in relation to the representation of crime in fiction. Chapter six is devoted mainly to Defoe's representation of crime in his fiction. The chapter examines a number of features in Defoe's configuration of crime in his writings: wealth, crime, masquerade, transformation, topography and geography are all important elements of his crime fiction. Chapter seven is4study of Fielding's Amelia and his magisterial activities. The aim in this chapter is to show how a magistrate sees and represents crime in fiction. Finally, the Conclusion is an assessment of the foregoing ideas.

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Grainger, A. S. "Female age at first reproduction in a postindustrial society." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250387.

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Brennan, Maura M. "Early Iron Age Thera: Local Contexts and Interregional Connections." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1540566048608812.

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Berti, Monica, and Franziska Naether. "Altertumswissenschaften in a Digital Age." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-201500.

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Jenkins, Christopher. ""Our Energetic Days": American Literature in the Age of Classical Thermodynamics." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38588.

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Abstract This thesis is about the relationship between a body of nineteenth-century American literature and the science of thermodynamics that was emerging between the 1820s and 1870s, changing the way people thought about the physical universe and the possibilities and limitations that it presented for human action. Its basic premise is that thermodynamic energy, as it emerged in the nineteenth century as a quantifiable phenomenon, was not a self-revealing natural fact, but the “hybrid” product of a “cultural field” that included literature among other of its essential points of mediation. Through readings of works by Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Mark Twain, Robert Montgomery Bird and Thomas Josiah Dimsdale, it argues that literature throughout this period was very much occupied with questions and concerns that were reflected in the scientific and technological investigations that led to the creation of the laws of energy. Specifically, it argues that energy’s conservative and/or dissipative tendencies, which, besides representing objective descriptions of energetic behaviour, also reflected real possibilities and limitations for human action, were a major concern of writers at this time. Their work, it is argued, reveals humanly and historically meaningful aspects of what, in the laws of thermodynamics, would become ahistorical scientific facts, proving that literature and science, belonging to a greater “cultural field,” follow parallel lines of investigation indicative of larger cultural problematics.

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Guimaraes, Raquel Rangel de Meireles. "Education Projections using Age-Period-Cohort Models: Classical and Bayesian Approaches." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/AMSA-9K2QCG.

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The APC framework for modeling and forecasting the education profile of Brazilian males and females is considered from both classical and Bayesian perspectives. For a classical analysis, I calculate maximum likelihood estimates of APC parameters. For the Bayesian analysis, I estimate posterior means and credible intervals. Both methods are simple and computationally efficient. Results show that both classical and Bayesian methods are able to provide very good forecasts in the short term. However, the Bayesian method performed best for in-sample and out-of-sample forecasts. On the other hand, in a Bayesian setting, uncertainty indeed becomes an issue for long-term forecasts because of the rapidly increasing width of the intervals as the length of the projection increases. A number of enhancements of the classical and Bayesian methods proposed here are suggested for a future research agenda. Foremost is an investigation into an integrated approach to account for uncertainty in the classical multinomial APC model and refined ways of eliciting prior information in the Bayesian framework. O arcabouço idade-período-coorte (IPC) para modelar e prever o perfil educacional de homens e mulheres brasileiras é considerado nas perspectivas clássica e Bayesiana. Na análise segundo a estatística clássica, calcularam-se estimativas de máxima verossimilhança dos parâmetros do IPC. Na análise Bayesiana, estimaram-se médias a posteriori e intervalos de credibilidade. Ambos os métodos são simples e computacionalmente eficientes. Os resultados mostram que tanto os métodos clássicos quanto Bayesianos são capazes de fornecer predições excelentes no curto prazo. Contudo, o modelo Bayesiano teve uma melhor performance para previsões dentro e fora da amostra. Por outro lado, na perspectiva Bayesiana, a incerteza se torna uma questão importante para previsões de longo prazo, devido à largura do intervalo, que cresce consideravelmente quando o horizonte de projeção aumenta. Aperfeiçoamentos nos métodos clássico e Bayesiano propostos aqui são sugeridos para uma agenda futura de pesquisa. Dentre eles, destaca-se a investigação de uma abordagem integrada para lidar com a incerteza no modelo IPC multinomial clássico e formas aprimoradas de elicitar a informação a priori no arcabouço Bayesiano.

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Saraka, Erwin Mansyur Ugu. "Skeletal biology of human populations between classical and post-classical times in Italy: The evidence of dental enamel hypoplasia." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27722.

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Abstract: Linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) occurs during tooth formation and shows systemic physiological stress caused by various factors, including; malnutrition, congenital genetic defects and infections. It can be identified as pits or grooves, that are mostly visible on the labial side of the teeth crowns. For this work, all the material analyzed come from skeletal remains of classical and post-classical populations from Italy (IV - VIII century AD); it pertains to the cemeteries of Povegliano Veronese (POV), in Verona, Northern Italy, and Selvicciola (SLV) in Viterbo, Central Italy, now stored in the Museum of Anthropology "Giuseppe Sergi" of the Sapienza University of Rome. Linear Enamel Hypoplasia data collected from POV include 56 adult individuals (namely 23 males, 22 females and 11 undetermined), while at SLV, the total population of 120 individuals consists of 29 males, 14 females, 32 undetermined and the rest are infants, children and sub adults. The aim of this research is to provide an overview of the frequency of enamel hypoplasia, the earliest developmental age estimates for the formation of dental enamel hypoplasia as well as the nutritional status in comparing the two populations. Identification, description and assessment through macroscopic analysis were used to investigate the timing of growth of the disturbance. Data obtained from measurements using standardized methods were processed by statistical analysis using a regression equation for estimation of the age of occurrence. The frequency of individuals with LEH at POV is around 41%, while at SLV 37.5% of the population was affected. The age of occurrence of LEH at POV ranges between 1.0/1.5 and 7.1/7.5 years and reaches the peak in the age classe of 2.1/2.5. On the other hand, LEH at SLV is found between 0.0/0.5 and 5.6/6.0 age at death with a peak around 2.1/2.5 and 2.6/3.0. Comparison of LEH chronological distribution based on sex from POV and SLV shows that LEH at POV is dominated by female with a fairly high frequency compared to male, meanwhile in SLV it is the opposite.

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Bortolansa, Pacagnella Ana Beatriz 1987. "Perfil sociodemográfico de idosos portadores de neoplasia assistidos no complexo hospitalar da Universidade de Estadual de Campinas (SP)." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/312881.

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Orientadores: Maria Elena Guariento, Carmen Silvia Passos Lima Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T13:11:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BortolansaPacagnella_AnaBeatriz_M.pdf: 920417 bytes, checksum: 3b9eb0a9a4bf6e5a00576a95037731e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 Resumo: As doenças neoplásicas incidem mais frequentemente na população idosa, e, embora ainda não se tenha comprovação definitiva, podem ter um curso mais grave na medida em que se associam com outras enfermidades crônicas, com incapacidade funcional e com as síndromes geriátricas. Um dos recursos para melhorar esse quadro constitui-se na detecção precoce e fácil acesso ao tratamento. O presente estudo buscou avaliar algumas características sociodemográficas (idade, sexo, IDH-M, distância entre município de origem e Campinas) dos idosos com neoplasia atendidos em três das oito unidades do complexo hospitalar da Universidade Estadual da Campinas - SP (Unicamp), na busca de traçar um perfil loco - regional dessa classe de enfermidades no segmento idoso da população, e de avaliar, ainda que indiretamente, a qualidade da assistência oferecida aos idosos portadores de doenças oncológicas. Os dados sociodemográficos forma confrontados com o tempo entre primeira consulta na Unicamp e início do tratamento. Foram analisados os registros de idosos, de ambos os sexos, com diagnóstico de câncer e que foram atendidos no Gastrocentro, Hemocentro, ou Hospital de Clínicas / Unicamp, no período de janeiro de 2.000 a julho de 2010. Os dados foram obtidos junto ao Serviço de Estatística do Câncer vinculado à Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo. Dos 5.891 registros avaliados, 66,3% eram de homens, sendo que 48,8% dos pacientes tinham entre 60 a 69 anos; 67,1% provinha de municípios que distavam até no máximo 50 km de Campinas, e 22,3% eram desse município. Além disso, 65,3% dos pacientes avaliados provinham de municípios com IDH-M entre 0,707 e 0,740. Apenas IDH-M (p = 0,003) e distância entre município de origem e Campinas (p = 0,019) mostraram associação com tempo entre primeira consulta e início do tratamento antineoplásico. Esse estudo permite constatar a relevância dos indicadores sociais no que se refere ao acesso ao tratamento antineoplásico na população idosa Abstract: Oncologic diseases are more frequent in the elderly population, and although we do not have definitive proof yet, the elders may have a more severe course when associated with other chronic diseases, functional disability and geriatric syndromes. A resource to improve this situation is based on the early detection and easy access to treatment. This study aimed to assess sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, HDI-M, distance between the city of origin and Campinas) of the elderly with cancer treated at three of the eight units of the hospital complex at the University of Campinas ¿ SP, Brazil (Unicamp), trying to delineate loco regional profile of this class of diseases in the elderly segment of the population, and to assess, even indirectly, the quality of care provided to elderly patients with malignancies. Sociodemographic data were faced with the time between first consultation at Unicamp and early treatment. It was analyzed the elderly profiles, of both sexes, diagnosed with cancer and who were treated at Gastrocentro, Hemocentro and Clinic Hospital of Unicamp, from January, 2000 to July, 2010. The data were obtained from the Statistical Service of Cancer linked to the Oncocentro Foundation in the State of São Paulo. From the 5,891 evaluated profiles, 66.3% were men, and 48.8% of the patients were between 60-69 years old; 67.1% came from municipalities that were far until a maximum of 50 km from Campinas and 22.3 % were from Campinas. In addition, 65.3% of patients were from municipalities with HDI-M between 0.707 and 0.740. Only HDI-M (p = 0.003) and distance between the city of origin and Campinas (p = 0.019) were associated with time between first consultation and beginning of anticancer treatment. This study highlights the relevance of social indicators to access the anticancer treatment in the elderly Mestrado Gerontologia Mestra em Gerontologia

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Miller, Jason Andrew. "Functional element analysis of Bronze Age Aegean sword types using Finite Element Analysis." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10260776.

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This thesis analyzes the utility of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in testing strength trends in Type A, Ci, Dii, F, and G swords described by the Sandars Bronze Age Aegean classification. Comparing sword composition of a variety of alloys and using three-dimensional models of each sword type, I evaluate the strength and resilience of each sword shape form in thrusting and hacking impact and shearing under a series of force intervals. The results of these tests suggest that there is performance variability between the sword types and that the sword forms generally correlate with an increase in strength over time. Furthermore, the tests suggest that the alloy and temper of the sword have a significant impact on the sword’s strength. This indicates that a sword’s form was based on more than mere prestige and had clear functional characteristics. Further testing on alloy and temper type use over time is necessary.

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NEWHARD, JAMES MICHAEL LLOYD. "ASPECTS OF LOCAL BRONZE AGE ECONOMIES: CHIPPED STONE ACQUISITION AND PRODUCTION STRATEGIES IN THE ARGOLID, GREECE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053108651.

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Boone, Will Katz Mark. "Composing playlists, conducting streams the life of classical music in the internet age /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1819.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. Title from electronic title page (viewed Dec. 11, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Music." Discipline: Music; Department/School: Music.

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Hanink, Johanna Marie. "Classical tragedy in the age of Macedon : studies in the theatrical discourses of Athens." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609148.

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Costa, Hebréia Maria Ramos Barbosa da. "Desafio da vida: trabalho, velhice e memória." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2008. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=868.

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As necessidades do desenvolvimento capitalista no Brasil exigiram um contingente significativo de trabalhadores para sua expansão e reprodução. Este é um elemento vital quando se tenta compreender o aumento populacional brasileiro e, em seu seio, o rápido envelhecimento dos trabalhadores. Ao mesmo tempo, a despeito dos avanços científicos, alcançar a longevidade implica valentia de corpo e alma, para enfrentar um sistema cuja finalidade precípua é a apropriação da mais- valia. Nesse sentido, rechaça-se as ideologias que destituem de historicidade a velhice, travestindo-a em mero objeto da natureza. Recupera-se a centralidade do trabalho como elemento fundante e humanizador do indivíduo social. Por conseguinte, a noção de classe social, segundo a compreensão de Marx, é por deveras pertinente. É compreendendo o velho não como segmento, mas como membro da classe trabalhadora é que se alça vôos a respeito da importância de trazer à tona o fio que o une aos demais companheiros de classe. Portanto, não é a idade e nem a retirada do mercado de trabalho (da atividade para a inatividade) que subtrai o indivíduo social de sua origem de classe. Na verdade, enquanto destituído dos meios de produção, sua vida está determinada pelo trabalho. Entretanto, a ideologia burguesa imprime ao conjunto dos trabalhadores seu fracionamento, a fim de obnubilar sua unidade enquanto classe social. Este engenho visa à manutenção do status quo, ao enfraquecimento das lutas por ampliação da cidadania, na contramão de sua emancipação humana. Ainda assim, o envelhecimento da classe trabalhadora brasileira requisita a concretização dos direitos sociais, pelos quais o conjunto dos trabalhadores vêm lutando, desde o século anterior. Duas entrevistas com dirigentes de entidades representantivas de velhos trabalhadores aposentados e pensionistas aliaram-se à pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a temática e revelaram que as reivindicações da velhice têm por substrato a marca das profundas desigualdades sociais engendradas pela produção capitalista. As conquistas sofrem os revéses não só da exploração intrínseca ao capitalismo. Elas representam uma árdua e contínua luta também contra o autoritarismo e conservadorismo típicos da burguesia e do Estado no Brasil. Assinala-se a memória sóciopolítica dos velhos trabalhadores como ingrediente ativo no processo de construção da hegemonia de sua classe social. Atualmente, na batalha contra o neoliberalismo e sua investida em direção à contra-reforma da seguridade social, nascem oportunidades históricas de apreender- se a memória das lutas dos velhos trabalhadores como chama potencialmente iluminadora da unidade da classe. The necessities of the capitalist development in Brazil demanded a significative contingent of workers for its expansion and reproduction. This is a vital element when one tries to understand the growth of the Brazilian population and, in its core, the rapid aging of workers. At the same time, despite the scientific progress, reaching longevity implies bravery of mind and soul, to face a system whose main finality is the appropriation of the surplus value. In this sense, the ideologies that destitute old age of historicity, turning it into a mere object of nature, are rejected. The centrality of work as the founding and humanizing element of the social individual is recovered. Consequently, the notion of social class, according to Marxs understanding, is indeed quite pertinent. It is by comprehending the aged not as a segment, but as members of the working class that one may lift oneself to the heights of the importance of bringing to the surface the thread that unites them to the other colleagues of their class. Therefore, it is neither age nor the withdrawal from the job market (from activity to inactivity) which subtracts the social individual from his origin of class. In fact, while deprived of the means of production, their lives are determined by work. However, the bourgeois ideology inflicts to workers as a whole their fragmentation, in order to obscure their unity as a social class. This ingenuity aims at maintaining the status quo; at the enfeeblement of struggles for the amplification of citizenship, in the countermarch of human emancipation. Even so, the aging of the Brazilian working class demands the concretization of social rights, for which workers as a whole have been struggling, since the previous century. Two interviews with directors of representative entities of old retired and pensioner workers allied to the bibliographical research on the subject matter have revealed that the claims of the elderly have as substratum the mark of the profound social inequalities engendered by capitalist production. The achievements suffer the upsets not only of the exploitation intrinsic to capitalism. They represent an arduous and continuous struggle also against authoritarianism and conservatism typical of the bourgeoisie and of the State in Brazil. The political memory of aged workers is pointed out as an active ingredient in the process of construction of the hegemony of their social class. Nowadays, in the battle against neoliberalism and its charge for the counterreformation of social security, historical opportunities are born to apprehend the memory of the struggles of old workers as a flame potentially enlightening of the unity of the working class.

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Schoenenberger, Katherine R. "LITTLE ICE AGE CHRONOLOGY FOR CLASSEN AND GODLEY GLACIERS, MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK, NEW ZEALAND." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990634749.

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Bradbury, Jonathan David. "Cristóbal Suárez de Figueroa and the Spanish miscellany of the Golden Age." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610074.

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Cosnefroy, Olivier. "Age d'entrée à l'école élémentaire, habiletés d'autorégulation en classe et devenir scolaire des enfants." Nantes, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010NANT3018.

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Les élèves français doivent légalement entrer à l'école élémentaire au mois de septembre de l'année civile où ils atteignent l'âge de six ans. Cela implique que, dans une même classe, il puisse exister une différence d'âge de 12 mois entre les élèves nés en début et en fin d'année. L'analyse de l'effet de ces différences d'âge d'entrée à l'école élémentaire sur le devenir scolaire des élèves constitue l'objectif principal de cette recherche. En s'appuyant sur deux échantillons de 10000 et 2000 écoliers, suivis longitudinalement à partir du cours préparatoire, cette recherche montre d'une part, que l'effet de l'âge d'entrée à l'école est un élément important dans l'explication des différences interindividuelles de réussite scolaire. D'autre part, elle souligne le pouvoir prédictif et discriminant de l'évaluation des habiletés d'autorégulation dans la classe. Enfin, l'examen des liens entre ces deux facteurs et les performances scolaires, par le biais de médiations simples, multiples et modérées, montre que les habiletés d'autorégulation évaluées dans le contexte de la classe constituent un médiateur significatif de l'effet de l'âge sur le devenir des élèves. De plus, les résultats suggèrent que, pour les élèves les plus jeunes, des interventions portées sur ces habiletés d'autorégulation pourraient réduire les inégalités scolaires liées à l'effet de l'âge et s'avérer d'autant plus bénéfiques que les élèves sont en difficulté en début de scolarité.

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TenWolde, Christopher Andrew. "State Formation in the Cretan Bronze Age." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218789093.

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Kruse, Marion Woodrow III. "The Politics of Roman Memory in the Age of Justinian." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1436456307.

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Chu, Wai-on. "The prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia among hypertensive elderly as a whole and among different classes of anti-hypertensive drug users in a regional geriatric clinic in Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38348202.

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Owens, Lindsay. "Identifying Student Difficulties in Causal Reasoning for College-aged Students in Introductory Physics Laboratory Classes." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin152231524077991.

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Barker, Duncan George Nicholson. "Gold and the renascence of the Golden Race : a study of the relationship between gold and the #Golden-Age' ideology of Augustan Rome." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306989.

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Haizel, Kwesi N. "Development of an automated cryptanalysis emulator, ACE, for classical cryptograms." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ30047.pdf.

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Rockwell, Nicholas Ryan. "The Boeotian army the convergence of warfare, politics, society, and culture in the classical age of Greece /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1680034161&sid=14&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hayne, Jeremy Mark. "Culture contact and exchange in Iron Age north Sardinia (900 BC-200 BC)." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2013. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4132/.

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Prehistoric Sardinia is best known for its Bronze Age Nuragic culture which lasted from the mid-2nd millennium until the early 1st millennium. The Iron Age and later prehistory of the island are often subsumed into discourses that emphasise the colonising Phoenicians (8th-6th centuries BC) and Carthaginians (6th-2nd centuries BC). In the north of the island the local communities, being neither part of the Bronze Age Nuragic culture nor of the colonized world of the south, are seen in relation to foreign communities rather than from local perspectives. This thesis uses postcolonial theoretical frameworks of island identity, consumption and materiality to examine the local/foreign interactions that take place in north Sardinia in the period between 900 – 200 BC. The main focus is to set the interrelationships between the local Sardinian communities and the Phoenician, Etruscan, Greek and Carthaginian traders and settlers who frequented the shores in a context that emphasises local and indigenous agency. At the same time this topic provides an opportunity to re-examine the scholarship that has led to north Sardinia being overlooked. This thesis covers a long time period and the project is divided geographically between three different zones of north Sardinia (the north-west, the central-east and the Olbia area) and chronologically between the 9th- 7th centuries, the 7th – 5th centuries and the 4th-2nd centuries BC. The data set includes the archaeological material from 51 north Sardinian sites that contain evidence of local/foreign interactions during these periods. Using this data a few well excavated sites are studied in greater detail to examine and question the models of acculturation and resistance that form the traditional perspectives of scholars working in the north. For example, the presence or lack of foreign material culture on indigenous sites has often been understood from the perspective that desire for foreign goods was natural. This approach overemphasises the role that foreign communities had in contact situations and at the same time underemphasises the agency and choices of the local inhabitants. Indeed an examination of the data shows how local practices continued and that the foreign presence had a limited impact. One of my aims in this thesis is to avoid a dualistic position which sets the local communities against foreign ones; in fact local/foreign interactions can result in the creation of ‘hybrid’ products, practices and communities and I explore how far we can see the hybridization of north Sardinian communities in the different phases of the 1st millennium through the material culture that informed their actions. A second aim is to explore what types of changes took place in north Sardinian identities through the types of objects they consumed. Some of the larger Iron Age sites were sanctuaries and thus I examine how far local communities used ritual as a way of mediating the exchanges between them and foreign people through their selection of the material culture. Thirdly, this thesis approaches the social identities of the Sardinians using a bottom-up approach to the interactions. This allows me to compare the different ways in which local communities experienced foreign contacts and culture over a broad period and the evidence illuminates the variety of ways that island identities were developed in the various regions of north Sardinia.

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Smoot, Guy P. "Ethnicity, Ethnogenesis and Ancestry in the Early Iron Age Aegean as Background to and through the Lens of the Iliad." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17467180.

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The prevalence of orality in the 8th/7th centuries BCE and the inherent limits of oral memory, in the wake of centuries of illiteracy, invalidate the conventional premise that the archaizing world of the Iliad somehow represents a Late Bronze Age (LBA) reality: generally, one can look back in time no further than two or three centuries—to the Early Iron Age (EIA), a poorly-documented yet crucial period also known as the Dark Age. Paralleling the eastward expansion of the Mycenaeans and their Greek-speaking successors onto the coast of Anatolia in both the LBA and EIA, another closely-related, yet distinct group similarly expands eastward from its home base in Epirus and Macedonia to the northern coast of Anatolia, the location of Troy; and thence, much farther into the Anatolian heartland to the very slopes of the Caucasus. Adapting an ethnonym from Herodotus 1.56 & 8.43 (Μακεδνὸν ἔθνος), I refer to this group as the Makednians: in linguistic terms (a key criterion of ethnicity), this includes Macedonian, Phrygian, Armenian, and even, it is argued, what is traditionally referred to as “Northwestern Greek.” Not only do they move into Anatolia, but also southward into Greece, thus impacting the evolution of post-Mycenaean society and contributing to the rise of new hybrid ethne, notably the Dorians and the Aeolians. The saga of the Trojan War dramatizes and crystallizes, to an appreciable degree, the many wars throughout the EIA Aegean between the post-Mycenaeans / post-Anatolians and the Makednians, prior to their final coalescence. The Achaeans and the Trojans of epic are so alike and yet different because the (post)-Mycenaeans and Makednians are so alike, yet different. Chapter 1 explores the connection between Trojans and Ionians, primary audience of Homeric performances. Chapter 2 explores the connection between Trojans, Phrygians and Macedonians. Chapter 3 investigates the ways in which the intertwined notions of primordial death, land of the dead and ancestor worship converge in Achilles, his native Phthia and his immediate entourage. Comparative Literature

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Partiot, Caroline. "Diversité biologique des enfants décédés en période périnatale et traitements funéraires au Kerma classique : Les exemples de la nécropole 8B-51 (Kerma classique, Nord Soudan) et des cimetières de Blandy-les-Tours (Xe-XIIe siècle, France) et de Provins (XIIIe-XVIIIe siècle, France)." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BORD0252/document.

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En dépit des taux élevés de mortalité infantile dans les populations du passé, les sujets décédés en période périnatale ont longtemps été délaissés dans les travaux anthropologiques et paléoanthropologiques. Alors que les analyses biologiques portant sur les individus adultes intègrent l’étude de la variabilité comme une composante majeure, rares sont celles permettant de replacer un individu décédé en période périnatale dans le cadre de la variabilité individuelle ou populationnelle de cette classe d’âge. Le présent travail se propose ainsi d’investir le sujet de la diversité métrique et non-métrique des sujets décédés entre 22 et 48 semaines d’aménorrhée à partir de l’étude biologique de 116 sujets de trois collections archéologiques (une kerma et deux médiévales et modernes) et d’une collection actuelle virtuelle comportant 364 individus. Un premier axe de recherche caractérise la variabilité des corpus dans ses composantes intra-individuelles, inter-individuelles, populationnelles, ainsi que du point de vue des corrélations à l’âge au décès. Un second axe de recherche vise à identifier des caractères permettant d’estimer l’état de morbidité et de vitalité à la naissance de l’individu, donnée déterminante pour le statut du sujet dans la société. Pour le premier axe, l’étude révèle des différences de conformation selon l’âge au décès et les groupes populationnels, de même que l’existence d’asymétries directionnelles et fluctuantes. Les résultats vont ensuite dans le sens d’une forte proximité biologique pour le groupe kerma, traduisant potentiellement une certaine endogamie, au contraire du groupe médiéval et moderne dont la diversité plus importante pourrait refléter des facteurs socio-géographiques ou séculaires. Le second axe de recherche a permis de souligner que la mécano-sensibilité des régions d’insertion musculaire apparaît comme un nouveau paramètre à considérer pour discerner les sujets ayant survécu à la naissance. L’étude de la collection kerma livre également la première identification en contexte archéologique d’un critère de morbidité spécifique, la côte surnuméraire cervicale. Enfin, le croisement des analyses biologiques et des données archéologiques de la nécropole 8B-51 de l’île de Saï, permet d’appréhender et de discuter les traitements funéraires dévolus à la classe d’âge périnatale au Kerma classique Despite the high rates of child mortality in past populations, subjects deceased in perinatal period were often neglected in bioarchaeological and paleoanthropology studies. Unlike biological analysis on adults, investigations on newborns rarely include individual or populational variability comparisons as a major component. In the present work, we will focus on metrical and non-metrical diversity of subject deceased between 22 and 48 amenorrhea weeks, based on the biological study of 116 subjects from three archaeological collections (one kerma and two medieval and modern) and one current virtual collection with 364 individuals. The first research axis characterizes the intra-individual, inter-individual and populational variability, and differences by age at death in both samples. The second line of research aims to identify criteria making it possible to estimate individual morbidity and live birth on dry bones, informations that are needed to understand the child’s position in society. Biological studies reveal for the first research axis shape differences by age at death and populations, as well as the existence of directional and fluctuating asymmetries. Results provide evidences of strong biological proximity in the kerma group, potentially indicating of endogamy. On the contrary, the diversity of the medieval and modern group appears broader and could reflect socio-geographical factors or secular trends. The second line of research reveals the mechanical sensitivity of muscular insertions as a key parameter for tracking of live-born subjects. The study of the kerma collection provides the first archaeological identification of the supernumerary cervical rib, detected as a morbidity criterion in perinatal period. Lastly, crossing of biological and archaeological data on the 8B-51 necropolis provides an interpretative framework for funerary treatments dedicated to the perinatal age group in Classic Kerma

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Erickson, Brice Lindell. "Late archaic and classical Crete : island pottery styles in an age of historical transition, ca. 600--400 B.C. /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004260.

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Ali, Nafhesa Rosy. "Exploring older South Asian migrant (SAM) women's experiences of old age and ageing." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2015. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26609/.

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This thesis aims to explore how older (60-87 years) South Asian migrant (SAM) women anticipate and approach old age and ageing experiences across the life course. It draws attention to the ways in which older SAM women construct and (re)negotiate gendered roles across the intersections of gender, ethnicity and age in order to sustain quality of life. In addition to subjective experiences of the life course, this thesis examines how older SAM women (re)negotiate collective cultural identities in the place of migration and settlement. A qualitative feminist constructionist approach, utilising a transnational life course perspective, has guided the theoretical underpinnings for this research. Moreover, a two-part method has been used, presenting a multi-sited ethnography and life course interviews. Data elicited from the study included ethnographic observations, an ethnographic interview, a reflexive research and observation diary and 16 in-depth life course interviews. The study analysed data using thematic analysis and elicited themes via a thematic analysis network. In this research, key findings reveal that older SAM women’s experiences of age and ageing intersect with gender roles, responsibilities and obligations that are in turn influenced by positions of authority across the matriarchal hierarchy. Gendered roles, such as, the daughter, wife, becoming a daughter-in-law and mother, mother-in-law and older woman are influenced by cultural values and norms overlaid by patriarchal ideologies. Furthermore, thematic readings show that older SAM women construct, (re)negotiate and access cultural identities in the place of migration through culturally prescribed scripts themed around gender, family and a migrant identity in order to publically display and sustain loyalties to a past homeland, across the life course. Methodological findings indicate that in order to produce ethical research it is important to recognise the spaces in which the researcher and participant negotiate boundaries, as the researcher’s identity does effect the research process. Recommendations from this research suggest that in order to gain a better understanding of older SAM women’s experiences of old age and ageing, a multi-dimensional theoretical approach to age is required. Moreover, this approach needs to take into account the fluid and overlapping constructs of transcultural, transnational and translocational positionalities which additionally embrace insider/outsider binaries.

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Silva, Fabiane Louly Baptista Santos. "Avaliação cefalométrica do crescimento craniofacial em crianças leucodermas brasileiras, com má oclusão de Classe II durante as fases de crescimento determinadas pela maturação das vértebras cervicais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/25/25134/tde-18082010-102325/.

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As características do crescimento craniofacial dos indivíduos portadores de má oclusão de Classe II na fase de crescimento, são de intenso interesse dos ortodontistas por esta má oclusão representar uma alta porcentagem dos casos em tratamento nos consultórios. Esta investigação objetivou estudar cefalométrica e comparativamente o crescimento craniofacial em crianças leucodermas portadoras de má oclusão de Classe II e de Oclusão Normal. Foram utilizadas 148 telerradiografias em norma lateral de 78 meninos e 70 meninas, faixa etária dos 7 aos 12 anos, portadores de má oclusão de Classe II, e 60 telerradiografias em norma lateral de 30 meninas e 30 meninos com Oclusão Normal. As amostras foram divididas considerando-se o estágio da maturação das vértebras cervicais pelo método de Hassel e Farman(HASSEL; FARMAN 1995), estando os grupos nos níveis Iniciação(I), Aceleração (A) e Transição (T) do desenvolvimento esquelético. Foram utilizadas as grandezas SNA, A-Nperp e Co-A para avaliar o componente maxilar; SNB, P-Nperp, Co-Gn, Co-Go e Go-Gn para o componente mandibular; ANB representou a relação maxilomandibular; SN.GoGn, FMA, NS.Gn, BaN.PtGn e ENA-Me para o componente vertical, e o ângulo da base do crânio representado por NS.Ba. O teste t independente foi aplicado: entre os grupos para verificar a precocidade dos índices entre os gêneros; em cada grupo e índice nos gêneros feminino e no masculino; na comparação entre os grupos em cada índice nos gêneros feminino e no masculino; na comparação entre os grupos na fase IT (Iniciação Transição) em cada gênero. Os resultados mostraram: precocidade do índice A (aceleração) no gênero feminino do grupo de Classe II. Na comparação entre os gêneros do grupo de Classe II no nível I, as medidas de Co-A, Co-Gn, Go- Gn e ENA-Me foram maiores no gênero masculino, que também apresentaram significância estatística no nível A, acompanhado de um maior FMA; no nível T, apenas Co-Gn e ENA-Me foram maiores no grupo de Classe II do gênero masculino. Na comparação entre os gêneros do grupo de Oclusão Normal no nível I, as medidas de FMA e NS.Gn foram maiores no gênero masculino, que também apresentaram significância estatística no nível A, acompanhados do Co-A, SNB, PNPerp, Co-Gn e ENA-Me, enquanto o gênero feminino apresentou maior valor de NSBa; no nível T, apenas Co-Go foi estatisticamente maior no gênero masculino. Na comparação entre os grupos do gênero feminino e nível I, o grupo de Classe II apresentou significância estatística para as variáveis A-Nperp, Co-Go, ANB, SN.GoGn, NS.Gn, BaN.PtGn, ENA-Me e NSBA; na fase A, as medidas Co-Go, ANB, NS.Gn, ENA-Me e NSBa foram maiores no grupo de Classe II que apresentou menor BaN.PtGn; na fase T, apenas Co-Go e BaN.PtGn permaneceram significantes para o grupo de Classe II. Na comparação entre os grupos do gênero masculino e nível I, as variáveis SNB, Co-Gn, Co-Go, ANB, ENA-Me e NSBa foram maiores no grupo de Classe II; no nível A, apenas SNB, ANB e BaNPtGn foram significantes, e permaneceram também no nível T. Avaliando os grupos do gênero feminino na fase IT, as variáveis A-Nperp e Co-Go foram maiores no grupo de Classe II, acompanhados de deficiente relação entre as bases ósseas (ANB), um padrão de crescimento mais vertical (SN.GoGn, NS.Gn, BaN.PtGn, ENA-Me) e maior deflexão da base do crânio (NSBa). Na comparação entre os grupos do gênero masculino na fase IT, o grupo de Classe II apresentou maior retrusão mandibular (SNB), maior ANB, tendência de crescimento craniofacial vertical (BaN.PtGn) e maior deflexão da base do crânio (NSBa). Ficou explícito que a má oclusão de Classe II não se auto corrige, que o crescimento é indomável, imutável e individual, regido pela soberania da genética que é responsável pelo estabelecimento e manutenção do padrão facial durante a vida. Sustentando a intervenção terapêutica nestes níveis de grande expectativa de crescimento determinado pela maturação esquelética, o ortodontista terá a pretensão de contrariar a genética e corrigir a discrepância esquelética presente na Classe II. Essa concepção deverá estar edificada sobre a soberania do crescimento para que o ortodontista vise a prática mais lógica e menos frustrante, sabendo superar as limitações dos resultados, mesmo diante de tratamentos ortopédicos bem sucedidos. Craniofacial growth characteristics of individuals with Class II malocclusion at the stage of growth are of intense interest os Orthodontists for this malocclusion represents a high percentage of cases where treatment in clinics. The purpose of this study was to compare the craniofacial growth changes through 148 (78 males and 70 females) lateral cephalograms of untreated subjects with Class II Division 1 malocclusion, at a mean age of 10,03 years, with those lateral cephalograms of 60 (30 males ans 30 females) subjects with normal occlusion, at a mean age of 10 years, divided by stages of development (Initiation, Acceleration and Transition) as defined by a biological indicator of cervical vertebrae skeletal maturity (HASSEL; FARMAN 1995). Cephalometric measurements in Class II and Normal Occlusion evaluated was SNA, A-Nperp, Co-A, SNB, P-Nperp, Co-Gn, Co-Go, Go-Gn, ANB, SN.GoGn, FMA, NS.Gn, BaN.PtGn, ENA-Me and NS.Ba. Statistical comparision of the growth changes in the study groups, stages os development and gender were performed with independent t test. Evaluating the Class II group, mens presented Co-A, Co-Gn, Go-Gn and ENA-Me larger at stage I and at stage A accompanied by greater FMA; in stage T, just Co-Gn and ENA-Me were the largest group of Class II of male gender. Evaluating the Normal Occlusion group, mens presented FMA, NSGn larger at stage I and at stage A, accompanied by greater Co-A, SNB, P-Nperp, Co-Gn and ENA-Me, while the female gender has greater value of NSBa; at stage T, only Co-Go was statistically higher in mens gender. In the comparision between the groups of female gender and stage I, the group Class II presented statistical significance for the variables A-Nperp, Co-Go, ANB, SN.GoGn, NS.Gn, BaN.PtGn, ENA-Me e NSBA; at stage A, Co-Go, ANB, NS.Gn, ENA-Me and NSBa were the largest group of Class II that had less BaN.PtGn; at stage T, just Co-Go and BaN.PtGn remained significant for the group Class II. In the comparision between the groups of male gender and stage I, the group Class II presented statistical significance for the variables SNB, Co-Gn, Co-Go, ANB, ENA-Me and NSBa; at stage A, just SNB, ANB and BaNPtGn were significant, and remained in stage T. Evaluating the female gender groups in phase IT, the variables A-Nperp and Co-Go were the largest group of Class II, accompanied by poor relations between the bases described by ANB, more vertical growth pattern (SN.GoGn, NS.Gn, BaN.PtGn, ENA-Me) and greater NSBa. In the comparision between the groups of male gender in phase IT, the group Class II presented greater SNB, ANB, vertical craniofacial growth trend (BaN.PtGn) and greater deflexion at the base of the skull (NSBa).

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Perez, Joan. "Spatial structures in India in the age of globalisation : a data-driven approach." Thesis, Avignon, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AVIG1151/document.

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Les pays qui se sont insérés plus tardivement dans l'économie mondiale subissent généralement les effets de la mondialisation de manière accrue.De ce point de vue, les BRIC, comparés aux autres pays émergents, possèdent un certain poids dans l’économie mondiale et représentent doncun potentiel de marché important. Avec une croissance économique qui devrait dans un avenir proche dépasser celle de la Chine, l’Inde sembleêtre un remarquable cas d’étude. Cependant, les clichés persistent dans un pays où deux aspects seulement sont le plus souvent mis en avant.D’une part, l’Inde est considérée comme un nouvel eldorado, un espace où les multinationales essaient de s’implanter en raison de l’augmentationsubstantielle du nombre de consommateurs : «the shining India». D’autre part, l’Inde est aussi souvent décrite comme surpeuplée, massivementpauvre et occupée par une forte présence de taudis, tant dans les espaces urbains que ruraux. Spatialement, un modèle dual pourrait en effet contenir d'un côté une part croissante de la classe moyenne en pleine explosion tandis que d'autres verraient s'accentuer les inégalités économiques et sociales. En revanche, il paraît difficile d'imaginer que deux extrêmes seulement puissent représenter la diversité d'un si grand pays. Dans les faits, l’évolution du secteur tertiaire n’est pas assez rapide pour maintenir un haut niveau d’emploi dans certains espaces urbains,alors qu’un modèle agraire de plus en plus intensif en zones rurales contribue à réduire graduellement le nombre d’employés agricoles et depropriétaires terriens. Par conséquent, l’augmentation générale du niveau de vie ne suivra pas forcément le rythme de croissance économiqueet démographique de l’Inde ; d’autant que les inégalités socio-économiques de ce pays sont déjà accentuées par un système rigide de castes. Ilest nécessaire de rappeler que l’inde est un pays d’ancienne urbanisation dont les premières traces remontent à 2400 AEC. De cette particularitérésulte une histoire riche et complexe. Aujourd’hui, l’Inde est caractérisée par une grande diversité de langues, de religions, de castes, de communautés, de tribus, de traditions, d'espaces sous influences métropolitaines, etc. Peu de pays dans le monde présentenet autant de spécificités. Ces faits soulèvent les questions suivantes : comment est-il possible de visualiser et quantifier les inégalités spatiales d'un pays si large et si complexe ? Quels sont les principaux facteurs qui affectent et/ou engendrent ces inégalités spatiales ? Il pourrait être simpliste d'étudier ces écarts spatiaux seulement au travers d’indicateurs macro économiques tel que le PIB. Ainsi, pour faire face à tant de complexité, un modèle conceptuel nous a permis de sélectionner de manière rigoureuse 55 indicateurs afin de renseigner ces récentes transformations spatiales en cette ère de mondialisation accrue. Cette sélection d’indicateurs a donné naissance à une base de données multicritères composée de données économiques,socio-démographiques, géographiques, sociologiques, culturelles, etc., à l’échelle du district (640 unités spatiales) et entre deux dates: 2001 et 2011. L'hypothèse de cette recherche est la suivante : une approche inductive à partir de ces indicateurs pourrait nous permettre une identificationet une caractérisation a-posteriori de structures spatiales en Inde Countries that have experienced a delayed entry within the world economy have usually sustained an enhanced and faster globalisation process. This is the case for BRIC countries which are, compared to other emerging countries, organised on large economies and thus provide a stronger potential market. From this perspective, India appears to be the perfect case study with an economic growth expected to overcome China’s growth in the near future. However, the «clichés» are persistent within a country mostly depicted as bipolar. On the one hand, it is considered as a new eldorado, the «Shining India», a place where multinationals aim to implement themselves due to the substantial increase of the consumer market. At the same time, India is also characterised by overcrowding, the major presence of slum areas and mass poverty, both in urban and rural areas. It is indeed possible that some areas will accommodate a bigger and bigger share of the growing middle class, while others will accentuate economic and social inequalities. Yet, can these extremes be truly representative of the diversity of such a large country? In fact, in some urban oriented spaces, the evolution of the tertiary sector is not strong enough to maintain a high level of employment while in rural spaces; an intensive farming model contributes to gradually reducing the number of labourers and landowners. As a result, the increase of the standard of living related to both economic and demographic growth is not homogeneously distributed over a territory where socio-economic divisions are already made worse by a tight caste system. With evidence dating back to 2400 BCE, it must be remembered that India is a country of old urbanisation. This has given rise to a rich and complex history and India is now home to a variety of languages, religions, castes, communities, tribes, traditions, urbanisation patterns and, more recently, globalisation-related dynamics. Perhaps no other country in the world seems to be characterised by such a great diversity. This begs the following questions: how is it possible to quantify and visualise the spatial gap of such a complex and subcontinent sized country? What are the main drivers affecting this spatial gap? It would indeed be simplistic to study India only through macro-economic indicators such as GDP. To deal with this complexity, a conceptualisation has been performed to strictly select 55 criteria that can affect the transformation sustained by the Indian territory in this enhanced age of globalisation. These selected factors have fed a multi-critera database characterised by aspects coming from economy, geography, sociology, culture etc. at the district scale level (640 spatial units) and on a ten year timeframe (2001-2011). The assumption is as follows: each Indian district can be driven by different factors. The human capacity to understand a complex issue has been reached here since we cannot take into account and at the same time the behaviour of a large number of elements influencing one another. AI Based Algorithm methods (Bayesian and Neural Networks) have thus been resorted to as a good alternative to process a large number of factors. In order to be as accurate as possible and to keep a transversal point of view, the methodology is divided into a robust procedure including fieldwork steps. The results of the models show that the 55 factors interact, bringing the emergence of unobservable factors representative of broader concepts, which find consistency only in the case of India. It also shows that the Indian territory can be segmented into a multitude of sub-spaces. Some of these profiles are close to the caricatured India. However, in most cases, results show a heterogeneous country with sub-spaces possessing a logic of their own and far away from any cliché

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Wiseman, P. Eric. "Soil Carbon Dioxide Efflux Across Four Age Classes Of Plantation Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.)On The Virginia Piedmont." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35770.

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Soil carbon dioxide efflux resulting from microbial and root respiration is a major component of the forest carbon cycle. We undertook this investigation to better understand the nature of soil carbon dioxide efflux of plantation loblolly pine, an important ecological and economical resource in the southeastern United States. Specifically, we hoped to learn how soil carbon dioxide efflux differs both spatially and temporally for four age classes of plantation loblolly pine on the Virginia piedmont. During a 12-month period, soil carbon dioxide efflux was repeatedly measured for four age classes of plantation loblolly pine using a dynamic, closed-chamber infrared gas analyzer. The age classes examined were 1- to 2-year-old, 4- to 6-year-old, 8- to 12-year-old, and 20- to 25-year-old stands. Mean soil carbon dioxide efflux rates measured during the 12-month study were 1.72, 2.58, 2.84, and 2.90 micromole/sq m/s for 1- to 2-year-old, 4- to 6-year-old, 8- to 12-year-old, and 20- to 25-year-old stands, respectively. Stand age had a significant effect on efflux rate during 10 of the 12 monthly sampling sessions. Additionally, mean efflux rates were consistently higher near the tree and a significant positional difference was detected during 8 of the 12 monthly sampling sessions. Mean soil carbon dioxide efflux rates, by position, for the 12-month study were 2.72 and 2.28 micromole/sq m/s for the near and away measurement positions, respectively. Based on monthly mean soil carbon dioxide efflux rates, annual carbon losses were estimated at 651, 976, 1074, and 1082 g C/sq m/yr for 1- to 2-year-old, 4- to 6-year-old, 8- to 12-year-old, and 20- to 25-year-old stands, respectively. Regression analysis was used to examine the influence of soil and climatic factors on seasonal changes in soil carbon dioxide efflux. The most influential factors affecting soil carbon dioxide efflux during the 12-month study were soil temperature, soil moisture, stand age, and measurement position. We believe respiring roots significantly influence soil carbon dioxide efflux of plantation loblolly pine and account for differences observed between stands of different ages as well as spatial differences observed within a given stand. Master of Science

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Castro, Pinto Silvia Patrícia Lima de. "Valores e significados associados ao envelhecimento e ao asilamento em instituição de longa permanência entre artistas idosos." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/311513.

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Orientador: Olga Rodrigues de Morais von Simson Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Fculdade de Ciências Médicas Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T19:40:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CastroPinto_SilviaPatriciaLimade_M.pdf: 19285408 bytes, checksum: 9bf635baf9c089e6c33e73d50d03d841 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 Resumo: O presente estudo, realizado em uma instituição de longa permanência pertencente à classe artística na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, tem como objetivo principal apontar os valores e significados associados ao envelhecimento, ao asilamento e ao convívio na instituição asilar estudada. Tem como objetivo secundário estabelecer uma reflexão sobre a influência da origem profissional sobre o cuidado prestado. Para tal utiliza a metodologia da História Oral em entrevistas realizadas com quatro artistas idosos asilados e com um representante da equipe dirigente. Este trabalho é orientado dentro da linha de pesquisa da Construção Social da Velhice Abstract: This present study, which has been accomplished in a retirement community of artists located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, has aimed at investigating the values and significance associated with aging and living in a residence for elderly people. Thus it has applied the methodology of Oral History by interviews conducted with four residents and a member of the managing staff Mestrado Mestre em Gerontologia

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Decorte, Roeland Pieter-Jan Ewoud. "The origins of writing, and its relation to art on Bronze Age Crete." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274634.

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This thesis sheds first light on the complex narrative behind the earliest appearance of writing in Europe. A radical new framework of interpretation, recognising art and writing as different ends of a single mode of graphic expression, is applied to the material culture of Early to Middle Bronze Age Crete as a context-conscious alternative to the strict and anachronistic divisions imposed by traditional models. This allows for a novel way of viewing and identifying structures of meaning embedded in otherwise familiar evidence. A comprehensive synthesis of the archaeological evidence for the undeciphered Bronze Age Cretan writing systems is offered, contextualising the thesis and its arguments within a new narrative of mostly autonomous script formation on Crete. Detailed analysis of the material record is started in the Early Bronze Age, where a previously unrecognised system of Prepalatial glyptic iconography is demonstrated to have maintained uniform distribution and presentation for roughly eight centuries, appearing in the exact contexts, and ostensibly fulfilling similar functions, as later writing. This newly identified system is argued to have provided the conceptual background against which later writing emerged. The thesis subsequently discusses the Archanes Script, the first accepted ‘true’ writing to appear west of Egypt, which has been severely understudied and highly ill-understood. Redefining the Archanes Script completely, a first signary is constructed, and new documents discovered. A further chapter argues for the possible existence of other, as of yet unidentified, linear writing systems on Crete. This is followed by a study of the Cretan Hieroglyphic writing system; the unjustified omission of supposedly ‘decorative’ signs in many of its documents is identified, the script’s corpus nearly doubled, and ‘a complete turnaround in the way in which we approach and define Cretan Hieroglyphic’ proposed.

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Chu, Wai-on, and 朱維安. "The prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia among hypertensiveelderly as a whole and among different classes of anti-hypertensivedrug users in a regional geriatric clinic in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45011175.

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Polyakov, Maxim. "The power of time : old age and old men in ancient Greek drama." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2d238e6d-e040-479a-ae8f-dcf5ecd7e838.

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The study of old age in the humanities has developed significantly in the last few decades, but there is still much scope for progress. This thesis, therefore, seeks to contribute to the growing academic discourse in this area by considering ageing as it is represented in ancient Greek theatre. At the same time, it seeks to take its place within Classical Studies by developing new readings of the plays. To develop a context for its analysis, this study begins with consideration of the contemporary demographics, social position, and stage portrayal of old age, and following this dedicates a chapter to each of the four surviving fifth century dramatists. In Aiskhylos’ Agamemnon, old age emerges as a crucial element in choral self-identity, and an important component of the authority that they display. Following this, the thesis considers the chorus of Euripides’ Herakles, in particular its use of metadramatic language, and the impact this has on plot-development and the representation of their age. The next chapter, on Oidipous Koloneus, shifts to consideration of the protagonist. The old age of Oidipous emerges as a powerful driver of his mental and spiritual power, and forms a striking background to the exploration of his character. The final chapter of the thesis examines how mechanisms of renewal that old men undergo in Aristophanes’ comedies (Knights, Akharnians, Peace, Wasps, Birds) differ across the dramas, and the impact this difference has on their interpretations. Such reassessments of ancient dramatic texts through the lens of old age can provide significant insight into the complexity of old men’s characterisations and of their involvement in the dramas. At the same time (from a gerontological perspective), this thesis’ analysis contributes to the developing discussion of the history of ageing, and highlights the differences between the ancient and modern worlds in this respect.

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Starosky, Míriam. "A era Vargas e um Estado de bem-estar conservador." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2012. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6365.

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico O objetivo do presente estudo foi desenvolver uma discussão teórica acerca do projeto varguista que pôde ser percebido como uma tentativa de criação de um "Estado de bem-estar" no Brasil. Uma ampla base teórica traz elementos de análise sobre Estado de bem-estar, como contribuições sobre o processo de engajamento do Estado na constituição de estratégias para lidar com a "questão social", os motores desse engajamento, os atores envolvidos e o peso de seus papéis, os objetivos dos projetos de Estado de bem-estar e as consequências na instituição dos welfare states. A partir da proposta de Esping-Andersen de compreensão de diferentes regimes de welfare state - conservador, liberal e social-democrata - análise do projeto varguista resultou como enquadrado no modelo conservador. A saída corporativa, com a construção de políticas sociais - marcadamente trabalhistas -, apresentou-se como novo marco de coesão social, pelo qual poderia ser permitida a participação da classe trabalhadora. Assim como no modelo conservador sistematizado por Esping-Andersen, os direitos sociais brasileiros tiveram um reduzido potencial desmercantilizador se verificados na relação com a ideia de "cidadania regulada", pois indica uma cidadania orientada apenas para grupos ocupantes de categorias profissionais reconhecidas legalmente e pela qual a relação salarial foi traduzida em direitos e garantida constitucionalmente. As políticas sociais apresentam-se como verdadeiras políticas de formação de classe: a cidadania regulada transformava-se em promessa de inclusão, moldando as perspectivas e aspiração da classe trabalhadora e assim, legitimando a luta pela sua própria efetivação. The aim of this study was to develop a theoritical discussion on the Vargas Project that could be perceived as an attempt to create a welfare state in Brazil. A broad theoretical basis brings elements of walfare analysius, such as academic contributions on the process of engagement of the state in setting up strategies to deal with the social question, the engines of engagement, the players involved and the weight of their roles, the goals of the welfare state projects, and the impact of their implementation. From the Esping-Andersons understanding of different welfare state regimes conservative, liberal and social democratic the analysis of the Vargas project resulted as framed in the conservative model. A corporatist option, with the building of social policies specifically labor ones , rose as the new landmark of social cohesion, allowing workers participation. As in the conservative model systematized by Esping-Anderson, Brazilian social rights had a reduced decommodification potential. That is a result of the regulated citizenship, that indicates a citizenchip which was available only to holders of legally recognized occupational posts and that constitutionally guaranteed wage relation and converted it into rights. Social policies are presented as true policies of class formation: a regulated citizenship would become a promise of inclusion, shaping the views and aspirations of the working class and thus legitimizing the struggle for theis implementation.

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Swenson, Haley S. "Reproducing Inequality: Cooking, Cleaning, and Caring in the Austerity Age." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468929824.

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Roe, Sarah Elizabeth. "Shaping houses : integrating the physical and socio-cultural in the domestic architecture of Ancient Sicily." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280261.

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In this thesis I explore how physical and socio-cultural factors interact to shape domestic architecture by analysing the form, layout, and construction of houses from Sicily dating from the Neolithic to the end of the Hellenistic period. This time range encompasses two primary domestic building traditions: single-spaced round houses that dominate from the Neolithic through to the end of the Late Bronze Age, and large, multiple-spaced rectilinear structures that characterise the Archaic period onwards. As such the domestic architecture of Sicily provides the opportunity to study not only two distinct ways of building, but also the dynamics within them and the changes that occurred as one evolved into the other during the Early Iron Age: a period of transition that is often studied in isolation or only in relation to the earlier or later context, rather than as an integral part of this island’s history. A critical analysis of building techniques and materials in the context of available resources and their material properties alongside local environmental conditions reveals correlations between the choice of materials, construction techniques, and topographical and climatic conditions, as well as the form taken by the building as a whole. Comparative analyses were also carried out of house size, form, and degree of subdivision within and between the building traditions. The picture presented shows an increase in total size and subdivision (despite the relatively stable size range of individual spaces within the houses) from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic period and implies a developing desire for options to separate people and activities. Finally, close diagrammatic studies of the layout and spatial organisation of the houses bring to light the structuring of these domestic spaces: the use of architectural features and artefacts to provide a sense of division in single-spaced buildings; greater layers of access and control of movement incorporated into the larger, rectilinear houses with their multiple spaces; and the arrangement of these to allow for the lighting of interior rooms. Combined with the results above, these reveal patterns in the development of building traditions on Sicily and how they relate to, encompass, and entangle the dynamic socio-cultural and physical parameters that make up the wider landscapes they are a part of: notions of identity and its formation and transmission, social structure and stratification, topography and climate, and material structural properties. Altogether this allows for the development of a deeper and more holistic understanding of the relationship between building and living, of how physical and socio-cultural parameters integrate and influence the construction of houses, and how these all come together in the building traditions that are both shaped by us and shape us.

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Rosko, Michael James 1961. "A comparison study of the petrology of fine-grained clastics in mid-Cenozoic age basin deposits, Pima and Cochise Counties, Arizona." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558039.

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Lindqvist, Adam. "The Late Bronze Age Sanctuary at Ayios Iakovos: Dhima Revisited." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Antikens kultur och samhällsliv, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323917.

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År 1929 grävde den Svenska Cypernexpeditionen ut en helgedom daterad till den tidiga delen av Sencypriotisk II (1400-1340/1315), namngiven Ayios Iakovos: Dhima. Kring ett terrakotta-kar återfann arkeologerna flera värdefulla och exotiska föremål. Sedan dess har platsen och dess fynd tolkats på många olika sätt, utan någon egentlig klarhet. Genom att göra en systematisk studie över det hittills opublicerade skärvmaterialet har nya slutsatser om platsen kunnat läggas fram. Tidigare tolkningar om ett kronologiskt gap under Sencypriotisk I kan nu ifrågasättas. Det finns belägg för ett kontinuerligt bruk från Mellancypriotisk III fram tills platsen övergavs under Sencypriotisk II. Den stora mängden slutna kärl, förknippade med transport av väldoftande oljor och salvor, vittnar om de aktiviteter som en gång företogs på platsen. Dessutom visar närvaron av typiska rituella dryckeskärl ett av de tidigaste exemplen på utvecklingen av Cypriotisk rituell tradition, nu separerad från de tidigare starka banden till gravriter.

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Spjut, Annilyn Marie. ""How in This Cruel Age I Celebrated Freedom": Aesopian Subversion in Nikolai Ulyanov's Painting for the 1937 Pushkin Centenary." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6342.

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Painted in 1937 as part of the centenary celebration of the death of Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Ulyanov's A. S. Pushkin and his Wife, N. N. Pushkina at the Imperial Ball has been lauded as the quintessential example of Soviet history painting. Modern scholars have followed the lead of Soviet critics, who praised the painting for its insight into the psychology of the brilliant poet repressed by the tyrannical tsarist regime. According to this interpretation, Soviet viewers in the 1930s were to ponder on the tragedy of Pushkin's demise and rejoice that the victory of Socialism had freed them from such repression. However, this thesis suggests that Ulyanov embedded a secondary, subversive message in his masterpiece. Through careful manipulation of Pushkin's complex semiotic significance, Socialist Realist dialectics, and the Aesopian method, Ulyanov crafted an image that could be celebrated for its adherence to Soviet ideology, while simultaneously suggesting to those who detected his clues that artistic repression had not ended with the revolution. In this subversive reading, Ulyanov's masterwork becomes a psychological self-portrait of an artist living under Stalinist oppression during the Great Terror.

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Bastos, Sonia Regina Thiago. "Do fracasso escolar à distorção idade-série: caminhos percorridos pelas classes de aceleração do Projeto Acelerar para Vencer." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2013. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6598.

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Este estudo parte das observações e análises realizadas em classes de aceleração do Projeto Acelerar para Vencer (PAV- 2009/2012), desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Educação de Minas Gerais, tendo a discussão sobre o fracasso escolar e a distorção idade-série como centrais dentro das políticas adotadas. A pesquisa busca ampliar nosso entendimento quanto à relação entre escola e expectativas individuais, levando-nos a refletir para além do direito à educação. Dentre as reflexões, destacamos: desigualdade de oportunidades, relações de poder dentro de um sistema que, de forma hegemônica, se mantém estável, mas desestabiliza vidas ao negar às camadas desprivilegiadas direitos básicos: acesso à alfabetização na idade certa, à leitura, ao conhecimento escolar e a uma educação atraente e de qualidade que atenda às necessidades dos sujeitos de acordo com as realidades em que estão inseridos. Certos de que tais problemas perpassam questões políticas, econômicas e sociais, pretendemos ater-nos às diferenças existentes dentro do espaço escolar, o que nos leva a tentar desvendar, - no sentido de não apenas repetir, mas também compreender -, as causas que levam à distorção idade-série e à sua inserção, ou disfarce, no processo de universalização do ensino, chegando à forma como a escola e seus agentes percebem as diferenças e lidam com ela. Para o desenvolvimento do estudo, recorremos à pesquisa qualitativa de cunho etnográfico, buscando subsídios em autores que discutem fracasso escolar, distorção idade-série, teoria curricular, mecanismos de exclusão social e respeito às diferenças culturais. Nesse sentido, concluímos que compreender as funcionalidades sociais da escola implica arregimentar, ou fazer coexistir, em um mesmo viés de observação, elementos interdependentes: política, escola, demandas sociais e cultura. Reconhecemos que tais elementos são imprescindíveis para pensarmos os sujeitos e suas distinções, a cultura e suas representações, o poder e as hegemonias presentes em todas as instâncias da vida escolar, transitando por uma via de mão dupla que envolve a enunciação das diferenças e seus atores: Secretaria de Educação, instituição pesquisada, gestão escolar, professores, alunos e responsáveis This study is based on observations performed in accelerated classes of the Project Acelerar para Vencer (PAV -2009/2012), implemented in our reality by the Department of Education of Minas Gerais State. It focuses on school failure and age-grade gap, and seeks expand our understanding about the relation between school and individual expectations, leading us to think beyond the right to education. Among the reflections we highlight: inequality of opportunity, power relations inside a system that, based on hegemony, maintains a stable appearance, but has destabilized lives by denying basic rights to underprivileged social groups: access to literacy at the right age, reading, school knowledge, an attractive and good education, which correspond to the subjects necessities, according to the realities where they are inserted. Sure such problems permeate political, economical and social questions, we intend to stick to the differences inside school environment, which has led us to try to discover not only repeat, but understand the causes of age-grade gap and its insertion, or disguise, in the process of universal education, trying to understand how school and its agents perceive differences and deal with them. We applied for qualitative and ethnographic research, and seek for information in authors who discuss school failure, age-grade gap, curriculum theory, mechanisms of social exclusion, and respect to cultural differences. We conclude that understanding school social features implies enlist or do coexist, in the same way of observation, interdependent elements: politics, school, social and cultural demands. We recognize those elements are essential to think subjects and their distinctions, culture and its representation, power and hegemony in all instances of school life, moving through a two-way street which involves the enunciation of differences and its actors: the Department of Education, school management, teachers, students and their guardians.

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Camargo, Alexandre Pansini. "Estratificação de povoamentos de Eucalyptus spp. em classes de idade por escaneamento a laser aeroembarcado." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11150/tde-05012018-182841/.

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As condições climáticas do Brasil aliadas ao desenvolvimento tecnológico favorecem a obtenção de sucessivos incrementos em produção florestal e estimulam a expansão de área cultivada com povoamentos voltados para a produção madeireira. Com o objetivo de contribuir para o processo de quantificação das florestas plantadas em uma escala regional, este estudo propõe utilizar informações combinadas de imagens de satélites e dados obtidos do LiDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) para a construção de modelos determinísticos capazes de distinguir em duas categorias de idade agrupamentos de florestas plantadas no Vale do Paraíba, estado de São Paulo. A primeira etapa constitui utilizar informações de parcelas de campo como resposta para modelos gerados com variáveis de escaneamento a laser aeroembarcado (ALS) e extrapolar os parâmetros para toda a região da plantação; em um segundo momento, utilizar as informações extrapoladas para gerar um modelo composto por variáveis de índice de vegetação (IV) calculados das imagens de satélite. As informações LiDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) foram obtidas de sete fazendas da região do Vale do Paraíba, estado de São Paulo, em 2012, mesmo ano em que foram coletados os dados das parcelas de campo dos inventários florestais e que as imagens foram obtidas pela constelação de satélites RapidEye. Como variáveis de dados ALS foram utilizados o cálculo de todos os pontos por célula de 5 x 5 m avaliados, alturas máxima, mínima, média, desvio padrão e percentis de altura, calculados pelo programa de análise de dados LASTools®. Foram incluídas também métricas de diferença de alturas do percentil 90 e o percentil 10 (p9010) e a medida dessa diferença relativa à altura do percentil 90 (p9010r). Na modelagem dos dados LiDAR para imagens de satélite foram utilizadas como variáveis, de forma individual ou conjuntamente, os índices NDVI, NDVI705, EVI, GNDVI, SAVI, Red-Green ratio e SRI. Os modelos foram avaliados quanto ao seu desempenho no coeficiente de determinação (R2) e na raíz do erro quadrático médio (RMSE) e em uma análise final predizendo as fazendas em categorias de idade jovem e maduro. O modelo com melhores estimativas (R2 e RMSE) para idade na primeira etapa foi o que possuía variáveis Hp90 e Hp9010r, com R2=0,85 e RMSE=11,736 meses, e para a segunda etapa foi o modelo contendo como variáveis os índices de vegetação NDVI705, Red-Green índex e SAVI, com R2=0,49 e RMSE=0,378 meses. Apesar dos resultados melhores, o modelo contendo índices de vegetação GNDVI e Red-Green índex foi o que melhor representou a distribuição das florestas quanto a sua maturidade. Brazil\'s climate conditions combined with the technological development promote the obtaining of successive increments in forest production and stimulate the expansion of cultivated area with stands for timber production. In order to contribute to the process of quantification of planted forests at regional scale, this study proposes to use combined information from satellite images and data obtained from the LiDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) for the construction of deterministic models able to distinguish two categories of age groupings of planted forests in the Paraíba Valley, State of São Paulo in Brazil. The first step is to use field plots information in response to models generated with airborne laser scanning (ALS) variables and extrapolate the parameters for the whole region of the plantation; in a second moment, use the information extrapolated to generate a model composed of vegetation index variables (IV) calculated from satellite images. The information LiDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) were obtained from seven farms in the region of the Paraíba Valley, State of São Paulo, in 2012, the same year in which the data were collected from plots of field forest inventories and that the images were obtained by the RapidEye satellite constellation. As data variables ALS were used the calculation of all points by cell size of 5 x 5 m evaluated, maximum height, minimum, mean, standard deviation and height percentiles, calculated by the data analysis program called LASTools®. Also included height difference metrics 90th percentile and percentile 10th (p9010) and the extent of this difference relative of the 90th percentile (p9010r). In the modeling of data LiDAR data for satellite images were used as variables, individually or jointly, the NDVI index, NDVI705, EVI, GNDVI, SAVI, Red-Green index and SRI. The models were evaluated regarding their performance on the coefficient of determination (R2) and root mean square error (RMSE) and a final analysis predicting the farms into categories of age, young and mature. The model with best estimates (R2 and RMSE) for age at first stage was what possessed variables Hp90 and Hp9010r, with R2 = 0.85 and RMSE = 11.736 months, and the second stage was the model containing as variables the NDVI705 vegetation, Red-Green index and SAVI, with R2 = 0.49 and RMSE = 0.378 months. Despite the better results, the model containing GNDVI and Red-Green vegetation indices was the best represented distribution of forests about your maturity.

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Andersson, Ann-Louise, and Marica Andersson. ""Se mig, för här är jag" : Lärares resonemang kring innebörden av begreppet individanpassad undervisning i skolår 1." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-3857.

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Läroplan för det obligatoriska skolväsendet, fritidshemmet och förskoleklassen, (Lpo94) är tydlig i sin definition att en individanpassad undervisning ska tillämpas i skolan och att undervisningen ska utgå från den enskilde elevens behov. Då forskning pekar på att definitionen och innebörden av begreppet behov inte är tydlig fann vi det intressant att undersöka hur lärare definierar innebörden av begreppet individanpassad undervisning i år 1 med särskilt fokus på aspekten elevers behov. För att studera verksamma lärares resonemang kring detta valdes en kvalitativ metod med intervjuer som hjälpmedel för att samla in data. Det insamlade materialet har analyserats och därefter diskuterats med referens till forskning inom området. Resultatet visar att individanpassad undervisning ses som en förutsättningsfråga. Identifieringen av enskilda elevers behov är det som uppfattas ligga till grund för hur undervisningen ska individanpassas. Svårigheten ligger i att det inte alltid är enkelt att identifiera behoven. Det framkom i resultatet att möjligheten att individanpassa grundar sig i tillgången på resurser samt skolämnets karaktär. Resultatet visar även att åldersintegrerade klasser är en fördel med tanke på tillgången på resurser, då samarbete i arbetslag lättare möjliggör en individanpassad undervisning. Curriculum for the Compulsory School System, the Pre-School Class and the Leisure-time Centre (Lpo 94) is clear in its definition that individualized tuition shall be applied in the school and that the tuition shall come from the individual pupil’s needs. Since research emphasizes that the definition and meaning of the term needs is not clear we found it interesting to research how teachers define the meaning of the term individualized tuition in school year 1 with special focus on the aspect of pupils’ needs. In order to study active teachers’ reasoning and dictums regarding this we chose a qualitative method with interviews as aid to gather data. The collected material has been analyzed and subsequently discussed with reference to research within the area. The result shows that individualized tuition is regarded as a question of conditions. The identification of individual pupils’ needs is what is perceived to be the basis of how the education should be individualized. The difficulty lies in that it is not always easy to identify the needs. The result showed that the possibility to individualize bases itself in the access of resources and the school subject’s nature. The result also show that age integrated classes is an advantage considering the access of resources, since cooperation between coworkers makes it easier to enable individualized tuition.

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Akar, Murat. "The Kinet Hoyuk Mbii Building The Levantine Palace Tradition In Eastern Cilicia." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607327/index.pdf.

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Kinet H&ouml y&uuml k with its 3.3 ha size, is multi-period site located on the iskenderun Gulf of Eastern Cilicia. The research subject is: Middle ronze II (1800-1600 .C) burnt uilding complex located in the east terrace of the mound. The part of the building that has been exposed is representing the general characteristics of Levantine style monumental architecture of MBII with its 50 m exposure. The primary goal of the thesis is to understand the function of this specific building in its local context and to compare the building with similar building in Anatolia, Syria and the Levant to see the cultural interaction that is visible in the architectural evidence. Thje widely accepted conventions for the mound size and the settlement activity patterns are re-examined in the final chapter on the basis of the contradictory relationship between the size of the settlement and the monumental architecture at Kinet H&ouml y&uuml k.

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Belza, Anna A. "(Re)assessing the Western String Model: Archaeological Data from the Cyclades Post-1979." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1540564767146931.

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Derks, Mark Henry. "Saints of Grand Rapids." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77488.

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These stories examine the lives of working class people in light of the current economic and social climate. They address and attempt to empathize with the despair and disillusionment many working class Americans express in response to their economic and social realities, and the stories attempt to walk a non-judgmental line regarding the attitudes these characters espouse. Instead of judging the characters or championing a particular moral stance, the pieces attempt to present individuals faced with major failures: child abandonment, guilt over preventable death, overriding selfishness, racism, and shame regarding social status. These failures of character or morality echo the larger failings, as the characters perceive them, of their time and place. Within this worldview of disillusionment and despair, many of the characters in these stories choose to struggle toward self-betterment—not economic or social betterment per se, but individual betterment, a reckoning with themselves and their failures that necessarily reflects and interacts with the world they inhabit. These are stories rooted in the Midwest and its rust-belt inhabitants, but for all their contemporary socio-economic concerns, the stories are first and foremost concerned with the individual and representing each individual portrayed accurately and honestly. Master of Fine Arts

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