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Isidoro, Catarina Matos. "Qualidade e triagem de Manchester : Estudo de caso Hospital CUF Descobertas." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18683.
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A saúde em Portugal encontra-se no caminho da mudança, rumo à excelência, pois questiona-se o sistema, a sua estrutura, os seus processos e os resultados. Uma das condições que mais influencia a competitividade entre instituições da saúde é a qualidade. Sendo a sociedade cada vez mais exigente, medi-la e avalia-la é um imperativo da época actual. O presente estudo teve como objectivo, contribuir para a realização de um diagnóstico de um processo de melhoria implementado num hospital privado de Lisboa - Hospital CUF Descobertas (HCD), no Serviço de Atendimento Permanente (SAP), à luz dos princípios da qualidade total. O procedimento da Triagem de Manchester é um processo que tem como principal objectivo o estabelecimento de prioridades, ou seja, identificar critérios de gravidade, de forma objectiva e sistematizada, que indicam a prioridade clínica com que o cliente deve ser atendido e o respectivo tempo de espera alvo recomendado até observação médica. Não se trata de estabelecer diagnósticos. Para o efeito, utilizou-se uma abordagem metodológica, suportada pelo modelo de auto-avaliação, designado Modelo Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Neste sentido, privilegiando-se a utilização dos critérios de meios deste modelo. Foi aplicado um questionário aos colaboradores do Serviço de Atendimento Permanente do Hospital CUF Descobertas. O Tratamento de dados estatísticos foi realizado com o apoio do SPSS, versão 16.0 e do Microsoft Excel. Os resultados deste estudo culminam com a identificação de pontos fortes, pontos fracos e sugestões de melhorias para o serviço em estudo. Neste sentido, este trabalho serviu de diagnóstico para se poder identificar em que ponto se situa e que rumo se deve seguir para se atingir um patamar de excelência relativamente à qualidade. Abstract: Health in Portugal finds itself on the path toward change, trying to find excellence while challenging the system and its structure, processes, and results. One of the conditions that most influences the competitiveness between the institutes of health is quality because society is becoming more demanding. Measuring and evaluating this change is happening in this current time. The present study has the objective of contributing and establishing a diagnostic tool relative to the process of improvement. This tool was used in a private hospital in Lisbon, Hospital CUF Descobertas, in the Emergency Room, in looking at the principles of total quality. This process designed through the Manchester Triage System has the main objective of the establishment of priorities through which we want to identify criteria of seriousness in an objective and systematic way that indicate a clinical priority with which the client is attended to in respect to the waiting time, giving a recommended time until medical observation. ln this sense, we do not diagnose patients in triage. For this effect, we used a methodological overview supported by the model of self-evaluation, the Common Assessment Framework (CAF}, in which we used the criteria: Leadership, Planning and Strategy, People, Resources and Processes. To arrive at this, a questionnaire was used by the collaborators of the emergency room of Hospital CUF Descobertas. The statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS version 16.0 and Microsoft Excel. The results of this study culminated with the identification of strong points, weak points, and suggestions for improvements for the work in study. ln this way, with this study, we can identify in where an organization finds itself and the path it should take in order to achieve a high level of quality excellence.
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Quintino, Paula Cristina dos Santos. "Qualidade e comunicação nas organizações de saúde : Aplicação prática no Hospital CUF Infante Santo." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18622.
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A presente dissertação discute a cada vez maior exigência de qualidade nas organizações de saúde, que deve ser encarada como uma ferramenta de gestão e de mudança, e a necessidade intrínseca de uma melhor e mais abrangente rede de comunicação, que se impõe para a transmissão de informação e conhecimento, numa sociedade que a uma velocidade atroz se encontra em constante mutação e desenvolvimento. Neste sentido, a temática em estudo assume particular importância no contexto actual, pois apenas a qualidade representa o garante da subsistência da organização abrindo caminho à eficiência e à eficácia organizacional e de interesse para a instituição, pois parte do conhecimento da percepção dos enfermeiros, que na organização de saúde estão directa e proporcionalmente relacionados com a satisfação do cliente. Os enfermeiros asseguram a manutenção dos padrões de qualidade, que a organização pretende alcançar e comunicar, sendo fundamentais na imagem global transmitida e, consequentemente, na criação de valor da própria organização. Este estudo apresenta como objectivo principal averiguar o conhecimento, o envolvimento e quais as necessidades sentidas, na perspectiva dos enfermeiros, no âmbito da comunicação organizacional, de modo a melhorar a comunicação na organização de saúde, de forma a promover uma gestão de qualidade, garantindo uma subsequente imagem global de excelência. A investigação empírica analisou de forma sistemática informação relevante na área da qualidade, da comunicação organizacional e da inovação. Assim, aplicou-se um inquérito por questionário, fundamentado nos princípios de autores como Deming (1986); Chiavenato (2004); Druker (2000); Biscaia (2000) e Jeffries, (1992), junto dos enfermeiros do Hospital CUF Infante Santo. Com a realização de uma investigação exploratório-descritiva coloca-se a tónica na definição de conceitos e na descrição de factores, através de uma abordagem híbrida qualitativa e quantitativa, foi possível empreender-se o estudo e edificar-se os resultados, que permitem fazer uma caracterização de um conjunto de necessidades a colmatar no âmbito da comunicação interna e verificar a receptividade a inovações de forma a conseguir um maior envolvimento, formação e adesão dos enfermeiros nas políticas de qualidade. As conclusões apuradas levaram à apresentação da indispensabilidade de um envolvimento dos enfermeiros na gestão organizacional ao nível das políticas de qualidade e dos processos de melhoria contínua, observando a emergência de necessidades comunicacionais, nomeadamente a intranet, numa atitude afirmativa de imposição deste canal como um importante facilitador, desde que adaptado à realidade da organização. ABSTRACT: This dissertation discusses the increasing demand for quality in health organizations, which should be seen as a management and change tool, and the intrinsic need of a better and wider communication network, which is required for the transmission of information and knowledge, in a society that is at an atrocious speed constantly changing and developing. ln this sense, the theme in study assumes particular importance in the current context, thus only the quality represents the guarantee of the continuation and existence of the organization opening the way to organizational efficiency and effectiveness and of interest to the institution, as by part of the perception knowledge of the nurses, which in the health organization are directly and proportionately related to the client’s satisfaction. The nurses ensure the maintenance of the quality standards, that the organization aims to reach and communicate, being fundamental in the global image transmitted, and consequently, in the creation of value for the organization itself. The study presents as main objective the investigation of knowledge, the involvement and which necessities needed and felt, in the nurses' perspective, within the organizational communication, as to better the communication within the health organization, in such a way to promote the quality management, guaranteeing a subsequent global image of excellence. The empirical research analyzed in systematic way information relevant in the area of quality, of the organizational communication and innovation. Thus, a survey questionnaire was applied, based on the principles of authors such as Deming (1986); Chiavenato (2004); Druker (2000); Biscaia (2000) e Jeffries, (1992), among nurses of the Infante Santo CUF Hospital. With the completion of an exploratory-descriptive research, the emphasis was put on the concepts definition and the factors description, through a quality and quantity hybrid approach, it was possible to carry out the study and edify the results, which permit in the making of a characterization of a group or set of necessities to cover in the internal communication ambit and verify the acceptability to innovations so that a greater involvement be achieved, training and adherence of the nurses in the quality policies. The conclusions reached led to the presentation of the indispensability of an involvement of the nurses in the organizational management at the level of the quality policies and the processes for continuous improvement, observing the emergency of communication needs, namely the intranet, in an affirmative attitude of imposition of this channel such as an important facilitator, as long as ifs adapted to the reality of the organization.
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Bastos, Carmen Rita de Almeida. "A qualidade dos cuidados de enfermagem e a Norma ISO 9001 : Aplicação empírica no Hospital CUF Infante Santo." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18621.
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A preocupação com a qualidade e normalização dos serviços de saúde é cada vez maior, verificando-se que, para responder às progressivas exigências dos utentes, aparecem entidades que criam normas universais, as quais pretendem a garantia da qualidade nos serviços de saúde. Contudo, a implementação de um sistema de gestão da qualidade, através da norma ISO 9001, nestas organizações, é um desafio pela dificuldade de avaliação da qualidade dos serviços prestados- cuidados de saúde. Estando presente num hospital profissional como médicos, enfermeiros e gestores, com características culturais que influenciam a forma de encarar a qualidade e a sua monitorização para a existência de uma mudança profunda, quando se implementa uma política de qualidade, é fundamental conhecer a definição da qualidade de cada profissional, membro de uma cultura e, deste modo, a sua postura perante o fenómeno. O presente trabalho tem como objectivos identificar a percepção dos enfermeiros do Hospital Cuf Infante-Santo, relativamente ao sistema de gestão da qualidade, segundo a norma ISO, e, consequentemente, investigar pontos fortes, pontos fracos, ameaças e oportunidades da implementação dessa norma nessa organização hospitalar. Para atingir os objectivos, foi desenvolvido um modelo de análise, onde se considera o relacionamento entre as características da qualidade em saúde, cultura organizacional hospitalar e do sistema da norma ISO, para o desenvolvimento da melhoria contínua na organização. Os dados, para a elaboração desta dissertação, foram recolhidos através de inquérito por questionários aos enfermeiros do Hospital Cuf Infante-Santo, que se encontravam a laborar na organização aquando da implementação da norma ISO, sendo utilizado o método quantitativo e técnicas do estudo qualitativo na análise de dados orientados para o significado das acções. Do trabalho desenvolvido, conclui-se que a percepção relativamente às alterações na qualidade dos cuidados está limitada pelo facto de a maioria dos respondentes não conhecer o sistema de qualidade (Norma ISO 9001), sendo este um dos pontos fracos para a implementação da norma ISO na organização. Deste modo, a situação diagnosticada constitui um alerta para as organizações de saúde, ao implementarem sistemas de gestão da qualidade, potencializarem os pontos fortes identificados, como a orientação dos enfermeiros para o cuidar e para o cliente e, por outro lado, evitar repetir pontos fracos, como o identificado anteriormente, através do envolvimento e formação dos seus colaboradores nas políticas da qualidade. Os enfermeiros preocupam-se com a qualidade, mas referem que não a monitorizam regularmente. Pelo que, esta necessidade com a implementação do sistema de gestão da qualidade, deverá ser corrigida, de modo a que a organização de saúde em estudo caminhe para a excelência. ABSTRACT: The concern with the quality and standardization of health services is increasing, verifying that to respond to the progressiva demands of the users, there appear entities wishing to create universal standards to ensure the quality in health services. However, implementing a quality management service, through ISO 9001 standard, in these organizations, it is a challenge by the difficulties of evaluation in the quality of the provided services - health care. Being present in a hospital professionals such as doctors, nurses and managers, with cultural characteristics that influence the way and method of facing the quality and its monitoring for the existence of a profound change, when a quality policy is implemented, it is fundamental to know the definition of the quality of each and ever professional, member of a culture, and in this way, their posture towards the phenomenon. This present study aims to identify the perceptions of nurses at the Infante-Santo CUF Hospital, relatively to the quality management system, according to the ISO standard, and consequently, investigating strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of the implementation of this standard in that hospital organization. To achieve these aims or objectives, an analysis model was developed, which considers the relationship between the characteristics of the quality of health, hospital organizational culture and the ISO standard system, for the further development of the continuous improvement in the organization. The data for the elaboration of this dissertation was collected through questionnaire surveys done to the nurses at Infante-Santo CUF Hospital, who were working in the organization during the ISO standard implementation, being used the quantity method and techniques of the quality study in the analysis of data orientated to the meaning of actions. The developed research concluded that the perception related to the alterations in the quality of the care is limited by the majority of respondents not knowing the quality system (ISO 9001 standard), being this one of the weaknesses to the implementation of the ISO standard in the organization. Therefore, the diagnosed situation constituted a warning to the health organizations, to implement quality management systems, potentially the identified strengths, such as the orientation of the nurses to the care and to the client, and on the other hand, avoiding the repetition of weaknesses, as previously identified, through the involvement and training of its employees in the quality policies. The nurses are concerned about the quality but they refer that there is no regular monitoring. Thus, this necessity of the implementation of the quality and management system should be corrected, so that the health organization being studied should proceed to excellence.
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Kanarat, Amnart. "Motion Planning and Robust Control for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots under Uncertainties." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28316.
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This dissertation addresses the problem of motion planning and control for nonholonomic mobile robots, particularly wheeled and tracked mobile robots, working in extreme environments, for example, desert, forest, and mine. In such environments, the mobile robots are highly subject to external disturbances (e.g., slippery terrain, dusty air, etc.), which essentially introduce uncertainties to the robot systems. The complexity of the motion planning problem is due to taking both nonholonomic and uncertainty constraints into account simultaneously. As a result, none of the conventional nonholonomic motion planning can be directly applied. The control problem is even more challenging since state constraints posed by obstacles in the environments must also be considered along with the nonholonomic and uncertainty constraints.
In this research, we systematically develop a new type of motion planning technique that determines an optimal path for a mobile robot in a given environment. This motion planning technique is based on the idea of a maximum allowable uncertainty, which is a number assigned to each free configuration in the environment. The optimal path is a path connecting given initial and goal configurations through a series of configurations respecting the nonholonomic constraint and possessing the highest maximum allowable uncertainty. Both linear and quadratic approximations of the maximum allowable uncertainty, including their corresponding motion planners, have been studied. Additionally, we develop the first real-time robust control algorithm for the mobile robot under uncertainty to follow given paths safely and accurately in cluttered environments. The control algorithm also utilizes the concept of the maximum allowable uncertainty as well as the robust control theory. The simulation results have shown the effectiveness and robustness of the control algorithm in steering the mobile robot along a given path amidst obstacles without collisions even when the level of robot uncertainty is high.Ph. D.
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Muluvi, Geoffrey Mwanza. "Molecular ecology and population genetics of two multipurpose tropical trees, Moringa oleifera Lam. and M. Stenopetala (Bak. F) Cuf." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300395.
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Miranda, Dulce Maria Lourenço. "Compreender os atributos da qualidade percebida pelos clientes/utentes do grupo CUF : O caso de três serviços de imagiologia da Região de Lisboa." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/21317.
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O presente estudo tem como objectivo geral a análise dos atributos da qualidade percebida pelos clientes/utentes nos Serviços de lmagiologia de três unidades de saúde privado e a sua relação com a satisfação dos mesmos. Para o desenrolar da pesquisa criou-se um modelo de investigação baseado na adaptação dos pressupostos interdisciplinares existentes na área do estudo das relações entre os atributos da qualidade percebida e a satisfação dos actores individuais e colectivos. A nível metodológico utilizou-se um estudo transversal, descritivo e correlacionai, recorrendo ao inquérito por questionário para a recolha privilegiada de dados, cuja concepção baseou-se numa adaptação da escala SERVPREF (Cronin & Taylor 1992, 1994) e das dimensões do modelo SERVQUAL (PZB, 1991), assim como doutros modelos na área da Radiologia e dos serviços hospitalares. O estudo incidiu sobre uma amostra não probabilística de 201 clientes/utentes de três Serviços de lmagiologia de Lisboa do grupo CUF, que recorreram aos serviços prestados ao nível da TC, RM e Mamografia em 2009. O protocolo de tratamento de dados utilizado teve em linha de conta os objectivos da investigação, incidindo na análise descritiva uni, bi e multivariada. Os dados recolhidos foram tratados via SPSS 17, cujos resultados colocaram em evidência de que a consistência interna da escala do modelo global adoptado apresenta um valor de Alpha Cronbach de 0,953, variando os valores parcelares das diferentes sub-dimensões factoriais entre 0,820 a 0,907. Os factores extraídos via análise factorial por componentes principais permitiu identificar os eixos dum modelo global para os serviços estudados, em que testado via AMOS 17 permitiu validar um sub modelo final de equações estruturais (SEM: Structural Equation Modeling) que traduz a matriz da qualidade percebida dos três Serviços de lmagiologia de Lisboa do grupo CUF. Os resultados sugerem ainda uma forte correlação entre a qualidade percebida em geral e a satisfação dos clientes/utentes. Em suma, foram atingidos os objectivos principais do estudo com a validação de um modelo de análise da qualidade percebida pelos clientes/utentes dos Serviços de lmagiologia e a análise das percepções dos clientes/utentes dos mesmos serviços no que diz respeito às avaliações da qualidade do "desempenho" do serviço prestado. De acordo com os resultados é proposto uma intervenção sócio-organizacional no âmbito do desempenho dos profissionais, designadamente em gestão do risco e segurança dos clientes/utentes para os Serviços de lmagiologia. / ABSTRACT: This study aims to analyse the perceived quality by customers I users of diagnostic imaging services in three units of private health services and its relations with user's satisfaction. To develop the research, a research model was created, based on the adjustment of the interdisciplinary assumptions existing in the area of the study of the relations between the attributes of perceived quality and the satisfaction of individual and collective actors. From a methodological tier, a cross-sectional descriptive and correlation study was used, using the survey questionnaire for collecting relevant data, whose design was based on an adjustment of the scale SERVPREF (Cronin and Taylor 1992, 1994) and dimensions of the SERVQUAL model (PZB, 1991), as well as of other models in the field of radiology and hospital services, and the model HQual (Silva et al., 2009) to explore the dimensions of quality and satisfaction. The study focused on a non-probability sample of 201 customer’s users of three imaging services at the Lisbon CUF group, who resorted to the services provided at the CT, MRI and Mammography level in 2009. The data treatment protocol which was used took into account the research objectives, through unit, bi and multivariate analysis. The research data were processed through SPSS 17, and the respective results have demonstrated that the internal consistency of the scale of the global model adopted has a Cronbach alpha value of 0.953, varying the parcel values of the different sub-factorial dimensions between 0.820 and 0.907. The factors extracted by factorial analysis by principal components allowed the identification of the axes of a comprehensive model for the services studied, as testing by AMOS 17 allowed to validate a final structural equation sub-model (SEM: Structural Equation Modeling) of a matrix of perceived quality and satisfaction of customers I users from three department of radiology from Lisbon CUF group. The results also suggest a strong correlation between perceived quality and overall satisfaction of customer’s users. ln short, the main objectives of the study have been achieved with the validation of an analytical model of perceived quality and satisfaction of customer’s users of services and imaging services and the analysis of the perceptions of customer’s users of these services with regard to quality ''performance" assessments of service. According to the results, a social organizational intervention is proposed with respect to the performance of professionals in risk management and safety of customer’s users for lmaging Services.
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Pereira, Susana Estela Faustino Malaquias. "Projeto de uma unidade de produção de ácido sulfanílico." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/19030.
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Mestrado em Engenharia QuímicaPretende-se com esta monografia apresentar um projeto que culminou com o arranque e afinação de uma unidade industrial de produção de químicos orgânicos. O trabalho foca-se nas atividades de engenharia desenvolvidas no âmbito do projeto, construção, arranque e afinação da unidade de produção de ácido sulfanílico da CUF, em Estarreja, inicialmente desenhada para uma capacidade de 2,500 t/ano de ácido sulfanílico puro. Ao longo da monografia são descritas em detalhe as principais atividades no âmbito da engenharia química desde a pesquisa bibliográfica relativa aos processos de produção de ácido sulfanílico e, dada a escassez de informação, à realização de ensaios laboratoriais e piloto para se proceder ao desenho da unidade industrial. Após o desenvolvimento do Anteprojeto, iniciado em 1995, e envolvendo atividades essenciais como a realização dos balanços de material, desenvolvimento dos diagramas de processo e dimensionamento do equipamento fabril a CUF aprovou a execução do projeto no final de 1997. Após o desenvolvimento dos pacotes de engenharia e a construção da unidade, fases executadas com o apoio de técnicos e firmas especializadas procedeu-se ao comissionamento e arranque da unidade. Na parte final desta monografia são ainda descritas as ações de melhorias que foram desenvolvidas essencialmente nos dois anos seguintes ao arranque da unidade e que permitiram estabilizar o processo, assim como as alterações posteriores que permitiram atingir a capacidade nominal atual que ronda as 4,000 t/ano de ácido sulfanílico puro.
This work describes an engineering project that resulted in the start up and optimization of an industrial plant for the production of organic chemicals. It will focus on the engineering activities related to the process and plant design, erection, commissioning and start up of CUF’s sulfanilic acid plant, located in Estarreja, with a design capacity of 2,500 tpy, which became operational in 1998. Process and plant design activities from literature surveys up to pilot plant testing, due to lack of relevant information from the survey, will be detailed in this report. These include material and energy balances calculation, development of the process diagrams as well as equipment specification, design and cost analysis. By the end of 1997, an economic feasibility study based on the market data and the expected plant and production costs led to CUF’s decision to invest in the new plant, which was followed by the development of the engineering packages, with the support of external companies. CUF completed the plant erection, commissioning and start up by the end of 1998. In the last chapters of this work, details of the problems which followed plant start up as well as some of the most relevant measures and modifications made to the process will also be detailed. More recent modifications allowed for the plant debottlenecking which increased the initial plant capacity from 2,500 tpy to 4,000 tpy.
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Bengtsson, Mattias. "Feministiska uttryck : Idealtypsanalys av Sveriges socialdemokratiska ungdomsförbund och Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-60376.
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The aim of this paper is to ascertain what kind of feminist expressions that are prevalent in two of Sweden’s major political youth organizations, the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and the Centre Party Youth using ideal types constructed from major feminist ideologies. A comparison between the two is also a part of the analysis, to clarify the differences and similarities between the two regarding issues pertaining gender equality. Socialist feminism and radical feminism were prevalent in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League but it also contained expressions of liberal feminism. The Centre Party Youth were exclusively liberal feminist in their expression. The differences between the two were ideological and the causal explanations for why gender equality exists differed as well. The similarities were limited to certain specific issues where they identified similar, if not identical, problems in society.
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Wenzel, Christian. "Local FEM Analysis of Composite Beams and Plates : free-Edge effect and Incompatible Kinematics Coupling." Thesis, Paris 10, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA100107/document.
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Cette thèse traite des problèmes des concentrations de contraintes locales, en particularité des effets des bords libres dans des structures stratifiés. À l'interface entre deux couches avec des propriétés élastiques différentes, les contraintes ont un comportement singulier dans le voisinage du bord libre en supposant un comportement de matériau élastique linéaire. Par conséquent, ils sont essentiels pour promouvoir le délaminage. Via Formulation unifiée de la Carrera (CUF) différents modèles cinématiques sont testés dans le but de capter les concentrations de contraintes. Dans la première partie de ce travail, les approches de modélisation dimensionnelle réduits sont comparées. Deux classe principale sont présentés: la couche équivalent (ESL) et l'approche par couche, LW. Par la suite leurs capacités à capter les singularités sont comparées. En utilisant une fonction a priori singulière, via une expression exponentielle, une mesure des contraintes singulières est introduite. Seulement deux paramètres décrivent pleinement les composantes des contraintes singulières au voisinage du bord libre. Sur la base des paramètres obtenus les modèles sont comparés et aussi les effets sous des charges d'extension et de flexion et pour différents stratifiés. Les résultats montrent une nécessité des modèles complexes dans le voisinage du bord libre. Cependant loin des bords libres, dans le centre de plaques composite, aucune différence significative ne peut être noté pour les modèles plutôt simples. La deuxième partie de ce travail est donc dédiée au couplage de modèles cinématique incompatibles. Modèles complexes et coûteux sont utilisés seulement dans des domaines locaux d'intérêt, tandis que les modèles économiques simples seront modéliser le domaine global. La eXtended Variational Formulation (XVF) est utilisé pour coupler les modèles de dimensionnalité homogènes mais de cinématique hétérogènes. Ici pas de recouvrement de domaine est présent. En outre, le XVF offre la possibilité d'adapter les conditions imposées à l'interface en utilisant un paramètre scalaire unique. On montre que, pour le problème de dimensionnalité homogène, que deux conditions différentes peuvent être imposées par ce paramètre. Un correspondant à des conditions fortes des Multi Point Constraints (MPC) et un second fournir des conditions faibles. La dernière offre la possibilité de réduire extrêmement le domaine qui utilise le modèle cinématique complexe, sans perte de précision locale. Comme il s'agit de la première application de la XVF vers les structures composites, le besoin d'un nouvel opérateur de couplage a été identifié. Un nouveau formulaire est proposé, testé et sa robustesse sera évaluéeThis work considers local stress concentrations, especially the free-Edge effects of multilayered structures. At the interface of two adjacent layers with different elastic properties, the stresses can become singular in the intermediate vicinity of the free edge. This is valid while assuming a linear elastic material behaviour. As a consequence this zones are an essential delamination trigger. Via the Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF), different kinematical models are testes in order to obtain the correct local stress concentration. In the first part of this work, the reduced dimensional modelling approaches are compared. Two main class are presented: Equivalent Single Layer (ESL) models treating the layered structure like one homogenous plate of equal mechanical proper- ties, and the Layer Wise approach, treating each layer independently. Subsequently their capabilities to capture the appearing singularities are compared. In order to have a comparable measurement of those singularities, the obtained stress distributions will be expressed via a power law function, which has a priori a singular behaviour. Only two parameters fully describe therefore the singular stress components in the vicinity of the free edge. With the help of these two parameters not only the different models capabilities will be compared, but also the free edge effect itself will be measured and compared for different symmetrical laminates and the case of extensional and uniform bending load. The results for all laminates under both load cases confirm the before stated need for rather complex models in the vicinity of the free edge. However far from the free edges, in the composite plates centre, no significant difference can be noted for rather simple models. The second part of this work is therefore dedicated to the coupling of kinematically incompatible models. The use of costly expensive complex models is restricted to local domains of interest, while economic simple models will model the global do- main. The Extended Variational Formulation (XVF) is identified as the most suitable way to couple the kinematically heterogenous but dimensional homogenous models. As it uses a configuration with one common interface without domain overlap, the additional efforts for establishing the coupling are limited. Further the XVF offers the possibility to adapt the conditions imposed at the interface using a single scalar parameter. It will be shown that for the homogenous dimensional problem under consideration only two different conditions can be imposed by this parameter. One matching the strong conditions imposed by the classical Multi Point Constrains (MPC) and a second one providing a weak condition. The last one is shown to provide the possibility to reduce further the domain using the complex kinematical model, without the loss of local precision. As this is the first application of the XVF towards composite structures, the need for a new coupling operator was identified. A new form is proposed, tested and its robustness will be evaluated
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Andersson, Mattias. "Centerpartiet och kärnkraften : En studie av förändring i ett parti." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-3251.
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D Level Essay in Political Science, Autumn Semester 2008 by Mattias Andersson. Tutor: Alf Sundin. “The Swedish Centre Party and Nuclear Power. A Study of Change in a Political Party”
The aim of this essay is to examine the policy of the Swedish Centre Party on nuclear power. More exactly the aim is to study if the Centre Party has been going through a change of policy on nuclear power and, if so, how the policy has changed. The essay is about the Centre Party, the Centre Party’s Youth League and the Centre Party’s Women’s Association. The Student Association as well as different special interests in trade and industry with a connection to the Centre Movement have been delimited. The time periods studied are 1979-1988 and 2001-2008. The analysis of the ideology is based on Herbert Tingsten. The various arguments are presented in tables. A couple of concepts from Gunnar Sjöblom have also been used. These are the research questions:
- Has the Centre Party changed its ideology on nuclear power?
- Has the Centre Party changed its arguments on nuclear power?
- Has the Centre Party’s Youth League changed its policy and its arguments on nuclear power?
- Has the Centre Party’s Women’s Association changed its policy and its arguments on nuclear power?
- Have the prospects of success for the Centre Party’s policy on nuclear power changed:a, in the electoral arena?b, in the parliamentary arena?c, in the internal arena?
The research has been made from political and environmental programs as well as some newspaper articles and interviews. Motions on nuclear power to the Centre Party’s assembly have also been studied. The essay makes it plain that the Centre Party has changed its ideology on nuclear power. The fundamental values have changed as well as the recommended action. The main arguments are still the same and have not changed, however a few of the arguments from the earlier time period are no longer used. The Centre Party’s Youth League has been going through the biggest change and is today even in favour of uranium mining in Sweden whereas the Centre Party’s Women’s Association has changed from a strong commitment into a lack of a policy on their own. Earlier there was a strong sense of consensus in the Centre Movement. Today there are all kinds of views on nuclear power within the movement. The policy of today has good prospects of success in the parliament and among voters but is problematic within the party.
Remaining research fields are to further examine the internal opinions on nuclear power, especially within the Youth League and the Women’s Association. Another field is to study whether the change has been influenced by special interests in trade and industry. A further examination of the concept of change would also be clarifying.
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D-uppsats av Mattias Andersson, Statsvetenskap IV, ht 2008. Handledare: Alf Sundin ”Centerpartiet och kärnkraften. En studie av förändring i ett parti”
Syftet är att undersöka om Centerpartiet har förändrat sin politik i kärnkraftsfrågan samt hur politiken i kärnkraftsfrågan i så fall har förändrats. I uppsatsen studeras Centerpartiet, Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund och Centerkvinnorna, medan Centerstudenter eller särintressen med speciell anknytning till Centerrörelsen avgränsats. Två tidsperioder studeras, perioden 1979-1988 samt 2001-2008. I ideologianalysen har Herbert Tingstens syn på ideologibegreppet tillämpats. Argumentationsanalysen redovisas i form av tabeller där de förekommande argumenten för och mot kärnkraft vid de undersökta tidpunkterna redovisas. En analys-modell av Gunnar Sjöblom har också använts. Syftet preciseras till följande forskningsfrågor:
- Har Centerpartiet förändrat sin ideologi i kärnkraftsfrågan?
- Har Centerpartiet förändrat sina argument i kärnkraftsfrågan?
- Har Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund förändrat sin politik respektive sina argument i kärnkraftsfrågan?
- Har Centerkvinnorna förändrat sin politik respektive sina argument i kärnkraftsfrågan?
- Har utsikterna till framgång för Centerpartiets politik i kärnkraftsfrågan förändrats:a, på väljararenan?b, på den parlamentariska arenan?c, på den interna arenan?
I huvudsak har parti- och miljöprogram och motioner till riksstämman studerats, men även några tidningsartiklar och intervjuer har använts. Studien visar att Centerpartiet har förändrat sin ideologi i kärnkraftsfrågan på flera olika sätt. Grundvärderingarna har förändrats, liksom handlingsrekommendationerna. Centerpartiet fortsätter däremot att argumentera mot kärnkraften såsom tidigare; dock har några argument som tidigare användes försvunnit. Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund har gjort den radikalaste omsvängningen i kärnkraftsfrågan och är numera även för uranbrytning i Sverige, medan Centerkvinnorna gått från att vara starkt engagerade till att inte längre föra en egen politik i kärnkraftsfrågan. Tidigare rådde en tydlig konsensus inom centerrörelsen; idag finns olika åsikter om kärnkraft företrädda. Den politik som förts under senare år har goda utsikter till parlamentarisk och väljarmässig framgång men är internt problematisk.
Kvarvarande frågor är att närmare undersöka den interna situationen i Centerpartiet, inte minst i ungdomsförbundet och kvinnoförbundet. Man skulle också kunna undersöka LRF eller andra näringslivsintressen och studera i vilken mån de har utövat inflytande över den här förändringen. Det kvarstår också att fördjupa litteraturanknytningen kring begreppet förändring.
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Choi, Joon Koo. "Laser Spectroscopy of Eu Centres in MBE Grown CaF₂:Eu-CdF₂ Superlattices and CaF₂:Eu Thin Films." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Physics and Astronomy, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3025.
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Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) grown CaF₂-CdF₂ superlattices (SLs) and CaF₂ thin films doped with Eu ions were investigated by laser spectroscopic techniques. Eu ions were selectively doped into CaF₂ layers and were used as an optical probe to the SLs and thin films. Physical properties of the SLs and thin films were inferred from optical transitions of divalent and trivalent Eu centres. The 4ƒ⁶5d → 4ƒ⁷ transition of Eu²⁺ has shown strain dependent peak shifts of the zero phonon line. These shifts were thought to be a result of deformation in the crystal structure primarily due to the lattice mismatch with the Si substrate. Based on the amount of shifts, the strains associated with the MBE samples were calculated. Photoluminescence (PL) bleaching and its recovery of the same transition of Eu²⁺ in SLs were also explored. At low temperature the bleaching is best described as bi-exponential decay. Localisation of the liberated electrons from the 4ƒ⁶5d absorption band was considered for the bleaching effect. It was observed that at elevated temperatures the PL intensity of the 4ƒ⁶5d → 4ƒ⁷ transition was recovered. Combined excitation-emission spectroscopy (CEES) was employed to investigate trivalent Eu centres in SLs. The strong ⁷F₀ → ⁵D₁ excitation and the ⁵D₀ → ⁷F₁ emission of Eu³⁺ were studied. A novel centre, which is assigned as I, of Eu³⁺ in SL was observed and investigated in comparison with the cubic centre (O centre) of Eu³⁺. Relative to the O centre the I centre has shown a strong thickness dependent PL which can be demonstrated with a mono layer (1 ML = 3.15 Å) resolution. Possible transformation of the I centre to the O centre was also observed by additional thermal and UV excitations. The I and the O centres are proposed as the same centre except for having an electron in the vicinity of the I centre.
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Miglioretti, Federico. "Développement d'un modèle avancé multi-champs pour l'étude de profil d'aile intelligent." Thesis, Paris 10, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA100054/document.
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Dans le domaine de l’aéronautique, l’acception ‘shape morphing’ a été utilisée pour identifier ces avions qui subissent certaine modifications géométrique pour améliorer leur adaptation au différents profils de missions. Différemment de la solution classique, celle ‘shape morphing’ exige : une distribution d’actionnement avec une densité de puissance élevée, une mécanisation des structures, des revêtements souples, et le développement des loi de contrôle. Dans ce scénario, un modèle capable reconnaitre l'insertion de capteur et d'actionneur de nouvelle génération, et capable de réduire au minimum le coût du calcul devient très intéressant. Ce travail essaye d'affronter deux aspects différents du problème. Dans la première partie, la question suivante a été exploitée: pour un problème donné, géométrie, chargement, etc. .. condition aux limites, quel est le modèle le plus précis en terme de résultats, fidélité et avec le plus réduit coût de calcul? Deux approches différentes ont été utilisées pour donner une réponse. Le diagramme de la « Théorie Meilleur Plate (RTPB) » a été dessiné. Avec cet instrument il est possible, pour un problème donné, d'identifier les modèles ayants les meilleurs temps de calcul et une bonne fidélité des résultats. Dans la deuxième partie de la thèse un modèle avancé mono dimensionnel et multi domaine en éléments fini est présenté. Le modèle est capable de capturer l'insertion d'éléments piézo-électriques dans l'aile composite. Il a été développé à partir de la formulation Carrera unifiée et à partir de l'équation de comportement électro-mécanique. Une comparaison avec la bibliographie actuelle a été fait afin de valider les résultatsIn the field of aeronautics, shape morphing has been used to identify those aircraft that un-dergo certain geometrical changes to enhance or adapt to their mission profile. Different formthe classical solution the shape morphing required: distributed high-power density actuation, structural mechanization, flexible skins, and control law development. In these scenario, model able to capture the insertion of new generation sensor and actuator, and able to minimize the computational cost become very interesting. These work try to affront two different aspect of the problem. In the first part the following question has been exploited: for a given problem, geometry, loading, boundary condition etc... which is the most accurate model in term of results fidelity with the lowest computational cost? Two different approaches have been used to give an answer. The Best Plate Theory Diagram (BPTD) has been drawn. Trough the BPTD it is possible, for a given problem, to identify those models with the lowest computational time and a good results fidelity. An advanced mono-dimensional multi-field FEM model is presented in the second part of the thesis. The model is able to capture the insertion of piezo-electric elements in composite wing. It has been developed starting from the Carrera Unified Formulation and from the electro-mechanical constitutive equation. Comparison with the bibliography have be done in order to validate the results
Nel campo dell’aeronautica il termine shape morphing identifica quei velivoli in grado di apportare determinati cambiamenti geometrici al fine di adattarsi a diversi profili di missione. Diversamente dalle soluzioni convenzionali la progettazione di velivoli shape morphing richiede : un’attuazione distribuita, uno skin flessibile in grado di pemettere le deformazioni e delle leggi di controllo. Divengono quindi di notevole interesse modelli in grado di cogliere l’inserzione di attuatori e sensori di nuova generazione all’interno dell’ala, e di esibire al contempo un basto costo computazionale. Nel lavoro presentato in questa tesi vengono trattati entrabi gli aspetti. Nella prima parte si è andati a dare una risposta alla segunete domanda: per un dato problema, geometria, condizioni di carico, etc..., qual è il modello più accurato, in termini di fedeltà dei risultati, che presenta il minor costo computazionale? Il problema è stato affrontato attraverso due differenti approcci, che hanno portato alla creazione della "Best Plate Theory Curve", attraverso la quale è possibile, per un dato problema, identificare il modello più idoneo in termini di fedeltà dei risultati e di costo computazionale. Nella seconda parte del lavoro viene presentato un modello mono-dimensionale multi-campo avanzato in grado di cogliere l’inserzione di elementi piezo-elettrici in ali in materiale composito. Questo elemento è stato viluppato partendo dalla Carrera Unified Formulation e dalle equazioni costitutive elettromeccaniche. Sono state effettuate poi delle validazioni attraverso confronti con la bibliografia
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Mboumba, Grace Ntahinta. "The tourism impacts of the 2012 Confederation of African Football (Caf) Nations Cup in Gabon." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2685.
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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.Sport tourism events have been recognised as a very important niche market offering great opportunities for countries worldwide. Because of their ability to provide urban, regional and national developments, every country around the globe is increasingly battling to host these events. This study focuses on the tourism impacts of major sport events in the African developing context, the aim being to close the gap currently existing in the literature regarding the subject. The main objective of the study was to determine the tourism impacts of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon”. The study adopted a quantitative research approach (descriptive design) to obtain data and findings. Questionnaires were split according to the two match venues (Libreville and Franceville) and administered to visitors. Respondents were remoulded during the course of the event. Despite some negative impacts highlighted and others aspects investigated; the most important finding of the study revealed that Gabon successfully hosted the event which turned out to be good for local communities and contributed to their development. Conclusively, the study confirms that major sport events such as the Africa Cup of Nations have indeed the potential to develop tourism, provide new business opportunities and benefit residents of local communities.
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Renevier, Hubert. "Etude des défauts structuraux dans les composés substitués YBa2(CU2)2(CU1,M)1O6+x, M = CO, AU." Grenoble 1, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991GRE10085.
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Nous avons etudie la substitution des atomes de cuivre par des elements 3d dans les composes yba#2(cu,m)#3o#6#+#x, nous nous sommes plus particulierement interesses aux substituants qui vont dans le site cu1 et qui perturbent selectivement le reservoir de charges. Par des experiences de diffraction aux rayons x, electrons et neutrons, d'exafs, de xanes et de thermogravimetrie faites sur les composes oxydes et reduits, nous avons determine l'ordre de l'atome substituant, sa coordination, sa valence et son impact sur les liaisons chimiques cu-o. La diffusion observee sur les composes substitues (m=fe, co) correspond a un deplacement transverse de l'ensemble des atomes, ce deplacement est lie aux deformations orthorhombiques locales creees par des micro-chaines cu1-04. Les atomes substituants favorisent la cassure des chaines cu1-04 et se groupent pour partager des atomes d'oxygene. L'environnement des atomes de cobalt est soit tetraedrique regulier, soit octaedrique tres deforme. L'environnement des atomes de cobalt est semblable dans les phases oxydees et reduites. La valence du cation co est 3+ dans les etats oxydes et reduits. Les atomes au ont tendance a rester isoles, ils sont en coordination plan carree et ont une valence 3+. Ils piegent egalement des oxygenes supplementaires mais ils favorisent la formation des chaines cu1-04 et la symetrie orthorhombique. Dans les composes yba#2(cu,m)#3o#6#+#x (m=co, fe) les distances (m,cu1)-0 sont plus courtes que les distances cu1-0 dans les composes purs ayant le meme contenu en oxygene, en consequence, la distance apicale cu2-0 est plus grande. L'or a un effet inverse sur ces liaisons chimiques. La diminution du tc observee pour les substitutions co, fe peut s'associer a cette grande distance cu2-0 alors que l'insensibilite du tc aux faibles substitutions par l'or peut etre reliee a un effet de pression de au3+ sur cette distance apicale
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Anhuaman, Laura Andrea Leon. "Fatores comportamentais, hormonais e neuroanatômicos associados à vulnerabilidade ao estresse em ratos Carioca High Conditioned-Freezing (CHF) e Carioca Low Conditioned-Freezing (CLF)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59134/tde-03042014-174324/.
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A ansiedade e a depressão são as condições psicopatológicas mais comuns na atualidade. As pesquisas científicas em neurociência, psicologia, psiquiatria e medicina geral procuram encontrar diferentes formas para o tratamento e prevenção. No entanto, a maioria das pesquisas não leva em conta as diferenças individuais ou história do individuo. Quase toda a investigação farmacológica é feita em populações heterogêneas de animais, conduzindo assim à \"média\" dos dados. Recentemente, no Laboratório de Neurociência Comportamental na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), duas novas linhagens de ratos Wistar foram selecionadas fenotipicamente da resposta emocional de congelamento em um teste de medo condicionado . Uma das linhagens, denominada Carioca High ConditionedFreezing (CHF), apresenta uma resposta significativamente aumentada de congelamento no teste, enquanto que a outra (Carioca Low Conditioned-Freezing, CLF) mostra uma resposta de congelamento baixa. Em todos os experimentos utilizamos a linhagem controle (Random, RND) Wistar resultado de cruzamento aleatório entre ratos Wistar. Aqui apresentamos dados de diversos experimentos que avaliaram as diferenças em condições basais e vulnerabilidade ao estresse entre as duas linhagens e a linhagem RND. A concentração plasmática de corticosterona dos ratos foi comparada entre as duas linhagens e o grupo RND, primeiramente no nível basal e posteriormente após a exposição ao mesmo teste, onde foram expostos ao medo condicionado, como estímulo aversivo. Também foi avaliada a proliferação celular e sobrevivência. A imuno-histoquímica para c-fos foi conduzida com o objetivo de se determinar as diferenças de atividade neural entre as duas linhagens e o grupo RND. Um teste farmacológico com ketanserina, antagonista 5-HT2A, foi realizado e os animais foram avaliados quanto à ansiedade e locomoção, no labirinto em cruz elevado. Todos os nossos resultados mostraram diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre as linhagens selecionadas. Estes resultados sugerem que as diferentes condições basais podem ter impacto sobre a reação de comportamento exibido por cada animal. Assim, o uso de grupos selecionados é melhor para se modelar transtornos de ansiedade e procurar quais são caraterísticas que protegem aos animais que não apresentam os sintomas modelados. A partir dos nossos resultados foi evidente que os perfis comportamentais e neuroquímicos dos três grupos CHF, CLF e RND foram qualitativamente e quantitativamente diferentes. Na linha de base após ser fenotipados foi observado que existem diferenças na proliferação celular. Após a reexposição ao contexto observaram-se diferenças na concentração de corticosterona e na ativação neuronal. O estresse crônico levou a respostas diferenciais no número de neurônios imaturos, e o teste farmacológico levou a respostas diferencias tanto a nível local como sistêmico. Os dados obtidos podem ajudar a um melhor entendimento às bases neurobiológicas de aspectos associados às psicopatologias como ansiedade e depressão que estão relacionadas com a vulnerabilidade ao estresse.Anxiety and depression are the most common psychopathological conditions today. Scientific research in neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry and general medicine seeks to find different ways for treatment and prevention. However, most research does not take into account individual differences and history. Almost all pharmacological research is done in heterogeneous populations of animals, thereby leading to the \"average\" data. Recently, in the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC - RJ), two new strains of rats were selected phenotypically by their emotional response (freezing) in a test of cond itioned fear. One of the lines, so called \"Carioca High Conditioned - Freezing\" (CHF) has an increased freezing in the test , whereas the other (\"Carioca Low -Conditioned Freezing \" CLF) shows low freezing response . In all experiments we used the Wistar control strain (RND) derived from random bred between Wistar rats. Here we present data from several experiments evaluating the differences in basal conditions and vulnerability to stress between the two strains and RND strain. The plasma corticosterone of rats was compared between the two lines and the RND group, first at baseline and then after exposure to the same test where the y were exposed to conditioned fear as aversive stimulus. We also analyzed the cell proliferation and survival in the hippocampus after chronic stress. Immunohistochemistry for c -fos was conducted in order to determine the differences in neural activity between the two strains and the RND group. A pharmacological test with ketanserin, 5 -HT2A antagonist, was performed and the animals were assessed for anxiety and locomotion in the elevated plus maze. All our results showed statistically significant differences between the selected strains. These results suggest that different baseline conditions may have an impact on the behavior exhibited by each animal. Thus the use of selected groups is better approach in order to model anxiety disorders and to determine which features prevent animal from presenting symptoms. It is evident that the neurochemical and behavioral profiles of the three groups CHF, CLF and RND were different qualitatively and quantitatively. At baseline after been phenotyped it has been observed that there are differences in cell proliferation and corticosterone concentration. After re-exposure to the context differences were observed in the concentration of corticosterone and neuronal activation. Chronic stress has led to differential responses in the number of immature neurons. And the pharmacological test led to differential responses at both local and systemic. The data obtained are useful for a better understanding of the neurobiological aspects associated with psychopathologies such as anxiety and depression that are associated with vulnerability to stress.
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Eskilson, Siri, and Kajsa Pedersen. "Red banderoles and swedish flags - a study in the relationship between politics and visual identity within ten political youth associations." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-115732.
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2014 är det supervalår i Sverige. Det innebär intensiv marknadsföring för de olika politiska intressena i många olika kanaler. För många, men kanske speciellt för unga människor, kan detta bli en förvirrande period av budskap och åsikter som på olika sätt ska värderas och tas ställning till. De politiska ungdomsförbunden riktar sig till personer mellan sex och 25 år, och hör för det mesta till ett så kallat moderparti, men har egna politiska agendor, grafiska profiler och marknadsföring. Den mesta av marknadsföringen sker genom någon slags grafiskt material, och för att de politiska budskapen verkligen ska nå fram till alla unga på bästa sätt, borde det grafiska materialet också rent visuellt tala för innehållet. Den här studien syftar till att undersöka om det finns samband mellan politik och grafiska profiler hos de politiska ungdomsförbunden. Då studier på sambandet mellan politik och grafiskt material visat sig vara ett relativt outforskat område som det är svårt att hitta exakt data om, är detta en kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie. Tio politiska ungdomsförbund valdes ut för granskning med grund i moderpartiernas storlek i riksdagsvalet 2010. Vidare samlades data om dessa in genom kvalitativa dokument och audiovisuella kanaler, vilket exempelvis innefattar de politiska ungdomsförbundens grafiska manualer och webbsidor. Studien visar på samband mellan politiken och de grafiska profilernas. Dessa uppstod mellan förbunden som ingår i blockpolitiken, men även mellan förbund på skilda delar av skalan som hade andra aspekter än blockpolitik gemensamt.
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Núñez, Ramos Patricia, and del Hombre Bueno Mérida Juan Romero. "Developent of a Vending Cup.- Mistral Vending Cup." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Technology and Society, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-3478.
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This is a Bachelor Degree Project report based on the design of a plastic vending cup.The project is carried out in cooperation with the company Promens Lidköping,manufacturer of a wide range of plastic products as food packaging, trays, pots, cups andsheets for the food industry.
A vending cup is a product used to contain hot beverages which come from vendingcoffee machines. It is a product daily used in many different environments as hospitals,offices, libraries and common places, etc. Consequently it is aimed at a varied public.
The redesign was focused mainly on the aesthetics aspect attempting to transmit aninnovative touch that would change the concept of today’s simple vending cup in a waythat it attracts the customer’s attention.
The so called Mistral Vending Cup is a plastic cup which is out of the ordinary currentvending cup by means of a new bright colour, orange, and also its innovative shape, inthis field, constituted basically from organic lines and curve surfaces unlike the today’svending cups. The Mistral Vending cup introduces a great change, a new era in thehistory of the vending cups due to its organic shapes never seen in the market.
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Bailie, Karen Elizabeth Margaret. "G-CSF and GM-CSF : effects on neonatal neutrophils." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.482043.
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Moon, Jen. "Cul de sac /." Online version of thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/4392.
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Lee, Oi-ling. "The death of Cui Hao, ?-450 Lun Cui Hao zhi si /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1989. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31949502.
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Герасьова, В. Г. "Окисно-відновний каталіз системами на основі [CuL] [MnCl4] та [CuL] [ZnCl4]." Diss. of Candidate of Chemical Sciences, КНУТШ, 2009.
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Chevalier, Anne Sophie. "Utilisation thérapeutique du G-CSF et du GM-CSF en hématologie." Paris 5, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA05P248.
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Virhammar, Johan. "Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus : Cerebrospinal Fluid Tap Test and Magnetic Resonance Imaging as Preoperative Prognostic Investigations." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Neurologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-222779.
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Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a condition with dilated cerebral ventricles but intracranial pressure within normal limits. The symptoms of gait impairment, cognitive decline and urinary incontinence develop gradually. Treatment with shunt insertion results in improvement in eight out of ten patients. The cerebrospinal fluid tap test (CSF TT) and preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are methods used to select patients who may benefit from shunt surgery, but they are performed and interpreted differently in different centers throughout the world. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the performance of the CSF TT and the underlying mechanisms of improvement in gait function after CSF removal, and to investigate the prognostic value of preoperative MRI scans. Improvement in gait and changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) after a CSF TT were investigated in two prospective studies that included 39 and 20 patients, respectively. Gait assessment and perfusion MRI were done before and several times during the first 24 hours after a CSF TT. Perfusion was investigated with pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling. At the group level, gait function was significantly improved at all investigation times, but only one-third of individual CSF TT responders were improved at all investigation times. In patients with increased CBF in lateral and frontal white matter after the CSF TT, gait function improved more than it did in patients with decreased CBF in these regions. However, in the whole sample, there was no significant increase in CBF after CSF removal. Preoperative MRI scans were retrospectively evaluated in 109 patients with iNPH who had undergone shunt surgery. The callosal angle was smaller in shunt responders compared with non-responders. The following findings showed the highest association with a positive outcome after shunting: a small callosal angle, wide temporal horns, and occurrence of disproportionally enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus. In conclusion, CBF in white matter close to the lateral ventricles may play a role in the reversibility of symptoms after CSF removal in patients with iNPH. The CSF TT should be reevaluated if the patient does not initially improve, and preoperative MRI investigations can add prognostic information regarding the selection of shunt candidates.
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Bernstone, Laura. "Characterisation of HIV-1 infection and M-CSF and GM-CSF macrophages." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572833.
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Macrophages are a natural target cell for HIV-1 infection, and they contribute to the development of disease as they are important for transmission, dissemination and persistence of the virus in an infected patient. Macrophages are less well-studied than T cells and cell lines in relation to HIV-1 infection, yet macrophages are highly specialised and key aspects of the HIV-1 life cycle in these cells are already known to differ compared to other cell types. HIV-1 entry into macrophages has been suggested to occur by macropinocytosis, however the entry route in these cells has not been fully characterised. In this thesis I have tested a panel of pharmacological inhibitors of cellular proteins and uptake pathways, in order to delineate the requirements for HIV-1 entry into macrophages and to determine the nature of the entry route. My findings suggest that the following host factors are important for entry; membrane cholesterol, actin rearrangements, dynamin, sodium-hydrogen exchange, Pak1, and Rac. Other factors including clathrin, PI-3 kinase, Rho kinase and some isoforms of PKC were found to be dispensable for infection or to inhibit infection. Macrophages are a heterogeneous group of cells, and tissue macrophages from different parts of the body differ in their morphology, phenotype and function. I have used the growth factors M-CSF and GM-CSF to direct monocytes to differentiate into distinct types of macrophage. This allowed me to determine that different macrophages differ in their susceptibility to infection and in their ability to support replication. This is likely to be due to variation in HIV-1 receptor expression and the levels of key HIV-1 transcription factors, respectively. Overall this thesis contributes to existing knowledge regarding HIV-1 infection of macrophages. These findings may assist with the design of entry inhibitors, and with therapies designed to eradicate HIV-1 from infected individuals.
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Furesjö, Fredrik. "Multiple cue object recognition." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, NADA, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277.
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Nature is rich in examples of how vision can be successfully used for sensing and perceiving the world and how the gathered information can be utilized to perform a variety of different objectives. The key to successful vision is the internal representations of the visual agent, which enable the agent to successfully perceive properties about the world. Humans perceive a multitude of properties of the world through our visual sense, such as motion, shape, texture, and color. In addition we also perceive the world to be structured into objects which are clustered into different classes - categories. For such a rich perception of the world many different internal representations that can be combined in different ways are necessary. So far much work in computer vision has been focused on finding new and, out of some perspective, better descriptors and not much work has been done on how to combine different representations.
In this thesis a purposive approach in the context of a visual agent to object recognition is taken. When considering object recognition from this view point the situatedness in form of the context and task of the agent becomes central. Further a multiple feature representation of objects is proposed, since a single feature might not be pertinent to the task at hand nor be robust in a given context.
The first contribution of this thesis is an evaluation of single feature object representations that have previously been used in computer vision for object recognition. In the evaluation different interest operators combined with different photometric descriptors are tested together with a shape representation and a statistical representation of the whole appearance. Further a color representation, inspired from human color perception, is presented and used in combination with the shape descriptor to increase the robustness of object recognition in cluttered scenes.
In the last part, which contains the second contribution, of this thesis a vision system for object recognition based on multiple feature object representation is presented together with an architecture of the agent that utilizes the proposed representation. By taking a system perspective to object recognition we will consider the representations performance under a given context and task. The scenario considered here is derived from a fetch scenario performed by a service robot.
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Furesjö, Fredrik. "Multiple cue object recognition /." Stockholm : KTH Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277.
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Ponte, William Rezende Alves. "Política e esporte: a copa do mundo 2014 no Brasil." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2013. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/1036.
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Este trabalho se abastece do arcabouço teórico referente à política pública e sua interface com os institucionalismos, para interpretar a realização da Copa do Mundo FIFA no Brasil em 2014. O trabalho é composto de revisão acerca de alguns aspectos históricos e sociais do futebol no País e o contexto que envolve o esporte na atualidade. Elege as principais instituições e atores que interferem na elaboração do projeto público Copa do Mundo no Brasil e os documentos mais relevantes de modo a possibilitar uma interpretação e análise no plano social político e econômico que envolve a realização do evento.
This research is based in the theoretical framework related to public policy and its interface with institutionalisms to interpret the realization of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014. The paper consists in a review of a number of historical and social aspects of football in the country and the context that surrounds the sport today. It elects key institutions and actors that influence the development of the public project of World Cup in Brazil and the most relevant documents to enable interpretation and analysis in the social, political, and economic ground that surrounds the event.
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Jonsson, Katarina. "Kupavskärning BH : En studie om kupavskärningens påverkan av passformen på BH." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12811.
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Litteratur visar på att bysthållare (BH) är ett mycket komplext plagg och endast småjusteringar kan förändra passformen. I denna studie har BH konstruerats med syfte attundersöka vad olika avskärningar över kupan gör med passformen. På modeföretaget därstudien utförts fanns det ett önskemål om bra BH-grunder som underlag för att undvika attleverantören gör konstruktionerna, då måttlista och skiss inte anses som tillräckligt braunderlag att skicka. Genom att själva göra konstruktionerna anser sig företaget få merkontroll över BH:ns passform. Konstruktionerna i denna studie har utvecklats i CADprogramvaranModaris. Detta följt av uppsömnad och avprovning, där BH:arna testas påolika provmodeller med mått motsvarande företagets målgrupp. Under avprovningarna haravprovningsprotokoll förts, där frågor relaterade till litteraturen ställs till de medverkande.Det visar sig att passformen förändras när avskärningen gör det. Detta på grund av attfördelningen av vidden ändras, vilket innebär att kupan får en ny form. För att undvikapassformsproblem på företag kan en idé vara att utveckla ett flertal olika grundkonstruktionermed olika avskärningar, så att endast mindre justeringar krävs, och färre justeringar behövsgöras från grunden.Literature shows that bras are a very complex piece of clothing and only small adjustmentscan change the fit. In this study, bras has been constructed with the purpose to examine whatdifferent cuts on the bras cup make with the fit. The fashion brand where this study has beenperformed, wanted a basic pattern for bras, since communication with vendors using onlysketches and measurement lists was not enough to get a good result. The patterns in thisstudy have been developed in CAD software Modaris. This followed by sewing and fittingsessions on fitting models with body measurement corresponding to the brands target group.During the fittings, a protocol related to literature is written. After analysing the fit of thebras, it came to show that shape is changed even though the width of the cup is the same.This is because the width is divided differently which gives the cup a new shape. To avoidfitting problems it could be a good idea that companies have more than one basic pattern forbras with different cuts to base their models on, to decrease the proportion of major fittingchanges.
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Dean, Benjamin J. F. "The role of glutamate in rotator cuff tendinopathy : glutamate in rotator cuff tendinopathy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8f590630-b52f-4b32-a1c1-9914dbd694f3.
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Thesis questions: • Is the glutaminergic system altered in rotator cuff tendinopathy? • Is the glutaminergic system altered by common treatments? • Are glutaminergic changes related to pain symptoms? • What are the effects of glutamate and glutamate receptor modulation on tendon derived cells? Summary answers: • The glutaminergic system is altered in rotator cuff tendinopathy • Changes within this system are seen after common treatments • Specific glutaminergic changes are associated with the resolution of pain following shoulder surgery but do not predict the severity of pain symptoms • Glutamate has significant effects on tendon derived cells. What is known: It is known that extracellular glutamate concentrations are increased in both Achilles and patellar tendinopathy. It has also been previously shown that the glutamate receptors NMDAR1 and mGluR5 are upregulated in patellar tendinopathy. What this thesis adds: This thesis has shown for the first time that glutamate and NMDAR1 are increased in rotator cuff tendinopathy. Increases in cell proliferation, vascularity and HIF1α are seen after surgical rotator cuff repair and these features are not seen after glucocorticoid injection. There are significant differences between painful and pain-free rotator cuff tendons in terms of glutamate receptor expression (KA1, mGluR7 and mGluR2) and inflammatory cell numbers (CD45 and CD206). Exposure to 1.875mM glutamate for 72 hours results in reduced cell viability, decreased collagen (COL1A1 and COL3A1) and increased aggrecan gene expression; NMDAR antagonism with MK-801 attenuates the deleterious effect on cell viability but had no effect on the changes in matrix gene expression. Bias, confounding and other reasons for caution: The observational histological work was limited by the control tissue. Some control tissue was not age matched, while some of the pain-free control tendons were post-surgical intervention. Confounding factors include tendon structure, length of symptoms and previous treatments. Caution must be applied when discussing the in vivo implications of the in vitro work.
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LUNDGREN, DOUGLAS, and Pontus Mjöberg. "Balancing Cup Holder : How to balance a cup using DC-motors and PID-control." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191514.
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The use of stabilizing mechanisms is an increasingly common practice in our everyday life technology, and was chosen as the main purpose of the project. This project was based on the development of a stabilizing cup holder that can compensate for angular changes. This report includes the theories and tests that were used in the project to answer the research questions. A theoretical model was made to help with the construction of the demonstrator and the development of the software. The demonstrator was built to test out the various scenarios: balancing from the tilt of 10° and balancing with an angular velocity of 20 and 40 degrees per second respectively. Both these tests were conducted with both solid material and liquid of an equal weight. The cup holder consists of an IMU that measures the acceleration and angular speed in three axes. The data from the IMU is then processed through a Kalman-filter to receive the proper data. The system was constructed to compensate for angular changes and acceleration with two DC-motors that function as separate subsystems controlled by separate data. The motors are then controlled by separate PID-controllers. The requirements that were set for the results were to have a response time of less than 0.5 seconds, and an overshoot of less than 6°. The tests succeeded to hold those requirements in the first two test cases and failed in the third test case for both solid and liquid materials, with the exception of one motor in the second test with liquid.Användningen av stabiliseringsmekanismer har blivit mer och mer vanligt i vardagsteknologi, och därför valdes detta som huvudsyftet med projektet. Projektet baserades på utvecklingen av en stabiliserande kopphållare som kan kompensera för vinkelförändring. Denna rapport innehåller teorier och tester som användes i projektet för att besvara frågeställningarna. En teoretisk modell gjordes för att underlätta konstruktionen av demonstratorn och utvecklandet av mjukvaran. Demonstratorn byggdes för att testa flera scenarion: att balansera från 10 graders lutning och att balansera med en vinkelhastighet på 20 respektive 40 grader per sekund. Dessa tester gjordes med både solitt material och med vätska med samma vikt. Kopphållaren består av en IMU som mäter acceleration och vinkelhastighet i tre axlar. Datan från IMUn körs sedan genom ett Kalman-filter för att få fram rätt data. Systemet var konstruerat för att kunna kompensera för vinkelförändring och acceleration med två DC-motorer som är del av separata subsystem med separata indata. Motorerna är sedan kontrollerade av separata PID-kontrollenheter. Kraven som ställdes på resultaten var att responstiden skulle vara mindre än en halv sekund och att overshooten skulle vara mindre än 6 grader. De två första testerna lyckades klara kraven medan det tredje testet inte gjorde det. Undantaget var att en motor inte klarade kravet i det andra testet när det var vätska i koppen.
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Filho, Antonio José da Costa. "Interações magnéticas em sais de (cobre-dipeptídeos): Cu2+: Gly-Trp e Cu2+: Trp-Gly." Universidade de São Paulo, 1997. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-11092007-102736/.
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Derivados metálicos de aminoácidos são sistemas modelo simples para o estudo de íons metálicos em estruturas que simulam proteínas. O principal objetivo dessas investigações é avaliar as magnitudes dos parâmetros de acoplamento por interação de troca e relacioná-Ias aos caminhos químicos de supertroca. Foram realizadas medidas através da técnica de Ressonância Paramagética Eletrônica (RPE) em mono cristais dos compostos Cu2+:Gly-Trp e Cu2+:Trp-Gly, nas frequências 9,3 e 33GHz e à temperatura ambiente. Ambos os complexos estão no grupo espacial P212121, com quatro moléculas quimicamente idênticas, mas magneticamente não equivalentes, por cela unitária (Z=4). Essas moléculas formam duas subredes (1 e 2) acopladas por uma interação de troca inter-rede. Cada subrede contem dois íons de cobre não equivalentes, acoplados por uma interação de troca intra-rede. O composto Cu2+:Gly-Trp apresenta duas linhas parcialmente resolvidas em algumas direções do campo magnético aplicado no plano ac, ao passo que há apenas uma linha para todas as orientações nos outros dois planos cristalográficos. O desacoplamento dos espectros leva aos fatores-g moleculares. g⊥=2,0554(3) e g//=2,2086(7) (Cu2+:Gly-Trp). Os espectros de RPE mostram apenas uma linha para todas as direções de campo nos três planos cristalográficos para o Cu2+:Trp-Gly. Portanto, os eixos principais magnéticos são os eixos cristalográficos e a decomposição não é possível através de métodos matemáticos. Medidas utilizando um mono cristal de Zinco (Zn2+:Trp-Gly) ou frequências mais altas (90GHz) podem ajudar na solução desse problema. Os fatores-g moleculares para o composto Cu2+:Trp-Gly foram, então, tomados como sendo aqueles determinados previamente através de medidas em solução aquosa do mesmo composto por M.C.Lara et al. Os dados de RPE juntamente com a teoria de Kubo- Tomita permitem avaliar os acoplamentos intra-rede (J(1)) e inter-rede (J(1,2)) por interação de troca. Os seus valores são /J(1)/I =53,7mK e /J(1,2 /I =7,lmK para o Cu2+:Gly-Trp e /J(1)/=990mK e /J(1,2)/=48,4mK para o Cu2++:Trp-Gly. Eles são discutidos em termos da estrutura cristalina dos compostos, sendo os caminhos para transferência eletrônica constituídos por pontes de hidrogênio e interações cátion-π para o Cu2+:Gly-Trp, e ligações químicas covalentes e interações cátion-π para o Cu2+ +:Trp- Gly. Os valores calculados para /J(1)/ no composto Cu2+: Gly- Trp e /J(1,2)/ no Cu2+:Trp-Gly são uma boa estimativa da magnitude do acoplamento mediado por interações cátion-π.Metal derivatives of amino acids are simple model systems to study properties of metal ions in protein-like structures. The main purpose of those investigations is to evaluate the magnitudes of exchange coupling parameters and correlate their values with the chemical paths for superexchange. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) measurements have been performed in single crystals of the compounds Cu2+:Gly-Trp and Cu2+:Trp-Gly at 9.3 and 33GHz, at room temperature. Both complexes crystallize in the space group P212121, with four chemically identical but magnetically non-equivalent molecules per unit cell (Z=4). These molecules are arranged in two subsets (1 and 2) coupled by an intersubset exchange coupling. Each subset contains two non-equivalent and interacting copper ions (intrasubset exchange coupling). The compound CU2+:Gly-Trp has two partially resolved lines for some field directions in the ac plane, while there is on1y one line along any direction in the other two crystallographic planes. The decoupling of the spectra leads to g⊥=2,0554(3) and g//=2,2086(7) molecular g-factors (Cu2+:Gly-Trp). The EPR spectra show only one line for all field directions in the three crystallographic planes for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. Then, the magnetic principal axes are the crystallographic axes and the g-factor decomposition is not possible by mathematical methods. Measurements of a Zinc (Zn2+:Trp-Gly) single crystal or measurements using high microwave frequencies (90GHz) may help to solve this problem. The molecular g-factors for the compound Cu2+:Trp-Gly were taken to be those ones determined previously from aqueous solution measurements of the same complex by M.C.Lara et al. The EPR data used in conjunction with the Kubo and Tomita\'s theory allow to evaluate the intrasubset (J(1)) e intersubset (J(1,2)) exchange interaction parameters. Their values are /J(1)/ =53,7mK and /J(1,2)/=7,lmK for Cu2+:Gly-Trp and /J(1)/=990mK and /J(1,2)/=48,4mK for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. They have been discussed in terms of the crystal structure of the compounds, and the paths for electron transfer are determined as hydrogen bonds and cation-π interactions for Cu2+:Gly-Trp, and a covalent chemical bond and cation-π interactions for Cu2+:Trp-Gly. The values evaluated for the /J(1)/ in Cu2+:Gly-Trp e /J(1,2)/ in Cu2+:Trp-Gly are a good estimative for the magnitude of the cation-π interactions.
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Lin, Tony Wei Ting. "The role of GM-CSF/G-CSF & BKLF in the development of atherosclerosis." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10407.
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The studies described in this thesis are aimed to investigate the role of the pro-inflammatory cytokine GM-CSF/G-CSF, transcriptional factor KLF3 and psychological stress in KLF3 deficiency mice on neointimal formation, a common feature of atherosclerosis with the aid of perivascular collar model on murine model. The present study supports an important role for GM/CSF-G/CSF and KLF in atherosclerosis. There is now overwhelming evidence that the monocyte/macrophage has a crucial role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic plaque and this has led to the view that the recruitment and activity of these cells may represent important therapeutic targets. Atherosclerosis is multi-factorial and well-established risk factor include: hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, smoking and aging (Altman 2003), increasing evidence suggest an important role for psychological factor (stress) in the development of CHD. Furthermore, accumulating evidence suggests that GM-CSF/G-CSF and KLF3 has protective effect against atherosclerosis. The studies described in this thesis investigated on the effect of the pro-inflammatory cytokine (the role of GM-CSF/G-CSF and KLF3) and the psychological factor (stress and the role KLF3) factors on neointimal formation, a common feature of atherosclerosis. The experimental models of neointimal formation play an important role in understanding the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (White, 1989), which could contribute to the development of therapeutic modalities and examining the effectiveness of potential interventions that target neointimal proliferative disease. Several mouse models of atherosclerosis have been employed experimentally worldwide. In this thesis murine perivascular collar placement around the femoral artery injury model was investigated for the neointimal formation. Chapter 3 describes the role of the pro-inflammatory cytokine GM-CSF/G-CSF in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. GM-CSF/G-CSF exhibits many biological functions including; mediation of inflammatory responses effects (Kleemann, Zadelaar et al. 2008). The role of GM-CSF/G-CSF in injury-mediated neointimal formation is complex. Moreover, the effect of atherosclerotic state on the role of GM-CSF/G-CSF in the acute injury model has not been previously explored. Our study demonstrated that GM-CSF/G-CSF deficiency resulted in delayed neointimal formation at an earlier examined time-point (2 weeks). Thus, it suggested that GM-CSF/G-CSF displayed a net pro-atherogenic effect in this model of perivascular collar endothelial injury. This information could be used for improved early detection, prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. Chapter 4 describes the role of KLF3 on neointimal formation. KLF3 had profound effects on using in vitro and in vivo either in animal models or in human subject (Cao, Sun et al. 2010). KLF3 have potent effects in stimulating proliferation (Dang, Pevsner et al. 2000; McConnell and Yang 2010), maturation, and function of hematopoietic cells cytokines (Turner and Crossley 1999; Cao, Sun et al. 2010). KLF3 exhibits a myeloproliferative disorder suggests that KLF3 regulates important process involved in haematopoietic differentiation (Turner and Crossley 1999). The studies discussed here reveal that KLF3 deficiency can have profound effects on cell differentiation, and function in vitro and in vivo. In addition, correlating and contrasting KLF3 structure-function relationships in vascular biology may enable an improved understanding of their physiologic and pathologic functions. Our study demonstrated that KLF3 deficiency resulted in delayed neointimal formation at an earlier examined time-point (2 weeks), suggesting that KLF3 deficiency may showed a net pro-atherogenic effect in this model of perivascular collar endothelial injury. This knowledge might be used for improved early detection, prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. Future investigations are required to further clarify the underlying mechanisms, and the potential therapeutic benefit on KLF3 deficiency treatment in vascular proliferative disorders. Chapter 5 describes the role of stress and KLF3 deficiency on neointimal formation. Accumulating evidence suggests an important role for psychosocial factors such as stress in the development of CHD (Rozanski, Blumenthal et al. 1999); however the role of psychological stress in early responses in injury-induced neointimal formation remains debate. KLF3 deficiency mice exhibit reduced detrimental effects of chronic stress by induces vascular inflammation (Liu, Wen et al. 2010; Lu, Haldar et al. 2010), and therefore provide a unique genetic animal model to gain insight into the effect of stress on the aetiology of atherogenesis. This study evaluated the effect of acute psychological stress mediated by physical restraint on neointimal formation, and these effects were further explored in the absence of KLF3 deficiency. Although KLF3 deficiency showed minor effects (reduced inflammation and vessel proliferation), it was not found to be protective against stress-mediated increase in neointimal formation. This study suggested that acute psychological stress contributes to the pathogenesis of vessel neointimal proliferative disorders. Precise underlying mechanisms involving stress and KLF3 deficiency in neointimal formation require further clarification. However, these findings have provided some valuable insight on the role of stress and KLF3 deficiency in vessel proliferative responses. Therefore, the role of KLF3 deficiency in stress and neointimal formation appears complex at early stage. Future studies on the effect of stress on hemodynamic responses and their role on neointimal formation can be further investigated with the perivascular collar endothelial collar model as well as their potential pharmacological modulation.
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Mudhar, Ahmad. "Evaluation of the CSF Firewall." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4136.
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The subject of web server security is vast, and it is becoming bigger as time passes by. Every year, researches, both private and public, are adding to the number of possible threats to the security of web servers, and coming up with possible solutions to them. A number of these solutions are considered to be expensive, complex, and incredibly time-consuming, while not able to create the perfect web to challenge any breach to the server security. In the study that follows, an attempt will be made to check whether a particular firewall can ensure a strong security measure and deal with some security breaches or severe threat to an existing web server. The research conducted has been done with the CSF Firewall, which provides a suit of scripts that ensure a portal’s security through a number of channels. The experiments conducted under the research provided extremely valuable insights about the application in hand, and the number of ways the CSF Firewall can help in safety of a portal against Secured Shell (SSH) attacks, dedicated to break the security of it, in its initial stages. It further goes to show how simple it is to actually detect the prospective attacks, and subsequently stop the Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, as well as the port scans made to the server, with the intent of breaching the security, by finding out an open port. By blocking the IP Addresses of the attackers dedicated to such an act, preventing them from creating nuisance, the CSF Firewall has been able to keep alien intrusions away from the server. It also aids in creating a secure zone for the server, to continue smoothly, while alerting the server administrators of the same, and gives them an opportunity to check those threatening IPs, and the time of attack, makes sure that the server administrators stay alert in the future, and is able to keep an eye on such attacks. In doing this, the experiment adds valuable data in the effective nature of the CSF Firewall.
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Wu, Bing. "Pathology of rotator cuff tendonopathy." University of Western Australia. Centre for Orthopaedic Research, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0032.
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Tendonopathy, resulting in the loss of mechanical strength of a tendon, is a serious health problem affecting many people. The common symptom of tendonopathy is pain patients' daily activities, their participation in sport and exercise, and their ability to work are greatly compromised. Tendonopathy is considered to be a degenerative disorder caused by repetitive injury of the tendon. The most common tendon lesions are Achilles tendon rupture, lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and rotator cuff tear. However, in spite of its clinical significance, our knowledge about tendonopathy is still very poor. This research was undertaken to investigate the pathology of tendonopathy. It is proposed that apoptosis, autophagic cell death and myofibroblasts play a role in the progression of tendonopathy in the rotator cuff; the aim of this study was therefore to determine if this was indeed the case. Tendon tissues were collected from 30 patients suffering from rotator cuff tears. A terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase biotin-dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL assay) was performed to detect apoptosis. Autophagic cell death of the tenocytes in the ruptured rotator cuff tendon was detected by immunohistochemical staining for ubiquitin. Myofibroblasts were identified immunohistochemically with anti-alpha-smooth muscle actin (anti--SMA) antibody. The distribution of apoptosis, autophagic cell death and myofibroblasts, as well as the total cell density, were assessed respectively and were correlated using a four-category (i.e. graded from 0-3) degeneration of collagen matrix. 6 The results showed that apoptosis, autophagic cell death and myofibroblasts were observed in all of the samples. The highest percentage of autophagic cell death was evidenced in the Grade 2 matrix, while the percentage of apoptosis increased significantly with the increase of matrix degeneration from Grade 0-3; a similar pattern was found for myofibroblasts. The total cell numbers varied among the matrix grades, with the maximum and minimum percentages occurring in Grades 1 and 3, respectively. It can be concluded that apoptosis, autophagic cell death and myofibroblasts might be closely related to the damage of the extracellular matrix (ECM) structure.
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Pulido, Carmen. "Alcohol cue reactivity task development /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3312073.
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Webb, Nick. "Cue-based dialogue act classification." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522512.
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Zhelyazkova, Valentina. "Laser cooling of CaF molecules." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/24740.
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Cold and ultracold molecules are highly desirable for a diverse range of applications in physics and chemistry such as precision measurements, tests of fundamental physics, quantum simulation and information processing, quantum chemistry, and the physics of strongly correlated quantum matter. Laser cooling is usually infeasible in molecules because their rotational and vibrational transitions make is difficult to come up with a closed scattering cycle. Recently, a narrow range of diatomic molecules, one of which is CaF, has been shown to possess a convenient electronic structure and a highly-diagonal Franck-Condon matrix and thus be amenable to laser cooling. This thesis describes experiments on laser cooling of CaF radicals produced in a supersonic source. We first investigate the increased fluorescence when multi-frequency resonant light excites the molecules from the four hyperfine levels of the ground X²Σ+(N = 1, v = 0) state to the first excited A²π½(J' = 1=2; v' = 0) state. The number of photons scattered per molecule increases significantly from one or two in the single frequency case to more than 50 before the molecules get pumped into the X²Σ+(N = 1; v = 1) state. We demonstrate laser cooling and slowing of CaF using counter-propagating laser light which causes the molecules to scatter more than a thousand photons on the X (N = 1, v = 0, 1) <->A (J' = 1=2; v' = 0) transition. The effect of the laser cooling is to slow a group of molecules from 600 ms-1 to about 580 ms-1 and to narrow their velocity distribution from an initial temperature of 3 K down to 300 mK. In addition, chirping the frequency of the cooling light to keep it on resonance with the decelerating molecules doubles the deceleration and further compresses the velocity distribution. The effect of the laser cooling is limited by the optical pumping of molecules in the X (N = 1, v = 2) state.
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Gupta, Miti. "Obesity and Rotator Cuff Tendonitis." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213285329.
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Kendig, Michael David. "Cue-Potentiated Feeding In Rats." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17359.
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Cue-potentiated feeding (CPF) describes the stimulation of food consumption by cues that have become associated with food. Determining under what conditions CPF occurs is important for understanding whether exposure to food cues contributes to overeating. A history presented in Chapter 1 describes how the study of CPF developed from incidental findings in early experiments to Weingarten’s (1983) influential paper, through to contemporary models that focus primarily on the neural circuits underlying CPF. There have been fewer attempts to characterise the broader nature of the effect, particularly in relation to whether CPF is ‘specific’ to the paired food. This formed the general focus of the present thesis. Chapter 2 outlines three experiments using a training procedure in which laboratory rats received intermixed exposures to a ‘Plus’ context containing palatable food and to a ‘Minus’ context containing no food. CPF was found to be specific to the training food even when testing a palatable and familiar alternative. However, contexts paired with a variety of foods enhanced consumption of other foods never eaten in that environment. Experiments in Chapter 3 explored individual differences in CPF and found that the effect did not correlate with consumption of palatable food at baseline or during training. Results also suggested that consumption of palatable food in training was not matched by an equivalent reduction in home-cage chow intake. Chapter 4 reports a series of experiments in which methodological changes hypothesised to enhance the CPF effect reversed the predicted pattern of consumption. These results are discussed with reference to theories of incentive contrast. The effects of diet-induced obesity on CPF were explored in Chapter 5. The present results are integrated with existing literature and directions for future research are outlined in Chapter 6, which discusses CPF with reference to specificity and variety; individual differences; and the sensitivity of the effect to procedural parameters.
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Méndez, Z. Jazmín. "CMF: — Complejo Médico Forense Metropolitano." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2010. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/100138.
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El proyecto se inicia a partir de la investigación sobre la relación existente entre Medicina y Justicia, particularmente en el ejercicio de la Medicina Legal en Chile. La inquietud por llevar a cabo esta investigación surge del colapso del Servicio Médico Legal actual, que debido a diversos factores ha aumentado exponencialmente la cantidad de pericias forenses encomendadas por los Tribunales de Justicia. Es por esto que el presente proyecto plantea una propuesta nueva que busca denotar y dar solución al problema desde un punto de vista arquitectónico. Debido a la importancia estratégica, política y económica de la ciudad de Santiago, es que el nuevo Complejo Médico Forense Metropolitano se ubica en la Capital, particularmente cercano al Nuevo Centro de Justicia de Santiago y al Establecimiento Penitenciario Santiago1, instituciones que están directamente relacionadas con la labor médico forense en el país.
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Karthikeyan, Shanmugam. "Management of rotator cuff pathology." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/89698/.
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The rotator cuff refers to a group of four muscles, which arise from the scapula and insert into the head of humerus forming a cuff around the shoulder joint. They contribute to shoulder movements and provide dynamic stability at the shoulder joint. Pathology of the rotator cuff is the commonest cause for shoulder pain and its severity can vary from subacromial impingement to full thickness tears. NSAIDs and corticosteroids are two of the commonest group of drugs used in treating subacromial impingement syndrome but with conflicting evidence about their relative efficacy and risk of complications. I explored the efficacy of a subacromial NSAID (Tenoxicam) injection in a double blind randomised controlled trial but found it to be less effective compared to a subacromial corticosteroid injection as measured by functional shoulder scores at six weeks. During the trial, I recognised that there were unresolved challenges in using Ultrasonography to diagnose rotator cuff pathology especially in differentiating between partial and full thickness tears. In this thesis, I have presented the normal ultrasound dimensions of the rotator cuff in asymptomatic young adults under the age of forty years, which has not been documented before. The study showed that the measurements are significantly different between men and women but not between dominant and non-dominant arms, suggesting that in every individual the contralateral shoulder can be used as a control, especially where the diagnosis is uncertain. Exploration of factors associated with the pathogenesis of rotator cuff tendinopathy showed that a critical zone of hypoperfusion in the supraspinatus tendon could be a factor but the evidence for it has been contradictory. An observational study presented in this thesis describes the microvascular blood flow in normal and a spectrum of pathological rotator cuffs (subacromial impingement, partial thickness tears and full thickness tears) using Laser Doppler Flowmetry in patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery. The study showed variations in microvascular blood flow in normal rotator cuffs but no evidence of a “critical zone”. Blood flow was found to be significantly lower in all groups of pathological rotator cuffs.
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Justo, Lourenço Salomão Gonçalves. "Controle total de frotas - CTF." Florianópolis, SC, 2002. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/84403.
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Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção.Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-20T09:01:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0
Nos últimos anos, a economia mundial e a economia brasileira têm sofrido mudanças importantes. Fusões, aquisições e alianças estratégicas têm se multiplicado. Parte considerável destas mudanças relaciona-se com profundas alterações nos sistemas de valores de todos os segmentos industriais. A busca da competitividade relaciona-se cada vez mais com a busca do ótimo sistêmico além das fronteiras da empresa. Neste contexto, a administração logística ganha nova dimensão, envolvendo a integração de todas as atividades ao longo da cadeia de valores e do sistema de valores, das matérias-primas ao cliente final. A competitividade não é sustentada apenas na capacidade das organizações em criar novos produtos e serviços, e sim na oferta de valor aos seus clientes com o menor custo possível, especialmente nas indústrias em que a diferenciação de produtos pode não ser viável como a indústria do petróleo. No Brasil, como parte das mudanças no setor petróleo do país, o governo tomou várias medidas que visando eliminar os subsídios na distribuição e implantar a liberação de preços. Neste contexto - elevada concorrência, com o consumidor tendendo a optar pelo preço mais baixo - as grandes empresas do setor estão oferecendo uma variedade de serviços com o objetivo de manter os seus clientes. No sistema Petrobras a atividade de distribuição de derivados de petróleo é executada pela Petrobras Distribuidora. Entre os serviços oferecidos pela Petrobras Distribuidora, destaca-se o CTF - Controle Total de Frotas, voltado para o segmento de grandes empresas de transporte rodoviário. A proposta desse trabalho foi verificar a contribuição do CTF na agregação de valor para os clientes da Petrobrás Distribuidora. Inicialmente foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica de modo a se conhecer o papel da logística na competitividade empresarial. Em seguida, através de um estudo de caso, buscou-se identificar no CTF os elementos logísticos que agregam valor aos clientes. Como conclusão do trabalho verificou-se o serviço logístico representado pelo CTF proporcionou uma agregação de valor ao criar condições para a melhoria da capacidade competitiva aos clientes do segmento de transporte rodoviário da Petrobras Distribuidora. In the last years the world and the Brazilian economy have been changing deeply. Fusions, acquisitions and strategic alliances are multiplying everywhere. Most of these changes are related with deep modifications in the value systems, affecting all industries. The search for competitiveness is more and more concerned with the search for the optimal systemic beyond organizational frontiers. Within this context, logistics management gains a new dimension, encompassing the integration of all activities related to the value system, from raw materials to the final customer. The competitiveness only is not supported in the capacity of the organizations in creating new products and services, and yes in it offers of value to its customers with the lesser possible cost, especially in the industries where the differentiation of products can not be viable as the oil industry. In Brazil, as part of the changes in the oil industry, the government took some measures that aiming at to eliminate the subsidies in the distribution and to implant the release of prices. In this context - raised competition, with the consumer tending to opt to the price lowest - the great companies of the sector are offering a variety of services with the objective to keep its customers. In the Petrobras system Petrobras Distribuidora executes the activity of distribution of oil derivatives. It enters the services offered for the Petrobras Distribuidora, is distinguished the CTF - Total Control of Fleets, come back toward the segment of great companies of road transport. The proposal of this work was to verify the contribution of the CTF in the aggregation of value for the customers of Petrobras Distribuidora. Initially a bibliographical revision was carried through in order to know the role of the logistic one in the enterprise competitiveness. After that, through a case study, one searched to identify in the CTF the logistic elements that add value to the customers. As conclusion of the work the logistic service represented by the CTF was verified provided to an aggregation of value when creating conditions for the improvement of the competitive capacity to the customers of the segment of road transport of the Petrobras Distribuidora.
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Ganebo, Bereket. "Stripe Based CTF Gradient correction." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-105882.
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Abstract Structure of membrane protiens can be determined by diffirent techniques.Electron Crystallography is one of the commonly used techniques to determine their structure in atomic or near atomic resolution.Due to the crystal disorder and poor CTF correction techniques the resolution obtained from this technique is not ideal.To push the resolution to the ideal, single particle refinement with local averaging for crystal disorder and improved CTF correction methodology for tilted data sets has been applied.With this approach applied to microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1(MGST1) membrane Protien data set comparable resolution with fewer data sets to the previous reconstruction has been achieved.
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Vidal, David R. (David Rodríguez Vidal). "Recubrimientos de materiales compuestos CNF/cerámica y CNF/metal mediante proyección térmica por plasma atmosférico." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404354.
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Una máxima que se plantea en la sociedad actual es la consecución de una mayor eficiencia en los procesos industriales, reduciendo factores como el peso, mejorando la respuesta con los ciclos de los materiales y sobretodo y, ante todo, dando el máximo de funcionalidad y fiabilidad a los sistemas.
Cuando esta premisa se traslada a equipos que trabajan a altas temperaturas como turbinas o la conducción eléctrica en altos hornos, es necesario plantearse el estudio de nuevos materiales para conformar las zonas que sufren mayor estrés térmico.
Clásicamente se han utilizado aleaciones metálicas de Al-Zr-Cr o de base Ni-Cr para estas zonas, pero como alternativas a estas se han empezado a investigar cerámicos como el Si3N4 y SiC reforzados con fibras.
A pesar de las mejores propiedades que se pueden obtener con estos materiales, el máximo problema al que se enfrentan es la corrosión en caliente, la corrosión debida al vapor de agua a elevada temperatura que se encuentra en el interior de estos aparatos.
Para solucionar este problema, la estrategia general consiste en aplicar un recubrimiento protector (barrera ambiental) frente a estas atmósferas altamente corrosivas, del mismo modo en que se aplican barreras térmicas para proteger de la oxidación de metales a alta temperatura.
Estas barreras ambientales son estructuras multicapas, donde cada capa tiene que ser compatible químicamente con las anexas, presentar unos coeficientes de contracción y dilatación también compatibles tanto con las otras capas como con el sustrato y soportar ciclos térmicos sin degradación de ningún tipo.
Por otro lado, en los componentes de los motores que sufren mayor estrés térmico, es necesario mejorar los materiales para proteger estas partes de la oxidación, siendo necesario un buen comportamiento a los ciclos como en el caso anterior, aparte de fluencia tanto a temperatura ambiente como a alta temperatura.
Lograr cumplir todas estas propiedades no es baladí, sino que supone un reto para la ciencia de materiales y la ingeniería en general.
La presente tesis plantea la generación de una barrera ambiental basada en mullita/nanofibras de carbono sobre sustratos de acero y la generación de recubrimientos Al12Si/nanofibras de carbono sobre sustratos de acero para aplicaciones como pantallas térmicas aplicables en automoción.Maximum raised in today's society is to achieve greater efficiency in industrial processes, reducing factors such as weight, improving response to the cycles of materials and both giving maximum functionality and reliability to systems. When this premise is moved to equipments at high working temperatures such as turbines or electrical conduction in blast furnaces, it is necessary to consider the study of new materials to form areas suffering larger heat stress. Classically Al-Zr-Cr or Ni-Cr alloys are used for these areas, but SiN and fiber-reinforced SiC have been studied as alternatives. Even better properties can be obtained with these ceramic materials, the maximum problem is faced to hot corrosion, corrosion due to water vapor at high temperature which is within these devices. To solve this problem, the overall strategy is to apply a protective coating (environmental barrier) against these highly corrosive atmospheres, such as thermal barriers to protect the oxidation of metals at high temperature are applied. These environmental barriers are multilayer structures, each layer must be compatible chemically with the adjacent layers, presenting similar contraction and expansion coefficients, being compatible with the other layers and substrate and withstand thermal cycling without any degradation. Furthermore, engine components suffer high thermal stress, then it is necessary to improve the materials to protect these parts from oxidation, a good performance with cycles, apart from being necessary creep both at room temperature and high temperature. Achieve all these properties is not trivial, but it is a challenge for materials science and engineering in general. This thesis presents the option to generate mullite /carbon nanofibers environmental barriers on steel substrates and Al12Si/carbon nanofibers thermal barriers on steel substrates for applications such as automotive heat shields.
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Akbari, Kolcheh Faramarz. "Carbonate and sulfide capacities of CaF¦2-MgO and CaF¦2-CaO-MgO containing slags." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0003/NQ42951.pdf.
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Pereira, António Maria Castel-Branco Falcão Simões. "Consulting project with Cuf." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/122967.
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The following report contemplates a thorough analysis over the market of remote digital services and digital health care trends. The underlying goal of the work project is to understand how digital transformation can increase patient-provider proximity relationship and, as a result, improve clinical outcome, by setting up a platform-based health care ecosystem enabling the navigation across digital and physical care touch points. The final recommendation outlines a structure for CUF Digital across four digital dimensions–transactional, engagement, remote care delivery and health plans-deep-diving in to which products and services could support each proposed level.
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Balau, Maria João Pereira. "Práticas de Employer Branding na JMS : estudo de caso no Hospital CUF Porto e no Instituto CUF Porto." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23583.
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O employer branding é hoje em dia visto como uma ferramenta que as empresas podem usar para manter e atrair novos talentos. Ainda que seja um fator de diferenciação só mais recentemente é que têm sido realizados estudos académicos que abordem o tema e as empresas só há pouco tempo começaram a reconhecer a importância desta ferramenta.
O âmbito da investigação é a análise de um estudo de caso sobre as práticas de recursos humanos seguidas por uma unidade de saúde privada portuguesa, comparando-as com as que a literatura sugere.
Para dar resposta às questões de investigação optou-se por uma abordagem de caráter qualitativo, tendo sido concretizado através do recurso a técnicas pela realização de análise documental, através de entrevistas semidiretivas aos colaboradores e pela análise do seu conteúdo e ainda através da observação participante no terreno por parte da investigadora.
O estudo apresenta assim a perspetiva de uma empresa de saúde privada portuguesa, no que diz respeito às práticas de recursos humanos que esta leva a cabo no seu dia-a-dia e o que pode empreender para se tornar um melhor lugar para trabalhar.
Tendo isso em mente, a conclusão passa pelo confronto das práticas da organização com os conhecimentos proporcionados pela literatura neste domínio e culmina com algumas sugestões para que a empresa seja cada vez mais desejável por quem a elege como empregadora.Employer branding is seen as a tool that can be used by companies and is workers in order to maintain and attract new talents. Although it’s a differentiation factor only recently the academics have been study this subject and companies recognising his importance. The main scope of the research is the analysis of a case study about the human resources practices follow by a major company in the area of private health, comparing them with the ones suggested by literature. In order to find a reply to the research questions the adopted methodology is a qualitative case study featured by the use of techniques for conducting documental analysis, semi directive interviews with employers of the company, the analysis of that interviews and through participant observation in the field. This study represents the perspective of a big Portuguese company in the private health sector regarding the human resources practices they use in their everyday work and what can they do in order to become a better place to work. Having this in mind, the conclusion include, confronting the organization's practices with the knowledge provided by the literature in this field and culminating with some suggestions of practices that the organization should consider in order to become a more desirable place to work for those o elect her as employee.
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Fernandes, Carolina Salles. "otimização do atendimento permanente de adultos no hospital cuf porto." Master's thesis, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/69738.
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Fernandes, Carolina Salles. "otimização do atendimento permanente de adultos no hospital cuf porto." Dissertação, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/69738.
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Sequeira, João Luís Pacheco Branco. "De Almeirim à CUF : os empreendimentos fabris do Visconde da Junqueira." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/18318.
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A presente dissertação incide no estudo dos empreendimentos fabris de José Dias
Leite Sampaio, Visconde da Junqueira (04-01-1804 – 23-12-1870) e de que forma aqueles
evoluíram desde 1843 até 1865, momento da formação da Companhia da União fabril.
Terá como ponto de partida a aquisição da Quinta da Alorna (Almeirim) em 1843 e as
produções que ali se desenvolveram, nomeadamente vinho e azeite e possivelmente óleo
de purgueira. Serão abordados os diversos edifícios e equipamentos, nomeadamente
geradores de vapor, utilizados na produção destes bens. Em 1857 o Visconde da Junqueira
inaugura a sua primeira fábrica em Alcântara (Lisboa) que produziu velas de estearina,
seguindo-se em 1859 a fábrica de sabões e dois anos depois uma unidade fabril que
extraía e processava toda a variedade de óleos, exceptuando óleo de purgueira. Este
grande complexo industrial é propriedade do Visconde até 1865. Neste ano, em conjunto
com outros dois industriais funda a Companhia da União Fabril.
Destaca-se ainda a importância histórica da figura do Visconde da Junqueira, do seu
empreendedorismo e importância no contexto industrial português da segunda metade
do século XIX, na indústria produtora de velas de estearina, de sabões e óleos, cujo
percurso indica o peso deste homem de negócios numa época de desenvolvimento
industrial.
A presente tese é assim um exercício multidisciplinar com o recurso a métodos e
técnicas de diferentes disciplinas tais como a Arqueologia Industrial, a História e a
Arquitectura, recorrendo a informação existente nos mencionados locais, mas em arquivos
e bibliotecas.
Palavras-Chave: Arqueologia Industrial, unidade industrial, lagar, Quinta da Alorna,
CUF-Companhia União FabrilThis dissertation aims to study the industrial enterprises of José Dias Leite Sampaio, the first Visconde da Junqueira (04-01-1804 – 23-12-1870) and how those investments developed from 1843 to 1865, the year when the Companhia da União fabril was formed. The starting point will be the Quinta da Alorna (in Almeirim) in 1843 and the production developed there, especially wine, olive oil and possibly physic nut oil. The buildings and equipment, namely steam engines, used in these different productions will be approached. In 1857 the Visconde da Junqueira opens his first industrial unit in Alcântara (Lisbon) producing stearin candles and in 1859 the fabric for soap production opens and two years later a fabric the extraction of every known type of oil, except the physic nut oil. This large industrial ground is in the hands of José Dias Leite Sampaio until 1865 when, together with two other industrial entrepreneurs, the Companhia da União Fabril is founded. It is important to valorise the historical importance of the Visconde da Junqueira figure, a very important industrialist and a business man in the Portuguese industrialization process in the second half of the 19th century, mostly in the candle, wine, oil and soap industry. This dissertation is thus a multidisciplinary exercise using methods and techniques from different subjects such as Industrial Archaeology, History and Architecture. Key-words: Industrial Archaeology, industrial unit, oil press, Quinta da Alorna, CUFCompanhia União Fabril