Representações do feminino na contística de Maria Aurora Carvalho Homem

Na contística de Maria Aurora Carvalho Homem, A Santa do Calhau (1992), Para Ouvir Albinoni (1995; 2003) e Leila (2005), impõe-se com naturalidade uma constante temática centrada nas experiências quotidianas do feminino. Considerando a relevância do contributo da literatura para a compreensão da condição da mulher e do seu papel na sociedade, procuramos explorar as representações do feminino na produção ficcional da autora. No conjunto dos contos, deparamo-nos com figurações de mulheres subjugadas à hegemonia masculina, de transgressoras e de mulheres emancipadas. As personagens, embora entidades ficcionais, testemunham o rumo trilhado pela mulher no encalce da autoconstrução de uma renovada identidade feminina, constituindo-se a escrita como meio de reflexão sobre o mundo.

Representações do feminino na contística de Maria Aurora Carvalho Homem

Na contística de Maria Aurora Carvalho Homem, A Santa do Calhau (1992), Para Ouvir Albinoni (1995; 2003) e Leila (2005), impõe-se com naturalidade uma constante temática centrada nas experiências quotidianas do feminino. Considerando a relevância do contributo da literatura para a compreensão da condição da mulher e do seu papel na sociedade, procuramos explorar as representações do feminino na produção ficcional da autora. No conjunto dos contos, deparamo-nos com figurações de mulheres subjugadas à hegemonia masculina, de transgressoras e de mulheres emancipadas. As personagens, embora entidades ficcionais, testemunham o rumo trilhado pela mulher no encalce da autoconstrução de uma renovada identidade feminina, constituindo-se a escrita como meio de reflexão sobre o mundo.

Implementación de las buenas prácticas ganaderas (BPG) en una finca ubicada en la vereda La Aurora en el municipio de La Calera

Tesis (Médico Veterinario). -- Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Programa de Medicina Veterinaria, 2013

Postgraduate : Bronwyn Fredericks

Quote from Postgraduate Bronwyn Fredericks about postgraduate studies

The role of coronial autopsies in a context of decreasing hospital autopsies: An investigation of the issues

This article scrutinises the argument that decreasing hospital autopsy rates are outside the control of medical personnel, based as they are on families’ unwillingness to consent to autopsy procedures, and that, as a consequence, the coronial autopsy is the appropriate alternative to the important medical and educational role of the autopsy. It makes three points which are well supported by the research. First, that while hospital autopsy rates are decreasing, they have been doing so for more than 60 years, and issues beyond the simple notion of consent, like funding formulae in hospitals, increased technology and fear of litigation by doctors are all playing their part in this decline. Secondly, the issue of consent has as much to do with families not being approached as with families declining to give consent. This is well supported by recent changes in hospital policy and procedures which include senior medical personnel and detailed consent forms, both of which have been linked to rising consent rates in recent years. Finally, the perception that coronial autopsies are beyond familial consent has been challenged recently by legislative changes in both Australia and the United States of America which allow objections based on religion and culture to be heard by coroners. For these reasons, it is argued that medical personnel need to focus on increasing hospital autopsy rates, while also addressing the complex ethical issues associated with conducting medical research within the context of the coronial autopsy.

The influence of architecture on degradation and tissue ingrowth into three-dimensional poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffolds in vitro and in vivo

The in vitro and in vivo degradation properties of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) scaffolds produced by two different technologies - thermally induced phase separation (TIPS), and solvent casting and particulate leaching (SCPL) were compared. Over 6 weeks, in vitro degradation produced changes in SCPL scaffold dimension, mass, internal architecture and mechanical properties. TIPS scaffolds produced far less changes in these parameters providing significant advantages over SCPL. In vivo results were based on a microsurgically created arteriovenous (AV) loop sandwiched between two TIPS scaffolds placed in a polycarbonate chamber under rat groin skin. Histologically, a predominant foreign body giant cell response and reduced vascularity was evident in tissue ingrowth between 2 and 8 weeks in TIPS scaffolds. Tissue death occurred at 8 weeks in the smallest pores. Morphometric comparison of TIPS and SCPL scaffolds indicated slightly better tissue ingrowth but greater loss of scaffold structure in SCPL scaffolds. Although advantageous in vitro, large surface area:volume ratios and varying pore sizes in PLGA TIPS scaffolds mean that effective in vivo (AV loop) utilization will only be achieved if the foreign body response can be significantly reduced so as to allow successful vascularisation, and hence sustained tissue growth, in pores less than 300 μm. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.