Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2009. / Aus: Biomedizinische Technik ; 51.2006, S. 15 - 20.

Syfte. Syftet med detta arbete var att undersöka förekomsten och behandling av granulom vid gastrostomier hos barn och ungdomar under 18 år i Sverige. Syftet var även att undersöka sjuksköterskors kunskaper om granulombehandling hos barn och ungdomar under 18 år med gastrostomi i Sverige. Metod. Den forskningsdesign som valdes var av kvantitativ metod genom enkätundersökning. Enkäterna skickades ut till sjuksköterskor som arbetar i Sverige och finns med i något av följande nätverk: Nätverket för habiliteringssjuksköterskor, Nätverket för habiliteringssjuksköterskor inom nutrition och/eller Nätverket för nutritionssjuksköterskor. Resultat. Det upplevdes att granulombesvären var varierande och berodde på barnets övriga hälsa. 52% uppskattade att barnen utvecklade granulom inom två månader efter inläggning av gastrostomin. 34% av deltagarna uppskattade att ca 25% av barn och ungdomar med gastrostomier utvecklar granulom. 46% använde en kombination av lapis och kortisonsalva som behandlingsmetod vid granulom. Slutsats. De behandlingar som idag används för granulom är lapis och kortisonsalva, dessa används av många i kombination med varandra och verkar ha ett gott resultat. Sjuksköterskors kunskap inom området är brett och många har en gemensam åsikt om att granulombildning ofta har ett samband med patientens övriga hälsa. / Aim. The aim of the study was to investigate the occurrence and treatment of granulomas in children and adolescents under the age of 18 with gastrostomy in Sweden. The aim was also to investigate nurses knowledge of granulomatreatment in children and adolescents under the age of 18 with gastrostomy in Sweden. Methods. The design was of quantitative method by questionnaire. A questionnaire was sent to nurses who work in Sweden and are included in one of the following networks: Network for rehabilitation nurses, Network for rehabilitation nurses in nutrition and / or Network for nutrition nurses. Results. The severity of granuloma varied, depending on the child's general health. 52% estimated that the children developed granulomas within two months after insertion of the gastrostomy. 34% of respondents estimated that about 25% of children and adolescents with gastrostomier develop granulomas.46% used a combination of lapis and cortisone ointment as a treatment for granuloma. Conclusion.The treatments currently used for granulomas is lapis and cortisone ointment, these are used by many in combination with each other and seem to have a good result. Nurses' knowledge in the field is extensive and many have a common view that granuloma formation is often linked to the patients general health.

Periprosthetic osteolysis remains the leading complication of total hip arthroplasty. It often results in aseptic loosening of the implant with a requirement for a revision surgery. Wear-generated particular debris is the main cause of initiating this destructive process. The most important cellular target for wear debris is a macrophage, which responds to particle challenge by activatig proinflamatory signals, which contribute to increased bone resorption. The activation of the RANKL/RANK/OPG system is considered to be a likely cause of periprosthetic osteolysis leading to implant failure. The aim of this study was to examine the possible correlation between the clinical extent of osteolysis, the number of wear particles and the expression of the osteoclastic mediator RANKL in the tissues around aseptically loosened cemented and non-cemened total hip replacements. Periprosthetic tissues were harvested from 59 patients undergoing revision hip replacement for aseptic loosening. We had observed RANKL-positive cells in 23 of our 59 patients, their presence was noted predominantly in tissues with a loosened cemented endoprosthesis. We have shown that RANKL is present only in the tissues with a large amount of wear debris and predominantly in the cases involving lacunar type of osteolysis. Key words:...

Periprosthetic osteolysis remains the leading complication of total hip arthroplasty. It often results in aseptic loosening of the implant with a requirement for a revision surgery. Wear-generated particular debris is the main cause of initiating this destructive process. The most important cellular target for wear debris is a macrophage, which responds to particle challenge by activatig proinflamatory signals, which contribute to increased bone resorption. The activation of the RANKL/RANK/OPG system is considered to be a likely cause of periprosthetic osteolysis leading to implant failure. The aim of this study was to examine the possible correlation between the clinical extent of osteolysis, the number of wear particles and the expression of the osteoclastic mediator RANKL in the tissues around aseptically loosened cemented and non-cemened total hip replacements. Periprosthetic tissues were harvested from 59 patients undergoing revision hip replacement for aseptic loosening. We had observed RANKL-positive cells in 23 of our 59 patients, their presence was noted predominantly in tissues with a loosened cemented endoprosthesis. We have shown that RANKL is present only in the tissues with a large amount of wear debris and predominantly in the cases involving lacunar type of osteolysis. Key words:...

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Em especial os res?duos de constru??o e demoli??o (RCD) que, comumente correspondem a mais da metade dos res?duos s?lidos urbanos, tem como principais destinos, terrenos baldios, margens de estradas e rios, acarretando s?rios impactos ambientais, sociais e econ?micos. Atualmente, a reutiliza??o de agregados reciclados (AR), especialmente de composi??o mista, ? estudada em menor grau, quando comparado aos AR de concreto. Com isso, por n?o possuir alternativas para sua utiliza??o, uma grande quantidade desse tipo de AR ? armazenada pelas usinas. Nesse sentido, buscou-se analisar a viabilidade t?cnica e econ?mica da utiliza??o de AR com diferentes composi??es granulom?tricas e em condi??o lavada, ? n?veis de substitui??o de 25, 50, 75 e 100% do agregado natural (AN), na produ??o de argamassas mistas de revestimento. Para a produ??o das argamassas, utilizou-se cimento CP II Z-32, cal CH-I e uma propor??o em volume de 1:1:6, cujo teor de ?gua foi determinado para as misturas alcan?arem uma consist?ncia de 260 mm. Inicialmente, analisou-se as propriedades f?sicas, qu?micas, mineral?gicas e microestruturais dos agregados e da fra??o de finos (<0,15 mm). Buscando avaliar a viabilidade t?cnica das argamassas foram caracterizadas no estado fresco, por meio dos ensaios de consist?ncia, reten??o de ?gua, densidade de massa e teor de ar incorporado. E no estado endurecido, a resist?ncia ? compress?o, resist?ncia ? tra??o na flex?o, m?dulo de elasticidade din?mico, absor??o por capilaridade, absor??o por imers?o, resist?ncia de ader?ncia e fissura??o. Foi utilizado o custo para produzir 1 m? de argamassa visando avaliar a viabilidade econ?mica. Constatou-se, que as argamassas com AR, independentemente de sua composi??o granulom?trica ou condi??o, apresentaram maior consumo de ?gua, menor densidade de massa e teor de ar incorporado, assim como adequada capacidade de reten??o de ?gua. No estado endurecido, as argamassas que possu?am AR com a presen?a de finos, apresentaram maior resist?ncia, maior m?dulo de elasticidade e menor porosidade e permeabilidade. No entanto, o desempenho dos revestimentos frente ao potencial de ader?ncia ao substrato e a quantidade de fissuras, foi inferior, confirmando a premissa de que a utiliza??o de AR com finos n?o ? indicada para a produ??o de argamassas de revestimento. Quanto a viabilidade econ?mica, ao incorporar o AR, o custo para produzir 1 m? de argamassa diminui. No entanto, admite-se que ? vi?vel a utiliza??o de AR para a produ??o de argamassas de revestimento, especialmente quando se disp?e de agregados com adequada composi??o granulom?trica, isentos de finos e em condi??o lavada. / The construction, reform and demolition process can cause significant problems to the environment due to the extraction of raw materials and an inadequate disposal of the waste generated. In particular, construction and demolition wastes (CDW), which commonly correspond to more than half of urban solid waste, have as main destinations, vacant lots, roadsides and rivers, causing serious environmental, social and economic impacts. Currently, a recycling of recycled aggregates (RA), especially of mixed composition has been studied to lesser extent when compared to RA of concrete. Therefore, because it does not have alternatives for their use, a large amount of this type of RA is stored by plants. In this sense, the aim of this research is to analyze the technical and economic viability of the use of RA with different grain size and washed condition compositions, at 25, 50, 75 and 100% substitution levels of the natural aggregate (NA), in the production of mixed mortars. For the production of mortars, CP II Z-32 cement, lime CH-I and a volume ratio of 1:1: 6 were used. Water content was adjusted to mixtures with a consistency of 260 mm. Initially, the physical, chemical, mineralogy and microstructural properties of the aggregates and the fines fraction (<0.15 mm) were analyzed. Seeking to assess the technical feasibility of mortars were characterized fresh, through consistency tests, water retention, bulk density and entrained air content. And in the hardened state, the compressive strength, flexural tensile strength, dynamic modulus of elasticity, water absorption by capillarity, immersion absorption, adherence strength and susceptibility to cracking. The cost of production of 1 m? of mortar was used for an assessment of economic feasibility. It was showed that, as mortars with RA, regardless of their size distribution or condition, presented higher water consumption, lower bulk density and incorporated air content, as well as water retention capacity. In the hardened state the mortars had RA with the presence of thin, had higher resistance, higher modulus and lower porosity and permeability. However, the performance of the mortar coverings to the potential of adhesion to the substrate and a number of cracks has been lower, confirming a premise that the use of RA with fines is not indicated for coating mortars. As for the economic feasibility, to incorporate RA, the cost to produce 1 m? of mortar decreases. However, it is recognized that the use of RA for the production of coating mortars is feasible, especially when aggregates with adequate size distribution are available, without fines and in washed condition.

Dans ce travail, nous etudions le cadre de la morphologie math ematique sur les complexes simpliciaux. Complexes simpliciaux sont une structure versatile et largement utilis ee pour repr esenter des donn ees multidimensionnelles, telles que des maillages, qui sont des complexes tridimensionnels, ou des graphes, qui peuvent etre interpr et ees comme des complexes bidimensionnels. La morphologie math ematique est l'un des cadres les plus puissants pour le traitement de l'image, y compris le traitement des structures num eriques, et est largement utilis e pour de nombreuses applications. Toutefois, les op erateurs de morphologie math ematique sur des espaces complexes simpliciaux n'est pas un concept enti erement d evelopp e dans la litt erature. Dans ce travail, nous passons en revue certains op erateurs classiques des complexes simpliciaux sous la lumi ere de la morphologie math ematique, de montrer qu'ils sont des op erateurs de morphologie. Nous d efi nissons certains treillis de base et les op erateurs agissant sur ces treillis : dilatations, erosions, ouvertures, fermetures et fi ltres altern es s equentiels, et aussi leur extension a simplexes pond er es. Cependant, les principales contributions de ce travail sont ce que nous appelions les op erateurs dimensionnels, petites et polyvalents op erateurs qui peuvent etre utilis es pour d efi nir de nouveaux op erateurs sur les complexes simpliciaux, qui garde les propri et es de la morphologie math ematique. Ces op erateurs peuvent egalement etre utilis es pour exprimer pratiquement n'importe quel op erateur dans la litt erature. Nous illustrons les op erateurs d e nis et nous comparons les filtres altern es s equentiels contre ltres d e finis dans la litt erature, o u nos filtres pr esentent de meilleurs r esultats pour l'enl evement du petit, intense bruit des images binaires.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 UlissesCOF.pdf: 4000133 bytes, checksum: 2f1689ba64508ae157f48710d758ba50 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-01 / This work presents a spray-dryer designed to oxalate-niobate precursors and suitable for the production of Niobium Carbide. The dryer was intended to produce powders of controlled particle size. First, the precursor is dissolved in water to produce a solution of known concentration and then it is atomized on the spray-dryer to produce the powder. This equipment consists of a 304 stainless steel chamber, 0.48 m x 1.9 m (diameter x length), with a conical shape at the lower portion, which is assembled on a vertical platform. The chamber is heated by three 4 kW electrical resistances. In this process, drying air is heated as it flows inside a serpentine surrounding the chamber, in contrary to more traditional processes in which the hot drying air is used to heat the component. The air enters the chamber at the same temperature of the chamber, thus avoiding adherence of particles on the internal surface. The low speed flow is concurrent, directed from the top to the bottom portion of the chamber. Powders are deposited on a 0.4 m diameter tray, which separates the cylindrical portion from the conical portion of the chamber. The humid air is discharged though a plug placed underneath the collecting tray. A factorial experimental planning was prepared to study the influence of five parameters (concentration, input flow, operation temperature, drying air flow and spray air flow) on the characteristics of the powders produced. Particle size distribution and shape were measured by laser granulometry and scanning electronic microscopy. Then, the powders are submitted to reaction in a CH4 / H2 atmosphere to compare the characteristics of spray-dried powders with powders synthetizided by conventional methods / O presente trabalho consiste em projetar e construir um secador spray com a finalidade de secar precursores do tipo oxalato-niobato de am?nia para obten??o de p?s com granulometria controlada e adequados ? produ??o de carbetos de Ni?bio policristalino. Este precursor ? atualmente obtido com granulometria dispersa, e morfologia n?o uniforme. A secagem em spray pode uniformizar as propriedades de materiais que s?o dissolvidos em ?gua, gerando uma solu??o de concentra??o conhecida que ? ent?o, atomizada no secador spray visando ? obten??o do material na forma de p?. O secador ? constitu?do por uma c?mara de secagem em a?o inox 304 medindo 0,48 m de di?metro por 1,90 m de comprimento, montado em uma plataforma vertical e com formato tronco c?nico na sua parte inferior. A c?mara ? aquecida por tr?s cintas de resist?ncias eletricas com pot?ncia total de 4 kW e o ar ? aquecido ao passar por serpentinas constru?das ao redor da c?mara de secagem. O sistema foi projetado de maneira n?o convencional tendo como objetivo principal a produ??o de p?s de precursores com granulometria fina e com uma boa distribui??o do tamanho das part?culas. Foi realizado um planejamento fatorial experimental visando ? an?lise da influ?ncia de cinco par?metros (concentra??o, vaz?o da alimenta??o, temperatura de opera??o, vaz?o do ar de secagem e vaz?o do ar do atomizador) sobre as caracter?sticas dos p?s obtidos usando-se solu??es de bicarbonato de s?dio. As Caracter?sticas f?sicas foram avaliadas a partir de an?lise de ?rea superficial, DRX, tamanho e forma das part?culas, granulometria a laser e microscopia eletr?nica de varredura. Em seguida foi realizada a secagem do precursor e, os p?s obtidos foram submetidos a rea??es com CH4 / H2 com o objetivo de comparar as caracter?sticas dos p?s oriundos do secador spray e aqueles que n?o tiveram esse tratamento. Os resultados mostraram que o equipamento produziu part?culas de bicarbonato de s?dio com di?metros m?dios de 2,4 a 52,4 &#956;m, conforme as temperatura e vaz?es de alimenta??o, e se mostrou capaz de secar precursores do tipo oxalato-niobato de am?nia sem perda de suas caracter?sticas