Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:55:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016Joselene_ISL_Carvalho.pdf: 1289028 bytes, checksum: e2c8832284170e4491d91486cbd47e17 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta tesis analiza la experiencia de la lucha, de vida y de vivienda de los trabajadores bairros - Parque Hortência y Vila Alta (1975-2013) la ciudad de Guaíra-PR. En la prensa local y regional de estos barrios se ha caracterizado por ser lugares peligrosos, violentos y frecuentados por personas de baja reputación como bandidos y contrabandistas. Los periódicos hacen más que informar a diario crímenes y males de la ciudad. Circunscribir sus cuentas de los barrios pobres, la prensa se convierte éstos en ningún lugar donde hay personas cuyas historias merecen ser contadas o conocido. Contra esta hebra este estudio trató de identificar a través de entrevistas con los habitantes de estos barrios, conocen sus historias de vida y de trabajo que demuestra la lucha por los caminos de la vivienda. Nos preocupa, sobre todo, reconocer los otros significados de los barrios en sus vidas / Essa dissertação discute a experiência de lutar, viver e morar de trabalhadores dos bairros- Parque Hortência e Vila Alta (1975-2013) da cidade de Guaíra-PR. Na imprensa local e regional estes bairros tem sido caracterizados como locais perigosos, violentos e frequentados por gente de baixa reputação como bandidos e traficantes. Os jornais fazem mais do que denunciar crimes e mazelas cotidianas da cidade. Ao circunscrever seus relatos sobre os bairros pobres, a imprensa transforma estes em não lugares, onde não existem pessoas cujas histórias merecem ser contadas ou conhecidas. Na contramão desta vertente este estudo buscou identificar por meio de entrevistas com os habitantes destes bairros, conhecer suas histórias de vida e trabalho demonstrando os caminhos de luta por moradia. Interessa-nos, sobretudo, reconhecer os outros significados dos bairros em suas vidas

Determining risk to human populations due to natural disasters has been a topic of interest in the STEM fields for centuries. Earthquakes and the tsunamis they cause are of particular interest due to their repetition cycles. These cycles can last hundreds of years but we have only had modern measuring instruments for the last century or so which makes analysis difficult. In this document, we explore ways to improve upon an existing method for reconstructing earthquakes from historical accounts of tsunamis. This method was designed and implemented by Jared P Whitehead's research group over the last 5 years. The issue of this method that we address is the relatively slow convergence. One reason for this slow convergence is caused by the random walk proposal step in the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling. We explore ways of constructing an approximate gradient of the model in order to apply a more robust MCMC Method called MALA that uses a gradient combined with some randomness to propose new samples. The types of approximate gradients we explore were a heuristic gradient, a data driven gradient and a gradient of a surrogate model. We chose to use the gradient of a simplified tsunami formula for our implementation. Our MALA algorithm under performed the previous random walk method which we believe implies that the simplified tsunami model didn't give sufficient information to guide the proposed samples in the optimal direction. Further experimentation would be needed to confirm this and we are confident that there are other ways we can improve our convergence as specified in the future work section. Our method is built into the existing Python package tsunamibayes. It is available, open-source, on GitHub: https://github.com/jwp37/tsunamibayes.

This diploma thesis evaluates a design of a small water reservoir in Mutenice village from an economic point of view. This final work is a follow-up of the bachelor work of the same student, it completes it and improves on previously noticed inaccuracies. There are several aspects elaborated in the theoretical part, such as sellection of material for homogenous dam, safety spilway, accompanying woods in the flooding area of and especialy the evaluation of the commercial advantage of the water reservoir design. There are corrections of the bachelor work in the practical part of this study, based on the comments and lately found facts as well as the economical estimate based on the cost calculation of the construction. Content of the work are also technical drawings illustrating this take on the reservoir design and a detailed bill of material.

The following dissertation consists of a study of an eighth century A.D. Sanskrit text dealing with the soteriological implications of the nature of "bhoga"- "mundane experience" or, more precisely, "empirical consciousness". The dissertation can be subdivided into two major sections. The first section consists of a critical discussion or the doctrine of bhoga in the Bhogakārikāvrtti; the second section consists of an English translation of the Sanskrit text. The following study of the Bhoga Kārikā and its commentary has as its major concern the explication of the idea of "bhoga" put forth in the text. According to the school of Śaivism to which the author of the Bhoga Kārikā belongs, souls are by nature possessed of the two "capacities" (śakti) of consciousness and agency. Existing in a beginningless condition in the soul, these two capacities are obfuscated by the defiling power of a cosmic principle described as "mala". Due to this defilement the soul is forced into experiencing things in a limited manner, i.e. solely as an ego-personality whose self-understanding is both defined by and limited to the empirical sphere of experience. In explicating the doctrine of bhoga expressed by Sadyojyoti and defending his commentator Aghora Śiva, the dissertation takes up a discussion on the various polemics against other systems, such as the Buddhists, Cārvāka, Nyāya and Sāmkhya. As well, an attempt is made to point out the particular manner in which Sadyojyoti's doctrine of "bhoga" shares close affiliations with the schools of Mīmāmsā and Sāmkhya-Yoga. The text was translated under the guidance of Dr. S. S. Janaki, the Director of Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute in Madras. The Sanskrit text of the Bhoga Kārikā consists of 146 verses by a renowned Śaivite author, Sadyojyoti (8th c. A. D.) and a brief commentary by another renowned Śaivite author, Aghora Śiva (14th c. A. D.). Although by themselves the verses are difficult to understand without the aid of the commentary, the commentary itself is written in simple Sanskrit prose. The Bhoga Kārikā is one of a host of Śaivite "manuals" that systematically define the essential teachings and particular themes of Agamic Śaivism. Aghora Śiva's commentary on the Bhoga Kārikā is typical of the commentaries accompanying most of these manuals: it is brief and polemical. Chapter I of the dissertation deals with the authors Sadyojyoti and Aghora Śiva in relation to the Śaivite tradition; as well, Chapter I treats the basic concepts of "bhoga" and "tattva" employed in the Bhoga Kārikā. Chapter II deals with the doctrine of the subtle and the gross elements, emphasizing the concern of the tattvic doctrine that each tattva is a sine qua non in the event of bhoga. Chapter III treats the sphere of the motor, sense and intellectual organs and the polemics against the Cārvākas and Nyāya concerning the role of "consciousness" in the sphere of empirical experience. The specific organs of the "antahkarana" , i.e. ,manas, buddhi and ahamkāra, are treated in Chapter IV. More epistemological issues are discussed in Chapter V, most notably the Śaivite doctrine that the soul has intrinsic to the dual capacities (śakti) of consciousness and agency. The last chapter, Chapter VI, deals with the trans-buddhi conditions governing empirical consciousness, and includes a discussion of the soteriological import of māyā and mala. Appendix I consists of the translation of the Bhoga Kārikā Vrtti while the transliteration of the text appears in Appendix II. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a non-destructive electromagnetic investigative tool used in many applications across the fields of engineering and geophysics. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in lossy materials is complex and over the past 20 years, the computational modelling of GPR has developed to improve our understanding of this phenomenon. This research focuses on the development of accurate numerical models of widely-used, high-frequency commercial GPR antennas. High-frequency, highresolution GPR antennas are mainly used in civil engineering for the evaluation of structural features in concrete i. e., the location of rebars, conduits, voids and cracking. These types of target are typically located close to the surface and their responses can be coupled with the direct wave of the antenna. Most numerical simulations of GPR only include a simple excitation model, such as an infinitesimal dipole, which does not represent the actual antenna. By omitting the real antenna from the model, simulations cannot accurately replicate the amplitudes and waveshapes of real GPR responses. Numerical models of a 1.5 GHz Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (GSSI) antenna and a 1.2 GHz MALÅ GeoScience (MALÅ) antenna have been developed. The geometry of antennas is often complex with many fine features that must be captured in the numerical models. To visualise this level of detail in 3d, software was developed to link Paraview—an open source visualisation application which uses the Visualisation Toolkit (VTK)—with GprMax3D—electromagnetic simulation software based on the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method. Certain component values from the real antennas that were required for the models could not be readily determined due to commercial sensitivity. Values for these unknown parameters were found by implementing an optimisation technique known as Taguchi’s method. The metric used to initially assess the accuracy of the antenna models was a cross-corellation of the crosstalk responses from the models with the crosstalk responses measured from the real antennas. A 98 % match between modelled and real crosstalk responses was achieved. Further validation of the antenna models was undertaken using a series of laboratory experiments where oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions were created to simulate the electrical properties of real materials. The emulsions provided homogeneous liquids with controllable permittivity and conductivity and enabled different types of targets, typically encountered with GPR, to be tested. The laboratory setup was replicated in simulations which included the antenna models and an excellent agreement was shown between the measured and modelled data. The models reproduced both the amplitude and waveshape of the real responses whilst B-scans showed that the models were also accurately capturing effects, such as masking, present in the real data. It was shown that to achieve this accuracy, the real permittivity and conductivity profiles of materials must be correctly modelled. The validated antenna models were then used to investigate the radiation dynamics of GPR antennas. It was found that the shape and directivity of theoretically predicted far-field radiation patterns differ significantly from real antenna patterns. Being able to understand and visualise in 3d the antenna patterns of real GPR antennas, over realistic materials containing typical targets, is extremely important for antenna design and also from a practical user perspective.

CNS participó de la concepción del estudio y recolectó los datos. SAG, RECP y KCJ hicieron la revisión crítica. CNS y TCJ realizaron el análisis e interpretación de los datos. CNS redactó el borrador del artículo. Todos los autores aprobaron la versión final del artículo. / Objetivos. Determinar las características de las denuncias penales por responsabilidad profesional médica, a partir de los informes periciales emitidos en la División Clínico Forense de Lima, Perú. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó un estudio transversal donde se incluyeron todos los informes periciales emitidos del 2005 al 2010, en la División Clínico Forense de Lima, Perú. Se realizó el análisis descriptivo de cada una de las variables. Resultados. El 60,3% (495/821) de las denuncias penales por responsabilidad profesional médica fueron valoradas como acuerdo a la lex artis; el 16,8% (138/821) no acuerdo a la lex artis; en 13% (107/821) de los casos no se pudo emitir conclusiones, y en 9,9% (81/821) las conclusiones del informe pericial no incluyen una valoración del acto médico. Los casos donde la lesión se atribuyó al propio proceso de la enfermedad correspondieron al 80,9% (502/620), y los que se consideraron resultado de la asistencia sanitaria al 19,0% (118/620). La distribución de la causa de la lesión según el cumplimiento de la lex artis mostró diferencias significativas. Conclusiones. En nuestro país, las denuncias por presunta responsabilidad médica se encuentran en aumento, predominantemente en las especialidades quirúrgicas, donde la probabilidad de ser considerado como un acto médico no adecuado a la lex artis es mayor. Asimismo en un porcentaje importante de casos no se llegan a emitir conclusiones valorativas sobre el acto médico. / Objectives.To determine the characteristics of the criminal complaints claining medical professional liability, based on the expert reports issued by the Forensic Examination Division of Lima, Peru. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study was carried out, which included all the expert reports issued between 2005 and 2010 at the Forensic Examination Division of Lima, Peru. A descriptive analysis of each of the variables was performed. Results. 60.3% (495/821) of the criminal complaints for medical professional liability were valued as being in accordance with the lex artis while16.8% (138/821) were not in accordance with the lex artis. In 13% (107/821) of the cases, conclusions could not be drawn;in 9.9% (81/821) of the cases, the conclusions in the expert report did not include an valuations of the medical act.The cases in which the injury was attributed to the process of the disease itself accounted for 80.9% (502/620), and those in which in the injury was considered a result of the health care received were 19.0% (118/620). The distribution of the cause of the injury based on accordance with the lex artis showed significant differences. Conclusions. In our country, the number of claims for claimed medical liability is increasing, predominantly in relation to surgical specialties, where a medical act is more likely to be considered not in accordance with the lex artis. In addition, in a significant percentage of cases, no conclusions are drawn about the medical act.

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An observational study was conducted to describe the presence of plagiarism in medical thesis in 2008 performed at a public university in Peru. Search for plagiarism in 33 thesis introductions using a Google search algorithm, characterizes of the study type and we search in electronic form if the thesis mentor have published articles in scientific journals. We found evidence of plagiarism in 27/33 introductions, 37.3% (171/479) of all the paragraphs analyzed had some degree of plagiarism, literal plagiarism was the most frequent (20/27) and journals were the most common sources of plagiarism (19/27). The characteristics of the studies were observational (32/33), cross-sectional (30/33), descriptive (25/33) and retrospective (19/33). None of the authors had published in a scientific journal, and only nine of his tutors of them had at least one publication. No association was found between the characteristics of the thesis and the presence of plagiarism. In conclusion, we found a high frequency of plagiarism in theses analyzed. Is responsibility of medical schools take the necessary actions to detect and avoid plagiarism among their students. / Revisión por pares.

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