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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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Adsorption energetics on Pd model catalysts by microcalorimetry / construction of a UHV single crystal adsorption microcalorimeter and measurement of CO adsorption energetics as a function of particle size

Fischer-Wolfarth, Jan-Henrik 14 March 2011 (has links)
Die effiziente Nutzung der begrenzten Ressourcen auf der Erde ist ein entscheidender Faktor für ein nachhaltiges Leben. Die Entwicklung besserer Katalysatoren kann dabei einen wesentlichen Beitrag leisten. Ein umfassendes Verständnis der katalytischen Reaktivität würde es ermöglichen, spezifische katalytische Eigenschaften zu konzipieren und zu kontrollieren. In diese Arbeit wurde die Korrelation der Katalysatoroberfläche mit den Adsorptionswärmen von Molekülen aus der Gasphase untersucht. Insbesondere wurde die Adsorptionwärme von CO auf Pd-Partikeln als Funktion der Partikelgröße mittels gut charakterisierte Modelkatalysatorsysteme, eisenoxidgeträgerte Pd-Partikel, und UHV-Einkristalladsorptionskalorimetrie bestimmt. Es konnte die langjährige Kontroverse, wie sich die Adsorptionswärme von CO auf Pd mit der Partikelgröße ändert, aufgelöst werden. Die Adsorptionswärmen wurden für CO auf geträgerten Pd-Partikeln mit mittleren Größen zwischen 1.8 und 8 nm, sowie Pd(111) untersucht. Es zeigte sich dabei, dass die Anfangsadsorptionsenergie mit abnehmender Partikelgröße kleiner wird. Das Mikrokalorimeterexperiment besteht aus einer Präparationskammer und einer Kalorimetriekammer, die sowohl die Präparation und Charakterisierung von geträgerten metallischen Nanopartikeln, als auch Adsorptionsenergiemessungen ermöglichen. Das Kalorimeter basiert auf dem Design von Campbell et al. und nutzt eine pyroelektrische Folie als Detektor. Es wurden Verbesserungen in Bezug auf Ausrichtung, Temperaturstabilität und Vibrationsisolation implementiert. Ein gepulster Molekularstrahl wird eingesetzt, um die Oberfläche einem stabilen und homogenen Fluss von Gasphasenmolekülen auszusetzten. Desweiteren erlaubt ein In situ Reflektivitätsmessaufbau die Bestimmung der optischer Eigenschaften von Modelkatalysatoroberflächen, was entscheidend für eine akkurate Energiekalibration des Kalorimeters ist. / The efficient use of the limited resources on earth is a critical factor to sustainable life. The development of better catalysts can make a significant contribution. Complete understanding of the catalytic activity would facilitate the design and control of specific catalytic processes. In this work, the correlation of the catalyst structure and the heats of adsorption of gas-phase particles were investigated. In particular, the heat of adsorption for CO on Pd particles was determined as a function of particle size, using a well-characterized model catalyst system, Pd particles supported on an iron oxide film, and UHV single crystal adsorption microcalorimetry. It was possible to resolve the longstanding controversy, how the heat of adsorption of CO on Pd particles changes with particle size. The heat of adsorption for CO on Pd particles was studied on supported Pd particles with a mean diameter of 1.8 to 8 nm and Pd(111). The initial heat of adsorption was found to decrease with decreasing particle size. The completed microcalorimeter experiment comprises a preparation chamber and a calorimetry chamber, providing all means to prepare and characterize oxide supported metal nanoparticles and to perform adsorption energy measurements. The calorimeter is based on the design of Campbell et al., using a pyroelectric ribbon as a detector. Improvements with respect to alignment, temperature stability, and vibration isolation were implemented. A pulsed molecular beam is used to expose the surface to a stable and homogeneous flux of gas-phase molecules. Further, a dedicated in situ reflectivity measurement setup allows optical characterization of the model catalyst surfaces, which is crucial for an accurate energy calibration of the calorimeter.
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An orthotopic xenograft model for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer in mice: influence of mouse strain, tumor cell count, dwell time and bladder pretreatment

Hübner, Doreen, Rieger, Christiane, Bergmann, Ralf, Ullrich, Martin, Meister, Sebastian, Toma, Marieta, Wiedemuth, Ralf, Temme, Achim, Novotny, Vladimir, Wirth, Manfred, Bachmann, Michael, Pietzsch, Jens, Fuessel, Susanne 05 June 2018 (has links) (PDF)
Background Novel theranostic options for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer are urgently needed. This requires a thorough evaluation of experimental approaches in animal models best possibly reflecting human disease before entering clinical studies. Although several bladder cancer xenograft models were used in the literature, the establishment of an orthotopic bladder cancer model in mice remains challenging. Methods Luciferase-transduced UM-UC-3LUCK1 bladder cancer cells were instilled transurethrally via 24G permanent venous catheters into athymic NMRI and BALB/c nude mice as well as into SCID-beige mice. Besides the mouse strain, the pretreatment of the bladder wall (trypsin or poly-L-lysine), tumor cell count (0.5 × 106–5.0 × 106) and tumor cell dwell time in the murine bladder (30 min – 2 h) were varied. Tumors were morphologically and functionally visualized using bioluminescence imaging (BLI), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET). Results Immunodeficiency of the mouse strains was the most important factor influencing cancer cell engraftment, whereas modifying cell count and instillation time allowed fine-tuning of the BLI signal start and duration – both representing the possible treatment period for the evaluation of new therapeutics. Best orthotopic tumor growth was achieved by transurethral instillation of 1.0 × 106 UM-UC-3LUCK1 bladder cancer cells into SCID-beige mice for 2 h after bladder pretreatment with poly-L-lysine. A pilot PET experiment using 68Ga-cetuximab as transurethrally administered radiotracer revealed functional expression of epidermal growth factor receptor as representative molecular characteristic of engrafted cancer cells in the bladder. Conclusions With the optimized protocol in SCID-beige mice an applicable and reliable model of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer for the development of novel theranostic approaches was established.
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Somos Hermanos : literatura de cárcere como testemunho o caso de Diário de um detento: o livro, de Jocenir

Carvalho, Paulo Roberto Alves de 29 July 2011 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:34:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao de Paulo Roberto Alves de Carvalho.pdf: 552661 bytes, checksum: e0085faae9213a8f7183464c074002b7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este trabalho tem como objetivo discutir o reconhecimento da Literatura de Cárcere como gênero pertencente à Literatura de Testemunho. Para tal intento, faz um breve excurso em torno das relações entre memorialismo e prisão, para, então, lançar mão de noções de Nancy Fraser, Charles Taylor e Axel Honneth, bem como de críticos literários e historiadores que reconhecem na narrativa testemunhal um registro historiográfico de caráter imprescindível. Adota-se para análise o relato Diário de um detento: o livro, do ex-presidiário Jocenir, uma referência capital da Literatura de Cárcere, que será analisada e cotejada com duas outras narrativas fundamentais (O que é isso, companheiro, de Fernando Gabeira, e É isto um homem?, de Primo Levi), apontando-se semelhanças e diferenças entre os três registros / This paper aims to discuss the recognition of Prison Literature as a part of the Testimonial Literature genre. To explore the issue, this work takes a brief look into the connection between memorial and prison, taking the notions of Nancy Fraser, Axel Honneth and CharlesTaylor into account; as well as literary critics and historians, who recognize the testimonial narrative as an essential historiographical record. The text under investigation is the story of Diário de um detento: o livro (2001) by the ex-convict Jocenir, a crucial reference to Prison Literature in Brazil, which has been analyzed and collated with two other fundamental narratives: O que é isso, companheiro, by Fernando Gabeira and É isto um homem?, by Primo Levi, pointing out similarities and differences between the three records
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Condição de Nilpotência para Grupos Localmente Finitos de expoente p e Álgebras de Lie (p-1)- Engel de Característica p (ou 0) / Condição de Nilpotência para Grupos Localmente Finitos de expoente p e Álgebras de Lie (p-1)- Engel de Característica p (ou 0) / Nilpotency Conditions for Locally Finite Groups of Prime Exponet p and (p-1)-Engel Lie Álgebra of Characteristic p (ou 0) / Nilpotency Conditions for Locally Finite Groups of Prime Exponet p and (p-1)-Engel Lie Álgebra of Characteristic p (ou 0)

CARVALHO, Lucimeire Alves de 25 April 2011 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:02:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Lucimeire.pdf: 347668 bytes, checksum: 1994a286b451a5d4bd05254e9a5299d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-25 / Let P be a locally finite group of prime exponent p, admitting a finite soluble automorphism group G of order n coprime to p. In this work we study the influence of the centralizers of the automorphisms in G on the structure of P. In this sense we show that if CP(G), the subgroup of fixed points is soluble of derived length d, then P is nilpotent of class bounded in terms of p, n and d. It will be also shown that if a (p-1)-Engel Lie algebra L of characteristic p (or 0) admits a finite soluble automorphism group G of order n coprime to the characteristic of L, such that CL(G), the subalgebra of fixed points, is soluble of derived length d, then the Lie algebra L is nilpotent of class bounded in terms of p, n and d. / Seja P um grupo localmente finito de expoente primo p, admitindo um grupo G de automorfismos solúvel finito de ordem n coprima com p. Neste trabalho estudaremos a influência dos centralizadores dos automorfismos em G sobre a estrutura de P. Nesse sentido, mostraremos que se CP(G), o subgrupo de pontos fixos, é solúvel de comprimento derivado d, então P é nilpotente de classe limitada em termos de p;n e d. Será demonstrado também que se uma álgebra de Lie (p-1)-Engel L, de característica p (ou 0) admite um grupo de automorfismos G solúvel finito de ordem n coprima com a característica de L, tal que CL(G), a subálgebra de pontos fixos, é solúvel de comprimento derivado d, então a álgebra de Lie L é nilpotente de classe limitada em termos de p;n e d.
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An orthotopic xenograft model for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer in mice: influence of mouse strain, tumor cell count, dwell time and bladder pretreatment

Hübner, Doreen, Rieger, Christiane, Bergmann, Ralf, Ullrich, Martin, Meister, Sebastian, Toma, Marieta, Wiedemuth, Ralf, Temme, Achim, Novotny, Vladimir, Wirth, Manfred, Bachmann, Michael, Pietzsch, Jens, Fuessel, Susanne 05 June 2018 (has links)
Background Novel theranostic options for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer are urgently needed. This requires a thorough evaluation of experimental approaches in animal models best possibly reflecting human disease before entering clinical studies. Although several bladder cancer xenograft models were used in the literature, the establishment of an orthotopic bladder cancer model in mice remains challenging. Methods Luciferase-transduced UM-UC-3LUCK1 bladder cancer cells were instilled transurethrally via 24G permanent venous catheters into athymic NMRI and BALB/c nude mice as well as into SCID-beige mice. Besides the mouse strain, the pretreatment of the bladder wall (trypsin or poly-L-lysine), tumor cell count (0.5 × 106–5.0 × 106) and tumor cell dwell time in the murine bladder (30 min – 2 h) were varied. Tumors were morphologically and functionally visualized using bioluminescence imaging (BLI), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET). Results Immunodeficiency of the mouse strains was the most important factor influencing cancer cell engraftment, whereas modifying cell count and instillation time allowed fine-tuning of the BLI signal start and duration – both representing the possible treatment period for the evaluation of new therapeutics. Best orthotopic tumor growth was achieved by transurethral instillation of 1.0 × 106 UM-UC-3LUCK1 bladder cancer cells into SCID-beige mice for 2 h after bladder pretreatment with poly-L-lysine. A pilot PET experiment using 68Ga-cetuximab as transurethrally administered radiotracer revealed functional expression of epidermal growth factor receptor as representative molecular characteristic of engrafted cancer cells in the bladder. Conclusions With the optimized protocol in SCID-beige mice an applicable and reliable model of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer for the development of novel theranostic approaches was established.
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Um passeio pelo pensamento musical de Leonhard Euler: a leitura do mestre e seu uso em sala de aula / A journey through Leonhards Euler musical thought: reading the master and its use in the classroom

Lima, Guilherme Augusto Vaz de 21 February 2018 (has links)
Este estudo se dedica a uma parte pouco conhecida dos trabalhos de Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) relacionado à música enquanto uma ciência matemática. Tais trabalhos mostram, em certo sentido, um lado pitagórico do pensador e também algumas contribuições do mesmo à teoria musical. O interesse deste matemático pelo assunto permeia várias obras e épocas de sua vida, mas neste trabalho focamos em três delas: um conjunto de nove cartas que compõem a obra Lettres a une princesse dAllemagne sur divers sujets de physique e de philosophie (1768) e dois artigos, Conjecture sur la raison de quelques dissonances generalement reçues dans la musique (1766) e De harmoniae veris principiis per speculum musicum repraesentatis (1774). Para possibilitar uma melhor compreensão desses textos, faremos uma revisão histórica do tratamento aritmético dado à música desde os tempos clássicos até o Renascimento com enfoque nas principais contribuições que levam à construção da escala da entonação pura ou justa, trabalhada por Euler nos originais estudados. Após a apresentação e análise desses trabalhos eulerianos, especialmente seus diagramas para representar sons e acordes e do seu expoente de um acorde para medir consonâncias, terminaremos essa dissertação refletindo sobre as implicações pedagógicas e históricas, bem como as potencialidades e limitações do uso de fontes originais de determinados mestres do pensamento matemático ocidental, nomeadamente o próprio Euler, na formação de matemáticos, professores e licenciados. / This present research takes a journey into a little know part of Leonhard Eulers works about music as a mathematical science. Those works show, at certain level, his Pythagorean thoughts and also his contributions to music theory. Eulers interest for this subject permeates many of his works through his lifetime (1707 - 1783), but here we focus on three of them: a set of nine letters from the book Lettres a une princesse dAllemagne sur divers sujets de physique e de philosophie (1768), and two articles, Conjecture sur la raison de quelques dissonances generalement reçues dans la musique (1766) and De harmoniae veris principiis per speculum musicum repraesentatis (1774). To allow a better understanding of his ideas, first we put on a historical review of the arithmetic treatment of music since the ancient Greece to the Renaissance Era pointing out the main contributions to the development of the pure just intonation scale, the one used by Euler on the works just mentioned. After presenting and analyzing these Eulers contributions, specially his diagrams to represent sounds and chords to the eyes and the concept of exponent of a chord to measure consonances, we conclude this dissertation thinking about the pedagogical and historical impact, and also the potential and limitations concerning the use of historical sources of the masters of mathematics, to the training of future mathematics and teachers.
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Estudo de polimorfismos dos genes EGF e EGFR em astrocitomas difusamente infiltrativos / Polymorphisms of EGF e EGFR genes in diffusely infiltrative astrocytomas

Barbosa, Keila Cardoso 11 April 2008 (has links)
INTRODUÇÃO: Os astrocitomas difusamente infiltrativos são os tumores mais freqüentes de Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) com uma taxa de 5-7 novos casos por 100.000 pessoas ano. São tumores altamente invasivos e estão associados com alterações de alguns genes como EGF (fator de crescimento epidérmico) e o EGFR (receptor do fator de crescimento epidérmico), que podem criar um aumento da atividade mitogênica, acarretando aumento de proliferação e maturação celular, apoptose, angiogênese e metástase. O nível de expressão destes genes pode ser influenciado por alterações genéticas, como a presença de polimorfismos. Uma mudança única de base (SNP) pode alterar a expressão gênica e, sendo assim, estar associada ao aumento do risco de desenvolver astrocitomas. Nesse trabalho, foram analisados 2 SNPs na região não traduzida (c.-191C>A e c.-216G>T) e um SNP no exon 16 (c.2073A>T) do gene EGFR, e um outro SNP na região não traduzida no gene EGF (c.61A>G). Os SNPs foram associados a expressão gênica do EGFR e a sobrevida dos pacientes. MÈTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo caso-controle com 193 casos de astrocitomas difusamente infiltrativos e 200 controles por amplificação por PCR seguido de digestão enzimática. Os produtos digeridos das amostras foram analisados por eletroforese em gel de agarose e poliacrilamida e corados com brometo de etídeo. A expressão gênica foi realizada após extração de RNA do tecido tumoral seguida de transcrição reversa e PCR em tempo real. Testes de qui-quadrado, odds ratio (OR), intervalo de confiança 95% (IC95%), t de Student e curvas de Kaplan-Meier foram realizados para análises estatística. RESULTADOS: A análise das freqüências dos genótipos dos polimorfismos mostrou uma diferença na distribuição entre casos e controles para o polimorfismo c.2073A>T. Pacientes com o genótipo TT apresentou um menor risco para astrocitoma quando comparados com o genótipo AA (OR=0,51, IC95%=0,29-0,99). Nenhuma correlação foi encontrada para os outros polimorfismos analisados. Também não foi encontrada correlação entre os genótipos dos polimorfismos e os níveis de expressão de EGFR e a sobrevida dos pacientes. CONCLUSÃO: Nosso trabalho mostrou haver um possível fator de proteção quando o paciente é portador do genótipo TT, o que pode levar a uma diminuição do risco de desenvolver o tumor. Pacientes com genótipo TT do polimorfismo c.2073A>T do gene EGFR apresentam um menor risco para astrocitomas difusamente infiltrativos do que os com o genótipo AA. / INTRODUCTION: Diffusely infiltrative astrocytomas are the most frequent tumors of the Central Nervous System (CNS) with a rate of 5-7 new cases in 100,000 individuals per year. They are highly invasive, and they are associated to alterations in some genes as EGF (epidermal growth factor) and EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor), which may increase mitogenic activity, leading to increase of proliferation, cellular maturation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, and metastasis. Genetic alterations, as presence of polymorphisms of single nucleotide change (SNP) could influence their expression level, and thus could be associated to increased risk in developing astrocytomas. In the present study, two SNP of non-coding region (c.-191C>A and c.-216G>T) and one SNP in exon 16 (c.2073A>T) of EGFR, and another SNP of non-coding region of EGF (c.61A>G) were analyzed. The SNPs were associated to EGFR expression level and to survival time. METHOD: a case-control study of 193 of diffusely infiltrative astrocytomas and 200 controls was carried out, with PCR amplification and enzymatic digestion, which products were analyzed in agarose gel or polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis stained by ethidium bromide. EGFR expression level was studied by real time PCR after RNA extraction followed by reverse transcription of tumor tissues compared to epileptic non-neoplastic brain tissues. Stastistical analysis were performed by chi-square, odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (95% CI), Student-t test and Kaplan Meier. RESULTS: The polymorphic genotype frequency was different between case and controls for the polymorphism c.2073A>T. Patients with TT genotype presented lower risk to develop astrocytoma when compared to genotype AA (OR=0.51, CI95%=0.29- 0.99). No other correlation was observed for the remaining studied polymorphisms. There was neither correlation between the polymorphic genotypes and the EGFR expression levels nor with survival time. CONCLUSION: The present study showed a possible protection factor in developing astrocytomas for the patients harboring the genotype TT of c.2073A>T polymorphism of EFGR, thus the patients presenting TT genotype have lower risk to develop diffusely infiltrative astrocytoma than patients presenting the genotype AA.
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Coabitação com um parceiro doente: conseqüências sobre o comportamento, a atividade imune inata e o crescimento tumoral / Cohabiting with a sick mate: consequences on behavior, innate immune activity, and tumor growht

Alves, Glaucie Jussilane 16 August 2005 (has links)
A atividade do sistema nervoso central (SNC) afeta aquela do sistema imune e esta por sua vez, através de produtos originados em células imunes, como por exemplo, as citocinas modificam a atividade cerebral e, portanto, alguns comportamentos. O ato de conviver com pessoas portadoras de um tumor ou de patologias crônicas debilitantes tem sido estudado por vários pesquisadores, os quais têm relatado evidencias que mostram ser algumas condições psicológicas experimentadas por ?caregivers? associadas com variações de comportamento e de imunidade. Manifestações de estresse têm sido intensamente estudadas nestas pessoas. Neste sentido, e guardado os devidos cuidados com as extrapolações, não existe um modelo animal especificamente desenvolvido para analisar, em laboratório, as eventuais alterações imunes que possam ocorrer em animais que convivem com um outro doente. Este foi o objeto do presente trabalho. Mais especificamente, avaliou-se a existência de uma possível interação neuroimune em camundongas que coabitaram com outras portadoras de um tumor de Ehrlich, através da análise de parâmetros hematológicos, imunológicos, hormonais, comportamentais e neuroquímicos. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que a convivência por 11 dias com um animal portador do tumor de Ehrlich produziu em camundongas: 1) leucopenia; 2) diminuição do burst oxidativo induzido por PMA e por S. aureus e da porcentagem e, também da intensidade de fagocitose de neutrófilos sanguíneos; 3) aumento do burst oxidativo e redução da porcentagem, mas não alterou a intensidade de fagocitose de macrófagos ativados pelo ONCO-BCG; 4) diminuição da resistência ao crescimento de um tumor de Ehrlich, isto é, aumentou a concentração de células tumorais/ml de líquido ascítico e o número total de células tumorais; 5) redução do número de leucócitos circulantes em animais inoculados com o tumor de Ehrlich; 6) diminuição dos níveis hipotalâmicos de noradrenalina e aumento daqueles de dopamina e de MHPG; 7) aumento do ?turnover? de noradrenalina no hipotálamo e de dopamina no córtex frontal; 8) aumento dos efeitos da anfetamina sobre alguns parâmetros da atividade locomotora dos animais observados no campo aberto; 9) potenciou os efeitos de um tratamento com diazepam, reduzindo ainda mais o burst oxidativo induzido por PMA e por S. aureus assim como os efeitos do fármaco sobre a porcentagem e a intensidade de fagocitose de neutrófilos sanguíneos. No entanto, esta convivência não modificou a média do número de eritrócitos, a porcentagem do hematócrito e o volume corpuscular médio, assim como a atividade de macrófagos peritoneais residentes e, não interferiu com os níveis de corticosterona sérica dos animais. Em seu conjunto, os presentes resultados mostraram que a convivência com animais portadores de um tumor ascítico de Ehrlich produziu alterações comportamentais, neuroquímicas e imunológicas, que guardam grande similaridade com sinais e sintomas relatados em caregivers. Estas alterações foram interpretadas como decorrentes de uma situação de estresse psicológico prolongado vivenciado pelas camundongas companheiras de conspecíficas portadoras de um tumor. Mais especificamente, postulou-se, neste trabalho, sejam as alterações observadas decorrentes de um aumento de atividade catecolaminérgica no SNC e/ou de ativação do SNAS. A semelhança dos resultados obtidos em companheiras de animais doentes com aqueles de caregivers permitiu sugerir, tomados os devidos cuidados com extrapolações, seja o modelo experimental agora usado de alguma utilidade para a compreensão da situação vivenciada por estes caregivers / The activity of the central nervous system (CNS) affects the immune system, which by means of products molecules synthesized by its cells, modify the activity of the CNS, and, consequently, animal behavior. People that care for and support the needs of patients bearing tumors or with chronic, debilitating diseases, have been studied by many groups, with evidences pointing towards an association between some psychological conditions experienced by caregivers and changes in behavior and immunity. Stress-associated symptoms have been intensely studied in these people. Thus, taking into account the required grounds reasonable comparisons, there was no description of a suitable model for laboratory analysis of possible changes in immunity of animals cohabiting with a sick cage-mate. Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish a suitable model for this purpose. We particularly aimed on possible neuroimmune interaction in female mice that had cohabited with Ehrlich tumor-bearing mice, using for comparison hematological, immune, hormonal, behavioral, and neurochemical parameters. The results of this study show that cohabiting with a sick mate - mice bearing the Ehrlich tumor - for 11 days induced, in female mice: 1) leukopenia; 2) decrease in PMA- or S. aureus-induced oxidative burst, and also of the percentage and intensity of phagocytosis by circulating neutrophils; 3) increase in oxidative burst and reduction in the percentage, but did not influence intensity of phagocytosis by ONCO-BCG-activated macrophages; 4) decrease in the resistance to the progression of the Ehrlich tumor, shown by the enhanced concentration of tumor cells per ml of the ascitic fluid, and total number of tumor cells; 5) reduction in the number of circulating leukocytes in animals injected with the Ehrlich tumor; 6) diminished hypothalamic levels of noradrenaline and increased those of dopamine and MHPG in the same region; 7) increased the turnover of noradrenaline in the hypothalamus, and of dopamine in the frontal cortex; 8) enhanced the effects of amphetamine on several parameters of motor activity observed in the open field arena; 9) potentiated the effects of diazepam, reducing the PMA- or S. aureus-induced oxidative burst, and on the percentage and intensity of phagocytosis by circulating neutrophils even further. Nonetheless, cohabiting with the sick mate did not alter the red cell count, the hematocrit, or the mean cell volume, nor did it influence the activity of resident peritoneal macrophages or interfere with serum corticosterone levels. Altogether, these findings show that cohabiting with animals bearing the ascitic Ehrlich tumor caused behavioral, neurochemical, and immunological changes compatible with those presented and described by caregivers. These changes are interpreted as related to a sustained, long-term situation of psychological stress experienced by the conspecific female healthy mates of the tumor-bearing mice. In particular, we postulate in this study that the changes observed might be driven by the increased cathecolaminergic activity in the CNS and/or by the activation of the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system (SANS). The resemblance of the results obtained here and those seen in human caregivers allows the careful suggestion that this model may be relevant to help understanding the situation experienced by caregivers
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Answer set programming probabilístico / Probabilistic Answer Set Programming

Morais, Eduardo Menezes de 10 December 2012 (has links)
Este trabalho introduz uma técnica chamada Answer Set Programming Probabilístico (PASP), que permite a modelagem de teorias complexas e a verificação de sua consistência em relação a um conjunto de dados estatísticos. Propomos métodos de resolução baseados em uma redução para o problema da satisfazibilidade probabilística (PSAT) e um método de redução de Turing ao ASP. / This dissertation introduces a technique called Probabilistic Answer Set Programming (PASP), that allows modeling complex theories and check its consistence with respect to a set of statistical data. We propose a method of resolution based in the reduction to the probabilistic satisfiability problem (PSAT) and a Turing reduction method to ASP.
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Caio Fernando Abreu: em busca de Dulce e de si mesmo

Leitão, Carla Fraga 18 November 2005 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:58:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Carla Fraga Leitao.pdf: 342633 bytes, checksum: 881ea93335193375b39fa317cc64a232 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-11-18 / Secretaria do Estado e Educação / This dissertation is focused on the literary analysis surround the Caio Fernando Abreu´s novel, Onde Anadará Dulce Veiga? Um Romance B. The research has two moments: the contemporary context of the novel´s kind of writing, in Brazil, and the corpuses analysis, under the light of theories that discuss the contemporary time. The paper work asks if could Caio Fernando Abreu´s novel be showing traces that break with characteristics of the traditional novel s narrative. Its objective is a critical analysis of the narrative, checking the choices, which not only define the structural elements of the narrative but a few social and psychological aspects of the contemporary man. The theoretical argumentation is based on studies from Urlich Gumbrecht, Tânia Pellegrini, Umberto Eco, between others. Being a child of 70´s literature, Onde Anadará Dulce Veiga? Um Romance B arrives to the 90´s dragging a literary past remarkably Brazilian, incorporating non usual techniques from other arts and characterizing vividly the artistic-cultural scene in the end of the 20th century / Esta dissertação centra-se no campo da análise literária e focaliza o romance de Caio Fernando Abreu, Onde Andará Dulce Veiga? Um Romance B. A pesquisa se detém em dois momentos: a contextualização contemporânea do gênero romance, especialmente no Brasil, e a análise do corpus, sob a luz de teorias que discutem a contemporaneidade. O trabalho pergunta se o romance de Caio Fernando Abreu pode estar rompendo com os modelos precedentes de construção do texto romanesco e se é possível estar se distanciando dos moldes oferecidos pelos procedimentos de criação da narrativa tradicional. Objetiva uma análise crítica da narrativa, verificando as escolhas feitas que delimitam não só os elementos estruturais do romance, mas também certos aspectos sociais e psicológicos do homem contemporâneo. A fundamentação teórica está apoiada nos estudos de Hans Urlich Gumbrecht, Tânia Pellegrini, Umberto Eco, entre outros. Sendo fruto da literatura dos anos 70, Onde Andará Dulce Veiga? Um Romance B chega aos anos 90 carregado de um passado literário marcadamente brasileiro, incorporando técnicas diferenciadas de outras artes e caracterizando vivamente o cenário artístico-cultural dos fins do século XX

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