Dissertations / Theses: '7361e'

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Job, Teresa. "This might be me : art and the elusive self : a Study of occupational therapists' narratives of the self as therapist." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/73619/.

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This study aimed to explore Occupational Therapists’ narratives of “the self” as a therapeutic agent, linking personal development and insight to professional development as an Occupational Therapist (OT). Three female, newly qualified OTs constructed a series of six arts based narratives, using creative media, over the course of three workshops. The narratives developed from an initial exploration of “the self as therapist” then continued through individual exploration of emergent personal themes. Each pictorial narrative was presented verbally to the group and the presentation and discussion of the images were videotaped. The transcribed stories, alongside the artwork, were analysed and revealed clear evidence that personal narratives have the potential to be active, dynamic processes with important implications for therapeutic practice, education and research. The study highlighted the tension generated by conflict or dissonance between the therapist’s sense of self and their professional role. Exploration of this conflict using art and narrative approaches showed how active story telling around challenging issues can lead to greater personal insight, autonomy and resolution through the re-integration of concealed aspects of the self.

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Blunden, L. S. "New approach to tidal stream energy analysis at sites in the English Channel." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/73610/.

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Tidal stream power generation offers the prospect of predictable, low-CO2 power at a number of locations around the UK and the world. Previous assessments of tidal energy resources have taken the form of desk studies based on simplified navigational data. Where numerical model data has been used it has been at too low a resolution to capture high velocity tidal flows constrained by coastal topography. Analytical solutions for maximum energy extraction in simple tidal channels have been produced, but they have not been extended to more complex open-boundary cases such as flow around headlands and islands. There is therefore a role for site-specific numerical modelling, which when validated, offers the twin advantages of a high-resolution picture of the resource and allowing simulation of momentum extraction within the model to take place. In order to parameterize the sub-grid-scale momentum extraction in such models, a new analytical model of the velocity reduction in a large array of tidal turbines has been derived. The model extends previous models of large wind turbine arrays and uses analogies with flow through submerged vegetation. It provides an equivalent added drag coefficient suitable for use in a 2-D coastal numerical model. A numerical model of the flows in the region of the Portland Bill headland has been produced, forced by tidal elevations at the free boundary. A site selection exercise was carried out for the Portland Bill location and an area of around 12 km2 was identified as having a high potential for development using mean cubed speed found through tidal analysis of model results without energy extraction. A large tidal stream generator array has also been simulated within the Portland Bill model—linked to the new model for momentum extraction—and was found to have a significant effect on the tidal parameters in the locality. This was the first time that a large tidal array has been simulated in a realistic coastal domain of large extent, with a parameterization that takes into account the interaction of the turbines with the rough-wall flow in the natural state. Results predict that there is a region downstream of the array extending approximately 5–10 km around the simulated tidal stream turbine array in which the tidal stream ellipse major axis is reduced by at least 5%. In the area of momentum extraction the principal semi-diurnal tidal stream ellipse major axis length was reduced by 10–15%.

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Climenhaga, Martha Anne. "Anaerobic digestion of catering wastes." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/73611/.

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This research addresses gaps in current knowledge regarding process issues associated with long term semi-continuous digestion of food waste as a sole substrate, and the role of trace elements and biomass retention in digestion of food wastes. Source segregated food wastes were collected from a university catering facility and found, in characterisation studies, to have a total solids (TS) content of 28.1±0.25 %, a volatile solids (VS) content of 95.5±0.06% of TS and a chemical oxygen demand (COD) of 422±16 g kgwet weight -1. The total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) and total lipid content were 22±1% and 3.8±0.24% of TS, respectively. The substrate was then processed during a number of digestion trials using mesophilic continuously-stirred tank reactors (CSTRs), to establish the suitability of this substrate for CSTR digestion. It was found that although good specific methane production of 0.36 l gVSadded -1 was obtained from the substrate, the process was unstable at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 25 days, with methanogenic failure occurring after 80 days or when the organic loading rate (OLR) was increased. Further digestion trials were initiated, therefore, to investigate the effects of trace element supplementation and extending HRT on process stability, areas for which there is little information in existing literature. Reactors with hydraulic retention times of 25, 30, 50, 100, and 180 days supplemented with a trace element solution showed stable digestion for longer periods than duplicate control digesters without supplementation. The time points of failure in the control digesters were shown to be related to washout time, as calculated using the HRT. Trace element supplementation allowed stable operation at an OLR up to 3.5 gVS l-1d-1, with specific methane production ranging from 0.41-0.47 l gVSadded -1 and VS destruction of 63-77%. Supplementation with trace elements did not, however, guarantee indefinite stable operation, as digesters at the shortest (25 days) and longest (180 days) retention time eventually showed methanogenic failure. A slow methanogenic biomass growth rate and accumulation of inhibitory substances, respectively, were hypothesised as possible reasons for these failures. Analysis of metal concentrations in the digestate showed that cobalt was the metal most likely to be responsible for the observed benefits of the mixed trace metal supplementation as the concentration of this increased in the supplemented digester whilst decreasing in its non-supplemented control. The relative importance of the liquid and solid fractions in maintaining stability were investigated in novel digestion trials in which solid and liquid retention times were uncoupled. Digesters with SRT of 25 days and HRT of over 150 days exhibited methanogenic failure after approximately 45 days. In contrast, reactors with SRT of over 150 days and HRT of 25 days maintained stable digestion, with specific methane production of 0.53 l gVSadded -1, and also showed recovery from a thermal shock applied during the experiment. Inhibitory compounds such as VFA were kept low by flushing through the system while alkalinity was regenerated by the action of biomass kept in the system. The retention of solids may also have facilitated the retention of trace metals.

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Iqbal, Qaiser. "The performance of diaphragm type cellular cofferdams." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/73612/.

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The construction of water management and navigation structures often requires temporary works to exclude water to facilitate construction in the dry or at least under a lower water level within the construction area. The use of cellular cofferdams for both temporary and permanent earth/water retaining works is very common. A number of theories are presented that describe the failure mechanisms involved. These failure mechanisms were identified from model studies on circular type cofferdams are applied independent of cofferdam geometry. It is common to use diaphragm type cofferdams. To asses the validity of common failure mechanisms associated with cellular cofferdams when applied to diaphragm type cofferdams, a series of numerical modelling analyses were conducted. These were validated using field monitoring results of a large scale diaphragm type cofferdam constructed at St. Germans, Norfolk, UK. A series of plane strain analyses of a diaphragm type cofferdam were conducted using the geometry from a critical section of cofferdam. These analyses identified the lowest factor of safety based on the drained strength of the clay on which the cofferdam was constructed. The water level within the river was increased to accommodate flooding and soil strength was reduced to identify the general failure mechanism. The structural forces were calculated using both 2D and 3D models for a larger width section (13m wide) to allow comparison with wall bending moments and displacements measured in field. The 3D analyses used actual tie spacing and membrane effects whilst reducing the lateral stiffness of the wall to accommodate the stiffness reduction due to variation in the interlock forces. To measure the bending moment in sheet piles, resistance type strain gauges were installed on a 13m wide section of cofferdam. The cell deflection, river and cell water levels were also monitored to identify tidal river effect and the influence of cell water level on performance. Comparison of field and numerical results highlighted a number of important design and construction detail related to diaphragm type cellular cofferdams.

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Reed, Reiss. "Investigating the role of T-cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/73613/.

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T-cells appear to have multiple conflicting roles in CLL. On the one hand tumour-specific T-cells could be used to deliver effective immunotherapy; on the other hand, certain T-cell populations may enhance CLL survival and disease progression. The aim of this thesis was to address these contradictory aspects and to provide a deeper understanding of the role of T-cells in CLL. Firstly, candidate peptides from the pro-apoptotic protein Bax were used to activate potential CLL specific T-cells from HLA-A2+ patients. A CD8+ T-cell clone (6C5) was isolated and it’s specificity was initially mapped to (Bax161-170; LLSYFGTPT) and(Bax160–170; GLLSYFGTPT). However, 6C5 failed to recognise HLA-A2+ CLL cells in vitro, and failed to recognise highly purified forms of the peptides. Further characterisation, involving mass spectrometry and HPLC, mapped T-cell specificity to a modified peptide (LLSY(3-tBu)FGTPT). A second strand of this project involved detailed phenotypic analysis of T-cells from CLL patients (n=97) in order to investigate the basis for immune dysfunction. This analysis indicated that patients with an inverted CD4:CD8 ratio (CLLIR), displayed a skewing towards a highly differentiated T-cell phenotype, as well as expression of markers associated with replicative senescence (CD57+, CD27-) within CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell compartments. In addition, CD4+ T-cells expressing markers associated with immunosuppression (PD-1+, TIM-3+) were also increased in CLLIR. Importantly, the inversion of the CD4:CD8 ratio was associated with shorter progression-free survival. Furthermore, the frequencies of distinct T-cell populations were also shown to haveprognostic impact in both univariate analysis (CD4+PD-1+, CD4+CD57+, CD8+CD57+ and CD8+CD27-) and multivariate analysis (CD4+CD27-PD-1+LAG-3+ and CD8+CD27- CD57+PD-1+). To further evaluate the differences between CLLIR and CLLNR patients, preliminary transcriptional analysis was performed, focusing on genes associated with T-cell function. By contrast, transcriptional analysis suggested that genes associated with activation rather than suppression were enriched in CLLIR.

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Eljufout, Tamer Ghaith Mousa. ""Experimental and computational approaches to historical masonry structures: A study in the direction of filling the gap"." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/7361/.

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The assessment of historical structures is a significant need for the next generations, as historical monuments represent the community’s identity and have an important cultural value to society. Most of historical structures built by using masonry which is one of the oldest and most common construction materials used in the building sector since the ancient time. Also it is considered a complex material, as it is a composition of brick units and mortar, which affects the structural performance of the building by having different mechanical behaviour with respect to different geometry and qualities given by the components.

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Hutton, Ailsa Kate. "Re-viewing history : antiquaries, the graphic arts and Scotland's lost geographies, c.1660-1820." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7361/.

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This thesis examines topographical art depicting Scotland’s natural scenery and built environments, architecture, antiquities and signs of modern improvement, made during the period 1660 to 1820. It sets out to demonstrate that topography and topographical art was not exclusively antiquarian in nature, but ranged across various fields of learning and practice. It included the work of artists, geographers, cartographers, travel writers, poets, landscape gardeners, military surveyors, naturalists and historians who were concerned with representing the country’s varied, and often contentious, histories within an increasingly modernising present. The visual images that are considered here were forms of knowledge that found expression in drawings, paintings and engravings, elevations, views and plans. They were made on military surveys and picturesque tours, and were often intended to be included alongside written texts, both published and unpublished, frequently connecting with travels, tours, memoirs, essays and correspondence. It will also be argued that topography was a social practice, involving networks of artists, collectors, publishers and writers, who exchanged information in drawings and letters in a nationwide, and often increasingly commercial enterprise. This thesis will explore some of the strands of such a vast network of picture-making that existed in Scotland, and Britain, between 1660 and 1820, as visual images were circulated, copied, recycled and adapted, and topographical and antiquarian visual culture emerges as a complex, synoptic form of inquiry.

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Zhang, Wenting. "Exchange rate dynamics, intervention and regime shifts in China : a market microstructure analysis." Thesis, Durham University, 2013. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/7361/.

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This thesis applies the market microstructure approach to investigate exchange rate dynamics, intervention and regime shifts in China’s exchange rate system. This research first examines exchange rate determination and dynamics from a microstructural perspective. An index of order flow is constructed in the Chinese context to reflect excess demand pressure. A VAR model is then estimated to explore to what extent order flow may explain long-term determination and short-term fluctuations of the renminbi exchange rate. Focusing on the cointegrating relationship between cumulative order flow and the exchange rate of the RMB against the US dollar, this research find that in the new Chinese exchange rate regime in place since 2005, order flow is able to explain a significant part of fluctuations in the RMB-dollar exchange rate. China is internationally noted for its intervention in the foreign exchange market. Based on high-frequency data this thesis adopt a multi-dimensional approach to explore how interventions are conducted in China, what the consequences are, and to what extent they are effective. This thesis identify evidence of China’s extensive intervention and find that the authority is more likely to intervene to curb devaluation. Decomposition analysis shows that the direct impact of intervention on the exchange rate is more important than the impact via order flow. Intervention via the central bank’s involvement in trading is effective in influencing both the exchange rate and order flow, but tends to increase volatility. Intervention by the central bank’s varying the central parity condition plays some role in ‘leaning against the wind’, but cannot reverse the trend. China announced the reform of its exchange rate system in 2005. The reform was disrupted by the breakout of the global financial crisis around 2008, but was reiterated in 2010. The thesis analyses the behaviour of China’s exchange rate policy since then. This research detect 21st June 2010 as the date of regime shift, since when the RMB has been allowed greater room for flexibility, and consequently exchange rate volatility has increased. This research unearths evidence confirming that the renminbi no longer pegs only to the dollar. During the crisis period, deviations from the central parity rate (CPR) increase the possibility of government intervention, and the intervention correlates with bid-ask exchange rate spread. The Chinese monetary authority is found to act to keep the exchange rate stable. In the post-crisis period, the correlation becomes time-varying and the government prefers the RMB exchange rate to gradually appreciate. This research finds evidence that appreciation of the RMB exchange rate is order flow driven during the post-crisis period. There is a significant negative currency exposure during the financial crisis, caused by changes in the RMB exchange rate, indicating that the Chinese stock market exhibits a negative reaction in the period. However, no significant impact is found in the post- crisis period. In order to modify the exchange rate exposure to fluctuations of the US dollar, the Chinese government seems to have adopted the relatively more efficient exchange rate regime to handle the effects of the global financial crisis.

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Jalinas, Johari. "Evaluating Beauveria bassiana on Red Palm Weevil Field Management and Behaviour with Acoustics and GIS." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/73611.

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Lan, Sary. "The Originally Intended Function of the So-called Exclusion Clauses in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees." 名古屋大学大学院法学研究科, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/7361.

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Carceles, Poveda Eva. "Household heterogeneity and Incomplete Financial Markets: Asset Return Implications in a Real Business Cycle Setup." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7361.

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Uno de los problemas principales de la literature moderna de ciclos es la imposibilidad de replicar el comportamiento de los rendimientos de activos financieros. Varios autores han incorporado mercados financieros en el modelo basico de ciclos, demonstrando que, para cualquier calibracion, este tipo de modelos predice una prima de riesgo de practicamente cero.
Una de las razones del fracaso de estos modelos es que utilizan un agente representativo. En este caso los mercados financieros son completos. En esta tesis relajamos este supuesto al incorporar riesgo idiosincratico, que genera heterogeneidad entre la poblacion. Uno de los objectivos principales es ver si estas extensiones pueden ayudar a mejorar las predicciones del modelo basico con respecto a los rendimientos de activos financieros.
Debemos mencionar que, desde la formulacion original de los puzzles financieros de Mehra y Prescott (85), ha surgido una enorme literatura que intenta analizar las implicaciones de modelos con heterogeneidad respecto a los rendimientos de los activos financieros. Entre otros Aiyagari and Gertler (91), Heaton and Lucas (96), Lucas (94), Marcet and Singleton (99), y Telmer (93) han estudiado este problema bajo el supuesto de que el consumo es exogeno. Si embargo, en nuestro analisis incorporamos production y por tanto ofrecemos un modelo mucho mas apropiado para estudiar los rendimientos financieros. En particular, el consumo se deriva de la maximizacion de la utilidad y por tanto no es exogeno. Ademas, el valor de las acciones se determina a traves de la optimizacion de la empresa.
La presencia de un sector de produccion implica que tenemos que tratar un tema al que no se le ha dado demasiada importancia hasta ahora en la literatura. Con mercados financieros incompletos y heterogeneidad de los accionistas, el problema de maximizacion del valor de la empresa no esta bien definido. Esto significa que tenemos que incorporar objectivos que no son estandares. Una de las contribuciones importantes de este trabajo es demostrar como se puede solucionar este problema.
One of the main problems with the modern real business cycle (RBC) literature is its inability to replicate the empirical behavior of the main asset returns in the data. Several authors have incorporated financial markets into the basic model showing that, regardless of the parameterization or the incorporation of other frictions, like capital adjustment costs, these models are unable to replicate the key financial statistics in the data, predicting an equity premium which is essentially zero, and asset return volatilities that are also far from reality.
One of the main reasons for the lack of success of the previous models may be the fact that they are using a representative agent environment. In this case, financial markets are effectively complete, independently of the existing asset structure. In the present thesis, this assumption is relaxed by incorporating both, idiosyncratic labor income risk and imperfect risk sharing, leading to ex-post household heterogeneity and to an incomplete financial market structure. One of the main objectives is therefore to see, if these extensions can help to improve the asset pricing implications of the standard model.
We have to mention that, since the original statement of the asset pricing puzzles by Mehra and Prescott (85), there has been a large strand of literature trying to analyze the asset pricing implications of a context with household heterogeneity and incomplete financial markets. Among others, Aiyagari and Gertler (91), Heaton and Lucas (96), Lucas (94), Marcet and Singleton (99), and Telmer (93) have studied such a framework under the assumption of exogenously determined asset returns and consumption processes. Note, however, that our analysis goes one step further in the sense that it incorporates a production technology, offering a better foundation of asset prices than the standard exchange economy. In particular, consumption is derived from explicit utility maximization instead of being specified exogenously. In addition, the value of price of equity is determined endogenously via the optimization problem of the firm, which also breaks the identity between dividends and consumption processes in exchange economies. We indeed believe, that a detailed and rigorous analysis of asset pricing requires a general equilibrium model of this type.
Note also that the presence of a non-trivial production sector involves addressing an important issue, which has not been given very much attention in the previous asset pricing literature. Under incomplete financial markets and household (shareholder) heterogeneity, the usual profit maximization of the firm is no longer well defined. Thus, unless one assumes that the firm is myopic, in the sense that it solves a static optimization problem by maximizing period by period profits, one has to incorporate non-standard firm objectives into the model. A second important objective or contribution of the present thesis is therefore to illustrate how to get around the problem of the firm by incorporating a firm objective which is adequate for the case in which financial markets are incomplete.

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Gou, Hongmei. "Digital forensic techniques for graphic data." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7361.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.
Thesis research directed by: Electrical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Hunt, Stephen E. "Uncertainty Quantification Using Epi-Splines and Soft Information." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7361.

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This thesis deals with the problem of measuring system performance in the presence of uncertainty. The system under consideration may be as simple as an Army vehicle subjected to a kinetic attack or as complex as the human cognitive process. Information about the system performance is found in the observed data points, which we call hard information, and may be collected from physical sensors, field test data, and computer simulations. Soft information is available from human sources such as subject-matter experts and analysts, and represents qualitative information about the system performance and the uncertainty present. We propose the use of epi-splines in a nonparametric framework that allows for the systematic integration of hard and soft information for the estimation of system performance density functions in order to quantify uncertainty. We conduct empirical testing of several benchmark analytical examples, where the true probability density functions are known. We compare the performance of the epi-spline estimator to kernel-based estimates and highlight a real-world problem context to illustrate the potential of the framework.

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Hope, Jacqueline. "Identifying risk and protective factors in multi–problem poor families living in Cape Town / Hope J." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7361.

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From the researcher’s personal work experience it was found that there appeared to be a cycle of poverty and welfare dependency in multi–problem poor families. This research was undertaken as a means to lay foundational work in identifying risk and protective factors in multi–problem poor families living in Cape Town. A qualitative research approach was utilised and interviews were conducted with participants that met the selection criteria. The objectives of the research were to gather data in the form of deep, descriptive narrative accounts of multi–problem families’ chronosystems and current life issues, with a focus on the life challenges and difficulties that put the family at risk. The data was collected by means of interviews utilising a semi–structured interview schedule as well as tools such as genograms, ecomaps, and life lines (see Addendum 4). Analysed data indicated themes of intergenerational risk factors that included substance abuse, domestic violence, teenage pregnancy and early school dropout. It was also found that within the current generation, absent parents was a major risk factor for children. Protective factors and variables that promoted resilience in families were also explored. It was found that religious beliefs, community support systems and personal resources were the major protective factors in these families. The research findings led to the identification of a number of early–intervention projects and programmes that could be implemented to address the identified risk factors in multi–problem poor families. These interventions include school literacy and support programmes, improved sex education in schools and community support forums.
Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

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Eustace, Paul Alan. "Structural mass of innovative concept aircraft." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2001. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7361.

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Jones-Baucke, Denise Lynette. "A qualitative study of the implementation of a system to increase nurses' use of standardized nursing languages /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7361.

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Farnworth, Charlene E. "Instructional Effectiveness of non-Latino Professional Learning CommunityTeams Serving Latino Populations." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7361.

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As Latino English language learners (ELL) flood national classrooms their non-Latino, English-speaking teachers are faced with meeting the academic needs of limited English proficient students who hail from cultures unlike their own. This study investigated actions taken by teams of non-Latino, English-speaking educators of Latino (ELL) in order to be effective teachers of this minority population. Two premises prompted the search for what enabled non-Latino English speakers to be effective teachers of this minority population. The supposition was that the non-Latino teacher of ELLs must have: (a) familiarity with the language of the minority; and (b) a high affinity for Latino cultures to affect learning. Support for neither premise was found in this research. However, a mediating factor emerged showing that teams who were successful in moving toward instructional effectiveness for their ELLs incorporated other professionals in the building. These additional team members spoke the minority languages and were familiar with the minority cultures. Two avenues of action found through rigorous readings was the focus of this research. Each was found to be beneficial in moving a collaborative team toward instructional effectiveness for their Latino ELLs. The first is for the team embedded within the bounds of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) to team well adhering to the principles of the PLC. The second is to build an environment of trust within the team. Implications for future research could include a comparison of PLC element and trust facet strength in a multicultural setting as opposed to a single minority.

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Neumann, Cristina Rolim. "Polineuropatia do diabetes mellitus : caracterização clínica e padronização de testes autonômicos e somáticos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/7361.

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A neuropatia diabética é a complicação mais freqüente do Diabetes Mellitus. Sua natureza ubíqüa, atingindo praticamente todo o organismo, a multiplicidade de técnicas de diagnóstico descritas tendem a dificultar o seu estudo. No presente trabalho, nos detivemos no diagnóstico de neuropatia autonômica e da polineuropatia sensitiva somática. No que concerne a neuropatia autonômica buscou-se: 1) Padronizar em indivíduos normais os testes para o diagnóstico de neuropatia autonômica cardiovascular utilizando um método de registro eletrônico das respostas autonômicas desenvolvida em nosso laboratório e avaliar a resposta aos mesmos testes em um grupo de pacientes diabéticos. Foram estudados 111 indivíduos hígidos e 143 portadores de Diabetes Mellitus dos quais foram avaliadas as respostas da freqüência cardíaca à respiração profunda, à posição supina e à manobra de Valsalva, e a resposta da pressão arterial à posição supina e ao handgrip sustentado. Foram observadas: forte correlação positiva entre os resultados obtidos com o método computadorizado e o método tradicional; as respostas da freqüência cardíaca e da pressão arterial de homens e mulheres não diferiram; houve correlação entre a idade dos indivíduos e a resposta da freqüência cardíaca ao assumir a posição supina (r= - 0.47, p< 0.001) e à respiração profunda (r= -0.43; p< 0.001). Respostas anormais da pressão arterial à posição supina foram usualmente observadas somente em diabéticos com neuropatia autonômica definida e grave. 2) Utilizando um delineamento transversal buscou-se identificar a relação entre a presença de sintomas usualmente relacionados a disfunção do sistema autonômico bem como outras complicações crônicas do Diabetes Mellitus com três graus objetivamente definidos de disfunção autonômica (NA). Os sintomas foram avaliados através de um questionário aplicado a 132 diabéticos (38 portadores de Diabetes Mellitus Insulino Dependente e 94 Não insulino Dependente), 65 sem e 67 com Neuropatia Autonômica. A neuropatia autonômica foi classificada conforme os 5 testes cardiovasculares autonômicos descritos no item 1: 1) neuropatia Incipiente: 1 teste anormal (n= 27); 2) neuropatia definida: 2 ou 3 testes anormais(n=26); neuropatia grave- 4 a 5 testes anormais (n=14). Foi observada uma significativa associação entre o grau de envolvimento autonômico e a presença de sintomas. A presença de 2 ou mais dentre 7 sintomas autonômicos teve sensibilidade de 93% e especificidade de 89% para o diagnóstico de neuropatia autonômica grave. Na avaliação da polineuropatia sensitiva somática, buscou-se: 1) Avaliar o desempenho de três métodos (número de erros quando o monofilamento de Semmes-Weinsten 5.07 foi aplicado em 54 sítios plantares de ambos os pés, limiar de sensibilidade vibratória na região plantar do primeiro dedo do pé e presença de sintomas de neuropatia periférica usando o escore de sintomas desenvolvido pela Universidade de Michigan) para o diagnóstico e estadiamento da polineuropatia diabética (PND). Os resultados foram comparados com a condução nervosa (padrão-ouro) em 6 nervos dos membros inferiores. Para tanto foram estudados em 26 indivíduos normais e 30 diabéticos (20 Não Insulino Dependente e 10 Insulino Dependente). Conforme o número de nervos com condução anormal os pacientes foram classificados em 4 grupos: a) sem PND: quando a condução nervosa estava normal em pelo menos 5 nervos; b) PND Grau 1: quando havia distúrbio da condução em 2 a 3 nervos, c) PND Grau 2: com 4 a 5 nervos afetados, e d) PND Grau 3: quando os 6 nervos estudados mostravam anormalidades. O desempenho dos métodos para o diagnóstico destes graus de PND foi estudado através de curvas ROC (Receiver Operator Characteristics). Os três métodos se mostraram igualmente adequados para o diagnóstico de PND grau 3. O monofilamento teve um alto grau de sensibilidade e especificidade também para o diagnóstico de PND grau 2 sendo estatisticamente melhor do que os outros métodos. A variabilidade do teste do monofilamento foi menor do que a da determinação do Limiar de Sensibilidade Vibratória. 3) Em uma amostra de pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus buscou-se caracterizar os aspectos clínicos da neuropatia sensitiva somática diagnosticada conforme a resposta ao monofilamento de Semmes-Weinstein. Cento e quatorze pacientes diabéticos (46 Insulino Dependente, 68 Não Insulino Dependente) foram avaliados para a presença de polineuropatia periférica com o monofilamento de Semmes-Weinsten 5.07. Conforme o número de erros os pacientes foram classificados em 3 grupos de neuropatia somática: grupo 1: até 2 erros; grupo 2: de 2,5 a 5 erros; e grupo 3: acima de 5,5 erros. A proporção de pacientes em cada grupo foi 37,71% no grupo 1,17,54% no grupo 2 e 44,73% no grupo 3. Houve correlação entre o número de sintomas e o número de erros na estesiometria (r= 0,48 p<0,0001). No grupo classificado como polineuropatia diabética grau 3, quando comparado com o 1 e 2, houve maior prevalência neuropatia autonômica, hipertensão arterial sistêmica, nefropatia, retinopatia, ulcerações e amputações, bem como, maior número de sintomas de neuropatia. Os estudos consolidaram técnicas de diagnóstico de neuropatia diabética somática e autonômica para o uso em estudos epidemiológicos, terapêuticos e seguimento clínico dos pacientes diabéticos.

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Ferreira, José Wesley. "Questão social: um estudo acerca dos fundamentos teóricos, estratégias metodológicas e relação teórico-prática no ensino em serviço social." Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10923/7361.

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This study discusses the teaching of Social Issues in training in social work, in order to analyze how we are giving the teaching thereof, in relation to the theoretical foundations, methodological strategies and the theory-practice articulation, in order to offer subsidies for the improvement of education in the area. From a methodological point of view, the research is qualitative, elected dialectical and historical materialism as a method that has the following main categories: all, historicity and the contradiction. It employed the case study of a Course of Social Service, linked to a public university in Rio Grande do Sul. Were used for collecting the data, semi-structured interview techniques, whose subjects were fourteen teachers and twelve students that course and document analysis of Project Political. The content analysis technique was used for data processing and analysis. The study results show that the teaching of Social Issues in the Course researched is based on historical and dialectical materialism. However the arrest paradigm occurs in a weakened form, which affects the heterogeneity of concepts and mechanical reproduction of the concept. Teaching strategies of Social Issues range from game approaches, to lectures, preceded by readings. Coordination with the everyday experiences of students was highlighted as a powerful strategy in the teaching of Social Issues. Have the articulation of the social issue with teaching experience as a social worker of teachers was identified with an effective strategy for theoretical and practical grasp of object professional. There are difficulties in understanding of the social issue as the object of professional intervention during the supervised training. This difficulty predates the entry on stage, since the mainstreaming of practice teaching is not included in the teaching of Social Issues in this course. However, students demonstrate approaches in understanding the articulation of theoretical and methodological, technical and operational skills during the supervised training. The field supervisors and academic controversy exists as to the operation of the work, which requires greater coordination of this triad to overcome the challenges of theoretical and practical articulation. The propositions of this study highlight the need to deepen the understanding of the historical and dialectical materialism to overcome the heterogeneity of views on Social Issues, there is need to link the teaching of Social Issues with the everyday experience of students and to mediate the teaching of theoretical relationship -Practice from the experiences of teachers and social workers, both in socio-occupational spaces as extension projects. The improvement of the Social Issues teaching from the theory-practice relationship also requires the development of research to discuss the technical and operational skills, problematize the Social Issues as object and result in academic research on these issues which effectively subsidize training in Social Service.
Este estudo discute o ensino da Questão Social na formação em Serviço Social, com objetivo de analisar como vem se dando o ensino da mesma, no que se refere aos fundamentos teóricos, as estratégias metodológicas e a articulação teórico-prática, com a finalidade de oferecer subsídios para o aprimoramento da formação na área. Do ponto de vista metodológico, a pesquisa é qualitativa, tendo sido eleito o materialismo histórico e dialético como método que possui as seguintes categorias centrais: a totalidade, a historicidade e a contradição; bem como lançou-se mão do estudo de caso de um Curso de Serviço Social, vinculado a uma universidade pública do Rio Grande do Sul. Foram utilizadas, para a coleta dos dados, as técnicas de entrevista semiestruturada, cujos sujeitos foram quatorze docentes e doze estudantes do referido curso e análise documental do Projeto Político Pedagógico e a técnica da análise de conteúdo para o tratamento dos dados e análise dos mesmos. Os resultados do estudo revelam que o ensino da Questão Social no Curso pesquisado fundamenta-se no materialismo histórico e dialético. Entretanto a apreensão do paradigma se dá de forma fragilizada, o que repercute na heterogeneidade de concepções e na reprodução mecânica do conceito. As estratégias de ensino da Questão Social variam desde abordagens lúdicas, até aulas expositivas, precedidas de leituras. A articulação com as experiências cotidianas dos estudantes foi ressaltada como uma estratégia potente no ensino da Questão Social. Já a articulação do ensino da Questão Social com a experiência como assistente social dos docentes foi apontada com uma estratégia eficaz para apreensão teórico-prática do objeto profissional.Há dificuldades no entendimento da Questão Social como objeto de intervenção profissional durante o estágio supervisionado. Essa dificuldade antecede o ingresso no estágio, visto que, a transversalidade do ensino da prática não é contemplada no ensino da Questão Social nesse curso. Porém, os estudantes demostram aproximações no entendimento da articulação das competências teórico-metodológicas e técnico-operativas durante o estágio supervisionado. Os supervisores de campo e acadêmicos apresentam divergências quanto à operacionalização do trabalho, o que demanda maior articulação dessa tríade para superar os desafios de articulação teórico-prática. As proposições deste estudo indicam que é preciso aprofundar o entendimento do materialismo histórico e dialético para superar a heterogeneidade de concepções sobre a Questão Social, há necessidade de articular o ensino da Questão Social com a experiência cotidiana dos estudantes e de mediar o ensino da relação teórico-prática com as experiências dos docentes como assistentes sociais, tanto em espaços sóciocupacionais como em projetos de extensão. O aprimoramento do ensino da Questão Social a partir da relação teórico-prática também requer a elaboração de pesquisas que discutam às competências técnico-operativas, problematizem a Questão Social como objeto e resultem em produções teóricas sobre essas temáticas que, efetivamente, subsidiem a formação em Serviço Social.

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Mustricu, Zoe Steliana. "Defining the economic value of the ecosystems loss in Ria de Aveiro." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7361.

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Mestrado em Engenharia do Ambiente
Coastal zones, bathing 84% of the countries of the world, are important ecosystems that facilitate leisure, recreational and tourism activities, host strategic ports of commerce and provide opportunities for permanent living for the population. The interest in generating information about the coastal ecosystems’ status in ecological, economic and social terms, has only risen in the last decade and at the moment, attempts to quantify their economic valuation brings an important contribution to management plans, as well as to wetland conservation approaches. The main objective of the present thesis is to assess the economic value of the ecosystems found in the Ria de Aveiro Lagoon, as well as to compare some of the main research and action plans that were implemented in the area in the past ten years. The economic valuation was based, firstly, on a research on the existing bibliography, in order to identify the methods used and the associated values for certain ecosystems. Second, after defining the study area and highlighting the main approaches in term of management plans and programmes, were analyzed the changes and transfers of land use that took place from 1990 to 2006, having applied the economic values. The Ria de Aveiro brings an important contribution to the local economy and to the environment and in the past twenty years the human pressure has left a strong mark upon it. However, the latest interventions aimed at promoting the preservation, rehabilitation and recovery of the most sensitive areas, socially and economically, as well as environmentally. The purpose of this work is to ascertain the real losses of natural ecosystems in the Ria de Aveiro and translating them into economic terms.
As zonas costeiras abrangem cerca de 84% dos países do mundo. São áreas de elevada importância, pelos ecossistemas presentes, que de diversas formas potenciam actividades como o lazer, o recreio para além das actividades comerciais. Constituem ainda locais privilegiados para a habitação permanente e sazonal para a população, em geral. O interesse em produzir informação sobre o estado dos ecossistemas costeiros, em termos ecológicos, económicos e sociais, tem vindo a aumentar na última década. Actualmente, assiste-se a diversas tentativas de quantificar o valor económico dos ecossistemas, no sentido de que este poderá constituir um importante contributo ao planeamento, ordenamento e gestão do território, em particular, aos territórios costeiros como as zonas húmidas. A presente investigação teve como objectivo principal, fazer uma primeira abordagem metodológica, de avaliação do valor económico dos ecossistemas presentes na Ria de Aveiro. Complementarmente, efectuou-se uma análise dos principais projectos de gestão integrada das zonas costeiras e de planos de acção que foram, ou estão a ser, implementadas nesta área. A avaliação económica efectuada foi baseada, em primeiro lugar, numa pesquisa bibliográfica existente nas principais revistas científicas, nesta matéria, e ainda nos documentos técnicos mais relevantes produzidos por instituições e organizações que têm vindo a divulgar diversos estudos, nos últimos anos. Este processo exploratório permitiu identificar os métodos utilizados e os valores associados a determinados ecossistemas. Seguidamente, e após a definição da área de estudo foram analisadas as mudanças e transferências de uso do solo ocorridos entre 1990 e 2006,na área envolvente da Ria de Aveiro, tendo sido aplicada uma valoração económicas a cada um dos ecossistemas, presentes na área de estudo. A Ria de Aveiro desempenha um importante papel na qualidade do ambiente e na economia local. Contudo, nos últimos vinte anos a intensa pressão humana e turística, sobre este ecossistema, deixou uma forte marca no território, marca esta bem patente nas alterações de usos do solo observadas. Contudo, nos últimos anos ocorreram intervenções destinadas a promover a conservação, reabilitação e recuperação das áreas mais sensíveis quer do ponto de vista social, económica e ambiental. Deste modo, constituiu objectivo final, deste trabalho, verificar as perdas reais dos ecossistemas da Ria de Aveiro e compreender a sua tradução, em termos económicos.

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Pinto, Ana Catarina Moreira. "Association between anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and length of stay in hospitalized patients." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/7361.

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Trabalho Complementar apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de licenciada em Ciências da Nutrição
Background: Undernutrition is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients worldwide and this condition has been associated with increased hospital length of stay (LOS). The diagnosis of undernutrition includes anthropometric measurements. The aim of this study was to measure the independent association of the anthropometric and derived indicators triceps skinfold thickness (TST), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMT), mid-upper arm muscle area (AMA) and mid-upper arm muscle circumference (AMC) with LOS, within a varied group of hospitalized patients. Methods: A total of 695 patients were enrolled in a prospective observational study, conducted in a Portuguese university hospital. Participants were dichotomized for the anthropometric and derived indicators TST, MUAC, APMT, AMA and AMC according to the percentiles 5th and 25th described in the literature, except for APMT, for which only the 5th percentile was used. Cox regression analysis was used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: Patients that presented values lower than the 5th percentile for TST (HR=0.759, 95% CI=0.579;0.995), MUAC (HR=0.822, 95% CI=0.687;0.983), APMT (HR=0.791, 95% CI=0.671;0.933), AMA (HR=0.797, 95% CI=0.660;0.962) and AMC (HR=0.746, 95% CI=0.611;0.911), showed a lower probability of being discharged from the hospital to usual residence over time. For TST (HR 0.798, 95% CI=0.673;0.946), patients whose values were below the 25th percentile also presented a lower probability of being discharged from the hospital to usual residence over time. Conclusion: For all the anthropometric and derived indicators studied, patients that presented values lower than the 5th percentile had a lower probability of being discharged from the hospital to usual residence. For TST, values below the 25th percentile were also associated with lower probability of discharge. Thus, TST was found to be the best anthropometric indicator to predict LOS. This anthropometric indicator can present advantages for the diagnosis of undernutrition since it may allow an earlier detection of a poor nutritional status.
Introdução: A desnutrição apresenta elevada prevalência em doentes hospitalizados e esta condição tem vindo a ser associada com maior tempo de internamento (TI). O diagnóstico da desnutrição inclui indicadores antropométricos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a associação independente entre os indicadores antropométricos prega cutânea tricipital (PCT), perímetro do meio braço (PB), espessura do músculo adutor do polegar (AP), área muscular do braço (AMB) e perímetro muscular do braço (PMB) e o TI em doentes hospitalizados. Métodos: 695 indivíduos participaram num estudo observacional realizado num hospital universitário Português. Os participantes foram dicotomizados para cada indicador antropométrico PCT, PB, AP, AMB e PMB de acordo com os percentis 5 e 25 descritos na literatura, exceto para o AP, para o qual apenas o percentil 5 foi utilizado. Utilizaram--se modelos de regressão de Cox para calcular os hazard ratios (HR) e os intervalos de confiança a 95% (IC 95%) correspondentes. Resultados: Os participantes que apresentaram valores abaixo do percentil 5 para PCT (HR=0,759; IC 95%=0,579;0,995), PB (HR=0,822; IC 95%=0,687;0,983), AP (HR=0,791; IC 95%=0,671;0,933), AMB (HR=0,797; IC 95%=0,660;0,962) e PMB (HR=0,746; IC 95%=0,611;0,911), revelaram uma menor probabilidade de alta para o domicílio. Para a PCT (HR=0,798; IC 95%=0,673;0,946), apresentar valores abaixo do percentil 25 também se associou a uma menor probabilidade de alta para o domicílio. Conclusão: Os participantes que apresentaram valores abaixo do percentil 5 para todos os indicadores antropométricos mostraram uma menor probabilidade de alta domiciliar. Para a PCT, o percentil 25 também foi associado com uma menor probabilidade de alta para o domicílio. A PCT foi então o melhor indicador antropométrico capaz de prever o TI hospitalar. Incluir este indicador antropométrico nos métodos de diagnóstico de desnutrição pode ser uma mais valia por poder detetar mais precocemente um pior estado nutricional.
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Sanchez, Sindy. "What’s the Function? Assessing Correspondence between Functional Analysis Procedures." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7361.

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In 1997, Congress established the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 1997), which required that schools conduct functional behavior assessments when a student engages in problem behavior that may lead to suspension or expulsion (Ervin et al., 2001; Yell & Katsiyanis, 2010). As a result, research has expanded to include ways to adapt the functional assessment process in school settings. The purpose of this study was to compare the correspondence between functional analysis procedures for students in a private school and validate the assessment outcomes with interventions conducted in the classroom settings. The results indicate that both assessments corresponded in 87% of all functions identified in the study. Furthermore, the interventions yielded reductions in problem behaviors for all participants.

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Newlon, Courtney. "An Evaluation of Bull Trout Movement Dynamics in the Walla Walla River." DigitalCommons@USU, 2018. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7361.

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Bull trout are a fish species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.Historically, they ranged from Northern California at the southernmost extent, into Canada at the northern most extent, and east into Nevada and Montana. Bull trout are highly migratory and require large, unfragmented habitats to persist and are thus highly susceptible to human induced land-use practices. The goal of my thesis was to obtain a better understanding of bull trout movement patterns in the Walla Walla River, Washington using complimentary techniques; Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT)technology and otolith microchemistry. PIT tags can be injected into a fish body cavity, similar to how pets are “chipped”, and as the fish swim through antennas placed in the river, their location and movements are be documented.Otolith microchemistry is a technique that is similar to analysis of tree rings. The otolith, a hard bony structure of a fish’s ear, develops over a lifetime and as the rings of the otolith are created the chemical signature in the water in which they live is recorded and can be compared to chemical makeup of water samples collected through the river system. Using these two techniques, I found that the age or size of a fish and the season are important factors to explain both a fish’s movements and where in the river a fish might be located at a given time. Knowing at what size, age and season a fish is attempting to migrate allows managers to provide the best possible river conditions (e.g., temperatures, flow) to allow for unimpeded migrations to occur and to foster conservation and recovery of bull trout populations.

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Agwara, Marytherese. "Cardiovascular Exercise Participation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Adults Over Normal Weight in the United States." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7361.

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a type of sleep apnea that is common, complicated, and a major contributor to cardiovascular diseases, neurocognitive impairment, and mortality. This disease has additional negative impacts on patients' lives by contributing to daytime sleepiness and low productivity at work as well as absenteeism and work-related injuries. Several studies have been conducted to assess the relationship between cardiovascular exercises and OSA; however, a definite conclusion is lacking. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to assess the relationship between cardiovascular exercise participation and OSA by examining the relationship between total cardiovascular exercise participation per week and OSA as well as the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and OSA among adults over normal weight in the United States. Secondary data from the National Sleep Research Resource (NSRR) were used for analyses. Logistic regression was used to test the hypotheses. The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) guided the study. The findings of the study suggested that doing moderate cardiovascular exercise participation per week (0.1 and 200 minutes) had no relationship with OSA while doing higher cardiovascular exercise participation (>200 minutes) per week had relationship with OSA by increasing the odds (AOR = 2.1, CI: 1.048-4.060) of having severe OSA. BMI had no relationship with OSA. Individuals with OSA and a higher BMI could use the findings of this study to participate in an exercise program that might benefit their health and decrease the risk of exacerbated symptoms which could lead to an improved quality of life and decreased burden associated with OSA.

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Seward, Paul. "Regional groundwater monitoring in the Olifants-doom water management area." University of Western Cape, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7361.

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The aim of this investigation was to provide a framework or strategy for prioritising and implementing regional groundwater monitoring in the OlifantsDoom Water Management (WMA) area. Regional groundwater monitoring is generally seen as the responsibility of the Department of Water Affairs (DW AF), but there is a huge gap between the resources that DW AF has to do monitoring, and the expectations - often conflicting - from both outside and within DW AF as to what monitoring it should be doing.

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Rodríguez, Abad Isabel. "Evaluación de la técnica no destructiva del georradar para la inspección, diagnóstico y análisis resistente de la madera estructural." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/7361.

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Actualmente, la técnica del georradar, que utiliza radiación electromagnética en el espectro de las microondas, tiene muchas aplicaciones en diversos campos y es un método de prospección no destructivo que permite el estudio rápido de estructuras de edificación. De hecho es una técnica que se emplea cada vez más en la inspección y diagnóstico de estructuras de edificación y materiales de construcción como por ejemplo el hormigón o la piedra. En esta tesis se analiza la aplicación de la técnica no destructiva del georradar para la inspección, diagnóstico y análisis resistente de la madera estructural. El carácter no destructivo de esta técnica hace que sea especialmente adecuada para el análisis de la madera cuando ésta forma parte de una estructura. El estudio se aborda desde tres puntos de vista. En el primero de ellos se estudian las variaciones que se producen en los parámetros de onda por medio de georradar al variar las principales propiedades físicas de la madera, en concreto aquellas que afectan de forma determinante a la resistencia mecánica de la misma: la anisotropía, la variación del contenido de humedad y la variación de densidad. En el segundo, se comparan los resultados obtenidos con el georradar al evaluar las propiedades de la madera con dos técnicas no destructivas emergentes en el campo de estudio de la madera estructural (el resistógrafo y la técnica de ultrasonidos). En el último, se establecen los criterios básicos para emplear la técnica del georradar en la clasificación resistente de la madera aserrada nueva. En este sentido, se realiza un estudio pormenorizado comparativo de las distintas técnicas existentes en la actualidad y la clasificación realizada por medio de georradar a partir de unos criterios iniciales definidos por primera vez en esta tesis.
Rodríguez Abad, I. (2010). Evaluación de la técnica no destructiva del georradar para la inspección, diagnóstico y análisis resistente de la madera estructural [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/7361
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Faria, Maria Inácia Sobral Félix. "Contributos da imigração para o desenvolvimento económico dos países receptores. O caso de Portugal entre 1991 e 2006." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Socias e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7361.

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Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciência Politica e Relações Internacionais Especialização em Globalização e Ambiente
No último século o aparecimento de novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação facilitou o intercâmbio de capitais, bens, serviços, pessoas e culturas, mas não diminuiu as disparidades entre regiões pobres e ricas. As populações continuam a deslocar-se para países economicamente prósperos e socialmente desenvolvidos, onde vendem o seu trabalho e o seu saber. A globalização dos mercados de trabalho por via do fornecimento de capital humano é um incentivo às economias, em particular dos países receptores que usam a mão-de-obra estrangeira como factor-chave para o crescimento económico. As migrações internacionais sugerem diferentes percepções, requerem debate político e acções concertadas no combate aos fluxos irregulares, contudo não existe uma verdadeira política global para a imigração. A Portugal chegaram essencialmente imigrantes laborais, em grande número indocumentados, que se distribuíram pela construção civil, comércio e serviços, com elevadas taxas de actividade mas baixos salários. Em duas décadas registaram-se mudanças globais e internas com implicações no mercado de trabalho que impõem a observação atenta do percurso dos imigrantes em Portugal. Procuramos com este trabalho contribuir para aumentar o conhecimento acerca do papel dos imigrantes no desenvolvimento da economia portuguesa, com base na sua colocação no mercado de trabalho entre 1991 e 2006. Com esse objectivo, está organizado em cinco capítulos, o primeiro consiste na introdução, o segundo capítulo, observa as recentes rotas migratórias para e no interior da Europa, o terceiro capítulo aborda o quadro jurídico comunitário e nacional. O quarto capítulo está dividido em duas partes, a primeira é uma breve análise sobre o papel dos imigrantes na economia dos países receptores, a segunda inclui o padrão, a distribuição geográfica, a integração no mercado de trabalho e o papel dos imigrantes na economia portuguesa. No quinto capítulo, encontram-se quatro cenários da provável evolução dos fluxos migratórios para Portugal até 2025 e estão identificados desafios e linhas de acção que, em nosso entender, será necessário implementar para garantir uma adequada gestão dos contingentes migratórios. Uma pequena nota conclusiva encerra o estudo.

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Evangelista, Padilla Evelyn Katty. "El subrayado y el resumen como técnicas en el análisis de textos: sus implicancias en la redacción académica y de investigación." Master's thesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/7361.

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Explica las dificultades que enfrentan los estudiantes universitarios, sobre todo, de las áreas como las de ingenierías, arquitectura, matemática, física y química en la redacción de materiales de carácter académico y de investigación científica. También explica las estrategias que utilizan los estudiantes universitarios de estas áreas cuando redactan trabajos de carácter académico y de investigación científica. Es por ello que se proyecta realizar una investigación sobre la eficacia del uso de las técnicas del subrayado y la redacción de los resúmenes en la redacción académica. Mediante el manejo adecuado de estas técnicas, ellos podrán delimitar las informaciones de los materiales que leen. De ese modo, utilizar dichas informaciones a manera de citas textuales en la redacción de materiales académicos y de investigación científica. Como sabemos, es un anhelo constante entre los docentes de esta área investigar esta problemática y, de ese modo, poder contribuir en la disciplina que les compete. Por ello, la presente investigación es de tipo cuasiexperimental. Como enfoque de investigación opta por una investigación cuantitativa y cualitativa. Mediante el enfoque cuantitativo, recurre al análisis estadístico básico para contrastar los resultados de los grupos, objeto de esta investigación. Con el enfoque cualitativo, realiza un análisis de significados. Es decir, los resultados numéricos son interpretados sobre la base de las competencias discursivas de los integrantes de la muestra tanto del grupo cuasiexperimental (GC) como del grupo de control.
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Duchan, Marek. "Adaptace marketingové strategie společnosti Datura, s.r.o." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-73611.

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Aim of this thesis is the innovation of marketing and communication strategy of Datura, s.r.o. In the theoretical part of the work the main market analysis were described. This part continued with the description of marketing and communication mix. In the analytical part of the work the main market analysis were performed, including the analysis of marketing and communication mix of the company. At the end of the work the information were synthesized and evaluated. On the basis of these synthesized information the final innovation of marketing and communication strategy was suggested.

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Bienová, Lucie. "Využití kalkulací pro řízení v konkrétním podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-73613.

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This thesis describes the use of calculation and the quality of information which is given. The goal of this thesis is to analyse the current situation in the company, assess and propose appropriated options for improving the structure of costs in a calculation formula and then the management would receive quality information for managing. The theoretical part describes the classification of costs, calculations and the system of calculations. The practical part is based on acquired knowledge and is illustrated by this specific water-supply company including its financial analysis and analysis of methodology for compiling calculations and related proposals to improve.

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Petáková, Ivana. "Financování obecních investičních projektů." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-73615.

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This diploma thesis deals with the funding of the municipal investment projects. Its main objective is to evaluate how the way of funding the project influences the process of decision-making in a municipality. The first chapter describes theoretical preconditions for a case study with respect to the different types of municipal revenues, management of these funds and basic criteria that should be considered during the decision-making process. The costs and benefits of investment projects are briefly discussed as well. The second chapter looks closely at the revenues of the municipality Hluboš and the possibilities to use these funds to finance investment projects. The third chapter is then devoted to a concrete investment project of the municipality Hluboš and its funding. The realized interviews showed that the main reason for realization of the evaluated investment project was the existence of the grant and if the project had to be financed from other resources it would not have been realized at all. Based on this comparison, it is stated that the municipality did not consider the basic criteria in its decision-making.

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Lukačovský, Tomáš. "Slovenská dôchodková reforma." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-73616.

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This essay inquires of retirement system in Slovakia. In the first theoretical part author brings the retirement system in, its evolution and character. Also inform about genesis of reform and introduce its legislative basic. In the second part of essay author analyses period of time when the government was changed twice. Every government set up the pension system according to its ideas. The main target of this essay is to recalculate that changes and point at real impact in form of deficit, public debt or in form of saver.

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Mobley, Gail Elaine. "The formation of the English literary canon in the seventeenth century (1640-1694)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7361/.

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This thesis investigates the conception and development of an English literary canon across the mid- to-late-seventeenth century, examining ideas about literary production, preservation, genre development, literary criticism, notions of fame and the role of the author in a period before the term 'canon' was applied to secular writing. Current scholarship into literary canons often concentrates on the eighteenth century and later. My study argues that many of the ideas, institutions, aesthetic features, and commercial factors that contribute to English literature canon-formation predate the eighteenth century, even if the notion of an English literary canon is not made explicit until this time. I approach this topic through a series of five case studies. Four concentrate on specific categories of writing that I argue influence the development of a literary canon from the mid-seventeenth century onward: printed collections, literary criticism, life-writing and commendatory poetry. The fifth chapter focuses on an individual author, Abraham Cowley, and how he endeavours to position himself into the pantheon of English worthies. I am not arguing that the seventeenth century is where canon-formation begins, but aim to demonstrate that ideas about canonicity existed during the seventeenth-century and have impacted the shape and content of the English literary canon.

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Scottá, Luciane. "Arquitetura religiosa de Oscar Niemeyer em Brasília." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2010. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/7361.

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Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, 2010.
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A pesquisa consiste no estudo e na sistematização da arquitetura religiosa produzida pelo arquiteto Oscar Niemeyer em Brasília/DF. Desdobra-se no inventário e na elaboração de fichas com o objetivo de compilar informações sobre as obras identificadas. São nove as edificações religiosas produzidas pelo arquiteto: a Capela do Palácio da Alvorada, a Igreja Nossa Senhora de Fátima, a Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida, a Igreja do Instituto de Teologia (não construída), a Capela do Palácio Jaburu, a Igreja Católica Apostólica Ortodoxa Antioquina São Jorge, a Catedral Militar Rainha da Paz, a Capela do Anexo IV da Câmara dos Deputados e a Capela de Dom Bosco. Para contextualizar o tema, inicialmente aborda-se a questão do tipo religioso em arquitetura e discute-se a vida do arquiteto a partir da totalidade de sua produção arquitetônica religiosa. _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT
The research is based on the study and systematization of the religious architecture produced by the architect Oscar Niemeyer in Brasília. It unfolds in the inventory and the development of files which aim is a compilation of information concerning the works identified. There are nine religious buildings produced by the architect: Capela do Palácio da Alvorada, Igreja Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Igreja do Instituto de Teologia (not built), Capela do Palácio Jaburu, Igreja Católica Apostólica Ortodoxa Antioquina São Jorge, Catedral Militar Rainha da Paz, Capela do Anexo IV da Câmara dos Deputados and Capela de Dom Bosco. To contextualize the issue, it considers initially the type of religious architectureâ’s question and discusses the life of the architect throughout the totality of his religious architectural production.

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Seerattan, Dave Arnold. "The effectiveness of central bank interventions in the foreign exchange market." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7361.

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The global foreign exchange market is the largest financial market with turnover in this market often outstripping the GDP of countries in which they are located. The dynamics in the foreign exchange market, especially price dynamics, have huge implications for financial asset values, financial returns and volatility in the international financial system. It is therefore an important area of study. Exchange rates have often departed significantly from the level implied by fundamentals and exhibit excessive volatility. This reality creates a role for central bank intervention in this market to keep the rate in line with economic fundamentals and the overall policy mix, to stabilize market expectations and to calm disorderly markets. Studies that attempt to measure the effectiveness of intervention in the foreign exchange market in terms of exchange rate trends and volatility have had mixed results. This, in many cases, reflects the unavailability of data and the weaknesses in the empirical frameworks used to measure effectiveness. This thesis utilises the most recent data available and some of the latest methodological advances to measure the effectiveness of central bank intervention in the foreign exchange markets of a variety of countries. It therefore makes a contribution in the area of applied empirical methodologies for the measurement of the dynamics of intervention in the foreign exchange market. It demonstrates that by using high frequency data and more robust and appropriate empirical methodologies central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market can be effective. Moreover, a framework that takes account of the interactions between different central bank policy instruments and price dynamics, the reaction function of the central bank, different states of the market, liquidity in the market and the profitability of the central bank can improve the effectiveness of measuring the impact of central bank policy in the foreign exchange market and provide useful information to policy makers.

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Sari, Vanúzia. "A EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL EM UMA INSTITUIÇÃO HOSPITALAR: POSSIBILIDADES E DESAFIOS." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/7361.

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The process of environmental degradation is increasing, amazingly, and its effects are felt, everyday, in social and work spaces. However, few measures are taken to rein this process. We live in a "Risk Society", where environmental risks are part of human daily life, although these risks are not thought or reflected, but only confronted by individuals supposedly protected by protective cocoons, which are based on continuity of institutionalized routines, in the sense of ontological security and in the elements characteristic of High Modernity. However, when strategies for environmental education are offered to the individuals, becomes feasible for them to reflect about their behavior and be motivated to change. In this context, the objective of this research was to describe as it is developed the environmental education in a hospital, from the individuals directly involved in its planning and formal executing . Methodologically, we adopted a qualitative approach, using the research method of case study, and as collection procedures we use documentary research and semi-structured interview. The study was developed in one hospital of the Grupo Hospitalar Conceição and had as research subject the individuals who joined the Center for Environmental Education of this hospital and other people indicated by them. In this process, based on Content Analysis, we built five thematic axis. The first axis discusses the concepts of the research subjects about environment and environmental education, composing six categories of analysis. The second axis reflects about the experiences of the Hospital Conceição in environmental education, comprising four categories. The third axis describe the consequences of environmental education actions in the context of High Modernity, composing two categories of analysis. The fourth axis refers to discussion about difficulties and challenges of environmental education within the healthcare institution, covering six categories. And finally, the fifth axis of this research shows a possible way to develop environmental education in a hospital. At the end of this study it was concluded that the actions of environmental education in this institution are isolated, fragmented and limited to practices by individuals or groups interested in this theme; therefore it is necessary: an environmental institutional policy that works as a financial, legal, structural and human support to develop environmental actions; a group entirely focused on the discussion and elaboration of environmental activities in the hospital; and, furthermore, it is very important the involvement of managers with environmental cause. Despite these challenges, environmental education developed at the institution represents a small, but important step towards the construction of a complex environmental knowledge necessary in a context of Reflexive Modernity.
O processo de degradação ambiental cresce, assombrosamente, e seus reflexos são sentidos no cotidiano social e nos espaços de trabalho. Contudo, poucas medidas são tomadas no sentido de freá-lo. Vivemos em uma Sociedade de Risco , onde os riscos ambientais são parte do cotidiano humano, ainda que não sejam pensados ou refletidos, apenas autoconfrontados por indivíduos supostamente protegidos por casulos protetores; que se baseiam na continuidade de rotinas institucionalizadas, na noção de segurança ontológica e nos elementos característicos da Alta Modernidade. No entanto, quando são oportunizadas, aos sujeitos, estratégias de educação ambiental torna-se viável que eles reflitam sobre seus comportamentos e se motivem para a mudança. Diante desse contexto, o objetivo desta investigação foi descrever como acontece a educação ambiental (EA) em uma instituição hospitalar, a partir dos indivíduos diretamente envolvidos no seu planejar e executar formal. Metodologicamente, adotou-se a abordagem qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso, como método de pesquisa; e como procedimentos de coleta, a pesquisa documental e a entrevista semi-estruturada. O estudo foi desenvolvido junto a um dos hospitais do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, tendo como sujeitos os indivíduos que integraram o Núcleo de Educação Ambiental e informantes por eles indicados. Nesse processo, com base na análise de conteúdo, construíram-se cinco eixos temáticos. O primeiro eixo discute as concepções dos sujeitos da pesquisa acerca de meio ambiente e de educação ambiental, contemplando seis categorias de análise. O segundo eixo reflete sobre as experiências do Hospital Conceição em termos de Educação ambiental, compondo quatro categorias. O terceiro aborda as consequências das ações de EA em um contexto de Alta Modernidade, englobando duas categorias de análise. O quarto eixo remete a discussão das dificuldades e desafios da EA dentro da instituição de saúde, conglomerando seis categorias. E por fim, o quinto eixo desta pesquisa trilha um caminho possível para o desenvolvimento da EA no contexto hospitalar. Ao final desse estudo, concluiu-se que as ações de EA na instituição em questão são pontuais, fragmentadas e limitadas as práticas de dados indivíduos/grupos interessados no tema; carecendo portanto de: uma política ambiental institucional que funcione como um arcabouço financeiro, legal, estrutural e humano para o desenvolver das ações; de um grupo voltado integralmente a discussão e ao efetuar de atividades no aspecto ambiental; e de envolvimento das chefias. Apesar desses desafios, as ações de EA desenvolvidas na instituição representam um pequeno, mas importante passo, em direção a construção de um saber ambiental complexo e necessário em um contexto de Modernidade Reflexiva.

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Bosio, Morgana. "Produção de hidrogênio e metabólitos em reator anaeróbio de leito fluidizado e em reator de leito granular expandido a partir de glicerol." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/7361.

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This work aimed to evaluated the biological hydrogen production using crude glycerol as feedstock in two anaerobic reactors: (1) anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR), that allows high mass transfer, and (2) an expanded granular sludge blanket reactor, that can used with high efficiency even at high organic loading. In the AFBR, it was evaluated the influence of HRT (14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 hour) in the hydrogen production using crude glycerol as feedstock at 5 g.L-1 and expanded clay as support material. In the EGSB, the HRT varied from 24 to 1 hour, it was used the same feedstock as that used in the AFBR. The reactors were maintained at controlled temperature at 30°C. The noculum for AFBR and EGSB was granular sludge taken from UASB reactor treating poultry slaughterhouse that was previously submitted to heat treatment. In the AFBR, the hydrogen production rate (HPR) increased from 0.08 to 0.73L.h-1.L -1 with the decrease at HRT from 14 to 1 hour, respectively. The hydrogen yield (HY) did not presented the same trend and remained almost unchanged (0.62, 0.76, 0.73, 0.75, 0.60, 0.58, 0.69, 0.85 molH2.mol-1glycerol). For this reactor, the main byproducts were 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD), ethanol, acetic, butyric and propionic acid. The highest 1,3-PD (1,230 mg.L-1), ethanol (723 mg.L-1), acetic acid (204 mg.L-1), propionic acid (759 mg.L-1) and butyric acid (324 mg.L-1) concentration occurred at HRT of 6, 14, 8, 2, 6 hours, respectively. In the EGSB, the HPR and the HY presented the same trend: HPR increased from 0.018 to 1.708 L.h-1.L-1 and HY increased from 0.19 to 2.87 molH2.mol-1glycerol with the decrease in the HRT from 14 to 1 hour. For both reactors, the AFBR and the EGSB,the highest HPR and HY occurred at HRT of 1 hour. As well as for the AFBR, the main byproducts quantified in the EGSB were 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD), ethanol, acetic, butyric and propionic acid. The highest 1,3-PD (1,606 mg.L -1), ethanol (400 mg.L-1), acetic acid (219 mg.L-1), propionic acid (1,075 mg.L-1) and butyric acid (248 mg.L-1) concentration occurred at HRT of 16, 12, 16, 8, 20 hours, respectively.
O presente estudo avaliou a produção biológica de hidrogênio utilizando glicerol bruto como matéria-prima em dois reatores anaeróbios: (1) reator anaeróbio de leito fluidizado (RALF), que possibilita elevada transferência de massa, e (2) um reator de leito granular expandido (EGSB), que pode apresentar alta eficiência mesmo quando aplicadas elevadas cargas orgânicas. No RALF, foi avaliada a influência do TDH (14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 e 1 hora) na produção de hidrogênio utilizando o glicerol bruto como matéria-prima na concentração de 5 g.L-1 e argila expandida como material de suporte. No EGSB, o TDH estudado variou de 24 a 1 hora, e o substrato e a concentração foram as mesmas que os utilizadas no RALF. Os reatores foram mantidos em temperatura controlada de 30 °C. O inóculo para ambos os reatores, RALF e EGSB, foi lodo granular de reator UASB utilizado no tratamento de água residuária de abatedouro de aves, que foi previamente submetido ao tratamento térmico. No RALF, a taxa de produção de hidrogênio (HPR) aumentou de 0,08 para 0,73L.h-1.L- 1 com a diminuição do TDH de 14 para 1 hora, respectivamente. O rendimento de hidrogênio (HY) não apresentou a mesma tendência e manteve-se praticamente inalterado (0,62; 0,76; 0,73; 0,75; 0,60; 0,58; 0,69 e 0,85 molH2.mol-1glicerol) . Para este reator, os principais metabólitos foram 1,3-propanodiol (1,3-PD), etanol, ácido acético, butírico e propiônico. A maior concentração de 1,3- PD (1.230 mg.l-1), etanol (723 mg.L -1 ), ácido acético (204 mg.L-1), ácido propiônico (759 mg.L-1) e ácido butírico (324 mg.L-1) foi observada nos TDH de 6, 14, 8, 2, 6 horas, respectivamente. No EGSB, o HPR e HY apresentaram a mesma tendência: o HPR aumentou de 0,018-1,708 L.h-1.L-1 e o HY aumentou de 0,19-2,87 molH2.mol-1 glicerol com a diminuição do TDH de 14 para 1 hora. Para ambos os reatores, o RALF e o EGSB, a maior HPR e o maior HY foram observados no TDH de 1 hora. Assim como para o RALF, os principais metabólitos quantificados no EGSB foram 1,3- propanodiol (1,3-PD), etanol, ácido acético, ácido butírico e ácido propiônico. A maior concentração de 1,3- PD (1.606 mg.L-1), etanol (400 mg.L -1), ácido acético (219 mg.L-1), ácido propiônico (1.07 mg.L -1) e ácido butírico (248 mg.L -1) foi observada no TDH de 16, 12, 16, 8 e 20 horas, respectivamente.

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Murray, Susan. "An interactive classroom timetable for children with high functioning autism : development and qualitative evaluation of a computer-based timetable." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2007. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7361.

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Teachers report that advanced knowledge of the day’s activities can considerably lessen anxiety for children with autism, especially if this information is highly visual in its presentation. Teaching children with autism often follows a highly structured approach including use of visual planning aids, such as symbolic timetables (Gillberg & Coleman, 2000; Mesibov, Browder, & Kirkland, 2002). Children with autism have been noted to be skilled at using computers and it has been suggested that the computer presents an ideal resource for both educational and recreational use (Attwood, 1998; Higgins & Boone, 1996; D. Moore, 1998; Murray, 1997). However, in spite of widespread use of visual timetables in schools by children with autism, there is little evidence of research being conducted in the area of computerised timetabling for this population. The overall aim of this particular study was to develop an interactive, computer-based timetable and to explore and assess the practical value for children with autism. The research was of an ethnographic nature and involved a case study approach. The development of the interactive timetable followed a user-centred design. Participating children attended a language and communication class attached to a mainstream primary school in Scotland. Seven males aged between six and nine years of age were involved, with four of the children able to participate in the final evaluations of the interactive timetable. Other participants included special needs teachers, nursery nurses, speech and language therapists, and parents of participating children. Examination of a symbolic timetable identified several important issues relevant to the design of an interactive timetable, whilst consideration of parental and educationalist views, gathered through interview, highlighted both benefits and concerns. By extending use to the home environment, the interactive timetable was considered to facilitate communication between child and parent. Concerns regarding access, size and position, user ability, and availability of resources were identified. Although findings were inconclusive, it was possible to communicate timetable information in a computer-based form and furthermore, the children appeared to enjoy using the timetable. Whilst the setting for this study was a single language and communication class attached to a mainstream primary school, this research has implications for a wider debate. The study found generally that the prospect of using information and communication technology to display an interactive timetable which was accessible both at school and at home, offered numerous possibilities for children with autism and their families.

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Sá, Cynthia Amaral Moura. "Doença hemolítica perinatal pelo fator Rh: experiência de 10 anos do Instituto Fernandes Figueira." Instituto Fernandes Figueira, 2006. https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/7361.

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Introdução: a Doença Hemolítica Perinatal pelo fator Rh é causada pela incompatibilidade entre o sangue da mãe e do recém-nascido, levando a destruição de hemácias fetais e, sem tratamento os fetos mais severamente afetados podem morrer intra-útero. No recém-nascido, a doença pode resultar em icterícia,anemia, dano cerebral, falência cardíaca e morte.Desde introdução da profilaxia anti-Rh D o número de recém-nascidos com doença hemolítica tem caído drasticamente em países desenvolvidos, porém essa não é a realidade nacional. Objetivo Geral:descrever as práticas usadas para tratar os pacientes com doença hemolítica perinatal pelo fator Rh, nascidos no Instituto Fernandes Figueira nos últimos 10 anos e apresentar dados clínicos,laboratoriais, o tipo de abordagem terapêutica oferecida e o perfil imunohematológico de suas mães. Material e métodos:Foi realizada uma cohort de 300 recém-nascidos de gestantes Aloimunizadas Rh, nascidos no Instituto Fernandes Figueira no período de janeiro de1995 a dezembro de 2004. Foram coletados dados do pré-natal,nascimento e acompanhamento do Follow-up até 1 ano de idade. Resultados: a maioria de nossas gestantes possuía um anticorpo que foi o anti-D, sendo que a gravidade da doença hemolítica não teve relação com o tipo de anticorpo. O início do pré-natal em nossa unidade é tardio, mas mesmo assim a maioria dos recém-nascidos nasce bem. Nosso índice de óbitos e hidropisialmente está em torno de 7%. Foi evidenciada uma queda de 66 para 35,8% do número de pacientes submetidos à exsangüineotransfusão após o ano 2000 coincidindo com a introdução biliberço e uso da imunoglobulina humana inespecífica, sem comprometimento do prognóstico. Nosso índice de mortalidade relacionado à exsangüineotransfusão foi de 0,7% e de eventos adversos foi de 61%, sendo os mais comuns a plaquetopenia (mais ou menos 50.000) e distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos (hipocalcemia).Os eventos mais graves foram os distúrbios cardiológicos e de sangramento foram estatisticamente maiores nos pacientes cujas condições clínicas eram mais instáveis antes do procedimento. Fatores como níveis críticos de bilirrubina(mais ou menos 20 mg/dl), a prematuridade, hidropisia e asfixia pioram o prognóstico tardio (surdez e encefalopatia bilirrubínica)apesar de intervenção terapêutica precoce. Conclusões: Novas terapias têm sido desenvolvidas para abordagem do recém-nascido com Doença Hemolítica Perinatal como as fototerapias de alta intensidade e a imunoglobulina humana inespecífica, levando a uma diminuição no uso da exsangüineotransfusão, porém esta ainda é uma técnica usada em casos graves de hiperbilirrubinemia.Vários eventos adversos são descritos em conseqüência deste procedimento e são na maioria das vezes assintomáticos e passiveis de correção, mas não podemos deixar de levar em consideração a gravidade do recém-nascido antes do procedimento,além da experiência clínica do profissional que realizará o procedimento. Apesar da intervenção terapêutica precoce os pacientes com fatores de risco(Bt máx mais ou menos 20mg/dl,asfixia,hipoproteinemia e prematuridade) tiveram um prognóstico neurológico pior.
Introduction: The hemolytic disease secondary to rhesus alloimmunization is caused by the incompatib ility between the mother's and the newborn’s blood, leading to the destruction of fetal r ed blood cells and without treatment the fetuses more severely affected can di e intra-uterus. Afte r the delivery the newborn’s disease can result in j aundice, anemia, cerebral damage, heart failure and death. Since the introducti on of the prophylaxis anti-Rh D the number of newborn with hemolytic dis ease has been falling drastically in developed countries, however that is not the Brazilian reality. Objective : Describe the practices used to tr eat the patients with the hemolytic disease secondary to rhesus alloimmunizati on, who were born at IFF in the last 10 years. Describing clinical data, lab abnormalities, therapeutic approach and immunohematologic characteristic of their mothers. Material and methods: Its was done a cohort of 300 newborns of pregnant women’s with alloimmunization by Rh ant ibody, with babies Instituto Fernandes Figueira in the period of January 1995 to December 2004. The program EPI 6 made the statistical analyses. Results: The mostly found antibody in the pregnant women was the anti-D, and the severity of the hemolytic diseas e didn't have relationship with the types of antibodies. The beginning of the prenatal in our unit is late, but even so most are healthy. Deaths or hydrops ar e around 7%. It was evidenced a newborns fall of 50% in patients undergoing the exchange transfusion after the year 2000, coinciding with the introduction of the Biliberço® and use of the intravenous immunoglobulin, without affecting their prognos tic. Our mortality rate related to the exchange transfusion was of 0,7% and the one related to adverse events was of 61% , being the most co mmon thrombocytopenia (< 50.000) and hypocalcemia. The most serious events were bradycardia or heart arrhythmia and bleeding. These disturbances were mo re prevalent in the patients whose clinical conditions were unstable bef ore exchange transfusion. Factors as critical levels of bilirubin ( ≥ 20 mg/dl), prematurity, hydrops fetalis and asphyxia, worsen the neurological prognostic (deafness and bilirubin encephalopathy). Conclusions: New therapies have been developed for the approach of the newborns with hemolytic disease as the phototherapy of high intensity and the intravenous immunoglobulin, leading to a dec rease in the use of the exchange transfusions, but this is still a saving life technique in the serious cases of hiperbilirrubinemia. Several adverse ev ents are described as a consequence of this procedure and most of the ti me they show no symptoms and are susceptible to correction, but we have consider the severity of the patient’s clinical conditions and the professional's skill. Besides the early therapeutic intervention in patients with risk factors (BT máx ≥ 20 mg/dl, the preterm infants, hydrops fetalis and asphyxia) it had a worse neurological prognostic.

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NASCIMENTO, Marilene Ferreira do. "A organização do tempo e espaço na proposta curricular no Curso de Edificações do IFPA." www.teses.ufc.br, 2012. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/7361.

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NASCIMENTO, Marilene Ferreira do. A organização do tempo e espaço na proposta curricular no Curso de Edificações do IFPA. 2012. 121f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2012.
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This dissertation is the result of a research for Masters in Education in the line of social movements, and has as its theme the organization of time and space in the draft curriculum of the course of Buildings of IFPA. It aims to analyze the relationship between time and space in the curriculum in action of the course of Buildings of the PROEJA (Programa Nacional de Integração da Educação Profissional com a Educação Básica, in the form EJA), offered by IFPA. It aims to identify the concepts and principles that addresses the new forms of organization of the curriculum PROEJA; to identify the relationships between time and space in curriculum development; and also to identify the methodologies that meet the needs of students over time and space in PROEJA. Uses a qualitative methodological approach, in which it was based on a literature on the subject, with the purpose of the theoretical basis involving the problem. Presents a reflection and analysis of official documents on the subject. Parallel to the second step, applies questionnaires to students and teachers who are part of the course in focus. At this phase, it objectives to characterize the subjects in the personal aspects and level of knowledge about the program. Approaches the development focus group, at first with students and then with teachers who conversed on the subject, encouraged to talk about their experiences involving the school. Verifies that the approachment allowed to the participants a better interaction, favoring the exchange of information. Uses as theoretical and documentary support the studies of Arroyo, Lima, Dante Henrique Moura, Maria Ciavatta, Frigotto and Freire; also the Educational Project of the course of Buildings of IFPA for PROEJA and other official documents that underlie the program. As a result of the analysis of documents and plans to travel PROEJA performed in this work, emphasizes that the concept of integration from the axis Science, Culture, Work and Technology are closer to the actions of individuals, teachers, students, managers who design integration of knowledge, as suggested by the Base Document PROEJA. Concludes that in the course plans and their policies there is no manifestation of integration across disciplines to create new knowledge or knowledge embedded in the organization beyond the disciplinary hierarchy of content. What is found in the curricular requirements are forecasts that integration should occur from a dialogue between the disciplines and the exchange of experiences among teachers. Reveals, at last, that the materialization of the concept of integration in individual stocks and methodological far the discussion needed to break the barriers between different areas and teachers from different disciplines and the possibilities of integration between the different theorists.
O presente trabalho é o resultado da pesquisa de mestrado em Educação na linha de Movimentos Sociais, e tem como tema a organização do tempo e espaço na proposta curricular no Curso de Edificações do IFPA (Instituto Federal do Pará). Objetiva analisar a relação entre tempo e espaço no currículo prescrito e em ação do Curso de Edificações do PROEJA (Programa Nacional de Integração da Educação Profissional com a Educação Básica, na modalidade EJA), ofertado pelo IFPA. Dessa forma, visa identificar as concepções e princípios que contemplam as novas formas de organização curricular do PROEJA; as relações de tempo e espaço no desenvolvimento do currículo; e as metodologias que atendem às necessidades dos alunos em relação ao tempo e espaço no PROEJA. Trata de uma pesquisa de abordagem metodológica qualitativa, em que foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema, a fim de embasar os fundamentos teóricos que envolvem o problema. Apresenta uma análise e reflexão dos documentos oficiais acerca da temática. Paralelamente, discute os resultados obtidos a partir de questionários aplicados aos alunos e professores que fazem parte do curso pesquisado. Caracteriza os sujeitos nos aspectos pessoais e nível de conhecimento sobre o programa. Aborda o desenvolvimento do grupo focal, primeiramente com alunos, e em seguida com os professores que dialogaram sobre o tema, estimulados a falar de suas experiências envolvendo a escola. Verifica que a aproximação dos participantes permitiu uma melhor interação, o que favoreceu a troca de informações. Utiliza como base teórica e documental os estudos de Arroyo, Lima, Dante Henrique Moura, Maria Ciavatta, Frigotto e Freire, bem como o Projeto Pedagógico do curso de Edificações do IFPA para o PROEJA e demais documentos oficiais que dão base ao programa. Como resultado da análise dos documentos e planos de curso do PROEJA realizados neste trabalho, destaca que a concepção de integração a partir do eixo Ciência, Cultura, Trabalho e Tecnologia estão mais próximoa das ações dos sujeitos, professores, alunos, gestores do que a concepção de integração entre os conhecimentos, conforme sugere o Documento Base do PROEJA. Conclui que, nos planos de curso e em suas diretrizes, não há manifestação de integração entre as disciplinas de forma a criar novos conhecimentos ou conhecimentos integrados que ultrapassem na organização disciplinar a hierarquização dos conteúdos. O que se encontra nas prescrições curriculares são previsões de que a integração deverá ocorrer a partir de um diálogo entre as disciplinas e pela troca de experiências entre os professores. Revela, por fim, a materialização do conceito de integração em ações individuais e metodológica, muito distante da discussão necessária à quebra das barreiras entre as diferentes áreas e professores das diferentes disciplinas e as possibilidades de integração entre os diferentes teóricos.

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Baptestini, Fernanda Machado. "Parâmetros físico-químicos na obtenção do pó de graviola pelo método de secagem em leito de espuma." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2015. http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/7361.

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Objetivou-se estudar e caracterizar o processo de produção de graviola em pó pelo método de secagem em leito de espuma através da escolha do melhor emulsificante e concentração, bem como determinar as propriedades físico-químicas do produto in natura, da espuma e do pó formado além disso, obter as isotermas de sorção e as propriedades termodinâmicas. Foram utilizados frutos de graviola (Annona muricata L.) das quais a polpa foi obtida e acondicionada em garrafas tipo PET higienizadas com água clorada, e armazenada em freezer a -18 °C para posterior utilização. Foram adicionados à polpa os emulsificantes albumina, emustab®, maltodextrina e superliga neutra® nas proporções de 0,0, 2,5, 5,0, 7,5 e 10,0% em massa. Essa mistura foi submetida à agitação, em uma batedeira doméstica por 15 min para a obtenção da espuma. Em seguida foram feitas as seguintes análises: teor de água, atividade de água, acidez total titulável, pH, teor sólidos solúveis totais, açúcares solúveis totais e redutores, cor e massa específica aparente, estabilidade e expansão. Para a secagem, a melhor espuma obtida considerando-se os diferentes emulsificantes e concentrações foi espalhada sobre bandejas formando uma camada fina de cerca de 5,0 mm de espessura. Em seguida, a espuma foi levada para a secagem em estufa de circulação forçada de ar na qual as temperaturas e a velocidade do ar de secagem foram de 40, 50, 60, 70 e 80 °C, e 5,6 m s-1, respectivamente. Utilizando-se dados da perda de água durante a secagem foi proposto e ajustados modelos matemáticos, determinado o coeficiente de difusão efetiva e a energia de ativação. Após a secagem o pó formado foi utilizado para obtenção do teor de água no equilíbrio, pelo método estático em câmaras tipo BOD mantidas nas temperaturas de 10, 20, 30, 40 e 50 °C e dessecador com soluções saturadas. Aos dados observados do equilíbrio higroscópico foram ajustados modelos matemáticos e calculadas as propriedades termodinâmicas como, calor isostérico integral de sorção, entropia e energia livre de Gibbs. Também foram determinadas as seguintes propriedades físico-químicas do pó: teor de água, atividade de água, acidez total titulável, pH, teor de sólidos solúveis totais, açúcares solúveis totais e redutores, cor e massa específica aparente e unitária, porosidade e ângulo de repouso. As propriedades físico-químicas das espumas indicam que as alterações apresentadas não comprometem a possível secagem em leito de espuma do produto; A albumina na concentração de 7,43% foi o melhor emulsificante para a produção de espuma de graviola uma vez que atendeu aos critérios de massa específica, expansão e estabilidade; O modelo de Midili se ajustou bem aos dados experimentais da secagem de espuma de graviola sendo, portanto apto a descrever o fenômeno em estudo; O modelo proposto para determinar o ponto de transição entre o período de taxa de secagem constante e o de taxa de secagem decrescente ajustou-se bem aos dados experimentais podendo servir como uma ferramenta para determinar o teor de água crítico e o tempo crítico; Obteve- se acréscimo no coeficiente de difusão efetiva com a elevação da temperatura de secagem e energia de ativação de 33,10 kJ mol-1; Os modelos de GAB, Halsey modificado e Sigma- Copace são aptos para descrever o fenômeno de sorção de água do pó de graviola; As propriedades termodinâmicas apresentaram comportamento ímpar devido aos elevados teores de açúcares encontrado no pó; As propriedades físico-químicas do pó de graviola indicam boa estabilidade do produto obtido pelo método de secagem em leito de espuma.
The objective was to study and characterize the soursop production process powder by drying in foam bed by choosing the best emulsifier and concentration as well as determine the physical and chemical properties of the product in natura, foam and powder formed. Furthermore, to obtain the sorption isotherms and thermodynamic properties. Soursop fruits were used (Annona muricata L.) of which the pulp was obtained and packaged in PET type bottles sanitized with chlorinated water, and stored at -18 ° C for later use. Albumin, emustab®, maltodextrin and superaliga neutra® were added to the pulp in proportions of 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0%. This mixture was subjected to agitation in a household mixer for 15 min to obtain the foam. Then the following analyzes were performed: water content, water activity, titratable acidity, pH, soluble solids content, total soluble and reducing sugars, color, bulk density, stability and expansion. For drying, the best foam obtained considering different emulsifiers and concentrations, was spread on trays forming a thin layer about 5.0 mm thick. Then, the foam was taken for drying in a forced air circulation oven in which the drying temperature and air velocity were 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80° C, and 5.6 m s-1 respectively. Using data water loss during drying has been proposed and adjusted mathematical models to determine effective diffusion coefficients and activation energy. After drying, the formed powder was used to obtain the water content at equilibrium with the static method in BOD chambers maintained at temperatures of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 °C and desiccator with saturated solutions. To observed data of the equilibrium moisture content were adjusted mathematical models and calculated the thermodynamic properties as integral isosteric heat of sorption, entropy and Gibbs free energy. It was also determined the following physical and chemical properties of powder: water content, water activity, titratable acidity, pH, total soluble solids, total and reducing sugars, color, apparent and true density, porosity and angle of repose. The physicochemical properties of foams indicate that the proposed amendments do not affect the drying of the product in foam bed; Albumin at a concentration of 7.43% was the best emulsifier for soursop foam production since it met the criteria density, expansion and stability; The model Midili fitted well to the experimental data of the foam drying soursop is therefore able to describe the phenomenon under study; The proposed model for determining the point of transition between the period of constant rate drying and the decreasing rate of drying set and the experimental data can serve as a tool to determine the critical water content and the critical time; Obtained increase in the effective diffusion coefficient with drying temperature rise and activation energy of 33.10 kJ mol-1; The models of GAB, modified Halsey and Sigma- COPACE are able to describe the water sorption phenomenon of soursop powder; The thermodynamic properties showed odd behavior due to the high sugar content found in the powder; The physico-chemical properties of the powder soursop indicate good stability of the product obtained by the drying in foam bed method.

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GUSSON, M. F. "Potencial delta de Dirac em um cenário de comprimento mínimo." Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2016. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/7361.

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Teorias que propõem a unificação da Relatividade Geral e da Mecânica Quântica, por exemplo a Gravitação Quântica e a Teoria de Cordas, apontam para a existência de um valor mínimo de comprimento observável. A existência deste implica em uma generalização do Princípio da Incerteza de Heisenberg, de modo a não admitir mais uma incerteza nula na posição, modificando assim a álgebra da Mecânica Quântica. Esta modificação na álgebra sugere uma reavaliação dos resultados obtidos nas situações usuais do contexto quântico. Neste trabalho é abordado o problema do potencial delta δ, sob um contexto de comprimento mínimo, e discutido as consequências e resultados relacionadas a esta generalização.

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Sansuke, Maranhão Watanabe Mário. "O algoritmo polinomial de Shor para fatoração em um computador quântico." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2003. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/7361.

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Sistemas de criptografia largamente difundidos como o RSA fundamentam a sua eficiência na suposição de que, em termos práticos, é impossível fatorar números inteiros suficientemente grandes em uma escala de tempo aceitável. Mais precisamente, não existem, até o momento, algoritmos de fatoração em tempo polinomial que possam ser implementados nos atuais computadores. Dentre os algoritmos conhecidos, o mais eficiente requer um tempo computacional de ordem exponencial na quantidade de dígitos binários do número a ser fatorado. Em 1994, baseado nos trabalhos anteriores de Benioff, Bennett, Deutsch, Feynman e Simon, dentre outros, Peter Shor apresentou um algoritmo de fatoração que requer assintoticamente uma quantidade em ordem polinomial de passos em um computador quântico para fatorar um número inteiro de tamanho arbitrário. Esse algoritmo ao invés de abordar o problema de decompor tal número em dois fatores não triviais pelo método direto de divisões sucessivas, utiliza o problema equivalente de encontrar a ordem de um certo inteiro modulo o número fatorado, onde esse inteiro é escolhido aleatoriamente relativamente primo com o número fatorado. Shor faz uso de um algoritmo quântico para calcular essa ordem. A computação quântica revela um paradigma computacional bastante adverso da computação clássica. Enquanto esta última é realizada através de operações binárias determinísticas com base na lógica booleana clássica, a computação quântica fundamenta as suas operações nos postulados que descrevem o comportamento quântico da matéria. Portanto, é probabilística no seu modus operandi. Essa diferença entre os formalismos lógicos da computação clássica e da computação quântica é um reflexo direto da natureza dos sistemas físicos que são utilizados para implementar concretamente cada uma dessas computações. Esta dissertação apresenta o algoritmo de Shor para fatoração em um computador quântico. Na seqüência, introduzimos no capítulo 1 alguns conceitos básicos da computação clássica com o objetivo de criar um ambiente de idéias favorável à apresentação da computação quântica como uma extensão, tão natural quanto possível, do modelo clássico computacional. Assim, no capítulo 2, apresentamos as bases do formalismo matemático que modela a computação quântica, atendo-nos apenas aos aspectos conceituais que são, direta ou indiretamente, aplicados na descrição do algoritmo de Shor. Os capítulos 3 e 4 são dedicados à apresentação do algoritmo de fatoração de Shor, feita em duas partes. A primeira diz respeito a parte não quântica e aborda os aspectos algébricos do algoritmo. Também é demonstrado o teorema que assegura a viabilidade probabilística da solução desse problema. No capítulo 4, apresentamos a parte quântica do algoritmo de Shor. O ponto alto da dissertação é alcançado mostrando-se como encontrar a ordem de um inteiro módulo o número a ser fatorado relativamente primo com este, conciliando o algoritmo quântico com uma interpretação clássica de seus dados de saída, mediante o uso da expansão de um número racional em frações contínuas

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Ousley, Lisa, Retha Gentry, and Candice Short. "Pre-Research Face and Content Validity for New Dermatology Education Tools for Use in Simulation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7361.

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Ng, Dennis Wai Nam. "Unaccompanied minors and succession in overseas Chinese family business in Hong Kong." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/7361.

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Allgeier, Thomas. "Untersuchungen über Tumor-Hybridzellen zur Vakzinierung bei chronischer lymphatischer B-Zell-Leukämie." Diss., lmu, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-73618.

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Hed, Vall Gabriella, and Frida Modig. "Vad påverkar hållbarhet i svenska företag? : En studie om sambanden mellan marknadsorientering, entreprenöriell orientering och genuint hållbarhetsarbete." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73616.

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Hållbarhet är utan tvekan en av vår tids viktigaste frågor, och ansvaret för en hållbar utveckling vilar på en rad samhällsaktörer. Företagen spelar en viktig roll för att takten på omställningen till ett mer hållbart samhälle ska öka. Marknadsföringspraxis, med tillhörande forskningsfält, har länge varit starkt konsumtionsinriktad där strategierna har tagit utgångspunkt i befintliga marknadsstrukturer. En entreprenöriell orientering skulle, genom den flexibilitet, framsynthet och risktagande som det innebär, kunna bidra till att företag i högre utsträckning ser möjligheten med att arbeta med hållbarhetsrelaterade frågor på ett strategiskt plan. Studien undersöker hur sambanden ser ut mellan marknadsorientering (MO) respektive entreprenöriell orientering (EO) och hållbarhetsfrämjande attityder, förhållningssätt och konkreta initiativ i svenska företag, och har genomförts med en kvantitativ metod. Syftet är att analysera den strategiska orienteringens betydelse för främjandet av en mer hållbar utveckling. Resultaten visar att både MO och EO påverkar graden av genuint hållbarhetsarbete i svenska företag. Ett proaktivt förhållningssätt och en god koordinering och samordning inom organisationen har visat sig vara de faktorer i studien som främst förklarar ett genuint hållbarhetsarbete.

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Prangli, Tõnis. "Destination Development on Prangli Island." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73611.

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Frandsen, Albin. "Flyttare i Mora kommun : En GIS analys över interna flyttmönster." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73610.

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Pilfalk, Marie. "Att organisera för pojkars lärande : En studie av pojkars syn på framgångsfaktorer för lärande." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för pedagogiska studier (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-73618.

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This Master essay has examined boys´own view of success factors for learning. The attended school is organized with pupils from 6-16 years old. It is a school in West Sweden, which has good results among boys leaving school, the difference from the country´s results are significant. The purpose of the study has been to find out from an organizational and pedagogical perspective which success factors therer are for boys´ learning. The study has a qualitative approach and semi structured interviews were conducted in groups of two or three pupils (boys) in grade nine. The method for the interviews is called Perception Map (Sherp, 2018) and has been completed like a dialogue in the group. What emerged out of the interviews are analyzed by using three research questions: Which are boys´own view of success factors at the current school? How do the boys connect the success to the school´s profile? To what extent are the boys´view of success factors characterized by quality education? In the results of the study it can be concluded that the two perspectives are interdependent and that the basic conditions are a factor of great importance. The small school and the small classes provide the conditions for the teachers to have time to meet each of the students and get to know them and everyone´s needs. These meetings are the basis of a good relationship that can be created between students and teachers, and the good relationship creates security and a calm environment. To sum up, this together provides the conditions for teaching and learning. What then happens in the classroom is dependent on the teacher´s competence and ambition to motivate, interest and catch the students´ attention. It also means that the school´s culture is characteristic of the values that prevail in the boy´s group and the prerequisite for whether a study culture is created instead of an anti-study or anti-effort culture.
Sammanfattning Denna magisteruppsats har undersökt pojkars egen syn på vad som är framgångsfaktorer för lärande. Undersökningen är gjord i en F-9-skola i västra Sverige bland pojkarna i åk nio utifrån att skolan har signifikant högre genomsnittlig meritpoäng än rikssnittet för samma grupp. Syftet med studien har varit att utifrån ett organisatorisk och pedagogiskt perspektiv få fram vilka framgångsfaktorerna är för pojkars lärande. Studien har både en kvalitativ och en kvantitativ ansats, där halvstrukturerade intervjuer har gjorts i grupp om två till tre elever. Intervjumetoden har varit föreställningskarta enligt Scherp (2018) och eftersom den gjorts i grupp har den karaktäriserats som ett lärande samtal. Nyckelord och utsagor har sedan analyserats utifrån de tre frågeställningarna, varav den sista även analyserats utifrån Håkansson & Sundbergs (2018) sju riktningsgivare för en kvalitativt god undervisning: Vilken är pojkarnas syn på skolans framgångsfaktorer? På vilket sätt kopplar pojkarna framgången till skolans profil? I vilken utsträckning kännetecknas pojkarnas syn på framgångsfaktorer av kvalitetsmässigt god undervisning? I studiens resultat kan man dra slutsatsen att de båda perspektiven är beroende av varandra och att de grundläggande betingelserna är en faktor med stor vikt. En modell utifrån pojkarnas utsagor visar att skolkulturen eller skolans kontext blir en bärande faktor för övriga faktorer. Den lilla skolan och de små klasserna ger förutsättningar för lärarna att få tid till att möta eleverna och lära känna dem och deras behov var och en. Dessa möten är grunden till att en god relation kan skapas mellan elever och lärare och den goda relationen skapar trygghet och studiero. Detta sammanlagt ger förutsättningar för undervisning och lärande. Det som sedan händer i klassrummet är beroende av lärarens skicklighet och ambition att motivera, intressera och fånga eleverna. Det innebär också att skolans kultur är bärare av de värderingar som råder i pojkgruppen och förutsättningen för om en pluggkultur skapas istället för en antiplugg- eller antiansträngningskultur.

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