The study determines and evaluates changes in the 10:00 p.m. newscasts of the Dallas-Fort Worth network affiliates following personnel and ownership changes, and a reduction in length of one station's newscast. Scripts and audio recordings of the newscasts were collected during four-week periods before and after the changes. The data were analyzed and supplemented with interviews conducted with the stations' news directors and producers. Conclusions drawn were that ownership changes had more impact on the presentation of the news than on its content, changes in anchormen and producers had more effect on presentation than on content, and a reduction in news time caused changes in the content of a television newscast.

O presente estudo avaliou por meio de teleradiografias em norma lateral as alterações do perfil facial frente à cirurgia Le Fort I com avanço e impactação da maxila utilizando fixação rígida e sutura V-Y, em 18 pacientes, com de classe III, leucoderma, com média de idade de 23 anos e 7 meses. As radiografias foram obtidas com os dentes em máxima intercuspidação, lábios em repouso, na fase précirúrgica imediata (M1) e 1 ano após a cirurgia (M2). Para responder o objetivo do estudo os valores das estruturas ósseas e tegumentares foram comparadas antes e depois da cirurgia por meio do teste t de Student pareados e foi aplicado o teste de correlações de Pearson entre as medidas ósseas e tegumentares de interesse. As relações entre as variações foram avaliadas com uso de regressão linear. Concluí-se após a análise dos resultados que não houve alteração estatisticamente significativa no sentido vertical, para os valores dentoesqueléticos e tegumentares estudados, exceto para o valor do ângulo do plano mandibular. Entretanto, houve correlação direta das alterações entre eles, exceto para os valores do plano mandibular com a espinha nasal anterior e posterior e do ângulo nasolabial com o incisivo superior. No sentido horizontal, houve alteração estatisticamente significativa entre os valores dentoesqueléticos e tegumentares relacionadas à maxila e não houve entre os valores relacionados à mandíbula. A previsibilidade numérica das alterações tegumentares decorrentes do avanço e impactação da maxila está sujeita a alterações individuais. / The purpose of this study was to determine retrospectively, by means of lateral cephalograms, the postsurgical changes in the facial soft tissue profile in class III patients (n=18) submitted to Le Fort I osteotomy, for maxillary impaction and advancement within the ?V-Y? suture. Caucasian individuals constituted the sample, and average age was 23 years old and 7 months. The cephalograms were obtained in maximum intercuspation with the lips at rest. The patients were evaluated in two times, the first period was in the immediate pre-surgical (M1) and, one year after the surgical procedure (M2). In order to answer the purpose of this study, skeletal and facial soft tissue measurements were compared before and after the surgery, by means of paired Student t tests, and the Pearson?s correlation coefficient for skeletal and facial soft tissue relevant measurements, using the variations (after and before) between the values. The relationship between the significant variations was evaluated by means of linear regression analysis. The findings indicated that there was not statically significant difference in the vertical plane, for the studied dentalskeletal and facial soft tissue values, exception for the value of the mandibular plane angle. However, there was direct correlation between then, except for the values of the mandibular plane angle-ANS; mandibular plane angle-PNS, and nasolabial angleupper incisors. In the horizontal plane, there was statically significant difference between the dental-skeletal values and facial soft tissue, related to the maxilla and there was not in the values related to the mandible. The numerical prediction of the facial soft tissue changes occasioned by the impaction and maxillary advancement is subject to individual responses.

Objetivo: Avaliar as alterações cefalométricas induzidas em tecidos duros e moles em pacientes com fissuras transforame incisivo bilaterais (FTIB) submetidos ao avanço cirúrgico da maxila e o efeito de tal procedimento sobre o perfil mole. Modelo: Estudo retrospectivo que comparou um tempo pré-operatório imediato a outro pós-operatório mínimo de seis meses, por meio de telerradiografias cefalométricas em norma lateral e cefalometria computadorizada, de indivíduos com fissuras labiopalatinas. Local: Clínica de Odontologia, HRAC/USP. Participantes: 8 pacientes do sexo feminino e 17 do sexo masculino, entre 15 e 35 anos, com média de 20,56 anos de idade, que foram submetidos ao tratamento de reabilitação com cirurgia ortognática envolvendo avanço de maxila. Variáveis: Diferenças entre os períodos pré e pós-operatório de pontos cefalométricos definidos em maxila e perfil mole, Ângulo Naso-Labial (ANL) e distâncias representativas do comprimento (Sn-Sts) e espessura (Ls-Sts) labial superior, além das proporções da movimentação do tecido mole em relação à movimentação do tecido duro de suporte. Resultados e Conclusão: As alterações cefalométricas no sentido horizontal ocorreram em todos os pontos estudados, em tecido duro e mole; no sentido vertical, apenas os pontos Pró-nasal (Prn), Subnasal (Sn) e A\' tiveram alterações significantes; o aumento significante do ANL e Sn-Sts também foi observado. As proporções entre a movimentação óssea e a acomodação do tecido mole do perfil facial são menores que as proporções obtidas nos estudos similares em pacientes com outros tipos de fissura e pacientes sem fissuras, porém no mesmo sentido e direção. / Objective: To assess cephalometric changes in hard and soft tissues of bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) patients following surgical maxillary advancement and its effect over the soft tissue profile. Design: Retrospective study which compares an immediately pre surgical to a post surgical moment, at least six months later, through cephalometric lateral radiographs and a cephalometry computer program, of individuals with cleft lip and palate. Setting: Clinic of Dentistry, HRCA/USP. Subjects: 8 women and 17 men, from 15 to 35 years old and mean age of 20.56, underwent orthognathic surgery with maxillary advancement during the rehabilitation treatment. Variables: Changes between different cephalometric landmarks from pre surgical to post surgical periods in hard and soft tissue of maxilla, Nasolabial angle (NLA) and distances representing the length (Sn-Sts) and thickness (Sts-Ls) of the upper lip, besides the ratios of soft tissue changes relative to hard tissue movements. Results and Conclusion: Horizontal cephalometric changes happened to all of the studied landmarks in both maxilla and soft tissue profile; vertically, only Pronasale (Prn), Subnasale (Sn) and A\' showed significant changes; the significant increasing of NLA and Sn-Sts also was observed. The ratios of facial profile soft tissue changes relative to bone movement were smaller than ratios observed in patients with other cleft types and patients with no clefts, however, this changes remain in the same directions.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A correção de deformidades esqueléticas da face por meio de um tratamento ortodôntico-cirúrgico tornou-se uma opção segura e previsível. Os movimentos ósseos são milimetricamente calculados e executados cirurgicamente, assim como a oclusão é meticulosamente engrenada através dos movimentos ortodônticos. Os efeitos que os tecidos moles sofrem com as cirurgias ortognáticas são, no entanto, menos previsíveis, e apesar do principal objetivo da cirurgia ortognática ser uma melhora funcional, o componente estético é sem dúvida de extrema importância. Em especial, a região de base alar apresenta resultados muito variáveis, a despeito dos bons resultados esqueléticos atingidos. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar 2 diferentes tipos de sutura utilizados na região de base do nariz, e observar qual tipo apresenta um resultado que melhor acompanhe os movimentos realizados pelo tecido esquelético. Trinta e cinco pacientes foram aleatoriamente distribuídos em 2 grupos. O grupo 1 funcionou como controle e os pacientes receberam a plicatura nasal intra-oral, que é o tipo de plicatura nasal mais descrito na literatura. Já os pacientes do grupo 2 receberam plicatura nasal extra-oral. Para análise estatística foram calculadas as médias e desvios padrões dos grupos, e a hipótese nula de que não havia diferença entre os 2 grupos foi testata com o teste T de Student. Em ambos os grupos ocorreu um alargamento da base do nariz, porém a média de alargamento do grupo 1 foi de 2,50 milímetros (mm), enquanto que a média de alargamento do grupo 2 foi de 1,26 mm. Além disso, o desvio padrão foi menor para o grupo 2, e a hipótese nula foi rejeitada (p<0,05), demonstrando que a diferença entre os grupos foi estatisticamente significativa. Pôde-se concluir que quando objetiva-se um controle mais previsível e rigoroso da base do nariz, a plicatura nasal extra-oral cumprirá melhor esta função. / Correction of skeletic deformities through a surgical-orthodontic approach hás become a safe and predictable option. Bone movements are meticulously calculated and surgically executed, while the occlusion is tightly adjusted through orthodontic movements. Soft tissue response to orthognathic surgery are, however, less predictable, and although the purpose of the orthognathic surgery is to improve function, the cosmetic component is undoubtedly of extreme importance. In special the alar base region presents variables results, regardless of the good skeletic results achieved. The objective of this trial was to compare 2 different sutures applied to the alar base region, and to analyze which one would present a better result. Thirty Five patients were randomly distributed into 2 groups. Group 1 received the intraoral nasal plicature, and worked as the control group, since this is the most conventional type of suture applied to this region. Patients from group 2 received an extra oral nasal plicature. The statistical analysis was performed comparing the mean and standard deviation of both groups. Also, the null hypothesis that there was no difference between the groups was tested with T Students test. Both groups presented wider nasal bases in the postoperative. However, group 1 mean was 2.50 millimeters (mm), while group 2 mean was 1.26. Besides, standard deviation was lower in the experimental group, and the null hypothesis was rejected (p<.05), showing a statistical difference between the groups. It can be concluded that when the purpose is to have a more predictable and rigorous control of the alar base width, the extra oral plicature will work better.

Submitted by FUED SAMIR SALMEN null (drfued@icloud.com) on 2017-02-21T18:50:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Fued Final.pdf: 11040704 bytes, checksum: beabe0fff11bde78e21ae9af617233af (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-02-24T18:54:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 salmen_fs_dr_arafo.pdf: 11040704 bytes, checksum: beabe0fff11bde78e21ae9af617233af (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-24T18:54:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 salmen_fs_dr_arafo.pdf: 11040704 bytes, checksum: beabe0fff11bde78e21ae9af617233af (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-02 / O objetivo deste estudo retrospectivo foi avaliar a precisão de procedimentos bimaxilares realizados para correção de excesso maxilar vertical, quando a cirurgia é iniciada pelo reposicionamento mandibular ou pelo reposicionamento maxilar. Foram incluídos no estudo 32 prontuários de pacientes, divididos em dois grupos de dezesseis. O primeiro grupo (Grupo 1) de pacientes foi submetido a cirurgia bimaxilar com a sequência clássica do procedimento, no qual a maxila foi reposicionada primeiro que a mandíbula. O segundo grupo (Grupo 2) de pacientes sofreu alteração desta sequência, na qual a mandíbula foi reposicionada primeiro que a maxila. A mensuração para determinar a precisão do reposicionamento dos maxilares foi realizada por sobreposição, pela base do crânio, os traçados obtidos de uma telerradiografia lateral realizada com, no máximo, 30 dias de pós-operatório e os traçados de planejamento. A análise estatística foi realizada utilizando o teste t pareado para verificar a diferença entre os valores previstos e os obtidos em cada grupo. O teste t de Student para amostras independentes foi utilizado para comparar o erro de previsão entre os dois grupos. Na amostra estudada, ambas as sequências operatórias permitiram precisão satisfatória. O erro de previsão para as variáveis incisal do incisivo superior (IIS), Ponto A e cúspide mesiovestibular do molar inferior (6i Oclusal), no sentido vertical, foi maior para o Grupo 2, quando comparado ao Grupo 1. O erro de previsão no sentido vertical para o Pogônio (P) foi menor quando a cirurgia foi iniciada pela mandíbula. Em conclusão, embora ambas as sequências cirúrgicas possam ser utilizadas, iniciar a cirurgia pela mandíbula provocou maior imprecisão em relação ao traçado preditivo do que iniciar a cirurgia pela maxila. A sequência clássica, reposicionando a maxila primeiro, resultou em maior precisão no reposicionamento vertical do ponto A, bem como da incisal do incisivo superior e, portanto, da maxila, do ponto de vista estético. Iniciar a cirurgia pela mandíbula permitiu maior precisão na posição vertical do pogônio. / This study aims to evaluate the precision of bimaxillary surgery performed to correct vertical maxillary excess, when the procedure is sequenced by mandibular surgery first or maxillary surgery first. Thirty-two patients were included in this retrospective study, divided into two groups. The first group was composed by patients who received bimaxillary surgery following the classic sequence of repositioning the maxilla first. In the second group patients received bimaxillary surgery by operating the mandible first. The data were tabulated and statistically analyzed. Precision of the maxillo-mandibular repositioning was measured by superimposing, through the cranial base, digital postoperative tracings taken at a maximum of 30 days after surgery to the prediction tracings. The paired t test was used to determine the difference between predicted and obtained values for each group. The Student’s t test for independent samples was applied to compare the prediction error between groups. In this sample, both surgical sequences provided adequate clinical accuracy. The classical sequence, repositioning the maxilla first, resulted in greater accuracy of A point, lower first molar and incisor edge vertical position. Repositioning the mandible first allowed greater precision in the vertical position of pogonion. In conclusion, although both surgical sequences may be used, repositioning the mandible first will result in greater imprecision in relation to the predictive tracing, than repositioning the maxilla first. The classical sequence resulted in greater accuracy in the vertical position of the maxilla, which is key for esthetics. Repositioning the mandible first allowed greater accuracy for the vertical position of pogonion.

Orientador: Mario Francisco Real [UNESP] Gabrielli / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo retrospectivo foi avaliar a precisão de procedimentos bimaxilares realizados para correção de excesso maxilar vertical, quando a cirurgia é iniciada pelo reposicionamento mandibular ou pelo reposicionamento maxilar. Foram incluídos no estudo 32 prontuários de pacientes, divididos em dois grupos de dezesseis. O primeiro grupo (Grupo 1) de pacientes foi submetido a cirurgia bimaxilar com a sequência clássica do procedimento, no qual a maxila foi reposicionada primeiro que a mandíbula. O segundo grupo (Grupo 2) de pacientes sofreu alteração desta sequência, na qual a mandíbula foi reposicionada primeiro que a maxila. A mensuração para determinar a precisão do reposicionamento dos maxilares foi realizada por sobreposição, pela base do crânio, os traçados obtidos de uma telerradiografia lateral realizada com, no máximo, 30 dias de pós-operatório e os traçados de planejamento. A análise estatística foi realizada utilizando o teste t pareado para verificar a diferença entre os valores previstos e os obtidos em cada grupo. O teste t de Student para amostras independentes foi utilizado para comparar o erro de previsão entre os dois grupos. Na amostra estudada, ambas as sequências operatórias permitiram precisão satisfatória. O erro de previsão para as variáveis incisal do incisivo superior (IIS), Ponto A e cúspide mesiovestibular do molar inferior (6i Oclusal), no sentido vertical, foi maior para o Grupo 2, quando comparado ao Grupo 1. O erro de previsão no sen... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / This study aims to evaluate the precision of bimaxillary surgery performed to correct vertical maxillary excess, when the procedure is sequenced by mandibular surgery first or maxillary surgery first. Thirty-two patients were included in this retrospective study, divided into two groups. The first group was composed by patients who received bimaxillary surgery following the classic sequence of repositioning the maxilla first. In the second group patients received bimaxillary surgery by operating the mandible first. The data were tabulated and statistically analyzed. Precision of the maxillo-mandibular repositioning was measured by superimposing, through the cranial base, digital postoperative tracings taken at a maximum of 30 days after surgery to the prediction tracings. The paired t test was used to determine the difference between predicted and obtained values for each group. The Student's t test for independent samples was applied to compare the prediction error between groups. In this sample, both surgical sequences provided adequate clinical accuracy. The classical sequence, repositioning the maxilla first, resulted in greater accuracy of A point, lower first molar and incisor edge vertical position. Repositioning the mandible first allowed greater precision in the vertical position of pogonion. In conclusion, although both surgical sequences may be used, repositioning the mandible first will result in greater imprecision in relation to the predictive tracing, than repositioning the maxilla first. The classical sequence resulted in greater accuracy in the vertical position of the maxilla, which is key for esthetics. Repositioning the mandible first allowed...(Complete abstract electronic access below) / Doutor

L'électrodynamique quantique en cavité, c'est-à-dire l'étude du couplage lumière-matière en géométries confinées, a permis d'observer, grâce à des cavités de plus en plus performantes, le régime de couplage fort lumière-matière.<br />Dans ce régime, le temps de vie d'un photon est plus long que le temps caractéristique de l'interaction avec la matière ; un seul photon subit donc plusieurs cycles d'absorption et de réémission avant de s'échapper de la cavité.<br />Les premières expériences dans ce régime, effectuées avec des atomes dans des cavités supraconductrices, ont été suivies par des réalisations en matière condensée, utilisant des excitons dans des microcavités planaires, des boites de Cooper couplées à des résonateurs unidimensionnels ou bien des transitions intersousbandes dans des puits quantiques dopés, couplées à un mode de microcavité. Le couplage fort dans ce dernier système donne naissance à des excitations mixtes, moitié lumière et moitié matière, nommées polaritons intersousbandes.<br />Ma thèse s'attache à plusieurs aspects de la physique de ces excitations, qui se caractérisent par la force extrême du couplage, qui a poussé les chercheurs à introduire le terme couplage ultra-fort.<br /><br />Dans la première partie de ma thèse, après avoir donné un aperçu général des différents concepts théoriques engagés, j'étudie les conséquences de ce couplage ultra-fort en présence d'une modulation externe appliquée au système. Je montre, en utilisant une théorie de Langevin quantique, qu'une radiation peut être émise à partir du vide, effet qui rappelle de près l'effet Casimir dynamique. L'intensité de cette radiation est assez forte pour pouvoir être mesurée et je reporte ici les résultats de deux expériences préliminaires menées en vue de l'observation d'un tel effet, auxquelles j'ai participé pour la partie théorique.<br /><br />J'étudie ensuite la manière dont le couplage fort lumière-matière peut influencer le transport électronique et les expériences d'électroluminescence. Dans ce but j'ai développé des méthodes analytiques et numériques que j'ai exploitées pour montrer qu'il est possible d'augmenter grandement l'efficacité quantique des LEDs basées sur des transitions intersousbandes. J'ai aussi donné une première preuve d'extension de l'effet Purcell au régime de couplage fort.<br />Enfin, dans ma dernière partie, j'ai développé la théorie du scattering stimulé entre polaritons intersousbandes dû au couplage avec des phonons optiques. Je montre que ce mécanisme peut être exploité afin d'obtenir des lasers sans inversion de population avec un seuil extrêmement bas.

This creative project presents an overview of the architectural styles and history of the surviving commercial architecture of A.M. Strauss in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was the best known architect working in Fort Wayne during the period covered by this creative project, and his work is an excellent example of how national architectural trends affected architecture in Fort Wayne. His commercial architecture represents his best known and most significant work. He did far too many buildings to cover in a single thesis, and so his residential and institutional architecture in Fort Wayne remains for another study, as do his many works outside of Fort Wayne. This project also brings together in one treatment as much photographic, historical and architectural documentation of these buildings as possible — documentation now scattered across east central and northeast Indiana. It traces Strauss's stylistic changes from Spanish Eclecticism through Art Deco and Art Moderne to Modernism. The surviving buildings represent each of these styles and shifts in historical context. / Department of Architecture

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-153). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Fondée au XVIIe siècle, Fort-de-France a connu une longue phase d’évolution géographique et morphologique. Depuis une soixantaine d’années, les politiques nationales de l’habitat et du logement ont eu un fort retentissement sur les projets urbains locaux. Des opérations de rénovation urbaine d’envergure ont été décidées et entreprises au sein des quartiers populaires de la ville. Compte tenu des différentes formes du renouvellement urbain, une série d’études de cas a permis une analyse des transformations de cinq quartiers remarquables, à partir de la notion de « trace urbaine » qu’il s’est agi de décrypter. En tant que vestiges des pratiques sociales et repère spatio-identitaire, les traces permettent de réinterroger la mise en œuvre des projets locaux dans leur imbrication avec les politiques nationales et recomposent les modalités de réappropriation de l’espace par les différents acteurs – ordinaires ou institutionnels – en présence. Notre démonstration met en évidence deux logiques principales de mise en mémoire et de réinvestissement des traces, l’un directif et l’autre négocié. L’intérêt de cette investigation est de rendre compte des enjeux associés à l’effacement et au maintien des traces dans le cadre de la patrimonialisation puisque ce processus contribue à définir l’identité culturelle, la valeur et la richesse de ces quartiers. C’est donc dans une dimension à la fois sociale, spatiale et symbolique que se place notre recherche. / Founded in the XVIIth century, Fort de France has experienced a long process of geographical and morphological evolution. For the last 60 years on, local urban projects have been framed according to national housing and living policies. Wide-scale urban renewal projects have been decided and undertaken within the most popular districts of the city. As these urban evolutions were shaped by different factors, a series of case studies enabled to lead a detailed analysis of the transformations undergone by five conspicuous districts of the city, from a notion of “urban tracks” that we’ve needed to identify. As they are vestiges of social practices and landmarks for spatial identity, tracks araise questions about how they impact the implementation of local projects in accordance with national policies; and how they redefine ways of re-appropriation of space through all the actors involved – either ordinary or institutional ‒. Our study highlights two major logics of memory-making and reinvestment of tracks, the first being directive, the second more negotiated. The interest in such an investigation is to account for the stakes involved in the disappearance and the preservation of tracks within the framework of patrimony development, because these processes have contributed in defining the cultural identity, the value and the wealth of these districts. Our research will be led by these social, spatial and symbolic patterns.