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Considered to be the original creator of psychoanalysis as well as the father of psychology, it is likely that the name “Sigmund Freud” has come up at some point in time in many people’s lives. He is undoubtedly the most popular man in the field of psychology, but he also is the most controversial. It is plain to see that there are many limitations in his work, but as a result, he is considered to be outdated by some and no longer relevant in the field at all. This paper will explore the kind of man that Sigmund Freud really was in order to see what specifically influenced his theories and ideas. Further, his works will be compared alongside some of the contributions from fellow psychoanalysts Karen Horney and Melanie Klein in order to show how the field of psychoanalysis has evolved over time, and that many of Freud’s faults were merely a result of his upbringing and the time period that he came from.

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Evaporation and wetting of droplets are a phenomena present in everyday life and in many industrial, biological or medical applications; thus controlling and understanding the underlying mechanisms governing this phenomena becomes of paramount importance. More recently, breakthroughs in the fabrication of new materials and nanomaterials have led to the synthesis of novel nanoscale particulates that dispersed into a base fluid modify the properties of this latter. Enhancement in heat transfer or the self-assembly of the particles in suspension during evaporation, are some of the areas in which nanofluids excel. Since it is a relatively new area of study, the interplay particle-particle, particle-fluid or particle-substrate at the macro-, micro-, and nanoscale is yet poorly understood. This work is an essay to elucidate the fundamental physics and mechanisms of these fluids during free evaporation, of great importance for the manipulation and precise control of the deposits. The evaporative behaviour of pure fluids on substrates varying in hydrophobicity has been studied and an unbalance Young’s force is proposed to explain the effect of substrate hydrophilicity on the pinning and the depinning forces involved during droplet evaporation. On other hand, the addition of nanoparticles to a base fluid modifies the evaporative behaviour of the latter and: a more marked “stick-slip” behaviour is observed when increasing concentration on hydrophobic substrates, besides the longer pinning of the contact line reported on hydrophilic ones when adding nanoparticles. A deposition theory to explain the final deposits observed, for the outermost ring, after the complete vanishing of a 0.1% TiO2-ethanol nanofluid droplet has also been developed. In addition, the evaporation of pinned nanofluid droplets on rough substrates at reduced pressures has been systematically studied. A revisited Young-Lippmann equation is proposed as one of the main findings to explain the enhancement on electrowetting performance of nanoparticle laden fluid droplets when compared to the pure fluid case. On the other hand, of relevant importance is the absence of “stick-slip” behaviour and the more homogeneous deposits found after the complete evaporation of a nanofluid droplet under an external electric field applied when compared to free evaporation of these fluids.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfdment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy / Asthma is a complex syndrome which has a significant inflammatory basis which results from the complex interactions between heterogenous genetic and environmental factors. Although the environmental allergens are fairly well known, little information concerning the genetic differences between atopic and non-atopic individuals is available. Alpha-1 antitrypsin is the archetypal member of the serine proteinase inhibitor or serpin superfamily and the most important proteinase inhibitor in the lung with specificity to neutrophil elastase. Genetic deficiency of the protein is classically associated with early onset emphysema, bronchiecstasis, panniculitis, rheumatoid arthritis and glomerulonephritis. The S(E264V), Z(E342K), Ml (213 Ala) and M2 (R101H) variants of alpha-1 antitrypsin have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma. A novel finding was the identification of 2 new variants, the M1E(JOhannesburg) and the M IN(johannesburg) associated with asthma in individuals from South Africa / IT2018

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi produzir e estudar magnética e estruturalmente filmes finos de Ni IND. 81 Fe IND. 19 Mn IND. 50. Os filmes foram produzidos através da técnica de DC magnetron sputtering. Iniciamos nosso estudo em filmes de Si/buffer/ Ni IND. 81 Fe IND. 19 (30nm)/Fe IND 50 Mn IND. 50 (15nm)/Ta(5nm), utilizando-se substratos de Si(100), Si(111) e buffer de Cu e Ta, a fim de determinar as melhores condições para a obtenção de bom acoplamento de exchange entre as bicamadas magnéticas. Em seguida estudamos a propriedades magnéticas de filmes em função da espessura das camadas magnéticas. As amostras produzidas para este estudo foram filmes de Si(100)/Cu(20nm)/ Ni IND. 81 Fe IND. 19 (t IND. FM nm)/ Fe IND. 50 Mn IND. 50(t IND AFM nm)/Ta(3nm), variando-se t IND. FM entre 5 e 53nm e mantendo fixa t IND. AFM em 10 nm e vice-versa. Finalmente estudamos o efeito das irradiações iônicas de He e Ne no acoplamento de exchange. Os filmes foram caracterizados utilizando-se as técnicas de magnetrometria de amostra vibrante, difração de raios-x, refletometria de raios-x, absorção de raios-x na borda do Mn e microscopia óptica de campo próximo (SNOM). Os resultados da caracterização magnética de todos os filmes de Si/buffer/NiFe/FeMn/Ta mostram que eles apresentam acoplamento de exchange logo após a sua obtenção por sputtering. Porém o acoplamento via troca precisa ser induzido através do procedimento field cooling nos filmes de Si/buffer/FeMn/NiFe//Ta. Os resultados das medidas de difração de raios x mostram que os filmes apresentam estrutura cristalina FCC e texturas cristalográficas (111) e (200) quando as camadas magnéticas são depositadas sobre Cu e uma única textura cristalográfica, a textura (111) quando elas são depositadas sobre Ta. Por outro lado, os resultados da caracterização magnética nos indicam que as amostras com buffer de Cu apresentam as melhores propriedades magnéticas alto valor de H IND. exc e baixa coercividade. A análise de EXAFS dos filmes com diferentes buffers nos indica que as amostras depositadas sobre Ta e diretamente sobre silício apresentam maior desordem na sua estrutura fina em relação às amostras depositadas sobre Cu. A caracterização magnética dos filmes irradiados ionicamente mostrou que o valor de Hexc dos filmes irradiados com diferentes doses de He a temperatura ambiente aumentou em comparação ao valor do campo de exchange das amostras antes das irradiações iônicas. Já nas amostras irradiadas com Ne o campo de exchange diminuiu drasticamente. A partir das medidas realizadas no microscópio óptico de varredura em campo próximo (SNOM), em diferentes regiões de amostras antes e depois de serem irradiadas ionicamente observamos que não há variações no valor do campo de exchange. / The aim of the present work was to produce and to study magnetic and structural properties of Ni81Fe19/Fe50Mn50 thin films. These films were produced by DC magnetron sputtering. We began our study on Si/buffer/Ni81Fe19(30nm)/Fe50Mn50(15nm)/Ta(5nm) films, using Si(100) or Si(111) substrates and Cu or Ta buffer layer, in order to determine the best conditions for obtaining a good exchange coupling between magnetic bilayers. After that, we studied the magnetic properties of these films relative to magnetics layers thickness. The samples studied were Si(100)/Cu (20mn)/Ni81Fe19 (tFM mn)/Fe50Mn50 (tAFM nm)/Ta(3nm), with tFM varying between 5 to 53run, with fixed tAFM of 10mn, and vice versa, namely with fixed tFM and varying tAFM. Finally, we studied the effect of He and Ne ionic irradiation on the exchange-coupling interaction. The thin films were characterized by vibrating sample magnetometry, X-ray diffraction, X-ray reflectometry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Mn K edge, and near field optical microscopy (SNOM). The magnetic characterization of all Si/buffer/NiFe/FeMn/Ta films shows that pristine films present exchange coupling. However, the exchange-coupling interaction needs to be inducing through field cooling procedure for Si/buffer/FeMn/NiFe/Ta films. X ray diffraction measurements show that these films presents FCC crystal structure, plus (111) and (200) crystal textures when the magnetic layers are deposited on Cu buffer layer, and only the (111) crystal texture when the layers are deposited on Ta. On other hand, the magnetic measurement point out that the Cu buffer samples presents the best magnetic properties with high values for Hexc and low values of coercive field. The EXAFS analysis of films with different buffers points out that samples deposited on Ta and directly on silicon present a larger local disorder than samples deposited on Cu. The magnetic measurements of the ionic irradiated films showed an increase of Hexc values for samples irradiated at room temperature with different He rates, compared with the same samples before irradiation. On the other hand, for Ne irradiated samples the exchange field decreased drastically. We observed irradiation no changes on the exchange field values from near field optical microscopy (SNOM) measurements at different areas of samples before and after ionic. These results point out that, even if we are characterizing very small areas of the samples, the exchange field represents the average behavior of the exchange interaction in these areas.