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More, Janet May Derrick. "Cultural foundations of personal meaning : their loss and recovery." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25473.
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This study investigated what occurs in an individual's life when their culture is changed or irretrievably lost; and it investigated how an individual then regains personal meaning during a time of cultural loss and change.
Peter Marris' innovative Theory of Loss and Change was used as the theoretical basis for the study. This theory states that a grief-like reformulation process occurs for individuals who experience any irretrievable loss of culture.
The Native Indian cultures of British Columbia were used as the cultural foundation. Three Native Indian elders were interviewed and their life histories recorded (Bertaux, 1981). The data collected was then used as multiple case studies and analyzed according to Yin (1984) and Stake (1980).
Cross-matching of patterns of loss and change, and patterns of recovery of personal meaning revealed six primary forms of loss and change in the elder's lives, and five primary characteristics of recovery of personal meaning. Secondary forms and characteristics in each area were identified as well.
Marris' Theory of Loss and Change was supported. It was also expanded to include the Native Indian cultures of British Columbia. In addition, the emotional elements of the reformulation process were specified.
The outcome of the study was a cognitive framework useful in understanding the Native Indian cultures in British Columbia and the personal conflicts of Native Indian individuals.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Naidoo, Shershen. "Historic recovery, urban recovery - a cultural heritage and mediation centre at the Old Synagogue in Pretoria." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28737.
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2013 marked the fifty years anniversary of the Treason Trials at the Old Synagogue, in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial was a symbolic victory for the Liberation Movement in their fight against an oppressive apartheid regime. Today, with freedom a reality, Liberation Struggle Heritage Sites have surfaced throughout the country with the purpose of commemorating the multitude of events which occurred on the path to liberation. The purpose of this research is to generate a contextual response to the challenge of commemorating and rejuvenating the currently abandoned Old Synagogue. This study investigates the manner in which Liberation Struggle Heritage Sites are being commemorated. The results will assist heritage practitioners to ascertain whether the current trends in the application of heritage conservation and commemoration strategies make meaningful contributions towards local communities. An empirical research method of visiting Liberation Struggle Heritage Sites in Gauteng was conducted as a means of primary data collection. The findings indicate that these sites display weak accessibility traits, and do not engage with their surrounding context in manner which stimulates socio-economic and political growth. The design project aims to initiate programme as a means of commemorating and rejuvenating the Old Synagogue in a contextually appropriate manner. The prerequisites are that the programme should respect, liberate, and celebrate the history and heritage of the Old Synagogue together with the surrounding buildings of heritage value. The design proposal is a Heritage and Mediation Centre geared towards public utility as a place to gather, learn, and retreat within Pretoria’s historic inner city.Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Todaro, Thomas Mason. "Evaluating Cultural Practices for Recovery from Cold Damage in Grapevines." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1479743290325813.
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Ainley, Rosa. "Writing Alexandra Palace : plurivocity as a methods of cultural recovery of buildings." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2016. http://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/2079/.
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This thesis examines how writing can be used to retrieve what a building has lost, the layers of its cultural significance, through creative and critical consideration of past uses and current possibilities, to aid in its cultural recovery and contribute to the future use of its architecture. It posits a new means of recovery through ‘writing the building’, and develops this method of architecture writing for use in practice, education and re- search, and as a tool in the processes of regeneration. Alexandra Palace is the case study (1873; rebuilt 1875, 1988), and at time of writing, extensive redevelopment works are in process by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, following a masterplan by Farrells (2012). Research questions Can a building exist and have its life extended in words through recap- turing what it has lost or is missing there?
How can language articulate the immaterial traces (of uses, users and their memories) within a building in order to reinvigorate it or direct/ redirect redevelopment? Can connections between architectural space and the interior land- scapes of its users be made manifest through writing? Methodology Plurivocity is part of an experimental approach to writing as methodology, developed as a means of responding to these research questions. As a method of writing the building, plurivocity is designed to respond to the building’s unique significance, to capture and represent different opinions and experiences, whether of the past or present, marginal or official. It is an imaginative method based on the factual that disrupts the categories of creative and critical writing so that each contributes to the other and then creates something different. Historiographical writing generated by the architecture in turn initiates and inspires critical, thematic and character-led writing. Using diverse materials from archival sources, interviews and chance conversations, the strands of writing respond to the building in its various iterations – the feedback loop of abduction of Grounded Theory. This feedback mechanism is a crucial element in the plurivocal model, its subject as well as method. Instrumentalising writing like this is in itself a form of reuse, a means of recovery, re-presenting (and representing), and demonstrates how imaginative writing might contribute to programming, and future uses in refurbishment of a building. The project also extends the temporal index of architecture writing to include the future. The building is alive with the voices of users, and the polyvocal form mirrors this, in order to revitalise the building, which has been destroyed, rebuilt or repurposed, even temporarily relocated. Ethnography
The research follows ethnographic practice in gathering information and inspiration from site visits, observation and interviews. Constructing a se- ries of ‘characters’ brings more comprehensive sources into contention. Enabling users’ experience to be documented also helps to identify the unanticipated values a building provided, for greater understanding about the use that particular communities claim for public spaces or expect them to supply. Using Hans-Robert Jauss’s version of Reception Theory, interviewees include those involved in the current physical project, along with volunteers and users, who are embedded into the category of makers of the building. In these ways, this research and its outcome in writing practice establish another strand of architecture writing, one that suggests and emulates the building’s multiple and particular layers, creating and occupying a new cultural and historical space.
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Remington, Christa L. "The Cultural Competence of Response & Recovery Workers in Post-Earthquake Haiti." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3455.
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Cultural competence is critical to public service, yet it is often ignored and underutilized, especially in post-disaster response and recovery. The current literature on cultural competence and frameworks developed by the private sector do not fully consider the complexities of a post-disaster public service context. This project explores the importance of cultural competence in post-disaster response and recovery, identifies effective training methods and organizational policies which may present barriers to competence acquisition, and proposes a new theoretical framework by which to assess cultural competence in international response and recovery work.
This study used focus groups with Haitian beneficiaries (n=7), in-depth interviews with response and recovery workers (n=50), close ended surveys with both groups (n=226), observation, and a review of secondary sources (e.g. job announcements, training manuals) to explore cultural competence from the perspectives of international response and recovery workers, their agencies, and Haitian beneficiaries after the January 2010 Haitian earthquake.
The analysis revealed that although 88% of participating aid workers identified cultural competence (CC) as critical to program effectiveness, 42% had no training before or during deployment. An analysis of the job announcements revealed that only 37% of agencies required cultural competencies. While aid workers and beneficiaries identified experiential strategies (e.g. immersion, mentoring) as critical to cultural competence acquisition, organizational policies (e.g. curfews, restrictions on travel) were often found to be at odds with these methods and more than 1/3 of participating aid workers felt that these policies were a barrier to cultural competency. Findings from this study may help aid workers better understand the importance of cultural competence and how it can improve the effectiveness of aid programs, and provide ways in which aid agencies can enhance cultural competence acquisition by their employees.
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Laine, John Stanley. "Cultural Competence, Emergency Management, and Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts Among African Americans." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2189.
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Natural disasters disrupt African American communities in the United States and can exacerbate the degree of poverty for individuals within these communities, necessitating greater aid from local, state, and federal governments. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cultural competence in disaster response serving African American communities. This research study focused on emergency manager's comprehension and education of cultural competence, what they recognized to be vital elements of a culturally competent emergency manager, and what the obstacles and components are to bring about the changes to the profession. This study used a qualitative case study design and a theoretical framework based on the Campinha-Bacote model for care for cultural competence. Study data from interviews with 15 emergency manager practitioners and African American disaster survivors were inductively coded and thematically analyzed. The study produced data regarding cultural competence, values, ethics, beliefs, and thought processes of the participants. The findings showed that the emergency managers and survivors had diverging or contrasting beliefs of the emergency managers' cultural competency levels; this difference in perception was the major theme of the study. The study also concluded that implementing the Campinha-Bacote model for Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services, emergency managers dramatically improve disaster response and recovery efforts not only to the African American community but other diverse minority communities as well. This study contributes to positive social change by helping U.S. emergency managers become more culturally competent and better equipped to serve diverse minority communities during a disaster.
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Dave, Milli. "A cultural understanding of British Indian people's views of recovery in mental illness." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2015. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/2238/.
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This thesis aimed to explore the views held by British Indians towards recovery in mental illness. Indian people in particular are under- represented in mental health statistics which can make it difficult to understand their views of mental illness. Understanding cultural perspectives can provide insight into the way in which Indian people conceptualise mental illness. Research related to Indian people’s attitudes towards mental illness was reviewed. The research demonstrated that Indian people were able to identify signs of mental illness however, lacked knowledge of certain aspects of mental illness and its causes. Differences in attitudes were influenced by gender, age, profession, education and generation. The review demonstrated an absence of research conducted outside of India, examining Indian people’s views of different aspects of mental illness such as recovery. Due to this gap in research, Q methodology was used to obtain the views of British Indian people (from the Gujarati and Punjabi subgroups) regarding necessary factors for recovery in mental illness. A sample of 20 participants were asked to Q sort 52 statements pertaining to recovery based on their personal beliefs. Factor analysis revealed four factors representing a range of viewpoints related to recovery. A number of key aspects necessary for recovery were highlighted. Recovery was seen as a journey of self- discovery requiring insight and positivity and additionally, the importance of acceptance was identified. British Indians also preferred to keep mental health difficulties hidden due to a fear of stigmatisation from the wider community. The role of family members and spirituality was highlighted. Differences in viewpoints of British Indians born in the United Kingdom and those born in India and Africa are significant in understanding the impact of acculturation in help- seeking behaviours. The reflective commentary provides analysis of the research process and a reflexive account is presented.
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Bishop, Katherine. "Using cultural heritage as a tool in post-war recovery : assessing the impact of heritage on recovery in post-war Dubrovnik, Croatia." Thesis, University of York, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22242/.
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Cultural heritage is a significant aspect of both conflict and the recovery from conflict, but its role in shaping and influencing the post-conflict landscape has not been fully explored conceptually, nor has its role been fully implemented into recovery processes by practitioners. This thesis explores the disjuncture that exists between heritage theorists’ conceptualisation of cultural heritage as a cultural process, and practitioners’ tendency to privilege material reconstruction. By bridging cultural heritage and post-conflict literatures, the thesis presents the foundations for a holistic approach to cultural heritage in post-conflict settings. An Integrated Heritage Assessment Framework (IHAF) is developed to operationalise this holistic conceptualisation. This thesis makes three key contributions to the fields of cultural heritage studies and conflict studies. The first is a substantial contribution to the literature by reconceptualising the use of heritage in post-conflict recovery to argue for a shift away from reductive uses of heritage as cultural property towards more expansive notions of heritage as a process that can actively influence the course of recovery. Secondly, and building upon this conceptual foundation, the thesis has created and tested a methodological framework, the IHAF, capable of balancing recovery practitioners’ and policy-makers’ priorities with a nuanced conceptualisation of heritage. The purpose of this framework is to identify what impact heritage has on recovery, in order to reposition heritage as an active component of recovery processes, and remove it from being perceived as passive recipient of damage and restoration. The third aspect of the thesis applies the IHAF to the case study of Dubrovnik, Croatia, demonstrating the impact of heritage in three key areas of the city’s recovery. This assessment of Dubrovnik’s physical, economic and socio-political recovery viewed through the active lens of heritage adds an important new perspective on the Old Town’s long term narrative of recovery and reconciliation. The thesis demonstrates the importance of the Integrated Heritage Assessment Framework and its potential broader application to different conflicts, and in doing so, puts heritage firmly at the heart of post-conflict recovery.
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Moriguchi, Cristiane Shinohara. "Adaptação cultural e avaliação dos parâmetros psicométricos da versão brasileira da Need for Recovery Scale." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2009. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/5242.
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OBJECTIVE: To translate and culturally adapt the Need for Recovery Scale (NFR) to Brazilian Portuguese and to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version among industrial workers. METHODS: The translation process followed a guideline for cultural adaptation of questionnaires, which included the stages of translation, synthesis, back-translation, committee review and pretesting. The NFR Portuguese final version (Br-NFR) was evaluated regarding reliability by tests of stability (n=52) and internal consistency (n=192); convergent validity by simultaneously assessment with other instruments: the Borg Scale (n=59); the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (n=57) and 3 subscales of the SF-36 (n=56). RESULTS: Stability and internal consistency achieved the criterion for a reliable measure (ICC=0.80 and Cronbach s α =0.87, respectively). The convergent validity between Br-NFR and other instruments also showed good results: Borg Scale (r=0.64); Chalder Questionnaire (r=0.67); SF-36 subscales: Vitality (r=-0.84), Physical Functioning (r=-0.54), and Role- Physical (r=-0.47). CONCLUSIONS: The Br-NFR revealed to be a reliable instrument to evaluate work-related fatigue symptoms in industrial workers. Furthermore, it showed significant and good correlations with accepted instruments in the field like the Borg Scale, the Chalder Questionnaire and SF-36 Vitality subscale, providing support for the validity of the scale.
OBJETIVO: Traduzir e adaptar culturalmente a Need for Recovery Scale (NFR) para a Língua Portuguesa do Brasil e investigar os parâmetros psicométricos da versão Brasileira em trabalhadores industriais. MÉTODOS: A tradução da escala seguiu um guia para adaptações culturais de questionários, que envolveu as etapas de tradução, síntese, tradução reversa, revisão por Comitê e pré-teste. A versão final em Português da escala (Escala de Necessidade de Descanso - ENEDE) foi avaliada quanto a confiabilidade pelos testes de estabilidade (n=52) e consistência interna (n=192) e quanto a validade convergente em avaliações simultâneas com outros instrumentos: Escala de Borg (n=59), Questionário de Fadiga de Chalder (n=57) e 3 Escalas do SF-36 (n=56).RESULTADOS: A estabilidade e consistência interna da escala atingiram o critério de medida confiável (ICC=0.80 e α de Cronbach=0.87, respectivamente). A validade convergente entre a ENEDE e os outros instrumentos também apresentaram bons resultados: Escala de Borg (r=0.64); Questionário de Fadiga de Chalder (r=0.67); escalas do SF36: Vitalidade (r=-0.84), Capacidade Funcional (r=-0.54) e Aspectos Físicos (r=-0.47). CONCLUSÕES: A ENEDE apresentou boa confiabilidade para avaliação de sintomas de fadiga relacionada ao trabalho em trabalhadores industriais. Além disto, a ENEDE também apresentou correlações satisfatórias e significativas com outros instrumentos aceitos pela literatura, como a Escala de Borg, o Questionário de Chalder e a Escala Vitalidade do SF-36, que fornecem suporte para a sua validade.
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Freitas, Petra. "Avaliação da relevância clínica das mudanças na pontuação da Global Back Recovery Scale." Master's thesis, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. Escola Superior de Saúde, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/17778.
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Relatório do Projeto de Investigação apresentado para cumprimento dos
requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Fisioterapia, área de
especialização em Fisioterapia em Condições Músculo- EsqueléticasEste estudo teve por objetivo contribuir para a adaptação cultural da Global Back Recovery Scale (GBRS), em indivíduos com Dor Lombar Crónica (DLC) em tratamento de fisioterapia, e estudar a sua fiabilidade, validade de constructo e poder de resposta. O estudo foi dividido em 2 fases: adaptação cultural e avaliação das propriedades psicométricas (fiabilidade teste-reteste, validade de constructo, poder de resposta e interpretabilidade). Para esta última, recorreu-se a um desenho de estudo de coorte prospetivo, com uma amostra de 98 indivíduos com DLC, a iniciar tratamento, em 12 unidades de Fisioterapia e intervenção domiciliar, que cumpriram os critérios de inclusão e exclusão. A recolha dos dados decorreu em 3 momentos de avaliação, T0 referente à baseline, T1 com 48 horas de intervalo, e T2 após 6 semanas de intervenção. Os resultados da fiabilidade teste-reteste revelaram um valor de CCI = 0.717 (IC 95% 0.479-0.859, p <0.0001). Relativamente à validade de constructo, a GBRS-PT mostrou correlacionar-se moderadamente e significativamente com a Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC-PT), em T0 e T2, e com as diferenças da pontuação da Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS-PT) e Escala Numérica da Dor (END (T0-T2). Na análise da curva ROC, a GBRS-PT mostrou também um adequado poder de resposta (AUC > 0.70), com o ponto ótimo de corte identificado de 3. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, a GBRS-PT apresenta uma adequada fiabilidade teste-reste, uma boa validade de construto e poder de Resposta. A diferença mínima clinicamente importante identificada foi a pontuação 3 neste instrumento. Assim, com este estudo disponibiliza-se a GBRS-PT, que é um instrumento com capacidades psicométricas apropriadas, essencial para determinar a evolução dos utentes ou os resultados clínicos obtidos com a intervenção.
The purpose of present study was to contribute to the cross-cultural adaptation of the Global Back Recovery Scale (GBRS) in patients with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP), in physiotherapy treatment, and to study its reliability, construct validity and responsiveness. The study was divided into two phases: cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of psychometric properties (test-retest reliability, construct validity, responsiveness and interpretability). For the latter, a prospective cohort study design was used, with a sample of 98 patients with CLBP, who started physiotherapy at 12 Physicaltherapy units and in-home physiotherapy practice and fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were collected in 3 evaluation moments, T0 (baseline), T1 with 48 hours interval, and T2 after 6 weeks of intervention. The results of test-retest reliability based on the value of the ICC = 0.717 (95% CI 0.479-0.859, p <0.0001). Regarding the construct validity, the GBRS-PT showed a moderate and significant correlation with the Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC-PT), in T0 and T2, and with change scores of the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS- PT) and Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) (T0-T2). In the ROC curve analysis, the GBRS-PT also showed an adequate responsiveness (AUC> 0.70), with the identified optimal cut-point of 3. According to the results, the GBRS-PT presents an adequate test-rest reliability, a good construct validity and responsiveness. The minimally clinically important difference identified was score 3 in this instrument. Thus, with this study the GBRS-PT is available, which is an instrument with appropriate psychometric properties, essential for determining the evolution of the patients or the clinical results obtained with the intervention.
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Prasongsukarn, Kriengsin Marketing Australian School of Business UNSW. "The impact of cultural value orientation on customer perceptions of post-recovery service satisfaction in an Eastern context." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Marketing, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20837.
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It is now well recognised that an effective service recovery program is an essential part of firms??? service quality programs and critical to generating customer satisfaction and loyalty. A number of studies have investigated the impact of service recovery efforts (compensation, speed of response, etc.) on post-recovery satisfaction, mostly in Western countries. However, despite the importance of global markets, very few have examined how Eastern consumers react to service recovery efforts. Furthermore, none have examined the impact of cultural value orientation (cultural values measured at the individual level) in implementing effective service recovery programs. This is one of the few studies that have attempted to avoid the ecological fallacy, i.e., assume all consumers within a country are culturally homogeneous. Based on Justice Theory, this research conducted in Thailand, employed an experimental design to investigate how customer evaluations of service recovery efforts are influenced by interplay of the consumer???s cultural value orientation and service recovery attributes (apology, compensation, cognitive control, recovery initiation, and formality). The results reveal that cultural values of power distance, uncertainty avoidance and collectivism do indeed interact with a firm???s recovery tactics to influence perceptions of justice. In other words, the impact of a firm???s tactics is culturally dependent, and consumer expectations and perceptions of service recovery efforts vary, depending on customers??? cultural value orientation. Finally, all three forms of justice (distributive, procedural, interactional) along with disconfirmation of expectations, positively impact on overall service recovery satisfaction. Unlike previous studies, we found evidence to indicate that there is a temporal sequence associated with the three justice dimensions i.e., interactional and procedural justice precede and thus impact perception of distributive (outcome) justice. The results have implication for marketing theory as well as managerial action.
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Larkin, Michael. "Understandings and experiences : a post constructionist cultural psychology of addiction and recovery in the 12 step tradition." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246586.
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Hill, Patricia DiAna. "Addiction and Recovery Experiences of African American Women: A Phenomenological Study." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/729.
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Historically, substance abuse research has for the most part excluded African American women. The small body of existing substance abuse research regarding African American women does not examine gender and socio-cultural issues from African American women's perspectives. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to develop a deeper, contextual understanding of the experiences and perspectives of this marginalized population of women. The major goal of the study is to examine the perspectives of African American women about their substance abuse, treatment and recovery. The knowledge gained from this research with African American women regarding their experiences and specific needs in substance abuse treatment is vital to our understanding of this special population and the complex phenomena of substance abuse. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to capture the personal accounts of 25 African American women in substance abuse treatment and recovery. The sample of women in treatment was recruited from public outpatient and residential substance abuse programs in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area. Recovering women were recruited through community contacts using snowball sampling techniques. A semi-structured interview guide was used for data collection and interviews were audiotape recorded with the permission of the participants. The women in this study recalled specific events and experiences related to their substance abuse, treatment and recovery. Experiences with trauma were prevalent in the lives of many of the women in this study. The women identified a plethora of needs both met and unmet that are salient to their emotional and physical wellbeing. The women's perceptions of substance abuse treatment programs were influenced by a host of factors, however, the women overall expressed positive regard for substance abuse treatment. The women also evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of substance abuse treatment programs.Substance abuse disorders are complex and have far-reaching ramifications for individuals, families and communities. The paucity of funding and lack of equal access to substance abuse and other related services remains a challenge in an environment of conservatism, high health care costs and cutbacks in human services. Where substance abuse treatment is available, programs must improve services in a manner that matches the multiple and complex needs of women. If substance abuse treatment programs are to become more effective, a family-focused service model that promotes recovery of the family system must also be adopted. Moreover, the women's participation in their own care is salient to their healing, empowerment and recovery. Socio-cultural factors related to oppression play a significant role in the daily lives of African American women in both direct and indirect ways and thus warrant attention in substance abuse treatment.
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Silva, Carlos Eduardo de Martin. "O jogo digital como elemento de apoio ao resgate e à valorização do conteúdo cultural regionalizado." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2009. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/2804.
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As alterações provocadas pelas tecnologias da comunicação estimulam o desenvolvimento de novas linguagens, como a dos jogos, que procuram dar conta desta multiplicidade de estímulos e significações e favorecer o acesso sob novos formatos. O sujeito agora é parte modificadora da experiência, enquanto constrói o conhecimento. A forma peculiar com que o jogo digital permite tratar os contextos faz com que estes sejam valorizados por um público novo, carente de intervenções diferenciadas. Favorece também o processo, apresentado por Alves, de ressignificação, com o participante reconhecendo o conteúdo e tomando-o para si. Para melhor entender tal processo, é fundamental aproximar-se do trabalho de Huizinga, na identificação das diversas expressões do jogo, e também de Winnicott e Luz, na ampliação do entendimento a respeito do espaço fértil que se estabelece a partir das relações que se tem com e a partir do jogo. Já Murray e Turkle vão tratar de aspectos relacionados à imersão e à interatividade. Assim, o jogo pode atuar significativamente no resgate de questões culturais regionalizadas, com seu acesso mais democratizado e tendo sua distribuição facilitada por meio das atuais redes que se expandem a cada dia.
The changes brought about by communication technologies estimulates the development of new languages, such as games, that attempt to account for this multiple incentives and meanings, and facilitate the access through new formats. Now, the spectator modifies the experience and builds knowledge at the same time. The digital game allows us to treat the contexts in a peculiar way. That incites a valorization of this contexts by a new audience, devoid of unusual interventions. It also foments the process described by Alves as “redefinition”, when the participant recognizes the content and takes it for himself. To better understand this process, an approach of Huizinga’s work is essential, identifying the several expressions of the game. We also need to consider an increasing of understanding about the fertile space that is established from the relationships we have with and through the game, identified by Winnicott and Luz. Murray and Turkle deal with aspects of immersion and interactivity. Thus, the game can act significantly in the recovery of regionalized cultural issues, democratizing access to it and facilitating its distribution through existing networks that are expanding every day.
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Pyle, Edward Iain. "An exploration of how agency and socio-cultural milieu support greater or lesser controlled gambling and recovery from gambling addiction." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9484.
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Most gamblers never experience addiction and the majority of those who do eventually recover. This thesis investigates how most maintain control over their gambling and how the majority of those who do experience gambling addiction regain control. Findings are based on 25 qualitative semi-structured interviews with participants who fit one of three ideal-type groups: (i) gamblers who have never experienced addiction; (ii) gamblers who have regained control after experience of gambling addiction; and (iii) gamblers experiencing addiction at time of interview. Participants were recruited who had never engaged in formal treatment because existing research suggests most who experience gambling addiction and/or recovery never to do so. This study is underpinned by a synthesis of Bourdieusian theory and Foucauldian-inspired governmentality literature which was used to guide the thesis and help explain gambling behaviour. Taking a Foucauldian genealogical approach, the dominant theory of addiction as a biomedical disorder is critiqued and revealed to be myth. Instead, (gambling) addiction is demonstrated to be a social construction which becomes embodied within individuals and thereby influences gambling behaviour. Consequentially, it is shown that research concerning substance use is applicable to the investigation of gambling behaviours. Given paucity of gambling research, substance-related literature is drawn upon throughout the thesis. Attention is given to research demonstrating regulation over drug use to be influenced by the social settings in which consumption takes place as well as the wider social and cultural milieus in which the lives of actors are embedded. Moreover, particular appreciation is given to literature indicating recovery from addiction to be supported by shifts in socio-cultural milieu. In contrast to most existing addictions/gambling research, the agential capacities of gamblers to shape their own behaviours, albeit in ways heavily constrained by context (or ‘structure’) are emphasised throughout the thesis. Data revealed various gambling-related strategies to help constrain gambling and minimise harm. These are examined and it is recommended that this knowledge could be used to aid development of more effective ‘harm-reduction’ style interventions and policies in ways which support less harmful patterns of gambling behaviour. However, although valuable, those with greater control tended to rely little on such strategies to manage their gambling. Instead, greater control over gambling and recovery from gambling addiction was found to have less to do with how participants gamble (e.g. whether or not they followed harm-reduction strategies) and far more to do with the wider, non-gambling-related, aspects of their lives and the nature of their subjectivities/dispositions. Principally influential were found to be the qualities of interviewees’ socio-cultural milieus. Alongside gambling, those with greater control tended to participate in non-gambling-related communities with attendant ways of thinking and cultural expectations (values/norms) that marginalise (heavier) gambling. Drawing on Bourdieusian and Foucauldian governmentality theory, it is argued that, because of their day-to-day participation in such communities/milieus, those with greater control embody mentalities and expectations which discourage riskier gambling behaviour. This, in turn, results in more ‘prudential’ subjectivities which discourage problematic gambling behaviour. Participants who had experienced recovery and many of those who had never experienced addiction revealed long-term reductions in gambling behaviour. Findings suggested these reductions (as well as recovery) to be supported by social and cultural processes, occurring over the life-course, which encourage increased participation in more ‘conventional’ life/milieus and thereby promote alterations in subjectivities in ways more conducive to control. A dual approach to discouraging problematic gambling behaviour is recommended. Although it is important to promote ‘safer’ ways of gambling (e.g. through promotion of harm-reduction style interventions and by designing gambling environments in ways to support greater constraint), it is also imperative to support the development of lives/milieus and subjectivities more conducive to control (e.g. participation in ‘conventional’ life and access to resources required to do so).
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Jandick, Brittany. "Orca Recovery by Changing Cultural Attitudes (ORCCA): How Anthropocentrism and Capitalism Led to an Endangered Species in Puget Sound." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703429/.
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Ways of understanding, living, and communicating with non-human species, and more specifically endangered species, have been thought of dualistically and hierarchically in Western cultures. This type of thinking is harmful when examining environmental issues that involve more than just humans, which is arguably all environmental issues. By enforcing a nature/culture dichotomy, humans are seen as separate from nature and therefore they can ethically excuse themselves from dealing with environmental issues that happen "out there" in nature. This thesis explores two manifestations of this nature/culture separation as it continues to threaten wild orca populations in Puget Sound. The first is because of an anthropocentric culture and the second is because of the capitalist socio-economic system. The anthropocentric part of this type of thinking raises humans up on a pedestal, above all non-human species. It gives humans the excuse to only care about issues that affect them directly. The capitalistic part of this type of thinking enforces human's exploitation and commodification of nature. I argue that anthropocentrism and capitalism together create a human/nature relationship that harms nature and benefits humans. This relationship is illustrated by a small population of orcas, called the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW), off the coast of Washington State that are endangered because of human interference. Lack of prey, toxic water pollution, and excessive noise from boats caused them to become endangered, and these issues are produced by Western society's anthropocentric attitudes and capitalistic systems. The SRKW's will go extinct if the environmental destruction of Puget Sound doesn't end and it will only end if the anthropocentric attitudes and capitalistic systems are dismantled.
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Wood, Leslie L. ""Everything I Did in Addiction, I'm Pretty Much the Opposite Now": Recovery Capital and Pathways to Recovery from Opiate Addiction." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594640821872756.
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Sharma, Jyotsana. "Socio-cultural contexts in trauma recovery and post trauma growth in women who experienced intimate partner violence: A social constructivist lens." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91891.
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Trauma recovery and post trauma growth are two desirable outcomes of a traumatic event. Meaning-making and narrative development are two processes that support both trauma recovery and post trauma growth. The way in which we make meaning or develop stories about the events in our lives however, are governed by socio-cultural contexts. Social constructivism emphasizes that the way in which individuals think, feel, and act are engrained in her being early on by the social and cultural networks that surround her. Therefore, even though an individual may think that she is generating a thought or making a choice, these processes have already been influenced by socio-cultural contexts long before she learned how to speak or formulate a worldview. This study aimed to examine the lived experiences of women who have been through intimate partner violence, tracing their journey towards trauma recovery and post trauma growth, and trying to find how and the extent to which their journeys were affected by socio-cultural contexts. This study takes a social constructivist lens that emphasizes the effects of our socio-cultural environment on individual meaning-making, narrative development, and decision making post trauma. The results of the study indicate that socio-cultural contexts play a significant role in individual responses to trauma like intimate partner violence, and there are socio-cultural components that can facilitate trauma recovery and post trauma growth.Doctor of Philosophy
When human beings experience adverse events in life, they can develop a traumatic response to the event. Traumatic response however, is just one possibility. Sometimes individuals who have been through events that have led to a trauma response can also experience resilience, recovery, and even growth. The way in which human beings respond is not only in their power but is also influenced by their environment. Socio-cultural contexts that surround us influence the way in which we make meaning of life events and develop stories or narratives regarding those events. This purpose of this study was to find whether socio-cultural contexts affected women who had experienced intimate partner violence in their meaning-making and narrative development, and how these influences played out in their decision making process post trauma. The study intended to find to what extent trauma recovery and post trauma growth could be influenced by socio-cultural contexts. Additionally, the study wanted to explore how professional counselors may contribute to survivor’s journeys. The results indicate that socio-cultural contexts deeply influence the process of meaning-making and narrative development, thereby affecting trauma recovery and post trauma growth. Additionally, results indicate that professional counselors can play an essential role in facilitating processes that lead to recovery and growth post trauma.
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Cruz, Daniela Maria Neiva. "Criação de valor e significado pelo design: contributos para a sustentabilidade através da recuperação de desperdício." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14066.
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Mestrado em DesignO atual projeto de mestrado – tal como o titulo sugere – pretende sobrelevar o papel da sustentabilidade na recuperacao de desperdicio, na tentativa de proporcionar uma remodelacao da consciencializacao da sociedade de consumo no sentido de reintegrar o desperdicio nas atividades do quotidiano, através da criacao de valor e signifcado pelo design. Este projeto procura evidenciar o leitor de que é possivel o reaproveitamento de duas tipologias de desperdicio. Nao só a recuperacao de desperdicio fisico – nos quais se incluem os artefactos desaproveitados – e reintroducao dos mesmos na vida da sociedade de consumo; mas também a exploracao de novas atribuicões de signifcado e novos contextos de uso no reaproveitamento de desperdicio 'nao-fisico' – e.g. simbolos e tradicões da cultura portuguesa. Assim, “Criação de Valor e Significado pelo Design: contributos para a sustentabilidade através da recuperação de desperdício” pretende colocar em debate diferentes perspetivas de diversos autores relativamente ao papel da sociedade e da indústria na procura de solucões cultural e ambientalmente viaveis a longo prazo. Como tal, o projeto apresenta abordagens distintas respetivamente a sustentabilidade cultural e a ambiental, analisando e reconhecendo a importância do trabalho desenvolvido na Ofcina da Formiga (caso de estudo) como meio de invocar e distribuir – especialmente pelos portugueses – pedacos de signifcado inerente a uma cultura.
The current master degree project – as the title suggests – aims to enhance the role of sustainability in waste recovery, in an attempt to provide a renovation of the consumer society awareness in order to reintegrate the waste in everyday activities, through the designing of value and meaning. This project seeks to highlight the reader that the reuse of two types of waste it's possible. Not only the physical waste recovery – which includes the untapped products – and reintroduction of them in the consumer society life; but also the exploration of new meaning assignments and new use contexts in the 'non-physical' waste – e.g. portuguese culture symbols and customs. Thus, “Creation of Value and Meaning by Design: contributions to sustainability through waste recovery” aims to discuss diferent perspectives of several authors on the role of society and industry in the search for culturally and environmentally viable long term solutions. Therefore, the project presents diferent approaches of cultural and environmental sustainability, analyzing and recognizing the important work made by Ofcina da Formiga (case study) as a way to invoke and distribute – specially by the portuguese people – meaning pieces associated to a culture.
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Malheiros, Fabiane Van Ass. "A arquitetura da colônia Neu-Württemberg, atual cidade de Panambi-RS-Brasil." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18167.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Teoria e Prática de Projeto apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Doutor.Esta investigação tem como objetivo principal estudar o processo de assentamento da Colônia Neu-Württemberg, atual Panambi, RS, Brasil. Dois fatores foram considerados fundamentais neste processo: primeiro, o seu referencial arquitetônico com a identificação dos remanescentes da indústria, considerados patrimônio da cidade. Tendo esse referencial sido equacionado recorreu-se a uma metodologia de analogia. Tais referenciais foram analisados com base em estudos que possibilitaram a delimitação de alguns parâmetros, os quais contribuíram para a melhor interpretação e compreensão dos remanescentes; segundo, o traçado da Colônia nos seus diferentes momentos ou tempos de construção da cidade. Nesse sentido, tomou-se como referência não apenas o seu surgimento por meio da Empresa Colonizadora Hermann Meyer, mas, sobretudo, e como afirma Aldo Rossi, a partir da “construção da cidade ao longo do tempo, em que a cidade cresce sobre si mesma, adquirindo consciência e memória.” A instalação das primeiras indústrias definiu o caráter industrial da cidade, o que ocasionou importantes reflexos na sua expansão urbana. Nesse sentido, pretende-se responder aos objetivos desta pesquisa por meio de uma investigação no âmbito da arquitetura da cidade, recorrendo a indicadores qualitativos e quantitativos. Busca-se, assim, por intermédio de estudos de casos, obter uma visão prospectiva do reuso de remanescentes de edificações industriais, subsídios que possam servir de estratégias para futuros projetos dos remanescentes industriais significativos da cidade de Panambi. Esta investigação direciona-se, ou tem por objetivo construir uma metodologia que permita o reconhecimento ou a valorização de um patrimônio industrial, perspectivando novos usos na sua utilização, reafirmando portanto, a sua preservação e o fortalecimento da memória coletiva da cidade.
ABSTRACT: This research has as main objective to study the process of settlement of the Neu-Württemberg Colony, nowadays Panambi, RS, Brazil. Two factors were considered fundamental in this process; first, its architectonic reference with the identification of the remnants of the industry, considered city patrimony. Having this reference was equated using a methodology of analogy. These references were analyzed based on studies that allowed the delimitation of some parameters, which contributed to the better interpretation and understanding of the remnants; second, the layout of the colony in its different moments or times of construction of the city. In this sense, reference was made not only to its emergence through the Colonizing Company Hermann Meyer, but above all, and as Aldo Rossi affirms, from the "construction of the city over time, in which the city grows on itself "The installation of the first industries defined the industrial character of the city, which caused important reflections in its urban expansion. In this sense, it is intended to respond to the objectives of this research, through an investigation in the ambit of the city's architecture using qualitative and quantitative indicators. Thus, through case studies, a prospective view of the reuse of remnants of industrial buildings, which may serve as strategies for future projects of the significant industrial remnants of the city of Panambi, is sought. The purpose of this research is to construct a methodology that allows the recognition or valorization of an industrial patrimony with a view to new uses in its use, thus reaffirming its preservation and the strengthening of the collective memory of the city.
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MacKinnon, Jessica. "Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849756/.
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Representatives of the City of Highland Village expressed concern over the risk of wildfires for their community. Anthropology provides many tools for and examples of disaster assessment of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. These tools combined with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can provide a holistic, cultural ecological look at how such a disaster may take place in the city.
The project's methods included a detailed survey of preparedness steps which was analyzed using SPSS and also imported into ArcGIS for spatial analysis, and semi-formal, in-depth interviews with residents of the community regarding preparedness, response, and recovery. Residents fell into a middle category of preparedness, with the majority of participants considering or implementing a few recommended preparedness steps. Interview participants expressed respect for and trust of the city and first-responders, as well as a willingness to volunteer their help during response and recovery stages. Finally the American Community Survey showed that resident socioeconomic vulnerability was considerably low, and no action needed to be taken to advocate for at-risk individuals.
Overall, the City of Highland Village showed a high resiliency to disaster. A wildfire likely will not have a major impact on the community as a whole, though the city may reduce the impact even further by informing the public of their risk, clearing natural areas of dead brush, sharing preparedness and evacuation information via social media and newsletters, and planning relief stations for those who may have been impacted.
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Jackson, Michelle B. "Addressing mental health needs on college campuses| Utilizing recovery principles that encourage a holistic approach, selfresponsibility, strengths-based practice, cultural sensitivity, and family support." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10038735.
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Research shows that there has been a significant increase in mental health issues within the college student population. Applying recovery-oriented principles as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) may be an effective approach to creating and adapting mental health resources for college students. In the current study, literature on the following was reviewed: (a) the college culture, (b) the prevalence of mental health issues for college students, and (c) recovery-oriented principles. Then, a critical analysis of the literature was conducted based upon the following recovery-oriented principles: (a) encouraging a holistic approach, (b) self-responsibility and self-empowerment, (c) strengths-based practice, (d) cultural sensitivity), and (e) family support. Findings indicate that holistic resources highlight individual needs and creativity; programs that encourage self-responsibility underscore the importance of self-screenings; strengths-based approaches are centered around building self-esteem and increasing positive emotions; culturally sensitive resources are often group-oriented and acknowledge multiple facets of diversity, and programming that promotes family support emphasizes psychoeducation and stigma reduction. Based upon the integration of these findings, adaptations of current efforts on campus to promote these principles, as well as new ideas, are provided.
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Törnvall, Linnea, and Selma Basic. "KULTURELLA AKTIVITETERS BETYDELSE FÖR ÅTERHÄMTNINGEN. UPPLEVELSER HOS PATIENTER MED DUBBELDIAGNOS." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24304.
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Bakgrund: Att ha ett substansbrukssyndrom samtidigt som en annan psykiatrisk sjukdom benämns dubbeldiagnos. Att ha en dubbeldiagnos är förknippat med sämre prognos och svårare återhämtning. Hur dubbeldiagnospatienter har uppfattat sin återhämtning och om kulturella aktiviteter kan ha påverkat återhämtningen har inte berörts mycket i tidigare forskning. Därför ansågs det viktigt att genomföra denna studie. Syfte: Att belysa patienters med dubbeldiagnos upplevelser av att delta i kulturella aktiviteter och dess påverkan på återhämtningen. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie genomfördes med 12 dubbeldiagnospatienter som alla hade deltagit i kulturella aktiviteter. En innehållsanalys genomfördes med stöd av Burnard (1991) och Berg (2004). Resultat: Analysen resulterade i temat ”Bättre psykiskt hälsa genom gemenskapens kraft”. Temat var övergripande för samtliga fem kategorier ”Att våga ta steget”, ”att få känna samhörighet och gemenskap”, ”positiva känslor i ett tryggt sammanhang”, ”att våga vara sig själv” och ”försöka bryta sina gränser”. Resultatet visar att den psykiska hälsan förbättrades i samband med deltagandet i de kulturella aktiviteterna. Genom att gemensamt lämna mottagningen minskade isoleringen och stigmat. Även ett ökat självförtroende och ökade positiva känslor var en effekt av deltagandet. Slutsats: Kulturella aktiviteter kan ha påverkat dubbeldiagnospatienters återhämtning positivt, men det som hade störst påverkan var känslan av att få tillhöra en gemenskap.Background: Having a substance use disorder at the same time as another psychiatric illness is called dual diagnosis. Having a dual diagnosis is associated with poorer prognosis and recovery. How patients with dual diagnosis have experienced their recovery and whether cultural activities may have affected the recovery has not been mentioned much in previous research. Therefore, it was considered important to conduct this study. Objective: To illustrate dualdiagnosis patients experiences of participating in cultural activities and their impact on the recovery. Method: A qualitative interview study was conducted with 12 patients with dual diagnoses who had all participated in the cultural activities. A content analysis was carried out with the support of Burnard (1991) and Berg (2004). Results: The analysis resulted in the theme "Improved mental health through the power of the community". The theme was general for all five categories. “To dare to take a step”, “feel togetherness and solidarity”, “positive emotions in a safe context”, “to dare to be yourself” and “try to break boundaries”. The results show that mental health improved when participating in cultural activities. Leaving the reception together reduced the isolation and stigma. Increased self-confidence and increased positive feelings were also an effect of participating. Conclusion: Cultural activities may have positive effects on the recovery of patients with dual diagnoses, but the greatest impact was the feeling of belonging to a community.
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Kawaguchi, Yurika Maria Fogaça. "Validação cultural e confiabilidade das versões em português das escalas de mobilidade na UTI: Perme Intensive Care Unit Mobility Score e Intensive Care Unit Mobility Scale (IMS)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5170/tde-26102017-093929/.
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Objetivo: Realizar a tradução, validação cultural para a língua portuguesa do Brasil e análise de concordância e confiabilidade entre avaliadores das escalas de mobilidade em unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) Perme Intensive Care Unit Mobility Score - Perme Score e a Intensive Care Unit Mobility Scale - IMS. Métodos: O processo de tradução e adaptação seguiu as seguintes etapas: Preparação, tradução, reconciliação e síntese, tradução reversa, revisão, aprovação e pré-teste. Após estes processos, a versão em português das duas escalas foi utilizada por dois pesquisadores na avaliação de 103 pacientes críticos internados em UTI. O índice de Kappa e a análise de Bland-Altman foram utilizados para verificar a concordância entre as escalas. O coeficiente ? de Cronbach foi utilizado para verificar a confiabilidade entre os avaliadores no uso das escalas. A correlação entre as escalas foi verificada pelo teste de Spearman. Resultados: Ambas as escalas, Perme Escore e Escala de Mobilidade na UTI - EMU, foram devidamente traduzidas para o Português falado no Brasil. As características dos pacientes críticos avaliados neste estudo demonstrou uma predominância masculina 56 (54%) com idade média de 52±18 anos, apresentando SAPS 3 = 66 (24%). O principal motivo de internação nas UTIS foi descompensação clínica de origem respiratória (44%). Ambas as escalas apresentaram excelente concordância (k > 0,90) e confiabilidade (alfa > 0,90) para todos os domínios. Na análise de Bland-Altman, constatou-se um baixo viés entre os avaliadores tanto para o EMU (-0,048 ± 0,35) quanto para o Escore de Perme (-0,06 ± 0,73). Os limites superiores e inferiores de 95% de concordância foram de 0,64 a -0,73 para o EMU e de 1,36 a -1,5 para o Perme Escore. Além disso, verificou-se forte correlação positiva entre as duas escalas utilizadas para avaliar os pacientes ( =0,941). Conclusão: A versão em português do Escore Perme de mobilidade em UTI (Perme Escore) e da escala de mobilidade em unidade de terapia intensiva (EMU) apresentaram alta concordância e confiabilidade entre os avaliadoresObjectives: Translate, cross cultural validate to Brazilian Portuguese language and analyze the inter-rater reliability with both instruments Perme Score and IMS. Methods: The translation process and the cross cultural validation followed the following steps: preparation, translation, synthesis, back translation, review, approval and pre-test. After this process the Brazilian Portuguese version of the both scales were used by two researchers to evaluated 103 critical care patients. The weighted kappa and Bland Altman analysis were used to verify inter rater agreement. Cronbach-? test was used to evaluate inter rate reliability. The correlation between the scales was verified by the Spearman correlation test. Results: Both scales, Perme escore e EMU, were translated to the Brazilian Portuguese. Most of the patients were male 56 (54%), mean age 52±18, SAPS 3 = 66 (24%). Respiratory failure was the most prevalent reason for admission (44%). Both scales showed an excellent inter rater agreement (k > 0,90) and reliability (alpha > 0,90) for all domains. Bland-Altman analysis showed a low bias between raters either for EMU (-0,048 ± 0,35) and Perme Escore (-0,06 ± 0,73). Upper and lower 95% limits of agreement were 0.64 to -0.73 for the EMU and 1.36 - 1.5 for the Perme Escore. Moreover, it also presented a strong positive correlation between the two instruments ( = 0,941). Conclusion: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Perme Escore and EMU showed a high agreement and reliability between the raters
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Chait, Melanie. "Healing Hawai'i : the recovery of an island identity." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324254.
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Busby, Cathy J. "Tragedies, transgressions, and transformations : memory, suffering, pain, and recovery culture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ47695.pdf.
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Schermack, Lúcia Veiga. "A política de recuperação intensiva no Estado de São Paulo: um estudo de caso sobre os sentidos de professores do Ensino Fundamental." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/8451.
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This study aimed to investigate the meanings attributed by teachers on intensive recovery policy and its implementation in a state school in elementary school in São Paulo.Specific objectives were defined: to know as intensive recovery policy was implemented in school, in relation to the characteristics and forms of organization of educational work as well as understand the challenges faced by teachers in action with students of intensive recovery class and the possibilities of action to deal with the problems encountered in the educational process. The research set up with a case study and was based on the Theory Historical-cultural. Three teachers participated in this study and used procedures involved semi-structured interviews, participant observation and records in field diaries. The results indicated that: a) The intensive recovery policy was perceived positively in terms of their objective, but there were critical especially on the need to do it as soon as difficulties are evidenced learning and not in later years; b) Significant changes in the organization of pedagogical work in school; c) the challenges encountered involved aspects such as heterogeneity of learning difficulties presented by the students, conflicts with the management team, discontinuity in the educational support offered by assistant professors because of high turnover; d) Were observed individual forms of resistance and actions and group that aimed to build strategies to deal with the problems encountered in the process. The teachers evaluated that although students have achieved significant progress in relation to learning, many still could not meet the expected requirements for the year were enrolled. It is concluded that intensive recovery policy, as it is configured, can not achieve its goals, which points to the need to critically examine the many factors involved in the production and perpetuation of not learn in school.
Este estudo visou investigar os sentidos atribuídos por professores sobre a política de recuperação intensiva e sua efetivação em uma escola pública estadual de Ensino Fundamental do interior paulista. Como objetivos específicos foram definidos: conhecer como a política de recuperação intensiva foi implementada na escola, no que se refere às características e formas de organização do trabalho pedagógico, bem como compreender os desafios encontrados por professores na atuação com os alunos da classe de recuperação intensiva e as possibilidades de ação para lidar com os problemas encontrados no processo educativo. A pesquisa configurou-se com um estudo de caso e pautou-se na Teoria Histórico-cultural. Participaram desta pesquisa três professoras e os procedimentos usados envolveram entrevistas semiestruturadas, observação participante e registros em diários de campo. Os resultados obtidos indicaram que: a) a política de recuperação intensiva foi percebida de forma positiva no que tange ao seu objetivo, mas existiram críticas especialmente sobre a necessidade de realizá-la logo que sejam evidenciadas dificuldades de aprendizagem e não em anos posteriores; b) ocorreram mudanças significativas na organização do trabalho pedagógico realizado na escola; c) os desafios encontrados envolveram aspectos como heterogeneidade de dificuldades de aprendizagem apresentadas pelos alunos, conflitos com a equipe de gestão, descontinuidade no suporte educacional ofertado pelos professores auxiliares em virtude de alta rotatividade; d) foram evidenciadas formas de resistência e ações individuais e em grupo que visaram construir estratégias para lidar com os problemas encontrados no processo. As análises ainda mostraram que para as professoras, embora os alunos tenham conseguido avanços importantes em relação à aprendizagem, vários ainda não conseguiam atender aos requisitos esperados para o ano que cursavam. Conclui-se que a política de recuperação intensiva,tal como está configurada, não consegue alcançar as suas finalidades, o que aponta a necessidade de se analisar criticamente os múltiplos fatores envolvidos na produção e na perpetuação do não aprender na escola.
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Pollard, Jennifer. "The visual culture of September 11th: photography, spectacle, trauma and recovery." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493312.
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Collett, Jonathan. "Thermoresponsive polymeric hydrogels for the cell culture and recovery of chondrocytes." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425601.
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Santini, Alessandro <1983>. "Industrial ecology applied to ELV management. Material and energy recovery from ASR." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4496/.
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This PhD thesis reports on car fluff management, recycling and recovery. Car fluff is the residual waste produced by car recycling operations, particularly from hulk shredding. Car fluff is known also as Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR) and it is made of plastics, rubbers, textiles, metals and other materials, and it is very heterogeneous both in its composition and in its particle size. In fact, fines may amount to about 50%, making difficult to sort out recyclable materials or exploit ASR heat value by energy recovery.
This 3 years long study started with the definition of the Italian End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) recycling state of the art. A national recycling trial revealed Italian recycling rate to be around 81% in 2008, while European Community recycling target are set to 85% by 2015. Consequently, according to Industrial Ecology framework, a life cycle assessment (LCA) has been conducted revealing that sorting and recycling polymers and metals contained in car fluff, followed by recovering residual energy, is the route which has the best environmental perspective.
This results led the second year investigation that involved pyrolysis trials on pretreated ASR fractions aimed at investigating which processes could be suitable for an industrial scale ASR treatment plant. Sieving followed by floatation reported good result in thermochemical conversion of polymers with polyolefins giving excellent conversion rate. This factor triggered ecodesign considerations. Ecodesign, together with LCA, is one of the Industrial Ecology pillars and it consists of design for recycling and design for disassembly, both aimed at the improvement of car components dismantling speed and the substitution of non recyclable material.
Finally, during the last year, innovative plants and technologies for metals recovery from car fluff have been visited and tested worldwide in order to design a new car fluff treatment plant aimed at ASR energy and material recovery.
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Michaan, Léa. "Contando história: a superação de uma situação traumática por meio da criatividade." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15213.
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Previous issue date: 2012-10-22In the present work, I tell the story known as "O Contador de Historias", which discusses the case of a boy who suffered trauma through abrupt ruptures that interrupted the flow of good experiences in the course of his maturation process. Besides losing significant experiences that facilitate life, the boy is also subjected to complex situations that demand more mental resources than he possess at the specific point of his maturation. The traumatic aspects of this narrative are the unexpected outcomes in the life of someone suffering from deprivation characterized by sudden disruptions in the natural course of life and the need to deal with situations that require more mental resources than the ones available. The aim of this paper is to unveil the creative resources that a person can use in face of this model of trauma. According to Winnicott, every human being has creative potential and we can observe that the boy in the story studied has creativity as primary anthropological model. Also, according to the same author, creativity is never destroyed or lost. In the story studied, we see that the creativity of the child updates itself in three different situations: At first, in face of the defensive organization of the antisocial tendency displayed by the boy as an attempt to create a mental scape from the pain inflicted by the intrusive/invasive environment; Secondly, through the way the boy search, go for and test the reliability of the significant person with whom he can update his creativity and direct it to the potential field so that, from that moment on, the boy could give cultural destinations to his creative potential. Finally, we observe how the boy develops ownership over his creative potential, causing his creativity to emerge with great power. Creativity is presented in this study as a source for resilience and possibility to achieve our goals
Conto uma história pública conhecida como O Contador de Histórias que discorre sobre o caso do menino que sofreu trauma por meio de rupturas abruptas que interromperam o fluir de experiências boas no percurso de seu processo maturacional. Além de perder experiências significativas e facilitadoras à vida, o menino também se viu lançado em situações complexas que demandaram mais recursos psíquicos do que lhe era possível naquele momento de seu amadurecimento. O aspecto traumático desta narrativa é o que sobrevém inesperadamente na vida de alguém que sofre deprivação caracterizada por repentinos rompimentos no transcorrer natural da vida e necessita lidar com situações que demandam mais recursos psíquicos que é possível naquele momento do processo maturacional. O objetivo deste trabalho é desvelar os recursos criativos que uma pessoa pode utilizar frente a este modelo de trauma. Segundo Winnicott todo ser humano possui potencial criativo e podemos notar o menino da história apresentar a criatividade primária como modelo antropológico. Conforme Winnicott, a criatividade não se destrói e jamais se perde, diante desta colocação observamos durante o percurso da história a criatividade do menino atualizar-se em três diferentes situações: Frente à organização defensiva da tendência antissocial apresentada pelo menino como tentativa de criar alguma saída psíquica ao sofrimento infligido pelo ambiente intrusivo/invasivo; Em seguida a criatividade se apresenta na maneira como o menino busca, vai em direção e testa a confiabilidade da pessoa significativa junto a quem ele poderá atualizar a criatividade para que se direcione ao campo potencial e a partir desse momento o menino pôde dar destinações culturais a todo seu potencial criativo. Por fim vemos a apropriação que o menino faz do seu potencial criativo dando o destino que ele desenhou para si e então sua criatividade desponta em grande potencia. A criatividade apresenta-se neste estudo como fonte para superação e possibilidade de atingirmos nosso devir
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Rainbow, Jesse. "Textual Loss and Recovery in the Hebrew Bible." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10451.
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This dissertation is a study of four ancient stories about the creation and transmission of all or part of the Hebrew Bible: Moses and the stone tablets (Exodus 32-34), Josiah and the discovery of the law-book (2 Kings 22-23), the scroll of Jeremiah and Baruch (Jeremiah 36), and Ezra's legendary restoration of the entire Bible (4 Ezra 14). Each story is a variation on the common narrative pattern of textual loss and recovery, a fact that is noteworthy because this narrative theme stands in tension with one of the cardinal aspirations of scribal culture in antiquity, as it is known from colophons: the fixity, permanence, and inviolability of writing. When the scribal creators of biblical literature told stories about the texts they produced, they represented the text in its early history as vulnerable and threatened. The purpose of this dissertation is to account for that counter-intuitive choice. My central argument is that in each of the three biblical stories, the common narrative pattern of textual loss and recovery serves as the vehicle for a particular argument related to the textualization of divine revelation, and that the stories function in ways that a plotline of uninterrupted textual transmission would not. Stories of textual loss and recovery can be viewed as strategic transactions in which the ideal of the pristine text is sacrificed in order to express other arguments about divine written revelation. After discussing three texts from the Hebrew Bible, I discuss the legend of Ezra's miraculous restoration of the entire Bible after the exile, reconstructing the biblical-exegetical background of 4 Ezra 14 and tracing the meanings of the story in later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature.Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Manuelito, Brenda K. "Creating Space for an Indigenous Approach to Digital Storytelling: "Living Breath" of Survivance Within an Anishinaabe Community in Northern Michigan." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1433004268.
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Stevenson, David M. "Use of the regulated secretory pathway to ease product recovery in animal cell culture." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33497.
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Burke, Darlene M. "Enhancing the patient safety culture of ABSN students through instruction on medical error recovery." Thesis, Capella University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3610403.
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Attitudes toward patient safety are the foundation of patient safety culture. Nursing students begin to formulate their attitudes toward patient safety while in educational programs. Nursing faculty have been challenged in their efforts to enhance the patient safety culture of students because there is a lack of empirical evidence as to which teaching strategies positively affect student attitudes toward patient safety. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between a 50-minute teaching module based upon the concept of medical error recovery and 9 dimensions of patient safety culture as measured by the Attitudes to Patient Safety Questionnaire. The guiding framework for the study was the reciprocal interactive theory of patient safety culture in nursing. The conceptual model used to illuminate the role of nurses in recovering medical errors in the educational intervention was the modified Eindhoven model of near-miss events. The sample comprised 4 student cohorts (N = 142) enrolled in an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (ABSN) program at one university, with 4 participants lost to follow-up (n = 138). A quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group, pretest/posttest design was used to compare mean attitude scores between the control (n = 75) group and the intervention group (n = 63) after statistically controlling for the pretest. ANCOVA revealed statistically higher mean attitude scores for the intervention group in 5 of 9 dimensions of patient safety culture with a small-medium effect size associated with the intervention: patient safety training, error inevitability, professional incompetence as error cause, patient's role in error, and importance of patient safety culture in curriculum. The results supported the use of a short-duration educational session on medical error recovery to enhance a subset of patient safety culture dimensions among ABSN students.
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Kiskira, Kyriaki. "Nitrate removal and Fe(III) recovery through Fe(II)-driven denitrification with different microbial cultures." Thesis, Paris Est, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PESC1040/document.
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La dénitrification autotrophe utilisant le fer Ferreux est un bioprocédé innovant pour l'élimination des nitrates, en même temps que l'oxydation du fer dans les eaux usées. Les dénitrifiants chimio-autotrophes convertissent le nitrate en azote gazeux et l'oxydation du Fe(II) conduit à la production de précipités de fer ferrique qui peuvent ensuite être enlevés et récupérés. La possibilité de maintenir une dénitrification autotrophe avec le fer ferreux en utilisant une culture mixte de Thiobacillus, un inoculum de boue activée et des cultures pures de la souche Pseudogulbenkiania 2002 et de T. denitrificans dans différentes conditions de pH et d'EDTA:Fe(II) a été initialement étudiée dans des essais biologiques par lots. Des ratios plus faibles d’EDTA:Fe(II) se traduisent par une efficacité et des taux d'élimination des nitrates plus élevés. La culture mixte de Thiobacillus présente le taux d'élimination de nitrate le plus élevé, égal à 1.18 mM•(g VSS•d)-1.Par la suite, la culture mixte de Thiobacillus a été ensemencée dans deux réacteurs à lit tassé à flux montant identiques. Les deux réacteurs (réacteur 1 et 2) ont reçu respectivement 120 et 60 mg / L de nitrate et une alimentation différente de Fe (II) afin de respecter un rapport molaire Fe(II):NO3- de 5:1. L’EDTA a été supplémenté à un rapport molaire EDTA:Fe(II) de 0,5:1. Le pH, le TRH et la température étaient de 6,5-7,0, 31 h et 22 ± 2 ° C. Dans le réacteur 1, le TRH a été raccourci de 31 à 24 h et la concentration de NO3- a été maintenue stable à 250 mg / L. Inversement, le réacteur 2 a été mis en fonctionnement avec un TRH décroissant et une concentration de NO3- en alimentation, maintenant ainsi un taux de charge de NO3- stable. Après environ 80 jours d'incubation, l'élimination des nitrates était de 88% dans le réacteur 1 pour un THR de 31 h. L'élimination de nitrates la plus élevée obtenue dans le réacteur 2 était de 80%. Une diminution du TRH de 31 à 24 h n'a pas affecté l'élimination du nitrate dans le réacteur 1, alors que dans le réacteur 2 l'élimination du nitrate a diminué à 64%.De plus, l'influence des métaux lourds (Ni, Cu, Zn) sur la dénitrification autotrophe utilisant du fer ferreux a été évaluée dans des essais biologiques discontinus, en utilisant les mêmes quatre cultures microbiennes différentes. L'efficacité et les taux d'élimination des nitrates les plus élevés ont été obtenus avec la culture mixte dominante de Thiobacillus, alors que la souche Pseudogulbenkiania de 2002 était la moins efficace. Cu s'est avéré être le métal le plus inhibiteur pour les cultures mixtes. Un impact plus faible a été observé lorsque le Zn a été ajouté. Le Ni présentait l'effet inhibiteur le plus faible. Une sensibilité plus élevée à la toxicité des métaux a été observée pour les cultures pures. Enfin, la caractérisation minérale des précipités obtenus pour les expériences avec du Cu, Ni et Zn a été étudiée. Chez les témoins abiotiques, l'oxydation chimique du Fe (II) a entraîné la formation d'hématite. Un mélange de différents (hydro)oxides de Fe(III) a été observé pour toutes les cultures microbiennes, et en particulier : i) un mélange d'hématite, d'akaganéite et / ou de ferrihydrite a été observé dans les précipités des expériences réalisées avec la culture mixte dominée par la présence de Thiobacillus; ii) en plus d'hématite, de l'akaganeite et / ou de la ferrihydrite, la maghémite a été identifiée lorsque la culture pure de T. denitrificans a été utilisée; iii) l'utilisation de la culture pure de la souche Pseudogulbenkiania 2002 a entraîné la formation d'hématite et de maghémite; enfin, l'enrichissement en boues activées a permis la production d'hématite et de magnétite en plus de la maghémite. Aucune différence concernant la minéralogie des précipités n'a été observée avec l'addition de Cu, alors que l'addition de Ni et de Zn a probablement stimulé la formation de maghémite. Une caractérisation minérale supplémentaire est cependant nécessaireFerrous iron mediated autotrophic denitrification is an innovative bioprocess for nitrate removal, simultaneously with iron oxidation in wastewaters. Chemoautotrophic denitrifiers convert nitrate to nitrogen gas and Fe(II) oxidation results in the production of ferric iron precipitates that can be subsequently removed and recovered. The feasibility of maintaining Fe(II)-mediated autotrophic denitrification with a Thiobacillus mixed culture, an activated sludge inoculum and pure cultures of Pseudogulbenkiania strain 2002 and T. denitrificans under different pH and EDTA:Fe(II) conditions was initially investigated in batch bioassays. Lower EDTA: Fe(II) ratios resulted in higher nitrate removal efficiency and rates. The Thiobacillus mixed culture resulted in the highest specific nitrate removal rate, equal to 1.18 mM•(g VSS•d)-1.Subsequently, the Thiobacillus mixed culture was seeded in two identical up-flow packed bed reactors. The two reactors (reactor 1 and 2) were fed with 120 and 60 mg/L of nitrate, respectively, and a different Fe(II) feed in order to respect a molar ratio Fe(II):NO3- 5:1. EDTA was supplemented at a EDTA:Fe(II) molar ratio 0.5:1. The pH, HRT and temperature were 6.5-7.0, 31 h and 22±2°C. In reactor 1, HRT was shortened from 31 to 24 h and NO3- concentration was maintained stable at 250 mg/L. Conversely, reactor 2 was operated with decreasing HRT and feed NO3- concentration, thus maintaining a stable NO3- loading rate. After approximately 80 d of incubation, nitrate removal was 88% in reactor 1 at HRT of 31 h. The highest nitrate removal achieved in reactor 2 was 80%. A HRT decrease from 31 to 24 h did not affect nitrate removal in reactor 1, whereas nitrate removal decreased to 64% in reactor 2.Moreover, the influence of heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Zn) on Fe(II)-mediated autotrophic denitrification was assessed in batch bioassays. The highest nitrate removal efficiency and rates were achieved with the Thiobacillus-dominated mixed culture, whereas Pseudogulbenkiania strain 2002 was the least effective. Cu showed to be the most inhibitory metal for mixed cultures. A lower impact was observed when Zn was supplemented. Ni showed the lowest inhibitory effect. A higher sensitivity to metal toxicity was observed for the pure cultures. Finally, the mineral characterization of the precipitates obtained in the experiments with Cu, Ni and Zn was investigated. In abiotic controls, the chemical Fe(II) oxidation resulted in hematite formation. A mixture of different Fe(III) (hydr)oxides was observed with all microbial cultures, and in particular: i) a mixture of hematite, akaganeite and/or ferrihydrite was observed in the precipitates of the experiments carried out with the Thiobacillus-dominated mixed culture; ii) on top of hematite, akaganeite and/or ferrihydrite, maghemite was identified when the T.denitrificans pure culture was used; iii) the use of the pure culture of Pseudogulbenkiania strain 2002 resulted in hematite and maghemite formation; finally, the activated sludge enrichment allowed the production of hematite and magnetite besides maghemite. No difference in the mineralogy of the precipitates was observed with the addition of Cu, whereas the addition of Ni and Zn likely stimulated the formation of maghemite. Further mineral characterization is however required
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Uzukwu, Chukwuemeka. "The biodegradation of hydrocarbons using open mixed culture for microbial enhanced oil recovery and bioremediation." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2017. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=231857.
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This research has investigated the biodegradation of hydrocarbons particularly n-alkanes using open mixed culture which is relevant for both microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) and the bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils. Biodegradation of n-C12, C14, C16, C18, C20 and some readily biodegradable substrates (glucose, acetic acid and ethanol) was studied using a respirometric method developed to assess the biodegradability of these compounds. Laboratory batch and semi-continuous experiments were performed in small-scale bioreactors at room temperature and 40oC under various conditions i.e. aerobic, anoxic with nitrate, sulfate reducing and completely anaerobic conditions using two different sources of open mixed microbial cultures obtained from an agricultural site and anaerobic digestion plant. Glucose, acetic acid, ethanol, C12, C14 and C16 were degraded microbially under aerobic batch conditions to nondetectable levels at room temperature and 40oC using the two sources of inoculum whereas C18 and C20 were degraded partially under room temperature and to nondetectable levels at 40oC with the two inocula sources. Under aerobic semi-continuous, glucose and the n-alkane substrate were biodegraded even at low hydraulic retention time (HRT). Under anaerobic conditions, the n-alkanes were utilized by the soil inoculum at room temperature and at 40oC with nitrate as the electron acceptor but no microbial activity was observed under sulfate reducing and completely anaerobic conditions. The open mixed cultures require an initial acclimation period before utilizing the substrates. The acclimation period was significantly shorter under aerobic conditions than anaerobic conditions for the n-alkanes. Acclimation periods of approximately 1-2 days under aerobic conditions was observed for the readily biodegradable substrates and 2 days for glucose under anoxic conditions. The acclimation periods for the nalkanes was between 3-5 days under aerobic conditions and approximately 2 weeks under anoxic conditions. The acclimation period was not affected by the substrate concentration and inoculum type however, for the n-alkanes, the acclimation period was reduced by 1-2days under aerobic conditions at 40oC. The biodegradation of the liquid hydrocarbons was more significant than the solids at room temperature but in general higher temperature increased the degree of biodegradation. The electron acceptor consumption data i.e. dissolved oxygen and nitrate consumption data obtained was mathematically modelled using Monod kinetics to obtain biokinetic parameters. Good fittings between the model solution and the experimental data was obtained. The biokinetic parameters obtained were within the range of values reported in literature. The use of respirometric data for the estimation of biodegradation kinetic parameters can be very reliable. The consistency of the data obtained show that the approach is very reproducible and quality information can be obtained. The results of this study showed that the open mixed microbial cultures from soil and AD inocula contained diverse microorganisms capable of utilizing both liquid and solid n-alkanes at room temperature and 40oC under aerobic and anoxic conditions.
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Sutton, Mathew D. "The Tennessee Two-Step: Narrating Recovery in Country-Music Autobiography." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7833.
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Moving beyond familiar myths about moonshiners, bootleggers, and hard-drinking writers, Southern Comforts explores how alcohol and drinking helped shape the literature and culture of the U.S. South.
Edited by Conor Picken and Matthew Dischinger, this collection of seventeen thought-provoking essays proposes that discussions about drinking in southern culture often orbit around familiar figures and mythologies that obscure what alcohol consumption has meant over time. Complexities of race, class, and gender remain hidden amid familiar images, catchy slogans, and convenient stories.
As the first collection of scholarship that investigates the relationship between drinking and the South, Southern Comforts challenges popular assumptions by examining evocative topics drawn from literature, music, film, city life, and cocktail culture. Taken together, the essays collected here illustrate that exaggerated representations of drinking oversimplify the South’s relationship to alcohol, in effect absorbing it into narratives of southern exceptionalism that persist to this day.
From Edgar Allan Poe to Richard Wright, Bessie Smith to Johnny Cash, Bourbon Street tourism to post-Katrina disaster capitalism and more, Southern Comforts: Drinking and the U.S. South uncovers the reciprocal relationship between mythologies of drinking and mythologies of region.
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Carmichael, Ian Andrew. "Development of fluidised bed adsorption operations for the recovery of protein product from animal cell cultures." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343874.
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Idso, Keith Edward 1969. "The recovery of physiological processes following irrigation of water-stressed extra long-staple cotton." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278091.
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In the southwestern United States, rising costs and limited availability of water have lead to irrigation scheduling based on plant stress indicators in an effort to conserve water. This research was conducted to better define the recovery rates of transpiration, stomatal resistance, and leaf water potential in field grown extra long staple cotton (Gossypium barbadense cv. Pima S-6) following varied durations of water stress. Three water stress treatments were maintained by scheduling irrigations at different Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) values. Plants irrigated at 0.19 and 0.68 CWSI units needed 72 hours for plant water potential to recover, while plants irrigated at 0.41 CWSI units needed only 24 hours. Water stress had a smaller effect on the recoveries of stomatal resistance and transpiration. Stomatal resistance recovered within 24 hours for all plants regardless of water treatment. Transpiration recovered within 24 hours for plants irrigated at 0.19 CWSI units, and within 48 hours for plants irrigated at 0.41 and 0.68 CWSI units.
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Walters, Mariëtte Louise. "The influence of culture on customers' complaint behaviour pertaining to service failures / by Mariëtte Louise Walters." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4416.
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Organisations are facing increasing pressures in terms of customer service since
customers tend to become more demanding as competition within industries increases.
In order to succeed in this changing marketplace, organisations should focus on forming
and maintaining long-term relationships with their customers. Developing long-term
relationships, in turn, depends on the organisation?s ability to exceed customers?
expectations and to continuously ensure customer satisfaction. Service organisations in
particular find it difficult to provide constant customer satisfaction due to the high level of
human involvement in service delivery, which often leads to inevitable service failures.
Service failures, as a result, cause the disconfirmation of service expectations. This
disconfirmation gives rise to customer dissatisfaction, which is generally considered as
the initiator of customer complaint behaviour.
Culture is regarded as one of the most influential factors affecting customers? behaviour
in response to dissatisfaction with a purchase experience. Customers? culture could
have an impact on the manner in which customers engage in complaint behaviour, and
could also have a bearing on how service failures and organisations? service recovery
efforts are perceived. Organisations functioning in a multicultural country such as South
Africa could therefore benefit from gaining a more profound understanding of cultural
influences on customer behaviour and specifically complaint behaviour.
The primary objective of this study was to determine the influence of culture on
customers? complaint behaviour pertaining to service failures within the context of the
South African banking industry. A structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire
was used to collect data from banking customers residing in Gauteng, who were
sampled by means of a non-probability sampling method. In total, 600 respondents
participated in this study, comprising 150 each from the black, coloured, Indian/Asian
and white cultural groups.
Results from the study indicate that although the majority of respondents have a
propensity to complain, no practically significant differences were found between
respondents from different cultures with regard to their propensity to complain. Results
furthermore showed no differences between the different cultural groups in terms of
their complaint behaviour following a hypothetical service failure. Although it was established that respondents expect the bank to do something about the service failure
? in particular correcting the problem and providing an explanation for the problem ?
respondents? expectations regarding service recovery and perceptions of the bank?s
service recovery efforts were found not to have been influenced by their respective
cultures. The results, in addition, showed that a higher service recovery effort had a
more positive effect on respondents? post-recovery satisfaction, likelihood of maintaining
their relationship with the bank and loyalty, than that of a lower service recovery effort.
It is recommended that banks should not view their customers differently in terms of
their cultural backgrounds, but that they should rather focus continuously on providing
all customers with the same level of quality service, even after a service failure has
occurred. Banks should also encourage all customers to voice complaints directly to
them in order to minimise the harmful effects of negative word-of-mouth and to improve
recoveries from failures. Since respondents in this study indicated that they expect
banks to offer an apology in the case of a service failure, to provide an explanation of
the cause of the problem and to correct the problem, banks should ensure that a high
level of quality interaction takes place between the dissatisfied customer and employees
following a service failure. Such an approach requires banks to ensure that their
employees are motivated and competent to solve customers? problems. It is therefore
also recommended that banks should invest resources in employee selection, training,
development, empowerment, discretionary decision-making power and support in order
to ensure that customer-facing employees are able to provide a satisfactory service
recovery, and are able to efficiently manage the complaint process.
Recommendations for future research include extending this study to other service
settings in order to determine whether there are similarities or differences in the
influence of culture on customers? complaint behaviour pertaining to service failures.
Future research can be conducted in collaboration with a specific bank in order to
discover more specific information with regards to service failures and complaint
situations within the bank, as well as customers? perceptions of the bank?s existing
service recovery systems. Finally, since no differences between cultural groups were
found, this study can be replicated in order to compare South African customers with
those in other countries in order to determine differences in national cultures.Thesis (M.Com (Marketing Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Salte, Heidi. "Rapid evaluation of options for the primary recovery of antibody fragments expressed in high cell density cultures." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444738/.
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This thesis investigates methods for the rapid determination of suitable operating conditions for the primary recovery of antibody fragments from high cell density fermentation broths by two alternative processes: centrifugation and expanded bed adsorption. The methodologies applied involve the use of predictive tools, such as scale-down techniques and simulations, in order to ensure rapid prediction of large-scale process performance. This is followed by the visualisation of suitable processing conditions for recovery of the high cell density cultures investigated using Windows of Operation. Challenges related to protein recovery from high cell density expression systems were identified and addressed. Existing USD clarification approaches lead to an over-prediction of separation performance when tested with high cell density cultures of E. coli whole cells and periplasmically lysed E. coli cells. This was attributed to aggregation effects occurring in the low shear environment of a laboratory centrifuge, which would not be apparent in the settling region of a continuous-flow industrial centrifuge. A modified USD clarification methodology was developed, which resulted in accurate predictions of large-scale performance. This novel USD clarification method was applied to E. coli homogenates and P. pastoris cultures of varying solids concentrations. For these feedstocks, a laboratory-based protocol for the determination of centrifugal dewatering was developed and applied. Windows of Operation were generated, visualising the available operating conditions for a number of industrial centrifuges, when the process was constrained by pre-defined performance and operating criteria. The main challenge identified upon processing of E. coli homogenate by expanded bed adsorption relate to cell-cell and/or cell-adsorbent interactions. These interactions were more prominent in the 1.9 mm ID scale-down column than in the 25 mm ID column, probably as a result of the high particle to column diameter ratio in the scale-down bed. As a consequence, the behaviour of the beds differed in terms of level of expansion, breakthrough profiles, binding capacity and yield. Industrial-scale EBA process performance was investigated using the general rate model to predict the output. This formed the basis for the generation of a series of Windows of Operation, displaying the most suitable combinations of load volume and flow rate for the processing of E. coli homogenates of a range of solids concentrations by EBA. A comparative study was performed based on the identification of suitable operating conditions from the Windows of Operation generated for E. coli homogenate, and suggested that EBA provides higher yields, shorter processing times and greater throughput relative to a more conventional processing route, comprising centrifugation, filtration and packed bed chromatography.
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Taura, Akiko. "Recovery of hair cell function after damage induced by gentamicin in organ culture of rat vestibular maculae." Kyoto University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/135651.
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Reiter, Noushka Hedy, and noushka reiter@dse vic gov au. "Borya mirabilis steps in the recovery of a critically endangered Australian native plant." RMIT University. Applied Sciences, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090227.160625.
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Borya mirabilis is one of the world's most critically endangered plants. The research in this thesis has illuminated key aspects of: its reproductive biology; interspecies and intraspecies molecular relationships, mycorrhizal status, tissue culture potential and disease threats. Each of these aspects has fundamental management implications for the active management of B. mirabilis. Floral observations of B. mirabilis and related species affirmed the uniqueness of the Boryaceae amongst the Asparagales. B. mirabilis had an unusually high number of floral abnormalities compared with other species of Borya observed. B. mirabilis is fly-pollinated. Pollen of Borya species showed little difference in the characteristics of mature pollen between species, with viable pollen being prolate and unicolpate with a single colpa-style aperture and a unique patterning of the pila. The structural immaturity of B. mirabilis pollen correlated with evidence from pollen growth experiments, where B. mirabilis pollen had extremely low germination rates, with those grains that did germinate being slow to do so and with slow-growing pollen tubes compared to those of fertile Borya species. Examination of the ovules of B. mirabilis showed that morphologically they were viable compared to viable Borya species. The field population of B. mirabilis was crossed, with one seed produced (the first recorded seed for th is species). Cross-pollination using the pollen of the closely related B. constricta and B. sphaerocephala with B. mirabilis ovules proved unsuccessful. Examination of the chromosome number of B. mirabilis showed that it had approximately 66 chromosomes and is probably hexaploid, relative to the diploid number of 26 in B. constricta. This may explain its low fertility. Interspecies and intraspecies relationships of the Boryaceae and Borya mirabilis were investigated using sequences of chloroplast and nuclear DNA. The closest similarities to B. mirabilis were B. constricta and B. sphaerocephala. B. mirabilis may have emerged from alloploidy of these species in the past. Because of the consistent similarities of B. mirabilis and B. constricta chloroplast sequences, it is proposed that both shared a common ancestor with a chromosome number of 2n=22. A malfunction n meiosis may have resulted in ovules with 2n=44. The high similarity of the nuclear ribosomal ITS region DNA suggests that the nuclear DNA was derived from B. sphaerocephela. B. mirabilis may be an allopolyploid, from fertilisation of a diploid ovule of B. constricta with haploid pollen of B. sphaerocephala, resulting in a reproductively isolated polyploidy of low fertility. The wild population of B. mirabilis was determined to have a small amount of genetic variation. The genetic variation in the field population w as not fully reflected in the ex-situ population. An effective means of micro-propagation of B. nitida for use in B. mirabilis has been established, providing an effective means of mass production of the species. The research has determined: a suitable explant (shoot tips) for regeneration; an effective means of reducing contamination in tissue culture (PPM); what medium is required to micro-propagate the species (LMHM); an appropriate gelling agent (Phytagel); and a practical method for inducing roots on the shoots grown in tissue culture. B. mirabilis has been established as mycorrhizal. The predominant mycorrhizal association is a nodular arbuscular mycorrhiza, present in the form of coils in root nodules over wetter months and as spores in these nodules over dryer months. A significant increase in the health of the ex-situ population of B. mirabilis was recorded after addition of soil containing fine roots of the wild population. Of the plants associated with the wild population, Callitris rhomboidea had the most morphologically similar vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal relationship. But molecular identification was not achieved due to recalcitrance of DNA in PCR attempts. Potential translocation sites for some of the ex-situ population of B. mirabilis were examined for Phytophthora infestation. Reid's Lookout and Mackey's Peak were infected with P. cinnamomi. Vegetation at Mackey's Peak displayed characteristic infection symptoms, resulted in isolates of P. cinnamomi from baiting and would directly receive runoff from both the walking track and the existing infested B .mirabilis site. At the Reid's Lookout site, both walking track and proposed translocation site were infested with P. cinnamomi, yet did not display the associated symptoms in the vegetation. The Pine Plantation translocation site was uninfected at the level of sampling undertaken. Its vegetation did not display any characteristic infection symptoms and was not isolated when soil samples were baited. It was therefore chosen for translocation and so far the plants are healthy and actively growing. This research has provided critical knowledge to aid the recovery team in its current and future endeavours to manage this species and bring it back from the brink of extinction.
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Westman, Johan. "Ethanol production from lignocellulose using high local cell density yeast cultures. Investigations of flocculating and encapsulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3685.
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Efforts are made to change from 1st to 2nd generation bioethanol production, using lignocellulosics as raw materials rather than using raw materials that alternatively can be used as food sources. An issue with lignocellulosics is that a harsh pretreatment step is required in the process of converting them into fermentable sugars. In this step, inhibitory compounds such as furan aldehydes and carboxylic acids are formed, leading to suboptimal fermentation rates. Another issue is that lignocellulosics may contain a large portion of pentoses, which cannot be fermented simultaneously with glucose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this thesis, high local cell density has been investigated as a means of overcoming these two issues. Encapsulation of yeast in semi-permeable alginate-chitosan capsules increased the tolerance towards furan aldehydes, but not towards carboxylic acids. The selective tolerance can be explained by differences in the concentration of compounds radially through the cell pellet inside the capsule. For inhibitors, gradients will only be formed if the compounds are readily convertible, like the furan aldehydes. Conversion of inhibitors by cells close to the membrane leads to decreased concentrations radially through the cell pellet. Thus, cells closer to the core experience subinhibitory levels of inhibitors and can ferment sugars. Carbohydrate gradients also give rise to nutrient limitations, which in turn trigger a stress response in the yeast, as was observed on mRNA and protein level. The stress response is believed to increase the robustness of the yeast and lead to improved tolerance towards additional stress. Glucose and xylose co-consumption by a recombinant strain, CEN.PK XXX, was also improved by encapsulation. Differences in affinity of the sugar transporters normally result in that glucose is taken up preferentially to xylose. However, when encapsulated, cells in different parts of the capsule experienced high and low glucose concentrations simultaneously. Xylose and glucose could thus be taken up concurrently. This improved the co-utilisation of the sugars by the system and led to 50% higher xylose consumption and 15% higher final ethanol titres. A protective effect by the capsule membrane itself could not be shown. Hence, the interest in flocculation was triggered, as a more convenient way to keep the cells together. To investigate whether flocculation increases the tolerance, like encapsulation, recombinant flocculating yeast strains were constructed and compared with the non-flocculating parental strain. Experiments showed that strong flocculation did not increase the tolerance towards carboxylic acids. However, the tolerance towards a spruce hydrolysate and especially against furfural was indeed increased. The results of this thesis show that high local cell density yeast cultures have the potential to aid against two of the major problems for 2nd generation bioethanol production: inhibitors and simultaneous hexose and pentose utilisation.Akademisk avhandling som för avläggande av teknologie doktorsexamen vid Chalmers tekniska högskola försvaras vid offentlig disputation den 19 februari 2014,klockan 13.30 i KA-salen, Kemigården 4, Göteborg.
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Ferreira, Fernanda Stoduto. "Avaliação da multiplicação e recuperação de Salmonella enteritidis SE86 em diferentes diluentes, meios de cultura e métodos de semeadura, após exposição ao dicloroisocianurato de sódio." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/28866.
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No Rio Grande do Sul (RS), uma cepa de Salmonella (S.) Enteritidis (SE86) foi identificada como o principal microrganismo causador de Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos (DTA), nos últimos anos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a multiplicação e a recuperação da S. Enteritidis SE86 em diluentes, meios de cultura e métodos de semeadura, após a exposição ao Dicloroisocianurato de sódio (NaDCC). Em um primeiro momento, o microrganismo foi ativado em caldo BHI e exposto a 200ppm de NaDCC, por cinco minutos. Em seguida, ele foi diluído em diferentes soluções, as quais foram armazenadas a 7º C e 30º C, separadamente, sendo amostradas e analisadas microbiologicamente, a cada hora, durante seis horas. Em um segundo momento, foi avaliada a recuperação do microrganismo, antes e após exposição ao NaDCC, através de semeadura em superfície e pelo método da Camada Fina de Ágar (Thin Agar Layer - TAL), em cinco diferentes meios de cultura [Agar Triptona de Soja (TSA), Agar Verde Brilhante Manitol Lisina Cristal de Violeta (MLCB), Agar Verde Brilhante (BGA), Agar Salmonella Shigella (SS) e Agar Xilose Lisina Desoxicolato (XLD)]. Na terceira fase do estudo, foram avaliadas a multiplicação e a recuperação de dois outros sorovares de Salmonella, além da S. Enteritidis SE86, utilizando o diluente, o meio de cultura e o método de semeadura que demonstraram os melhores resultados nas fases antecedentes. Os resultados demonstraram que houve multiplicação significativa (P < 0,05) da S. Enteritidis SE86 não exposta ao NaDCC, armazenada a 30º C, nos diluentes Água peptonada (P), Água peptonada + Tween 80, Lecitina e Tiossulfato de sódio (P + N), Solução salina + Tween 80, Lecitina e Tiossulfato de sódio (SaS + N) e Água peptonada + Solução salina (P + SaS). O diluente Solução salina (SaS) não propiciou multiplicação durante as seis horas de incubação, mas manteve as células viáveis, sendo, portanto, escolhido para os demais experimentos. Células expostas e não expostas ao NaDCC não foram capazes de se multiplicar em nenhum dos diluentes testados, a 7º C. Da mesma forma, após exposição ao NaDCC, nenhuma multiplicação significativa foi observada nos diluentes armazenados a 30º C. Não houve diferença significativa (P < 0,05) nas contagens de S. Enteritidis SE86 exposta ao NaDCC quando semeada em TSA, meios seletivos ou meios seletivos adicionados de sobre camada de TSA (TAL). O meio XLD foi escolhido para os demais experimentos, uma vez que permitiu praticamente a mesma multiplicação que o meio TSA. Quando foram avaliadas a multiplicação e a recuperação de S. Enteritidis SE86, S. Typhimurium e S. Bredeney, expostas e não expostas ao NaDCC, diluídas em SaS e semeadas em TSA, XLD e XLD + sobre camada de TSA (TAL), não houve diferença significativa entre as contagens de células obtidas nos meios e no TAL, sugerindo que a semeadura direta em XLD pode ser um método adequado para a quantificação de Salmonella exposta ao NaDCC, em condições laboratoriais.In Rio Grande do Sul State (RS), a strain of Salmonella (S.) Enteritidis (SE86) was identified as the main causative microorganism of foodborne diseases, in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate diluents, media and plating methods for growth and recovery of this pathogen, after exposure to Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC). At first, the microorganism was exposed to 200 mg kg-1 NaDCC by five minutes. Then it was diluted in different diluent solutions, which were stored at 7º C and 30° C, separately, being sampled and microbiologically analyzed for six hours. In a second step, the recovery of the microorganism before and after exposed by NaDCC was evaluated, through surface plating method and Thin Layer Agar (TAL) method, in five different culture media [Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA), Mannitol Lysine Crystal Violet Brilliant Green Agar (MLCB); Brilliant Green Agar (BGA), Salmonella Shigella Agar (SS) and Xylose Lysine Desoxychole Agar (XLD)]. In the third phase of this study, the growth and recovery of S. Enteritidis SE86 and two other serovars of Salmonella were evaluated, using the diluent, the culture medium and plating method that showed the best results in previous phases. The results showed significant multiplication (P < 0.05) of S. Enteritidis SE86 not exposed to NaDCC, stored at 30 °C, in diluents Peptone water (P), Peptone water + Tween 80, Lecithin and Sodium thiosulfate (P + N), Saline solution + Tween 80, Lecithin and Sodium thiosulfate (SaS + N) and Peptone water + Saline solution (P + SaS). Saline solution (SaS) did not sustain bacterial multiplication, but maintained viable cells, being chosen for the next experiments. Exposed and not exposed cells were not able to multiply in any of the diluents at 7º C during six hours of storage. After NaDCC exposure, no significant multiplication was observed in any of the diluents stored at 30º C. No significant difference (P < 0,05) in growth of S. Enteritidis SE86 exposed to NaDCC was observed on TSA, selective medium or on selective media overlayed with TSA (TAL). The XLD medium was chosen for the next experiments, since it allowed the same multiplication that TSA. When the multiplication and recovery of exposed and not exposed S. Enteritidis SE86, S. Typhimurium, and S. Bredeney were evaluated after dilution in SaS and plating on TSA, XLD, and XLD overlayed with TSA, there was no significant difference in counts obtained on media and TAL, suggesting that direct plating on XLD could be an adequate method for the quantification of Salmonella exposed to NaDCC, under laboratory conditions.
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Smith, Sharon G. "The Process and Meaning of Sexual Assault Disclosure." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2005. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_diss/7.
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Disclosure of sexual assault is a complicated process which depends upon a host of factors, such as assault characteristics, the victim’s interpretation, and the level of distress she experiences. Comprehensive theories of adult sexual assault disclosure have not been proposed. Most studies concentrate on a particular aspect of disclosure, such as outcomes of disclosure and reasons for disclosing versus not disclosing. A number of gaps exist in the current literature on adult sexual assault disclosure. These include the conceptualization of disclosure as a discrete or continuous variable; how it may evolve during stages of recovery; the progression of disclosure (e.g., observable patterns to disclosing); the potential variety of motivations for disclosing beyond help-seeking; and the role of culture (e.g., how one’s cultural and familial upbringing influences comfort and acceptance of disclosure as a viable option). The present study aimed to clarify and expand our previous knowledge about disclosure of sexual assault by investigating the overall process. A qualitative study, using a grounded theory approach, was conducted with a diverse sample of women who were sexually victimized after age 12. Findings from the study reveal the complex nature of disclosure and expand on previous conceptions of its process and behavioral manifestations, such as evidence supporting a disclosure continuum, a variety of motivations for disclosing and not disclosing, the roles of culture and parenting practices that may influence disclosure, and the interactive nature of disclosure and recovery. The results suggest that the disclosure process consists of the factors that contribute to whether a disclosure is made, the disclosure itself, and the aftereffects of the disclosure, a process which could be conceived as occurring in circular manner. Thus, decisions of disclosure appear to be very complex, and all of these factors potentially interact with one another and collectively influence whether a woman discloses and how much. A number of research and practical implications are discussed including examining the relationship between motivations and current recovery stages, modifying our conceptualization of disclosure (as continuous rather than dichotomous), and recognizing the needs and concerns of diverse cultural groups in their decisions to disclose.
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Dazzini, Monica Mabel. "The City and its interfaces: An Approach to Recover the Natural and Cultural Landscape at the Beachfront in St. Augustine Beach, Florida." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32640.
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The fast growth of the urban population affects city life by degrading natural and social resources. Urban developments modify resources such as forest, land, and water, but also modify the intimate relationship of people with the landscape. Many times, the damage of those resources is irreversible, and provokes dramatic changes in the natural landscape and the uniqueness of the place is missing. Despite the intense discussion that landscape architects and scientists worldwide hold about social and environmental aspects in urban environments, many questions about how to support natural and cultural landscapes, or why to keep them are not answered in the existing waterfronts and re-developments at the waterâ s edge. For this reason, the recovering of urban waterfronts is an opportunity to promote ecologically healthy environments, address sense of place, support human gatherings, and encourage economic revitalization. This thesis and its research analyzes the components of the natural regional landscape in recovering waterfronts in order to avoid the loss of the uniqueness of a place. A section of beachfront in St. Augustine Beach, Florida that has suffered beach erosion and development pressures was choosen for the study. The result is an alternative proposal to costly dredging and beach reclamation that includes a series of tools, interventions, and landscape modifications of this threatened site. This proposal aims to return the site to a balanced and friendly landscape. Waterfronts in cities are an opportunity to reconnect communities with their cultural and geographic landscape.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Levy, Lorelei A. "Growth rates and recovery of hatchery-reared sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin 1791), spat under a variety of nursery conditions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ54903.pdf.
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Carpenter, Tracy. "Recovering Women: Intersectional Approaches to African American Addiction." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1252849140.
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