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Tolley, Rebecca. "Cloche Hats, Helen Moody Willis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5657.
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Brien, Christopher. "Judge Willis in Port Phillip: 1841-1843." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2012. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/4a084e58945c129a9d8d885c87bd2c2a7d1a7b7ae57dbfcf820f02171a5a77b4/1890467/Brien_2012_Judge_Willis_in_Port_Phillip.pdf.
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Aims: This thesis aims to identify why John Walpole Willis, the first resident judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the district of Port Phillip (now Melbourne), was removed from office in 1843. Willis subsequently appealed to the Privy Council. In 1846 the Privy Council upheld the appeal on the grounds that he should have been given an opportunity to respond to the complaints. Yet in spite of this, Willis was removed from judicial office for good reason. How can Willis's amoval be reconciled with the success of his appeal? It is the argument of this thesis that Willis was removed not because he had done anything unlawful but that he had diminished public confidence in the system of government, including the administration of justice. As will become apparent in the following pages Willis never understood this basic fact. This was his tragedy and the reason why, despite of the success of his appeal, he was a judicial failure. Scope: The Privy Council made a legal decision regarding Willis's appeal. It considered what the legal outcome was to be of Willis's behaviour in Port Phillip during the period 1841-1843. In order to understand the decision, the events in Port Phillip that Willis identified in his appeal to the Privy Council are placed in context. This material that has been sourced from the Privy Council archives is about a common law judge seeking to justify his behaviour. In this manner the thesis addresses the question of what are society's expectations of the judiciary in a common law system. In the nineteenth century there was no contemporary literature about such expectations. It was only in the twentieth century that common law systems began to write down guidelines or provide a list of relevant ethical considerations for the judiciary. Although the process of removing a judge has changed, the story of Willis in Port Phillip during the period 1841-1843 still has currency today. In this way the thesis provides commentary on 'what the law is' with respect to judicial behaviour and 'how the law operates' when a common law judge misbehaves. Conclusion: The story of Willis in Port Phillip during the period 1841-1843 is a study of judicial failure. It is also a tragedy in that he was probably the last person to recognise the importance of the matters before the Privy Council as representing how a good common law judge should behave. Willis had to be dismissed because he failed to satisfy society's expectations as to how a judge should behave. In short, he diminished public confidence in the administration of justice, brought disrespect for the institution of the judiciary and did not protect the reputation of the judiciary or individual judicial officers. These matters are the very issues raised in Willis's appeal before the Privy Council. The stories of Willis's amoval and appeal are not only of historical interest. The issues raised continue to have resonance with respect to judicial authority today.
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Willis, Katharine S. [Verfasser], and Jens [Akademischer Betreuer] Geelhaar. "Wayfinding Situations / Katharine S. Willis ; Betreuer: Jens Geelhaar." Weimar : Professur Interface Design, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1115342312/34.
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Buchanan, Alexandrina Caroline. "Robert Willis and the rise of architectural history." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1994. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317621/.
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This thesis is an examination of the contribution of the English scholar, Robert Willis (1800-1875) to the discipline of architectural history. Willis's writings are set within a context of nineteenth-century antiquarian scholarship and their methodology and conclusions explored and evaluated. the work i not treated as a conventional biography, for reasons given in the Introduction, but divided into sections dealing with the different types of work produced by Wilils. chapter One examines Willis's first architectural work, Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, especially of Italy, (1835). This is discussed in relation to a tradition of 'scientific' antiquarianism which includes such scholars as James Essex, Thomas Kerrich, Thomas Rickman and William Whewell. The influence of Whewell's study of German gothic on Willis's approach is assessed and the differences between the two works considered in terms of the contrasting concerns of German Idealism and French Rationalism as well as WIllis's stated aim of discovering principles of gothic design to be used in nineteenth-century architectural practice. The book's role in the revival of gothic is appraised and also the relationship between Willis's principles and the 'true principles' of A.W.N. Pugin. Chapter Two looks at another attempt by Willis to discover the principles of gothic design by studying the vaults of the middle ages. the formation of a language in which to speak of gothic vaults is described and the various ways in which they were classified. With reference to unpublished notes from the Cambridge archive, I endeavour to explain how the study of individual features led Willis to become dissatisfied with the methodology of gothic 'system builders', who were concerned primarily with the abstract progression of styles. Chapter Three examines Willis's alternative to the theoretical history of architecture, expressed in the series of architectural histories of individual cathedrals produced for the British Archaeological Association (founded in 1843), and thereafter the Archaeological Institute. The history of the study of documentary and structural evidence relating to buildings and Willis's estimation of their relative value is explored. The Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral, Willis's first such study, is described in detail to demonstrate his use of data and strategies of argumentation. Thereafter particular elements of his methodology are treated with respect to examples of their employment in the subsequent histories. Chapter Four is a study of some of Willis's 'minor' works, on architectural nomenclature, seals, the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and his editions of the St. Gall plan and the sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt. they are discussed in terms of how Willis responded to previous scholarship, his own concerns and the use made of works by their various audiences. This demonstrates how Willis's intention in writing did not necessarily correspond to the response of the readership and the influence of a work was not always coincident with its inherent worth. In Chapter Five I discuss Willis's practical involvement in architecture at various levels. Examples are listed of his acting as an architectural consultant and his role in the restoration of Ely cathedral is examined in detail. His philosophy of restoration is explained and contrasted with those or Ruskin and Viollet-le-Duc, two other individuals whose influence in England was rather through their ideas than actual activity. I also consider the role of antiquarian scholarship in the practice of architecture in the nineteenth century and the different estimations by contemporary architects of the value of Willis's contribution. Chapter Six treat Willis's final architectural study, The Architectural History of the Conventual Buildings of Christ Church Canterbury, and The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, which was published after his death with substantial additions by his nephew, John Willis Clark. The works are similar in their concentration on the study of plans. The Canterbury work is set within a context of the archaeology and interpretation of conventual architecture and I investigate the part played by Willis in the identification of the standard location of the various offices. The Cambridge project developed over many years and I examine Willis's changing views on the relationship between the monastic and collegiate plans as well as discussing the political circumstances in which Willis was writing, which made any investigation of University history an inevitably controversial activity. The final chapter attempts to review the influence of Willis on the modern discipline of architectural history, showing how his methodology and conclusions were transferred and raising questions about his continued relevance. Appendices discuss the evidence for Willis's unfinished magnum opus and reproduce a series of unpublished notes on restoration.
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Buchanan, Alexandrina Caroline. "Robert Willis and the rise of architectural history." Online version, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.261802.
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Bogunovic, Hrvoje. "Geometric modeling and characterization of the circle of willis." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/94141.
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Los derrames cerebrales son una de las causas principales de morbilidad y mortalidad en los países desarrollados. Esto ha motivado una búsqueda de configuraciones del sistema vascular que se cree que están asociadas con el desarrollo de enfermedades vasculares. En la primera contribución se ha mejorado un método de segmentación vascular para lograr robustez en la segmentación de imágenes procedentes de diferentes modalidades y centros clínicos, con una validación exhaustiva. Una vez que el sistema vascular está correctamente segmentado, en la segunda contribución se ha propuesto una metodología para caracterizar ampliamente la geometría de la arteria carótida interna (ACI). Esto ha incluido el desarrollo de un método para identificar automáticamente la ACI a partir del árbol vascular segmentado. Finalmente, en la tercera contribución, esta identificación automática se ha generalizado a una colección de arterias incluyendo su conectividad y sus relaciones topológicas. Finalmente, la identificación de las arterias en un conjunto de individuos puede permitir la comparación geométrica de sus árboles arteriales utilizando la metodología introducida para la caracterización de la ACI.Stroke is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the developed countries. This motivated a search for the configurations of vasculature that is assumed to be associated with the development of vascular diseases. In the first contribution we improve a vascular segmentation method to achieve robustness in segmenting images coming from different imaging modalities and clinical centers and we provide exhaustive segmentation validation. Once the vasculature is successfully segmented, in the second contribution we propose a methodology to extensively characterize the geometry of the internal carotid artery (ICA). This includes the development of a method to automatically identify the ICA from the segmented vascular tree. Finally in the third contribution, this automatic identification is generalized to a collection of vessels including their connectivity and topological relationships. Identifying the corresponding vessels in a population enables comparison of their geometry using the methodology introduced for the characterization of the ICA.
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Silva, Nei da. "A fermentação na Obra de Thomas Willis (1621 – 1675)." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2016. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/19443.
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The aimy of this study is to understand the concept of fermentation contained in treaties of the doctor and natural philosopher, seventeenth century, Thomas Willis. Therefore, we outlined in the first chapter, some of the central aspects of the Willis biography such as institutional places and social circles and studies attended in the English Civil War context. In the second chapter, we analyze the set of scientific sources that influenced our author. Our intention was to understand how such sources formed the thinking and the work of Willis, above all, that was the object of our last chapter: Diatribae duae medicophilosophicae - quarum prior agit of fermentatione. In the third chapter, we analyze the first five chapters of the treaty, in which Willis provides the basis and justification of fermentation processes. In this regard, we note that the "doctrine of fermentation" - considered by essential Willis for the understanding of all the transformations throughout the "sublunar world" - was, in fact, fundamental to their studies in a continuous manner and since the beginning of your career
O presente trabalho tem como foco de investigação o conceito de fermentação contido em tratados do médico e filósofo natural seiscentista Thomas Willis. Para tanto, delineamos, no primeiro capítulo, alguns dos aspectos centrais à biografia de Willis, tais como os lugares institucionais, círculos sociais e de estudos que frequentou no contexto de Guerra Civil Inglesa. No segundo capítulo, analisamos o conjunto de fontes científicas que influenciaram o nosso autor. Nossa intenção foi entender de que maneira tais fontes formaram o pensamento e as obras de Willis, sobretudo, a que foi objeto de nosso último capítulo: Diatribae duae medico-philosophicae – quarum prior agit de fermentatione. No terceiro capítulo, analisamos os cinco primeiros capítulos do referido tratado, nos quais Willis oferece as bases e justificativas dos processos de fermentação. Nesse sentido, verificamos que a “doutrina da fermentação” – considerada por Willis essencial para a compreensão de todas as transformações existentes em todo o “mundo sublunar” – foi, de fato, basilar para seus estudos de maneira continua e desde o início de sua carreira
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Sower, Derek Wayne. "The Willis White Era of Salem High School Football." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2108.
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From 1978-1982 Salem High School suffered from a series of losing seasons from its football program. In wanting to regain its former tradition the Salem City Council hired Willis White to rebuild the program from the ground up. This thesis investigates the history of the Salem program prior to and through the Willis White years.
The research for this thesis came from personal interviews with present and former coaches as well as members of the community. Several different newspaper companies in the Roanoke Valley contributed to the history of Spartans' games. It also comes from a collection of secondary sources that contribute to background history of the city and program.
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Moore, Stephen Michael. "Computational 3D Modelling of Hemodynamics in the Circle of Willis." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1168.
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The Circle of Willis (CoW) is a ring-like arterial structure forming the major anastomotic connection between arterial supply systems in the brain, and is responsible for the distribution of oxygenated blood throughout the cerebral mass. Among the general population, only approximately 50% have a complete CoW, where absent or hypoplastic vessels are common among a multitude of possible anatomical variations, reducing the degree to which blood may be rerouted. While an individual with one of these variations may under normal circumstances suffer no ill effects, there are certain pathological conditions which can present a risk to the person's health and increase the possibility of suffering an ischaemic stroke when compounded with an anatomical variation. This body of work presents techniques for generating 3D models of the cerebral vasculature using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in order to simulate the flow patterns throughout a circle of Willis. Incorporated with the simulations is a mathematical model of the cerebral autoregulation mechanism, simulating the ability of the smaller arteries and arterioles in the brain to either constrict or dilate in response to alterations in cerebral blood flow, thereby altering the cerebrovascular resistance of each major brain territory and regulating the amount of blood flow within a physiological range of cerebral perfusion pressure. The CFD simulations have the ability to predict the amount of collateral flow rerouted via the communicating arteries in response to a stenosis or occlusion, and the major objective of this study has been the investigation of how anatomical variations of the circle of Willis affect the capacity to provide this collateral flow. Initial work began with the development of three idealized models of common anatomical variations, created using computer aided design software (CAD) and based on the results of MRI scans. The research then shifted to developing a technique whereby patient specific models of the circle of Willis could be directly segmented from the MRI data. As a result of this shift, an interactive GUI-based tool was developed for the processing of the MRI datasets, allowing for rapid data enhancement and creation of a surface topology representing the arterial wall of the circle of Willis, suitable for a CFD simulation. The results of both sets of simulations illustrate that there exist a number of variables associated with a patients circle of Willis geometry, such as cerebral blood flow and combinations and degrees of stenosis, implying that the initial goal of drawing generalized conclusions was perhaps flawed. Instead, a crucial outcome of this body of work is that the future research should be directed toward extending the physiological complexity of both the geometry and the autoregulation model, with the intention of a patient specific application rather than producing large datasets with which to make broad generalizations.
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Sempere, Alfonso FerraÌndez. "Computational models of blood flow in the circle of willis." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.427838.
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Nunes, Jessica. ""Finns det några vardagshjältar är det alla som lever varje dag med PWS" : En kvalitativ studie om vårdares upplevelser kring kost och autonomi hos vuxna med Prader-Willis syndrom." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kostvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-111306.
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Bakgrund Prader-Willis syndrom (PWS) är en genetisk mutation och drabbar cirka 8-10 barn per år i Sverige. Personer med syndromet upplever en ständig hunger och har en tvångsmässig relation till mat, samtidigt som de har ett lågt energibehov. Drabbade personer löper stor risk för fetma och behöver en diet med kalorirestriktion samt mycket fysisk aktivitet, och personer med PWS behöver ständig tillsyn av vårdare och anhöriga. Eftersom PWS är komplext med flertalet svårigheter är det angeläget att utforska hur vårdare upplever sitt arbete med vuxna som har PWS. Syfte Att undersöka hur vårdare upplever att arbeta med vuxna med PWS när det kommer till kosten, hälsoförebyggande åtgärder samt de boendes autonomi. Metod Fem semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med vårdare på ett boende i Sverige för vuxna med PWS. Intervjuerna spelades in digitalt via mobiltelefon och transkriberades sedan ordagrant. Data analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys och meningsbärande enheter skapade koder och kategorier som sedan formade rubriker till resultatet. Resultat Informanterna upplevde stort ansvar kring de boendes liv och hade hand om allt kring exempelvis kost och ekonomi. De upplevde att mat utgjorde grunden till flertalet konflikter som ofta ledde till aggressivitet och känslomässiga reaktioner hos de boende. De upplevde även ett dilemma mellan att värna om de boendes hälsa och att uppmuntra till deras självbestämmande. Motion och aktiviteter var något som prioriterades högt på boendet. Slutsats Vårdarna upplevde flertalet svårigheter när det kom till kost och kände ett stort ansvar för de boende. Att finna balans mellan att värna om de boendes hälsa och självbestämmande var ett gemensamt problem. Samtliga ansåg att boendet arbetade aktivt med hälsoförebyggande åtgärder och att de boende fick goda möjligheter till motion och aktivitet.Background Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic mutation which affects around 8-10 children each year in Sweden. People with this syndrome experience constant hunger and have an obsessive relationship with food, moreover, they also have a lower energy requirement. People with PWS run the risk of becoming obese and are in need of a diet that restricts the caloric intake, they also need increased physical activity. People with PWS are in need of constant surveillance from caregivers. Since PWS is complex with multiple issues it is of interest to explore how caregivers experience their work with adults with PWS. Objective To explore how caregivers experience working with adults with PWS when it comes to food and physical activity, as well as their residents’ autonomy. Method Five semi structured interviews were conducted with caregivers at a group home in Sweden for adults with PWS. The interviews were recorded digitally using a mobile phone and then transcribed. The data was analysed using qualitative content analysis and meaning units created codes and categories which then formed the headlines of the result section. Result The caregivers experienced great responsibility for the residents and took care of everything from their food to their economy. They felt that food was the basis of many conflicts which often could result in aggression and emotional outbursts. They also experienced a dilemma between caring for the residents’ health and encouraging their autonomy. Physical exercise and activities was a priority at the group home. Conclusion The caregivers experienced numerous difficulties when it came to food and felt great responsibility for the residents. To find a balance between caring for the residents’ health and autonomy was a common problem. All informants felt that the group home worked with health promoting measures and that the residents got a lot of exercise and activity.
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Page, J. H. "Blood flow dynamics and wall shear stress in the circle of Willis." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18922/.
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Local blood flow can cause wall shear stress (WSS) patterns which are linked to the formation of aneurysms[1]. A common location for intracranial aneurysms is the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) which connects the anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) in the circle of Willis (CoW)[2]. The CoW is a ringlike four-to-six junction[3] with potentially highly complex flow patterns[3-5]. In this thesis, we develop a two-dimensional, rigid CoW model, with pulsatile inlet pressure conditions and resistance outlet conditions. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved using the latest finite volume method derivation[6] and some additional mathematics for the pressure condition. A code, based on that of the author's supervisor, is developed to carry out flow simulations. Three simulation set-ups cover a physiological range of flows: symmetric inlet conditions and configuration; internal carotid artery inlet pressure phase difference and symmetric configuration; symmetric inlet conditions and a narrow proximal (A1) section of the left ACA. In the first case, we find asymmetric, weak ACoA flow with vortex patches at each end due to stronger passing ACA streams. This causes areas of raised WSS in the ACA, narrow WSS peaks at the ACoA ends, and low magnitude, oscillating WSS along the ACoA. In the second case, we find that small phase differences lead to significant ACoA flow, oscillating in direction. This results in (potentially low magnitude) oscillating ACoA WSS. Compared with the first case, we see increases in the raised ACA WSS on the upstream ACoA side and considerable increases in the narrow peaks leading to high magnitude WSS and high WSS gradient. In the third case, a one-half normal width left A1 causes a significant right-to-left ACoA flow. Striking consequences include increases in both narrow peaks, from the first case, causing high magnitude WSS and high WSS gradients, and separation inducing disturbances and low magnitude, oscillating WSS.
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Nascimento, Maurino Loureiro do. "O laboratório da Doutrina dos Nervos: autoria e autoridade em Thomas Willis." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2007. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=7154.
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A presente pesquisa trata da análise da fundação da Neurologia. A maioria das obras que abordam o assunto a partir de uma perspectiva histórica, sobretudo, aquelas que
privilegiam uma visão positivista, para a qual a investigação caminharia em direção a um ponto estático, tendem a alcançar o médico inglês seiscentista, Thomas Willis, como o inconteste precursor dessa já estabelecida especialidade médica. Nossa proposta é a de desconstruir essa ideia. A nosso ver, a historicidade do discurso científico estaria sempre em constante expansão e também em uma contínua transformação, pois diferentemente do ideal positivista, o instaurador do que Foucault designava como cientificidade não seria o descobridor de um objeto dado desde sempre, na medida em que seria enganoso supor uma história natural de um objeto cultural o objeto da história das ciências. Resta-nos, portanto, tentar compreender o sentido em que Willis funda o que ele mesmo denominava Doutrina dos Nervos. Entendemos que Willis instituiu um novo arquivo audiovisual, ou seja, uma nova articulação entre o visível e o enunciável, no que tange aos nervos. Propomos, enfim, que no horizonte da fundação a nova imbricação entre forma de representação e forma de vida emerge no mesmo processo em que Willis se consagra como um autor médico e cientista dos nervos.The object of this inquiry is to analyze the adequacy with which the foundation of the medical specialty of neurology has been ascribed to the English doctor and scientist Thomas Willis (1621-1675). Most studies on the beginnings of this specialty favor an historical, and particularly an historical positivistic perspective of the matter, looking for a stationary point in time, which coincided with the studies performed by Thomas Willis. My purpose in this inquiry is to deconstruct this approach. I support the view that in history of the science the historicity, rather than something fixed, keeps a continuing expansion and is permanently transforming itself; for unlike what is proposed by the positivistic ideal, the establisher of what Foucault called scientificity should not be considered the person who uncovered an object which ever lay there; because, dealing the history of science with a cultural subject, it would be misleading to approach the initial studies on neurology with the perspective proper to natural history. In this work, I am propounding a new meaning for the foundation by Willis of what he called The Doctrine of the Nerves. As I see it, Willis set up something like a new audiovisual archive, that is, a new articulation of the visible with the enunciable, in relation to the nerves. In the proposed new meaning, the superposing in the same process in which Willis was consecrated as an auctor, a physician and a scientist of the nerves.
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Cochrane, Judith Christian. "Petrogenesis of the Willis Mountain and East Ridge kyanite quartzite, Buckingham County, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90937.
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The kyanite quartzites of the Willis Mountain and East Ridge deposits in Buckingham County, Virginia hosts the world's largest kyanite mine and constitute the largest known reserves of kyanite. The stratiform kyanite quartzite is overlain and underlain by quartz-muscovite schists which are in turn enveloped by biotite-amphibole gneiss of the Cambrian Chopawamsic formation, metamorphosed volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks. The entire package of rocks has been metamorphosed to amphibolite grade peak conditions of 6.5 kb and 600°C. The kyanite quartzite is very similar in bulk composition and accessory mineralogy to high-alumina rocks of probable hydrothermal origin in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and to active stratiform hydrothermal alteration zones in Tatun, Taiwan and Otake, Japan. The major difference among these deposits is the type of aluminosilicate phase present, a reflection of the grade of metamorphism, with kaolinite and pyrophyllite appearing in unmetamorphosed deposits, pyrophyllite and andalusite appearing in zones of greenschist grade, and kyanite appearing in zones of amphibolite grade. Data from active alteration zones and mineral equilibria suggest that the kyanite quartzite was formed from intermediate volcanic rocks by hydrothermal action of acidic fluids (pH 2 to 4) at a temperature between 100 and 200°C under mildly oxidizing conditions. Alumina and silica were residually enriched as alkali and alkaline earth cations were extracted from the rock by hydrolysis. The surrounding quartz-muscovite schist was formed in the same manner by less acidic, cooler fluids. The adjacent biotite-amphibole gneiss also shows signs of partial hydrothermal alteration, such as residual enrichment of alumina represented by a kyanite and/or sillimanite-staurolite-gedrite assemblage.M.S.
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Steward, Tyran Kai. "In the Shadow of Jim Crow: The Benching and Betrayal of Willis Ward." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374038170.
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welton, jessica w. "Fred Kabotie, Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, and the Genesis of the Santa Fe Style." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3637.
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Those scholars who have overlooked the relevance of Fred Kabotie and the Santa Fe Style he developed have missed an important historical segment of early Native American painting. This dissertation underscores the convergence of diverse intellectual, artistic and cultural backgrounds, especially those of Kabotie and Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, his first art teacher, which led to the formation of the Santa Fe Style in 1918. This style was formative for Dorothy Dunn’s later Studio School at the Santa Fe Indian Boarding School.
This first generation of the Santa Fe Style of watercolor painting was empowered by highly educated men and women, who helped to ensure the national recognition Kabotie’s work received. Among Kabotie’s early supporters were Elizabeth Willis and John DeHuff, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Edgar Lee Hewett, Kenneth Chapman, Robert Henri, Maynard Dixon, Marsden Hartley, John Sloan, John Louw Nelson and George Gustav Heye. By uncovering the multiple discourses connecting these individuals with Kabotie and his work, this study develops a basis for analyzing the many perspectives this new style synthesized and advanced. This dissertation positions Kabotie and the Santa Fe Style within these and several larger cultural arenas, including Hopi culture, modern art and Santa Fe intellectuals, thus providing a multistoried dimensionality overlooked in earlier scholarship.
Through evaluating these individuals who informed and empowered the creation of the Santa Fe Style, while carefully considering Kabotie’s response to them in his work, this dissertation initiates a clearer understanding of early twentieth-century cultural and artistic interactions, both locally and nationally. The Santa Fe Style provided a new direction for American Indian art prior to World War II; it initiated a fresh dialogue between the Hopi people and the Anglo government, and it afforded a complex and ongoing conversation for not just Fred Kabotie and his art, but also, through him, the Hopi people. Moreover, it had a profound effect on the development of Southwest Native American painting over the next fifty years.
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Bywaters, Timothy Peter. "Connections Between Willis' Theory for Totally Disconnected Locally Compact Groups and Graph Automorphisms." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/21148.
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We investigate the tidy subgroups, scale function and related invariants of totally disconnected locally compact groups. Our focus is on relating these ideas to combinatorial and geometric aspects of the group. After giving necessary background, we study the scale function and tidy subgroups of an endomorphism of a totally disconnected locally compact group. Our results are inspired by a similar investigation for automorphisms by Möller (Can. J. Math., 54(4), 795-827). We characterise when a compact open subgroup is tidy for an endomorphism in terms of a graph constructed from the subgroups and the endomorphism. Using this characterisation, we develop a tidying procedure which produces from a compact open subgroup, a tidy subgroup. We also use our characterisation to prove a tree representation theorem for endomorphisms, inspired by a similar theorem of Baumgartner and Willis (Isr. J. Math., 142(1), 221-248) for automorphisms. We then study restricted Burger-Mozes groups. These are algebraic subgroups of the autmorphism group of a regular tree but are not equipped with the permutation topology. The stabiliser of a vertex in these groups is open but not compact. We calculate invariants for these groups and relate them to similar calculations done for the automorphism group of a regular tree. This gives insight on how results for the automorphism group of a regular tree may generalise to a larger class of totally disconnected locally compact groups. We investigate the space of directions for a totally disconnected locally compact group acting vertex transitively with compact open vertex stabilisers on a hyperbolic graph. Generalising the discrete case, we call such groups hyperbolic. We show that the space of directions for a hyperbolic group is a discrete metric space and that asymptotic classes are determined by fixed points on the boundary of the hyperbolic graph. This verifies a conjecture of Baumgartner, Möller and Willis (Isr. J. Math., 190(1), 365-388).
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Alimi, Aria [Verfasser]. "Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction in Circle of Willis / Aria Alimi." Kassel : Kassel University Press, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1206954078/34.
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Genty, Pierre. "Les successeurs de Lester Willis Young : étude des rapports archétypaux de 1935 à 1955." Thesis, Paris 4, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA040050.
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Ce travail porte sur les rapports esthétiques entre Lester Young, saxophoniste ténor de jazz, et ses successeurs, sur la période 1935-1955. Il s’agit, en analysant les différents processus, procédés et figures qui déterminent Lester Young comme archétype, de définir comment celui-ci a agi sur ses contemporains et sur les courants du jazz. S’interrogeant sur les notions d’influence et de modélisation, l’ouvrage se veut aussi une réflexion plus générale sur les processus de continuité et de retour dans l’histoire esthétiqueThis study is about the aesthetic links between jazz tenor saxophonist Lester Young and his successors, from 1935 to 1955. By analysing the different processes, ways and figures which determine Lester Young as an archetype, this work attempts to define which effects Young had upon his contemporaries and the various jazz movements. By focusing on the notions of influence and modelling, this thesis is also more generally a reflection about the processes of continuity and return in aesthetic history
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O'Neal, Rebecca. "A love of 'words as words' : metaphor, analogy and the brain in the work of Thomas Willis (1621-1675)." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2017. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/30825.
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Thomas Willis is commonly used as a touchstone for the modern brain sciences: his Cerebri anatome (1664) is celebrated as having placed the brain on its 'modern footing,' while Willis is referred to as the 'founding father' of neuroscience. Driven by a set of present-centred and medically orientated concerns, great emphasis has traditionally been placed upon Willis's neuro-anatomy as a precursor to our own ways of thinking about the 'neurological brain'. Such approaches have tended to neglect Willis's broader theoretical contributions, particularly his physiological theories, or have failed to consider how (distinctly early modern) concepts around the soul informed Willis's interpretation of the anatomical brain. This thesis re-examines Willis through his use of metaphors and analogies, exploring the relationship between his use of language and his physical practices around the brain (dissection, chemical experiment). Although recent scholarship on Willis has turned to social or cultural history approaches, there has yet to be a detailed examination of Willis's use of language. Ideas around the appropriate use of metaphor and analogy in scientific writing have long informed responses to Willis. His credibility has been undermined by suggestions of theoretical embellishment and imaginative speculation - charges that necessarily pick up on the use of analogical reasoning. In contrast, this thesis argues that Willis's concept of the brain cannot be viewed independently of the ways in which it was described and represented: rather than mere ornaments, metaphor and analogy were an essential part of Willis's conceptual architecture and tools by which the brain (as an object of knowledge) was made to exist in the world. Willis's use of language embeds his knowledge within a specific set of intellectual, cultural and material contexts of the late seventeenth century. His ideas around the brain cannot, therefore, be straightforwardly appropriated as part of our own understanding of neurology.
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Raimundo, da Silva Neto Ângelo. "Influência das variantes anatômicas do sifão carotídeo e do polígono de Willis na origem de aneurismas de carótida interna-artéria comunicante posterior." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2009. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/8436.
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Previous issue date: 2009Introdução: Os aneurismas da artéria carótida interna (ACI) no segmento comunicante posterior (AcomP) correspondem a 25% dos aneurismas intracranianos. Esses aneurismas são mais freqüentes em mulheres e após a quarta década de vida. Por sua particular relação anatômica com o sifão carotídeo e apresentar variabilidade relacionada à circulação com a artéria cerebral posterior (ACP), esses aneurismas podem sofrer influência de fatores hemodinâmicos. Variações anatômicas também relacionadas a fatores não hemodinâmicos, como gênero e idade, podem também influenciar na formação desses aneurismas. Objetivo: Avaliar variações do sifão carotídeo e da ACI na formação de aneurismas de carótida considerando gênero, idade e lateralidade. Pacientes e métodos: De uma série de 512 pacientes que realizaram angiografia cerebral diagnóstica, selecionamos 169 (33%) pacientes com aneurismas cerebrais, entre 2001 e 2007, no setor de Imagem do Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Natal- RN. Destes 59 tinham aneurismas de AcomP. No grupo controle foram selecionados 34 pacientes sem aneurismas para o comparativo com o ângulo do sifão carotídeo. Este ângulo e variações anatômicas do polígono de Willis, com ênfase na circulação AcomPACP foram estudadas. Classificamos essa em tipos adulto, intermediário e fetal, baseado na relação da AcomP com o segmento P1 da ACP na arteriografia do sistema vértebro-basilar em antero-posterior (AP). Os grupos foram comparados com relação ao gênero. Resultados: Os aneurismas de AcomP foram mais freqüentes em mulheres (p<0,001). Houve associação com ângulo do sifão carotídeo mais fechado (p < 0,05) apenas do lado esquerdo. No grupo de pacientes com aneurismas o ângulo do sifão carotídeo foi menor que no grupo controle (27,3° ± 19,1° vs. 34.8° ± 22,6°). Essa diferença também foi encontrada nas mulheres ( 26,8 ± 19,6 vs. 38,4° ± 23,9°, p = 0,012). Observamos uma associação com presença de padrão fetal e a incidência de aneurismas da AcomP (p<0,001), havendo uma relação inversa com aneurismas de artéria comunicante anterior (p= 0,0125). Conclusões: O sifão carotídeo mais estreito pode ter relação com influência hemodinâmica na incidência de aneurismas de AcomP. Tal fato tem associação com a diferença entre os gêneros encontrada nesse tipo de aneurisma
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Porche, Amy S. "The Fashioning of Fanny Fern: A Study of Sara Willis Parton's Early Career, 1851-1854." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_diss/58.
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The purpose of this study is to trace how Sara Willis Parton achieved unprecedented literary celebrity status as Fanny Fern during the first three years of her professional career, 1851-1853. While most critics point to her famously lucrative contract with the most popular newspaper of the 1850s, the New York Ledger, in 1854 as the beginning of her fame, I argue that she had already fully achieved that fame and had done so by writing for small Boston newspapers and publishing a highly successful collection of her articles by 1853. Further, Fern was able to achieve such a high level of success because of a keen business sense, intuitive marketing savvy, an ability to promote herself, an original writing style, and a creative use of personas. My study provides an important addition to Fern scholarship by addressing the largely overlooked early years of her writing career. To date, scholars either make no mention of her first three years or do so only to demonstrate the point that Fern achieved notable success when she signed a contract for one hundred dollars a column with Robert Bonner, publisher and editor of the New York Ledger. Prior to that contract, Fern worked as a freelance writer for the Boston Olive Branch and the Boston True Flag, earning less than five dollars for each sketch she submitted. The critical assumption has been that her initial work prepared her for the fame she would achieve writing for Bonner, but in fact Bonner would not have hired her had she not already achieved significant fame, for Bonner hired only highly celebrated writers. My study explores how Fanny Fern became a famous writer. When she began writing, Fern wrote under a number of previously unknown pseudonyms for local newspapers, but within three years her distinctive style, rhetorical skill, and iconoclastic persona had made ―Fanny Fern a household name. Fern‘s unique ability to engage a popular audience, I would argue, is the principal difference between Fern and other famous contemporary women writers.
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Hyacinthe, Carole. "Dérégulation de la dopamine et maladies du repos : maladie de Willis-Ekbom et Maladie de Parkinson." Thesis, Bordeaux 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR22044/document.
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A travers ce projet de recherche nous avons exploré différents aspects d’une dérégulation du système dopaminergique sur les troubles du repos, en prenant pour exemple deux maladies neurologiques : la maladie de Willis-Ekbom (MWE) et la maladie de Parkinson (MP). La MWE est une maladie neurologique sensorimotrice caractérisée par des douleurs dans les membres inférieurs, s’accompagnant d’un besoin irrépressible de bouger et ce, suivant un profil circadien. Ainsi, le premier volet de ces travaux s’est appliqué à reproduire chez le macaque, les principales altérations du métabolisme du fer et de celui de la dopamine reportées dans la MWE. Tout d’abord, nous avons établit les bases physiologiques des variations circadiennes des concentrations du fer et de ses biomarqueurs au niveau central et périphérique. Puis, nous avons développé un protocole simple, uniquement basé sur des prélèvements sanguins répétés, permettant d’induire efficacement une déplétion en fer sérique et de ses protéines associées. Finalement, ce protocole nous a permis d’explorer les liens entre l’altération de l’homéostasie du fer au niveau du système nerveux central, les perturbations neurochimiques dans différentes structures cérébrales ainsi que les modifications locomotrices qui en résultent. Le second volet de cette thèse a testé l’impact des agonistes des récepteurs dopaminergiques de type D1 (SKF38393) et D2 (quinpirole), sur les troubles du sommeil dans un modèle macaque de la MP, à l’aide d’enregistrements polysomnographiques. Pour cela, nous avons évalué les effets de ces agents pharmacologiques sur l’émergence de la somnolence diurne et sur l’altération du sommeil paradoxal, induits par une intoxication au MPTP. Nos résultats mettent en évidence que le quinpirole est inefficace pour restaurer les niveaux de base de ces deux paramètres. En revanche, le SKF38393 permet une diminution notable de la somnolence diurne ainsi qu’une restauration du sommeil paradoxal. Finalement, les perturbations monoaminergiques liées à la déplétion en fer ouvrent de multiples perspectives de recherche sur la physiopathologie de la MWE. De même, l’amélioration des troubles veille-sommeil par l’agoniste des récepteurs D1, offre de nouvelles pistes thérapeutiques quant à la prise en charge des troubles du repos dans la MP. L’ensemble de nos résultats apporte un niveau de compréhension supplémentaire quant au rôle de la dopamine dans les altérations du reposDuring this thesis project we explored several aspects of the impact of a dopaminergic system dysregulation on the rest alterations, through two neurological diseases: the Willis-Ekbom’s disease (WED) and Parkinson’s diseases (PD). The WED is a neurological sensorimotor disorder mainly characterized by pain in lower limbs. It preferentially appears in the evening and transiently and partially is alleviated by motor activity. Thus, the first part of this work aimed at reproducing the main dysfunctions of the iron and dopaminergic metabolisms observed in WED, in the macaque monkey. We first established the circadian variations of iron-indicator concentrations in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Then we developed a rapid protocol based on repeated blood withdrawals, allowing to efficiently induce serum iron depletion. Finally, this protocol enabled us to investigate the relationship between iron metabolism dysfunctions, neurochemical alterations and the subsequent locomotor behavioural changes. In the second part, of this research project we examined the impact of selective D1 (SKF38393) and D2 (quinpirole) receptor agonists on the sleep impairments in a macaque model of PD using the polysomnographic recording technique. Thus we investigated the effects of these two pharmacological compounds on the daytime sleepiness and on the paradoxical sleep induced by MPTP intoxication. Our results demonstrated the inefficacy of quinpirole to restore these two altered sleep parameters. By contrast, SKF38393 significantly decreased daytime napping and substantially restored paradoxical sleep. Finally, the monoaminergic dysregulations, induced by iron depletion, may offer multiple perspectives to unravel the WED pathophysiology. In the same line, the beneficial effects exhibited by the D1 receptor agonist bring new therapeutic avenues to treat sleep-wake disorders in PD. Together, the global results bring new insights in the underlying mechanisms of sleep impairment involving dopamine
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Caron, Louis Robert. "The philosophical reception of Thomas Willis (1621-1675) with particular reference to John Locke (1632-1704)." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283885.
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Combs, Sara T. "Race reform in the early twentieth century South the life and work of Willis Duke Weatherford /." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2004. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-1105104-232647/unrestricted/CombsS111604f.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--East Tennessee State University, 2004.Title from electronic submission form. ETSU ETD database URN: etd-1105104-232647 Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.
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Combs, Sara Trowbridge. "Race Reform in the Early Twentieth Century South: The Life and Work of Willis Duke Weatherford." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/953.
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Willis Duke Weatherford, a liberal pioneer in Southern race reform, argued that the ethics of Christianity obligated Southerners to address the social and economic problems faced by blacks in the early twentieth century. His strategy for improving race relations centred on educating Southerners and promoting economic uplift for blacks. Weatherford advocated race reform through the Young Men's Christian Association, the Southern Sociological Congress, and other voluntary organizations. He published books, taught courses, preached sermons, organized conferences, and raised funds from Northern philanthropists. Through an analysis of Weatherford's published writings and of his papers archived at the Southern Historical Collection, the present study provides a biographical profile of Weatherford's life and career, examines the development of Weatherford's racial views in the social and political context of his time, describes Weatherford's program of race education developed for college students, and discusses an interracial conference held at the Blue Ridge Assembly in 1917.
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Willis, Stephen. "The Surface: A Synthesis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5510/.
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This paper examines the speech-based musical realization of "The Surface" and its attempt to assimilate the poem at the structural, sonic, and expressive level. The software and analysis/re-synthesis techniques used to create timbres heard in the composition are discussed in detail. In addition to technical and structural issues, the common elements of the two art forms are considered within the context of the digital domain.
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Shaw, Shannon Nicole. "Evaluation of the Hayes E. Willis Health Center in South Richmond -- Has It Served Its Targeted Population?" VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/829.
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Objective: The Hayes E. Willis Health Center (HWHC) was opened in a neighborhood of South Richmond in October 1993 to remove the barriers that prevented South Richmond residents from accessing primary healthcare services. The major objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the HWHC in providing primary care to the South Richmond Community deemed to be in need. An additional objective was to describe the changes in characteristics of clinic users and illnesses seen over time.Methods: Patient data was compared from the HWHC�s first full year of operation in which patient data was collected (1995) to the most current year (2003) to determine if the targeted population of South Richmond had been serviced by the HWHC. A combined total of 20,190 visits occurred in 1995 and 2003 by a total of 7,552 patients. A Pearson chi-square analysis was performed to test whether the observed differences in proportions between the two study groups (1995 and 2003) were statistically different for the variable of patient residence location, as well as the variables of race, sex, age, type of insurance used, and clinic visited. Results: The patient population living in the original target area of South Richmond has declined from 82.6% in 1995 to 67.1% in 2003. The proportion of patients residing within the metropolitan Richmond area, but outside of South Richmond, has increased from 13.2% in 1995 to 21.1% in 2003. The proportion of clinic patients residing outside of Richmond completely has nearly tripled � from 4.2% to 11.8%.Conclusions: While the HWHC has gained popularity with non-South Richmond residents, it is clear that it has in fact been successful in offering primary care health services for the residents of South Richmond. The HWHC, and the public health policy that created it, should be viewed as an ideal model for other areas in Richmond, as well as other metropolitan areas across the United States to emulate and implement in their own communities.
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Shaw, Shannon N. "Evaluation of the Hayes E. Willis Health Center in South Richmond - has it served its targeted population? /." Scroll down to bottom on page, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1488.
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Thesis (M.P.H.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2004.Prepared for: Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-30). Also available online via the Internet.
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Dufaure, Sarah. "La poétique de l'espace appalachien dans l'oeuvre de Jayne Anne Phillips et Meredith Sue Willis : l'identité entre déterminisme et fuite." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015BOR30074.
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Cette thèse porte un regard croisé sur les œuvres de deux auteures américaines contemporaines nées dans la région du Sud des Appalaches. Elle se lance pour objectif principal de définir et analyser les frontières et caractéristiques d’une identité littéraire proprement appalachienne ayant émergé ces trente dernières années aux États-Unis et connaissant actuellement un essor critique sans précédent. L’étude s’appuie sur une approche essentiellement pluridisciplinaire (histoire, géographie, économie, religion, philosophie) traçant les contours d’une littérature régionale motivée par une tension entre les notions d’espace (« space ») et de territoire (« place »), d’une part, et les dynamiques inverses de territorialisation (comment passe-t-on d’un corps physique à un corps textuel spécifiques ?) et déterritorialisation (comment ce corps textuel se transforme-t-il en réceptacle de considérations plus universelles ?), d’autre part. Tout en les remettant en perspective, l’analyse adopte comme cadre théorique les considérations philosophiques de Gilles Deleuze (fondateur du concept de « déterritorialisation ») et Gaston Bachelard (phénoménologue ayant développé la notion de « poétique de l’espace »)The aim of this doctoral dissertation is to explore the writings of two American women writers born and raised in the Appalachian South. It attempts to define and analyze the characteristics of a typically Appalachian literary identity that has been taking shape in the United States over the past thirty years and which is only now starting to receive nationwide and worldwide critical acclaim. The approach is mainly interdisciplinary (history, geography, economics, religion and philosophy provide different ways to delve into the topic) and seeks to outline a regional literature which has been essentially fueled by a tension between the concepts of “nature” (the physical place around us) and “environment” (the more complex result of the interplay between nature and man or woman). The opposed dynamics of regional grounding (how does the writer move from a specific physical natural body to a specific literary body?) and regional un-grounding or uprooting (how does this literary body turn into a receptacle of more universal emotions and concerns?) also shed light on the idiosyncrasies of this Appalachian literature. The analysis uses as a theoretical framework the philosophical views of Gilles Deleuze (the French philosopher who coined the concept of “deterritorialisation”) and Gaston Bachelard (the French phenomenologist having developed the notion of “poetics of space” recently rediscovered and explored in the United States)
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Corrêa, José Fernando Guedes. ""Dificuldades no tratamento microcirúrgico dos aneurismas gigantes e complexos da circulação anterior do polígono de Willis: proposta de escala técnica prognóstica"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5132/tde-27092005-145748/.
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Para desenvolver e avaliar a aplicabilidade de uma escala técnica prognostica das dificuldades no tratamento microcirúrgico dos aneurismas gigantes e complexos da circulação anterior do polígono de Willis, 50 lesões foram operadas. Um valor numérico foi dado a cada uma das 8 variáveis da escala. Somando-se os valores para cada variável, uma nota (de 1 a 14) foi obtida, para cada uma das 50 cirurgias. Dois grupos, portanto, foram definidos: cirurgia difícil (nota de 1 a 8) e cirurgia extremamente difícil (nota de 9 a 14). Foi feita análise estatística comparando-se os 2 grupos em relação a diversas variáveis demográficas e clínicas. Concluiu-se que a escala proposta é útil no planejamento pré-operatório, intra-operatório e prognóstico neste tipo de aneurismaIn order to develop and verify the applicability of a technical and prognostic scale of the difficulties in the microsurgical treatment of giant and complex aneurysms of the anterior circulation of the Cicle of Willis, 50 lesions were operated. A numeric amount was given for each of 8 variants of the scale. By adding each amount for each variant a score(from 1 to 14) was achieved, for each of the 50 surgeries. Two groups, therefore, were established: difficult surgery (scores from 1 to 8) and extremely difficult surgery (scores from 9 to 14). Statistical assessment comparing both groups in relation to several demographic and clinical variants was done. It was concluded that the proposed scale is useful in preoperative, intraoperative and prognostic planning in microsurgery for this kind of aneurysms
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Breckenridge, Mark A. "“Sounds for Adventurous Listeners”: Willis Conover, the Voice of America, and the International Reception of Avant-garde Jazz in the 1960S." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149564/.
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In “Sounds for Adventurous Listeners,” I argue that Conover’s role in the dissemination of jazz through the Music USA Jazz Hour was more influential on an educational level than what literature on Conover currently provides. Chapter 2 begins with an examination of current studies regarding the role of jazz in Cold War diplomacy, the sociopolitical implications of avant-garde jazz and race, the convergence of fandom and propaganda, the promoter as facilitator of musical trends, and the influence of international radio during the Cold War. In chapter 3 I introduce the Friends of Music USA Newsletter and explain its function as a record of overseas jazz reception and a document that cohered a global network of fans. I then focus on avant-garde debates of the 1960s and discuss Conover’s role overseas and in the United States. Chapter 4 engages social purpose and jazz criticism in the 1960s. I discuss Conover’s philosophy on social responsibility, and how his contributions intersected with other relevant discourses on race on the eve of the civil rights movement. I argue that Conover embodied two personas: one as jazz critic and promoter in the United States, and the other as an international intermediary. In chapter 5 I discuss how Conover presented the avant-garde to his overseas audience. I argue that through his efforts to broadcast jazz impartially, he legitimized avant-garde and emphasized its qualities as art music. In chapter 6 I explore fandom studies as they apply to the formation of Music USA as a global fan network. I discuss the early roots of Conover’s interest in science fiction fandom as a motivation for the implementation of the Friends of Music USA (FOMUSA) groups. Chapter 7 concludes in a discussion of the deification of Conover though the medium of radio in the midst of the Cold War. I argue that, through manipulation of sound resources, Conover composed his broadcasts in a way that allowed him to improvise creatively. Finally, I discuss the effect of a radio personality on crowds and the impact of Conover’s music programming in light of studies concerning deejays as objects of devotion.
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Gahn, Georg, Johannes Gerber, Susanne Hallmeyer, Heinz Reichmann, and Rüdiger von Kummer. "Noninvasive Assessment of the Circle of Willis in Cerebral Ischemia: The Potential of CT Angiography and Contrast-Enhanced Transcranial Color-Coded Duplexsonography." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-135388.
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Thirty-four patients with acute hemispheric ischemic strokes underwent both CT angiography and contrast-enhanced transcranial color-coded duplexsonography (TCCD) to study the effectiveness of the combined noninvasive techniques for evaluation of the circle of Willis. In 3/34 patients, CT angiography and contrast-enhanced TCCD demonstrated middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion, in 5 others MCA stenosis. A severe posterior cerebral artery stenosis was missed by CT angiography. In 8 patients, contrast-enhanced TCCD failed because of poor bone windows. In these patients, CT angiography was normal. CT angiography and contrast-enhanced TCCD are complementary noninvasive diagnostic tools. Disagreements between the diagnostic findings of these methods still need further evaluation by digital subtraction angiographyDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich
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Axelsson, Gunilla. "Brott och straff i Valleby : En kvantitativ undersökning av brott, gärningsmän, motiv och påföljder i Martin Widmarks och Helena Willis’ LasseMajas detektivbyrå." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353556.
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Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att studera brott och straff i Martin Widmarks och Helena Willis’ barndeckarserie om LasseMajas detektivbyrå för att undersöka vilka normer gällande kriminalitet och vilka didaktiska samt moraliska värderingar som verken kan sägas förmedla. För att tydliggöra seriens relation dels till deckargenren överlag, dels till den verklighet i vilken böckerna skrivs och läses görs jämförelser också med kriminaliteten i deckare för vuxna och med verklig brottsstatistik.
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Gahn, Georg, Johannes Gerber, Susanne Hallmeyer, Heinz Reichmann, and Rüdiger von Kummer. "Noninvasive Assessment of the Circle of Willis in Cerebral Ischemia: The Potential of CT Angiography and Contrast-Enhanced Transcranial Color-Coded Duplexsonography." Karger, 1999. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27644.
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Thirty-four patients with acute hemispheric ischemic strokes underwent both CT angiography and contrast-enhanced transcranial color-coded duplexsonography (TCCD) to study the effectiveness of the combined noninvasive techniques for evaluation of the circle of Willis. In 3/34 patients, CT angiography and contrast-enhanced TCCD demonstrated middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion, in 5 others MCA stenosis. A severe posterior cerebral artery stenosis was missed by CT angiography. In 8 patients, contrast-enhanced TCCD failed because of poor bone windows. In these patients, CT angiography was normal. CT angiography and contrast-enhanced TCCD are complementary noninvasive diagnostic tools. Disagreements between the diagnostic findings of these methods still need further evaluation by digital subtraction angiography.Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
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Barros, Donata Aparecida Campos de. "Dimensões dos princípios jurídicos na teoria do direito segundo Willis Santiago Guerra Filho: aspectos de uma contribuição brasileira à filosofia do direito contemporânea." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2007. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/7789.
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Previous issue date: 2007-11-12The context in which the current discussion is situated about juridical principles and basic rights, central in contemporary theory of the right, is what we intend to show with the Brazilian contribution given by Willis Santiago Gerra Filho, according which, the fenomenology would offer the best preparation for the necessary overcoming of the formalistic positivism, without relapsing into some form equally already surpassed of jusnaturalism. Like scholar of the Right in our country, Willis Santiago Guerra Filho faces like a challenge the imperative of renewal of the legal national order, because is totally new the base on which it links. The pledge of the Author is to re-interpret the Native Right as a whole, according the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil , which presupposes an interpretative activity of the Basic Law itself, but without the rancidness of the legal operators who do not realize in the objective way as they conceive the Right, such as it was a machine with which it takes place, when if it was like that, they would be the pieces of this producing gear of a pseudo knowledge, of disciplinary character. Admirer of Husserl, who preaches that nothing exists of cognitive content in this production of knowledge, because knowledge, for him, is an evidence and truth, created from the intuition, whole and completely understood, what is lost to the being broken the link with the domain of the objects about which we should be informed, our Author goes decidedly for the good field of the pre-scientific verification, in order to value the original right of these evidences, before rejected and, from there, the essential connection to be able to search between the sciences
O contexto em que se situa o debate actual sobre princípios jurídicos e direitos fundamentais, central em teoria do direito contemporânea, é o que se pretende mostrar com a contribuição brasileira dada por Willis Santiago Guerra Filho, segundo o qual, a fenomenologia ofereceria a melhor preparação para a necessária superação do positivismo formalista, sem recair em alguma forma igualmente já superada de jusnaturalismo. Como estudioso do Direito em nosso país, Willis Santiago Guerra Filho encara como um desafio o imperativo de renovação da ordem jurídica nacional, por ser totalmente nova a base sobre a qual ela se assenta. O empenho do Autor é re-interpretar o Direito Pátrio como um todo, à luz da Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil , o que pressupõe uma atividade interpretativa da própria Lei Fundamental, mas sem o ranço dos operadores jurídicos que não se dão conta do modo objetivante como concebem o Direito, tal como se fosse uma máquina com a qual se opera, quando se assim o fosse seriam eles as peças dessa engrenagem produtora de um pseudo-saber, de caráter disciplinador. Admirador de Husserl, que prega nada haver de conteúdo cognitivo nessa produção de saber, pois conhecimento, para ele, é evidência, verdade, criadas a partir da intuição, inteira e completamente entendida, que se perde ao ser rompido o elo com o domínio dos objetos sobre o qual deveríamos ser informados, nosso Autor parte decididamente para o bom campo da verificação pré-científica, a fim de valorizar o direito originário dessas evidências, antes desprezadas e, daí, poder-se buscar a conexão essencial entre as ciências
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Vergeur-Laborie, Valérie. "Simulation numérique de l'écoulement artériel cérébral : contribution à l'étude des conséquences hémodynamiques des sténoses situées en amont et en aval du polygone de Willis." Toulouse 3, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993TOU30168.
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La circulation sanguine cerebrale - en presence de stenoses et occlusions dans les voies d'apport - est etudiee par un modele mathematique base sur une formulation non lineaire de l'ecoulement pulse d'un fluide dans un reseau de tubes deformables. Cette etude parametrique menee de maniere systematique et quantitative en terme de repartition des debits et des pressions porte essentiellement sur l'evaluation du role du polygone de willis et du reseau anastomotique piemerien face a deux sortes de dissymetries occasionnees par des stenoses dans les arteres afferentes (carotides internes) et efferentes (cerebrales moyennes). Le modele montre que les consequences hemodynamiques locales et globales des stenoses carotidiennes, tant unilaterales que bilaterales, dependant plus fortement de la structure du polygone de willis au travers du calibre de l'artere communicante anterieure que de la severite geometrique des stenoses elles-memes. D'une maniere plus generale, le debit dans l'artere stenosee est d'autant plus faible et le debit collateral d'autant plus fort que la stenose est plus serree et que le calibre de l'artere communicante anterieure est plus eleve. Ce calibre est aussi determinant dans la chute de pression, qui peut descendre au-dessous de la limite inferieure d'autoregulation dans le territoire dependant de l'artere stenosee. Par contre, dans le cas des stenoses sylviennes, le cercle de willis n'assure aucune suppleance, celle-ci est partiellement prise en charge par le reseau anastomotique piemerien
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Frostick, David. "A study of the development of English reeds and voicing styles in the nineteenth century with specific reference to the the work of Gray & Davison, William Hill & Son and Henry Willis & Sons Ltd." Thesis, University of Reading, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428866.
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Gouda, Eid Abdelbaki Ahmed. "Transmission planétaire magnétique : étude, optimisation et réalisation." Thesis, Nancy 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011NAN10024/document.
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Le travail présenté dans ce mémoire porte sur l'étude, l'optimisation et la réalisation d'une transmission planétaire magnétique. Dans notre thèse nous essayons de répondre à quelques questions intéressantes sur la possibilité de remplacer un train planétaire mécanique par un train planétaire magnétique, est-ce que la formule de Willis reste valable pour le train planétaire magnétique et est-ce que les trains magnétiques ont des performances similaires à celles des trains mécaniques ? Donc nous étudions, le remplacement du train mécanique par une transmission magnétique. Nous montrons que le train magnétique a un volume moindre, des pertes inférieures et plusieurs autres avantages. Notre but dans cette thèse est d'obtenir un "design" optimal d'un train magnétique. Nous utilisons un logiciel de calcul par éléments finis pour l'étude électromagnétique et nous cherchons également à optimiser les dimensions de ce train. Pour cela nous utilisons la méthode d'optimisation par essaim de particules (OEP). Un prototype a été réalisé ce qui permet de confronter les résultats de simulation et expérimentauxThe work presented in this thesis deals with the study, the optimisation and the realisation of a magnetic planetary transmission. We try to answer some questions about the possibility of replacing the mechanical planetary gear used in industrial machines by a magnetic planetary gear; is the formula of Willis still valid for the magnetic planetary gear and are the magnetic planetary gear performances at least similar to ones of the mechanical gears? We study the replacement of the mechanical planetary gear by a magnetic one. We show that the magnetic one has a smaller volume, lower losses and many other benefits. The objective of this work is to obtain an optimum design of a magnetic planetary gear. We use a finite element software to study the magnetic behaviour of the device and we also perform the optimization of the dimensions of the magnetic planetary gear. The particle swarm optimization method (PSO) has been used. A prototype has been built so the computation results has been compared to the experimental ones
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Willis, Franziska Maria [Verfasser], and Christian [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmahl. "The role of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior on stress regulation in patients with current and remitted Borderline personality disorder / Franziska Maria Willis ; Betreuer: Christian Schmahl." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1200548612/34.
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Esquivel, Godoy Bernardo Andrés. "Equivalencia entre dos métodos para evaluar la dimensión vertical de oclusión en el paciente desdentado total :índice de Willis y análisis arquitectural y estructural de Delaire." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2009. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/135244.
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Con el fin de comprobar si la Dimensión vertical de oclusión obtenida entre Subnasal y Menton mediante las medidas faciales establecidas por el Índice de Willis, se corresponde a la determinada por el Análisis Arquitectural y estructural de Delaire en pacientes desdentados totales, se realizó un estudio de casos clínicos, en pacientes que acudieron a la clínica de prótesis totales de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Chile, a realizarse una rehabilitación oral protésica. Se seleccionó una muestra no probabilística de 25 pacientes entre 49 y 95 años, compuesta por 15 mujeres y 10 hombres, todos desdentados totales y sin antecedentes de tratamiento ortodóncico-quirúrgico, alteraciones del crecimiento y desarrollo, ni patologías neurológicas. Para cada paciente se confeccionaron placas de altura y se determinó el plano de referencia superior. Utilizando un compás de Willis se midieron las distancias Ofrion-Subnasal y Centro pupila-Comisura labial, según los índices faciales de Willis se determino la distancia Subnasal-Mentón a la que se le restó 2,5 mm correspondiente al espacio de inoclusión fisiológico, y se adaptó el rodete de altura inferior hasta reproducir la distancia Subnasal-Mentón correspondiente. A cada paciente, con las placas de altura en boca se le tomó una teleradiografía lateral de cráneo completo sobre la cual se realizó el análisis arquitectural y estructural de Delaire. El parámetro de investigación fue la diferencia entre la altura facial teórica y la altura facial determinada por el índice de Willis, según sexo, rango etáreo y tendencia esqueletal. Para el análisis estadístico se utilizó t-test, no pareado con un p<0,05 y el test Chi cuadrado, según el tipo de datos. Se encontró diferencias significativas (p=0,03) entre la altura facial teórica y la de Willis al analizar la muestra completa, no se encontró diferencias significativas según sexo (Chi2=1,54), rango etáreo (Chi2=0,33) y tendencia esqueletal (Chi2=0,85). Se concluye que se obtiene una dimensión vertical de oclusión significativamente mayor en el paciente desdentado total, al determinarla clínicamente mediante los Índices Faciales de Willis en comparación a la obtenida mediante el Análisis Arquitectural y Estructural de Delaire; La altura mínima al evaluar la dimensión vertical facial para iniciar una rehabilitación oral protésica del paciente desdentado total, es la que se obtiene del Análisis Arquitectural y Estructural Cráneo Facial de Delaire.
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Willis, Franziska [Verfasser], and Christian [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmahl. "The role of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior on stress regulation in patients with current and remitted Borderline personality disorder / Franziska Maria Willis ; Betreuer: Christian Schmahl." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1200548612/34.
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Silva, Marcos Antônio Barbosa da. "Malformação arteriovenosa cerebral: estudo da angioarquitetura, variações anatômicas e aneurismas." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2013. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/12558.
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Introdução: As Malformações Arteriovenosas Cerebrais (MAVs) são lesões vasculares provocadas pela persistência de fístulas arteriovenosas primitivas, apresentam aspecto em novelo com pedículos arteriais e veias de drenagem hipertrofiadas. O risco de morbidade e mortalidade pós-cirúrgica segundo a graduação aumenta de acordo com o grau da lesão. Objetivos: Avaliar através de angiografias cerebrais o perfil clínico das MAVs. Métodos: Foram estudados 1.760 indivíduos da região do nordeste brasileiro através da angiografia cerebral com apresentações clínicas diversas, diagnosticada 108 portadores de MAVs cerebrais, seguido de estudo da angioarquitetura com o intuito de fornecer as graduações das malformações, a presença de variações anatômicas e a formação de aneurismas. Resultados: Em todas MAVs o sinal clínico determinante foi o sangramento, principalmente quando relacionados com a presença de aneurismas intranidais e de fluxo. A constatação diagnóstica das MAVs tem prevalência acima dos 21 anos, independente de regiões, classe social ou sexo. Em ambos os sexos, não encontrou-se nenhuma diferença estatística capaz de predispor um caráter sexual. A convulsão teve uma presença maior na MAV grau IV onde existe maior roubo de fluxo e regime de hipertensão intracraniana, sendo um dos principais fatores para o desenvolvimento de crises convulsivas. As MAVs menos agressivas I e II com boa indicação cirúrgica e de baixo grau de morbidade pós-operatória, apresentavam fatores de risco elevados como aneurismas intranidais (05 no grau I e 12 no grau II). Não pode-se determinar se a formação aneurismática está relacionada ao desenvolvimento dos aneurismas cerebrais quando avaliou-se e correlacionou-se com a angioarquitetura das MAVs. Conclusão: Com base nos achados pode sugerir que a graduação de Spetzler e Martin associada ao estudo da angioarquitetura é importante para a indicação cirúrgica e que a persistência de variações anatômicas embrionárias arteriais podem ser um determinante na formação dos aneurismas intracranianos.
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Tucker, R. L. G. "William Carlos Williams in the 1930s." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1427685/.
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The subject of this thesis is William Carlos Williams and the circle of writers around him in the 1930s. During this decade Williams was a key figure in the formation of an alternative left-wing American canon, and active in a group that included Nathanael West, Louis Zukofsky and Kenneth Burke. This thesis explores the political and aesthetic grounds on which that canon was constructed. The assumption that Williams was already a successful writer after Spring and All (1923) has often led to a disproportionate emphasis on his poetry and the ‘modernist’ aspects of his aesthetics. This thesis makes the case for the significance of Williams’ 1930s prose writings in the growth of the Proletarian Literature movement, and challenges the assumption that ‘Marxist’ literature of the 1930s was at odds with ‘modernist’ literature of the 1920s. I investigate the key concepts of Williams’ own aesthetic philosophy, ‘Objectivism,’ ‘Pragmatism,’ ‘Contact,’ and ‘Localism,’ and show how these concepts became politicized during the 1930s. By exploring the relationship between art and politics, and the ways in which Williams was radicalized by the Great Depression, this thesis attempts to expand critical notions of ‘radicalism’ to include a broader New Deal alliance between traditional democratic liberalism and Marxist economic determinism. Focusing on concepts of ‘Nativism’ and ‘Americanism,’ this thesis also charts America’s burgeoning cultural nationalism during the 1930s, and demonstrates how America’s founding values were challenged by political, economic and social upheaval in the wake of the Depression. By locating Williams’ desire for radical economic change within the context of the Jeffersonian movement, I demonstrate how a historical assessment of America’s past led Williams and the writers mentioned above to question America’s attitudes towards individualism, the redistribution of wealth, the forces of corruption and plutocracy, and the effectiveness of democracy to bring about social justice.
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Okumu, Willis [Verfasser], Michael [Gutachter] Bollig, David [Gutachter] Anderson, and Martin [Gutachter] Zillinger. "Meanings of Violence and Its Impacts on the Socio-Political Relations among the Turkana and Samburu of Baragoi, Northern Kenya / Willis Okumu ; Gutachter: Michael Bollig, David Anderson, Martin Zillinger." Köln : Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1125586249/34.
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Rabon-Stith, Karma Melisa. "The Relationship Between Select Variables and the Breast Cancer Screening Practices of a Convenient Sample of African-American Women From Grambling State University and the Willis-Knighton Neighborhood Clinic." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27239.
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One of the leading causes of mortality for African-American women is breast cancer. The national breast cancer mortality rate for African-American women is 28.0 per 100,000. However, African-American women residing in Northwest Louisiana have a breast cancer mortality rate of 34.5 per 100,000 (American Cancer Society; National Cancer Institute; Landis, Murry, Boldern & Wingo, 1998). This is the fourth highest of all women living in the United States (Early Cancer Detection Program, Annual Report, 1999). Breast cancer mortality is correlated to the stage at diagnosis. The earlier breast cancer is diagnosed and treated, the more likely women can survive the disease (Davis, Axelrod, Osborne & Telang, 1997). African-American women are frequently diagnosed with breast cancer at an advanced stage (Phillips, Cohen, & Moses, 1999). The frequent advanced stage diagnosis may be due to African-American women breast cancer screening practices. When done correctly and as recommended, breast cancer screening can help women detect breast cancer at an early stage, when it is most treatable. Since African-American women residing in Northwest Louisiana have the fourth highest national mortality rate, and little is known about their compliance with the recommendations of the American Cancer Society regarding breast cancer screening, there is a need to identify these practices of African-American women in Northwest Louisiana.The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between select variables and breast cancer screening practice. A questionnaire was used to gather information from a convenient sample of 273 African-American women recruited from two sites located in Northwest Louisiana -- Grambling State University and the Willis-Knighton Neighborhood Clinic. The questionnaire was used to gather information about: demographics, knowledge, and individual breast cancer risk factors (age of menarche, full term pregnancy, history of breast condition or disease, type of breast condition or disease, age when gave birth to first child, menopause, age menopause began). Andersen's theoretical framework served as the guiding theory for the study. The hypotheses were analyzed by the chi square test of independence and logistic regression.Results from the chi-square test of independence indicated that breast cancer screening is dependent upon age, education, income, age when gave birth to first child, menopause, and age menopause began. In contrast, breast cancer screening is independent of breast cancer knowledge, age of menarche, full term pregnancy, history of breast condition or disease, type of breast condition or disease, and family history of breast cancer. Logistic regression was used to predict the odds of breast cancer screening compliance by the women in this study. The analysis found that having an annual income of 25,000 - 39,999 as the strongest income predictor of non-compliance. Logistic regression analysis found that having a Master's degree was the strongest educational attainment predictor of non-compliance.Ph. D.
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LIMA, Sandro Júnior Henrique. "Características do olfato de pacientes pré e pós-tratamento cirúrgico para hemorragia subaracnóidea aneurismática." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2016. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/17844.
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Introdução: Os aneurismas intracranianos trazem consequências importantes para o paciente acometido. A hemorragia subaracnóidea (HSA) possui uma forte correlação com aneurismas saculares e devido a sua gravidade e alta ocorrência de sequelas, o seu estudo merece importância. Uma alteração sensorial que pode esta relacionada à HSA é o déficit olfatório. Dentre os métodos de avaliação do olfato descritos, os quantitativos são ferramentas que podem ser utilizados a fim de garantir resultados mais fidedignos considerando o quadro clínico desses pacientes. Objetivos: Caracterizar o olfato de pacientes pré e pós tratamento cirúrgico para hemorragia subaracnóidea aneurismática. Método: Esta dissertação está composta por dois artigos. O primeiro constou de um artigo de revisão com título Métodos de avaliação do olfato em pacientes vítimas de hemorragia subaracnóidea: revisão sistemática. O segundo é um artigo original intitulado Avaliação do olfato na hemorragia subaracnóidea aneurismática antes e após o tratamento cirúrgico, neste foram estudados 15 adultos com hemorragia subaracnóidea aneurismática, atendidos no Hospital da restauração de Pernambuco, avaliados em três momentos distintos: Após a hemorragia, com uma semana de pós-operatório e com três meses de pós-operatório. A pesquisa foi iniciada após aprovação pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do hospital. Após a aplicação do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido foi realizada a revisão do prontuário, entrevista com o participante e avaliação do olfato por meio de um teste de soluções aquosas, adaptado de outros estudos, construído pela farmácia escola da UFPE. Resultados: O primeiro artigo mostrou heterogeneidade nos métodos utilizados para avaliação do olfato na hemorragia subaracnóidea, como também no momento selecionado para aplicação das avaliações, com evidencias de déficit olfatório nesta população. Nos resultados provenientes do estudo original desta dissertação foi observado maior número de classificações olfatórias normais, além disso, não foi encontrada correlação significativa entre a pontuação olfatória com as seguintes variáveis (Idade, Intervalo em dias entre a hemorragia subaracnóidea e a avaliação olfatória, escolaridade e topografia do aneurisma). Não houve mudança significativa na pontuação olfatória após a cirurgia. Houve diferença estatística significativa na comparação entre a pontuação olfatória com uma semana de pós-operatório e com três meses de pós-operatório. Considerações finais: Os resultados deste estudo mostram a ocorrência de alteração olfatória após a hemorragia subaracnóidea aneurismática, assim como piora na classificação do olfato após a cirurgia. Foi observada melhora no olfato após três meses de pós-operatório, com significância estatística. Sugere-se a continuação de estudos com o tema, como também que façam investigação da percepção subjetiva do olfato visando o esclarecimento dos prejuízos que a alteração olfatória causa na vida dessa população.
Introduction: Intracranial aneurysms bring important consequences for the affected patient. The subarachnoid hemorrhage (HSA) has a strong correlation with saccular aneurysms and due to its gravity and high occurrence of sequels, its study deserves importance. A sensory change can this ASH-related is the olfactory deficit. Among the methods of valuation of smell described, are quantitative tools that can be used to ensure more reliable results considering the clinical picture of these patients.Objectives: Characterize the smell of patients before and after surgical treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Method: This dissertation is composed of two articles. The first consisted of a review article with title Methods of evaluation of smell in victims of subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a systematic review. The second is an original article entitled Olfactory evaluation in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage before and after surgery, this 15 were studied adults with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, met at the Hospital da Restauração de Pernambuco, evaluated in three different moments: After the bleeding, a week after surgery and three months postoperatively. The search was started after approval by the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital. After the application of informed consent was held to review the medical records, interview with the participant and evaluation of smell through a test of aqueous solutions, adapted from other studies, built by the Pharmacy School, Federal University of Pernambuco. Results: The first article showed heterogeneity of the methods used to evaluate the smell in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and in the methods selected for application of evaluations, with evidence of olfactory deficits in this population. The results from the original study of this dissertation it was observed as many olfactory normal ratings, moreover, was not found significant correlation between olfactory score with the following variables (age, interval in days between the subarachnoid hemorrhage and the olfactory evaluation, education and topography of the aneurysm). There was no significant change in scoring olfactory after surgery. There was a statistically significant difference in the comparison between the olfactory score with a week after surgery and three months postoperatively. Final considerations: The results of this study show the occurrence of olfactory disfunction after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as worsens the classification of smell after surgery. Improvement was observed in the nose after three months postoperatively, with statistical significance. It is suggested a continuation of studies with the theme, but also to make the subjective perception of smell to identify the problems that the disfunction olfactory cause in this population´s life.
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MARTINS, Islane Cristina. "Morfologia do círculo arterial cerebral em humanos: hipoplasia do segmento A1 da artéria cerebral anterior e padrão fetal da artéria cerebral posterior." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2016. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/20007.
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O círculo arterial cerebral é um polígono anastomótico na base do encéfalo que comunica o sistema carotídeo com o sistema vértebro-basilar e as carótidas entre si. Há muitas variações morfológicas nesse polígono e possíveis diferenças entre os sexos, particularmente no segmento A1 da artéria cerebral anterior e na origem da artéria cerebral posterior (ACP). O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar comparativamente a frequência de hipoplasia do segmento A1 e do padrão fetal da artéria cerebral posterior no homem e na mulher. Foram analisadas retrospectivamente 848 angiografias por ressonância magnética arterial, em 426 homens e 422 mulheres, respectivamente, que se submeteram ao exame no Centro de Diagnóstico Multimagem. Os exames foram escolhidos aleatoriamente entre 1.000 angiorressonância realizadas entre 2010 e 2016, independente do motivo da solicitação médica. Hipoplasia do segmento A1 foi definido por analise qualitativa, quando havia uma nítida assimetria entre os dois segmentos A1 direito e esquerdo bem como o padrão fetal da artéria cerebral posterior. Para análise de hipoplasia foram medidos os diâmetros dos segmentos A1. Para análise do padrão fetal (diâmetro da ACP na origem da artéria carótida>diâmetro do segmento P1) foram analisadas 1.296 artérias carótidas em 648 indivíduos. Na análise estatística utilizouse o teste exato de Fisher. Os homens 152/326 (46,6%) apresentaram hipoplasia de A1 em comparação com 108/322 (33,5%) das mulheres (p<0,01, OR=1,7; IC95% 1,3-2,4). A hipoplasia de A1 nos homens foi mais frequente a direita (20% vs. 15%, p<0,01). O padrão fetal foi mais comum nas mulheres 151/644 (23,4%) do que em homens, 100/652 (15,3%) (p<0,001, OR=1,7; IC95% 1,3-2,2). As mulheres também apresentam mais padrão fetal bilateral do que os homens (8,0% vs. 3,4%; p<0,01; OR=0,4; IC 0,2-0,8). A hipoplasia do segmento A1 da artéria cerebral anterior é mais frequente nos homens e nas mulheres há uma maior frequência do padrão fetal da artéria cerebral posterior.
The Circle of Willis is an anastomotic polygon encephalon base that communicates the carotid system with vertebrobasilar system and carotid each other. There are lots of morphological variations that polygon and possible differences between genders particularly in the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery and the origin of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) which are risk factors for anatomical brain aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to comparatively analyze the frequency of hypoplasia of the segment A1 and fetal type of cerebral posterior artery in man and woman. It was retrospectively reviewed 648 magnetic resonance angiographies in 326 men and 322 women, respectively. The tests were randomly chosen among about a thousand magnetic resonance angiographic performed between 2010 and 2016 in Multimagem Diagnostic Center, regardless of the medical reason request. Hypoplasia of the A1 segment was defined by qualitative analysis, when there was a clear asymmetry between the two segments A1, right and left. For hypoplasia analysis were also measured diameters of segments A1. For hypoplasia analysis were also measured diameters of segments A1. For analysis of the fetal type (diameter of the ACP origin of the carotid artery> diameter of the P1 segment of the ACP) were analyzed 1,296 carotid arteries (right and left) in 648 individuals. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher's exact test. In men 152/326 (46.6%) showed hypoplasia A1 compared to 108/322 (33.5%) of women (p <0.01, OR = 1.7; 95% CI, 1.3-2, 4). Hypoplasia A1 was more common in men right (20% vs. 15%, p <0.01). Fetal type was more common in women 151/644 (23.4%) than in men (100/652; 15.3%) (p <0.001, OR = 1.7; 95% CI, 1.3-2, two). Women also have more bilateral fetal rate than men (8.0% vs. 3.4%; p <0.01). In conclusion, hypoplasia of the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery is more common in men and in women there is a greater frequency of fetal type of the posterior cerebral artery. Keywords: Circle of Willis
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Zoriki, Claudia Kimie Suemoto. "Associação entre doença cardiovascular e demência: um estudo clinicopatológico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5144/tde-12032010-134003/.
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INTRODUÇÃO: Recentemente, fatores de risco cardiovascular (FRCV) e doenças cardíacas têm sido associados à demência, doença de Alzheimer (DA) e demência vascular (DV). O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar a associação entre doença cardiovascular comprovada anatomicamente e demência, definida por critérios clínicos, neuropatológicos e clinicopatológicos. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de estudo transversal com material do Banco de Encéfalos Humanos do Grupo de Estudos em Envelhecimento Cerebral. Aterosclerose de artérias carótidas e do polígono de Willis (PW) e hipertrofia miocárdica foram avaliados em material de autópsia e relacionados à prevalência de demência. Dados demográficos e FRCV também foram comparados quanto à presença de demência. Esta foi definida por três critérios: (1) clínico de acordo com escalas cognitivas aplicadas ao informante do falecido; (2) neuropatológico de acordo com critérios aceitos para a classificação de DA e DV; (3) clinicopatológico de acordo com a avaliação cognitiva e com a presença de lesões cerebrais associadas à DA e DV. RESULTADOS: No estudo clínico, foram incluídos 603 indivíduos maiores de 50 anos de idade com avaliação cognitiva e cardiovascular. Demência esteve associada a obstruções críticas (75%) em artérias carótidas, a menor peso cardíaco e a menor espessura da parede ventricular esquerda. Os portadores de demência definida por critérios clínicos eram mais idosos e apresentaram maior proporção de acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) referido pelo informante, sedentarismo, insuficiência cardíaca e menor índice de massa corpórea do que os indivíduos sem demência. No estudo neuropatológico, foram avaliados 183 indivíduos que se dividiram em três grupos: controles (n=124), portadores de DA (n=31) e DV (n=28). Indivíduos com DA apresentaram maior proporção de obstruções75% em artérias carótidas do que controles. Os portadores de DV, além de maior gravidade da aterosclerose carotídea, também apresentaram maior obstrução em artérias do PW do que controles. Quanto aos dados demográficos e FRCV, a idade foi maior em indivíduos com DA e DV em relação a controles e AVC referido foi mais prevalente entre os portadores de DV. No estudo clinicopatológico, foram incluídos 124 controles, 12 portadores de doença cerebral assintomática (DCA) e 47 dementados. Maior gravidade da aterosclerose carotídea e das artérias do PW foi observada em portadores de demência em relação a controles. Quanto aos dados demográficos e FRCV, indivíduos com DCA e demência eram mais idosos do que controles. A escolaridade de portadores de DCA foi maior do que controles e AVC referido foi mais prevalente entre dementados em relação a controles. CONCLUSÕES: Doença cardiovascular, particularmente aterosclerose de artérias carótidas e do PW, estão associados à maior chance de demência. Medidas preventivas que visem retardar a progressão da aterosclerose podem ser eficientes para diminuir a incidência de demênciaINTRODUCTION: Recently, cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and cardiac diseases have been associated with dementia, Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between anatomically-proven cardiovascular disease and dementia, defined by clinical, neuropathological and clinicopathological criteria. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study using material drawn from the Human Brain Bank of the Aging Brain Study Group. Carotid artery and Circle of Willis (CW) atherosclerosis as well as myocardial hypertrophy were evaluated in autopsy material and compared for the prevalence of dementia. Demographics and CVRF were also compared for the presence of dementia. This was defined by three criteria: (1) clinical according to cognitive scales applied to the informant of the deceased individual; (2) neuropathological according to accepted criteria for the classification of AD; (3) clinicopathological according to cognitive evaluation and the presence of AD and VD-associated cerebral lesions. RESULTS: The clinical study included 603 individuals older than 50 years, who underwent cognitive and cardiovascular evaluation. Dementia was found to be associated with a high degree (75%) of obstruction in carotid arteries, lower heart weight and thinner left ventricle wall. Individuals with clinically-defined dementia were older and had more informant-reported strokes, greater physical inactivity and heart failure and lower body mass index than subjects without dementia. The neuropathological study involved 183 individuals who were evaluated and divided into three groups: control group (n=124), AD (n=31) and VD (n=28). Individuals with AD showed a higher degree of obstruction75% in the carotid arteries than controls. Subjects with VD, besides presenting greater severity of carotid atherosclerosis, also had a greater degree of obstruction in the arteries of the CW than controls. Regarding demographics and CVRF, age was higher in individuals with AD and VD compared to controls, while informant-reported stroke was more prevalent among individuals with VD. The clinicopathological study included 124 control individuals, 12 patients with asymptomatic brain disease (ABD) and 47 demented subjects. Greater severity of carotid and CW artery atherosclerosis was observed in individuals with dementia compared to controls. In terms of demographics and CVRF, individuals with ABD were older than control individuals. Years of education were higher in subjects with ABD compared to controls and informant-reported stroke was more prevalent among demented persons than controls. CONCLUSIONS: Cardiovascular disease, particularly carotid artery and CW atherosclerosis, are associated with higher risk for dementia. Preventive measures aimed at slowing the progression of atherosclerosis may be effective in decreasing the incidence of dementia
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