Dissertations / Theses: 'Flower trail'

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Valdifiori, Marika. "Strumentazione mediante sensori inerziali di test per la valutazione della funzione grafo-motoria in età evolutiva: studi preliminari." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017.

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L'obiettivo di questa tesi è stato effettuare una valutazione preliminare sull'utilizzabilità dei sensori inerziali per la valutazione del movimento fine durante attività di coordinazione manuale. Lo scopo finale è valutare la possibilità di utilizzare parametri quantitativi utilizzati in analisi del movimento per la caratterizzazione della performance dell’arto superiore durante compiti che richiedono abilità grafo-motorie. A questo scopo sono stati selezionati alcuni test che potessero fornire un quadro completo delle funzioni grafo-motorie tra quelli maggiormente utilizzati nella pratica clinica: il test DGMP (per la valutazione del livello di automatizzazione di qualità e di apprendimento della scrittura in corsivo) e i test Cycle Trail e Flower Trail, scelti fra la batteria di Test Movement ABC-2 (per la valutazione di destrezza manuale). Hanno preso parte allo studio undici soggetti adulti giovani sani e quattro bambini con sviluppo tipico. Dopo aver posizionato i sensori inerziali sui polsi è stato richiesto ai soggetti di svolgere i test sopraelencati in diverse condizioni: "migliore" e "veloce", "lenta" e "veloce", mano destra e mano sinistra. Sono stati applicati gli indici (RMS accelerazione, RMS Jerk, MIJerk, IJerk, MSE) al segnale di accelerazione dell’arto che eseguiva l’esercizio ed è stato valutato se gli indici analizzati fossero in grado di distinguere diverse condizioni di esecuzione. Da questo studio preliminare, i parametri utilizzati (RMS accelerazione, RMS Jerk, MIJerk, IJerk, MSE) hanno mostrato una specificità sufficiente nel distinguere le diverse condizione analizzate, supportando quindi sviluppi futuri per l’applicazione dei sensori inerziali per la valutazione oggettiva della coordinazione fine durante attività grafo-motorie.

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Vuppalapti, Pavani. "Sunflower, Helianthus annus L., Cut Flower Variety Trial." TopSCHOLAR®, 2005. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/486.

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Sunflower, Helianthus annus L., native of North America, is widely grown for oil, bird feed, and human snacks. More recently, sunflower is gaining acceptance as an ornamental potted plant and as a cut flower in the florist industry. The objectives of the present study were: 1. To evaluate diverse cultivars of sunflower for their performance under field and greenhouse conditions. 2. To explore the potential of sunflower in the local florist industry. 3. To exhibit the diversity of sunflower characteristics to the public. In 2004, studies were conducted during the spring and summer in the field and during fall and winter in the greenhouse. Commercial seed catalogs were used to obtain diverse cultivars. In the field study seeds were sown according to the prescribed spacing and depth in a randomized complete block design. Severe soil crusting necessitated replanting. Plants were observed from emergence to maturity for horticultural traits such as days to first leaf emergence, height of the plant, days to bloom, number of heads, and branching characters. When observed performance was compared with the catalog description, similarities were found for flower color and head diameter; however, differences were found for plant height and days to bloom. Aesthetic characteristics were evaluated in the field and in the laboratory as cut flowers. Preliminary results indicated that ornamental sunflower cultivars performed well in Kentucky even in an unusually wet, cool growing season. Inconsistency between catalog descriptions and observed performance indicates the need for growers to test promising varieties on a small scale before making large investments. In the greenhouse study cultivars produced fewer branches and heads compared to their field performance. Some cultivars failed to produce flowers under greenhouse conditions. Sunflower heads were found to be attractive and pleasing to a wide range of individuals. These preliminary results indicate that ornamental sunflower could become a niche crop in Kentucky agriculture. Sunflower as an ornamental crop could be productive and profitable, provided that market infrastructures are developed.

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Guglielmo, Wynne J. "Lovely Flowers at a Train Station." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2011. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/GuglielmoW2011.pdf.

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Crisp, Catrina C. M. D. "Intra-vaginal Diazepam for High Tone Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367926075.

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Zhao, Jin. "Contribution à la commande d'un train de véhicules intelligents." Phd thesis, Ecole Centrale de Lille, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00586081.

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Ce mémoire est consacré à la mise en œuvre de commandes d'un train de véhicules intelligents sur autoroute ayant pour objectifs principaux de réduire la congestion et d'améliorer la sécurité routière. Après avoir présenté l'état de l'art sur des systèmes de conduite automatisée, des modèles de la dynamique longitudinale et latérale du véhicule sont présentés. Ensuite, des stratégies de contrôle longitudinal et latéral sont étudiées.D'abord, le contrôle longitudinal est conçu pour être hiérarchique avec un contrôleur de niveau supérieur et un contrôleur de niveau inférieur. Pour celui de niveau supérieur, une régulation d'inter-distance SSP (Safety Spacing Policy) est proposée. Nous avons constaté que la SSP peut assurer la stabilité de la chaîne et la stabilité des flux de trafic et augmenter ainsi la capacité de trafic. Puis, pour celui de niveau inférieur, une loi de commande floue coordonnée est proposée pour gérer l'accélérateur et le freinage. Ensuite, une loi de commande multi-modèle floue est conçue pour le contrôle latéral. De plus, pour réaliser des transformations lisses entre les différentes opérations latérales, une architecture de contrôle hiérarchique est proposée. Puis, l'intégration des commandes longitudinale et latérale est étudiée. Enfin, l'estimation des variables d'états du véhicule est discutée. Un filtre de Kalman-Bucy est conçu pour estimer les états du véhicule. En outre, un prototype de véhicule intelligent à échelle réduite est également présenté. Les performances des divers algorithmes de commande proposés ont été testées par simulations, et les résultats ont été confirmés par les premières expériences en utilisant le prototype

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Pancieri, Ana Paula. "Terapia floral significado da participação em pesquisa clínica para ansiosos com sobrepeso ou obesidade /." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/153779.

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A Organização Mundial da Saúde reconhece a importância das práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde e recomenda que estudos sejam realizados para o avanço deste modo de cuidar, como é o caso do ensaio clínico randomizado, uma poderosa ferramenta para avaliação de intervenções na área da saúde. Dentre as práticas, surge a terapia floral como parte de um campo de terapias vibracionais, de características não invasivas, simples e naturais, que atuam curando e harmonizando sem que haja a possibilidade de efeitos colaterais e incompatibilidade com outros tratamentos. Desta forma, o objetivo desse estudo é compreender a experiência do participante de uma pesquisa clínica, que teve como intervenção a terapia floral, para ansiedade de indivíduos com sobrepeso ou obesidade. Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem qualitativa, vinculado ao projeto intitulado “Efetividade da terapia floral na ansiedade de adultos com sobrepeso ou obesidade”. A pesquisa foi realizada em uma Instituição Pública de Saúde com 42 indivíduos de ambos os sexos, no período de junho a novembro de 2016. A coleta de dados foi realizada após o término da participação na pesquisa clínica originária, por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada. O referencial teórico que alicerça essa pesquisa são as publicações de Edward Bach. Para organização e análise dos dados qualitativos foi adotado como referencial metodológico a Análise de Conteúdo segundo Bardin, resultando em duas categorias que emergiram dos discursos dos participantes: “Significado da participação na pesquisa clínica” e “Percepção sobre a ação da terapêutica utilizada”. Os resultados deste estudo demonstram a intenção dos participantes na busca por alternativas naturais para auxiliar o controle da ansiedade e obesidade, e mostram que conseguiram atingir o autocontrole na alimentação e nas relações pessoais. Essa busca se consolida principalmente pelo benefício que observaram durante o uso da terapia complementar para si mesmo ou nos indivíduos do seu círculo de relações. Os participantes identificaram na terapia floral autoconhecimento e tranqüilidade, pois passaram a compreender melhor as pequenas alterações que aconteceram com seu corpo, inclusive na qualidade do sono e na compulsão alimentar. O equilíbrio das emoções e sintomas ansiosos relatados demonstra que os participantes foram capazes de enfrentar com sucesso suas decepções passadas que causavam sofrimento, mostrando a efetividade da terapia floral neste contexto. Este estudo contribui para uma melhor perspectiva de participação em estudos clínicos com terapia floral e placebo, pois no reconhecimento de suas possibilidades, a aceitação da terapia floral pela comunidade e profissionais de saúde pode tornar-se facilitada. Além disso, os resultados positivos destes estudos motivam para maior adesão e busca por conhecimento sobre as práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde e direcionam indivíduos e profissionais de saúde a novos caminhos para a melhoria na qualidade de vida dos seres humanos.
The World Health Organization acknowledges the importance of integrative and complementary health practices and recommends that studies are carried out to advance them, using, for example, randomized clinical trials, powerful tool to evaluate health interventions. Among these practices, floral therapy emerges in the field of vibrational therapies, with simple and natural non-invasive characteristics that heals and harmonizes without side-effects or incompatibility to other treatments. Thus, the objective of this study was to understand the experience of overweight or obese anxious individuals in participating of a clinical research trial that used floral therapy as health intervention. This is a qualitative study linked to the project entitled "Effectiveness of floral therapy on anxiety of overweight or obese adults". Forty-two overweight and obese individuals of both sexes were enrolled in this study between June and November of 2016 for a semi-structured interview after termination of the primary clinical trial conducted in an institute of public health. Data collected from interviews were qualitatively organized and analyzed according to Content Analysis from Bardin, separated in two categories that emerged from participants' speeches: “Meaning of participating in a clinical research trial” and “Perception of the action of the therapy used”. Publications from Edward Bach were used as theoretical basis for this study. Results showed that overweight or obese anxious individuals sought natural alternatives to control their anxiety and obesity, and they managed to achieve self-control during meals and in personal relationships, which was mainly strengthened by the benefits observed in their own or in people of their circle of relationships. The participants identified in floral therapy self-knowledge and tranquility, as they could better understand the small changes happening to their bodies, including sleep quality and compulsive feeding behavior. Reported equilibrium in emotions and anxiety indicates that participants were able to successfully face previous disappointments that caused sorrow, in which floral therapy revealed to be effective on. This study contributes to the perspective of participating in clinical research trials involving floral therapy and placebo, once deeper knowledge on floral therapy can facilitate it to be accepted as medical treatment by potential patients and health professionals. In addition, results of this study encourage supporting integrative and complementary health practices, directing patients and health professionals to novel alternatives to improve quality of life.

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Echtermeyer, Christoph. "Causal pattern inference from neural spike train data." Thesis, St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/843.

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Costa, Bruna. "Eficácia de instruções verbais na contração dos músculos do pavimento pélvico: revisão bibliográfica." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/9175.

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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Fisioterapia
Introdução: A tarefa de ensinar as mulheres a contrair os músculos do pavimento pélvico (MPP) é bastante exigente para os fisioterapeutas, sendo desafiados a usar diferentes métodos terapêuticos que facilitem a contração voluntária correta. Objetivo: analisar a eficácia de instruções verbais na contração dos músculos do pavimento pélvico. Metodologia: pesquisa nas bases de dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MedLine/PubMed), PEDro, SciELO e Web of Science com os critérios: estudos experimentais; em língua inglesa e portuguesa; estudos realizados em mulheres; idade igual ou superior a 18 anos; que contenham a descrição das instruções verbais na contração dos MPP, sendo avaliados segundo a escala Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP). Resultados: incluídos 5 estudos, com um total de 185 participantes do sexo feminino. As instruções variaram entre 1 e 7 nos diferentes estudos, sendo que uns focaram instruções anteriores, outros posteriores e outros instruções combinadas dos MPP. Conclusão: foi possível verificar a eficácia das instruções verbais na contração do pavimento pélvico, não sendo possível especificar quais as mais eficazes.
Introduction: the task to teach women to contract pelvic floor muscles (PFM) is very demanding to physiotherapists, who are challenged to use different therapeutics methods in order to ease the correct voluntary contraction. Purpose: analyze verbal instructions effectiveness on the learning process of pelvic floor muscles contraction. Methodology: research on Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MedLine/PubMed), PEDro, SciELO e Web of Science databases following these criteria: experimental studies in English and Portuguese about women with 18 years old or more, containing verbal instructions description on PFM contraction, rated according Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) scale. Results: 5 studies were included with a total of 185 female participants. Between 1 and 7 instructions were used on the studies, varying between anterior instructions, posterior instructions and combined instructions of PFM. Conclusions: it was possible to verify the effectiveness of verbal instructions on the pelvic floor contraction, but it was not possible to check which ones where the more effective ones.
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Ahafia, Priscillia Awo. "Outcomes in asthma : a systematic review of trials of budesonide and of health related quality of life." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243769.

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Reinhardt-Piechowiak, Anne. "Contribution à l'étude aérodynamique des croisements de train à grande vitesse." Valenciennes, 1996. https://ged.uphf.fr/nuxeo/site/esupversions/d9b33546-811f-4e7a-b04e-709bca3fc7af.

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La circulation de trains à grande vitesse engendre de nombreux phénomènes aérodynamiques dont l'évaluation est nécessaire pour régler certains problèmes de sécurité ou de confort. Dans le cas particulier des croisements, il n'existe pas actuellement d'installation expérimentale appropriée. Par ailleurs, les essais en ligne sont onéreux et difficiles à mettre en œuvre. C’est pourquoi nous avons entrepris une étude numérique destinée à fournir les variations de pression qui apparaissent lors des croisements dans l'hypothèse simplificatrice d'un fluide idéal. Les effets instationnaires sont approchés par une méthode quasi-stationnaire. La méthode des singularités étant, d'après notre étude bibliographique, la mieux adaptée à la résolution de ce problème, nous avons développé un code de calcul, dit code sources, qui permet de déterminer l'écoulement incompressible autour de corps sans modélisation du sillage. Ce code, valide sur plusieurs obstacles de forme simple, a ensuite été applique aux trains en marche isolée et en croisement. Les résultats sont en bon accord avec ceux du LIMSI qui a initié les recherches numériques sur les trains à grande vitesse dans les années 70. Cependant, les vitesses toujours plus élevées impliquent désormais de prendre en considération le caractère subsonique de l'écoulement lors du croisement. De plus, la modélisation du sillage est nécessaire à l'étude des effets portants. Nous avons donc élaboré un autre code de calcul dit code sources-doublets, consacré aux écoulements autour d'obstacles avec prise en compte de la compressibilité de l'air et du sillage. Dans un premier temps, nous avons calculé les répartitions de pression autour d'obstacles largement étudiés dans la littérature, afin de valider la modélisation du sillage. Nous avons enfin évalué l'écoulement autour de deux trains en croisement, avec prise en compte de la compressibilité du fluide suivant la loi de Gothert. Nous avons ainsi estimé les efforts élémentaires et globaux s'exerçant sur les deux trains pour des configurations différentes. Les répartitions de pression obtenues serviront de base à l'étude des effets de fluide réel.

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Ng, Sau-loi, and 吳秀來. "A randomised controlled trial study of the efficacy of intensive pre-operative pelvic floor muscle training to decrease post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198846.

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Background: Radical prostatectomy is the gold-standard treatment for clinically organ-confined cancer of the prostate. However, urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction are major clinical problems, despite advances in surgical techniques. Pelvic floor muscle training is still the first-line treatment used to restore pelvic floor or bladder function after radical prostatectomy although its role is still inconclusive. Objectives: To determine the benefit of starting pelvic floor muscle training three weeks before radical prostatectomy in order to find by the end of three months after surgery: (1) any degree of continence regained in the intervention group, measured by 24-hour and one-hour pad tests; (2) any positive improvement in the quality of life in that group. Methods: Sixty-six eligible participants were randomised into either the intervention or the control group before radical prostatectomy. The former received three weeks’ pre-operative pelvic floor muscle training from an advanced practice nurse, while the latter received only standard care. Urine loss by 24-hour pad test was compared in the two groups as the primary outcome, and the questionnaires on incontinence impact, functional assessment on prostate cancer and potency satisfaction at one, two, three and six months after surgery were compared as secondary outcomes. Results: The intervention group regained continence significantly (p=0.002) earlier than the control group at the end of three months after surgery, as measured by the 24-hour pad test. The intervention group also reported a significantly better quality of life in the questionnaire on ‘incontinence impact’ than the control group. Interestingly, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate questionnaire showed no statistical significant difference between the groups, despite significantly less urine loss in the intervention group, which also had a higher potency satisfaction score on the International Index of Erectile Function (p=0.005) by the end of three months after surgery. Discussion: The present study found that three weeks’ pre-operative pelvic floor muscle training decreased the duration and severity of incontinence after radical prostatectomy, as measured by the 24-hour pad test of urine loss (in grams). Some other studies counted the number of pads used as the comparative data between the groups; however, there might be divergent findings in different studies. In one previous study of pelvic floor muscle training initiated two to four weeks before surgery but showing no benefit, it was found that patients received only one training session before surgery without further monitoring. A limitation of present study is that participants were followed-up for six months after surgery. It is possible that a longer period, perhaps one or two years, of post-prostatectomy follow-up might provide further important information. Conclusions: This is the first comprehensive study in Hong Kong to examine the efficacy of three weeks’ pre-operative pelvic floor muscle training in reducing post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence, and to evaluate the continence-related quality of life and potency satisfaction of intervention and control groups. The results demonstrated that such training not only significantly hastens the recovery of urinary continence after surgery but also leads to a better continence-related quality of life and potency satisfaction in the intervention group.
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Muld, Tomas W. "Analysis of Flow Structures in Wake Flows for Train Aerodynamics." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Mechanics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-12746.

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Train transportation is a vital part of the transportation system of today anddue to its safe and environmental friendly concept it will be even more impor-tant in the future. The speeds of trains have increased continuously and withhigher speeds the aerodynamic effects become even more important. One aero-dynamic effect that is of vital importance for passengers’ and track workers’safety is slipstream, i.e. the flow that is dragged by the train. Earlier ex-perimental studies have found that for high-speed passenger trains the largestslipstream velocities occur in the wake. Therefore the work in this thesis isdevoted to wake flows. First a test case, a surface-mounted cube, is simulatedto test the analysis methodology that is later applied to a train geometry, theAerodynamic Train Model (ATM). Results on both geometries are comparedwith other studies, which are either numerical or experimental. The comparisonfor the cube between simulated results and other studies is satisfactory, whiledue to a trip wire in the experiment the results for the ATM do not match.The computed flow fields are used to compute the POD and Koopman modes.For the cube this is done in two regions of the flow, one to compare with a priorpublished study Manhart & Wengle (1993) and another covering more of theflow and especially the wake of the cube. For the ATM, a region containing theimportant flow structures is identified in the wake, by looking at instantaneousand fluctuating velocities. To ensure converged POD modes two methods toinvestigate the convergence are proposed, tested and applied. Analysis of themodes enables the identification of the important flow structures. The flowtopologies of the two geometries are very different and the flow structures arealso different, but the same methodology can be applied in both cases. For thesurface-mounted cube, three groups of flow structures are found. First groupis the mean flow and then two kinds of perturbations around the mean flow.The first perturbation is at the edge of the wake, relating to the shear layerbetween the free stream and the disturbed flow. The second perturbation isinside the wake and is the convection of vortices. These groups would then betypical of the separation bubble that exists in the wake of the cube. For theATM the main flow topology consists of two counter rotating vortices. Thiscan be seen in the decomposed modes, which, except for the mean flow, almostonly contain flow structures relating to these vortices.

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Bloom, Matthew. "Effects of Fan Cooling at Room Temperature on Indoor 20-km Cycling Time Trial Performance." PDXScholar, 2018. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4482.

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Aim: The primary purpose of this study was to examine effects of a fan-induced airflow at standard room temperature (20-23°C) on 20-km cycling time trial performance. A secondary purpose was to investigate two fan speeds and whether a difference in performance existed with increased fan speed in intermediate duration indoor cycling tests. Methods: Seven trained cyclists completed three 20-km cycling time trials under three conditions in a randomized crossover design. The 3 conditions were: 1) control (no fan), 2) low speed fan, and 3) high speed fan. Results: A tendency for modest decreases in time to completion (TTC) were noted in the two experimental conditions compared to the control condition (-2.06% low speed fan; -3.29% high speed fan). There was also a tendency for small increases in power output during the experimental conditions, although neither time nor power output differences were statistically significant. No differences in mean heart rate and rating of perceived exertion were observed among the three conditions. Conclusion: These results suggest a relationship between fan use and 20-km indoor cycling time trial performance, specifically TTC and mean power output, but larger samples are needed to provide adequate statistical power. Further investigation into the effects of fan use in standard testing environments is recommended. No additional benefit was observed from increased fan speeds. Differences in the experimental conditions on average resulted in non-significant 1.2% improvement.

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Silva, Ana Paula Moreira da. "Abordagem fisioterapêutica da dispareunia na mulher com dor pélvica crônica: comparação entre duas técnicas. Trial clínico, randomizado." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/17/17145/tde-19072018-115253/.

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OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a efetividade da massagem perineal de Thiele e a efetividade da eletroestimulação intravaginal no tratamento de mulheres com dor pélvica crônica (DPC) e dispareunia causada por espasmo dos músculos pélvicos, comparar as duas técnicas e seus efeitos sobre a dor, risco de ansiedade e depressão e na função sexual. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo clínico randomizado, com alocação aleatória dos sujeitos da pesquisa em grupos paralelos, grupo A: 14 mulheres tradadas com massagem perineal e grupo B: 16 mulheres tradadas com eletroestimulação intravaginal. Foram incluídas mulheres com diagnóstico de DPC e dispareunia superficial causada por espasmo de músculos pélvicos, foram excluídas mulheres com dispareunia sem espasmo de músculos pélvicos, mulheres grávidas, menopausadas e que constassem em seus prontuários: vasculopatias, neuropatias, diabetes ou tireoideopatias. Foram recrutadas no Ambulatório de Dor Pélvica Crônica (AGDP) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade São Paulo (HC/FMRP- USP). Sendo realizadas avaliações através de exame físico e aplicação dos questionários EVA, McGILL, HAD e FSFI e coleta de dados demográficos. Após término do tratamento essas mulheres foram reavaliadas com a periodicidade de uma, quatro, doze e 24 semanas por um avaliador alheio ao tipo de tratamento por elas realizado. RESULTADOS: Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas quando comparada a efetividade de uma técnica em relação à outra em nenhum dos tempos de reavaliação. Porém foram encontrados resultados significativos dentro de cada grupo entre os tempos antes do tratamento e depois do tratamento (1, 4, 12 e 24 semanas após). Em relação à melhora da dor (EVA, McGILL) e função sexual (FSFI), não foram encontradas diferenças significativas em relação às técnicas de tratamento e o risco para ansiedade e depressão. CONCLUSÃO: As duas modalidades de tratamento foram efetivas na melhora da dor, sugerindo assim o uso delas separadamente ou em associação nos casos de DPC associado a dispareunia superficial secundária a espasmos de músculos pélvicos.
OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the effectiveness of Thiele perineal massage and the effectiveness of intravaginal electrostimulation in treating women with Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and dyspareunia caused by spasm of the pelvic muscles, to compare two techniques and their pain effects, anxiety and depression risks and sexual function. METHODS: Was realized a clinical trial randomized with random allocation of people in parallel groups. Group A:14 women treated with perineal massage and group B:16 women treated with intravaginal electrostimulation. Inclusion criteria: Women with CPP and superficial dyspareunia caused by spasms of the pelvic muscles diagnosed and exclusion criteria: Dyspareunia without spasm in pelvic muscles, pregnant, menopause and with medical records of vasculopathies, neuropathies, diabetes, thyroid disease. These women were recruited in the Clinic of Chronic Pelvic Pain of the Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School of the University of São Paulo (HC/FMRP-USP). Evaluation with physical examination and application of VAS, McGill pain, HAD and SFIF and the collection of demographic data were performed. After end of treatment these women were re-evaluated after 1, 4, 12 and 24 weeks follow-up by a foreign evaluator to the type of treatment. RESULTS: No significant differences were found when comparing the effectiveness of one technique in relation to the other in any of the reevaluation times. However, significant results were found within each group between pre-treatment and post-treatment times (1, 4, 12, and 24 weeks post-treatment). In relation to the improvement of pain (EVA, McGILL) and sexual function (FSFI), no significant differences were found regarding treatment techniques and the risk for anxiety and depression. CONCLUSION: The two treatment modalities were effective in improving pain, thus suggesting their use separately or in combination in cases of DPC associated with superficial dyspareunia secondary to pelvic muscle spasms.

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Andersson, Bea Angelica. "Analysis of Selection and Genetic Drift in a Dioecious Plant : Spatial Genetic Structure and Selection in Phenotypic Traits in a Young Island Population of Silene dioica." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-96275.

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Selection and genetic drift are often competing forces in shaping genetic structure in populations. Genetic drift will often effectively cancel out the effect of selection when population sizes are small, such as in colonizing island populations. On a small island in the Skeppsvik Archipelago in northern Sweden, a newly founded population of Silene dioica has been monitored since it first established around 1993. Though inhabiting an area of merely 173 m2, the population has been shown to exhibit a genetically differentiated patch structure where closely related individuals are tightly grouped, distanced from other family groups. In this study, the effect of selection was evaluated as compared to that of genetic drift. Variation in phenotypic traits in flowers, leaves and stalks were compared to that of neutral markers, in the form of PST and FST measures, to assess a measure of what proportion of differentiation among patches in phenotypic traits could not be attributed to genetic drift. Males and females were analysed separately to obtain measures of sex specific selection. Signs of divergent and stabilizing selection were found in several traits in both males and females despite the small spatial scale and short time since colonization. Further analysis is needed to assess explanations for trait divergence among patches and direction of selection.

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Gomes, Nádia Filipa Martins. "Efetividade da fisioterapia em mulheres com incontinência urinária no pós-parto - revisão bibliográfica." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/9576.

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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Fisioterapia
Objetivo: Verificar a efetividade da fisioterapia em mulheres com incontinência urinária no pós-parto. Metodologia: Foi realizada uma pesquisa computorizada de artigos clínicos randomizados controlados entre fevereiro e março de 2020 nas bases de dados Pubmed e Web of science, usando a estratégia de pesquisa de palavras chave. A qualidade metodológica foi avaliada através da Physiotherapy Evidence Database scoring scale (PEDro). Resultados: Foram encontrados 260 artigos sendo 30 selecionados e totalmente analisados. Dos seguintes estudos (n=30), 21 foram excluídos por não corresponderem aos critérios de inclusão e apenas 9 estudos foram classificados como de alta qualidade, marcando pontos no total de 7 segundo a escala de PEDro. Nos artigos verificamos que ao realizar exercícios dos músculos do pavimento pélvico foram obtidas melhorias significativas na IU. Conclusão: A fisioterapia demonstra-se efetivo no tratamento e prevenção da IU em mulheres pós-parto, nomeadamente exercícios supervisionados e constantemente avaliados por um fisioterapeuta.
Objective: To verify the effectiveness of physical therapy in women with postpartum urinary incontinence. Methodology: A computerized search of randomized controlled clinical articles was carried out between February and March 2020 in the Pubmed and Web of science databases, using the keyword search strategy. Methodological quality was assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scoring scale (PEDro). Results: 260 articles were found, 30 of which were selected and fully analyzed. Of the following studies (n = 30), 21 were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria and only 9 studies were classified as high quality, scoring points in a total of 7 according to the PEDro scale. In the articles, we will check if significant improvements in UI were achieved when performing pelvic floor muscle exercises. Conclusion: Physiotherapy is shown to be effective in the treatment and prevention of urinary incontinence in postpartum women, including supervised exercises and constantly evaluated by a physiotherapist.
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Sjöström, Malin. "Internet-based treatment of stress urinary incontinence : treatment outcome, patient satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Allmänmedicin, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-84405.

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Background Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the leakage of urine when coughing, sneezing, or on exertion. It affects 10-35% of women, and can impair quality of life (QOL). First-line treatment is pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT). However, access barriers and embarrassment may prevent women from seeking care. There is a need for new, easily accessible ways to provide treatment. Aim To evaluate the treatment outcome, patient satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness of an Internet- based treatment programme for SUI. Methods We recruited 250 community-dwelling women aged 18-70 years, with SUI ≥1/week via our website. Participants were randomised to 3 months of PFMT with either an Internet-based programme (n=124), or a programme sent by post (n=126). We had no-face-to face contact with the participants, but the Internet group received individually tailored e-mail support from an urotherapist. Treatment outcome was evaluated after 4 months with intention-to-treat analysis. After treatment, we telephoned a strategic selection of participants (Internet n=13, postal n=8) to interview them about their experiences, and analysed the results according to grounded theory principles. We also performed a cost-utility analysis with a 1-year societal perspective, comparing the treatment programmes with each other and with a no-treatment alternative. To scrutinize our measure of QOL, we performed a reliability study of the ICIQ-LUTSqol questionnaire. Results Participants in both intervention groups achieved highly significant improvements (p<0.001) with large effect sizes (>0.8) in the primary outcomes symptom score (ICIQ-UI SF: mean change Internet 3.4 [SD 3.4], postal 2.9 [3.1]), and condition-specific QOL (ICIQ-LUTSqol: mean change Internet 4.8 [SD 6.1], postal 4.6 [SD 6.7]); however, the differences between the groups were not significant. Compared with the postal group, more participants in the Internet group perceived they were much or very much improved after treatment (40.9%, vs. 26.5%, p=0.01), reduced their use of incontinence aids (59.5% vs. 41.4%, p=0.02), and indicated satisfaction with the treatment programme (84.8% vs. 62.9%, p<0.001). Results from the interviews fell into three categories: about life with SUI and barriers to seeking care; about the treatments and the patient-provider relationship; about the sense of empowerment many women experienced. A core category emerged: “Acknowledged but not exposed.” The extra cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained through use of the Internet-based programme compared with the postal programme was €200. The extra cost per QALY for the Internet-based programme compared with no treatment was €30,935. The condition-specific questionnaire ICIQ-LUTSqol is reliable in women with SUI, with high degrees of agreement between overall scores (Intraclass correlation coefficient 0.95, p<0.001). Conclusion Internet-based treatment for SUI is a new, effective, and patient-appreciated treatment alternative, which can increase access to care in a sustainable way.

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Lucca, Eneida Aparecida de. "Modelagem e simulação de reatores industriais em fase liquida do tipo Loop para polimerização de propileno." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/266238.

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Orientadores: Rubens Maciel Filho, Jose Carlos Costa da Silva Pinto, Priamo Albuquerque Melo Junior
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química
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Resumo: Reatores tubulares do tipo loop são amplamente empregados nas indústrias de poliolefinas. No caso da produção de polipropileno, compõem a tecnologia Spheripol. São constituídos de duas seções tubulares interconectadas por um ponto de alimentação e por uma bomba, que promove a recirculação da massa reacional. O simulador dinâmico desenvolvido nesse trabalho é capaz de estimar valores de diversas variáveis chave no monitoramento do processo; dentre elas, o XS e o MFI. As validações feitas mostraram que o simulador é capaz de representar de forma acurada os dados experimentais disponíveis em uma planta real de polimerização, inclusive para ¿N¿ reatores em série
Abstract: Tubular loop reactors are widely used in the polyolefins industries. In the particular case of polypropylene production, loop reactors are part of the Spheripol technology. Loop reactors are composed of two tubular reactors that are connected by a feed point and a pump that is responsible for promoting recirculation of the reaction mass. The dynamic simulator developed here is able to estimate values of several important variables used to monitor the industrial process, like the XS and the MFI. The model was validated with actual industrial data obtained for different reactor configurations, including ¿N¿ reactors in series
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Flynn, Liam Martin Clint. "Physiological responses to brain tissue hypoxia and blood flow after acute brain injury." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31268.

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This thesis explores physiological changes occurring after acute brain injury. The first two chapters focus on traumatic brain injury (TBI), a significant cause of disability and death worldwide. I discuss the evidence behind current management of secondary brain injury with emphasis on partial brain oxygen tension (PbtO2) and intracranial pressure (ICP). The second chapter describes a subgroup analysis of the effect of hypothermia on ICP and PbtO2 in 17 patients enrolled to the Eurotherm3235 trial. There was a mean decrease in ICP of 4.1 mmHg (n=9, p < 0.02) and a mean decrease in PbtO2 (7.8 ± 3.1 mmHg (p < 0.05)) in the hypothermia group that was not present in controls. The findings support previous studies in demonstrating a decrease in ICP with hypothermia. Decreased PbtO2 could partially explain worse outcomes seen in the hypothermia group in the Eurotherm3235 trial. Further analysis of PbtO2 and ICP guided treatment is needed. The third chapter focuses on delayed cerebral ischaemia (DCI) after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH), another form of acute brain injury that causes significant morbidity and mortality. I include a background of alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP), a potential treatment of DCI, along with results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of nine experimental models investigating αCGRP. The meta-analysis demonstrates a 40.8 ± 8.2% increase in cerebral vessel diameter in those animals treated with αCGRP compared with controls (p < 0.0005, 95% CI 23.7 to 57.9). Neurobehavioural scores were reported in four publications and showed a Physiological responses to brain tissue hypoxia and blood flow after acute brain injury standardised mean difference of 1.31 in favour of αCGRP (CI -0.49 to 3.12). I conclude that αCGRP reduces cerebral vessel narrowing seen after SAH in animal studies but note that there is insufficient evidence to determine its effect on functional outcomes. A review of previous trials of αCGRP administration in humans is included, in addition to an original retrospective analysis of CSF concentrations of αCGRP in humans. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of CSF (n = 22) was unable to detect αCGRP in any sample, which contrasts with previous studies and was likely secondary to study methodology. Finally, I summarise by discussing a protocol I designed for a dose-toxicity study involving the intraventricular administration of αCGRP to patients with aSAH and provide some recommendations for future research. This protocol was based upon the systematic review and was submitted to the Medical Research Council's DPFS funding stream during the PhD.

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Tingestedt, Mikaela, and Jonas Danielsson. "Utrymning i spårtunnel på upphöjd gångbana : Svaga ljusförhållandens effekt på förflyttningen." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-36255.

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Evacuation of trains in tunnels is currently taking place in diverse ways. One of the methods implies that passengers leave the train along the railways on elevated walkways. The knowledge about the impact of elevated walkways on the safety level is today very limited. As more and more elevated walkways are designed in rail tunnels, it is important that studies and evacuation trials are made to investigate how those affect the safety level of the evacuation. This master thesis’ project aims to investigate the relationship between low light conditions, people's behaviour and ability to evacuate a train on an elevated walkway. To investigate this, the core in the work consisted a practical evacuation trial which purpose was to study people’s movement on a raised walkway under different illumination levels: 200 lux, 5 lux and 1 lux. A total of 16 escape trials were performed as controlled evacuations on a simulated elevated walkway with the measures 1.2x20 meters with a level difference down to the ground plane of 1.24 meters. The result of the evacuation trial showed that the intensity of illumination played a significant role in both the movement speed, the person flow and the peoples distance to the edge. The peoples flow and speed did generally decrease during the partial trials performed during the weaker light intensities, 5 lux and 1 lux, compared to partial trials performed during 200 lux. A general result regarding the effect of light intensity on the people’s distance to the edge is that during the partial trials performed with the weaker light intensities, 5 lux and 1 lux, more people chose to go further from the edge. The conclusion of these results is that a minimum brightness in tunnels should be 1 lux, but a stronger illumination should be sought to increase the safety of the passengers in case of evacuation. Regarding the learning effect on the trial procedure, it can be seen from the results that the more trials carried out, the closer the edge the people went combined with an increased speed and flow. The people became comfortable in the environment and hesitated less, which generated a source of error in the result. A conclusion of the practical evacuation trial is that by conducting a trial in this type of environment, we were given the opportunity to study the problems as well as the complexity that an evacuation may imply. The experiment further provided valuable information and knowledge about the problems that may arise in an evacuation, both from a technical and behavioural perspective.

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Cordeau, Stéphane. "Conséquences de la mise en place des bandes enherbées sur l'évolution de la flore adventice." Thesis, Dijon, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010DIJOS098/document.

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La gestion intensive des populations adventices, liée aux risques de perte de rendement et à la dégradation de la qualité de la récolte, a largement conduit à leur régression dans les milieux cultivés au cours de ces dernières décennies. Ce déclin floristique dans le paysage agricole a conduit à une perte de biodiversité plus large car de nombreux organismes (oiseaux, insectes, mammifères) sont dépendants de la ressource trophique que représentent ces communautés végétales. Pour contrer cette perte de biodiversité et limiter les effets néfastes de l’agriculture sur l’environnement, de nombreuses mesures agro environnementales ont été mises en place à travers l’Europe. En France, des bandes enherbées ont été implantées par les agriculteurs le long des cours d’eau pour limiter la dérive des produits phytosanitaires et limiter l’érosion hydrique des sols. Ces bandes sont principalement semées avec des mélanges de graminées et ne reçoivent ni traitement chimique, ni engrais. En conséquence, leur mise en place généralisée dans le paysage agricole pour de nombreuses années et sans contrepartie financière pour les agriculteurs, suscitent des craintes quant aux risques malherbologiques qu’elles peuvent représenter. A l’opposé, ces espaces peuvent être considérés comme des opportunités pour maintenir, dans des compartiments proches des zones cultivées, des populations adventices dont les services écosystémiques rendus à l’agriculture sont de plus en plus mis en évidence.Ce travail de thèse montre que les bandes enherbées hébergent une grande diversité floristique. Les communautés adventices sont principalement structurées par le type de bordure adjacente à la bande enherbée et par les modes de gestion qui y sont conduits. L’alternance perturbation-compétition générée respectivement par le broyage et la compétition des espèces semées ne permet pas aux espèces annuelles de se maintenir dans cet habitat où elles ne peuvent que difficilement y produire des semences. Les espèces fréquemment rencontrées sont vivaces, mais ne dominent que très rarement sur le couvert semé. Bien que les bandes enherbées hébergent une flore riche, composée majoritairement d’espèces des champs, il apparaît que ces espaces ne favorisent pas la dispersion d’espèces adventices vers la parcelle cultivée. En effet, la mise en place d’un couvert semé à l’endroit même où l’on observait auparavant une transition de la flore des bordures vers la flore des champs, limite l’effet des bordures sur les champs, au moins à court terme. En outre, la mise en place et l’entretien de ce couvert ont un coût pour l’agriculteur raisonnable à l’échelle de l’exploitation agricole.Malgré la crainte émise quant au déclin des mauvaises herbes annuelles, les bandes enherbées sont une opportunité pour la gestion des adventices à l’échelle de la parcelle cultivée comme à celle du paysage. Des études conjointes mettant en relation la flore avec d’autres communautés (microflore du sol, criquets) ont été initiées et pourraient permettre de valoriser d’un point de vue biodiversité la mise en place d’une mesure au départ purement agro-environnementale
The intensification of the management of weed populations, led by a potential decrease in the yield and quality of crop harvest, has largely induced their decline in arable zones across the last decades. This floristic decline in arable landscape, has induced a loss of a larger biodiversity because the presence of others organisms (birds, insects, mammals) are strongly linked with the abundance of trophic resources as weed are. To counter with this loss of biodiversity and to limit the negative impacts of farming practices on environment, numerous agri environmental schemes were launched through Europe. In France, sown grass strips were established by farmers along streams and rivers to limit the pesticide drifts and the hydric soil erosion. The field margin strips are mainly sown with grass mixtures and do not receive neither pesticides nor fertilizers. Consequently, their establishment in the arable landscape for many years, without compensation payments for farmers, spark many fears concerning the weed risk that they could represent for adjacent field. At the opposite, these non-cropped areas adjacent to cultivated fields could be an opportunity to maintain weed populations providing ecosystem services for agriculture which were more and more highlighted.This PhD work shows that sown grass strips harbour large flora diversity. The weed communities are mainly structured by the type of adjacent boundary (hedge, river, ditch, etc.). The succession of disturbance and competition phase caused by mowing and competition of sown species respectively, do not allow annual species to maintain their populations in this habitat where they rarely reach fructification stages. The frequently observed species are perennials but rarely dominated over the sown cover. Even if the sown grass strips show high level of species richness, mainly composed by arable species, these strips do not enhance the spread of species from the boundary to the field core. Indeed, at least at short term, the sown grass strips decrease the edge effect because they were established where the flora transition between the boundary and the field previously occurred. Moreover, the establishment and management practices cost for farmers, reasonably at the farm scale.Although some fears on the decline of annual species, the sown grass strips represent an opportunity for the weed management at the field scale as well as at the landscape scale. Joint study linking the flora with other organisms (soil microflora, grasshoppers) have been initiated and could allow to put the environmental sown grass strips to good use for biodiversity

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Draper, Shane N. "PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SINGLE AND DOUBLE LEG CYCLING IN NORMOXIC AND HYPOXIC CONDITIONS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent15242407803384.

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Rizk, Samuel, and Johanna Wickström. "Desertopia." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-122855.

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Today over 80 million Egyptians and the majority of the country’s agricultural land are squeezed into an area the size of Stockholm county. This doesn’t have to be the case since Egypt also has an area about twice the size of Sweden covered by unutilized desert land. We have investigated how Egypt could use the endless resources of the sun and the sea water to colonize its own desert and give its citizens a chance to build a better future. Desertopia covers eight different scales, from the global (1:15 000 000) to the building construction (1:25) and uses architecture and urban design to deal with the issues of climate change, desertification, poverty and unemployment. Desertopia combines traditional vernacular building techniques with the latest climate technology to create a structure that can be used by common Egyptians to take charge of their own future.
Idag är över 80 miljoner egyptier och majoriteten av landets jordbruksmark ihopklämda på en yta motsvarande Stockholms län. Det skulle dock inte behöva vara så eftersom Egyptens landyta är dubbelt så stor som hela Sverige. En yta som dock är täckt av öken. Vi har undersökt hur Egypten skulle kunna använda de ändlösa resurserna solen och havsvattnet för att kolonisera sin egen öken och ge sina invånare chansen att bygga sig en bättre framtid. Desertopia täcker åtta olika skalor, från den globala (1:15 000 000) till den enskilda byggnadens konstruktion (1:25) och använder arkitektur och stadsbyggnad för att hantera klimatförändringen, ökenspridningen, fattigdomen och arbetslösheten. Desertopia kombinerar ökenklimatets traditionella byggnadstekniker med den senaste klimatteknologin för att skapa en struktur som kan användas av vanliga egyptier för att ta makten över sin egen framtid.

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Johnson, Pamela Christine. "Bicycle Level of Service: Where are the Gaps in Bicycle Flow Measures?" PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1975.

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Bicycle use is increasing in many parts of the U.S. Local and regional governments have set ambitious bicycle mode share goals as part of their strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions and relieve traffic congestion. In particular, Portland, Oregon has set a 25% mode share goal for 2030 (PBOT 2010). Currently bicycle mode share in Portland is 6.1% of all trips. Other cities and regional planning organizations are also setting ambitious bicycle mode share goals and increasing bicycle facilities and programs to encourage bicycling. Increases in bicycle mode share are being encouraged to increase. However, cities with higher-than-average bicycle mode share are beginning to experience locations with bicycle traffic congestion, especially during peak commute hours. Today, there are no established methods are used to describe or measure bicycle traffic flows. In the 1960s, the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) introduced Level of Service (LOS) measurements to describe traffic flow and capacity of motor vehicles on highways using an A-to-F grading system; "A" describes free flow traffic with no maneuvering constraints for the driver and an "F" grade corresponds to over capacity situations in which traffic flow breaks down or becomes "jammed". LOS metrics were expanded to highway and road facilities, operations and design. In the 1990s, the HCM introduced LOS measurements for transit, pedestrians, and bicycles. Today, there are many well established and emerging bicycle level of service (BLOS) methods that measure the stress, comfort and perception of safety of bicycle facilities. However, it was been assumed that bicycle traffic volumes are low and do not warrant the use of a LOS measure for bicycle capacity and traffic flow. There are few BLOS methods that take bicycle flow into consideration, except for in the case of separated bicycle and bicycle-pedestrian paths. This thesis investigated the state of BLOS capacity methods that use bicycle volumes as a variable. The existing methods were applied to bicycle facility elements along a corridor that experiences high bicycle volumes in Portland, Oregon. Using data from the study corridor, BLOS was calculated and a sensitivity analysis was applied to each of the methods to determine how sensitive the models are to each of the variables used. An intercept survey was conducted to compare the BLOS capacity scores calculated for the corridor with the users' perception. In addition, 2030 bicycle mode share for the study corridor was estimated and the implications of increased future bicycle congestion were discussed. Gaps in the BLOS methods, limitations of the thesis study and future research were summarized. In general, the existing methods for BLOS capacity are intended for separated paths; they are not appropriate for existing high traffic flow facilities. Most of the BLOS traffic flow methods that have been developed are most sensitive to bicycle volumes. Some of these models may be a good starting point to improve BLOS capacity and traffic flow measures for high bicycle volume locations. Without the tools to measure and evaluate the patterns of bicycle capacity and traffic flow, it will be difficult to monitor and mitigate bicycle congestion and to plan for efficient bicycle facilities in the future. This report concludes that it is now time to develop new BLOS capacity measures that address bicycle traffic flow.

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Bolješik, Martin. "Rekonstrukce železničního nádraží." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-371805.

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Diploma thesis was prepared it the level of a project documentation. The theme is a project of reconstruction of train station in the city Velká nad Veličkou. Reconstruction remains of repair the old part of buiding and build a new object of museum and controlling office. The new object is built of lime-sand bricks KM Beta and with thermal insulation ETICS with polystyrene core. The ceilings of the new object are made out of Ytong Econom. The roof is made as strutted purlin roof. Near the station is built area for passengers.

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Rios, Pacheco Elsie Jennifer, and Naccha Abraham William Zavaleta. "Estudio de productividad enfocado a la mano obra para proyecto de edificio multifamiliar." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2015. http://cybertesis.urp.edu.pe/handle/urp/1342.

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La presente tesis posee un enfoque cuantitativo, mientras que su diseño de investigación fue no experimental transversal, cuyo tipo fue exploratorio, descriptivo y correlacional. El problema a resolver fue ¿En qué medida un estudio de productividad influye en la planificación de una obra, enfocado en la mano de obra?, para lo cual se planteó como objetivo principal elaborar un estudio de productividad en obra de un edificio multifamiliar para mejorar la planificación de obra. Para su desarrollo se utilizó la metodología de recolección de datos a través de la observación estructurada, con las herramientas de Carta Balance y Registro de Avance. Del estudio se determinó los factores que perjudican el avance de los trabajadores, que generaban los flujos no contributorios y desgaste de los trenes de actividad, los cuales fueron el inadecuado uso de la mano de obra y distribución del trabajo, así como la falta coordinación y supervisión perenne. This thesis has a quantitative approach, while its research design was not experimental cross, whose type was exploratory, descriptive and correlational. The problem to solve was what extent a productivity study influences the planning of a work focused on labor?, for which he was raised as main objective to develop a study of productivity in a multifamily building work to improve planning work. The data collection methodology used through structured observation for development, tools and Registration Card Balance Forward. Study the factors that hinder the advancement of workers, non-contributory generating flows and wear activity trains, which were the inappropriate use of labor and distribution of work and the lack of coordination was determined and perennial supervision.

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Patout, Maxime. "Evaluation des techniques pour la prise en charge diagnostique et thérapeutique de l'insuffisance respiratoire chronique A Randomized controlled trial on the effect of needle gauge on the pain and anxiety experienced during radial arterial puncture Long term survival following initiation of home non-invasive ventilation : a European study Neural respiratory drive predicts long-term outcome following admission for exacerbation of COPD : a post hoc analysis Neural respiratory drive and cardiac function in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome following initiation of non-invasive ventilation Polysomnography versus limited respiratory monitoring and nurse-led titration to optimise non-invasive ventilation set-up a pilot randomised clinical trial Chronic ventilator service Step-down from non-invasive ventilation to continuous positive airway pressure : a better phenotyping is required AVAPS-AE versus ST mode : a randomized controlled trial in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome Technological advances in home non-invasive ventilation monitoring : reliability of data and effect on patient outcomes Efficacy of a home discharge care bundle after acute exacerbation of COPD Prediction of severe acute exacerbation using changes in breathing pattern of COPD patients on home noninvasive ventilation Charasteristics and outcome of patients set up on high-flow oxygen therapy at home Trial of portable continuous positive airway pressure for the management of tracheobronchomalacia." Thesis, Normandie, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019NORMR115.

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L’insuffisance respiratoire chronique est un syndrome défini par une défaillance monoviscéralerespiratoire. Sa principale origine est aujourd’hui le syndrome obésité-hypoventilation qui concerne 4 à 5% des patients obèses. L’IRC est aussi le stade évolutif terminal de la bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive qui touche 6 à 8% de la population adulte. L’incidence de ces pathologies et donc de l’insuffisance respiratoire est en augmentation constante. Dans cette thèse, nous avons évalué les nouvelles modalités diagnostiques et thérapeutiques qui pourraient améliorer la prise en charge des patients atteints d’insuffisance respiratoire chronique.Concernant la prise en charge diagnostique, nous avons montré que les données fournies par l’électromyographie de surface des muscles intercostaux, outil qui évalue le travail respiratoire, constituent un marqueur pronostique indépendant chez les patients atteints de bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive. Nous avons également montré leur pertinence pour prédire l’efficacité clinique et l’observance à la ventilation non-invasive à domicile.Concernant la prise en charge thérapeutique, nous avons montré que l’utilisation d’un mode semi-automatisé de ventilation non-invasive a la même efficacité que celle de modes classiques en permettant une mise en place plus rapide du traitement. Nous avons également rapporté l’intérêt de l’oxygénothérapie à haut débit au domicile alors que ce traitement était utilisé jusque-là dans le seul cadre des soins intensifs. Enfin, nous avons rapporté les bénéfices de la pression positive continue au cours de l’effort chez les patients ayant une trachéobronchomalacie. Concernant le suivi des patients, nous avons montré que les données des logiciels de ventilation non invasive permettent de prédire la survenue d’une exacerbation sévère de BPCO mais que l’utilisation de la télémédecine chez les patients insuffisants respiratoires chroniques ne peut être encore pleinement intégrée dans la pratique clinique. Au cours de cette thèse, nous avons identifié de nouveaux outils physiologiques, de nouvelles modalités d’administration des traitements et de nouveaux outils de suivi à domicile, à même d’améliorer la prise en charge des patients insuffisants respiratoires chroniques
Single-organ respiratory failure defines chronic respiratory failure. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is the main cause of chronic respiratory failure and occurs in 4 to 5% of obese patients. Chronic respiratory failure is also the end-stage evolution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that has a prevalence of 6 to 8% in the adult population. The incidence of these diseases increases so does the incidence of chronic respiratory failure. In this thesis, we will evaluate novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities that could improve the care of patients with chronic respiratory failure. Regarding diagnostic modalities, we have seen that evaluating the work of breathing with surface parasternal electromyography was an independent prognostic marker in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We have also seen that it was a relevant tool to predict the clinicalefficacy and compliance to home non-invasive ventilation. Regarding therapeutic modalities, we have shown that the use of a semi-automatic mode of non-invasive ventilation had the same efficacy of a standard mode with a shorter length of stay for its setup. We have shown the relevance and feasibility of the use of high-flow oxygen therapy in the home setting whilst it was only used in intensive care units. Finally, we have shown the benefits of continuous positive airway pressure during exertion in patients with tracheobronchomalacia. Regarding patients’ follow-up, we have shown that the use of data from built-in software could predict the onset of a severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, we also show that the implementation of tele-medicine in patients with chronic respiratory failure cannot be included in daily clinical practice yet. In this thesis, we have identified novel physiological tools, novel ways to administer treatments and novel follow-up tools that can improve the management of patients with chronic respiratory failure

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Staněk, Martin. "Bytový dům Vídeňská -stavebně technologický projekt." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265584.

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This thesis is focused on selected parts of building technological project apartment house Videnska in Brno concretly for lap C1 and C2. The project contained technical report, coordinating situation with distinguished trafic routes, object time plan and financial plan, study of main technological lap, technical report of building equipment and drawing of building equipment for differents lap, the design of mechanical arrangement of machine, the work schedule for construction, plan for securing material resources for monolithic ceiling, technological prescript and control trail plan for monolithic cailing, budget and design of lifting mechanisms

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Smee, Delbert Lee. "The Ecology of Yikes! Environmental Forces Alter Prey Perception of Predators." Diss., Connect to this title online, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-05082006-213823/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 28, 2006). Marc Weissburg, Committee Chair ; Mark Hay, Committee Member ; Lin Jiang, Committee Member ; David Dusenbery, Committee Member ; Don Webster, Committee Member. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122).

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Petruška, Tomáš. "Sportovní areál - stavebně technologická příprava." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225516.

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The diploma thesis solves the construction technology project of sports complex. The aim of the thesis is rational proposal of construction and resources. The thesis contains plant building site, technological instruction, budget, time schedule, control and trial plan, design and assessment of lifting mechanism and machinery used over construction, contract for work and safety report. Part of the thesis is specialization in sports surfaces.

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Bonnevie, Tristan. "Nouveaux outils et optimisation des outils existants pour la réhabilitation respiratoire et la ré-autonomisation des patients atteints d'un handicap ventilatoire. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Six-minute stepper test to set pulmonary rehabilitation intensity in patients with COPD - a retrospective study Can the six-minute stepper test be used to determine the intensity of endurance training in early stage COPD : a multicenter observational study The six-minute stepper test is related to muscle strength but cannot substitute for the one repetition maximum to prescribe strength training in patients with COPD People undertaking pulmonary rehabilitation are willing and able to provide accurate data via a remote pulse oximetry system : a multicentre observational study Mid-term effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on cognitive function in people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NIV is not adequate for high intensity endurance in COPD Home-based neuromuscular electrical stimulation as an add-on to pulmonary rehabilitation does not provide further benefits in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a multicenter randomized trial Lumbar transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to improve exercise performance in COPD patients Advanced telehealth technology improves in-home pulmonary rehabilitation for people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a systematic review Nasal high flow for stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a systematic review and meta-analysis." Thesis, Normandie, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020NORMR024.

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La réhabilitation respiratoire (RR) est recommandée dans la prise en soin des patients atteints d’un handicap ventilatoire afin d’améliorer leur qualité de vie. Malgré une efficacité clairement établie, très peu de patients en bénéficient et les modalités optimales d’entrainement restent à définir. L’utilisation des outils existants et des nouveaux outils pour optimiser l’accès au programme et ses effets représentent des développements majeurs qui méritent d’être évalués. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous avons cherché à aborder ces deux problématiques (1) en tentant de proposer un modèle de RR délocalisée hors des centres tout en évaluant les freins à ce modèle et (2) en explorant la place de différents adjuvants à la RR afin d’en optimiser les bénéfices. Dans la première partie, nous avons montré, à travers plusieurs études rétrospectives et une contribution originale prospective multicentrique, que le test stepper de six minutes peut être utilisé pour prescrire l’entrainement en endurance, particulièrement pour les patients présentant une forme légère à modérée de bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive (BPCO), mais pas pour prescrire le renforcement musculaire. Par ailleurs, nous avons montré dans une population de 105 patients adressés en RR que l’utilisation d’un dispositif de telemonitoring était faisable, valide et largement accepté. Enfin, nous avons exploré la prévalence des dysfonctions cognitives, autre conséquence systémique de la BPCO qui pourrait compromettre la délocalisation du programme, et avons montré que cette prévalence était très élevée (environ 75% des patients) mais que ces troubles cognitifs pouvaient s’améliorer après la RR et ne semblaient pas influencer l’utilisation d’un dispositif de telemonitoring. Dans la seconde partie, nous avons évalué la place de différents adjuvants à la RR utilisés pour en potentialiser les bénéfices. Dans une étude en cross-over menée chez 21 patients atteints de BPCO, nous avons montré que la ventilation non invasive ne permettait pas d’améliorer la capacité à l’exercice en endurance en raison d’une limitation technologique du ventilateur. A travers une étude contrôlée randomisée multicentrique menée chez 73 patients atteints de BPCO sévère à très sévère, nous avons montré que la stimulation électrique excito-motrice à domicile, réalisée en plus d’un programme de RR, n’apportait pas davantage de bénéfices sur la qualité de vie ou la capacité à l’exercice. Enfin, à travers une étude randomisée en cross-over et en double aveugle menée chez 10 patients, nous n’avons pas pu montrer l’intérêt de la stimulation électrique nerveuse transcutanée pour améliorer leur capacité à l’exercice en endurance. Enfin, dans la dernière partie, nous avons présenté les recherches actuellement menées au sein de notre laboratoire, faisant suite aux contributions originales décrites au cours de cette thèse, ainsi que de nouvelles pistes de recherche afin de poursuivre les thématiques explorées. Ainsi, deux revues de littérature et méta-analyses (l’une d’elle portant sur le haut débit nasal et l’autre sur l’utilisation des technologies de santé avancées pour réaliser la RR respiratoire à domicile) serviront de base pour de futurs travaux
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is recommended in the management of subjects with ventilatory impairment to improve their quality of life. Although a large body of evidence support its use, only few subjects benefit from it and the optimal training modality has not been determined yet. In this context, the use of new and existing tools to optimize access as well as the effects of the program are major developments that deserve to be studied. As part of this thesis, we sought to explore these two major issues (1) by considering a rehabilitation model relocated outside the PR centres while assessing the obstacles to this model and (2) exploring the effectiveness of different add-on to PR in further optimizing the benefits of the program. In the first part, we have shown, through several retrospective studies and an original prospective multicentre contribution, that the six-minute stepper test can be used to prescribe endurance training, particularly for those patients with a mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but not to prescribe muscle strengthening. Furthermore, we have shown in a cohort of 105 subjects referred for PR that the use of a remote tele monitoring device was feasible, valid and widely accepted. Finally, we explored the prevalence of cognitive dysfunction, another systemic impairment of COPD that could compromise the relocation of the program, and showed that it was a very common condition (around 75% of the subjects) but that it could improve following PR and did not seem to influence the use of a remote tele monitoring device. In the second part, we evaluated the effects of different add-on used to potentiate the benefits of the PR program. In a cross-over study of 21 COPD patients, we showed that non-invasive ventilation did not improve endurance exercise capacity due to technological limitation of the ventilator. Through a multicentre randomized controlled study carried out in 73 patients with severe to very severe COPD, we have shown that neuromuscular electrical stimulation at home, performed in addition to a PR program, did not provide further benefits on quality of life or exercise capacity. Finally, through a randomized cross-over double-blind study carried out in 10 patients, we were unable to show the effectiveness of transcutaneous nerve electrical stimulation in improving their endurance exercise capacity. Finally, in a last part, we highlighted the research currently carried out in our laboratory following the original contributions described during this thesis, as well as new area of research in order to pursue the themes explored. Thus, two systematic reviews and meta-analysis (the first about nasal high flow therapy in subjects with stable COPD and the second about the use of advanced telehealth technologies to deliver PR) will serve as a basis for future research

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Heraganahally, Kapanigowda Mohankumar. "Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Mapping of Transpiration Efficiency Related to Pre-flower Drought Tolerance in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9514.

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There is an increasing need to improve crop water-use efficiency (WUE) (ratio of whole-plant biomass to cumulative transpiration) due to decreased water availability and increased food and energy demands throughout the world. The objective of the study was to estimate the genetic variation and genetic basis for transpiration efficiency A:E (CO2 assimilation rate (A) divided by transpiration rate (E)) trait and its relationship to WUE related to pre-flower drought tolerance in recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of sorghum and associated QTLs. A greenhouse study was conducted at Bushland, TX, 2008, using 71 RILs derived from cross of Tx430 x Tx7078. A randomized complete block experimental design was used, with both genotype and water regime (40 and 80 percent water regime) as experimental factors, and four replications. Genotype had a significant effect on A, E and A:E under both the environments. Among the RILs, entry means for A:E ranged from 1.58 to 3.07 mmol CO2 mol^-1 H2O and 1.18 to 4.36 mmol CO2 mol^-1 H2O under 80 percent and 40 percent water regime, respectively. Heritability estimates based on individual environments for A:E , A and E were 0.77, 0.45 and 0.37 under 80 percent water regime and 0.90, 0.33 and 0.71 under 40 percent water regime, respectively. A genetic map was constructed by digital genotyping method using Illumina GAII sequencer with 261 informative indel/ single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP's) markers distributed over 10 linkage groups. Three significant QTLs associated with transpiration efficiency were identified; two on SBI-09 and one on SBI-10 with one logarithmic of odds (LOD) interval length ranging from 5.3 to 5.7 cM and accounting for 17 percent - 21 percent of the phenotypic variation. In field and greenhouse evaluation of agronomic of traits at College Station and Halfway, TX, 91 QTL that control variation in six major agronomic traits such as plant height, flowering, biomass, leaf area, leaf greenness and stomatal density were identified. Co-localization of transpiration efficiency QTLs with agronomic traits such as leaf area, biomass, leaf width and stomatal density indicated that these agronomically important QTLs can be used for further improving the sorghum performance through marker assisted selection (MAS) under pre-flowering drought stress conditions.

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Brilhante, Miguel Ângelo Filipe. "From the flowers to the cells: a trait-based and cytogenomic study of Macaronesian Aeonium genus (Crassulaceae)." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/41697.

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Tese de mestrado, Biologia dos Recursos Vegetais, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 2019
Macaronesian region comprises five archipelagos (i.e., Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cabo Verde) in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Volcanic in nature, all archipelagos reach high altitudes even in relatively small areas and harbor an extremely rich endemic flora, including notable examples of plant radiation, such as the genus Aeonium (ca. 41 taxa), Sonchus (ca. 31 taxa) and Echium (ca. 27 taxa). Considered a biodiversity hotspot, Macaronesia is recognized as a model for studying the evolutionary processes involved in flora diversification. Aeonium genus (Crassulaceae) includes about 41 taxa and is considered the most speciose radiation of Macaronesia, occupying many contrasting habitat types in the Canary Islands, Madeira and Cabo Verde. The great species richness and the wide range of characters observed in Aeonium species make it a model of study par excellence. This dissertation aimed to study the reproductive traits and cytogenomic variation patterns of Aeonium genus in order to understand the characters that influence the distribution of the most speciose radiation of Macaronesian Region. For these purposes, a holistic approach was used that integrates different methods in the areas of reproductive biology (Chapter 2), cytogenomics (Chapter 3) and conservation biology (Chapter 4), based on extensive fieldwork on the islands of the Canary Islands. The reproductive trait-based results (Chapter 2) showed that inflorescence height was positively correlated to flower number and geographic range size. This suggested that species that invest in taller inflorescences and more reproductive units have wider distributions and a more generalist behavior. According to the cytogenomic results (Chapter 3), Aeonium species tend to have small genomes, being subshrubs the large-genomed ones. Comparative analysis across the genus revealed a positive correlation between 2C-values and conservation status, owning endangered species, on average, large genomes. Finally, in a conservation approach (Chapter 4), most of Aeonium taxa occur in Tenerife in Teno Rural Park and Anaga Rural Parks, being there their hotspot of biodiversity. The representation of Aeonium endemics in the network of the Protected Areas is relatively high once a large area (40%) of Canary Islands is classified as protected. Thus, by integrating the knowledge of the various approaches applied in the three chapters (2 – 4) of this dissertation, it was possible to contribute with new data to explain the distribution of Aeonium and detect hotspots areas of species diversity, based on inflorescence height, genome size and abiotic factors. Some species have their limited range of occurrence, among other external factors (e.g., anthropogenic action and invasive species), by the reduced inflorescence height. On the other hand, species with a larger genome do not respond to this trend and have also limited dispersal ranges. However, further morphological, cytogenomic analyzes and more fieldwork in all Macaronesian Islands to inventory all Aeonium species will reinforce the results and identify the main factors leading to the large diversification of largest plant radiation of Macaronesia, contributing to the preservation of the unique biodiversity existing in these island ecosystems.

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Tseng, Shih-Fang, and 曾世芳. "The research of industrial operation for the Construction & Transformation culture of the sugar transport train of Taiwan Sugar Corporation. (for example: the sightseeing train at Flower Cultural Park in Sihu." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13141531924639052360.

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國立雲林科技大學
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The history of Taiwan Sugar Corporation is closely related to that of Taiwan’s economy development. Not only Taiwan Sugar Corporation witnessed the transformation of Taiwan’s economy, but also it used to a great support for early economy. The pervasive railroad of the company in central and southern Taiwan, despite of its transportation use, is a common memory of the last generation. Due to the poor road transportation system back in 1960 to 1970, the communication of some countries solely depended on the small railroad car, namely the traffic vehicles for workers and students. Moreover, the sugarcane, brought by slowly moved Wufen railroad car, became the best snack for those people in their childhood in those poor economy days. Although the white sugarcane bites very hard, it is quite a sweet nostalgia of childhood. However, conditions of the company also changed drastically followed by huge changes of major environment. The principal business of the company, the sugar business, has lost its competitiveness both by the raise of overall labor salary and competitive price of sugar worldwide. Facing the dualistic pressure of deficit and transformation, the sugar railroad lines of multi-function were ceased to apply and waited for tearing down. Alone with the sugar railroad seemed to become history because it lost its function and value, recreation value tendency in holidays became more and more popular. Furthermore, the concepts of preventing local historical landmarks, local identification and local cultural industry rise abruptly. What deserves to be mentioned is that lots of railroad culture prevention personage continues their concern and devotion to railroad affairs, and the preservation and reuse of Wufun railroad car catches lots of concern and help. The Wufun sugar railroad car again goes on under the atmosphere, but the anew initiated car plays an unprecedented brand new role. The lines of sightseeing railroad car converted by Taiwan Sugar Corporation from north to south are Sihu Flower and Plants Culture Park of Sihu sugar factory in Changhua County, Shantou Zhitseng Culture Park of Shantou sugar factory in Chiayi County, Shinyin Railroad Culture Park of Shinyin sugar factory in Tainan County, Wushulin Recreation Park of Wushulin sugar factory in Tainan County, Kaohsiung Flower and Plants Farm Center of Chiaotou sugar factory in Kaohsiung County, and sightseeing railroad car of Nanzhou sugar factory in Pingtong County. However, the history of sugar railroad development and present situation need to be clarified before its restart lest we should lost its function and characteristics as history education in developing culture industries. However, Taiwan Sugar Corporation is a stated-operated enterprise with, complex organization, and the flexibility and speed of it cannot be compared to private enterprises. As the capitalized cost in personnel affairs is much higher, Taiwan Sugar Corporation faces an inferior position in the ability of gaining innate profits. Due to the prior job for Taiwan Sugar Corporation is to turn loss into gain, the railroad car running as a culture industry cannot be an exception since profit speaks. This study employed an example of Sihu Flower and Plants Culture Park to make an overall exploration of sugar railroad construction, and it is hopefully to find the opportunities for restart and transformation for Wufun railroad car. Furthermore, the results of research may provide suggestions in management and adjustment of the park for sustainable operation and prevention and continuation of Wufun railroad car culture.

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Chiang, Feng-Fan, and 蔣鋒帆. "Effects of oral TCM(Sophora Flower Formula) in the treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids-Results of a Randomized, Double blind and Placebo-Controlled Trial." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68871183733350532643.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of Sophora Flower Formula in the treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids Methods: Under the design of a prospective, double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled study, patients with symptomatic hemorrhoids were grouped into treatment group who received the formula when the placebo group take the capsule with starch only. The exclusion criteria were grade 4 hemorrhoids, pregnancy, radiation history, obvious impairment of liver and renal function, coexisting anal disease like ulcerative colitis, Crohns disease, anal fissure ,fistula and history of recent invasive procedure for hemorrhoids within six months. Results: There were 45 patients enrolled into this study, they were randomized by the third party. The average age in treatment group were 37.34±12.66, 18 male and 5 female. 12 patients had abnormal bowel movement. In the placebo group, age is 39.54±13.89, 15 male and 7 female. 12 patients had abnormal bowel movement. After 7 days treatment, the main symptoms among the treatment group were subsided 60.86% and improved in 26.08%. When the patients in placebo group 54.54% subsided and 18.18% had persist symptoms. The main superior effect is to maintain stop bleeding in the treatment group. On the other hand, anal pain, itching and tenesmus sensation improved equally in both group. Conclusion: According to this study, Sophora Flower Formula in the treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids is effective, the main effect is to control and prevent recurrent hemorrhoids bleeding.

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葉怡君. "From Chrysalis to Butterfly: The Female Body in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie and Mei-yin Liu's The Train Vagina Is Going/Penetrating Flowers." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96606327003747411439.

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This thesis aims to discuss the issue of the female body in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie and Mei-yin Liu’s The Train Vagina Is Going/Penetrating Flowers. Admitted his homosexuality, Tennessee Williams’s effeminate characteristic and Mei-yin Liu’s hardy and aggressive personality reveal that such gender identity and personality do not fit in with the traditional social norms which require men should have masculinity and women posses femininity. Due to this difference, they have profound understanding of the problems faced by women with their bodies. In The Glass Menagerie and The Train Vagina Is Going/Penetrating Flowers, playwrights both use a lot of stage directions, visual effects and dramatic techniques to depict the limitation of the female body. Through conversations, it is easy for one to realize the female characters’ attitudes and problems towards their bodies. By the texts of these two plays, character studies, criticisms, interviews and feminism perspective, this thesis will unearth the issue of the female body. This thesis will be divided into an introduction, the ensuring two chapters dealing with the repression and emancipation of the female body and a conclusion. Chapter one focuses on how the female body is repressed. In the beginning of these two plays, female characters face the problems towards their bodies and such problems lead them to be repressed. The repressions of the female body are not only from self also from traditional social and cultural concepts. Such repressions make female characters in these two plays lose their self-esteem and confidence. Chapter two attempts to deal with the process from female characters’ repression to emancipation. Even playwrights present female characters’ oppression, they also indicate a new life for them in the plays. Female characters are trapped by their bodies or the myth of the female body, but when they are aware of their perplexities and have self-awareness, it is the moment that they will break their shells and reach a maturity.

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Queiroz, Rose Emília Macêdo. "O pedestrianismo como instrumento de valorização ecoturística dos sítios da Rede Natura 2000, nas ilhas de São Miguel e Flores." Doctoral thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3823.

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Tese de Doutoramento, Ciências do Ambiente (Ecologia), 30 de Julho de 2013, Universidade dos Açores.
Desenvolver o ecoturismo tem sido uma prioridade nos Açores, principalmente em áreas onde predominam ecossistemas ricos em belezas naturais. 0 objectivo do presente trabalho e a valorização ecoturística de Áreas Protegidas, que também detêm o estatuto de Sítios da Rede Natura 2000, utilizando como instrumento de valorização o pedestrianismo. São objectos de estudo duas ilhas dos Açores: São Miguel (SMG), que apresenta já grandes pressões demográficas e turísticas por ser a maior ilha do arquipélago, e a ilha das Flores (FL), com características opostas a SMG, quer em termos demográficos quer em termos de área e pressão turística. Para alcançar OS objectivos propostos procedeu-se a recolha de dados através de inquéritos aplicados aos turistas a saída dos Açores, no aeroporto da ilha de SMG durante o verão de 2009. Com base nas respostas obtidas foi traçado o perfil do turista que visita os Açores. Com objectivo de verificar os impactes gerados pela pressão humana nas áreas estudadas, foram amostrados 8 trilhos, sendo 5 na ilha de SMG e 3 nas FL; todos eles cruzam em parte, ou totalmente, áreas protegidas. A caracterização e avaliação dos trilhos implicaram na realização dos percursos, tendo sido realizado um levantamento dos valores patrimoniais, paisagísticos, florístico e da avifauna, de cada percurso. Identificamos 17 espécies de aves, e 111 espécies de plantas: 29 indígenas, das quais 30 espécies endémicas, 37 naturalizadas e 15 invasoras. 0 maior numero de plantas foi encontrado nas margens dos trilhos, diminuindo a medida que nos afastamos perpendicularmente da margem em direcção ao interior da vegetação, demonstrando que a composição de espécies de plantas foi afectada pela distancia a margem dos trilhos. Também se verificou que a composição de espécies de plantas em termos de biogeografia e estado de conservação esta intimamente relacionado com a altitude. Posteriormente foi determinada a capacidade de carga para cada trilho, segundo a metodologia de Cifuentes (1992) adaptada. a realidade local. Com isso, verificamos que a capacidade de carga dos trilhos ainda não foi atingida, o que significa que os níveis de visitação podem ser aumentados. A compilação e integração de todos os dados recolhidos para a caracterização e uso dos trilhos dos Açores, permitiu elaborar um modelo ecoturístico para os trilhos pedestres da região baseado nas premissas de uso e desenvolvimento sustentável dos recursos naturais dos Açores.
ABSTRACT: The development of ecotourism has been a priority in the Azores, mainly in areas where there is a predominance of ecosystems that are rich in natural beauties. Two islands of the Azores were used as study areas for this project: Silo Miguel (SMG), the largest island of the Archipelago with major demographic and touristic pressures, and Flores Island (FL), with opposite characteristics to SMG, in terms of demography, size and touristic pressure. The aim of the present project is the valorisation of ecotourism in Protected Areas of the archipelago of the Azores, in the Natura 2000 network sites, using pedestrianism as a strategic asset for ecotourism development. To evaluate the ecotourism value in Protected Areas of the Azores we generated data collections from surveys made with tourists exiting the Azores at the airport of the SMG Island during the summer of 2009. Based on the responses obtained, the profiles of the tourists who visit the Azores were drawn. With the goal of determining the impacts produced by human pressure in the study areas of the project, eight hiking trails were analyzed, being five of them on the SMG Island and three, in FL Island. All hiking trails intersect protected areas either partially or totally. The characterization and evaluation of trails involved the completion of the hiking trails, the determination of the existing heritage value for each trail, as well as the characteristics of the landscape, and observed flora and avifauna in each hiking trail. We identified 17 bird species and 111 plants species, of which 30 were endemic species, 29 indigenous, 3 7 naturalized and 15 invasive. The highest richness of plants was found on the border of trails, decreasing perpendicularly from the border towards the vegetation's interior. Composition of plant species was therefore affected by distance from the trail's border. In addition, plant species distribution in terms of biogeography and conservation status was closely related to altitude. Subsequently, we determined the carrying capacity for each rail, using Cifuentes (1992) methodologies adapted to the local reality of the region. It was possible to verify that the maximum carrying capacity has not yet been reached. therefore, visitation levels for all trails sampled could increase. The compilation and integration of the data collected for the characterization and use of Azorean trails allowed the design of an ecotourism model for hiking trails in the region based on the premise of a sustainable use and the preservation of natural resources of the Azores.
Tese apoiada por bolsa de doutoramento concedida pela Secretaria Regional da Ciência, Tecnologia e Equipamentos (SRCTE), através do Fundo Regional de Ciência e Tecnologia (Bolsa M3. 1.2/F/011/2008); financiada pela Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) no âmbito do projecto MOST-PTDC/AACAMB/104714/2008, e pelo COMPETE - Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade. Também teve o apoio do Cento de Conservação e Protecção do Ambiente (CCPA), e do Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), InBIO Laboratório Associado, Polo dos Açores - Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores.

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"EFFECT OF PHOTOPERIOD ON THE ADAPTATION OF CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) TO THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-09-2261.

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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) was recently introduced to the Canadian prairies, a region which has a short growing season in which crop maturation often occurs under cool and wet conditions. To improve the yield of chickpea, crop duration must closely match the available growing season. The objectives of this study were to: i) examine the days to flowering of diverse chickpea accessions grown in either long or short-days; ii) examine the days to flowering of selected chickpea accessions grown in a range of thermal regimes combined with either long or short days and to examine the interaction between photoperiod and day and night temperatures on crop duration; iii) determine the timing and duration of the photoperiod-sensitive phase in selected chickpea accessions, and vi) determine the genetic basis of the association between flowering time and reaction to ascochyta blight in chickpea. A wide variation was observed in chickpea accessions for their response to flowering under long (16/8 hours day /night) and short days (10/14 hours day/night). Earlier flowering was observed under long photoperiod regimes compared with the short photoperiod regimes. Variability was detected among chickpea accessions for their flowering responses when different temperatures were combined with different photoperiods. Earlier flowering was observed under long days (16/8 hours day/night) coupled with high to moderate temperature regimes (24/16 ºC and 20/12 ºC, day and night respectively) compared to short-days (10/14 hours day and night) and moderate to low temperature regimes (20/12 ºC and 16/8 ºC day and night, respectively). Those chickpea accessions such as ICC 6821 and ICCV 96029 which originated from the lower latitudes of Ethiopia and India, respectively, flowered earlier compared to accessions such as CDC Corinne and CDC Frontier which originated from the higher latitudes and cooler temperate environments of western Canada. Photoperiod sensitivity phases were detected in chickpea accessions adapted to the cold environments of western Canada, whereas no photoperiod sensitivity phase was identified in the extra-early flowering cultivar ICCV 96029. The duration of the photoperiod sensitive phase in the chickpea accessions was longer under short days compared to long days. Field and growth chamber evaluation of a chickpea RIL population (CP-RIL-1) revealed the presence of variability among the lines and the two parents for their days to flowering and level of resistance to ascochyta blight. Broad sense heritability across different site-years for days to flower 0.45 to 0.78, plant height 0.48 to 0.78, ascochyta blight resistance 0.14 to 0.68, days to maturity 0.26, photoperiod sensitivity 0.83 and nodes number of first flowering 0.37 to 0.75 were estimated. Days to flower and photoperiod sensitivity were significantly r = -0.21 to -0.58 (P ≤ 0.05 to 0.001) and -0.28 to -0.41 (P ≤ 0.01 to 0.001), respectively and negatively correlated with ascochyta blight resistance in the CP-RIL-1 population. A genetic linkage map consisting of eight linkage groups was developed using 349 SNP markers. Seven QTLs were identified for days to flowering under growth chamber and field conditions on chromosomes 3, 5, 6 and 8 each and 3 QTLs on chromosome 4. The total phenotypic variation explained by QTLs for days to flowering ranged from 7 to 44%. Two QTLs for days to maturity were identified on chromosomes 3 and 8. Three QTLs, one each on chromosomes 3, 4 and 5 were identified for photoperiod sensitivity. The total phenotypic variation explained by each QTL for photoperiod sensitivity ranged from 7 to 41%. A total of three QTL for node of first flowering, one on chromosomes 3 and 8 each, and two on chromosome 4 were identified. The two QTL on chromosome 4 explained total phenotypic variations of 11 and 32%, respectively. Ten QTLs distributed across all chromosomes, except chromosomes 2 and 5, were identified for ascochyta blight resistance. The phenotypic variability explained by each QTL for ascochyta blight resistance ranged from 7 to 17%. The molecular markers associated with these QTLs have potential for use in chickpea breeding.

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Fröhlich, Daniel. "Raumzeitliche Dynamik der Parameter des Energie-, Wasser und Spurengashaushalts nach Kleinkahlschlag." Doctoral thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B12C-F.

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