O Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU) é o responsável pelo atendimento préhospitalar (APH) realizado no Brasil que é aquele que se desloca para atender as vítimas em casos de urgência-emergência, funciona através de uma rede telefônica e pode ser caracterizado como um sistema complexo por envolver as centrais de regulação e as bases com as ambulâncias. Essa dissertação é formada por dois artigos que versam sobre o SAMU. No primeiro deles o objetivo foi mapear as influências do ambiente externo do SAMU metropolitano de Porto Alegre sob a ótica dos sistemas sociotécnicos. Para tal foi utilizada a análise macroergonômica do trabalho – AMT (GUIMARÃES, 2010) que tornou possível o entendimento da influência do ambiente externo no atendimento da população. Foi destacada na pesquisa a falta de conhecimento da população quanto ao funcionamento do SAMU, o elevado número de trotes, a falta de integração entre os serviços públicos, entre outros. Além disso, dentro da macroergonomia, a percepção dos fatores de riscos a que estão submetidos os trabalhadores é fundamental para que durante o atendimento realizado à população não haja dúvida quanto aos procedimentos seguros a serem adotados, para se evitar que possa ocorrer algum acidente. No segundo artigo foi realizada uma pesquisa identificando a percepção dos trabalhadores quanto aos fatores de risco. Identificou-se que os fatores de riscos como levantamento de peso, esforço físico intenso, calor e contaminação biológica por fluidos corpóreos dos pacientes foram os mais significativos na percepção dos trabalhadores do SAMU. / The Mobile Emergency Service (SAMU) is the responsible for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Brazil. The EMS system is that move to take care of the victims in urgencyemergency cases, it works through a telephonic net and can be characterized by a complex system that involving the central offices of regulation and the bases with the ambulances. This dissertation consists of two articles that focus on the SAMU. In the first article, the objective of the study was to analyze the influences of the external environment of the SAMU of the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre under the optics of the sociotechnical systems. In this study the method of analysis was the Macroergonomic Work Analysis – MWA (GUIMARÂES, 2010) that it made possible to understand the influence of the external environment in the attendance of the population. It was identified in the research: the lack of knowledge of the population on the functioning of the SAMU, the raised number of hoax, the lack of integration between the public services, among others. Besides, in the macroergonomics, the perception of the hazards for the workers is fundamental. Since during the emergency medical service for the population it must not have doubt on the safe procedures to be adopted, to prevent that some accident can occur. Therefore in the second article, a research was carried out to identify the perception of the workers on the hazards. It was identified that the hazards as weight lift, intense physical effort, heat and biological contamination for corporeal fluids of the patients had been those most significant in the perception of the workers of the SAMU.

O Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU) é o responsável pelo atendimento préhospitalar (APH) realizado no Brasil que é aquele que se desloca para atender as vítimas em casos de urgência-emergência, funciona através de uma rede telefônica e pode ser caracterizado como um sistema complexo por envolver as centrais de regulação e as bases com as ambulâncias. Essa dissertação é formada por dois artigos que versam sobre o SAMU. No primeiro deles o objetivo foi mapear as influências do ambiente externo do SAMU metropolitano de Porto Alegre sob a ótica dos sistemas sociotécnicos. Para tal foi utilizada a análise macroergonômica do trabalho – AMT (GUIMARÃES, 2010) que tornou possível o entendimento da influência do ambiente externo no atendimento da população. Foi destacada na pesquisa a falta de conhecimento da população quanto ao funcionamento do SAMU, o elevado número de trotes, a falta de integração entre os serviços públicos, entre outros. Além disso, dentro da macroergonomia, a percepção dos fatores de riscos a que estão submetidos os trabalhadores é fundamental para que durante o atendimento realizado à população não haja dúvida quanto aos procedimentos seguros a serem adotados, para se evitar que possa ocorrer algum acidente. No segundo artigo foi realizada uma pesquisa identificando a percepção dos trabalhadores quanto aos fatores de risco. Identificou-se que os fatores de riscos como levantamento de peso, esforço físico intenso, calor e contaminação biológica por fluidos corpóreos dos pacientes foram os mais significativos na percepção dos trabalhadores do SAMU. / The Mobile Emergency Service (SAMU) is the responsible for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Brazil. The EMS system is that move to take care of the victims in urgencyemergency cases, it works through a telephonic net and can be characterized by a complex system that involving the central offices of regulation and the bases with the ambulances. This dissertation consists of two articles that focus on the SAMU. In the first article, the objective of the study was to analyze the influences of the external environment of the SAMU of the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre under the optics of the sociotechnical systems. In this study the method of analysis was the Macroergonomic Work Analysis – MWA (GUIMARÂES, 2010) that it made possible to understand the influence of the external environment in the attendance of the population. It was identified in the research: the lack of knowledge of the population on the functioning of the SAMU, the raised number of hoax, the lack of integration between the public services, among others. Besides, in the macroergonomics, the perception of the hazards for the workers is fundamental. Since during the emergency medical service for the population it must not have doubt on the safe procedures to be adopted, to prevent that some accident can occur. Therefore in the second article, a research was carried out to identify the perception of the workers on the hazards. It was identified that the hazards as weight lift, intense physical effort, heat and biological contamination for corporeal fluids of the patients had been those most significant in the perception of the workers of the SAMU.

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / Com o avanÃo da humanidade em direÃÃo à industrializaÃÃo e modernizaÃÃo tecnolÃgica, criando novos processos de produÃÃo que sÃo potencialmente nocivos ao meio ambiente, passa-se tambÃm a haver uma preocupaÃÃo crescente da humanidade em relaÃÃo ao mesmo. Devido Ãs pressÃes exercidas pela sociedade, organizaÃÃes antes consideradas poluidoras, passam a gerir de forma mais eficiente os aspectos ambientais de seus processos, atravÃs da implantaÃÃo de Sistemas de GestÃo Ambiental (SGA). Uma importante ferramenta para construir, consolidar informaÃÃes e promover a melhoria dos Sistemas de GestÃo Ambiental à a utilizaÃÃo de indicadores ambientais. Com a implantaÃÃo e manutenÃÃo do seu SGA, visando a melhoria contÃnua do mesmo, as organizaÃÃes podem tentar obter a certificaÃÃo ISO 14001, reconhecida internacionalmente como padrÃo de excelÃncia em gestÃo ambiental. O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo da utilizaÃÃo de indicadores ambientais baseados nas normas ISO 14031 e ISO 14001 em 10 empresas prestadoras de serviÃo de engenharia em SÃo LuÃs, MaranhÃo, que nÃo possuem Sistema de GestÃo Ambiental implementados. Foram utilizados questionÃrios extensos abordando itens das normas acima citadas. Foi dado tratamento estatÃstico nos dados com o intuito de saber o Ãndice de utilizaÃÃo dos indicadores por cada empresa. Analisaram-se os dados compilados e a partir dos mesmos recomendouse a 7 empresas que implementem o SGA, por ter obtido um percentual de utilizaÃÃo igual ou acima de 40% / With the advance of mankind towards industrialization and technological modernization, creating new processes that are potentially harmful to the environment, a growing concern about the environment also comes from mankind. Due to pressures coming from the society, organizations considered before as polluters, start to manage the environmental aspects of their processes in a much more efficient way, through the implantation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS). An important tool to build, consolidate information and promote the improvement of the Environmental Management Systems is the usage of environmental indicators. With the implantation and maintenance of its EMS, seeking its continual improvement, organizations can try to obtain the ISO 14001 certification, internationally known as an excellence standard on environmental management. The present work presents a study of the usage of ISO 14001 and ISO 14031 based environmental indicators on engineering companies in SÃo LuÃs, MaranhÃo, that have no environmental systems implemented. Questionnaires approaching items from the ISO guidelines above described were used. A statistical treatment was realized on the data gathered in order to know the indicators usage rate of each company. The data compiled was analyzed, and from them, 7 companies were recommended to implement an EMS, for obtaining 40% or more of indicator usage

This thesis traces the history and development of the facilities for electronic music in the UK. It covers the early attempts to experiment with electronic music and create studios in less than ideal circumstances and the subsequent bids to create a national centre. It also covers some elements of worldwide development of electronic music and sound recording, in particular those which occurred before 1965. The thesis calls upon non-traditional sources and the author was able to access many documents in the personal archives of electronic music pioneers. There is substantial reference to committees and societies for electronic music and their effects on the development of facilities for electronic music in the UK. Some of the early pioneers are studied in detail; these include Daphne Oram, Tristram Cary and Hugh Davies. Unprecedented access to information on Hugh Davies and Daphne Oram was provided by the family estates of these recently deceased composers. This allowed the author to gain valuable insight into the working patterns and methodology of these composers. Many references to later pioneers such as Trevor Wishart are also made but the focus remains on the facilities available to composers rather than the composers and their works.

Master of Science / Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Malgorzata J. Rys / Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) are designed to handle emergencies. Fortunately, most emergencies faced have only one patient. The every day system is not designed to respond to emergencies in which there are many casualties. Due to natural disasters and terrorist attacks that have occurred over the past decade, mass-casualty disaster response plans have become a priority for many organizations, including EMS. The resources available for constructing such plans are limited. Physical simulations or practices of the plan are often performed; however, it is not until a disaster strikes that the capabilities of the plan are truly realized. In this paper, it is proposed that discrete-event simulations are used as part of the planning process. A computer simulation can test the capability of the plan under different settings and help planners in their decision making. This paper looks at the creation of a discrete-event simulation using ARENA software. The simulation was found to accurately simulate the response to the Greensburg tornado that occurred May of 2008. A sensitivity analysis found that the simulation results are dependent upon the values assumed for Volunteer Injury Rate, Injury Level, Information Dissemination Rate and Transportation Decision variables. When a disaster occurs, the local resources are overwhelmed and outside aide must be called in. Decision rules for when to request more outside ambulances and when to release them to send them home are evaluated. The more resources that are made available, the quicker patients receive medical care. However, when outside ambulances are called in, they are putting their home area at risk because it no longer has complete (or any) ambulance coverage. As the percent of coverage decreases, the amount of time that victims spend waiting for ambulances also decreases. Many decision rules were evaluated, resulting in various combinations of ambulance wait times and average percent coverage. It is up to Disaster Planners to determine how much of an additional wait can be assumed by the disaster victims to prevent outside districts from taking on unwarranted risk of low coverage.

EMS personnel tend to face higher burnout rates than those in similar professions, which makes them more likely to make mistakes, engage in safety-compromising behaviors, and get injured. This project examines humor used in the form of Internet memes as a coping mechanism. Internet memes are modifiable, replicable units of cultural transmission that are passed and gain influence through the Internet. I applied the Maslach Burnout Inventory to EMS related memes on the website Reddit. I found that memes that dealt with burnout typically referenced non-traumatic factors as being the source of burnout, and that these memes would often lead to conversations that allowed EMS personnel to share their experiences with one another. I concluded that internet memes can provide a way for EMS personnel to express their feelings anonymously and through a façade of humor, and can also let other people who may be going through similar experiences know that they are not alone.

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is the world’s most widely grown protein/oilseed crop and provides about 70% of global protein meal and 53% of vegetable oil in the United States. Soybean seed oil contains five major fatty acids, from which palmitic acid and stearic acid are two saturated fatty acids, oleic acid improves oxidative stability and linolenic acid is an essential fatty acid for human health. Soybean seed protein and oil are two important quality indices for soybean germplasm breeding. Soluble carbohydrates present in soybean meal provide metabolizable energy in livestock feed. To develop soybean germplasm with improved seed composition traits, it is important to discover novel source of seed fatty acid, protein, and carbohydrates traits. This dissertation aims to develop novel functional genomic technology coupled with an integrated approach for facilitating molecular soybean breeding. In this study, the first objective is to develop a high-throughput TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes) by Target Capture Sequencing (TbyTCS) technology to improve the efficiency of discovering mutations in soybean. The robustness of this technology underlies the high yield of true mutations in genes controlling complex traits in soybean. Soybean mutagenized lines with modified fatty acids composition have been successfully developed to meet the different needs of end users. Altered fatty acids phenotypes have been associated with induced mutations in 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) synthase II (GmKASII), Delta-9-stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase (GmSACPD), omega-6 fatty acid desaturase 2 (GmFAD2), and omega-3 fatty acid desaturase (GmFAD3) genes identified through TbyTCS. The second objective is to characterize the soybean acyl-ACP thioesterase gene family through a comprehensive analysis. The additional members have been discovered belonging to 16:0-ACP fatty acid thioesterase (GmFATB) gene family. The mutations at oleoyl-ACP fatty acid thioesterase (GmFATA1A) have been revealed to result in the high seed oleic acid content. The novel alleles of GmFATB genes have also been identified to confer low palmitic acid and high oleic acid phenotypes in soybean seeds. The third objective is to assess the phenotypic variations and correlation among seed composition traits in mutagenized soybean populations. Correlation analyses have been conducted among soybean carbohydrates, protein, and oil content of soybean mutagenized populations and germplasm lines. Chemical mutagenesis played an essential role in soybean breeding to generate novel and desired seed composition traits.

This work considers with environmental aspects and impacts of manufacture in SLB spol. s r.o. (spol. s r.o. means Ltd) company. Output of this work can be used for starting environmental management system in this company. It contains abstract of base legal demands which refers to SLB spol. s r.o. and short declaration of their fulfilling. In the end of the work there are drafts to antipollution measures.

Dissertation (M Cur (Trauma and Emergency Nursing))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Nursing Science / unrestricted

Chemical energy plays a big role in the process of modern Electric Arc Furnace (EAF). The objective of this study is to compare the results of chemical reaction enthalpies calculated by four different methods. In general, the “PERRY-NIST-JANAF method” is used to calculate the chemical energies. However, this method heavily depend on heat capacities of the substances which have to be deduced from  “Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook” and “NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables”, even the calculation process is complicated. Then, some other methods are introduced: Total enthalpy method, HT (High Temperature) enthalpy method and Atomic energy method. In this thesis, the above four methods have been used to calculate the enthalpies of chemical reactions in EAF process. Both of “Total enthalpy method” and “HT enthalpy method” are not complicated, but some basic data are not available. The calculation for chemical reaction enthalpies cannot be completely made by these two methods. “Atomic energy method” is more complicated than “Total enthalpy method” and “HT enthalpy method”, even almost all data are available, but some results of these methods are far from those of the other three methods’. The results show that values of enthalpies obtained by “PERRY-NIST-JANAF method” are more reasonable, though the calculation process is more complicated. In this study, it is also discussed two influencing factors on EAF process: electric power and electromagnetic stirring (EMS).