O propósito do presente estudo foi analisar as células epiteliais odontogênicas procurando um entendimento maior sobre a natureza e conseqüentemente o comportamento de algumas lesões odontogênicas. A expressão imunoistoquímica de p53 e PCNA foi analisada em cisto radicular, cisto dentígero, ceratocisto odontogênico e cisto odontogênico calcificante (Cisto de Gorlin) onde verificou-se que no cisto radicular e cisto dentígero a expressão dos marcadores está relacionado com proliferação e stress celular causado pelo estímulo inflamatório e em ceratocisto odontogênico e Cisto de Gorlin a expressão dos marcadores corresponde a proliferação celular não descartando também a presença de mutação no gene TP53. Também foi observada a expressão de Ki-67, EGFR e Survivin em folículo pericoronário, ceratocisto odontogênico e cisto dentígero que mostrou que as células epiteliais dos folículos pericoronários têm potencial proliferativo para formar lesões odontogênicas e que a proliferação das células do cisto dentígero é relacionada com o estímulo inflamatório. Todos os marcadores estudados comprovaram a natureza neoplásica do ceratocisto odontogênico. / The purpose of this study was to analyze odontogenic epithelial cells to contribute to the knowledge about their nature and, consequently, about the behavior of certain odontogenic lesions. Immunohistochemical expressions of p53 and PCNA were analyzed in radicular cysts, dentigerous cysts, odontogenic keratocysts and calcifying odontogenic cysts (Gorlin cyst). In radicular and dentigerous cysts, the expression of these markers was associated with cell proliferation and stress caused by an inflammatory stimulus. In keratocysts and Gorlin cysts, the expression of markers corresponded to cell proliferation. Results also showed possible mutation in TP53 gene. Also, Ki-67, EGFR and Survivin were expressed in pericoronal follicles, odontogenic keratocysts and dentigerous cysts, which demonstrated that epithelial cells of pericoronal follicles may proliferate to form odontogenic lesions and that cell proliferation in dentigerous cysts was associated with an inflammatory stimulus. The analysis of all markers under study confirmed the neoplastic nature of odontogenic keratocysts.

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abstract: The global spread of body techniques, such as Yoga, meditation, Tai Chi, Qigong, and non-competitive martial arts have been diffusing into socio-cultural spaces and institutions outside of their native contexts. Despite the ubiquity of cultural borrowing and mixing, the much needed conceptualization and theorization of cultural appropriation is nearly absent within intercultural communication studies. This ethnographic study examines one community of martial artists who practice Aikido, a martial art originating from Japan, in the United States to explore how members negotiate and appropriate its cultural elements in their practice, how the practice binds the dojo community, and how the practice cultivates an embodied dialogic practice. The study takes an ethnographic approach that uses qualitative methods (e.g. participant-observation and interviews). It is also an experiment with methodology comprised of two moment: the first taking an informative and a communicative view of ethnography, and the second, a performative approach. The ethnographic account transposes the Aikido technique - 1) attack, 2) evasion, 3) centralization, and 4) neutralization - onto the chapters as a way to co-produce the world textually rather than extract representations from it. At the dojo Shining Energy, corporeal, material and semiotic components coexist to produce both defined and latent relationalities that open fields and spaces not predetermined by meaning, law, and authority. The transmission of skill takes places through the relational openings in the rich structured environment during practice that each member helps to generate regardless of their skill level. Aikido practice cultivates a latent form of coping strategy where practitioners learn to flourish in midst of hostile situations while maintaining their own presence and identity. Practitioners persist in the practice of Aikido to submit themselves to the processes to engage their sinews, senses and neural paths to keep up with the particulars of situations so that perception, control, and action to run together like the "flash of lightening" to open up inert reality into a process. The practice of Aikido points to a space and time beyond the movement forms to intimate and reveal new ways of not only moving in the world, but also moving the world! / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Communication 2012

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Os cistos dos ossos maxilares sÃo classificados como odontogÃnicos e nÃo odontogÃnicos. Dentre os odontogÃnicos inflamatÃrios, destaca-se o cisto radicular, e entre os de desenvolvimento, o dentÃgero. Estes cistos e suas variantes apresentam etiopatogÃnese e comportamento biolÃgico diferentes, mas sÃo igualmente lÃticos. A atividade proliferativa do epitÃlio de revestimento, dos componentes da membrana basal e da matriz extracelular, possivelmente, interferem nos mecanismos de crescimento, constituindo alvos de pesquisas. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a relaÃÃo do infiltrado inflamatÃrio mononuclear com a expressÃo de marcadores de proliferaÃÃo (Ki 67) e das proteÃnas da membrana basal e matriz extracelular nos cistos radiculares. Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo e observacional tendo sido realizado um levantamento dos casos catalogados no ServiÃo de Biopsia do Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal (FAMED) e no LaboratÃrio de Patologia Bucal (FFOE) (UFC). ApÃs a revisÃo histolÃgica, os grupos foram divididos em cisto radicular intensamente inflamado (CRII) (n=17), cisto radicular levemente inflamado(CRLI)(n=.9) e cisto dentÃgero (CD) (n= 9). A presenÃa e intensidade do infiltrado inflamatÃrio histiolinfoplasmocitÃrio e preservaÃÃo do epitÃlio de revestimento foram os parÃmetros utilizados para seleÃÃo dos casos. Os espÃcimes foram submetidos à reaÃÃo de imuno-histoquÃmica por estreptoavidina biotina, utilizando-se os anticorpos Ki 67 (DakoÂ, 1:50), anti-colÃgeno IV (DBSÂ, 1:40) e anti-laminina (DBSÂ, 1:20). A expressÃo de Ki 67 foi mais intensa no grupo CRLI, quando comparada ao grupo CRII e CD. A expressÃo de colÃgeno tipo IV na membrana basal foi significante no grupo CRLI, quando comparada com o grupo CRII e CD. Jà a imunomarcaÃÃo de matriz extracelular variou de ausente a fraca nos grupos CRII e CRLI, enquanto no CD se exibiu de forma fraca a moderada, sendo esta diferenÃa significativa. A expressÃo de laminina em membrana basal nos grupos CRII e CD foi negativa e no grupo dos CRLI foi fraca e pontual. Concluiu-se que a presenÃa e a intensidade do conteÃdo inflamatÃrio na parede dos cistos radiculares parecem modificar a expressÃo dos fatores de proliferaÃÃo no epitÃlio de revestimento, e colÃgeno tipo IV e laminina na membrana basal, mas nÃo interferem no comportamento do colÃgeno IV da matriz extracelular nos cistos radiculares. A expressÃo de componentes da membrana basal (laminina e colÃgeno tipo IV) à maior nos cistos radiculares com leve infiltrado inflamatÃrio. / Jawbone cysts are classified as odontogenic and non-odontogenic cysts. The radicular cyst is the most common odontogenic cyst of inflammatory origin, whereas the detigerous cyst is the most common type of developmental odontogenic cyst. These cysts and their variations have different etiopathogenesis and biological behavior, but are equally lytic. The proliferation activity of the epithelial lining and the components of the basement membrane and extracellular matrix constitute targets of research. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate and the expression of proliferative immunomarkers (Ki 67), and proteins of basement membrane and extracellular matrix in radicular cysts. In this retrospective observational study, all cases of jawbone cysts that had been recorded in the files of the Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine (FAMED), and of the Laboratory of Oral Pathology (FFOE) of the Federal University of Cearà (UFC) and reviewed. After histological revision, the groups were divided into heavily inflamed radicular cysts (HIRC) (n=17), slightly inflamed radicular cysts (SIRC) (n=9) and dentigerous cysts (DC) (n=9). The presence and intensity of the lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory infiltrate and the preservation of the epithelial lining were the parameters used to select the cases. Immunohistochemical analyses were performed using the standard streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase method. The primary antibodies used in this study included Ki 67 (DakoÂ, 1:50), Anti-Collagen Type IV (DBSÂ, 1:40) and Anti- Laminin (DBSÂ, 1:20).The immunoexpression of Ki-67 was more intense in the SIRC group compared to the HIRC group and DC. Likewise, the immunoexpression of Anti-Collagem Type IV in the basement membrane of the SIRC group presented a statistically significant difference compared to the HIRC group and DC . The expression of laminin in the basement membrane and in group HIRC and DC was negative and the group of SIRC was weak and punctual. It was concluded that presence and severity of inflammatory content wall of radicular cysts appear to modify the expression of proliferation factors in the coating epithelium and collagen type IV and laminin in the basement membrane but not modific with the behavior of extracellular matrix in radicular cyst. The expression of basement membrane components (laminin and collage type IV) is higher in radicular cyst with mild inflammatory infiltrade.

O propósito do presente estudo foi analisar as células epiteliais odontogênicas procurando um entendimento maior sobre a natureza e conseqüentemente o comportamento de algumas lesões odontogênicas. A expressão imunoistoquímica de p53 e PCNA foi analisada em cisto radicular, cisto dentígero, ceratocisto odontogênico e cisto odontogênico calcificante (Cisto de Gorlin) onde verificou-se que no cisto radicular e cisto dentígero a expressão dos marcadores está relacionado com proliferação e stress celular causado pelo estímulo inflamatório e em ceratocisto odontogênico e Cisto de Gorlin a expressão dos marcadores corresponde a proliferação celular não descartando também a presença de mutação no gene TP53. Também foi observada a expressão de Ki-67, EGFR e Survivin em folículo pericoronário, ceratocisto odontogênico e cisto dentígero que mostrou que as células epiteliais dos folículos pericoronários têm potencial proliferativo para formar lesões odontogênicas e que a proliferação das células do cisto dentígero é relacionada com o estímulo inflamatório. Todos os marcadores estudados comprovaram a natureza neoplásica do ceratocisto odontogênico. / The purpose of this study was to analyze odontogenic epithelial cells to contribute to the knowledge about their nature and, consequently, about the behavior of certain odontogenic lesions. Immunohistochemical expressions of p53 and PCNA were analyzed in radicular cysts, dentigerous cysts, odontogenic keratocysts and calcifying odontogenic cysts (Gorlin cyst). In radicular and dentigerous cysts, the expression of these markers was associated with cell proliferation and stress caused by an inflammatory stimulus. In keratocysts and Gorlin cysts, the expression of markers corresponded to cell proliferation. Results also showed possible mutation in TP53 gene. Also, Ki-67, EGFR and Survivin were expressed in pericoronal follicles, odontogenic keratocysts and dentigerous cysts, which demonstrated that epithelial cells of pericoronal follicles may proliferate to form odontogenic lesions and that cell proliferation in dentigerous cysts was associated with an inflammatory stimulus. The analysis of all markers under study confirmed the neoplastic nature of odontogenic keratocysts.

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In der Arbeit wird das Konzept des fallbasierten Schließens zur Verwendung während der Minimax-Baumsuche in Spielbäumen vorgeschlagen. Die Auswirkungen von Änderungen an verschiedenen Parametern des Algorithmus werden anhand dazu durchgeführter Experimente dargestellt. Hervorzuheben sind besonders mehrere Auswahlstrategien, die den Lernprozess erheblich beschleunigen können.

„Training the Archive“ ist ein Kooperationsprojekt zwischen dem Ludwig Forum Aachen, dem Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund sowie dem Visual Computing Institute der RWTH Aachen University. Das Projekt widmet sich visuellen Archiven und der Frage, wie in diesen Sammlungen neue Zusammenhänge mittels ‚Machine Learning‘ hergestellt werden können. Ziel ist die forschungsbasierte Entwicklung einer Software, die Kurator:innen und Künstler:innen neue Zugänge zu digitalisierten Bildsammlungen ermöglicht. Francis Hunger, einer der beteiligten Forscher erläutert im Gespräch einige Bedingungen, Determinanten und Kontextualisierungen dieses Projekts.

The Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB) is an academic department at Karolinska Institute. Generally stated, the CGB department is committed to the generation and management of genetic information by approaches aiming at elucidating the connection between genes, protein and function. WiGID is a genome information database that is available through WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). Our version of WiGID is based on WML, PHP and PostgreSQL as a database server. One of the changes on the old WiGID application was the creation of a relational database with seven tables and one view, instead of the file that represented the database on the old version. We also changed the script language from python to PHP. The search engine ability has been extended with three new search alternatives for a user to choose from. Each choice leads to other, sometimes multiple choices. A GUI has been created for the administrator, to be able to insert information into the database. The structure of the search engine is primarily for narrowing down the search result on the phone display, thereby making the search efficient. / Wireless Genome Information Database (WiGID), är en genome information databas och är tillgänglig genom WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). WiGID har vidareutvecklats med WML och PHP som skript språk istället för WML och Python. Några exempel på den ny utvecklade WiGID är navigationsmöjligheterna och applikationens bakomliggande struktur. Modelleringen av relationsbaserade databasen har gett ökad flexibilitet till applikationen. Den är inte längre statisk och svårhanterlig. Hanteringen av databasen har lösts genom inmatnings skriptet. Inmatnings skriptet hanterar information från en fil som den läser ifrån och lägger informationen i respektive tabell. Sökmöjligheterna har ökats genom användning av SQL (Structured Query Language). Navigationsmöjligheterna i sökmotorn utökades till sex valmöjligheter istället för tre enligt den äldre versionen. Varje länk går vidare till nya alternativ för att förfina själva sökningen. Sökningen har effektiviserats och valmöjligheterna.