Active technology in database management systems (DBMS) enables the movement of behaviour dependent on the system’s state, from the application software to a rule base in the DBMS. With active technology in database systems, the problem of how to design active behaviour has become an important issue. Modelling processes do not foresee support for design of active rules which can lead to conflicts between the event-condition-action (ECA) rules representing the active behaviour and the application systems, using the active DBMS. The unified modelling language (UML) is a widely used notation language and is the main subject in this project. Its features will be investigated to acknowledge to what extend UML modelling diagrams provide information that can be used to formulate ECA rules. To achieve this, two methods where developed. One of the methods was applied on use-case UML modelling diagrams. The use-case models were developed by means of reflecting a real-life organisation. The results from applying the method on the use-case models were that there are features in UML that can be expressed with ECA rules. Active technology in database management systems (DBMS) enables the movement of behaviour dependent on the system’s state, from the application software to a rule base in the DBMS. With active technology in database systems, the problem of how to design active behaviour has become an important issue. Modelling processes do not foresee support for design of active rules which can lead to conflicts between the event-condition-action (ECA) rules representing the active behaviour and the application systems, using the active DBMS. The unified modelling language (UML) is a widely used notation language and is the main subject in this project. Its features will be investigated to acknowledge to what extend UML modelling diagrams provide information that can be used to formulate ECA rules. To achieve this, two methods where developed. One of the methods was applied on use-case UML modelling diagrams. The use-case models were developed by means of reflecting a real-life organisation. The results from applying the method on the use-case models were that there are features in UML that can be expressed with ECA rules.

<p>Active technology in database management systems (DBMS) enables the movement of behaviour dependent on the system’s state, from the application software to a rule base in the DBMS. With active technology in database systems, the problem of how to design active behaviour has become an important issue. Modelling processes do not foresee support for design of active rules which can lead to conflicts between the event-condition-action (ECA) rules representing the active behaviour and the application systems, using the active DBMS. The unified modelling language (UML) is a widely used notation language and is the main subject in this project. Its features will be investigated to acknowledge to what extend UML modelling diagrams provide information that can be used to formulate ECA rules.</p><p>To achieve this, two methods where developed. One of the methods was applied on use-case UML modelling diagrams. The use-case models were developed by means of reflecting a real-life organisation. The results from applying the method on the use-case models were that there are features in UML that can be expressed with ECA rules.</p><p>Active technology in database management systems (DBMS) enables the movement of behaviour dependent on the system’s state, from the application software to a rule base in the DBMS. With active technology in database systems, the problem of how to design active behaviour has become an important issue. Modelling processes do not foresee support for design of active rules which can lead to conflicts between the event-condition-action (ECA) rules representing the active behaviour and the application systems, using the active DBMS. The unified modelling language (UML) is a widely used notation language and is the main subject in this project. Its features will be investigated to acknowledge to what extend UML modelling diagrams provide information that can be used to formulate ECA rules.</p><p>To achieve this, two methods where developed. One of the methods was applied on use-case UML modelling diagrams. The use-case models were developed by means of reflecting a real-life organisation. The results from applying the method on the use-case models were that there are features in UML that can be expressed with ECA rules.</p>

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A pressing need exists for effective decision support systems to facilitate the rapid and accurate screening of large volumes of people. Millions of travelers transit through international borders and secure areas on an annual basis. Humans are exceptionally poor at detecting lying and deception and perform, on average, no better than chance. This research study focuses on the development, design and implementation of a Kiosk for Rapid Assessment of Deception (K-RAD) that integrates questioning with response processing and deception detection. An exploratory pilot study (N=68) and a primary study (N=225) were executed.The K-RAD was designed to have a three-dimensional figure, an "Embodied Conversational Agent" (ECA), deliver the questions through speech. This delivery mechanism was chosen because human subjects have been shown in the past to react emotionally to ECAs during conversational interactions, and emotional arousal is one of the cues to deception. Responses were analyzed for deception cues, focusing on kinesic, linguistic, and vocalic characteristics that can be captured for automated processing and which would be unique to this setting.The results show unique subject behaviors. Subjects exhibited minimal movement and had very little tendency to change posture. Some subjects (6%) referred to the ECA as an authority figure, using "sir" when responding. Subjects positioned themselves at varying distances from the ECA, with significant gender differences. Post-experiment surveys indicated a gender difference in overall stress, with female subjects reporting significantly higher levels, independent of the experimental condition.Postural-based logistic regression created significant classification models for the pilot (59.1% classification accuracy) and primary (57.2% & 62.8% classification accuracies) studies. Movement analysis had varying and conflicting results. A robust deception index with a 68.1% classification accuracy was achievable in the pilot study based on high-frequency movement and arm placement. Primary study deception indices were not significant.The results include a comprehensive set of observations and lessons learned regarding kiosk design, deception technologies, detection effectiveness, and future considerations to take into account when creating a next-generation K-RAD system. Many challenges remain, but the concept is functional, promising, and could revolutionize security screening and deception detection in a variety of settings.

SANTOS, S. J. M. Estudo comparativo de raízes de Jatropha mollissima sertão/praia, das castanhas de caju (anacardium occidentale l.) de diferentes plantios e estudo in vitro e in silico de compostos com potencial de inibição da enzima conversora de angiotensina. 2014. 59 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Química) - Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2014. / Submitted by Daniel Eduardo Alencar da Silva (dealencar.silva@gmail.com) on 2014-11-28T19:53:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_sjmsantos.pdf: 1924053 bytes, checksum: 7d727e2fc5af42e80e6ca8de52c2d6cf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by José Jairo Viana de Sousa(jairo@ufc.br) on 2016-01-29T19:52:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_sjmsantos.pdf: 1924053 bytes, checksum: 7d727e2fc5af42e80e6ca8de52c2d6cf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-29T19:52:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_dis_sjmsantos.pdf: 1924053 bytes, checksum: 7d727e2fc5af42e80e6ca8de52c2d6cf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Hypertension is a disease that affects millions of people around the world and among its main causative factors include an unhealthy diet, lack of physical exercise and obesity. Inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) has been identified as a therapeutic target for controlling high blood pressure because the octapeptide angiotensin II, which has vasoconstrictor activity, have minimized their activity in blood vessels. Compounds found in the bark of cashew nuts were separated and identified, and their potential for ACE inhibition was studied. It was observed that the anacardic acids possess this activity, being the 3-anacardic acid inhibitor best among the largest phenolic compounds extracted from the bark of cashews. In silico studies are currently performed to predict the bioavailability and the ability to penetrate the central nervous system (CNS) of a drug. We attempted to conduct this study to verify these properties in anacardic acids, as well as compare with other ACE inhibitors. It was observed that the anacardic acids infringe only one of the five rules of Lipinski, and as the rule states that at least three of these requirements must be satisfied, it is concluded that the anacardic acids exhibit good oral bioavailability and CNS penetration. Thus, the search for a cashew that provides a greater mass of LCC per extraction well as a greater amount of anacardic acid per kilogram of LCC becomes important. From this, it was found among five crops of dwarf cashew (CCP-76, CCP- 09, Embrapa-110, Embrapa-119 and Embrapa-109) which could offer a LCC with greater amount of anacardic acids. The cashew labeled CCP-76 gave a higher amount of LCC to about 30 grams per 50 grams of chestnut bark used for extraction and obtained a concentration of 185 grams per kilogram of anacardic acids LCC to be the best extraction of alkylphenols, among studied. In parallel to these studies, we sought to investigate differences existing compounds in Jatropha mollissima grown in different regions, and it was found that the stress of Ceará hinterlands increases the synthesis of substances for their survival. Thus, these plants can be used in preventive medicine, however, further study should be conducted. / A hipertensão arterial é uma doença que afeta milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo e dentre seus principais fatores causadores destacam-se uma dieta pouco saudável, falta de exercícios físicos e obesidade. A inibição da enzima conversora da angiotensina (ECA) foi identificada como um alvo terapêutico para controlar a pressão arterial elevada, pois o octapeptídeo angiotensina II, que possui atividade vasoconstritora, terá sua atividade minimizada nos vasos sanguíneos. Compostos encontrados na casca da castanha de caju foram separados e identificados e seu potencial de inibição da ECA foi estudado. Observou-se que os ácidos anacárdicos possuem essa atividade, sendo o ácido 3-anacárdico o maior inibidor entre os compostos fenólicos extraídos da casca da castanha de caju. Estudos in silico são realizados atualmente para predizer a biodisponibilidade oral e a capacidade de penetração no sistema nervoso central (SNC) de uma droga. Buscou-se realizar este estudo para verificar essas propriedades nos ácidos anacárdico, assim como também, comparar com outros inibidores da ECA. Observou-se que os ácidos anacárdicos violam somente uma das cinco regras de Lipinski, e como a regra estabelece que pelo menos três destes requisitos devam ser satisfeitos, conclui-se que os ácidos anacárdicos apresentam uma boa biodisponibilidade oral e penetração no SNC. Desse modo, a busca por uma espécie de clone que forneça uma maior massa de LCC por extração assim como uma maior quantidade de ácidos anacárdicos por quilograma de LCC se torna importante. A partir disso, verificou-se entre cinco cultivos de cajueiros anões (CCP-76, CCP-09, Embrapa-110, Embrapa-119 e Embrapa-109) o que poderia oferecer um LCC com maior quantidade de ácidos anacárdicos. O cajueiro identificado como CCP-76 forneceu uma maior quantidade de LCC com cerca de 30 gramas para cada 50 gramas de casca de castanha utilizada para extração e se obteve uma concentração de 185 gramas de ácidos anacárdico por quilograma de LCC, sendo o melhor para extração dos alquilfenóis, entre os estudados. Em paralelo a esses estudos, procurou-se verificar a diferença de compostos existentes na raiz de Jatropha mollissima cultivada em regiões diferentes e verificou-se que o estresse do sertão cearense aumenta a síntese de substâncias para a sua sobrevivência, sendo a raiz a região da planta escolhida por ser rica em metabolitos secundários. Assim, essas plantas podem ser utilizadas na medicina preventiva, porém, estudos mais profundos devem ser realizados.

Element CXI's Elemental Computing Array (ECA) delivers faster reconfiguration time and higher computational density than Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with similar computational power. It provides higher computational power than Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) with similar power consumption and price. It also utilizes a library-based graphical development environment promoting ease of use and fast development. In this thesis, the design and implementation of a ZigBee receiver on an Element CXI ECA-64 platform is presented. The ZigBee receiver is evaluated through simulations and implementation on an ECA device. During the design and implementation of the ZigBee receiver, some design experience and tips are concluded. The design methodology on the ECA is studied in detail to assure the implementation's correctness, since the methodology of the ECA is different from that of other platforms. / Master of Science

Este trabalho busca avaliar o efeito da sobrepressão interna na avaliação crítica de engenharia (ECA) de dutos submersos sujeitos a flambagem lateral controlada, que essencialmente consiste na análise de carregamentos combinados associados a grandes deformações longitudinais. O objetivo principal é avaliar a viabilidade da adoção de corpos-de-prova SENT na avaliação da resistência à fratura em dutos sujeitos a esforços combinados utilizando procedimentos analíticos que incorporam do aumento das forças motrizes devido à sobrepressão interna. Este estudo apresenta uma revisão sobre os procedimentos de ECA utilizados em dutos submersos e sobre o efeito da pressão interna na capacidade de deformação de dutos. Os procedimentos adotados atualmente e procedimentos alternativos são discutidos e implementados em um problema prático envolvendo diferentes razões de diâmetros por espessuras, expoentes de encruamento, níveis de sobrepressão e deformação longitudinal. Alguns casos selecionados são comparados com soluções elasto-plásticas de J, e.g. EPRI. Os resultados apresentados fornecem uma boa compreensão sobre as vantagens e limitações de cada procedimento, incluindo a possibilidade de estender sua aplicação além do limite normativo de 0,4% de deformação longitudinal. / This work aims to evaluate the effect of internal overpressure on the engineering critical assessment (ECA) of submarine pipelines subjected to controlled lateral buckling, which essentially consists of the analysis of combined loading with large longitudinal strains at the buckle crown. The main goal is to evaluate the feasibility of using SENT specimens to characterize the fracture resistance in the assessments of pipelines subjected to combined loadings using analytical procedures that takes into account the increase of crack driving force due to internal overpressure. This study presents a revision about ECA procedures used in submarine pipelines and about the effect of biaxial stresses their tensile strain capacity. Both standard and alternative procedures are discussed and implemented in a practical problem involving different diameter to thickness ratios, hardening exponents, levels of internal pressure and longitudinal strain. Some selected cases are compared with full elastic-plastic J solutions, e.g. EPRI. The results provide useful insights regarding the advantage and limitations of each procedure, including the possibilities to extend their applicability beyond the standard limit of 0,4% of longitudinal strain.

Esta tese apresenta o estudo dos casos de desligamentos de cinco professores da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA/USP) durante o regime militar (1969-1979): Jean Claude Bernardet, Thomaz Farkas, José Freitas Nobre, Jair Borin e José Marques de Melo. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi entender, por meio de documentos, depoimentos e pesquisa bibliográfica, a perseguição a intelectuais e cientistas na ditadura militar. O propósito foi realizar um estudo de caso para compreender como funcionava a lógica de investigações e controles dos expurgos nas universidades nesse contexto histórico brasileiro. Além disso, esta investigação tratou das diferentes estratégias de expurgos realizadas na USP, dentre elas as chamadas \"cassações brancas\", nas quais docentes não eram cassados formalmente, mas eram desligados dos quadros universitários sumariamente, sem justificativas. Para entender esses fenômenos, tratamos das trajetórias dos docentes desde o ingresso na ECA/USP, passando pelo desligamento, até o retorno na década de 1980 após a Lei da Anistia. Para tanto, utilizamos como base metodológica o método historiográfico, o paradigma indiciário e qualitativo de análise. Assim, dentro das discussões de que temos participado do Observatório de Comunicação, Censura e Liberdade de Expressão da ECA/USP, pudemos concluir que a intimidação e a autocensura foram preponderantes nas práticas de interdição dos dispositivos de vigilância nas universidades, gerando grandes consequências para a produção de conhecimento, principalmente no que se referiu à área de comunicação. / This thesis presents the study of the cases of dismissals of five professors of the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) during the military regime (1969-1979): Jean Claude Bernardet, Thomaz Farkas, José Freitas Nobre, Jair Borin and José Marques de Melo. The objective of this research was to understand, through documents, testimonies and bibliographic research, the persecution of intellectuals and scientists in the military dictatorship. The purpose was to carry out a case study to understand how the logic of investigations and controls of purges in universities in this Brazilian historical context worked. In addition, this investigation dealt with the different strategies of purges carried out at USP, among them the so-called \"white cassation\", in which teachers were not formally revoked, but were summarily dismissed from university staff without justification. In order to understand these phenomena, we have examined the trajectories of teachers since joining the ECA/USP, passing through the dismissal, until the return in the 1980s, after the Amnesty Law. For that, we use as methodological basis the historiographic method, the indiciary paradigm and qualitative analysis. Thus, within the discussions that we have participated in the Observatory of Communication, Censorship and Freedom of Expression of ECA/USP, we could conclude that intimidation and self-censorship were preponderant in the practices of interdiction of surveillance devices in universities, generating great consequences for the knowledge production, especially in the area of communications.

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2016-09-12T14:49:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CÁTIA MOREIRA PASCUTTI.pdf: 450404 bytes, checksum: 0a783c4852389b5744e2f885f7a7de91 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-12T14:49:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CÁTIA MOREIRA PASCUTTI.pdf: 450404 bytes, checksum: 0a783c4852389b5744e2f885f7a7de91 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-23 / This dissertation, based on the procedures of a state of the art is from the executor character of research scientific production of Graduate courses Stricto Sensu different areas of knowledge of the Catholic University of Goiás and the Federal University of Goiás. With based on the theme "resocialization of adolescents in conflict with the law," according to the guarantees that make up the National System of Socio-Educational Services (Sinase), sought to be reflected in dissertations his notes about re-socialized function in conjunction with materialized records in Statute of Children and Adolescents (ECA) and the practice of the regulations surrounding it. The theoretical concept grounded in the world of historical and dialectical materialism, which uses elements that guide the study, supported in understanding the multiple relationships involving the object, took place through literature review and consultation of the publications of classic authors and contemporary tune with the theme, added to set out the measures that advocated Sinase, the ECA and dissertations in various fields of knowledge dealing with social policy for children and adolescents in conflict with the law. The results indicate, through the presentation of the depicted objects and subjects, gaps and biases that have not been addressed, prioritized stigmatizing categories, outdated methodologies, strengthening the social invisibility of poor adolescents and abandonment of these subjects to inadequate everyday experiences for their full development. / Esta dissertação, baseada nos procedimentos de um estado da arte, constitui-se da investigação de caráter inventariante de produções científicas dos cursos de Pós- Graduação Stricto Sensu de diferentes áreas do conhecimento da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás e da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Com base no tema “Ressocialização dos adolescentes em conflito com a lei”, de acordo com as garantias que constituem o Sistema Nacional de Atendimento Socioeducativo (Sinase), buscou-se evidenciar nas dissertações seus apontamentos acerca da função ressocializadora em conjunto com os registros materializados no Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA) e da prática das regulamentações que o envolvem. A concepção teórica embasada no universo do materialismo histórico-dialético, que utiliza elementos que norteiam o estudo, sustentado na compreensão das múltiplas relações que envolvem o objeto, deu-se por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica e das consultas das publicações de autores clássicos e contemporâneos afinados com o tema proposto, somados aos enunciados das medidas que preconizam o Sinase, o ECA e as dissertações de várias áreas do conhecimento que tratam da política social das crianças e adolescentes em conflito com a lei. Os resultados indicam, por meio da apresentação dos objetos e sujeitos retratados, lacunas e vieses que não foram abordados, categorias estigmatizantes priorizadas, metodologias ultrapassadas, reforçando a invisibilidade social dos adolescentes pobres e o abandono desses sujeitos às experiências cotidianas inadequadas para seu pleno desenvolvimento.

Submitted by Maria Medeiros (maria.dilva1@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-07-24T13:06:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MAYZA DE ARAÚJO BATISTA - DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGCS) 2017.pdf: 3835664 bytes, checksum: 97fcabaf5be343cdb58c27a7ea3ebb6c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-24T13:06:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MAYZA DE ARAÚJO BATISTA - DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGCS) 2017.pdf: 3835664 bytes, checksum: 97fcabaf5be343cdb58c27a7ea3ebb6c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-22 / Capes / Esta pesquisa busca compreender o processo de efetivação de práticas que nos remetem à direitos que se entendem como necessários para preservar a dignidade humana da população infanto-juvenil no Brasil. Nessa linha de pensamento, nossa pesquisa põe em discussão a efetividade do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA) no contexto da atividade do Estado, bem como da atividade social. Diante da existência de proposições legais, a partir de uma perspectiva sociológica, buscamos perceber o implemento de políticas públicas e ações protecionistas para às crianças e adolescentes, de modo a reconhecer a existência de elementos comuns e que se favorecem na vivência da comunidade e na utopia plasmada no estatuto. Mapeando valores que constam no ECA, a ênfase da pesquisa rodeia os direitos à educação, à cultura, ao esporte e lazer, que se supõe deverem ser promovidos pelo Estado e pela sociedade em geral. Desse modo, a pergunta que norteia nossa pesquisa é a seguinte: como e em que medida esses direitos alcançam os menores de uma comunidade da periferia? Mediante o uso de uma metodologia de ordem qualitativa e do instrumental teórico das Ciências Sociais, buscamos captar as nuanças da relação entre políticas públicas e o modos de vida de crianças e adolescentes, o que a partir da teoria da estruturação nos permite alcançar a efetividade das disposições legais, a partir da correlação entre comunidade e legislação estatal. A coleta de dados empíricos foi realizada através da prática da observação participante na comunidade Jardim Borborema II, no bairro Três Irmãs, situado na periferia da cidade de Campina Grande, na Paraíba. Diante de uma atuação inerte do Estado no desenvolvimento das atividades da comunidade, os direitos previstos no ECA se mantém no plano ideário daquele, enquanto a atuação comunitária se revela como único instrumento em prol da consolidação de tais direitos. / This research seeks to understand the process of effecting practices that refer us to the rights that are understood as necessary to preserve the human dignity of the child and adolescent population in Brazil. In this line of thinking, our research challenges the effectiveness of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) in the context of State activity, as well as social activity. Given the existence of legal propositions, from a sociological perspective, we seek to understand the implementation of public policies and protectionist actions for children and adolescents,in order to recognize the existence of common elements and that are favored in the community's experience and in the utopia established by the statute. Mapping values that are included in the ECA, the research emphasis surrounds the rights to education, culture, sports and leisure, which are supposed to be promoted by the State and by society in general. Thus, the question that guides our research is: how and to what extent do these rights reach the minors of a community on the periphery? Through the use of a qualitative methodology and the theoretical tools of the Social Sciences, we seek to capture the nuances of the relationship between public policies and the ways of life of children and adolescents, which from the structuring theory allows us to reach the effectiveness of the Legal provisions, based on the correlation between community and state legislation. The empirical data collection was performed through participatory observation practice in the Jardim Borborema II community, in the Três Irmãs neighborhood, located on the outskirts of the city of Campina Grande in Paraíba. Faced with an inert role of the State in the development of community activities, the rights provided for in the ECA remain in the ideals of the State, while community action is the only instrument for the consolidation of these rights.