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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Cone Penetration Test - a comparative study of the equipment and the performance / CPTu-sondering - en jämförande studie med fokus på utrustning och handhavande

Gustafson, Ellen, Strömgren, Emelie January 2015 (has links)
Inom geotekniken behövs ofta jordlagerföljden och jordens egenskaper bedömmas. För att göra detta används ofta sonderingsmetoden Cone Penetration Test (CPT), som används främst till att ge en preliminär bedömning av jordlagerföljden och en uppskattning av geotekniska egenskaper. CPT-sondering är en avancerad metod som ställer högre krav på både fältgeotekniker och handläggande geotekniker jämfört med andra metoder och är en metod där många faktorer påverkar resultatet. Detta examensarbete undersöker vilka faktorer som påverkar CPT-sondering med fokus på utrustning och handhavandet hos teknikkonsultföretaget WSP i Östergötland. Syftet med arbetet är att jämföra och utvärdera metod och resultat hos WSP för att se om det finns några skillnader i handhavandet och mellan de tre olika sonderna som är använda i studien. I studien utfördes 12 stycken CPT-sonderingar i samma område och dessa utfördes av samma fältgeotekniker, där häften av sonderingarna var utförda med förborrning och vattenfyllt sonderingshål och den andra hälften utförda med endast förborrning. Dessutom utfördes en skruvprovtagning i området. När sonderingarna var gjorda utvärderades resultaten i programvaran Conrad. Sonderingarna utfördes i ett område mellan Vånga och Göten, väster om Norrköping och området består främst av silt med lager av sand. Resultatet av studien visar att sond A har de jämnaste resultaten och orsaken till detta är troligtvis att denna sond är den som senast har kalibrerats. Efter sondering 2-C upptäcktes en skada på friktionshylsan för sond C, friktionshylsan byttes ut och trots detta ser resultatet för denna sond bra ut. Den första sonderingen gjord efter byte av friktionshylsan avviker dock i resultatet jämfört med de andra sonderingarna gjorda med sond C. Resultatet från sond B visar att denna sond uppnår lägre värde jämfört med de andra sonderna. En orsak till detta anses vara att denna sond är den sond som är kalibrerad med det tidigaste datumet. Slutsatsen i studien är att de faktorer som påverkar resultatet mest är kalibrering, att sonden är vätskemättad och att kontroller har utförts av sonden innan och efter sonderingen.
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Study of antineutrino oscillations using accelerator and atmospheric data in MINOS

Cao, Son Van 17 July 2014 (has links)
The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) is a long baseline experiment that was built for studying the neutrino oscillation phenomena. The MINOS experiment uses high intensity muon neutrino and antineutrino beams created by Neutrinos at the Main Injector facility (NuMI) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). Neutrino interactions are recorded by two sampling steel-scintillator tracking calorimeters: 0.98 kton Near Detector at Fermilab, IL and 5.4 kton Far Detector at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, MN. These two detectors are functionally identical, which helps to reduce the systematic uncertainties in the muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance measurements. The Near Detector, located 1.04 km from the neutrino production target, is used to measure the initial beam composition and neutrino energy proximal to the neutrino source. The collected data at the Near Detector is then used to predict energy spectrum in the Far Detector. By comparing this prediction to collected data at the Far Detector, which is 735 km away from the target, it enables a measurement of a set of parameters that govern the neutrino oscillation phenomenon. The flexibility of the NuMI beam configuration and the magnetization of the MINOS detectors facilitate the identification of v[subscript mu] and v̄[subscript mu] charged-current interactions on an event-by-event basis. This enables one to measure neutrino and antineutrino oscillation parameters independently and therefore allows us to test the CPT symmetry in the lepton sector. To enhance the sensitivity of the oscillation parameters measurement, a number of techniques have been implemented. Event classification, shower energy estimation and energy resolution bin fitting, which are described in this dissertation, are three of these techniques. Moreover, the most stringent constraints on oscillation parameters can be achieved by combining multiple data sets. This dissertation reports the measurement of antineutrino oscillation parameters using the complete MINOS accelerator and atmospheric data set of charged-current v̄[subscript mu] events. / text
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On the steady-state flow of an elastic-plastic material past cones and wedges

Taskinen, Timo I. January 1999 (has links)
No description available.
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Uso do Penetrômetro Dinâmico Leve (pdl) para Obtenção de Parâmetros Geotécnicos Por Meio de Correlações Com Ensaios de Campo e Laboratório

SARNAGLIA, M. C. 23 June 2017 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T23:58:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_11421_Max Correia.pdf: 502543 bytes, checksum: 6da80bebbea69ca2c85187d546caf14e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-23 / Criado com intuito de ser um equipamento simples e versátil, devido à velocidade de execução e à possibilidade de ser facilmente transportado, o Penetrômetro Dinâmico Leve (PDL) é um ensaio geotécnico de campo utilizado no exterior há vários anos e que vem timidamente ganhando espaço no cenário nacional brasileiro. No entanto, apesar de alguns trabalhos publicados, esse método de investigação carece de mais pesquisas, principalmente correlacionando-o a ensaios clássicos, em que se pretenda, além de consolidar seus conceitos, buscar maior confiabilidade na sua utilização. Assim, neste trabalho, com a contribuição de algumas empresas da Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória, no Espírito Santo, foram realizados ensaios de laboratório e de campo com objetivo de confrontar o PDL com outros ensaios. Em laboratório, com amostras de solos moldadas em cilindros metálicos, foram realizados os ensaios PDL, Cone Penetration Test Adaptado (CPTAD), Califórnia Bearing Ratio (CBR) e cisalhamento direto em dois materiais com caraterísticas distintas, para que a resistência de ponta do ensaio PDL pudesse ser confrontada e correlacionada com a resistência de ponta do CPTAD, Índice de suporte Califórnia e ângulo de atrito. As análises desses resultados consideraram diferentes condições de umidade e densidade dos solos. Para o levantamento em campo, realizaram-se campanhas de ensaios em áreas experimentais com características de solo selecionadas, onde foram executados os ensaios PDL e Standard Penetration Test (SPT), com locação dos furos devidamente aproximados. Os resultados foram correlacionados por meio de equações obtidas de regressões estatísticas. Em laboratório, a resistência de ponta do PDL apresentou resultados similares ao ensaio CPTAD e uma correlação muito boa com o CBR. Quanto ao cisalhamento direto, a pesquisa limitou-se pelo pequeno número de amostras, porém, apresentou compatibilidade razoável entre o PDL e o ângulo de atrito. Já os resultados de campo do PDL e SPT apresentaram boa concordância em alguns casos e nem tão boa em outros. Palavras-chave: Ensaios penetrométricos, Penetrômetro, PDL, CPT, SPT, CBR.
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Neurocognitive deficits in adult ADHD : preclinical and clinical studies

Tomlinson, Anneka January 2014 (has links)
In this thesis the neurocognitive deficits in adult ADHD and the effects of ADHD medication have been investigated in animals and in humans. Firstly, by utilising a translational behavioural paradigm we have characterised of a novel animal model of the core symptoms of adult ADHD. In the first study, the 5-choice continuous performance task (5C-CPT) was used to examine different forms of attention and impulsivity in female Lister-hooded adult rats. Subsequently rats were separated into subgroups according to their baseline levels of attention and impulsivity in the 5C-CPT. The low-attentive; LA subgroup and the high-attentive; HA subgroup were selected based on levels of sustained attention and vigilance. The second subgroups include animals with varying levels of motor impulsivity and response inhibition (high-impulsive; HI and low-impulsive; LI subgroups). This allowed for examination of the effects of ADHD medication (methylphenidate and atomoxetine) on attention and impulsivity in the subgroups of animals modeling the inattentive subtype (ADHD-I), and the impulsive symptoms in the combined (ADHD-C) and impulsive-hyperactive (ADHD-IH) subtypes. Both drugs significantly improved sustained attention and vigilance in LA animals only. In HI animals methylphenidate decreased motor impulsivity, however in LI also increased motor impulsivity. Atomoxetine decreased motor impulsivity and response disinhibition in HI animals only. The second animal study extended this by selecting a group of animals with combined deficits in both attention and impulsivity (ADHD-C group). This separation (ADHD-C) allowed for the investigation of potential novel therapeutic targets, revealing the cognitive effects of tolcapone and A-412997. Tolcapone increased vigilance and sustained attention and reduced response disinhibition in ADHD-C animals only, while A-412997 increased vigilance and reduced response disinhibition also in ADHD-C animals only. The first clinical study evaluated the core neurocognitive deficits, including emotion recognition abilities in medicated and unmedicated adult ADHD patients, compared with a group of healthy controls. The back-translational cognitive tasks used for the evaluation were taken from the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB). Unmedicated adults with ADHD showed core deficits in sustained attention, attentional set-shifting, response inhibition and spatial working memory. Medicated patients showed no impairments compared with controls; highlighting the importance of ADHD medication for improving these cognitive deficits in ADHD. In the second study, the emotion recognition ability of each group was assessed and compared to each other. The second study also examined if the emotion recognition impairments were as a result of a general cognitive dysfunction or are a specific impairment in social perception. The unmedicated ADHD patients showed deficits in the correct recognition of the negative emotions including; fear, anger, sadness and disgust compared with controls. The group of patients followed-up after starting treatment with methylphenidate showed significant improvements in the recognition of all four negative emotions. This improvement was improved to a level comparable to healthy controls. Interestingly, in the unmedicated ADHD group, anger recognition proved to be a specific deficit in social perception whereas sadness, disgust and fear were influenced by deficits in attention and working memory. Following treatment with methylphenidate, improvements in attention accounted for the improvements in sadness, fear and disgust recognition but not anger recognition. In conclusion the animal studies have shown that animals from within a normal population could be selected according to variations in levels of attention and impulsivity. The ADHD drugs had different effects on attention and impulsivity depending on the natural baseline levels of behaviour of the adult rats. These findings highlight the need for a patient stratification approach in adult ADHD; as different responses are dependent of differences in symptom expression. They also show some potential new therapeutic targets in the animal model, which warrant further exploration. The clinical studies highlight the range of neurocognitive deficits, including emotion recognition deficits in adult ADHD. Together these results highlight the importance of pharmacotherapy in ADHD, not only to treat the core symptoms of ADHD (inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity) but also to improve the disabling emotion recognition deficits of this disorder.
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Analysis of Applied Modifications to a Cone Penetration Test-based Lateral Spread Displacement Prediction Model

Corob, Alexander Edward 16 December 2019 (has links)
This study set out to examine the effectiveness and reliability of six modifications to the Zhang et al. (2004) CPT-based lateral spread model. A regression analysis, distribution charts, and a discriminant analysis are performed to determine how effective the modifications are on the model. From the comparisons and statistical analysis performed in this study, application of these modifications reduces over-predictions from strain-based prediction methods. Unfortunately, the tendency to under-predict displacements on average is also increased.
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A Genome-Wide Quantitative Trait Loci Scan of Neurocognitive Performances in Families With Schizophrenia

Lien, Y. J., Liu, C. M., Faraone, S. V., Tsuang, M. T., Hwu, H. G., Hsiao, P. C., Chen, W. J. 01 October 2010 (has links)
Patients with schizophrenia frequently display neurocognitive dysfunction, and genetic studies suggest it to be an endophenotype for schizophrenia. Genetic studies of such traits may thus help elucidate the biological pathways underlying genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia. This study aimed to identify loci influencing neurocognitive performance in schizophrenia. The sample comprised of 1207 affected individuals and 1035 unaffected individuals of Han Chinese ethnicity from 557 sib-pair families co-affected with DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition) schizophrenia. Subjects completed a face-to-face semi-structured interview, the continuous performance test (CPT) and the Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST), and were genotyped with 386 microsatellite markers across the genome. A series of autosomal genome-wide multipoint nonparametric quantitative trait loci (QTL) linkage analysis were performed in affected individuals only. Determination of genome-wide empirical significance was performed using 1000 simulated genome scans. One linkage peak attaining genome-wide significance was identified: 12q24.32 for undegraded CPT hit rate [nonparametric linkage z (NPL-Z) scores = 3.32, genome-wide empirical P = 0.03]. This result was higher than the peak linkage signal obtained in the previous genome-wide scan using a dichotomous diagnosis of schizophrenia. The identification of 12q24.32 as a QTL has not been consistently implicated in previous linkage studies on schizophrenia, which suggests that the analysis of endophenotypes provides additional information from what is seen in analyses that rely on diagnoses. This region with linkage to a particular neurocognitive feature may inform functional hypotheses for further genetic studies for schizophrenia.
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Estudo morfofuncional e dos mediadores inflamatÃrios envolvidos na patogÃnese da mucosite intestinal induzida por irinotecano (CPT-11) em camundongos: papel da caspase-1, interleucina-18 e Ãxido nitrÃco / Morphofunctional study and the inflammatory mediators involved on the pathogenesis of irinotecan (CPT-11)-induced intestinal mucositis in mice: role of caspase-1, interleukin-18 and nitric oxide.

Roberto CÃsar Pereira Lima JÃnior 11 July 2008 (has links)
CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / IntroduÃÃo: A Mucosite Intestinal (MI) e a diarrÃia severas sÃo efeitos colaterais freqÃentes (15-25%) e limitantes da quimioterapia do cÃncer de cÃlon com Irinotecano (CPT-11). Atà o presente momento, pouco se conhece sobre a fisiopatologia da MI. Objetivo: Estudar os mecanismos e mediadores envolvidos na mucosite intestinal induzida por CPT-11, verificando a participaÃÃo da protease caspase-1, das citocinas interleucina-1 (IL-1), interleucina-18 (IL-18) e interleucina-33 (IL-33), do Ãxido nÃtrico, de mediadores 5-lipoxigenase e do PAF, assim como a seqÃÃncia de interaÃÃo entre esses mediadores sob aspectos da resposta inflamatÃria e morfofuncionais. MÃtodos: Camundongos Swiss, C57BL/6 (BL), BALB/c (BC) ou knockout para Caspase-1 (Casp-/-), IL-18 (IL-18-/-), Ãxido nÃtrico sintase induzida (iNOS-/-), 5-Lipoxigenase (5-LOX-/-), receptor para PAF (PAFr-/-) machos, 22 g, foram divididos em grupos (n=4-5) e tratados por 4 dias com salina (5 mL/kg, i.p) ou CPT-11 (60 mg/kg, i.p) ou foram prÃ-tratados com IL-18bp (proteÃna ligante de IL18, 200 Âg/animal/4 dias, i.p.), aminoguanidina (AG, 50 mg/kg, s.c, 2x/dia/4 dias), IL-33 (1 Âg/animal/4 dias, i.v, 1h antes do CPT-11) ou loperamida ([4x3 mg/kg e 4x30 mg/kg]/animal, s.c.) em associaÃÃo com CPT-11. No 5 dia, avaliou-se a diarrÃia por escores, o leucograma e, apÃs sacrifÃcio, coletou-se o duodeno para dosagem da atividade de mieloperoxidase (MPO, neutrÃfilos/mg tecido) e de Ãxido nÃtrico sintase induzida (iNOS pM citrulina/h/mg proteÃna), morfometria (razÃo vilo/cripta) e contratilidade in vitro à Acetilcolina (%contraÃÃo em relaÃÃo ao KCl60 mM). Para anÃlise estatÃstica utilizou-se ANOVA/Newman-Keuls ou Kruskal Wallis/Dunn. P<0,05 foi aceito. Resultados: Camundongos BL apresentaram um padrÃo de mucosite intestinal similar ao observado no camundongo Swiss sob aspectos morfofuncionais. O CPT-11 induziu leucopenia em todos os animais independentemente do tratamento aplicado. Adicionalmente, o CPT-11 induziu em animais BL e BC, nÃo tratados, aumento de MPO intestinal, reduÃÃo da relaÃÃo vilo/cripta, amento da contratilidade in vitro e dos eventos de diarrÃia comparados com animais injetados somente com salina (p<0,05). A despeito da administraÃÃo de CPT-11, animais Caspase-1-/-, IL-18-/- ou BC tratados com IL-18bp apresentaram atividade de MPO e de iNOS reduzidas, bem como aumento na relaÃÃo vilo/cripta, menor contratilidade duodenal in vitro e eventos de diarrÃia atenuados em comparaÃÃo aos respectivos controles tratados com salina (p>0,05). Dados idÃnticos tambÃm foram observados em camundongos injetados com IL-33 e que receberam CPT-11. A reduÃÃo na atividade de iNOS naqueles animais motivou o estudo do efeito do CPT-11 em animais iNOS-/- ou tratados com aminoguanidina. Observaram-se menores nÃveis de citocinas IL-1beta e KC, bem como uma atividade de MPO reduzida no duodeno desses animais. AlÃm disso, verificou-se preservaÃÃo da relaÃÃo vilo/cripta e da espessura da camada muscular, menor contratilidade duodenal in vitro e eventos de diarrÃia atenuados similar ao observado nos respectivos controles que receberam apenas salina (p>0,05). PorÃm, a administraÃÃo de CPT-11 a animais PAFr-/- foi capaz de induzir alteraÃÃes morfofuncionais e o aumento da atividade de MPO intestinal. Em camundongos 5-LOX /- ou tratados com loperamida (controle positivo), ambos os grupos injetados com CPT-11, observaram-se aumento da atividade de MPO e alteraÃÃes morfomÃtricas. Contudo, sobre aspectos funcionais de contratilidade in vitro, visualizou-se proteÃÃo. ConclusÃes: Esses resultados sugerem que a via caspase-1-IL-18 Ãxido nÃtrico contribui para o desenvolvimento da resposta inflamatÃria e alteraÃÃes morfofuncionais na mucosite intestinal induzida por CPT-11. A IL-33 parece ser um fator protetor compensatÃrio nessa cascata inflamatÃria. A 5-LOX e o PAFr parecem ter papel secundÃrio na patogÃnese da mucosite intestinal por CPT-11. / Introduction: Severe Intestinal Mucositis (IM) and diarrhea are frequent and dose-limiting side-effects of colon cancer chemotherapy with irinotecan (CPT-11). At present, much of IM pathophysiology remains unknown. Aims: To study the mechanisms and inflammatory mediators involved in CPT-11-induced intestinal mucositis, verifying the role of the protease caspase-1, cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-18 (IL-18) and interleukin-33 (IL-33), nitric oxide, 5-lipoxygenase and PAF as well as the sequence of activation of these mediators in the inflammatory response and morphofunctional contexts. Methods: Swiss, C57BL/6 (BL), BALB/c (BC) male mice or caspases-1(Casp-1-/-), IL-18 (IL-18-/-), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS-/-), 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX-/-), PAF receptor (PAFr-/-) knockout mice, 22g, were divided into groups (n=4-5) and treated for 4 days with saline (5 mL/kg, i.p.) or CPT-11 (60 mg/kg, i.p.) or were given IL-18bp (IL-18 binding protein, 200 Âg/animal/4 days, i.p.), aminoguanidine (AG, 50 mg/kg, s.c, 2x/day/4 days), IL-33 (1 Âg/animal/4 days, i.v, 1h previously CPT-11) or loperamide ([4x3 mg/kg and 4x30 mg/kg]/animal, s.c.) co-administered with CPT-11. On day 5, diarrhea and leukocyte counts were assessed, and following sacrifice duodenal portions of the animal were collected to assess myeloperoxidase (MPO, neutrophils/mg tissue) and nitric oxide synthase (iNOS pM citruline /h/mg protein) activity, morphometric analysis, and in vitro contractility (%contraction in relation to KCl 60 mM). ANOVA/Newman Keuls or Kruskal Wallis/Dunn were used as statistical tests. P<0.05 was accepted. Results: IM was morphofunctionally similar in both BL and Swiss. CPT-11 induced leukopenia in all animal lineages despite the treatment given. Additionally, CPT-11 induced MPO, increased in vitro contractility and diarrheic events, and villi/crypt ratio reduction in BL and BC mice in comparison with saline treated mice (p<0.05). Despite the injection of CPT-11, Casp-1-/-, IL-18-/- or IL-18bp treated BC mice presented reduced MPO and iNOS activities and also increased villi/crypt ratio, reduced duodenal in vitro contractility and mild diarrhea similar to saline-treated mice (P>0.05), similar to the patterns seen in IL-33 treated mice. The reduced iNOS activity found in the earlier mice led us to investigate the CPT-11 effect on iNOS /- and aminoguanidine-treated mice. Lower IL-1beta and KC cytokine levels, as well as reduced MPO activity were found. Also, preserved villi/crypt ratio and muscle layer thickness, normal duodenal contractility and diarrheic events were seen similarly to saline-treated mice (p>0.05). However, CPT-11-treated PAFr-/- presented morphofunctional alterations and increased intestinal MPO activity. 5-LOX-/- or loperamide treated mice (positive control), both injected with CPT-11, exhibited increased MPO activity and morphometric alterations, but no exacerbation on in vitro contractility was observable. Conclusion: Taken together, these results suggest the role of caspase-1/Interleukin-18/nitric oxide cascade on pathogenesis of CPT-11-induced morphofunctional alteration and inflammatory response (IM). IL-33 seems to be a compensatory protective factor on this inflammatory cascade. 5-LOX and PAFr show a likely secondary role on IM pathophysiology.
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Padre Josimo Moraes Tavares E A Atuação Da Comissão Pastoral Da Terra (Cpt) Nos Conflitos Agrários Do Araguaia-Tocantins

SILVA, Moisés Pereira da 05 May 2011 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:17:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Moises Pereira da Silva.pdf: 1263302 bytes, checksum: 0b2733f0426c80185b14e02bd4a905f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-05 / This thesis is focused on research on the trajectory of the priest Josimo Moraes Tavares, as well as a review of the interpretive sense of the historical-political work of the Araguaia -Tocantins CTP, as a mediator of land conflicts in Amazonia, especially in a region named Bico do Papagaio the 1970s e 1980s. Land conflicts in Amazonia in this period brought light the nation&#8223;s problems, even more so after several intellectuals scholars who wrote on the subject, the dramatic social struggle over land over land ; the struggle of the peasant who understood the land like a means of survival, opposition people who understood the ground just as speculation and possibility of profit made by the subjection of man by man. On the hand the squatter, a category of the Brasilian peasantry on the other hand the capitalist. The work of the priest Josimo, engangent model in favor of squatters in the middle of a social classes conflict, expressed as a political option pastoral forward other options expressed by all of the Araguaia Tocantins. Is that it treats this dissertation, fighting and political options of a priest whitin a context of struggle of social classes the ideological and political trajectory of an intellectual integrated with an important institution of the Catholic Church: the Pastoral Land Commission CTP Araguaia-Tocantins who was assassinated for defending the right of peasants to land tenure. The historical analysis developed here on the meanings his death and the multiple interpretations of it, especially those that present either as a martyr, either as an offender completes the meaning of thesis. / A presente dissertação está centrada numa investigação sobre a trajetória do Padre Josimo Moraes Tavares, assim como numa análise interpretativa do sentido histórico-político do trabalho da CPT Araguaia-Tocantins enquanto mediadora dos conflitos de terra na Amazônia, em especial no Bico do Papagaio nas décadas de 1970 e 1980. Os conflitos de terra na Amazônia nesse período desnudaram ao país, mais ainda depois do que vários estudiosos escreveram sobre o assunto, as dramáticas lutas sociais pela posse da terra; a luta dos camponeses que entendiam a terra como meio de vida, oposta aos que compreendiam a terra apenas como especulação e possibilidade de lucro auferido mediante a sujeição do homem pelo homem. De um lado o posseiro, uma categoria do campesinato brasileiro, do outro o capitalista. É ante esse efetivo conflito de classe que o trabalho do Padre Josimo, modelo de engajamento em favor dos posseiros, manifestou-se como opção político-pastoral frente às demais opções expressas pelo conjunto da CPT Araguaia-Tocantins. É disso que trata essa dissertação, da luta e opções políticas de um padre dentro de um contexto de luta de classe; da trajetória ideológica e política de um intelectual integrado a uma importante instituição da Igreja Católica: a Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) Araguaia-Tocantins que foi assassinado por defender o direito dos camponeses à posse da terra. A reflexão historiográfica aqui desenvolvida sobre os significados da sua morte e as múltiplas interpretações sobre ela, principalmente aquelas que o apresentam ora como um mártir, ora como um criminoso complementa o sentido desta dissertação.
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Evaluation of cone factors for CPT-evaluation in CONRAD of sulphide- bearing soil in Mälardalen / Utvärdering av konfaktorer för CPT-utvärdering i CONRAD för sulfidjord i Mälardalen

Garpefjäll, Matilda, Hildingsson, Hugo January 2020 (has links)
The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate how to evaluate CPT-soundings in sulphide soilfrom Mälardalen in CONRAD. The objective is to conclude whether sulphide soil from Mälardalenshould be evaluated with existing methods or a new method should be developed. The only existingevaluation methods for sulphide soil are empirically derived for sulphide soil along the coast of Gulfof Bothnia known as Svartmocka. There are currently no guidelines for when to use this evaluationmethod. In the industry, sulphide soil in Mälardalen is evaluated as clay for lack of alternatives, butthis solution has no scientific basis. There is therefore a need for an extended investigation on howsulphide soil from Mälardalen should be evaluated. Previous research has been summarized and provides the basis for the design of the analysis method. Geotechnical investigation data from two sites have been collected and analysed: Spångadalen, innorthwest Stockholm and part of the new railway Norrbotniabanan located north of Umeå in thenorthern part of Sweden. At Spångadalen, the main reason for the investigation is the construction oftwo storm water management ponds. Here some extended laboratory experiments have been carriedout to supplement existing data.Since the purpose of this thesis is to investigate how to evaluate the sulphide soil in Mälardalen, thedata from Spångadalen has be evaluated both with the method for clay and sulphide soil. The datafrom Norrbotniabanan has only been evaluated as sulphide soil. The comparison between theevaluation methods and areas is bases on the difference between the different investigation methods. The parameters of undrained shear strength, pre-consolidation pressure and overconsolidation ratiofrom CPT-soundings has been compared with the same parameters from direct shear tests, fall conetests, field vane tests and CRS. The comparison has also included the spread of the evaluated CPTs indifferent areas. Further the cone factors for the undrained shear strength and pre-consolidationpressure in the empirical equations in CONRAD has been evaluated for the soil in Spångadalen. Theevaluated in based on the evaluation of the CPT preformed in CONRAD and values for the undrainedshear strength and pre-consolidation pressure from other reference methods. The cone factors for theundrained shear strength and pre-consolidation pressure were then compared to the existing conefactors.The conclusion is that no significant results indicates that sulphide soil in Mälardalen differs fromclay although it shares some characteristic with the sulphide soil from Norrbotniabanan. Sulphidesoil from Spångadalen should not even be called sulphide soil since the amount of sulphide was toolow, which was discovered during the study. It should instead be called clay with elements of sulphide. Sulphide soil from Mälardalen should therefore continue to be evaluated as clay. However, furtherresearch on the subject is needed to ensure this conclusion for other areas with sulphide soil in Mälardalen. / Syftet med denna examensuppsats är att undersöka hur CPT-undersökningar I sulfidjord från Mälardalen bör utvärderas i CONRAD. Målet är att genom analys finna underlag för slutsatser,antingen för att sulfidjord från Mälardalen bör utvärderas med befintliga metoder eller att en nyutvärderingsmetod bör utvecklas. De befintliga utvärderingsmetoderna för sulfidjord är empiristbaserade på sulfidjord längst med kust av Bottenviken, känd som Svartmocka. Idag saknas detriktlinjer för när denna ut metod ska användas och i branschen utvärderas sulfidjord från Mälardalensom lera i brist på alternativ. Denna lösning saknar dock vetenskaplig grund. Det finns därför ettbehov av en utökad undersökning kring hur sulfidjord från Mälardalen bör utvärderas.Tidigare forskning har sammanställts och lagat till grund för utformningen av analysmetoden.Geotekniska undersökningsdata från två områden har samlats in och analyserats. Ett område ligger iSpångadalen väster om Stockholm i Mälardalen. Det huvudsakliga skälet till undersökningarna ärbyggandet av två dagvattendammar. Det andra området ligger norr om Umeå i norra delen av Sverige.De undersökningarna kommer från en del av den nya järnvägen Norrbotniabanan. I Spångadalen harutökade laboratorieförsök utförts som komplement till befintliga data.Då syfte med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur sulfidjord i Mälardalen bör utvärderas harundersökningarna från Spångadalen utvärderats med metoderna för både lera och sulfidjord.Undersökningarna från Norrbotniabanan har endast utvärderats som sulfidjord. Jämförelsernamellan de olika utvärderingsmetoderna och utvärderingsmetoderna baseras på skillnaderna mellande olika undersökningsmetoderna. Parametrarna för odränerad skjuvhållfasthet,förkonsolideringstryck och överkonsolideringsgrad från CPT-sonderingarna har jämförts medsamma parametrar från direkt skjuvförsök, fallkonförsök, vingförsök och CRS. Jämförelseninkluderar också spridningen av de utvärderade CPT-sonderingarna i olika områden.Fortsättningsvis har konfaktorerna för den odränerade skjuvhållfastheten ochförkonsolideringentrycket i de empiriska ekvationerna för CONRAD utvärderats för jorden iSpångadalen. Utvärderingen baserades på CPT resultaten från CONRAD och värden för denodränerade skjuvhållfastheten och förkonsolideringstrycket från andra referensmetoder.Konfaktorerna för den odränerade skjuvhållfastheten och förkonsolideringstrycket jämfördes sedanmed de befintliga konfaktorerna.Slutsatsen är att inga signifikanta resultat visar på att sulfidjord från Mälardalen avviker från leratrots att den i vissa avseenden liknar sulfidjord från Norrbotniabanan. Sulfidjord från Spångadalenbör inte ens benämnas som sulfidjord då sulfidhalten var för låg, vilket upptäcktes under projektet.Den bör istället benämnas som lera med inslag av sulfid. Sulfidjord från Mälardalen bör därför ävenfortsatt utvärderas som lera. Dock behövs fortsatt forskning inom ämnet behövs för att säkerställadenna slutsats.

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