Dissertations / Theses: 'Endings'

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Young, Nicholas. "Endings." Tallahassee, Florida : Florida State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04082010-160817/.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida State University, 2010.
Advisor: James Kimbrell, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed on July 26, 2010). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 46 pages.

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Hobson, Christopher Parker. "PRETTY SAD ENDINGS." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/70.

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As a Kentuckian, the past has always seemed to maintain a complex relationship with the present. Subdivisions spread across what were once tobacco fields and plantation estates; Appalachian folkways have long been slowly disappearing due to technological change, outmigration, and environmental degradation. In the poetry collection “pretty sad endings,” I try to ask— as our physical and cultural landscape changes, what are we losing, and what do we gain? And what remains (however transformed)? I use surrealism throughout the manuscript to elevate aspects of contemporary suburbia, Americana, relationships, and popular culture to the level of the mythical and spiritual. By distorting the everyday, I hope to tease out some of the real wonder that might be waiting in unexpected places, such as a cul-de-sac, a freeway billboard, or a drugstore parking lot. In these poems, I also try to create spaces where humor and emotional sincerity can coexist, while maintaining a raw curiosity in the strangeness and power of words themselves. My hope is not just that this collection can communicate some of the joys and hardships and eccentricities of my home, but that it can also speak relevantly about contemporary American life and relationships to readers anywhere.

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Leonard, Stephen. "Death and Other Endings." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1163.

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Murray, Jessica E. "The good death, happy endings." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013893.

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Scheuhammer, Joseph Edward. "Contour completion at edge endings." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17228.

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Kupadakvinij, Naree, and Saruta Cholviroj. "Internationalization of Pricing Strategy : A case study on 9-Ending Prices using by Thai and Swedish retailers." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-10633.

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The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the differences between 9-ending on promotion prices used by Thai retailers and Swedish retailers. The quantitative research approach is the chosen method in order to evaluate the differences between 9-ending on promotion prices used by Thai retailers and Swedish retailers. The collection of data will be mainly concentrated on primary data through brochures from retailers in both countries. Evaluation of the price endings for advertised products in the brochures from Thai and Swedish retailers founded the distinctions between the use of 9-ending prices in many ways such as the way the retailers used left and right digits for price endings, the way they set the prices compared between the same product category and the same product sub-category.

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Fragkiadaki, Evangelia. "Loss separation termination : a portfolio on endings." Thesis, City University London, 2008. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8597/.

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This paper aims to explore gender differences in reactions to romantic relationship dissolutions. Within the body of research on relationship breakups, attachment theory is frequently mentioned. Empirical data on adult attachment styles and how they relate to gender differences and reactions to separations will also be explored. The issue of gender is prevalent in psychological literature. Such classification regarding reactions to relationship breakups is ambiguous and research should turn to individuals and relationships when exploring breakups.

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Burt, Kathleen R. "Beginnings, middles, and endings in Horace's Odes." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0014327.

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Jensen, Sara Lyn. "Learning Russian Case Endings Through Model Sentences." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2000.pdf.

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Smith, Jennifer. "Theorizing Digital Narrative: Beginnings, Endings, and Authorship." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/316.

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Since its development, critics of electronic literature have touted all that is “new” about the field, commenting on how these works make revolutionary use of non-linear structure, hyperlinks, and user interaction. Scholars of digital narrative have most often focused their critiques within the paradigms of either the text-centric structuralist model of narrativity or post-structuralist models that implicate the text as fundamentally fluid and dependent upon its reader for meaning. But neither of these approaches can account completely for the unique modes in which digital narratives prompt readerly progression, yet still exist as independent creative artifacts marked by purposive design. I argue that, in both practice and theory, we must approach digital-born narratives as belonging to a third, hybrid paradigm. In contrast to standard critical approaches, I interrogate the presumed “newness” of digital narratives to reveal many aspects of these works that hearken to print predecessors and thus confirm classical narratological theories of structure and authorship. Simultaneously, though, I demonstrate that narrative theory must be revised and expanded to account for some of the innovative techniques inherent to digital-born narrative. Across media formats, theories of narrative beginnings, endings, and authorship contribute to understanding of readerly progress and comprehension. My analysis of Leishman’s electronically animated work Deviant: The Possession of Christian Shaw shows how digital narratives extend theories of narrative beginnings, confirming theoretical suitability of existing rules of notice, expectations for mouseover actions, and the role of institutional and authorial antetexts. My close study of Jackson’s hypertext my body: a Wunderkammer likewise informs scholarship on narrative endings, as my body does not provide a neatly linear plot, and thus does not cleanly correspond to theories of endings that revolve around conceptions of instabilities or tensions. Yet I argue that there is still compelling reason to read for narrative closure, and thus narrative coherence, within this and other digital works. Finally, my inquiry into Pullinger and Joseph’s collaboratively written Flight Paths: A Networked Novel firmly justifies the theory of implied authorship in both print and digital environments and confirms the suitability of this construct to a range of texts.

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Lüddecke, Kathrin L. G. "The beginnings of narrative closure in Homeric epic." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312611.

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MacDowell, James. "The final couple : happy endings in Hollywood cinema." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/49034/.

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This thesis concerns a very common, yet surprisingly under-examined, concept: the Hollywood ‘happy ending’. Focusing on an aspect of this convention that I call the ‘final couple’ (i.e.: an ultimate romantic union), the study examines movies from throughout the history of popular American cinema in order to interrogate common critical assumptions about ‘happy endings’. Chapter 1 questions the existence of the homogenous norm the ‘happy ending’ by attempting to define it – a task more challenging than the convention’s reputation would have us believe. Chapter 2 looks at the relationship between ‘happy endings’ and closure, arguing that, while some films succeed in making their final couples feel emphatically ‘closed’, others use different strategies to render the same convention comparatively ‘open’. Chapter 3 examines the connection between ‘happy endings’ and ‘unrealism’, considering firstly the traditionally close conceptual relationship between the ‘happy ending’ and fiction tout court, before, secondly, exploring the ways in which the final couple relates to debates concerning the ‘openness’ of life and the ‘closed’ nature of narrative. Chapter 4 addresses the ideology of ‘happy endings’ by discussing (1) what potential the concept of the final couple might be said to have for structuring viewers’ real-life romantic relationships, (2) the ideological implications of closure, and (3) the different ideological meanings that a final couple can convey in what is often taken to be an innately ‘conservative’ genre, the romantic comedy. The results of my analyses suggest that ‘happy endings’ are as conducive to variation as any other artistic convention – a fact that has significant ramifications for our thinking about Hollywood conclusions.

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Walsh, Fiona. "Bartók's altered endings : contexts, case studies, and constructs /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2001. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16330.pdf.

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Watson, Sonia. "Glutamate pharmacology of mammalian primary mechanosensory nerve endings." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=225803.

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The system involved in mechanotransduction by proprioceptive sensory organs, such as muscle spindles, is poorly understood. We previously reported that stretch releases glutamate from synaptic-like vesicles (SLVs) within muscle spindle terminals (the proprioceptive sensory organs of muscles), and activates a non-canonical mGluR, modulating afferent firing (Bewick et al, 2005). If, as our previous data and the literature suggests, this system is present in other mechanosensory endings, such as baroreceptors, it presents a drugable target in the treatment of hypertension. With current hypertension therapy ineffective in around 20% of patients a novel target such as this is highly important to investigate. This study aimed to further investigate this receptor's pharmacology by screening ligands selective for classical mGluRs for their ability to alter stretch-evoked spindle firing in muscle spindles and SLV uptake in lanceolate endings. I found that although there are differences between the two systems, overall the pharmacology most closely matches that of the currently unsequenced phospholipase D coupled mGluR previously studied in the hippocampus (Pellegrini-Giampietro et al., 1996). Furthermore the pharmacology does not match that of any canonical mGluR (or iGluR). This pharmacological profiling allowed the development of novel kainate-derived compounds which were tested to find more potent analogues suitable for “click chemistry” (Kolb et al, 2001). The development of these compounds allowed further compounds to be synthesised with biotin and fluorescent side chains which will be used in further studies ultimately to allow sequencing of the receptor. In respect to baroreceptors I expanded our data in the working-heart-brainstem model and developed an isolated aortic preparation which will be used in further studies to further characterise this SLV/glutamate system in baroreceptors.

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Oyebode, Oyinlola R. O. "Protection of neuromuscular sensory endings by the WldS gene." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4234.

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The compartmental hypothesis of neurodegeneration proposes that the neurone, long recognized to consist of morphologically and functionally distinct compartments, also houses distinct degeneration mechanisms for the soma, axon and nerve endings. Support for this hypothesis is provided by the phenomenon of the WldS (for Wallerian Degeneration, slow) mouse, a mutant in which axons survive several weeks after transection, rather than degenerating within 24-48 hours as in wild type mice, by virtue of expression of a chimeric Nmnat1/Ube4b protein. In this thesis I used the WldS-mouse to re-examine and extend the theory of compartmental neurodegeneration by focusing specifically on sensory axons and endings; and finally by considering a fourth compartment, the dendrites. The first part of this thesis reports that Ia afferent axons and their annulospiral endings are robustly protected from degeneration in WldS mice. Homozygous or heterozygous WldS mice crossbred with transgenic mice expressing fluorescent protein in neurones were sacrificed at various times after sciatic nerve transection. Fluorescence microscopy of whole mount preparations of lumbrical muscles in these mice revealed excellent preservation of annulospiral endings on muscle spindles for at least 10 days after axotomy. No significant difference was detected in the protection with age or gene copy-number in contrast to the protection of motor nerve terminals, which degenerate rapidly in heterozygote and aged homozygote WldS mice. In an attempt to explain the difference in motor and sensory protection by WldS, examination of three hypotheses was undertaken: a) differences in protein expression, tested by western blot and immunohistochemistry; b) differences in the degree of neuronal branching, tested through examination of g-motor axons and endings which have a degree of branching intermediate to motor and sensory neurons; and c) differences in the activity in the disconnected stumps, through primary culture of the saphenous and phrenic nerve, selected because they comprise largely pure sensory and motor axons respectively. The data suggest that none of these hypotheses provides a sufficient explanation for the difference between sensory and motor protection by WldS. The last part of this thesis attempts to extend the theory of compartmental degeneration. I examine a system for investigation of WldS-mediated protection of dendrites. In preliminary experiments retinal explants from transgenic mice expressing YFP in a subset of retinal ganglion-cell neurones were cultured. The dendritic arbours of these cells were shown to be amenable for repeated visualization and accessible to injury and monitoring of degeneration. Overall the data in this thesis suggest that the level of WldS -mediated protection conferred to an axon or axonal endings varies between different neuronal types. This has implications for the potential applications of WldS research to clinical problems. Specifically, the data imply that sensory neuropathies may benefit more than motor neuropathies from treatments based on the protective effects of WldS. These findings in sensory neurones also challenge some of the assumptions made about WldS- mediated protection of neurones, for example the extent of the age-effect on axonal endings. Further investigation of WldS-mediated protection in the CNS could give renewed impetus to attempts to discover targets for treatment in common neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, a system for investigation of dendritic degeneration has been piloted, suggesting that molecules involved in the degeneration of dendrites or in protection from this degeneration may be amenable to investigation in this system, prospectively extending the compartmental hypothesis of neuronal degeneration.

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Polson, Richard. "Shocked by Flannery O'Connor the possibility of new endings /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Hanif, Ayshah. "Therapists' experiences of therapy endings with mental health patients." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8546/.

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Volume I has three chapters. Chapter one presents a systematic meta-synthesis which reviews fourteen qualitative research articles about mental health professionals’ experiences of patient suicide. The analysis illustrates an underlying sense of bereavement, fear and transformation. Chapter two presents an empirical research paper which explores psychotherapists’ experiences of therapy endings. The analysis suggests therapists and patients can have an intimate professional relationship which can be differentially affecting for both after the therapy ends. Chapter three is a public dissemination document which gives an accessible overview of chapters one and two. Volume II contains five clinical practice reports. The first report details the case of a woman experiencing Anxiety, Depression and suicidal ideation; formulated from two psychological models. The second report presents a service evaluation assessing non attendance rates of psychological services assessment appointments and ways of improving engagement in adult secondary community mental health teams (CMHT’s). The third report presents a psychological consultancy led case of a woman with challenging behaviour. The fifth report details a single-case experimental design of a woman with a mild learning difficulty and re-current stress induced vomiting. The fifth presents an abstract of an oral presentation about a woman experiencing low mood and binge eating.

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Evans, Elliott. "The Origin, Functions, and Histories of Germanic Adjective Endings." Thesis, Indiana University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13858651.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to provide an account for why Germanic languages inflect adjectives along the adjective declension choice (ADC)—i.e. as strong or weak—in addition to the typical parameters of gender, number, and case. Specifically, I examine the origin, functions, and histories of Germanic adjective endings.

The ADC, which developed in prehistoric times, could not have arisen from the Proto-Indo-European individualizing suffix as is typically assumed, since early runic examples directly contradict that account. Instead, geographically peripheral Swedish attest nominal incorporation to express definiteness, which finds corresponding examples in both Runic Germanic and other Indo-European languages and provides a more likely origin for the ADC.

The modern Germanic languages exhibit different functions for the ADC. In German it conveys syntactic nominal features that would otherwise remain unvalued and result in a crash. In Dutch and Norwegian, it conveys semantic definiteness features.

The function of the ADC in Proto-Germanic, as demonstrated through a comparison of early Germanic translations of Matthew’s Gospel, was syntactic, though distinct from German. In Proto-Germanic, weak adjectives were bound by determiners and strong adjectives were free and occupied the elsewhere environment. A series of developments happened in the history of German, attested from approximately 800 to 1300 CE. First, possessives and the indefinite article grammaticalized from adjectives into determiners. Second, many nominative inflections phonologically reduced to zero, making most predicate adjectives appear uninflected. Finally, strong attributive adjectives adopted the pronominal paradigm to replace the zero endings. In Norwegian, the system shifted from a syntactic one to a semantic one, with the two competing systems vacillating from approximately 1100 to 1500 CE. The newer semantic system, which eventually won out, aligned weak adjectives with definiteness instead of the older syntactic system in which weak adjectives were bound by a determiner.

By examining the ADC, I provide an account of a phenomenon that morphosyntactically identifies nearly all Germanic languages, while showing that significant variation in function and historical trajectory exists across the Germanic languages—both past and present.

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Quaintrell, Cecilia. "Testing boundaries : a cross cultural study of musical endings." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.742987.

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Yun, Xiao. "Tonal Enigmas: A Study of Problematic Openings and Endings." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248491/.

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When talking about tonal music, we sometimes tend to take for granted the idea that the tonic should always be clearly established either at the beginning or the end. However, there are composers who sometimes deviate from the normal path by creating different types of riddles or tonal enigmas in their works. Some of these riddles can be solved later on as the piece progresses; yet others may need to bexplained with the help of some external references. This thesis examines three such examples, each of which poses its unique enigma. The second movement of Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 presents a dualism between Ab and F (paralleled by their dominants Eb and C); Brahms's Alto Rhapsody involves an enormous auxiliary cadence spanning 2/3 of the piece and a seemingly plagal cadence which turns out to be authentic with the V suppressed; and eventually, Grieg's setting of Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein provides a paradoxical ending which may be understood as incorporating the composer's attitude towards the text.

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Gruber-Miller, Ann Marie. "Internal developments in the loss of Arabic case endings /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487694389395422.

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Cocksworth, Hannah May. "Beginnings, endings, and the narrative unity of Luke and Acts." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.707956.

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Yang, Jayhoon. "Other endings of Mark as responses to Mark : an ideological-critical investigation into the longer and the shorter ending of Mark's Gospel." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2004. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3555/.

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The Longer Ending and the Shorter Ending of Mark's Gospel are the ancient Markan readers' responses to Mark's Gospel. This leads us to the question of how the authors of these endings read their Mark's Gospel. These endings reflect the ideologies of their authors. The ideologies are related to the interests of the author or the authorial community (ideological primary group), and are embedded within the text. The Longer and the Shorter Ending were produced within a social context where the matter of apostolic authoritative leadership was a sensitive issue. A potential conflict is found in many contemporary texts from the NT and the extra- canonical texts, especially with regard to the apostolic authority of Mary Magdalene and Peter. Their struggles for apostolic authority are often found in the post-Easter narrative context. The assumed ideological primary community of the Longer Ending is Pro- Magdalene. It acknowledged Mary Magdalene as its authoritative leader who enjoyed apostolic authority especially over Peter. This community was interested in mission, and re-authenticated the mission of the Eleven. The LE provides a certain guideline for the qualification of leadership in the LE's community, which is the visual experience of the resurrected Jesus. The assumed ideological primary community of the Shorter Ending is Pro- Petrine. It was in favour of Peter, and suggested him as holding authoritative apostolic authority. This community wanted to clarify the resurrection of Jesus, and emended the empty tomb narrative of Mark's Gospel. It was also interested in mission, and the authority of disciples, especially that of Peter, in their performing mission tasks is highlighted in the Shorter Ending.

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Lester, Satara J. ""I sort of feel that one is meant to say how important endings always are ..." : counsellors' experiences of endings in primary care : an interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2016. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1158/.

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Ending therapy well is widely acknowledged as crucial for therapeutic gains to be maintained over time, yet numerous authors comment on the paucity of termination research. There appears to be no extant research into counsellors’ experiences of ending time-limited counselling in primary care (CPC), despite this being a rapidly-expanding area of practice, and theoretical literature suggesting elevated stress levels, ideological battles and burnout as counsellors adjust to time-limited working within Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services. When the ‘hallmark’ of a good ending is mutual agreement concerning client readiness, to what extent do traditional models of termination still hold? The aim of this research is provide some preliminary understanding of counsellors’ experiences of endings within this context. A qualitative design was employed. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with six counsellors, and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Four overarching themes emerged: ‘self-experiencing’, ‘the quality of the therapeutic process’, ‘conflicting frameworks’, and ‘towards congruence’. These are related to wider literature and implications for counselling psychology (CoP) are discussed. Limitations and suggestions for future research are explored.

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Walker, Gareth. "The phonetic design of turn endings, beginnings and continuations in conversation." Thesis, University of York, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422531.

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Fraccaro, Annalisa. "Price endings of luxury handbags : managerial practices customers' perceptions and preferences." Thesis, Paris 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA01E071.

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En se basant sur la littérature en marketing sur les terminaisons de prix et le pricing du luxe, cette thèse met en évidence le paradoxe résultant de l’utilisation de prix odd (i.e., des prix juste en dessous d’un nombre rond) dans le contexte des produits de luxe où, intuitivement, les prix devraient majoritairement être des nombres ronds. Les pratiques en termes de terminaisons de prix sont étudiées dans la catégorie des sacs à main de luxe. Dans une première partie, la thèse identifie les catégories de terminaison de prix utilisés et les déterminants d’utilisation. Dans une seconde partie, la thèse explore les perceptions des consommateurs concernant différentes facettes du luxe et leur perception globale du caractère luxueux d’un produit selon les terminaisons de prix utilisées. Dans une dernière partie, la thèse étudie les préférences des consommateurs de luxe pour une terminaison de prix ou l’autre. Les résultats de cette thèse offrent de nouvelles perspectives par rapport à la littérature existante sur les terminaisons de prix, dans le sens où ils indiquent que les connotations de prix inférieur, qualité inférieure et prestige inférieur, associées aux prix odd et bien établies dans la littérature n’existent pas pour les produits de luxe, ou du moins pour la catégorie des sacs à main de luxe de niveau intermédiaire
Drawing from existing literature on price endings and luxury pricing, this thesis highlights the paradox of adopting odd prices (i.e., prices just below a round number) in a luxury context, where, intuitively, prices should mostly be round numbers. Price endings practices are investigated in the product category of luxury women handbags. In a first empirical analysis, different types of price endings and the determinants of their use by pricing managers are identified. In a second part, the results of two experiments measure customers’ perceptions of different facets of luxury and overall perceived luxury itself. In the last part, a conjoint analysis reveals customers’ preferences for odd price endings. The findings of this thesis challenge previous research on price endings practices, in that they show that well-know low-price, low-quality, low-prestige connotations typical of odd prices in a non-luxury context, might not subsist in a luxury environment, at least for the handbag product category and for an intermediate level of luxury

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Knowles, Joanne Louise. "The key to patience : endings and completeness in Henry James's novels." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367507.

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Bell, Stuart. "'Don't stop' : re-thinking the function of endings in narrative television." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7282/.

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This thesis argues that the study of narrative television has been limited by an adherence to accepted and commonplace conceptions of endings as derived from literary theory, particularly a preoccupation with the terminus of the text as the ultimate site of cohesion, structure, and meaning. Such common conceptions of endings, this thesis argues, are largely incompatible with the realities of television’s production and reception, and as a result the study of endings in television needs to be re-thought to pay attention to the specificities of the medium. In this regard, this thesis proposes a model of intra-narrative endings, islands of cohesion, structure, and meaning located within television texts, as a possible solution to the problem of endings in television. These intra-narrative endings maintain the functionality of traditional endings, whilst also allowing for the specificities of television as a narrative medium. The first two chapters set out the theoretical groundwork, first by exploring the essential characteristics of narrative television (serialisation, fragmentation, duration, repetition, and accumulation), then by exploring the unique relationship between narrative television and the forces of contingency. These chapters also introduce the concept of intra-narrative endings as a possible solution to the problems of television’s narrative structure, and the medium’s relationship to contingency. Following on from this my three case studies examine forms of television which have either been traditionally defined as particularly resistant to closure (soap opera and the US sitcom) or which have received little analysis in terms of their narrative structure (sports coverage). Each of these case studies provides contextual material on these televisual forms, situating them in terms of their narrative structure, before moving on to analyse them in terms of my concept of intra-narrative endings. In the case of soap opera, the chapter focusses on the death of the long running character Pat Butcher in the British soap EastEnders (BBC, 1985-), while my chapter on the US sitcom focusses on the varying levels of closure that can be located within the US sitcom, using Friends (NBC, 1993-2004) as a particular example. Finally, my chapter on sports coverage analyses the BBC’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympics, and focusses on the narratives surrounding cyclists Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton. Each of these case studies identifies their chosen events as intra-narrative endings within larger, ongoing texts, and analyses the various ways in which they operate within those wider texts. This thesis is intended to make a contribution to the emerging field of endings studies within television by shifting the understanding of endings away from a dominant literary model which overwhelmingly focusses on the terminus of the text, to a more televisually specific model which pays attention to the particular contexts of the medium’s production and reception.

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Tether, Leah Roseann. "Suspended endings : the mechanics of medieval continuation in the perceval continuations." Thesis, Durham University, 2009. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/107/.

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The notion of ‘Continuation’ in medieval literature is a familiar one – but it is one which does not know any precise definition. Despite the existence of important texts which take the form of what we nominally call ‘Continuation’, such as Le Roman de la Rose, Le Chevalier de la Charrette and of course the Perceval Continuations, to date no work exists which specifically examines the mechanics and processes involved in actually producing a ‘Continuation’. The existence and importance of ‘Continuation’ as a genre of medieval literature are undeniable, and yet we cannot begin to claim that we fully understand it. This thesis therefore seeks to make the first tentative movements in creating a working model for understanding what some call the Poetics of Continuation, and it does so by means of close and meticulous analysis of the manuscript tradition and content of the Perceval Continuations. The Perceval Continuations (composed c.1200-1230) constitute a vast body of material which incorporates four separately authored Continuations, each of which seeks to further, in some way, the unfinished Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes – though they are not merely responses to his work. Chronologically, they were composed one after the other, and the next in line picks up where the previous left off, thus they respond intertextually to each other as well as to Chrétien, and only one actually furnishes the story as a whole with an ending. As such the Continuations offer an interesting and varied patchwork from whence to begin a study of this kind. By means of a framework of careful methodological design, incorporating theories on what constitutes an ‘end’ and what is ‘unfinished’, alongside scrutiny of other, selected, medieval ‘ends’ and ‘Continuations’, this thesis examines, first, what the manuscript tradition can tell us about the medieval view of ‘Continuation’ in terms of whether the Perceval Continuations seem to have been considered as one homogenous whole, or as several separate œuvres, and second, in terms of content and construction, what kind of ‘Continuation’ each individual text proposes, and how, mechanically, it does so. This analysis culminates in the creation of an efficient working model that aims to facilitate the further study and investigation of other medieval ‘continuatory’ texts.

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Gilfillan, Upton Bridget. "Hearing Mark's endings : listening to ancient popular texts through speech act theory /." Leiden : Brill, 2006. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb401781307.

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Tracy, Thomas J. "Comic plots with tragic endings : the British writing of Ireland, 1800-1870 /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3045097.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-217). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Dankinas, Denisas. "Sensorinių nervinių galūnėlių tyrimas pelės širdyje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20140627_171215-11827.

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Egzistuoja du širdies sensorinių galūnėlių tipai – sudėtingos neinkapsuliuotos ir tinklinės galūnėlės. Šio tyrimo tikslas buvo ištirti sensorinių galūnėlių morfologiją pelės širdies pagrinde ir jų vizualizavimo galimybę skirtingais antikūnais. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad tiek sudėtingos neinkapsuliuotos, tiek tinklinės sensorinės nervinės galūnėlės išryškinamos imunohistochemiškai su antikūnu prieš proteino geno produktą PGP 9.5 (AbD Serotec, JAV). Sudėtingos neinkapsuliuotos galūnėlės paplitusios kaudalinės, kairiosios bei dešiniosios kranialinių venų žiočių srityje. Tinklinės galūnėlės tolygiai pasiskirsto visame širdies pagrinde visuose trijuose širdies sienos sluoksniuose (epikarde, miokarde ir endokarde). Sudėtingos neinkapsuliuotos galūnėlės kaudalinės venos žiočių srityje turi mažiausią plotą palyginus su sensorinėm galūnėlėm šalia kitų dviejų venų žiočių.
There are two types of cardiac sensory endings – complex unencapsulated endings and end-nets. The aim of this study was to examine morphology of sensory terminals in the basis of mouse heart and ability of different antibodies to visualize these terminals. Our results showed that both end-net and complex unencapsulated endings can be visualized with PGP 9.5 (AbD Serotec, USA). Complex unencapsulated endings are localized in heart wall epicardium near the apertures of caudal, right cranial and left cranial veins in the right atrium. End-net terminals are diffusely distributed in all three layers (endocardium, myocardium, epicardium) of heart wall. Complex unencapsulated endings near the caudal vein aperture have the lowest area compared with the sensory endings near the other two veins apertures.

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Hoel, Camilla Ulleland. "The completion of Edwin Drood : endings and authority in finished and unfinished narratives." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7572.

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Through an analysis of the reception of Charles Dickens’ unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood this thesis establishes the centrality of the figure of the author as the perceived sanction for the completed text. Through an initial analysis of completed narrative, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes stories, it shows that the ending is of particular importance as the point at which the reader can look back over the whole and confirm or disconfirm the provisional interpretations which have been made during the reading. It only makes sense to talk of unfinished texts or unfinished narratives in the context of a creative authority, generally identified as the author. An analysis of the reception of unfinished serial narratives of the late Victorian period, specifically the unfinished works of William M. Thackeray and Robert Louis Stevenson, confirms the centrality of the figure of the author in attempts to reconstruct the missing ending. The main body of the thesis provides a period-based analysis of Droodiana, the completions of and speculations about Dickens’ unfinished novel. In the analysis of the strategies employed to justify completions, and the responses to these, it establishes not only that the attempts to take on the authorial authority are perceived as sacrilegious, but that the perception of the completion-writers’ lack of the authority to posit an ending affects whether completions are read as able to complete the story: the willingness to submit to the ending (and revise provisional readings in light of it) is dependent on the perception of the authorial authority of the writer. The analysis shows that while the author-function develops over time, there is some continuity from the late Victorian period towards the present. The analysis of Droodian speculations trace their origin and development through a series of periods, showing that the variety of plots proposed masks a common concern with arriving at Dickens’ intended plot: a desire to identify the creative intention with the plot that would provide the most satisfying ending produces an increased variety over time.

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Coelho, Alessia. "Saying goodbye : a phenomenological investigation into the therapist's experience of significant therapeutic endings." Thesis, Regent's University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.646070.

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Aims: Despite general agreement as to the importance of the final phase of therapy, literature concerning the way the therapeutic relationship is brought to a close focuses almost entirely on the perspective of the client. Much less is recognized about the therapist’s experience of this process. Little qualitative research has been conducted in the area. The current study therefore aims to gain︣an in-depth understanding of the therapist’s experience of a therapeutic ending. Using a qualitative approach, the study focuses upon the experiences of practicing counselling psychologists, and seeks to explore the following: How do therapists experience therapeutic endings?︣Method: Semi-structured interviews were carried out with seven practicing counselling psychologists (five females and two males; aged between 29 and 48) who each described a particular therapeutic ending that evoked a significant emotional response for them. Verbatim transcripts of the interviews were then analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).︣Results: The analysis produced four master themes. These were: The therapeutic relationship; The ending phase and final session; Therapy as a learning process; Professional implications and considerations. A description of these master themes and the related constituent themes is presented. The results of the analysis are considered in light of existing theory and their implications for counselling psychology. These emphasize the significance of therapeutic endings and highlight the adequacy (or otherwise) of clinical supervision and professional training institutions in helping therapists manage and understand this process. Methodological considerations and suggestions for further research are presented.

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Stoeber, Franziska Susann [Verfasser]. "Individual Endings: The Extension of the Personal Future and Developmental Deadlines / Franziska Susann Stoeber." Aachen : Shaker, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1071528718/34.

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Suggitt, Kelsey Fleur. "Impossible endings? : reimagining the end of the French empire in the Sahara, 1951-1962." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2019. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/impossible-endings(d19d3fbc-f3fa-47ef-8b47-63252f7f5039).html.

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This thesis examines a late colonial attempt to reimagine the French empire in the Sahara, through the little-known case of the Organisation Commune des Régions Sahariennes (OCRS). This organisation, which lasted from 1957-1962, was created by the French state as an economic and social development project which would operate in the Saharan regions of Algeria, Chad, French Soudan (Mali), and Niger. This case study of the OCRS is at the intersection of a number of key developments in the field in recent years. Firstly, studies of the ends of colonial empires have moved away from discussing whether independence was 'snatched away' or given in a 'transfer of power'. The historiography now emphasises the messiness and contingency of the end of empire and questions the inevitability of the shift from empire to nation-state. Secondly, in discussions about France's (post-)colonial ties with Africa, scholars are increasingly focusing on delineating French strategies for retaining a sphere of influence in the region rather than labelling change and continuity. Thirdly, with an explosion in global and transnational history, historians stress the importance of studying connections and the 'politics of comparison' (Stoler, 2001) moving away from treating French colonial history, and particularly Franco-Algerian history, as exceptional. In light of these historiographical developments, this thesis uses the example of the OCRS to explore the possibilities and impossibilities of reimagining and ending the empire, whilst at the same time retaining control over the region. The OCRS is examined from multiple angles: as a transitional organisation that was both connected to and reflective of shifting international and domestic circumstances, as a self-aware organisation that sought to establish its success and its status in comparison with other projects across the globe and as an attempted reimagining of colonial rule where its planners sought to learn from the 'mistakes' of former planners. This thesis demonstrates how the OCRS was used as a possibility to reimagine French colonial rule, and the impossibility of this feat. French planners intended to reshape political, economic and social structures in the Sahara. Using comparisons with other, purportedly similar, socio-economic projects without colonial ties, they attempted to make these structures more palatable to a range of other actors, including African political elites. This attempt, however, was impossible because of the weight of history and the increased importance of sovereignty and self-determination in this period.

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Asselin, Mark Laurent. ""A significant season" : literature in a time of endings : Cài Yōng and a few contemporaries /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11116.

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Smylie, Mary Catherine. "Naive Apocalyptic Thinking and Faith: Walker Percy's use of Endings in "Love in the Ruins"." W&M ScholarWorks, 1988. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625454.

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Lienbacher, Karoline. "The source of innervation and function of palisade endings in the extraocular muscles of Macaca mulatta." Diss., lmu, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-149171.

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MacLean, Shannon Elizabeth. "Auditory event-related potentials to phonological and semantic violations in sentence endings in preschool-age children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0014/MQ36503.pdf.

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Shook, Steffi A. "Campy Conclusions: Examining the Subversion of Heteronormative Relationship Sanctions in American Film Musicals." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1385387953.

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Crompton, Pip. "Does experiencing foster placement endings have a long-term impact on foster carer birth children's psychosocial wellbeing?" Thesis, University of Surrey, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580580.

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Some foster carers have birth children living at home whilst fostering other children. At times foster carers' birth children (FCBC) have been reported to experience a sense of loss and sadness when their relationships with foster children cease due to placements ending. This thesis aims to provide a preliminary examination of whether FCBC's childhood experience of these, often serial, relational losses has an enduring impact on their psychosocial wellbeing. It provides a qualitative examination of adult FCBC's accounts and memories of foster placement endings and their understanding of whether an enduring impact is experienced. Thirteen adult FCBC were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Five main themes emerged from the thematic analysis of the data. Two factors (Un)Certainty and Connectedness provide wider contextualisation to FCBC's experience of placement endings. 'Experiencing Absence' emphasises FCBC's immediate and long-term psychological response to and management of these relational losses. Finally, Relational Adaptation and Psychological Growth highlight FCBC's understanding of wider psychological implications of experiencing foster placement endings in the longer- term. Further research is therefore warranted in order to extend the current findings and delineate factors of risk or resilience in accounting for a possible long-term psychosocial impact. It is suggested that the psychological wellbeing and needs of FCBC, particularly around planning of foster placement endings, should be more formally recognised within national and local foster service policy and guidelines. Further, under certain conditions FCBC and their families may benefit from receiving greater psychological support to aid their experience around placement endings.

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Powell, Melanie. "Placement endings in long term foster care : the effects on carers and their ideas for the future." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3799/.

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This study explored long term foster carers' experiences of placement endings and their accounts of the psychological and emotional impact of these events. The study also focussed on both the approaches carers adopted to cope at these times and the resources which they found helpful or otherwise. Carers' perceptions of responses from family, community members and Social Care Services were explored as well. The research was intended to help recognise the needs of foster carers and advocate their views. In depth interviews were conducted with ten long term foster carers who had experienced a placement ending. A grounded theory approach towards the data analysis was chosen to develop a model of the ending process for carers. The analysis suggested that carers' experiences of placement endings were influenced by the decision process, the reasons for the placement breakdown and the carers' perceptions of their role. The actual ending event provided the context of the carers' responses. While for some stories of relief emerged, the predominant responses involved feelings of loss, responsibility, self criticism and helplessness. The findings suggested that foster carers experienced placement endings as a process which involved both shorter and longer term reactions. Inherent in the process were the coping strategies employed which enabled the letting go of the relationship with the foster child and facilitated carers in continuing their role, their future approaches to fostering and future decision making. The factors which seemed to impede this process included lack of recognition from others and barriers to the carers' expressions of feelings. The results also generated ideas for future practice. The findings are discussed in relation to the literature. Theoretical understandings of stress, trauma and loss are considered with a particular emphasis on the salient factors associated with the role of the foster carer. The clinical implications of the study are also discussed. In particular, recommendations are made for supporting carers through placement endings with suggestions for psychological support. Service recommendations are also presented with an emphasis on team working, recognition of practitioners' feelings and new concepts of support.

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Junior, JosÃ Atualpa Pinheiro. "Analysis of mechanoreceptors and free nerve endings of previous band glenohumeral ligament with confoca microscopy and immunofluorescence." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2015. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=16380.

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The anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament (IGHL) has an important role in the mechanical stability of the shoulder and is considered the main static stabilizer of the shoulder when the arm is in abduction and external rotation. Six anterior bands of IGHL were carefully dissected from the bone attachments to describe the morphology of the mechanoreceptors and free nerve endings and to elucidate the interaction between the proprioceptive system and shoulder mechanics. For immunostaining, a protein gene product 9.5 marker was used as the primary antibody and Alexa Fluor 488 was used as the secondary antibody, followed by image examination using confocal laser scanning microscopy. All the ligament samples contained Meissner corpuscles with a diameter between 30 and 65 μm and length between 80 and 400 μm. This is the first report of these corpuscles in IGHL. Furthermore, these ligaments contained Pacinian corpuscles, with a diameter between 40 and 80 μm and length between 100 and 180 μm, free nerve endings with fiber thickness between 3 and 7 μm and length between 300 and 700 μm, and unclassified nerve endings with irregular, spindle, and rectangular shapes. The mechanoreceptors were approximately 1.2% of the area of the ligament. There was a predominance of Meissner- and Pacini-type rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors. The density of mechanoreceptors was approximately 1.1026%, and the density when the analysis was with a depth between 400 and 500 μm was 1.6102% and greater depth between 1500 and 1850 μm, was 0.6018%. These findings help to elucidate the physiology of shoulder stability, where mechanoreceptors are stimulated by pressure and vibration mechanisms and can explain the neuronal pathophysiology of shoulder instability as a deficient activation of the afferent pathway. However, this hypothesis requires to be confirmed in experimental models.
A banda anterior do ligamento glenoumeral inferior (LGUI), possui uma importante funÃÃo na estabilidade mecÃnica do ombro, sendo considerado o principal estabilizador estÃtico do ombro, quando o braÃo encontra-se em abduÃÃo e rotaÃÃo externa. Seis bandas anteriores do LGUI foram cuidadosamente dissecadas para avaliaÃÃo da morfologia dos mecanorreceptores e terminaÃÃes nervosas livres, buscando compreender a interaÃÃo do sistema proprioceptivo e mecÃnico do ombro. Para imunihistoquimica foi utilizado um marcador tipo PGP 9.5 (protein gene product) como anticorpo primÃrio e Alexa Fluor 488 como anticorpo secundÃrio, seguido de anÃlise das lÃminas por microscopia confocal de varredura a laser. Observou-se em todos os ligamentos corpÃsculos de Meissner com diÃmetros que entre 30 e 65 μm e comprimentos entre 80 e 400 μm, sendo estes descritos pela primeira vez no ligamento glenoumeral inferior; o corpÃsculo de Pacini, com diÃmetro entre 40 e 80 μm e comprimento entre 100 e 180 μm e terminaÃÃes nervosas livres, onde as fibras apresentavam espessura entre 3 e 7 μm e comprimento entre 300 e 700 μm, alÃm de terminaÃÃes nervosas nÃo classificadas, com formas irregulares, fusiformes e retangulares. Observamos que na banda anterior do ligamento glenoumeral inferior o predomÃnio de mecanorreceptores de adaptaÃÃo rÃpida, tipo Meissner e Pacini. A densidade dos mecanorreceptores foi de aproximadamente 1,1026% ,sendo a densidade de 1,6102% quando a analise foi com profundidade entre 400 e 500 μm e de 0,6018%. com maior profundidade, entre 1500 e 1850 μm. Estes achados ajudam na compreensÃo da fisiologia de estabilidade do ombro, onde os mecanorreceptores sÃo estimulados atravÃs do mecanismo de pressÃo e vibraÃÃo, bem como poderiam explicar a fisiopatologia neuronal da instabilidade glenoumeral como sendo uma deficiÃncia da ativaÃÃo do sistema aferente a ser confirmado em modelo experimental

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Bourne, Frances Elizabeth. "Endings and beginnings : a thematic analysis of client and psychotherapist experience of an imposed change of psychotherapist." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2014. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13987/.

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This study explores a phenomenon that has over the years attracted little systematic investigation and has never been addressed from the dual perspectives of client and therapist in a working therapeutic dyad. This original contribution provides knowledge on how an imposed change of therapist can impact individuals, relational dynamics and therapeutic outcome. The research took place in a substance misuse agency with four therapeutic dyads composed of client and replacement therapist. A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews was used to capture individual client and therapist experiences of the phenomenon, then paired client and therapist interviews were analysed for dyad material. The client experience of the imposed ending and change to a different therapist involved the activation of the attachment system and the possibility of change in substance use or the fear of relapse. For clients there was an accumulation of losses linked to the relationship with the departing therapist, the work done in that relationship and the hope of an outcome from that work. The experience of the therapist working with an imposed change client is documented in their approach to working as the replacement therapist and a presence in the relationship of the first therapist. In the four dyad accounts the findings from individuals are seen to shape the development and trajectory of this second relationship and therapy outcome. From the findings, the importance of acknowledging and working with this phenomenon is discussed and recommendations are made for both practitioners and organisations to benefit client, therapist and organisation. The data not only fills a gap in knowledge but also opens the way for further investigation into the relationship that ended due to the therapist’s departure and the phenomenon’s impact in different clinical settings.

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Moraes, Miguel Ricardo Barbosa. "Histomorfometria dos mecanorreceptores e terminaÃÃes nervosas livres no quadril artrÃsico: estudo comparativo com quadril normal de cadÃver." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2008. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=4175.

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O interesse de pesquisadores pelo estudo do sistema proprioceptivo vem crescendo nas Ãltimas dÃcadas. Isto Ã decorrente da importÃncia da integridade deste sistema no tratamento das enfermidades ortopÃdicas. Os mecanorreceptores e as terminaÃÃes nervosas livres sÃo as unidades microscÃpicas fundamentais da propriocepÃÃo e do sistema nervoso aferente. Eles transmitem ao sistema nervoso central informaÃÃes fisiolÃgicas em forma de potencial de aÃÃo, quando as estruturas articulares, cÃpsula, ligamentos e mÃsculos, sÃo submetidas ao estresse do movimento. Foram avaliadas a presenÃa e a densidade dos mecanorreceptores na cÃpsula, ligamento da cabeÃa femoral e labrum acetabular de 45 quadris masculinos. Destes, 30 foram obtidos de pacientes do sexo masculino com artrose secundÃria (grupo I) durante artroplastia e 15 de cadÃveres frescos com articulaÃÃo do quadril normal (grupo II). A idade mÃdia do grupo I foi de 56,5 e do grupo II foi de 35,6 anos. Os fragmentos obtidos foram mensurados em 2mm e corados com cloreto de ouro a 1%. ApÃs fixaÃÃo os fragmentos foram seccionados com criostato, em sÃrie de 6 micrÃmetros de espessura e submetidos Ã microscopia de luz. Foram identificados trÃs tipos de mecanorreceptores: Ruffini, Pacini e Golgi, alÃm das terminaÃÃes nervosas livres de acordo com a classificaÃÃo de Freeman e Wike (1967). Em cada grupo foi determinado o nÃmero e a densidade de mecanorreceptores e em seguida foram comparados os resultados. Concluiu-se que o predomÃnio das terminaÃÃes tipo Pacini no gurpo controle foi significante quando comparado com os corpÃsculos tipo Rufini (p < 0,01) e Golgi (p < 0,001).Enquanto que no grupo artrose a densidade do tipo Golgi foi menor que o tipo Pacini(p < 0,001) e terminaÃÃes nervosas livres( p < 0,01).Por outro lado, quando comparados a densidade total das terminaÃÃes nervosas nos dois grupos observou-se uma reduÃÃo significante nos quadris artrÃsicos (p = 0.008). Isto sugere fortemente que a integridade do sistema proprioceptivo parece sofrer modificaÃÃes em quadris artrÃsicos, como conseqÃÃncia da reduÃÃo do nÃmero de terminaÃÃes nervosas. Estudos eletrofisiolÃgicos futuros serÃo necessÃrios para definir o papel das terminaÃÃes nervosas e o padrÃo proprioceptivo do quadril normal do quadril artrÃsico.
Proprioceptive studies have reported growing interest in investigators in the last few decades. This is result of relevant integrity of this system in the treatment of orthopedic diseases. Mechanoreceptors and free nerve endings are the microscopy basic units from proprioception and peripheral nervous system. They transmit to the central nervous system physiological information with detection threshold when the joint are submitted to mechanical stress. The presence and density of mechanoreceptors were investigated in the capsule, teres ligament and acetabulum labrum from 45 hips joint. Of these 30 were obtained from male patients (Group I) with secondary arthrosis at open arthoplasty and 15 of fresh cadaver with normal hip joint (Group II). The mean age of group I was 56,6 and the group II was 36,5 years. The fragments obtained were measured up to 2mm and stained with gold chloride 1%. After fixation the fragments were sectioned with cryostat at serial sections of 6Âm thickness and examined using light microscopy. We identified 3 types of mechanoreceptors: Ruffini, Pacini and Golgi corpuscles, as well free nerve endings according of Freeman and Wike classified 1967. Each group was determined the number and density of mechanoreceptors and then it was compared. We conclude that the number of Pacini type was significative when it was compared with Rufini ( p < 0,01 ) and Golgi types (p< 0,001), in the normal group. However, the denstity of the Golgi type was minor compared to the Pacini ( p < 0,001) and free nerve ending ( p < 0,01 ) in the arthrosis group. Therefore, when the density total of nerve endings in normal hips were compared with arthosis hips we founded that the number decreased (p = 0.008). This is suggests strongly that the integrity of proprioceptive system seems to be modified by arthosis in consequence of nerve endings numbers. In the future, electrophysiological studies will be necessary to determine the rule of nerve endings and proprioceptive system in the normal and arthosis hip.

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Schwörer, Bettina [Verfasser], and Gabriele [Akademischer Betreuer] Oettingen. "Self-Regulation in Life-Transitions: Using Mental Contrasting to Cope with Upcoming Endings / Bettina Schwörer ; Betreuer: Gabriele Oettingen." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1124591222/34.

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Sunderland, William James. "Nerve terminal protein complexes in the cholinergic synapse /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10528.

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Lawrenson, John Gerard. "Corpuscular nerve endings in the human conjunctiva : relationship to conjunctival touch sensitivity and sensitivity changes in contact lens wear." Thesis, City University London, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.304643.

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Chung, Adrienne Haesun. "Narrative Involvement with a Stigmatized Character: The Influence of Happy vs. Sad Endings on Narrative Processing and De-stigmatization." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1372782560.

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