Objetivo: Comparar as imagens obtidas por meio da sinuscopia virtual com aquelas adquiridas por meio da tomografia computadorizada helicoidal, quando da interpretação dos comprometimentos sinusais, considerando as opiniões dos médicos otorrinolaringologistas e radiologistas odontológicos, com a finalidade de validação do método da sinuscopia virtual. Métodos: Foram utilizadas informações obtidas por meio da observação de imagens de 20 casos pertencentes ao arquivo docente, da Unidade de Imagens Dento-Maxilo-Facial da Clínica Felix Boada, em Caracas-Venezuela. Os referidos casos apresentaram imagens adquiridas por meio da tomografia computadorizada helicoidal e imagens obtidas por meio da sinuscopia virtual. As imagens foram analisadas por 2 grupos de observadores, 10 médicos otorrinolaringologistas e 10 radiologistas odontológicos, que responderam a um questionário previamente elaborado. Resultados: Os resultados foram avaliados pelos testes estatísticos de média aritmética, mediana, desvio padrão, análise de médias, percentuais globais, teste não–paramétrico de Kruskal-Wallis e teste não-paramétrico de Wilcoxon. Conclusões: Para os médicos otorrinolaringologistas e radiologistas odontológicos faz-se importante, a associação das imagens obtidas por meio da sinuscopia virtual com as imagens axiais obtidas por meio da tomografia computadorizada helicoidal na interpretação de um comprometimento sinusal. Os radiologistas odontológicos acharam que as imagens axiais obtidas por meio da tomografia computadorizada helicoidal já eram esclarecedoras, na avaliação dos casos, embora também recomendassem a sinuscopia virtual. Nos casos considerados fáceis, a aplicação da sinuscopia virtual foi evidente, porém nos casos difíceis não contribuiu. A sinuscopia virtual isoladamente não oferece condições para a conclusão do diagnóstico de uma afecção sinusal. / Purpose: To compare the images obtained by means of virtual sinuscopy with those formed by means of helical computerized tomography during the interpretation of sinusal compromise taking into consideration the opinions of otorhinolaryngologists and odontological radiologists aiming to validate the method of virtual sinuscopy. Methods: Information obtained through the observation of images of 20 cases belonging to the professorial file, of the Dental – Maxillo - Facial Unit of Images of Félix Boada Clinic in Caracas–Venezuela were used. The cases mentioned above showed images formed by means of the helical computerized tomography and images formed by means of the virtual sinuscopy. The images were analysed by 2 groups of observers, 10 otorhinolaryngologists and 10 odontological radiologists who answered a questionnaire previously prepared. Results: The results were appraised through statistical tests of arithmetic average, median, standard deviation, average analysis, global percentile, Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test and Wilcoxon non-parametric test. Conclusions: To the otorhinolaryngologists and odontological radiologists it is important, the association of the images obtained by means of the virtual sinuscopy with the axial images formed by means of helical computerized tomography in the interpretation of a sinusal compromise. The odontological radiologists thought the axial images formed by means of the helical computerized tomography were already elucidatory, for the evaluation of the cases although they also recommended the virtual sinuscopy. In the cases regarded as easy ones, the application of the virtual sinuscopy was evident, but in the difficult cases it didn’t contribute. The virtual sinuscopy used singly doesn’t offer conditions for a diagnostic conclusion of the sinusal affection.

Os estudos desenvolvidos nessa tese tiveram como objetivo principal o desenvolvimento de materiais que pudessem ser aplicados tanto para o reconhecimento de moléculas quirais quanto para catálise. A estrutura sugerida baseou-se em nanopartículas de ouro funcionalizadas com polímeros helicoidais ligados à superfície do metal através de um átomo de telúrio. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em quatro etapas, consistindo a primeira dos estudos de funcionalização de nanopartículas de ouro com os organoditeluretos, onde foi observado que a presença de diferentes grupos funcionais não interfere no processo. A segunda etapa foi a investigação da tolerância do catalisador de ródio, necessário para a polimerização, à presença do átomo de telúrio. Os resultados mostraram que a atividade do catalisador é inibida na presença do ditelureto, contudo, o mesmo não ocorre quando o composto está ligado à superfície da nanopartícula. A terceira e quarta etapas foram o desenvolvimento de polímeros helicoidais baseados em estruturas poli(fenilacetilênica)s, sendo uma delas desenvolvida no laboratório do Prof. Alcindo Dos Santos (terceira etapa - Brasil) e a outra no laboratório do Prof. Eiji Yashima (quarta etapa - Japão). Nos estudos da terceira etapa foi dado foco a preparação de um polímero que pudesse ser aplicado tanto para o reconhecimento de moléculas quirais quanto para catálise assimétrica, contudo, o material obtido foi bastante insolúvel na maioria dos solventes orgânicos e são necessárias modificações na estrutura do monômero para aumentar a solubilidade do respectivo polímero. Na última etapa foi investigada a influência da estrutura helicoidal em reações assimétricas, sendo preparados copolímeros constituídos por uma unidade quiral sem atividade catalítica e uma unidade aquiral com atividade catalítica. Os resultados mostraram que a unidade aquiral é capaz de promover transformações assimétricas quando presente em uma estrutura helicoidal com um sentido preferencial da hélice Com o trabalho desenvolvido determinou-se que é possível a preparação dos materiais desejados através do crescimento do polímero na superfície da nanopartícula. Preparou-se com sucesso o monômero que deverá ficar ancorado no metal, restando sintetizar um monômero de estrutura adequada para realizar o reconhecimento de moléculas e catálise, como desejado / The studies done in this PhD thesis aimed the preparation of a material that could be used in the recognition of chiral molecules and as catalysts. Its structure was based on gold nanoparticles that was functionalized with helical polymers containing a tellurium atom as an attach point. The presentation of the results was divided in four parts and the first one was the studies about the functionalization of gold nanoparticles with organoditellurides as a model material. It was observed that the presence of various functional groups in organic tellurides does not interfere into the process. The second part was the investigation of the tolerance of the rhodium catalyst, necessary for the polymerization, to the presence of the tellurium atom. The results showed that the activity of the catalyst was inhibited in the presence of a ditelluride, however, the polymerization occured when it was linked in the nanoparticle. The third and fourth parts consisted in the synthesis of the helical polymer based on oly(phenylacetilene)s structure, which one of them was prepared in professor Dos Santos\'s laboratory (third step - Brazil) and the other part in the professor Yashima\'s laboratory (fourth step - Japan). The studies of the third step was the preparation of polymers that could be applied for the recognition of chiral molecules and assymetric catalysis, however, the obtained material was too insoluble in many organic solvents and it is necessary to modify the structure of the monomer to increase the solubility of the respective polymer. In the last step was investigated the influence of the helicity in assymetric reactions. It was prepared copolymers constituted by a chiral unit without any catalytic activity and an achiral unit containing the catalytic functional group. The results showed that the achiral unit was capable to promote assymetric transformation when embebed in a preferred-handed helical structure. In this work was determined that is possible to prepare the suggested materials raising the polymer in the nanoparticle surface. The monomer that will be anchored in the metal was successfully prepared, remaining synthetize the monomer with an appropriate structure to perform the recognition of molecules and for catalysis

Neste trabalho, consideramos os efeitos de um campo magnético ressonante externo sobre o plasma confinado em um tokamak. Este campo magnético pode ser produzido quer por condutores helicoidais ou por um limitador magnético caótico. O principal propósito desse campo magnético ressonante é criar uma região de linhas de força caóticas na borda da coluna de plasma que pode melhorar o confinamento do plasma. O campo magnético de equilíbrio foi obtido resolvendo-se a equação de GRAD-SHAFRANOV em um sistema de coordenadas intrinsecamente toroidal (as coordenadas polares toroidais). Obtivemos o campo magnético, gerado pelos condutores helicoidais, através da solução explícita da equação de LAPLACE no mesmo sistema de coordenadas. A partir desse campo magnético, tomando o termo de mais baixa ordem, obtivemos analiticamente um mapa estroboscópico simplético para um conjunto de anéis limitadores magnéticos caóticos. Calculamos esse mapa estroboscópico simplético usando uma formulação hamiltoniana e adotando a. ação dos limitadores magnéticos caóticos como uma sequência de pulsos do tipo função delta. Com esse mapa estroboscópico simplético, caracterizamos algumas ilhas magnéticas ressonantes e a transição para um regime de caos global através da superposição das mesmas. Usamos esse mapa estroboscópico simplético para estudar o transporte das linhas de força na borda da coluna de plasma. A perda de linhas de força caóticas, que atingem a parede interna do tokamak, segue uma distribuição de POISSON. Calculamos, ainda, o número médio de voltas, ao redor da câmara de vácuo, necessárias para que uma linha de força caótica atinja a parede da câmara. / In this work, we have considered the effects of an external resonant magnetic field on the plasma confined in a tokamak. This resonant field can be produced by helical windings or by a chaotic magnetic limiter. The main purpose of this resonant magnetic field is to create a region of chaotic field lines at the edge of the plasma that can improve the confinement of the plasma. The equilibrium tokamak field was obtained by solving the GRAD-SHAFRANOV equation in an intrinsically toroidal coordinate system (the toroidal polar coordinates). We have obtained the magnetic field which has been generated by helical windings through an explicit solution of the LAPCACE equation in the same coordinate system. From this magnetic field, taken in its lowest order, we have analytically obtained a sympletic stroboscopic map for a set of chaotic magnetic limiters. We have calculated this sympletic stroboscopic map by using a Hamiltonian formulation and by supposing the action of the chaotic magnetic limiters as a sequence of delta-function pulses. With this sympletic stroboscopic map we have characterized some resonant magnetic islands and the onset of global chaos through their overlap. We have used this sympletic stroboscopic map in order to study the transport of the field lines at the edge of the plasma. The loss of chaotic field lines that reach the inner wall of the tokamak follows a POISSON distribution. We have also calculated the average number of toroidal turns for a chaotic field line to reach the inner wall of the tokamak.

Propõe-se analisar teoricamente a instabilidade disruptora que ocorre em plasmas confinados em Tokamaks, investigando-se a influencia de campos helicoidais ressonantes em seu equilíbrio. Para isso, considerou-se a superposição do campo magnético do plasma em equilíbrio MHD estático com o campo associado às ressonâncias, levando-se em conta a geometria toroidal do Tokamak. Devido a falta de simetria, as linhas do campo magnético total resultante desta superposição devem formar superfícies magnéticas apenas em algumas regiões do plasma. Usando o método da media, foram obtidas (analiticamente) funções de superfícies aproximadas que contem, em torno das regiões de ressonância do plasma, as linhas deste campo magnético total. Verificou-se que estas superfícies aproximadas têm estruturas de ilhas magnéticas. / It is proposed to analyse theoretically the disruptive instability that occurs in confined plasmas in Tokamaks, through investigation of the influence of resonant helical fields on their equilibrium. With this aim, a superposition of the magnetic field of the plasma in static MHD equilibrium with the field associated with the resonances is considered, taking into account the toroidal geometry of the tokamak. Due to the lack of symmetry, the lines of the total magnetic field resulting from this superposition must form magnetic surfaces only around some regions of the plasma. Using the averaging method, functions of approximate magnetic surfaces are obtained (analitically) around the regions of resonances of the plasma (they contain the lines of this total magnetic field). It was verified that these approximate surfaces have structures of magnetic islands.

Neste trabalho e avaliado o comportamento de estacas helicoidais instaladas em solo residual tropical, submetidas a esforços de tração. Para este fim, foram ensaiadas estacas helicoidais em dois campos experimentais distintos, um em Itirapina (SP), e outro em Betim (MG). No primeiro terreno, as hélices das estacas ficaram instaladas em solo residual não saturado, e no segundo terreno em solo residual saturado. Neste tipo de fundação, o efeito da instalação da estaca no solo acima das hélices e um dos fatores que afetam significantemente a capacidade de carga a tração da estaca. Portanto, considerando-se a modificação que ocorre na estrutura de solos residuais tropicais após serem penetrados pelas hélices da estaca durante a sua instalação no terreno, a presente pesquisa foi desenvolvida com o intuito de compreender o efeito desta desestruturação do solo no comportamento da estaca a tração. Para esta avaliação, foi realizado um programa experimental com provas de carga em estacas helicoidais (instrumentadas e não-instrumentadas) e ensaios de laboratório em amostras indeformadas do solo coletado ao redor de uma estaca instalada no terreno de Itirapina. Os resultados mostram o efeito significante da instalação na capacidade de carga a tração deste tipo de estaca, principalmente no caso de solo poroso e não saturado. Alem disso, por meio dos ensaios em estacas instrumentadas, foi verificado que este efeito e mais acentuado no solo acima das hélices superiores, que foi penetrado mais vezes durante a instalação. / In this work, it was evaluated the behavior of helical piles installed in tropical residual soil under tensile loads. For this purpose, helical piles of different configuration were tested in two different experimental sites, one in Itirapina (SP), and another in Betim (MG). In Itirapina, the pile helices were installed in unsaturated residual soil, and in Betim in saturated residual soil. For this type of foundation, the effect of pile installation on the soil above the helices is one of the factors that significantly affect the pile uplift capacity. Therefore, considering the changes that occur in the structure of tropical residual soils after being penetrated by the helices during pile installation, this research was conducted in order to understand the effect of this soil alteration on the uplift behavior of helical piles installed in this type of soil. For this evaluation, pile load tests were carried out on instrumented and non-instrumented helical piles. Also, laboratory tests were performed on undisturbed soil samples collected around a pile installed in the site of Itirapina. The results show the significant effect of pile installation on the uplift capacity of the tested helical piles, especially in the case of porous and unsaturated soil. In addition, through the tests on the instrumented piles, it has been found that this effect is more pronounced in the soil above the upper helices, which were penetrated more times during pile installation.

Thesis problem: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) can provide images with identical information and considerable dose reduction compared with reasonably low costs compared to multislice computed tomography (MSCT) especially where multiple follow up imaging studies are needed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of CBCT, using i-CAT®'s software, for detection of the anatomical landmarks of the external, middle and inner ear to answer this question whether MSCT Can be replaced by dental CBCT for evaluation of the temporal bone. Material and methods: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of 63 subjects made with the same machine, with unknown clinical histories and no evidence of pathosis on CBCT images, were evaluated by two oral and maxillofacial radiologists retrospectively. Seven anatomical points (scutum, oval window, incudomalleolar joint, the tympanic/horizontal and mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve, anterior and posterior crura of stapes) of the right and left temporal bone (total of 120 temporal bones) were evaluated. The results were provided as percentage of the points identified by each radiologist. The intra and inter observer agreement were calculated using kappa statistic. Results: The scutum, the tympanic/horizontal segment of the facial nerve canal and the oval window of the right and left temporal bone of 63 cases (total 126 temporal bones) were visualized by the first observer as well-defined structures in 100%, 96.03% and 100% of the cases, respectively. The tympanic/horizontal segment of the facial nerve canal was visualized as a poorly-defined structure in 2.38 % and could not be identified in 1.59% of the cases. The anterior and posterior crura of stapes, the mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve canal and the incudomalleolar joint were visualized as well-defined structures in 24.60%, 53.17%, 99.21% and 57.94% of the cases, as poorly defined structures in 32.54%, 41.27%, 0.79% and 39.68% of the cases respectively. The anterior and posterior crura of stapes, the mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve canal and the incudomalleolar joint could not be identified in 42.86%, 5.56%, 0% and 2.38% of the cases respectively. The intra- and inter-observer agreement ranged from strong for tympanic/horizontal and mastoid/vertical segments of the facial nerve canal to poor for the anterior and posterior crura of stapes and also the incudomalleolar joint. Conclusion: The i-CAT CBCT machine is a promising replacement for MSCT in evaluation of the temporal bone where there is no need for evaluation of the anterior and posterior crura of stapes and the incudomalleolar joint which are the smallest anatomical structures in the temporal bone. Other CBCT machines with higher contrast to noise ratio should be evaluated for detection of those anatomical structures since CBCT can reduce the patient dose substantially where multiple follow up CT studied are needed. Key words: Computed tomography; cone beam CT; multislice helical CT; middle ear; inner ear; temporal bone.

<div>Due to reduced pain, shortened hospital stay and recovery, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is becoming more and more popular in healthcare systems. MIS requires some devices for the motion and force transformation from outside to the inside of the body of a patient, and the strangled cables play a significant role in developing the instrumentations to serve for such purposes. However, current design and selection of a strangled cable is mostly intuitive that depend greatly on designers’ experiences and availability of experimental data, which leads to non-optimized designs and longer design cycles. In this thesis, both of analytical modelling and numerical simulation are proposed to build the relation of applied torque and deflection of part, so that a strangled cable with a given configuration can be characterized in term of its load-deflection relation. The defined relation has its great significance and application potential in the design optimization and precise controls of medical devices for MISs.Besides the various patterns of strangled cables, a Helical hollow strand (HHS®) tube is a special type of strangled cables with single- or multiple- layer configurations., In each layer, each of the helical wires touches its two neighboring helical wires, and it has a coreless hollow at the center. Its primary application is to carry a torsional load in a twisting mode. As an extreme, there is a possibility that all helical wires touch each other, and this forms a statically indeterminate contact obstacle in design analysis. Numerical simulation would predict that contacts occur simultaneously at all possible contacting points under the circumference that the strand is fixed at one end against rotation. In addition, the friction at contacts will affect the torsional deformation; therefore, these contacts must be taken into consideration in the development of analytical and numerical simulation models.This thesis reports the results of the investigation on the characteristics of Helical hollow strand tube (HHS®), more specifically, the relation of torsional deflection and the applied torque over a tube in the clockwise (CW) direction. The numerical simulation approach to predict the torsional deflection of HHS with various design parameters and configurations is emphasized. </div><div><br></div>

For dimensions of crankshaft drive Zetor engine, which is solve by a helical gear drive will be created a dynamic model in MBS (multi body system) and perform analyses. The same way will be created a dynamic model for a spur gear system. In conclusion will be confrontation both of these drive solutions.

The first project in this dissertation describes the total synthesis of yaku’amide A analogues. Natural product yaku’amide A possesses potent anticancer activity and exhibits a novel mode of action. However, due to its complex asymmetrical isoleucine dehydroamino acids, the synthesis of this polypeptide poses a unique challenge. Despite the efficient synthesis developed in our lab, the total synthesis of this natural product remains lengthy. In order to simplify the overall synthesis, symmetrical dehydroamino acids were incorporated to replace the dehydroisoleucine residues yielding two analogues of yaku’amide A that closely resembles the conformation of the natural product. Biological testing of the simplified analogues disclosed similar potency to that of yaku’amide A. The second part of this dissertation focuses on the influence that dehydroamino acids have on secondary structures. Peptides have an important role in medicine despite their limitations due to poor bioavailability and stability. Therapeutic use of peptides can be enhanced by designing new strategies to improve the proteolytic stability of these compounds. Attempts to increase peptide stability using trisubstituted and tetrasubstituted dehydroamino acids (ΔAAs) have been reported. Similarly, modified ΔAAs should also help tune the electronic and steric properties of peptides, while improving proteolytic stability. However, studies of peptides containing modified ΔAAs and are scarce. This project describes the synthesis and studies of incipient 310 helical tetrapeptides containing dehydroamino acids. Bulky and cyclic ΔAAs were demonstrated to alter the conformation of these tetrapeptides and impart greater stability against proteolysis and thiol additions. We believe these results can be a powerful tool to design peptide drug candidates with high proteolytic resistance and stability. tetrasubstituted dehydroamino acids (ΔAAs) have been reported. Similarly, modified ΔAAs should also help tune the electronic and steric properties of peptides, while improving proteolytic stability. However, studies of peptides containing modified ΔAAs and are scarce. This project describes the synthesis and studies of incipient 310 helical tetrapeptides containing dehydroamino acids. Bulky and cyclic ΔAAs were demonstrated to alter the conformation of these tetrapeptides and impart greater stability against proteolysis and thiol additions. We believe these results can be a powerful tool to design peptide drug candidates with high proteolytic resistance and stability.

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