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Medina, Debra R. "Video-based selection test items : an examination of the factorial invariance." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29858.
Full textSwander, Carl Joseph. "Video-Based Situational Judgment Test Characteristics: Multidimensionality at the Item Level and Impact of Situational Variables." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27720.
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Elmankush, Iman. "Investigating the impact of including videos or still images in computer-based academic listening comprehension tests." Thesis, University of York, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/18811/.
Full textCucick, Cibele Dias. "Desenvolvimento de video educativo para a aprendizagem do autocateterismo vesical intermitente." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/22/22132/tde-06052016-165200/.
Full textThe neurogenic bladder is a vesical dysfunction mainly due to spinal cord injury. Clean intermittent catheterization is currently the best treatment and it should be performed 4-6 times a day, during the entire lifetime, in order to protect the upper urinary tract and the acquisition of urinary continence. The rehabilitation of the affected people, by the use of self-catheterization is a challenge, which has to be faced to maintain autonomy, privacy, social inclusion and participation. Educational videos on self-catheterization are used in several countries because of its handling and wide accessibility via Internet. However, there are no videos concerning Brazilian context, considering the urinary catheters and catheterization techniques used in Brazil. This study aimed to develop and validate an educational video on how to perform intermittent self- catheterization in Brazilian context. It is a quantitative study, divided in two phases: The 1st phase including the evaluation of existing public educational videos with the aim to learn the intermittent self-catheterization using a clean technique and the 2nd phase with the development and validation of an educational video with the objective to learn the self-catheterization. Educational videos have been gathered searching the keyword \"self- catheterization\" on a video- sharing Website. Three judges of the healthcare area evaluated the videos. The development and validation process of the storyboard of the educational video used previously evaluated questionnaires. In these phases, respectively, 18 and 17 judges, who are experts in rehabilitation and/or health education took part. The first evaluation showed that only 3.5% of all videos available (172) on the website had learning self-catheterization as content in Brazilian context. Six videos were specific about self-catheterization, of which four had outdated or incorrect information and only two achieved an acceptable score. In the evaluation of the storyboard participated mainly female specialists (94.44%), aged between 30 and 60 years, of which 72.22% had a master\'s degree and 50% worked for more than five years in the area of rehabilitation. The judges rated the storyboard with 96.29% of the responses being \"agree\" or \"fully agree\" regarding the purpose of the video, 91.09% regarding the content, 98.12% in relation to the relevance, 75% regarding the ambience, 71 11% regarding the verbal language and 92.70% in relation to the query inclusion of topics. The production of the video used 3D technology and was supported by a specialized technical team. With regard to the validation of educational video, the video content was considered validated with 100% of the judges responded \"agree\" or \"fully agree\" on issues related to functionality, 86.27% for usability, 97.06% in the query efficiency, 100% on the visual technique, 94.11% to the environment query and 97.05% for the procedure. Regarding the educational video validation, it was considered validated with 100% of respondents \"agree\" or \"strongly agree\" on issues related to functionality, 86.27% respondents to the query usability, 97.06% related to efficiency, 100% in the visual technique, 94.11% to the environment and 97.05% for the procedure. Both, the quality of information and the teaching didactic of the educational video was evaluated positively, showing the importance of validation of educational materials. The ambition is to spread the educational video in different rehabilitation centers and universities, in order to share the knowledge and make it accessible to the society and the health professionals, especially those working the area of rehabilitation. In addition, the goal is to encourage and consolidate the methodological development of other educational videos in the healthcare area
Santos, Pedro. "Patch based 3D reconstruction of the liver surface from laparoscopic videos." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/11773.
Full textEndoscope is commonly used in Laparoscopic surgery. It allows to the doctor to perform the surgery without opening a cavity. Therefore, it allows the surgeon to perform smaller incisions and consequently diminish the risk of infection. An investigation regarding the reconstruction of the liver surface from a sequence of images obtained from an endoscope video has been done by the Vision Institute of TUHH, in cooperation with the Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The goal of this paper is to optimize that reconstruction. Previous works in the institute allowed, using matlab functions, to obtain a first reconstruction. Having the matrices of the transformations between cameras and the reconstructed points in 3D, the goal is to optimize that using a patch based 3D reconstruction. The method consists of the construction of a patch for every point and trying to find a good normal for the patch. Some tools are used for the optimization like normal cross correlation that is the similarity function used for obtaining the match of the corresponded 2D windows in different cameras, and a nonlinear optimization method to look for the best normal who gives the best match between the windows. The main objective is to evaluate this method and draw conclusions about its utility and viability: can this method be used for the optimization in the case of the endoscope video of a liver surface.
Gonçalves, Vagner Mendonça. "Recuperação de vídeos médicos baseada em conteúdo utilizando extratores de características visuais e sonoras." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100131/tde-20122016-111013/.
Full textAdvance of storage devices and computer networks has contributed to digital videos assume an important role in the development of multimedia information systems. In order to take advantage of the full potential of digital videos in the development of these systems, it is necessary the development of efficient techniques for automated data analysis, interpretation and retrieval. Content-based video retrieval (CBVR) allows processing and analysis of content in digital videos to extract relevant information and enable indexing and retrieval. Scientific studies have proposed the application of CBVR in medical video databases in order to provide different contributions like computer-aided diagnosis, decision-making support or availability of video databases for use in medical training and education. In general, visual characteristics are the main information used in the context of CBVR applied in medical videos. However, many diagnoses are performed by analysing the sounds produced in different structures and organs of the human body. An example is the cardiac diagnosis which, in addition to images generated by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging, for example, may also employ the analysis of sounds from the heart by means of auscultation. The objective of this work was evaluating combination between audio signal and visual features to enable CBVR and investigating how much this approach can improve retrieval results comparing to using only visual features. Medical videos are the main data of interest in this work, but video segments not related to the medical field were also used to validate the approach. The objectives of this work are justifiable because audio signal analysis, in order to get relevant descriptors to improve retrieval results, is still little explored in the scientific literature. This statement was evidenced by results of a systematic review. Two experiment sets were conducted to validate the CBVR approach described. The first experiment set was applied to a synthetic images database specially built to validate the approach, while the second experiment was applied to a database composed of digital videos created from magnetic resonance imaging and heart sounds from auscultation. Results were analyzed using the recall and precision metrics, as well as the graph which relates these metrics. Results showed that this approach is promising due the significantly improvement obtained in retrieval results to different scenarios of combination between visual and audio signal features
Lobo, Tamile Rocha da Silva. "Comparação entre cimentos resinosos e uma resina \"bulk fill\" na cimentação de pinos de fibra de vidro - Análise de resistência adesiva e dureza." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/23/23134/tde-12062018-092206/.
Full textThis study compared the performance of four cementitious agents with different adhesive strategies for cementing fiberglass pins in root canals, through the adhesive strength test and evaluating the hardness at different depths. For this, 60 endodontically treated bovine roots were used. Rebilda Post 20 fiberglass pins were cemented according to the following protocols divided into the following groups: QM groups: dual self-etching adhesive Futurabond DC + resin cement Bifix QM; Group SE: Dual polymerization resin cement Bifix SE; Group RB: application of self-etching dual-polymerization adhesive Futurabond DC + resin Rebilda; Group XB: application of the self-etching adhesive for dual polymerization Futurabond DC + composite resin of the bulk fill type X-tra Base. The roots were cut into 1mm slices and separated into thirds, obtaining 2 specimens per third. Bond strength (n =10) and microhardness (n = 5) were evaluated after one week and after 4 months of storage in water. For the push-out test one slice of each third was tested after one week and the other 3 slices from the same tooth evaluated after 4 months. The push out test was performed at a speed of 0.5mm / min until the pin displacement and / or fracture of the adhesive interface. For the microtensile test, 20 teeth were randomly selected and six slices were obtained from each tooth, which were stored in distilled water for one week until microdurometer measurement, after one week and after four months. The specimens were submitted to the Knoop microhardness test in HMV-2000 microdurometer (Shimadzu, Tokyo, Japan), five indentations were performed in the cement layer of each slice. The data for the tests of bond strenght (push-out) and microhardness were submitted to analysis of variance 3 factors (ANOVA) and Tukey test (p <0.05) and Person correlation test. The bond strength values did not present significant statistical differences when the adhesive strength values were observed between the groups QM, RB and XB (p>=0.05), but lower values of adhesive strength were observed in the SE Group. When the aging variable was considered, differences in adhesive strength measured at one week and 4 months (p>=0.05) were not found. For microhardness, statistically significant differences were found in the different thirds of the root (p <0.05). The cementing agents presented significant statistical differences in the hardness (p <0.05). The XB group presented the highest values followed by QM, RB and SE. The groups SE, RB and XB did not present 80% of the maximum hardness in the slices corresponding to the apical region of the root canal. The Person test showed a linear positive correlation between the adhesive strength and the hardness measured before and after aging. The use of dual resin cement, combined with a previous application of the adhesive system, is still the safest choice, since it presented high values of bond strength, associated with adequate hardness values, even in apical regions of the root canal.
Costa, Bill Jorge. "Novas matrizes vítreas à base de InF3 para aplicações em fibras ópticas especiais para telecomunicações." Universidade de São Paulo, 1999. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/88/88131/tde-24042015-175523/.
Full textNew vitreous compositions in the pseudo-ternary system InF3--GaF3--GdF3 with constant concentrations of (ZnF2-BaF2-SrF2-NaF) were studied. The best glasses prepared showed better physical and chemical properties than those reported for other heavy metal fluoride-based glasses. A better thermal stability against devitrification expressed by the values of the stability parameter Tx-Tg (> 100°C) and a good transmitting capacity (˜ 7 μm) in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum are relevant properties. It was also demonstrated that the glasses investigated have a good chemical resistance to corrosion in aqueous medium and a satisfactory mechanical behavior, what make them attractive materials for practical applications. Doping some compositions with manganese and neodymium, aiming better glass emission properties through the energy transfer process Mn+2 ~ Nd+3, resulted in glasses of good optical quality for applications in fibers for optical amplification and lasers. Preliminary tests involving the preparation of preforms using the build-in-casting and rotational casting techniques revealed that the production of preforms without the occurrence of crystallization of the glasses or cracking of the preform is feasible
Morimitsu, Henrique. "A graph-based approach for online multi-object tracking in structured videos with an application to action recognition." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/45/45134/tde-13012016-101607/.
Full textNesta tese, uma nova abordagem para o rastreamento de múltiplos objetos com o uso de informação estrutural é proposta. Os objetos são rastreados usando uma combinação de filtro de partículas com descrição das imagens por meio de Grafos Relacionais com Atributos (ARGs). O processo é iniciado a partir do aprendizado de um modelo de grafo estrutural probabilístico utilizando imagens anotadas. Os grafos são usados para avaliar o estado atual do rastreamento e corrigi-lo, se necessário. Desta forma, o método proposto é capaz de lidar com situações desafiadoras como movimento abrupto e perda de rastreamento devido à oclusão. A principal contribuição desta tese é a exploração do modelo estrutural aprendido. Por meio dele, a própria informação estrutural da cena é usada para guiar o processo de detecção em caso de perda do objeto. Tal abordagem difere de trabalhos anteriores, que utilizam informação estrutural apenas para avaliar o estado da cena, mas não a consideram para gerar novas hipóteses de rastreamento. A abordagem proposta é bastante flexível e pode ser aplicada em qualquer situação em que seja possível encontrar padrões de relações estruturais entre os objetos. O rastreamento de objetos pode ser utilizado para diversas aplicações práticas, tais como vigilância, análise de atividades ou navegação autônoma. Nesta tese, ele é explorado para rastrear diversos objetos em vídeos de esporte, na qual as regras do jogo criam alguns padrões estruturais entre os objetos. Além de detectar os objetos, os resultados de rastreamento também são usados como entrada para reconhecer a ação que cada jogador está realizando. Esta etapa é executada classificando um segmento da sequência de rastreamento por meio de Modelos Ocultos de Markov (HMMs). A abordagem de rastreamento proposta é testada em diversos vídeos de jogos de tênis de mesa e na base de dados ACASVA, demonstrando a capacidade do método de lidar com situações de oclusão ou cortes de câmera.
Gonçalves, Priscilla Santana Pinto. "Selamento de fossas e fissuras após 6 meses com diferentes materiais: Resinoso X Ionómerico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/25/25145/tde-03092013-154047/.
Full textThis study evaluated and compared two dental sealants, for 6 months. The materials, Fluroshield® (Dentsply, Germany) and Clinpro™ XT Varnish (3M ESPE Dental Products, St. Paul, MN, USA) were analyzed with regard their retention and superficial characteristics. They also were compared with a control group, without sealant, regarding the dental caries incidence. The sample was composed by 31 children from 6 to 8 years of age, with at least two sound first permanent molars, but with a dental caries history. A total of 114 teeth were randomly alocated in three groups: CLP (Clinpro™ XT Varnish), FS (Fluroshield®) and ctr (Control). The sealings were applyed under relative isolation after a previous prophylaxis with a water-air-polishing jet, and an enamel etching with a 35% phosphoric acid gel for 15 seconds. Clinical evaluation was performed by two calibrated examiners after 6 months considering: the sealant retention and the incidence of occlusal caries in five areas: OM, OC, OD, OV and OL and finally, the surface characteristics and retention considering the occlusal surface as only one area. It was shown a significant difference (Kruskal-Wallis test, p=0.000 to 0.007) for the caries prevalence in all areas comparing the sealed group (CLP and FS) versus control. Whereas the incidence, it was only verified a significant diference for the OL area (p=0.014). There was no significant difference (Chi-square test, p=0.079) between the materials regarding the success rate of retention for the occlusal surface when it was considered the sum of the five areas, or for the occlusal surface without divisions (p=0.141). Nevertheless there was a significant difference between the sealants (Mann-Whitney test, p=0.002), with better results for the FS group, when it was analysed the influence of all the retention criteria. Regarding the surface characteristics, the FS group showed a significant superiority (Mann-Whitney test) during the period of the study for the impairment marginal (p=0.000), marginal discoloration (p=0.008), and surface discoloration (p=0.001). Although FS had also been superior for the surface texture, this result was not significant. The frequency of bubbles in the sealed surfaces was not significant (Qui-square test, p=0.758) between the materials. Thus, it can be concluded that both materials were effective during this first 6 months of evaluation, although it is evident that the Fluroshield® sealant had shown a better clinical performance.
Vieira, Heveline. "Obtenção e caracterização de vidros a base de lama vermelha visando a imobilização de rejeitos nucleares." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/85/85134/tde-17032015-145549/.
Full textGlasses based on red mud, a residual material from bauxite processing, were developed and characterized in this work. In order to promote its use, a minimum 60 wt% of red mud was used in the production of the glasses. According to XRD results, materials containing considerable amorphous phases were produced when using red mud as raw material. These amorphous phases were observed even though crystalline phases associated to Fe coming from the red mud itself were present. The material denominated 60L40S, which has a nominal composition of 60 wt% red mud showed the best properties comparing with the others compositions studied. However, these materials presented a high melting temperature. Changes in the composition of this material were made with the objective of lowering this temperature. Results indicated that the changes made to the material were successful in the reduction of the melting temperature. However, a reduction in the chemical properties of the resulting material was observed. Elements usually found in the chemical composition of nuclear wastes were added to the glasses produced. It was done with the objective of determining the effect of these elements on the chemical and physical properties of the red mud based glasses obtained. It was found that it was possible to add up to 15 wt% of these elements to the materials produced. The addition of these simulants materials promoted a reduction in the melting temperature of the resulting material. Above 15 wt%, the added elements precipitate in the structure of the resulting material. Even though the reduction in the chemical durability of the 60L40S material when simulant elements were added, it was observed that this material contained the simulant elements confined in its structure when in contact with water. This is a promising result, since it indicates that the 60L40S has the potential to immobilize elements from nuclear wastes.
Flores, Daniel Silva Herzog. "Avaliação das propriedades físico-químicas dos cimentos obturadores dos canais radiculares à base de ionômero de vidro e silicone." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/58/58133/tde-19032010-095932/.
Full textThis study evaluated, in vitro, the setting time (ST), dimensional alteration (DA), solubility (Sl) and radiopacity (Rp) of the sealers AH Plus, GuttaFlow, RoekoSeal, Activ GP, Endofill and a MTA-based experimental sealer. For these tests, the sealer Activ GP was prepared using a powder/liquid mixing ratio of 28 mg to 50 µL of liquid. In order to determine the ST, moulds (10 x 2 mm) were filled with sealer. After 150 s, the sealers were tested with a Gilmore needle (100 g) at 60-s intervals until no marks were visible on the material surface. For the DA test, 5 cylindrical specimens (3.58 x 3.0 mm) were obtained. After having their dimensions checked with a digital caliper, the specimens were stored in 2.24 mL distilled deionized water for 30 days and their dimensions were rechecked. For the Sl test, 10 specimens (1.5 x 7.75 mm) were obtained. After being weighed in pairs, the specimens were stored in 7.5 mL distilled water for 7 days and reweighed to determine the percent mass loss. The liquids in which the specimens were immersed were subjected to spectrometry for detection of ions Ca2+, K+, Na+, Ni2+, Pb2+, Zn2+and Ag+. For the Rp test, 5 acrylic plates with 4 perforations (5 x 1 mm) were filled with sealer and were radiographed near to a graduated aluminum stepwedge with 30-cm focus-object distance and 0.2-s exposure time. The radiographic density was determined using the Digora for Windows 1.51 software. The results showed that GuttaFlow and RoekoSeal were in compliance with the ANSI/ADAs specification no. 57 for the TE and Rp tests. Regarding DA, only GuttaFlow was in accordance with this specification. Regarding Sl, only Activ GP (11.80%) did not meet the ANSI/ADAs requirements. The atomic absorbance spectrometry showed that the sealer Activ GP presented significant release of Ca2+. Release of Zn2+ ions was observed for the sealer Activ GP. In conclusion, only the sealer Guttaflow met the ANSI/ADAs requirements for radiopacity, dimensional stability and solubility.
Ferreira, Julio Antonio Zambrano. "Estudo de reforço de pavimentos com ensaios de arrancamento em equipamento de pequenas dimensões." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18132/tde-19062007-154234/.
Full textThis work presents an evaluation of various geosynthetics efficiency in reinforced base course of road pavements using small scale pullout tests. It was used polypropylene, polyester and glass fiber geogrids and polypropylene woven geotextile. A soil with 58% of clay (subgrade), and a sandy-silty gravel (base course) were used. The pullout tests were conducted with different combinations among soils and geosynthetics. In these tests, a new system of direct measurement of inclusion displacements with laser optical sensors was used. Beyond analyzing the results with curves pullout force x displacements, it was possible to use graphics rigidity x deformation in order to determinate the best geosynthetic in base course reinforcement. As the geosynthetic specimen is of small size, the complete mobilization of the reinforcement is guaranteed and, therefore, it is possible to obtain its deformation. The frontal aperture of the pullout box influences the maximum pullout resistance. The results show that the soil-reinforcement interaction is more important than the unconfined rigidity of the geosynthetic on the material behavior in confinement situation inside the soil block. The joint resistance, the geogrid geometry and its nailing, besides the soil particles size, affect the initial system rigidity. Therefore, they are important for base course reinforcement of road pavements. The results showed that the best option for the soils and geosynthetics studied are in the following order: (1) polypropylene geogrid, (2) polyester geogrid, (3) polypropylene woven geotextile and (4) glass fiber geogrid.
Santos, Felipe Antunes. "Vitrocerâmica à base de silicato de lítio para uso como material dentário utilizando casca de arroz como fonte alternativa de silica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/97/97133/tde-08102013-084019/.
Full textThis work suggests the replacement of commercial silica by silica obtained from rice husk as alternative source for obtaining lithium disilicate material that can be used in dental application. The lithium disilicate as dental material is a glass-ceramic that has good mechanical properties and chemical stability. For these developments the materials have been obtained using stoichiometry of 33.33%mol. Li2O and 66.67%mol. SiO2, without complementary oxide addition or with, seeking better fracture toughness comportment, to both sources of silica, commercial and from rice husk. As initial characterization X-ray diffraction (XRD) was performed for the mixtures of materials before and after the fusion to obtain the glasses. For materials without oxide addition, the two materials developed were characterized for their devitrification, in other words, the transition from glass to glass-ceramic was observed by differential thermal analysis (DTA), using different heating rates and granulometries. Peak crystallization temperatures (Tp), to both silica sources, heat rate 10°C/min and 1mm of granulometry, was in average values of 640°C. The DTA was used to verify the devitrification in material with oxide addition too. In addition, to observe the possible formation of intermediate phases on stoichiometric system of lithium disilicate, were also carried out high temperature X-ray diffractomery (HTXRD). To view the microstructural changes occurring in the system, according to the variation of heat treatments temperatures (HT), silica source and oxides influence, characterizations were performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The cytotoxic behavior of the materials in cell colonies was observed by the cytotoxicity test. Mechanical properties, Vickers hardness and fracture toughness, were determined by calculus, using Vickers test data. Values of approximately 1.75 MPam½ were obtained for both silica sources with oxide addition to 660°C (HT). Results obtained show great potential in the replacement of commercial silica by rice husk silica.
Sampaio, Paula Costa Pinheiro. "Efeito da base de cimento de ionômero de vidro convencional e modificado por resina na interface adesiva dente/resina composta após termociclagem." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/25/25131/tde-03072009-111632/.
Full textPolymerization shrinkage leads to a tension into dentin/resin composite interface that can cause marginal discoloration, poor marginal adaptation, secondary caries and post-operative sensitivity. The incremental restorative technique and the use of a resilient liner with a modulus of elasticity similar to dental structures are techniques used to decrease the shrinkage polymerization tension. The aim of this in vitro study was to analyze the effect of glass-ionomer cement as a liner on the adhesive interface dentin/resin of occlusal restorations after thermocycling aging. Occlusal cavities were prepared sixty human extracted molars, divided into six groups: 1 and 4 with no liner; 2 and 5 glass-ionomer cement (Ketac Molar Easymix); and 3 and 6 resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (Vitrebond). Resin composite (Filtek Z250) was placed after application of adhesive system Adper Single Bond 2. Adhesive system was mixed with fluorescent reagent (Rhodamine B) to allow confocal microscopy analysis. After that, the specimens of groups 4, 5, 6 were thermocycled into 2 baths (5ºC 55ºC) of 30s each in 5.000 cycles. After this period, teeth were sectioned in 0,8mm slices. One slice of each tooth was randomly selected for analysis in Confocal Microscopy. The other ones were sectioned in sticks, which were submitted to micro-tensile test. The results of adhesive strength were analyzed by one way ANOVA and t-Student tests. Gap formation were analysed by Fisher test and the gaps size were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test (p<0,05). No statistical difference on adhesive resistance was showed between groups. Confocal Microscopy analysis showed gaps with a higher mean sizes for group 4 (12,5µm) and higger percentage of marginal gaps formation for the thermocycled groups (G1 - 30%; G2 - 25%; G4 - 53,33%; G5 70%). Groups 3 (25%) and 6 (30%) showed the lowest percentage of marginal gap formation. The results revealed that gap formation is not related to adhesive strength. It can be concluded, therefore, that the use of a resin-modified-glassionomer cement liner showed less gap formation on dentin/composite adhesive interface after artificial aging compared to conventional glass ionomer cement liner and restorations with no lining.
Defay, Benoit. "Comportement des oxydes dans un procédé de fonderie d'alliages base nickel." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LORR0298/document.
Full textThe presence of oxide inclusions within single-crystal turbine blade high pressure in AM1 involves the germination of parasite grains succeeding the critical reduction of their mechanical performances.In order to evaluate the cleanliness of material AM1 and to follow its evolution during various stages of the process foundry (VIM), an experimental and a numerical study were carried out. The experimental part consists in following the evolution of the inclusion population of the raw material until the liquid bath by combining visualizations of the surface of the liquid bath and the application of the electron beam button melting test on a set of material extracted during the process of foundry. The results highlight a modification of the major inclusion population during the process and a regular supply of particles within the liquid bath which come from the crucible. The digital part is based on a set of three models allowing the modeling of the electromagnetic, hydrodynamic phenomena and the trajectory calculation of the particles within the liquid bath. The value of the intensity of the electric current was given from a calibration of the electromagnetic model based to experimental measures of the axial magnetic induction within the industrial furnace. For the whole of the mathematical models, the surface of the liquid bath selected is deformed and non-evolutive. The model of trajectory calculation is based on a Lagrangian approach by taking account of the turbulence of the flow. The digital results show a good agreement with in experiments released tendencies
Cacace, Anthony T., E. Mark Haake, Faith W. Akin, and Owen D. Murnane. "Vestibular-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometry Analysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1882.
Full textApayco, Leslie Caroll Casas. "Efeito do retardamento da polimerização da base de cimento de ionômero de vidro modificado por resina na resistência adesiva em restaurações de resina composta." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/25/25131/tde-03072009-104132/.
Full textDuring the initial process of setting reaction, the resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RMGIC) shows low modulus of elasticity, which is an important characteristic when RMGIC is used as a liner in resin composites restorations, because it decreases the polymerization shrinkage stress in cavity walls. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of polymerization techniques of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement used as a liner on the adhesive interface dentin/resin by microtensile test and confocal microscopic analysis. Standardized occlusal cavity preparations (5mm length x 3mm wide x 4.5mm depth) were prepared in 30 human extracted molars. For the analysis at the confocal microscope, the adhesive system AdperTM Single Bond 2 was previously marked with rodhamine B (0.16mg/ml). The tooth were divided into three groups: Group 1 (control): RMGIC liner VitrebondTM + photoactivation for 30 seconds + adhesive system + resin composite Filtek TM Z250; Group 2: RMGICs liner VitrebondTM + adhesive system + simultaneous photoactivation of both materials + resin composite FiltekTM Z250; Group 3: RMGICs liner VitrebondTM+ 60 seconds delay time + photoativation for 30 seconds + adhesive system + resin composite FiltekTMZ250. Specimens were stored at 37ºC in deionized water for 24 hours. After this period, tooth was sectionated in 0.8mm slices (buco-lingual). One slice of each tooth was randomly selected for confocal microscopy for analysis of the interface resin/dentin. The other slices were sectionated in sticks (mesio-distal) for microtensile test. One-way ANOVA (p<0.05) showed no significant statistical difference among groups 1, 2 and 3 (p=0.644). Quisquare test showed no significant statistical difference of type of fracture (adhesive fracture was predominant) and presence of gap at the interface dentin/resin among groups. (p=0.082). It can be concluded, that polymerization technique of resin-modified glassionomer cement (RMGIC) did not influence bond strength and dentin/resin composite interface.
Azevedo, Larissa Marinho. "Efeito da base de cimento de ionômero de vidro modificado por resina e técnicas de inserção de resina composta na interface dentina/restauração adesiva." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/25/25148/tde-04072011-114915/.
Full textThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of resin-modified-glassionomer linning and incremental technique on the bond strength of the composite restoration interface. Methods: Cavities were made (4.5mm X 3mm X 5mm) in 52 extracted human molars, divided into 4 groups: Group 1 (control) no linning + two horizontal increments (C Factor = 5); Group 2: no linning + four oblique increments (C Factor = 2); Group 3: RMGIC linning (Vitrebond) + two horizontal increments; and Group 4: RMGIC linning (Vitrebond) + four oblique increments. All teeth were restored with Adper Single Bond and Filtek Z250 and stored in deionized water at 37ºC for 24 hours before sectioned into 0.8 mm sticks (bucco-lingually). One slice of each tooth was randomly selected for confocal microscopy for analysis of the interface resin/dentin. The other slices were sectionated in sticks (mesio-distally) for microtensile test in a Universal Testing Machine (EMIC) at 0.5mm/min. The data were analyzed by Two-way ANOVA (5%) and Fishers test for variables of presence of gap. No statistical difference on adhesive strength among groups (G1 14.55 ± 4.228 MPa, G2 17.25 ± 7.31 MPa, G3 12.81 ± 4.97 MPa and G4 13.39 ± 4.115 MPa). No significant statistical difference was observed regarding the presence of gap at the interface dentin/resin among groups (p>0.05). It can be concluded, that resin-modified glass-ionomer cement linning and resin composite techniques showed no effect on the adhesive interface to dentin.
Lachowski, Karina Monteleone. "Estudo da radiopacidade de materiais odontológicos indicados como base e forramento de restaurações. Análise através da radiografia digital." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/23/23134/tde-20092011-171851/.
Full textRadiopacity is an important pre-requisite for base and liner materials, once it allows the professional to identify the presence of the material and makes its differentiation from the adjacent tooth structure possible. The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiopacity of liner and base materials and compare to the radiopacity of enamel, dentin and aluminum stepwedge. For this, 16 glass ionomer cements, 8 flowable resin composites and 4 calcium hydroxide cements were analysed. It was prepared three sets of three test specimens with 4 mm in diameter and thicknesses of 1, 2 and 3 mm for each glass ionomer cement and flowable composite and 1 mm for each calcium hydroxide cement. Cross sections were made from crowns of three third molars to obtain specimens of enamel and dentin with thickness of 1, 2 and 3 mm. As a control, a standard aluminum stepwedge with nine steps was used. Radiographs were taken with digital Kodak RVG 5000 (Kodak Company, France) and exposure time of 0.32 seconds. The images were analysed through the program Image Tool ® to obtain the mean grey values. Statistical test ANOVA followed by Tukey test (p 0.05) detected significant differences between the materials of the same category and between the thicknesses. The commercial brands Ionomaster, Maxxion, Bioglass R, Bioglass F, Vidrion R and Vidrion F, presented radiopacity lower than the radiopacity of dentin, insufficient for a correct diagnostic. All flowable resin composites and calcium hydroxide cements studied showed radiopacity superior than dentin. Vitro Fil, Magic Glass, Vitrebond, Riva SC, Riva LC, Fill Magic, Opallis, Surefil, Tetric N, Tetric, Hydro C, Hydcal and Liner showed radiopacity equal to or greater than the enamel for all thicknesses. In general, the increased thickness of the materials studied increases its radiopacity significantly. It was concluded that some materials indicated as base and liner for restorations have and inadequate radiopacity to be detected radiographically.
Kittel, Aden. "Decision-making Assessment and Development in Australian Football Umpires: Evaluation of 360° VR." Thesis, 2020. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42042/.
Full textMatos, Rafael Soledade. "Solução integrada de Video-Based Vehicle Identification." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/9603.
Full textFace à crescente necessidade de soluções de análise de imagem e correlação com eventos, nomeadamente no âmbito dos sistemas de apoio à decisão, deteção e controlo de fraude e problemáticas conexas, e no caso deste PEI que foi realizado na Accenture, da necessidade de aplicação desses conceitos ao tráfego rodoviário pretendi, como primeiro objetivo, estudar e desenvolver os componentes de um sistema de análise, avaliação e medição de eventos vídeo e/ou identificar informações relativas a veículos com base em foto-análise, segundo um sistema de regras suportado por um motor de decisão. Mais precisamente, pretendi que, dada a imagem de um veículo, sujeita a diversas condições que podem afetar a sua qualidade/legibilidade, se consiga localizar e retirar com precisão a zona da matrícula, para posterior comparação com um conjunto de outras imagens presentes numa base de dados, devolvendo, com um nível de confiança elevado, a informação necessária ao processo de faturação, tudo isto processado de forma automática. Para tal, investiguei conceitos de identificação de padrões em imagens, tais como fingerprinting multi-vectorial, deteção e extração de pontos de interesse usando heurísticas de relevância, distâncias computacionais segundo perfis de confiança de modulação de ruído, e cálculo de contornos e respetivas formas geométricas com base em métodos matemáticos. O segundo objetivo deste projeto foi o desenvolvimento de uma framework genérica, organizada em módulos de avaliação dos resultados das análises automáticas a matrículas, reutilizáveis para aplicação a futuros protótipos ou projetos de Tecnologias da Informação ligados às diferentes áreas de negócio da empresa onde decorre o PEI. O terceiro objetivo do PEI consistiu no desenvolvimento de uma aplicação web, que serve para validar contas de utilizadores e consultar ou corrigir os dados relativos a esses utilizadores, no contexto de uma aplicação móvel que é adicional ao processo de identificação de matrículas através da criação de pórticos virtuais, cuja cobrança será ativada através da leitura dos valores GPS do dispositivo.
Given the growing need for image analysis solutions and correlation with events in the context of traffic road tolling, particularly in what concerns decision support systems and detection and control of fraud, this project aims to study and develop the components of a system for analysis, evaluation and measurement of video information with the purpose of identifying vehicles’ license plates, according to a system of rules supported by a decision engine. Specifically, it is intended that, given an image of a vehicle subject to various conditions that can affect its quality / readability, the system is able to accurately locate and retrieve the license plate area for subsequent comparison with a set of other images stored in a database, returning with a high level of confidence the information needed for the billing process. The whole process is automatic and relies on methodologies for identifying patterns in images such as multi-vector fingerprinting with detection and extraction of points of interest using heuristics relevance, distance profiles based on computational trust modulation noise and calculation of contours and corresponding geometric shapes, based on mathematical methods. The second objective is to develop a generic framework organized into modules for evaluation of the results, with reusable components that can be used in future projects on several different business areas related to Accenture. The third and final objective of the project was to develop a web application that will be used to validate user accounts, as well as to consult and correct the user related data in the context of a mobile application, to be installed on smartphone devices, which will provide additional information to the license plate identification process.
Prata, Alcina. "Designing personalized video-based crossmedia informal learning environments beyond iTV." Doctoral thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/11174.
Full textVideo is a very rich medium, in cognitive and affective terms, to convey information and support learning and entertainment like no other medium, and TV is a privileged way to watch it. However, by being traditionally watched in a more experiential and passive cognitive mode, TV and video are limited in their capacity to fully support learning so important in the lifelong learning era where learning is taking place in a wide variety of contexts and locations that calls for flexible environments. TV and video are limited in their capacity to fully support learning but may induce viewers to engage in more reflective modes, that can be supported to some extent by their adequate design, in interactive contexts and augmented by other media and devices, in diverse situations. The inclusion of iTV that has been gaining increasing attention from researchers, and practitioners, in the last few years, as part of rich and flexible crossmedia environments brings new opportunities in this respect. This situation justifies our research main goal to efficiently and flexibly support users learning informal opportunities created in video-based crossmedia environments, taking into account the different cognitive modes, contexts of use and taking advantage of the diverse devices being used in order to have each device contributing with what it does best. In order to illustrate, explore and validate our research, the eiTV application was conceptualized, prototyped and evaluated. It is capable to create videobased crossmedia informal learning environments, created as additional information to the video being watched, initially via iTV. These environments are accessed from iTV, PC and mobile devices (the most commonly used in crossmedia scenarios), depending on the preferred or most adequate device in each context of use.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, SFRH/PROTEC/67727/2010, projeto UTA-Est/MAI/0010/2009)
Gomes, Jorge Miguel Correia Antunes. "Video browsing and soundtrack labelling based on human computation." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/10421.
Full textA rápida expansão dos meios de comunicação permitiu a criação de enormes e complexas colecções multimédia acessíveis através da Internet e media sociais. Essas colecções exigem novos mecanismos de busca, que irão beneficiar de novas técnicas de classificação e análise automática de conteúdo de áudio e vídeo, e de relações entre os documentos multimédia e os seus conteúdos. O vídeo é um meio muito rico, combinando imagem e som e proporcionando assim uma enorme quantidade de informação e uma excelente plataforma para a criatividade ser expressa e explorada. A riqueza do vídeo e multimédia permite a extracção de propriedades interessantes que podem ser úteis em sistemas de pesquisa exploratória. No entanto, toda esta riqueza que torna tão interessantes os espaços de informação de áudio e vídeo, traz consigo uma complexidade com que é difícil lidar. Eventos sonoros, emoções expressas e sentidas, estados de espírito, cores e ritmo sonoro são exemplos de propriedades multimédia interessantes a serem exploradas. Alguns investigadores apontaram a importância para o desenvolvimento de métodos para extrair características interessantes e significativas em vídeos para efectivamente resumi-los e indexá-los ao nível das legendas, imagem e áudio. As tarefas de análise de áudio e vídeo são consideradas como árduas e complexas. As abordagens mais comuns baseiam-se em modelos estatísticos, que exigem a construção de conjuntos de dados classificados compostos por amostras de vídeo e áudio. A construção de um conjunto de dados exigiria horas incontáveis, de escuta e de classificação manual - isto é muitas vezes formulado como o problema de “arranque a frio” (“cold-start problem”) na aquisição de dados. A colecta de informações detalhadas sobre o conteúdo multimédia poderá melhorar os sistemas automáticos de extracção de informação e facilitar a prospecção de dados, para extrair relações úteis para as indústrias de multimédia, melhorar sistemas de recomendação baseados em conteúdos, publicidade contextual e “personalized retargeting”. Para tal, é necessária a exploração de novos métodos para a classificação de grandes quantidades de vídeos e áudio, com vista a solucionar o problema de “arranque a frio” da aquisição de dados, e providenciar um modo para a partilha de resultados e conjunto de dados com a comunidade científica. Entretanto, é também importante a exploração de formas de visualização de informação relativas a vídeo e filmes, ao nível de cada um e ao nível dos espaços de filmes, incluindo a representação temporal quer dentro dos filmes, que contém muita informação ao longo do tempo da sua duração, quer ao nível do tempo de lançamento ou visionamento de séries e filmes. Hoje em dia, a importância da visualização de dados está a aumentar cada vez mais. Técnicas de visualização podem ser a opção mais forte para transmitir e expressar ideias a outras pessoas recorrendo a gráficos, diagramas e animações. No entanto, isto exigirá conhecimentos sobre a linguagem da comunicação visual, que envolvem semânticas e sintaxes semelhantes à linguagem verbal. Estas técnicas podem ajudar a lidar com a complexidade de dados e explorar modos avançados e eficazes para transmitir informações provenientes de espaços de informação. Este projecto pretende contribuir na área de visualização e recuperação de informações de áudio e vídeo ao permitir aos utilizadores aperceberem-se e procurarem por certas propriedades multimédia e abordar o problema de “arranque a frio” (“cold-start problem”). A solução passa pela criação de novas abordagens que dependem de mecanismos interactivos de crowdsourcing e computação baseada em humanos que irão recorrer a elementos de jogos para motivar os utilizadores a contribuir para resolução do problema de “arranque a frio” na classificação de conteúdos. Crowdsourcing aqui significa confiar nas contribuições provenientes de um enorme grupo de pessoas, especialmente de uma comunidade on-line ou redes sociais, onde tarefas possam ser concluídas por diversas pessoas. Neste contexto, pretende-se classificar documentos multimédia e procurar um consenso geral para obter informações relevantes que descrevam com precisão estes mesmos documentos em meta-dados sugeridos pelos utilizadores. Isto irá criar bases de dados que poderão ser compartilhados e reutilizados pela comunidade científica, com vista a serem utilizados em modelos estatísticos que suportam a extracção automática de informação e prospecção de dados referidas anteriormente. Este trabalho está relacionado com outros projectos, onde as características de vídeo são extraídos por meio de processamento do áudio (tiro, gritos, risos, humor música, etc), análise de legendas (usando a interpretação semântica e análise de sentimento relativa a emoções expressas) e monitorização das emoções dos espectadores através de dados biométricos (frequência cardíaca, a respiração, a resposta galvânica da pele, etc), ou reconhecimento visual de expressões faciais. O trabalho relatado por esta dissertação foca-se nas dimensões interactivas para visualização, acesso e classificação de conteúdos em filmes, visualizações interactivas para espaços de filmes e para a representação de segmentos de áudio semelhantes, com base no teu conteúdo, e permitir uma navegação contextualizada de filmes e a classificação interactiva de conteúdos no SoundsLike. Adoptando uma abordagem de Computação baseada em humanos, SoundsLike é um Jogos com um Propósito (“GameWith A Purpose”) que tem dois objectivos em mente: 1) utilizar elementos de jogos para entreter e motivar o utilizador na navegação e classificação de vídeos e filmes; e 2) utilizar esta interacção para recolher informação e melhorar técnicas de análise de áudio baseado em conteúdo, recorrendo a paradigmas de crowdsourcing para obter consensos sobre a relevância de dados recolhidos e pontuar correctamente cada contribuição. SoundsLike está integrado no MovieClouds, uma aplicaçãoWeb interactiva desenhada para aceder, explorar e visualizar filmes baseada na informação fornecida em diferentes perspectivas do seu conteúdo. Esta abordagem de classificação poderá posteriormente ser estendida para outros tipos de conteúdos, não se limitando somente à componente de áudio.
Video and audio are becoming dominant media in our lives. In a time when we witness the convergence of media, it is pertinent the creation of new and richer ways for content-based access and visualization of videos. Collections of video require new search mechanisms which will benefit from new classification techniques and automatic analysis of video and audio content and relationships among them. Video is a very rich medium combining image and sound, thus providing huge amounts of information. However, this richness that makes video and audio based information spaces so interesting comes with a challenging complexity to handle. The exploration of new visualization methods related to video and movies at the movie space level down to the each movie itself, including representations along time of the videos’ content or the time of their releases or viewing, allow pattern and trend analysis and movie browsing. The exploration of new visualization methods may enhance video and movies perception and navigation at the movie space and the individual movie levels. Representations along time of the videos’ content in their different perspectives (sound, subtitles, image, etc.) or the time of their releases or viewing, allow identifying and analysing use and content patterns and relations, for a richer understanding and access in movie browsing. Game elements, in turn, can help in this often challenging process, e.g. in the audio, to obtain user feedback to improve the efficacy of classification, while maintaining or improving the entertaining quality of the user experience. This dissertation’s project aims to improve the area of visualization and information retrieval of audio and video, by adopting a Human Computation approach through a Game With A Purpose to entertain and engage users in movies soundtrack browsing and labelling to collect data that also improve our content-based sound classification techniques. SoundsLike is integrated in MovieClouds, an interactive web application designed to access, explore and visualize movies based on the information conveyed in the different tracks or perspectives of its content.
OLIVEIRA, EVA. "Multimedia interaction and access based on emotions:automating video elicited emotions recognition and visualization." Doctoral thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/9780.
Full textFilms are an excellent form of art that exploit our affective, perceptual and intellectual abilities. Technological developments and the trends for media convergence are turning video into a dominant and pervasive medium, and online video is becoming a growing entertainment activity on the web. Alongside, physiological measures are making it possible to study additional ways to identify and use emotions in human-machine interactions, multimedia retrieval and information visualization. The work described in this thesis has two main objectives: to develop an Emotions Recognition and Classification mechanism for video induced emotions; and to enable Emotional Movie Access and Exploration. Regarding the first objective, we explore recognition and classification mechanisms, in order to allow video classification based on emotions, and to identify each user’s emotional states providing different access mechanisms. We aim to provide video classification and indexing based on emotions, felt by the users while watching movies. In what concerns the second objective, we focus on emotional movie access and exploration mechanisms to find ways to access and visualize videos based on their emotional properties and users’ emotions and profiles. In this context, we designed a set of methods to access and watch the movies, both at the level of the whole movie collection, and at the individual movies level. The automatic recognition mechanism developed in this work allows for the detection of physiologic patterns, indeed providing valid individual information about users emotion while they were watching a specific movie; in addition, the user interface representations and exploration mechanisms proposed and evaluated in this thesis, show that more perceptive, satisfactory and useful visual representations influenced positively the exploration of emotional information in movies.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, PROTEC SFRH/BD/49475/2009, LASIGE Multiannual Funding e VIRUS projecto (PTDC/EIAEIA/101012/2008)
Yang, Yu-Chung, and 楊育宗. "An Initial Study on Sentiment Recognition of Social Network Messages Based on Texts, Images, and Videos." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41581515305024818654.
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Nowadays, Internet users prefer to share texts, images, and videos on social networks rather than share them via E-mail or blogs, thus creating many research topics related social networks. One of the research problems is to identify the connoted sentiment of an user’s post automatically. Image, text, and video sentiment recognition have been studied extensively over recent years independently. In this thesis we would like to propose a comprehensive system which incorporates all three types of an user’s posts. Here we proposes a procedural system that utilizes Sentibank visual sentiment ontology for image sentiment recognition, one-hot and Word2vec representation for text sentiment analysis, and the combination of visual and audio features for video sentiment recognition. Lastly we use a combination of these three types of model to predict whether the sentiment of an user’s post is positive or negative. We collect 1113 Facebook posts with text and image as our testing dataset for evaluating the performance for image and text input, and 1101 emotion video dataset for video input. Although the proposed system does not perform satisfactorily in terms of computation time and recognition accuracy with video input, it achieves a comparable recognition accuracy with image input and outperforms Sentibank with text input to existing methods proposed by Sentibank.