Submitted by Gisele Mara Hadlich (gisele@ufba.br) on 2018-06-05T14:30:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Mestrado Carine.pdf: 3052653 bytes, checksum: 8ac010b3a67fb33ee1b2208d65769b63 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-05T14:30:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Mestrado Carine.pdf: 3052653 bytes, checksum: 8ac010b3a67fb33ee1b2208d65769b63 (MD5) / O presente estudo apresentou duas linhas de trabalho: i) avaliação do estágio morfodinâmico das praias de Itapororoca (Município de Una), Mar Moreno (Município de Belmonte) e Atalaia (Município de Canavieiras) e a análise dos possíveis impactos a derramamentos de petróleo; ii) Avaliação do potencial da aceleração da formação do agregado óleo – material particulado em suspensão (OSA) na recuperação de praias refletivas e dissipativas. A praia do Mar Moreno foi classificada como refletiva (Ω = 1), Itapororoca como dissipativa (Ω = 7) e Atalaia como dissipativa intermediária. Em Itapororoca e Atalaia, há tendência de acúmulo do óleo na superfície do sedimento, em grande extensão da praia, de acordo com a maré. Para a praia do Mar Moreno, é provável o acúmulo de óleo na região intermareal com infiltração no sedimento, aumentando sua persistência e impacto. Com relação a formação do OSA, esta foi avaliada por 21 dias através de um modelo de simulação de praias refletivas e dissipativas, na ausência e presença de sedimentos finos, utilizando óleo da bacia do Recôncavo. Na ausência de sedimentos finos, apenas o modelo dissipativo apresentou possibilidade de agregação, com concentração de MPS de 198,42mg/L. Em ambos modelos, a presença de sedimentos finos aumentou a formação do OSA e intensificou, em até quatro vezes, a dispersão do óleo. Foram encontrados OSAs do tipo gotícula e amorfo, a maior parte com flutuabilidade neutra. Apenas para o modelo dissipativo, na presença de sedimentos finos, houve aumento nas concentrações de hidrocarbonetos no sedimento de fundo, com concentração inicial de 162, 00 µg/g e ao final 207,71 µg/g. Também foi verificado um aumento da degradação da mancha, principalmente na fração dos saturados, na presença de sedimentos finos. Os modelos mostraram que há potencial para o uso de sedimentos finos em praias arenosas com fins de dispersão do óleo, no entanto, devem ser considerados parâmetros locais como tipo MPS, óleo derramado e, principalmente, o transporte das correntes, garantindo uma dispersão offshore para o OSA e claro, prevendo o destino desse material.

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common breathing disorder with numerous health consequences, including greater risk of complications perioperatively. Undiagnosed OSA is known to place surgical patients at a higher risk of serious adverse events, including stroke and death. Polysomnography (PSG) assessment is the current gold standard test for diagnosing OSA. However, due to the significant time commitment and cost associated with PSG, a substantial number of OSA patients go undiagnosed before the perioperative period. Although the STOP-Bang questionnaire screening tool is currently used to help detect OSA patients, the low specificity to screen people without the disease is considered a major limitation. There is a clear need to develop a quick and effective prediction rule with higher overall accuracy to help streamline OSA diagnosis. Tracheal breathing sound analysis in awake patients at the bedside has shown potential to screen OSA patients with higher specificity compared to the STOP-Bang questionnaire. To date, no screening tools exist to detect OSA patients that combine the results of breathing sound analysis and STOP-Bang. Objectives: The present study aimed to develop a prediction rule, using both breathing sound analysis and variables in the STOP-Bang questionnaire, to better streamline the diagnosis of OSA. Methods: This prospective cohort study recruited patients referred for PSG at the Ottawa Hospital Sleep Centre from November 2016 to May 2017. The study conduct was approved by the Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board (#20160494-01H). After obtaining informed consent, anthropomorphic, breathing sound recordings, and STOP-Bang questionnaire data was collected from over 400 consenting patients. All patients that met the eligibility criteria were included. The breathing sound analysis and STOP-Bang results were utilized to design a prediction rule using logistic regression. Sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratio were used to compare the diagnostic performance of the final model. Results: Of the 439 consenting study participants, 280 study participants data were eligible for inclusion in the logistic regression analysis. Physician sleep specialists diagnosed 114 participants (41%) with moderate-to-severe OSA and 166 participants (59%) with normal-to-mild OSA. At a predicted probability of moderate-to-severe OSA greater than or equal to 0.5, breathing sound analysis had a similar sensitivity of 75.9 (95%CI; 65.4, 82.0) and higher specificity of 74.5% (95%CI; 68.5, 82.0) when compared to STOP-Bang with a sensitivity and specificity of 68.4% (95%CI; 58.9, 76.6) and 63.2% (95%CI: 55.0, 70.1), respectively. The sensitivity and specificity for the Safe-OSA rule, obtained by combining breathing sound analysis and STOP-Bang variables, were determined to be 75.4% (95%CI; 65.4, 82.0) and 74.5% (95%CI; 68.5, 82.0), respectively. A sensitivity analysis using a likelihood ratio test showed that breathing sound analysis contributed significantly to the performance of the Safe-OSA rule. The Safe-OSA rule was determined to be reasonably discriminative and well calibrated. The five-fold cross-validation showed similar results for the final model in the derivation and testing subsamples, which provides support for the internal validity of the Safe-OSA rule in our study population. Conclusion: The present study lends further support for the future testing of tracheal breathing sound analysis as a potential method to screen for moderate-to-severe OSA to help streamline patient care in the perioperative setting. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02987283.

This dissertation with the evaluation of soil penetration resistance area between rows of vineyards. Values and the results evaluated here are two periods, spring and autumn of 2014 at two sites, Lednice and Pouzdřany. At each station was performed 25 measurements at depths of 40-520 mm, in the field of rail tracks and grassy Wednesday and cultivated an alleyway. To check was measured axis line. The thesis shows the unsatisfactory condition of the soil at all sites.

Alexithymia represents a deficit in identifying and expressing emotions, paucity of fantasies, and an externally oriented cognitive style. Currently, numerous studies document that alexithymia and several mental and somatic disorders are significantly related. Several findings also indicate that this association might be caused by alexithymia related dysregulation of neuroendocrine and immune functions. Together these findings indicate that stressors related to alexithymia could underlie the process of neuroendocrine and immune dysregulation that likely may present a significant risk, sustaining and mediating pathogenesis of several disorders and particulary psychosomatic illnesses. In this context, it is also known that several proinflammatory cytokines may play a role in pain generation and that alexithymia is significantly associated with pain symptoms in several pain disorders. Following these findings this study includes several new data developing current state of the art and showing some alexithymia specific changes in patients with neurological disorders. Main finding of this study shows that alexithymia and anxiety in their specific interactions are linked to increased levels of interleukine-8 (IL-8) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the group of patients with non-inflammatory neurological...

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The aim of this thesis is to analyze the basic elements that affect the image of the Society for the Protection of the Rights of Music Authors and Publishers (in Czech OSA). Based on a study of professional literature it identifies the basic segments of corporate identity, which represent the starting point for building the organization's image and which is further analyzed in detail. Although OSA is not a typical company operating in a market environment (mainly due to its monopolistic position in the Czech Republic), it has something to do with creating a positive organization's image and the so called "goodwill" as well as it have typical profit organizations. The purpose of this analysis is not only to identify the key elements that affect the image of OSA, but also to outline activities that should be followed when creating a positive image. The document works with both recommendations in general terms, so the suggestions in specific areas.

The aim of this thesis "Regional analysis of the impacts of the projects of the Operational Programme Prague Adaptability (focused on the priority axis 3 Modernization of initial education)" is to find some allocation, aiming and impacts of approved funds of the priority axis 3 Modernization of initial education from the Operational Programme Prague Adaptability, using financial, quantitative and qualitative analysis. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical apart there is analysed the structure of EU funds as well as the implementation of the Operational Programme Prague Adaptability. The practical part covers the financial allocation, the structure of the recipients, the location of the realization of the approved projects and their focus. It makes use of the methods of quantitative and qualitative analyses. The financial and quantitative analyses are defined according to various criteria (e.g. priority axis, recipients, calls etc.). The qualitative analysis guarantees the focus of the completed projects, the impacts and their importance for the surroundings. The expert method is used a semi-structured interview with some experts, a questionnaire survey and the method of cartograms. At the end there are summarized the findings from the individual parts of the thesis.

The subject of my thesis is a constructional proposal of C axis drive for vertically orientated machine. I have concerned the drive operates C axis of revolving slide. The thesis contains the cutting power study regarding the power being in effect during C axis machining, study of clearance adjustment in particular mechanisms, three constructive proposals of possible solutions, calculation of basic proposals’ demands as well as the best option selection which ideally fits to the all conditions requested by TOSHULIN, Inc.

This work deals with the construction and describes a detailed calculation of a machine frame of the shaft-turning lathe and 2D axis passes including the underpass according to the chosen initial parameters. The information contained in this work is not only of theoretical knowledge, but it should also serve for the practical use as a guide for the frames construction. The work also contains a background research on the topic, the model frame, the frame strength analysis, optimization of the frame, 2D axis, calculation, design and implementation of the underpass and the whole assembly. A suggestion for the future procedure and optimizing of the existing structure is found in this work as well.

Master´s thesis is describing basic concepts in machine vision. Used camera systems and possible imaging 2D and 3D are described. Practical part deals with constructin of scanning device with linear actuator, conveyor belt, camera and laser. For experimental use is construction of scanning device made for 2D and 3D image using several methods.