“Oi, meu nome é Ana” - um estudo fenomenológico-existencial da experiência de mulheres com anorexia nervosa

This research deals with anorexia nervosa through the look of those who lived this experience. Eating Disorders have been presented as psychopathology increasingly recurrent in contemporary, being almost doubled incidence in the last 20 years, reaching mainly teenagers and bringing consequences and implications of various kinds. The literature points to the relevance of the current ideal of beauty, in which thinness is overvalued. In this case, the study’s objective was to understand, from an existential-phenomenological perspective, anorexia experience. Thus, when assessing the experience, seeking to understand the possible directions that the non-eating is for the person who lives such an experience. The study, of Heidegger's existential-phenomenological inspiration, used semi-structured interviews as a means of access to the experience. Female two people were interviewed, at the age of 17 and 30, began with a starter question ("How was, or how is, your anorexia experience?"), which allowed the interviewee to talk about their experience. For the selection of the study participant was publicized among health professionals, as well as in social networks and blogs, in which the research objectives and approaches have been made explicit. The field diary was also used as a methodological resource, seeking a greater approximation of the experiences of the interviewees and the researcher. The interviews were interpreted in the by Heidegger's hermeneutics. The meanings unveiled in the narratives revealed issues beyond the physical and pathological issue, being involved family, wishes, friends, experiences, life projects. The corporal, as thought by Martin Heidegger, became very present in the statements of the interviewees, as it is part of existence. Among the Heidegger´s ideas, emphasizes care, inhospitality, live, boredom, openness to possibilities and factuality, that might be discussed from interviewees' discourse, engendering reflections about their senses, in their lives.

“Oi, meu nome é Ana” - um estudo fenomenológico-existencial da experiência de mulheres com anorexia nervosa

This research deals with anorexia nervosa through the look of those who lived this experience. Eating Disorders have been presented as psychopathology increasingly recurrent in contemporary, being almost doubled incidence in the last 20 years, reaching mainly teenagers and bringing consequences and implications of various kinds. The literature points to the relevance of the current ideal of beauty, in which thinness is overvalued. In this case, the study’s objective was to understand, from an existential-phenomenological perspective, anorexia experience. Thus, when assessing the experience, seeking to understand the possible directions that the non-eating is for the person who lives such an experience. The study, of Heidegger's existential-phenomenological inspiration, used semi-structured interviews as a means of access to the experience. Female two people were interviewed, at the age of 17 and 30, began with a starter question ("How was, or how is, your anorexia experience?"), which allowed the interviewee to talk about their experience. For the selection of the study participant was publicized among health professionals, as well as in social networks and blogs, in which the research objectives and approaches have been made explicit. The field diary was also used as a methodological resource, seeking a greater approximation of the experiences of the interviewees and the researcher. The interviews were interpreted in the by Heidegger's hermeneutics. The meanings unveiled in the narratives revealed issues beyond the physical and pathological issue, being involved family, wishes, friends, experiences, life projects. The corporal, as thought by Martin Heidegger, became very present in the statements of the interviewees, as it is part of existence. Among the Heidegger´s ideas, emphasizes care, inhospitality, live, boredom, openness to possibilities and factuality, that might be discussed from interviewees' discourse, engendering reflections about their senses, in their lives.

L’expérience maternelle d’une hospitalisation prolongée avec alitement lors d’une grossesse à risque élevé

Cette étude qualitative visait à décrire l’expérience de mères québécoises vivant une grossesse à risque élevé dans le contexte d’une hospitalisation prolongée avec alitement et leur appréciation des soins reçus, deux aspects peu étudiés jusqu’à maintenant. Des entrevues individuelles semi-dirigées ont été effectuées auprès de huit mères hospitalisées et alitées depuis 30 jours en moyenne. Un devis qualitatif d’inspiration phénoménologique (Giorgi 1997, 2009) a été utilisé pour l’analyse des données, d’où a émergé 24 sous-thèmes, sept thèmes et deux énoncés descriptifs. Les résultats de recherche mettent en évidence la réalité évolutive et complexe des mères dans laquelle elles rapportent : 1) Passer du choc à l’ennui, du chaos à la réorganisation et de l’incompréhension à la compréhension ; 2) Avoir une nouvelle vie remplie de contraintes, de difficultés et de craintes ; 3) Vivre essentiellement des émotions négatives ; 4) Être orientée vers le futur tout en persévérant dans le présent. Les mères qualifient les soins prénataux reçus de techniques routinières, peu nombreuses et faciles à exécuter. Ils comportent deux principales lacunes : les oublis occasionnels et l’absence d’activités prénatales éducatives. Le manque de régularité et de constance dans l’assignation des infirmières aux mères hospitalisées est aussi relevé. Toutefois, à travers ces lacunes, les participantes soulignent les grandes forces du personnel soignant : l’humanisme, la gentillesse et la compétence. Les résultats de cette étude offrent une description approfondie de l’expérience subjective de huit mères, laquelle permet de perfectionner les connaissances des professionnels de la santé et de les sensibiliser davantage à ce vécu. Ces retombées peuvent contribuer à humaniser et à améliorer les soins périnataux actuels.

Multiresolution analysis (discrete wavelet transform) through Daubechies family for emotion recognition in speech

We propose a study of the mathematical properties of voice as an audio signal -- This work includes signals in which the channel conditions are not ideal for emotion recognition -- Multiresolution analysis- discrete wavelet transform – was performed through the use of Daubechies Wavelet Family (Db1-Haar, Db6, Db8, Db10) allowing the decomposition of the initial audio signal into sets of coefficients on which a set of features was extracted and analyzed statistically in order to differentiate emotional states -- ANNs proved to be a system that allows an appropriate classification of such states -- This study shows that the extracted features using wavelet decomposition are enough to analyze and extract emotional content in audio signals presenting a high accuracy rate in classification of emotional states without the need to use other kinds of classical frequency-time features -- Accordingly, this paper seeks to characterize mathematically the six basic emotions in humans: boredom, disgust, happiness, anxiety, anger and sadness, also included the neutrality, for a total of seven states to identify

Sentimentos das crianças face aos professores

Este trabalho centra-se na análise dos sentimentos das crianças emergentes da relação aluno-professor. A investigação empírica enquadra-se na teoria das representações sociais, tendo como principal objectivo identificar os sentimentos mais comuns das crianças, em particular em relação aos seus professores, numa população de 120 sujeitos de ambos os sexos, com idades compreendidas entre os 8-11 anos de idade, alunos do 1.o e 2.o ciclos do Ensino Básico. Os dados foram recolhidos por associação livre de palavras e tratados através de AFC 1 Verificámos existir proximidade das representações das raparigas com as das crianças mais novas, salientando fortes sentimentos positivos, mostrando-se bastante motivadas e valorizando as relações interpessoais. Em comparação, as crianças de 10-11 anos e os rapazes, relevaram sobretudo dimensões tisicas, cognitivas e emocionais, associadas ao mal-estar e aborrecimento. Os resultados contribuem para compreender o universo cognitivo, emocional e relacional das crianças, na sua vivência quotidiana. ABSTRACT; This work is focused on the analysis of children's feelings emerging from the relation student-teacher. This empirical research lies within the scope of the theory of social representations, and its main objective is to identify the most common feelings in children, particularly towards their teachers, in a population of 120 subjects of both sexes, between the ages of 8 and 11, and attending the 1st and 2nd stages of Basic Education. The data was gathered using free word association, and examined through FAC2. We verified that the girls' representations were closer to the representations of younger children, and gave relevance to strong positive feelings, revealing a great motivation and validation of personal relations. By comparison, children aged 1O and 11, as well as boys, mainly gave relevance to physical, cognitive, and emotional dimensions, associated to uneasiness and boredom. The results contribute to the understanding of the cognitive, emotional, and relational universe of children in their daily lives.

¿El sentido del humor, tiene sentido en el aula?

Recibido 09 de junio de 2011 • Aceptado 24 de octubre de 2011 • Corregido 27 de setiembre de 2011   El presente ensayo tiene como finalidad reflexionar sobre la importancia del humor pedagógico como estrategia de enseñanza aprendizaje en el aula; esto, tomando en cuenta la problemática de desmotivación y aburrimiento que sucede normalmente en la clase. Para plantear si “el enseñar contento y el aprender con alegría” pueden aumentar la eficacia en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, se abordará cómo, a pesar de las múltiples ventajas que puede aportar el humor en las aulas, se omite su empleo por la existencia de ciertos prejuicios y temores. La idea no es que los docentes hagan el papel de comediantes o payasos, sino la de mediar y acercar la clase de manera pedagógica y didáctica a través del uso del humor, y sobre esto reflexionaba Platón (1992), cuando planteaba que muchas veces ayudaba una broma, en donde la seriedad oponía resistencia.