Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-158).

Thesis (M. S.)--Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Dr. Richard W. Neu; Committee Member: Dr. David L. McDowell; Committee Member: Dr. Itzhak Green.

O trabalho aborda o desenvolvimento e implantação de um processo de recozimento conjugado com campo magnético induzido. Para este trabalho foi escolhido como material o FeSi, ABNT NM71-2000/ 35F 420M com GNO (Grão-Não-Orientado) devido ao baixo custo de obtenção das peças e também por ser um material de fácil aquisição no mercado. O processo tem como benefício minimizar as perdas magnéticas produzidas pelo corte convencional na borda das chapas elétricas. Para realizar o processo o sistema é composto de um forno, enrolamento de indução e fonte de alimentação. Os parâmetros utilizados no tratamento térmico situam-se na faixa de temperatura de aquecimento até 910ºC e uma indução magnética mínima na faixa de 80 até aproximadamente 1,5 T. Para melhorar as propriedades magnéticas de forma contundente na região deformada buscou-se através do recozimento conjugado com campo induzido um alinhamento dos domínios, ou seja, uma ordenação dos “spins” que juntamente com a elevação de temperatura tenderam a ter um mesmo sentido, facilitando de maneira significativa à passagem do fluxo magnético, propriedade importante para o desempenho dos núcleos das máquinas elétricas. Para avaliar o desempenho do processo, chapas do mesmo material foram cortadas por eletroerosão a fio, onde o perfil do corte permitiu um fluxo magnético uniforme e constante. O efeito do processo de recozimento com indução de campo magnético foi medido conforme determina a norma, ou seja, utilizando o “Quadro de Epstein” para chapas elétricas. Os resultados foram correlacionados com os dados obtidos a partir do uso do ferro-silício, ABNT NM71-2000/35F 420M, com as mesmas condições de uso e testes de laboratório. Do ponto de vista científico, uma das contribuições deste trabalho, está na influência da indução de campo magnético durante o tratamento térmico das amostras, pois é possível verificar um ganho nas propriedades magnéticas apresentadas. Este trabalho permite afirmar que é possível desenvolver e melhorar as propriedades magnéticas em ferro silício com alto desempenho e também sugerir que outras aplicações, onde seja necessário aumento do desempenho magnético, este processo possa ser aplicado. / This work presents and discusses the development and application of an annealing process together with the induced magnetic field. For this study development, the chosen material is the iron silicon, ABNT NM71-2000/ 35F 420M, due to the low trading costs and eases of purchase on the market. The process has the benefit of minimizing magnetic losses produced by conventional cutting the edge of the hot plates. To carry out the process system consists of a furnace, induction coil and power supply. The parameters used in the heat treatment are in the range of heating temperature to 910 ° C and a minimum magnetic induction in the range of about 80 to 1.5 T. The challenge of this work was in the fact that structure changes in the silicon iron, allied to inclusions of non-magnetizable materials, modify for worse the performance of magnetic cores. To obtain a structure that the magnetic field could permeate, the silicon iron alloys were selected to eliminate, at most, the presence of non-magnetizable materials, and only then consider a heat treatment process with magnetic induction to make the material suitable for use in cores of electrical machines. To improve the magnetic properties, an alignment of dipoles of the material, through induced magnetic field during annealing was intended. Annealing with induced magnetic field was carried out, observing the performance of the initial magnetic permeability of the samples, and subsequently measured with field saturation equipment. The results were correlated with the obtained data from the use of the FeSi, ABNT NM71-2000/35F 420M, with the same conditions of use and laboratory tests. From the scientific point of view, one of the contributions of this work is the influence of induced magnetic field during the heat treatment of the samples, since it was possible to verify a significant gain in the magnetic properties of the cores electrical machines during the performance tests. As a result of this work, the possibility of using annealing with magnetic induction was presented as a way to increase the permeability of a material with high carbon content, in this particular case, the silicon iron. This work suggests that it is possible to develop and improve the magnetic properties of iron and silicon with high performance also suggest that other applications where necessary increase in magnetic performance, this process can be applied.

The work presented in this thesis focusses primarily on the determination of protein structure at atomic resolution, with NMR spectroscopy as the principle investigative tool. The thesis is divided into four parts. Part I consists of Chapter 1 which provides an introduction to protein structure, folding and NMR spectroscopy. Part II, consisting of Chapters 2 and 3, describes the effects of aromatic interactions on nucleating structure in disordered regions of proteins, using variants of apo-cytochrome b5 as a model system. Part III consists of Chapter 4, which describes structural effects of introducing cross-strand disulfide bonds using variants of Thioredoxin. Part IV of this thesis consists of the Appendices A, B and C. Appendix A describes the purification and characterization of ilvM, the regulatory subunit of the E.coli enzyme AHAS II. Appendices B and C contain chemical shift information corresponding to Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 respectively. Part I : Introduction to protein structure, folding and solution structure studies Chapter 1 first gives a brief overview of protein structure followed by an introduction to protein folding, focussing on the forces involved in determining the final three-dimensional shape of the protein as well as the experimental and computational techniques involved in studying or predicting the fold of a given protein. The second section of this chapter details the methodology followed to obtain solution structures of proteins using NMR spectroscopy. Part II : Engineering aromatic interactions to nucleate folding in intrinsically disordered regions of proteins Chapter 2 describes site-specific mutagenesis, recombinant over-expression, purifica-tion and preliminary biophysical characterization of two aromatic mutants of the molten globule apo-cytochrome b5 (apocytb5) : H43F H67F cytochrome b5 (FFcytb5) and H43W H67F cytochrome b5 (WFcytb5). Analysis of the structure of wild-type apo - cytochrome b5 was done to introduce surface mutations and avoid perturbation of the interior pack-ing of the protein. The bacterial host E.coli BL21(DE3) was used for recombinant over-expression, and both mutant proteins were purified by anion-exchange chromatography followed by size-exclusion chromatography. Biophysical studies show a decrease in the hydrodynamic radii and surface hydropho-bicity of FFcytb5 and WFcytb5 compared to wt -apo cytb5. An increase in protein stability was also seen from the wt apocytb5 to WFcytb5 and FFcytb5 in the presence of the chemical denaturant Urea. Proton 1D NMR spectra exhibited sharp lines and good spectral dispersion in the amide region, indicating that both mutant proteins are well folded. In addition, conservation of two distinctive up field and downfield shifted resonances present in apocytb5 indicated that structural changes upon mutation accrued on the upon the scaffold of apocytb5. Chapter 3 describes solution structure studies to determine secondary and tertiary structure of FFcytb5 and WFcytb5. Structural studies were carried out using homonu-clear and heteronuclear NMR methods, for which isotopically enriched 15N- and 13C, 15N samples were prepared for each protein. Additionally a 2H, 13C, 15N ILV methyl labeled sample was prepared for FFcytb5 to obtain unambiguous NOE correlation data. The hydrogen bond network for WFcytb5 was determined using hydrogen/deuterium exchange data. The restraints required to define the orientations and interactions of the aromatic groups were obtained from 15N-edited NOESY HSQC, 13C -edited NOESY HSQC and 2D 1H - 1H NOE spectra. These correlations were crucial in determining the aromatic interactions present within each protein. The structure of FFcytb5 was calculated using 1163 NOE distance restraints, 179 φ and ψ dihedral angle restraints, along with 40 hydrogen bond restraints. Similarly the structure of WFcytb5 was calculated using 1282 NOE distance restraints, 177 φ and ψ dihedral angle restraints and 40 hydrogen bond restraints. The ensemble of structures obtained for FFcytb5 showed a root mean square deviation of 1.01±0.21 Å . The ensemble of structures obtained for WFcytb5 showed a root mean square deviation of 0.58±0.09 Å . In both cases, ≈ 80% of backbone dihedral angles were found to be in the allowed regions and ≈ 20% in the additionally allowed regions of the Ramachandran map. The final tertiary structure of both FFcytb5 and WFcytb5 consisted of a mixed four strand β -sheet with a four helix bundle resting on top and were seen to align well, with an RMSD of 0.6 Å. A comparison of the solution structures of apocytb5 with FFcytb5 and WFcytb5 convincingly showed the nucleation secondary and tertiary structure well beyond the site of mutation. The presence of aromatic trimers, non-canonical in context of the wt apoc-ytb5, was confirmed upon analysis of the structures of FFcytb5 and WFcytb5, with NOE correlations assigned to verify these interactions. The reduction in the hydrodynamic radii of FFcytb5 and WFcytb5 in relation to apocytb5 was also verified from tsuperscript15N-NMR relaxometry studies. The nucleation of long-range structure using aromatic interactions has been demonstrated in proteins for the first time, and can in principle be used to incorporate aromatic residues and interactions in protein design. Structural data, chemical shift data and restraints lists used for structure calculation of WFcytb5 and FFcytb5 were deposited with the PDB (accession numbers 5XE4 and 5XEE) and BMRB(accession numbers 36070, 36071) respectively1. Part III : Structural consequences of introducing disulfide bonds into β - sheets Chapter 3 describes the solution structure studies on two mutants of E.coli Thiore-doxin which were designed to incorporate a disulfide bond between two anti-parallel β-strands at the edge of the β-sheet. One mutant was designed with a disulfide bond at the hydrogen bonding position (HB, 78c90cTrx) and the other with the disulfide bond at the non-hydrogen bonding position (NHB, 77c91cTrx). Here we study the structural changes that accompany the introduction of a cross-strand disulfide and whether such structural changes could be correlated with the previously seen thermodynamic and catalytic changes. Solution structure studies were conducted using a suite of multidimensional heteronu-clear NMR experiments, for which isotopically enriched 15N and 13C, 15N labelled samples were used. The solution structure for 77c91cTrx was calculated using 1190 NOE distance restraints, 199 φ and ψ dihedral angle restraints and 48 hydrogen bond restraints. The solution structure for 78c90cTrx was calculated using 1123 NOE distance restraints, 197 φ and ψ dihedral angle restraints and 50 hydrogen bond restraints. The ensemble of structures for 77c91cTrx showed an RMSD of 0.78± 0.13 Å while the RMSD for the ensemble of structures of 78c90cTrx was seen to be 0.76±0.09 Å . In both cases, ≈ 80% of backbone dihedral angles were seen to be in the allowed regions and ≈ 20% in the additionally allowed regions of the Ramachandran map. The tertiary structures of both proteins were seen to have a 5-strand mixed β-sheet and 4 helices surrounding it. . A comparison of the solution structures of mutant and wt -Trx showed significant changes in secondary and tertiary structure. For example, an α helix was reduced from 3 turns to a single turn, and of the β-strands containing the mutation was elongated by 3 residues. A ≈ 50% loss of hydrogen bonds, primarily from the β -sheet, was seen for both mutants. The secondary and tertiary structure for both 77c91cTrx and 78c90cTrx was seen to be near identical, despite the greater strain of the disulfide bond at the hydrogen bonding position. In addition to this, the Ile75-Pro76 peptide bond is now seen to be in the trans conformation in 78c90cTrx, while in wt -Trx the Ile75-Pro76 peptide bond is in the cis conformation. This cis peptide bond is known to play a role in both folding and catalysis, and the solution structures were analyzed in the context of observed changes in folding and catalysis. The study shows that introducing disulfide bonds even at the edge of β sheets have long-range structural effects, and the structural effects cannot be directly correlated with the changes in stability. Part III: Appendix Appendix A describes the expression, purification and preliminary characterization of ilvM, the regulatory subunit of E.coliAHAS II, one of three enzyme isomers that catal-yse the first step in the synthesis of all branched chain amino acids. AHAS II is known to be insensitive to feedback regulation, but our studies showed that the presence of Ile, Leu and Val causes structural changes and increases the stability of ilvM. However we were not able to purify ilvM in sufficient quantities to proceed with solution structure studies. Appendices B and C contain chemical shift information for the structural studies carried out on FFcytb5, WFcytb5, 77c91cTrx and 78c90cTrx.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo principal a elaboração de fichas técnicas de materiais utilizados na fabricação de órteses de membro superior e inferior. Para a escolha dos materiais a serem elencados e caracterizados, selecionou-se as instituições de apoio ao deficiente da área metropolitana de Porto Alegre, RS. As selecionadas para a pesquisa foram a Associação de Assistência à Criança com Deficiência (AACD) e Associação Canoense de Deficientes Físicos (ACADEF). A metodologia abordou a listagem e seleção, e as etapas seguintes se deram a partir da organização dos materiais em grandes grupos: materiais poliméricos, materiais metálicos, materiais naturais e fibras. Assim agrupados, seguiu-se a caracterização e a análise dos materiais por meio de microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV), espectroscopia por energia dispersiva (EDS), espectroscopia no infravermelho por transformada de Fourier (FT-IR), espectrometria de fluorescência de raios-X e ensaio de tração e compressão. Os resultados práticos e as pesquisas em materiais bibliográficos e bancos de dados como o Granta Design permitiram a elaboração das fichas técnicas de cada material, apresentando as características gerais, propriedades físicas, mecânicas e químicas e aplicação. Essas fichas têm finalidade multidisciplinar, buscando auxiliar profissionais que trabalham no processo de fabricação destas órteses, como fisioterapeutas, terapeutas ocupacionais, técnicos de oficina, designers e projetistas, permitindo acesso direto e praticidade na fabricação destes produtos. / The main objective of this study is to develop technical sheets of materials utilized in the manufacturing of superior and inferior limb orthoses. Institutions that support disabled persons in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, RS, were selectioned in order to decide which materials were to be listed and characterized. The Association of Assistance for Children with Disability (AACD) and the Canoense Association of persons with Physical Disability (ACADEF) were selected for this research. Methods included listing and selection, and the following steps were conducted through the categorization of materials into large groups: polymeric materials, metal materials, natural materials and fibers. Thus grouped, the study continued with the characterization and analysis of materials through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and tension and compression testing. Practical results and research in bibliographical material and databases such as Granta Design enabled the development of technical sheets for each material, presenting general characteristics, physical, mechanical and chemical properties and application. Such sheets have multidisciplinary purposes, seeking to assist health professionals who work in the manufacturing process of these orthoses, such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, workshop technicians, designers and drafters, allowing for direct access and convenience in the manufacturing of these products.

Aços de alta resistência e baixa liga (HSLA) tem sido amplamente empregados na indústria nos últimos anos, em especial na indústria automotiva, com a finalidade de reduzir peso dos produtos sem prejudicar características importantes como a resistência. O aço LNE 380 vem sendo aplicado na fabricação de peças mais robustas e que passam por processos de dobra. Dessa forma, esse estudo tem como objetivo principal determinar as deformações máximas causadas pelas tensões de tração em chapas do aço de alta resistência e baixa liga NBR 6656 LNE 380 submetidas ao processo de dobramento. Chapas de 6,35mm de espessura foram inicialmente analisadas por meio de ensaios de tração para verificar as propriedades mecânicas do aço. Os ensaios de tração apresentaram uma tensão de escoamento de 469±8MPa e tensão máxima de resistência de 539±3MPa. O ensaio de dobramento semiguiado foi utilizado para detectar o nível de deformação na região externa das chapas, ocasionado pelos esforços de tração durante o processo, bem como seu retorno elástico. No ensaio de dobramento utilizaram-se três raios de punçãovariando o deslocamento do mesmo para se obter diferentes raios de dobra. As máximas deformações relativa e verdadeira foram medidas na região externa da dobra, e posteriormente comparadas com resultados teóricos a fim de validar equações indicadas na bibliografia. Os valores teóricos variaram conforme o raio do punção, diferente do observado nos ensaios, onde a deformação permaneceu a mesma para todos os três raios utilizados. A maior deformação, calculada e medida, refere-se ao ensaio realizado com o menor raio de punção, assim como o maior Fator de Retorno Elástico. Verificou-se que no ensaio de dobramento, para o aço LNE 380, nas condições pré-definidas, a variação do raio do punção não interferiu de forma significativa nos resultados, uma vez que, as deformações e retorno elástico medido obteram valores próximos para diferentes raios. / High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) steels have been widely used in the industry in the last years, especially in the automotive industry, in order to reduce weight products without impairing important characteristics such as strenght. The LNE 380 steel has been applied in the manufacture of more robust parts and that go through bending process. Therefore, this study has as main objective to determine the maximum deformation caused by the tensile stresses in sheets of High Strength Low Alloy steel NBR 6656 LNE 380 submitted to bending process. Sheets of 6,35mm thick were initially analyzed by tensile tests to verify the mechanical properties of the steel. The tensile tests showed a yield stress of 469±8 and maximum tensile strength of 539±3. The semi-guided bending test was used to detect the level of deformation in the external fibers of the sheets, caused by tensile stresses during the process, as well as their springback. Three punch radii were used in the bending test varying their displacement to achieve different bending radii. The maximum relative and true deformations were measured in the outer region of the bend, and subsequently compared with theoretical results in order to validate equations used in the bibliography. The theoretical values varied according to the punch radius that was different from those observed in the tests, where the deformation remained the same for all three radii used. The largest deformation calculated and measured refers to the test performed with the smallest punch radius, as well as the largest springback fator. It was observed that in the bending process, for the LNE 380 steel, under the pre-defined conditions, the variation of the punch radius did not interfein the results significally, since the values of deformation and springback measured were similar for different radii.

O trabalho aborda o desenvolvimento e implantação de um processo de recozimento conjugado com campo magnético induzido. Para este trabalho foi escolhido como material o FeSi, ABNT NM71-2000/ 35F 420M com GNO (Grão-Não-Orientado) devido ao baixo custo de obtenção das peças e também por ser um material de fácil aquisição no mercado. O processo tem como benefício minimizar as perdas magnéticas produzidas pelo corte convencional na borda das chapas elétricas. Para realizar o processo o sistema é composto de um forno, enrolamento de indução e fonte de alimentação. Os parâmetros utilizados no tratamento térmico situam-se na faixa de temperatura de aquecimento até 910ºC e uma indução magnética mínima na faixa de 80 até aproximadamente 1,5 T. Para melhorar as propriedades magnéticas de forma contundente na região deformada buscou-se através do recozimento conjugado com campo induzido um alinhamento dos domínios, ou seja, uma ordenação dos “spins” que juntamente com a elevação de temperatura tenderam a ter um mesmo sentido, facilitando de maneira significativa à passagem do fluxo magnético, propriedade importante para o desempenho dos núcleos das máquinas elétricas. Para avaliar o desempenho do processo, chapas do mesmo material foram cortadas por eletroerosão a fio, onde o perfil do corte permitiu um fluxo magnético uniforme e constante. O efeito do processo de recozimento com indução de campo magnético foi medido conforme determina a norma, ou seja, utilizando o “Quadro de Epstein” para chapas elétricas. Os resultados foram correlacionados com os dados obtidos a partir do uso do ferro-silício, ABNT NM71-2000/35F 420M, com as mesmas condições de uso e testes de laboratório. Do ponto de vista científico, uma das contribuições deste trabalho, está na influência da indução de campo magnético durante o tratamento térmico das amostras, pois é possível verificar um ganho nas propriedades magnéticas apresentadas. Este trabalho permite afirmar que é possível desenvolver e melhorar as propriedades magnéticas em ferro silício com alto desempenho e também sugerir que outras aplicações, onde seja necessário aumento do desempenho magnético, este processo possa ser aplicado. / This work presents and discusses the development and application of an annealing process together with the induced magnetic field. For this study development, the chosen material is the iron silicon, ABNT NM71-2000/ 35F 420M, due to the low trading costs and eases of purchase on the market. The process has the benefit of minimizing magnetic losses produced by conventional cutting the edge of the hot plates. To carry out the process system consists of a furnace, induction coil and power supply. The parameters used in the heat treatment are in the range of heating temperature to 910 ° C and a minimum magnetic induction in the range of about 80 to 1.5 T. The challenge of this work was in the fact that structure changes in the silicon iron, allied to inclusions of non-magnetizable materials, modify for worse the performance of magnetic cores. To obtain a structure that the magnetic field could permeate, the silicon iron alloys were selected to eliminate, at most, the presence of non-magnetizable materials, and only then consider a heat treatment process with magnetic induction to make the material suitable for use in cores of electrical machines. To improve the magnetic properties, an alignment of dipoles of the material, through induced magnetic field during annealing was intended. Annealing with induced magnetic field was carried out, observing the performance of the initial magnetic permeability of the samples, and subsequently measured with field saturation equipment. The results were correlated with the obtained data from the use of the FeSi, ABNT NM71-2000/35F 420M, with the same conditions of use and laboratory tests. From the scientific point of view, one of the contributions of this work is the influence of induced magnetic field during the heat treatment of the samples, since it was possible to verify a significant gain in the magnetic properties of the cores electrical machines during the performance tests. As a result of this work, the possibility of using annealing with magnetic induction was presented as a way to increase the permeability of a material with high carbon content, in this particular case, the silicon iron. This work suggests that it is possible to develop and improve the magnetic properties of iron and silicon with high performance also suggest that other applications where necessary increase in magnetic performance, this process can be applied.

This dissertation deals with the natural and national history themes. There are suggested five excursions, two cycle-excursions, one project and one instruction lesson. The aim of this dissertation is the reinforcement and fixation of a good relation of pupils to nature by interesting and accessible forms and to teach them how protect it in the interest of mankind. The thesis is being done for the pupils of 4th and 5th grade of basic schools. There are working sheets with the tasks prepared for pupils that are continuously completed at separated way points of excursions.

The main topic of this diploma thesis is death and dying in literature for children and youngsters and it´s usage in Pedagogics of free time. The thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part´s main aim is the definition of death as a part of life (a brief description of habbits and traditions, including today´s view), psychological perception of death by children of preschool and younger school age and analysis of key topics from chosen works for children and youngsters. The practical part contains a qualitative research (a semi-structured dialog) and a set of methodical sheets from the chosen works, containing their verification in praxis, including reflexion.

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