Este trabalho descreve uma pesquisa sobre a técnica de estabilização de encostas com o uso de pne... more Este trabalho descreve uma pesquisa sobre a técnica de estabilização de encostas com o uso de pneus, realizada no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Um muro experimental com 60 m de comprimento e 4 m de altura foi construído com camadas horizontais de pneus preenchidos com solo compactado. Os pneus são amarrados entre si com corda de polipropileno ou arame de gabião. Uma sobrecarga de solo compactado com 2 m de altura foi colocada sobre o retroaterro de solo. O muro apresenta 4 seções instrumentadas, com características diferentes quanto a amarração, geometria e configuração dos pneus (cortados ou inteiros). O comportamento tensão-deformação das 4 seções do muro é retro-analisado, comparando-se os resultados da instrumentação de campo com os valores previstos numericamente. O uso de pneus cortados facilita a compactação e reduz a deformabilidade do muro. Ambos os métodos de amarração, com corda ou arame, mostraram-se adequados para evitar deslocamentos laterais excessivos do muro, embora a cor...
Illnesses from muscles and skeleton, constitute the cause of functional damage of elderly. Nevert... more Illnesses from muscles and skeleton, constitute the cause of functional damage of elderly. Nevertheless they are not inevitable consequences of age and they should be approached as specific illnesses rather then being regarded as result of aging. All aspects of health must be accounted for the measurement of the elderly health (Full Geriatric Assessment). Objective: To review the scientific publication dealing with the functional condition of elderly after subjected to orthopedic surgery. Material and Method: Bibliographic research on articles as per listing in the following databases www.bireme.br, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed, www.scopus.com and www.embase.com covering a period from 1996 to 2006. It has been adopted the terminology as per Science of Health (DeCs/Birene) and at Medical Subject Headings (MeSH/PubMed) that identified the key-words: elderly, daily activity, orthopedic surgery or orthopedic procedures, post-surgery and rehabilitation. The search was carried out on April...
Anais do III Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software (SBQS 2004), 2004
Este trabalho relata a experiência do processo de certificação ISO 9001:2000 da fábrica de softwa... more Este trabalho relata a experiência do processo de certificação ISO 9001:2000 da fábrica de software, SoftExport. A implantação do Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade (SGQ) na fábrica passou a orientar os processos fundamentais de desenvolvimento de software, os processos organizacionais e os processos de apoio, estruturando todas as rotinas da empresa e ampliando a visão da mesma em relação a seus próprios produtos, processos, colaboradores e da relação com seus clientes. O processo de certificação foi conduzido através de um conjunto de atividades estruturadas a partir da ISO/IEC 12207, diferenciando-se da seqüência lógica de implantação dos itens da ISO 9001. Isto deu uma maior agilidade no processo de implantação do SGQ na fábrica de software.
Emotion is frequently conceived, in the speech science literature, in such a way as to organize t... more Emotion is frequently conceived, in the speech science literature, in such a way as to organize the relationship between specific emotions taken as psychological concepts and phonetic parameters such as voice quality, speech rate, and prominence, in the phonetic domain. The main goal of this paper is to propose a language-based analysis of the emotional content of the text in order to get a more abstract and culturally independent approach of emotion in speech. This work presents an experiment that relates speech rate and the temporality as a constitutive element of emotion. We are able to quantify the temporal content of emotion in the text by a semiotics analysis.
Bronchodilators accelerate the dynamics of muscle O 2 delivery and utilisation during exercise in... more Bronchodilators accelerate the dynamics of muscle O 2 delivery and utilisation during exercise in COPD
This study examined the psychometric properties of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) in a sa... more This study examined the psychometric properties of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) in a sample of adolescents from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Participants were 1.007 students (60.5% girls) aged between 12 and 18 years, coming from public schools. According to expectations, results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, using independent subsamples from the total sample, indicated the unidimensionality of the measure. Reliability in this sample, estimated by Cronbach’s alpha, was considered high (0.85). Similarly, all items showed adequate corrected item-total correlations. Results suggest that the Brazilian version of the GSES shows valid and reliable evidences to evaluate general self-efficacy in adolescents. RESUMO: Este estudo analisou as propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Autoeficácia Geral Percebida (EAGP) em adolescentes do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Participaram 1.007 estudantes (60,5% meninas) com idades entre 12 e 18 anos, de escolas públicas. Conforme...
The aim of this present study was to evaluate the genetic divergence among 18 common bean genotyp... more The aim of this present study was to evaluate the genetic divergence among 18 common bean genotypes from Carioca group, by multivariate techniques based on 52 RAPD markers, in which 36.53% were polymorphic. Measures of genetic distance were obtained by using Roger’s Distance and evaluated through Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA), which clustered the genotypes into four groups and was efficient in placing elite lines into one group and cultivars into other ones. Princesa, Iapar 81 and EL 49 cultivars were the most divergent in relation to the others. The most similar lines were CNFC 8007 and CNFC 8008. Genotypes showed considerable genetic divergence, which is partly associated to the origin of genetic material in study. The results showed that there was enough genetic variability to be explored in common bean breeding programs in order to obtain superior segregant from Carioca group.
Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes and caused by four viral serotypes (DENV 1-4)... more Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes and caused by four viral serotypes (DENV 1-4). This mosquito-borne disease is a major public health problem and a threat to more than 2.5 billion people, who live in endemic areas. Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of dengue in the Americas. The present study shows the susceptibility of a colony strain of A. aegypti to Dengue 2 virus (DENV-2). A. aegypti females from a laboratory colony were infected with DENV-2 using a membrane feeding technique. The engorged females were dissected on different days (3, 6, 9, 12 and 15). The midguts, ovaries, carcasses and heads were separated. The samples were fixed and immunolabeled with anti-DENV-2 antibody to be analyzed by laser confocal microscopy (LCM). Infected mosquitoes from the 15 th day had their heads and bodies dissected, separated and analyzed by RT-PCR with specific primers. Immunolabeling of the midguts and ovaries showed the presence of DENV-2 in the mosquitoes dissected from the third day until the last day of the experiment. The RT-PCR reactions of the heads and the bodies confirmed the mosquito infection with DENV-2. These results showed that the methodology used for the artificial infection with dengue virus was successful and demonstrated that our colonized A. aegypti mosquitoes were susceptible to artificial dengue infection. Future studies are in progress to better understand the process of invasion by dengue virus in Aedes mosquito.
ABSTRACT So far, academicians have not been able to empirically confirm that boardroom reforms wi... more ABSTRACT So far, academicians have not been able to empirically confirm that boardroom reforms will lead to more effective boards and ultimately positively affect corporate performance. As social actors we all have biased views, as do boardroom members, thus it is necessary to analyze directors' perceptions about their role in order to understand if they are aligned and acting accordingly. The research goal is then to understand what is, in fact, directors' role and contribution. Through a survey-based method board members from Portuguese listed firms were requested to rate the Chairman, the Board, the Senior Independent Director and the CEO performance, through their own perceptions. The survey draws three key conclusions: first, there are, generally, many inconsistencies around the board role boundaries between the chairman and the CEO and, particularly, around their strategic involvement. Second, tensions arise from the way this relationship evolves affecting both teams (the executive and non-executive directors) and third, there is an absence of a clear picture of the board's role regarding its strategic involvement. This study, whilst exploring and understanding directors and their interactions inside the boardroom in a non-Anglo-American context, contributes to opening the 'black-box' of board dynamics, thus 'dismantling the fortress' in boards studies.
OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência da internet nas atividades acadêmico-científicas da comunidade b... more OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência da internet nas atividades acadêmico-científicas da comunidade brasileira que atua na área de saúde pública. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo, centrado na opinião de 237 docentes vinculados aos programas de pós-graduação em saúde pública, nos níveis mestrado e doutorado, no Brasil, em 2001. Para a obtenção dos dados, optou-se por questionário auto-aplicado via web e correio postal. A análise estatística foi feita por meio de proporções, médias e desvios-padrão. RESULTADOS: O uso da internet foi apontado por 94,9%(225) da comunidade, sendo o correio eletrônico (92,0%) e a web (55,6%) os recursos mais utilizados, diariamente. A influência da internet na comunicação entre os docentes, principalmente para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas em colaboração, foi significativa (73,8 %). Declararam não utilizar a internet 5,1% dos docentes, cujas justificativas apresentadas foram a falta de motivação, falta de tempo e facilidade de conseguir de seus colegas o material ...
The aim of the study was to assess the variables associated with bruxism and its prevalence in sc... more The aim of the study was to assess the variables associated with bruxism and its prevalence in school children and adolescents. A group of 680 school children of both genders aged 4 -16 years old was randomly selected. Data were gathered by clinical exam and questionnaires filled out by guardians. Statistical analyses were performed by Chi-square test, Odds Ratio and SPSS package. Some factors like heredity, respiratory problems, headaches, difficulty with falling asleep, sleep talking and the schoolchild’s disquiet temperament were associated with bruxism occurrence. Bruxism prevalence was 43%. No gender differences were found. It could be concluded that bruxism seems to play a significant role in the schoolchildren’s quality of life, and thus deserves proper identification. However, additional studies should be conducted by multidisciplinary teams involving sleep medicine, dentistry and psychology, in order to best understand its etiology.
The semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil presents because of history, climate and politics an int... more The semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil presents because of history, climate and politics an intense system of small reservoirs which is developing rapidly. This study aims to validate the use of dams located in the basin of Sumé, located in the semi-arid region of the state of Paraíba, and also the benefits they bring to the users. Surveys were developed and applied by interviews with the users of these small dams, and afterwards statistical analyzed. The results are shown in the contrast of the lack of an adequate planning on the use of dams and on the other side the provided benefits for the users.
Page 1. 134 Revista de Odontologia da Universidade Cidade de São Paulo 2008 maio-ago; 20(2):134-4... more Page 1. 134 Revista de Odontologia da Universidade Cidade de São Paulo 2008 maio-ago; 20(2):134-40 PREVALÊNCIA DOS RELACIONAMENTOS OCLUSAIS NA DENTADURA DECÍDUA, EM NIPO-BRASILEIROS PREVALENCE ...
Este trabalho descreve uma pesquisa sobre a técnica de estabilização de encostas com o uso de pne... more Este trabalho descreve uma pesquisa sobre a técnica de estabilização de encostas com o uso de pneus, realizada no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Um muro experimental com 60 m de comprimento e 4 m de altura foi construído com camadas horizontais de pneus preenchidos com solo compactado. Os pneus são amarrados entre si com corda de polipropileno ou arame de gabião. Uma sobrecarga de solo compactado com 2 m de altura foi colocada sobre o retroaterro de solo. O muro apresenta 4 seções instrumentadas, com características diferentes quanto a amarração, geometria e configuração dos pneus (cortados ou inteiros). O comportamento tensão-deformação das 4 seções do muro é retro-analisado, comparando-se os resultados da instrumentação de campo com os valores previstos numericamente. O uso de pneus cortados facilita a compactação e reduz a deformabilidade do muro. Ambos os métodos de amarração, com corda ou arame, mostraram-se adequados para evitar deslocamentos laterais excessivos do muro, embora a cor...
Illnesses from muscles and skeleton, constitute the cause of functional damage of elderly. Nevert... more Illnesses from muscles and skeleton, constitute the cause of functional damage of elderly. Nevertheless they are not inevitable consequences of age and they should be approached as specific illnesses rather then being regarded as result of aging. All aspects of health must be accounted for the measurement of the elderly health (Full Geriatric Assessment). Objective: To review the scientific publication dealing with the functional condition of elderly after subjected to orthopedic surgery. Material and Method: Bibliographic research on articles as per listing in the following databases www.bireme.br, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed, www.scopus.com and www.embase.com covering a period from 1996 to 2006. It has been adopted the terminology as per Science of Health (DeCs/Birene) and at Medical Subject Headings (MeSH/PubMed) that identified the key-words: elderly, daily activity, orthopedic surgery or orthopedic procedures, post-surgery and rehabilitation. The search was carried out on April...
Anais do III Simpósio Brasileiro de Qualidade de Software (SBQS 2004), 2004
Este trabalho relata a experiência do processo de certificação ISO 9001:2000 da fábrica de softwa... more Este trabalho relata a experiência do processo de certificação ISO 9001:2000 da fábrica de software, SoftExport. A implantação do Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade (SGQ) na fábrica passou a orientar os processos fundamentais de desenvolvimento de software, os processos organizacionais e os processos de apoio, estruturando todas as rotinas da empresa e ampliando a visão da mesma em relação a seus próprios produtos, processos, colaboradores e da relação com seus clientes. O processo de certificação foi conduzido através de um conjunto de atividades estruturadas a partir da ISO/IEC 12207, diferenciando-se da seqüência lógica de implantação dos itens da ISO 9001. Isto deu uma maior agilidade no processo de implantação do SGQ na fábrica de software.
Emotion is frequently conceived, in the speech science literature, in such a way as to organize t... more Emotion is frequently conceived, in the speech science literature, in such a way as to organize the relationship between specific emotions taken as psychological concepts and phonetic parameters such as voice quality, speech rate, and prominence, in the phonetic domain. The main goal of this paper is to propose a language-based analysis of the emotional content of the text in order to get a more abstract and culturally independent approach of emotion in speech. This work presents an experiment that relates speech rate and the temporality as a constitutive element of emotion. We are able to quantify the temporal content of emotion in the text by a semiotics analysis.
Bronchodilators accelerate the dynamics of muscle O 2 delivery and utilisation during exercise in... more Bronchodilators accelerate the dynamics of muscle O 2 delivery and utilisation during exercise in COPD
This study examined the psychometric properties of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) in a sa... more This study examined the psychometric properties of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) in a sample of adolescents from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Participants were 1.007 students (60.5% girls) aged between 12 and 18 years, coming from public schools. According to expectations, results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, using independent subsamples from the total sample, indicated the unidimensionality of the measure. Reliability in this sample, estimated by Cronbach’s alpha, was considered high (0.85). Similarly, all items showed adequate corrected item-total correlations. Results suggest that the Brazilian version of the GSES shows valid and reliable evidences to evaluate general self-efficacy in adolescents. RESUMO: Este estudo analisou as propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Autoeficácia Geral Percebida (EAGP) em adolescentes do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Participaram 1.007 estudantes (60,5% meninas) com idades entre 12 e 18 anos, de escolas públicas. Conforme...
The aim of this present study was to evaluate the genetic divergence among 18 common bean genotyp... more The aim of this present study was to evaluate the genetic divergence among 18 common bean genotypes from Carioca group, by multivariate techniques based on 52 RAPD markers, in which 36.53% were polymorphic. Measures of genetic distance were obtained by using Roger’s Distance and evaluated through Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA), which clustered the genotypes into four groups and was efficient in placing elite lines into one group and cultivars into other ones. Princesa, Iapar 81 and EL 49 cultivars were the most divergent in relation to the others. The most similar lines were CNFC 8007 and CNFC 8008. Genotypes showed considerable genetic divergence, which is partly associated to the origin of genetic material in study. The results showed that there was enough genetic variability to be explored in common bean breeding programs in order to obtain superior segregant from Carioca group.
Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes and caused by four viral serotypes (DENV 1-4)... more Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes and caused by four viral serotypes (DENV 1-4). This mosquito-borne disease is a major public health problem and a threat to more than 2.5 billion people, who live in endemic areas. Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of dengue in the Americas. The present study shows the susceptibility of a colony strain of A. aegypti to Dengue 2 virus (DENV-2). A. aegypti females from a laboratory colony were infected with DENV-2 using a membrane feeding technique. The engorged females were dissected on different days (3, 6, 9, 12 and 15). The midguts, ovaries, carcasses and heads were separated. The samples were fixed and immunolabeled with anti-DENV-2 antibody to be analyzed by laser confocal microscopy (LCM). Infected mosquitoes from the 15 th day had their heads and bodies dissected, separated and analyzed by RT-PCR with specific primers. Immunolabeling of the midguts and ovaries showed the presence of DENV-2 in the mosquitoes dissected from the third day until the last day of the experiment. The RT-PCR reactions of the heads and the bodies confirmed the mosquito infection with DENV-2. These results showed that the methodology used for the artificial infection with dengue virus was successful and demonstrated that our colonized A. aegypti mosquitoes were susceptible to artificial dengue infection. Future studies are in progress to better understand the process of invasion by dengue virus in Aedes mosquito.
ABSTRACT So far, academicians have not been able to empirically confirm that boardroom reforms wi... more ABSTRACT So far, academicians have not been able to empirically confirm that boardroom reforms will lead to more effective boards and ultimately positively affect corporate performance. As social actors we all have biased views, as do boardroom members, thus it is necessary to analyze directors' perceptions about their role in order to understand if they are aligned and acting accordingly. The research goal is then to understand what is, in fact, directors' role and contribution. Through a survey-based method board members from Portuguese listed firms were requested to rate the Chairman, the Board, the Senior Independent Director and the CEO performance, through their own perceptions. The survey draws three key conclusions: first, there are, generally, many inconsistencies around the board role boundaries between the chairman and the CEO and, particularly, around their strategic involvement. Second, tensions arise from the way this relationship evolves affecting both teams (the executive and non-executive directors) and third, there is an absence of a clear picture of the board's role regarding its strategic involvement. This study, whilst exploring and understanding directors and their interactions inside the boardroom in a non-Anglo-American context, contributes to opening the 'black-box' of board dynamics, thus 'dismantling the fortress' in boards studies.
OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência da internet nas atividades acadêmico-científicas da comunidade b... more OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência da internet nas atividades acadêmico-científicas da comunidade brasileira que atua na área de saúde pública. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo, centrado na opinião de 237 docentes vinculados aos programas de pós-graduação em saúde pública, nos níveis mestrado e doutorado, no Brasil, em 2001. Para a obtenção dos dados, optou-se por questionário auto-aplicado via web e correio postal. A análise estatística foi feita por meio de proporções, médias e desvios-padrão. RESULTADOS: O uso da internet foi apontado por 94,9%(225) da comunidade, sendo o correio eletrônico (92,0%) e a web (55,6%) os recursos mais utilizados, diariamente. A influência da internet na comunicação entre os docentes, principalmente para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas em colaboração, foi significativa (73,8 %). Declararam não utilizar a internet 5,1% dos docentes, cujas justificativas apresentadas foram a falta de motivação, falta de tempo e facilidade de conseguir de seus colegas o material ...
The aim of the study was to assess the variables associated with bruxism and its prevalence in sc... more The aim of the study was to assess the variables associated with bruxism and its prevalence in school children and adolescents. A group of 680 school children of both genders aged 4 -16 years old was randomly selected. Data were gathered by clinical exam and questionnaires filled out by guardians. Statistical analyses were performed by Chi-square test, Odds Ratio and SPSS package. Some factors like heredity, respiratory problems, headaches, difficulty with falling asleep, sleep talking and the schoolchild’s disquiet temperament were associated with bruxism occurrence. Bruxism prevalence was 43%. No gender differences were found. It could be concluded that bruxism seems to play a significant role in the schoolchildren’s quality of life, and thus deserves proper identification. However, additional studies should be conducted by multidisciplinary teams involving sleep medicine, dentistry and psychology, in order to best understand its etiology.
The semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil presents because of history, climate and politics an int... more The semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil presents because of history, climate and politics an intense system of small reservoirs which is developing rapidly. This study aims to validate the use of dams located in the basin of Sumé, located in the semi-arid region of the state of Paraíba, and also the benefits they bring to the users. Surveys were developed and applied by interviews with the users of these small dams, and afterwards statistical analyzed. The results are shown in the contrast of the lack of an adequate planning on the use of dams and on the other side the provided benefits for the users.
Page 1. 134 Revista de Odontologia da Universidade Cidade de São Paulo 2008 maio-ago; 20(2):134-4... more Page 1. 134 Revista de Odontologia da Universidade Cidade de São Paulo 2008 maio-ago; 20(2):134-40 PREVALÊNCIA DOS RELACIONAMENTOS OCLUSAIS NA DENTADURA DECÍDUA, EM NIPO-BRASILEIROS PREVALENCE ...
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