Orientador: Manoel Garcia Neto / Banca: Antonio Carlos de Laurentiz / Banca: Max José de Araújo Faria Júnior / Resumo: A desidratação dos ovos de avestruz (Struthio camelus) na incubação artificial é a principal causa do desenvolvimento e qualidade do filhote. Neste estudo, a necessidade de avaliar e manejar os ovos durante a incubação, tornou-se evidente. No incubatório das instalações do Setor Experimental de Zootecnia (SEZ) - UNESP/Araçatuba-SP, foram utilizados 129 ovos férteis eclodidos e 70 ovos férteis não eclodidos para a avaliação da perda de água aos 38 dias; as características da casca, a porosidade e a espessura foram confrontadas à perda total de água do ovo. Observou-se uma diferença na perda total de água para ovos férteis eclodidos (15,45%) e ovos férteis não eclodidos (10,45%). Foram estudados 1303 ovos férteis eclodidos quanto ao posicionamento na incubadora e à desidratação. Para a obtenção dos resultados, a incubadora foi estratificada em 7 prateleiras, 8 gavetas e 3 profundidades. Verificou-se uma perda maior de água por evaporação, quando os ovos estavam localizados nas gavetas próximas ao aquecedor e à entrada de ar desumidificado. Porém, não foram detectadas alterações provocadas pela altura da prateleira ou mesmo pela proximidade dos ovos em relação à porta ou ao fundo da incubadora. Desta forma, concluiu-se que a avaliação e o manejo dos ovos de avestruz na incubação artificial devem fazer parte do controle diário do incubatório. / Abstract: The dehydration of eggs of ostrich (Struthio camelus) in the artificial incubation is the main cause of the development and quality of the youngling. In this study, the necessity to evaluate and to handling eggs during the incubation, became evident. In the room incubation of the installations of the Experimental Zootechny Sector (EZS) - UNESP/Araçatuba- São Paulo, Brazil, 129 ecloded fertile eggs and 70 fertile not ecloded eggs was been followed for the evaluation of the loss of water to 38 days and samples randomly of rinds was collated the characteristics of the rind, porosity and thickness, to the total loss of water of the egg. A difference observed in the total loss of water for ecloded fertile eggs was (15.45%) and fertile not ecloded eggs was (10.45%). Studied of 1303 ecloded fertile eggs how much to the positioning in the incubator and the dehydration for the attainment of the results, the incubator was subdivided in seven shelves, eight drawers and three depths. A bigger loss for evaporation of eggs was verified, when located in the drawers next to the heater and the dry air entrance. Nevertheless, no effect related to the shelves height was detected, not even when the proximity of the egg to the incubator door or the deep one was concerned. In such a way, one concluded that the evaluation and the handling of eggs of ostrich in the artificial incubation must be part of the daily control of the room incubation. / Mestre

Orientador: Watson Loh / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T00:50:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_AndreLuisCondeda_M.pdf: 1492752 bytes, checksum: 969a849fc8d776ed3dd74fac01294cde (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O surfatante cataniônico dodecilsulfato de dodecildimetil-n-hidroxilamônio foi preparado e caracterizado em relação às suas propriedades físico-químicas. O composto apresentou solubilidade muito baixa em água, porém com capacidade de redução da tensão superficial e interfacial entre água e xileno, em ambos os casos com lenta cinética de saturação das interfaces. A solubilidade em solventes orgânicos foi avaliada e constatamos tendência a maior solubilidade em solventes polares como clorofórmio e etanol, e no solvente aromático xileno. O estudo de comportamento termotrópico indicou a existência de fases líquido-cristalinas entre a fase sólida cristalina e a fase líquida isotrópica. A partir dos resultados deste trabalho avaliamos que as possíveis aplicações para estes surfatante estão relacionadas às situações onde a adsorção e deposição seja requerida, e em especial para a preparação de emulsões de água em óleo, com o atributo de baixa solubilidade em ambas as fases, e a possível vantagem de redução de irritabilidade dérmica para cremes e loções. O desenvolvimento desta aplicação requer avanços nos procedimentos de preparação da emulsão de forma a facilitar a adsorção do composto na interface água/óleo / Abstract: The catanionic surfactant dodecyldimehyl-n-hydroxylamonium dodecylsulphate was prepared and its physical-chemical properties were characterized. The surfactant presented very low water solubility, but with ability to reduce the surface tension and the interfacial tension between water and xylene, in both situations with slow kinetics of interface saturation. The solubility in organic solvents was evaluated and the trend for higher solubility in polar solvents like ethanol and chloroform and in the aromatic solvent xylene was noticed. The evaluation of its termotropic behavior was carried out and indicated the existence of liquid crystalline phases between the solid crystalline phase and the isotropic liquid phase. The results of this study indicate the possible applications in situations where adsorption and deposition are required, and for the preparation of water in oil emulsions, with the special feature of low solubility in both phases, with the advantage of reduced skin irritation for creams and lotions. The development of this application requires advancements in the procedures for emulsion preparation in order to allow the surfactant adsorption at the water/oil interface / Mestrado / Físico-Química / Mestre em Química

Objetivo: Investigar a presença de alterações (deleção e/ou duplicação) na região 22q11 em indivíduos até 02 anos de idade com fissura de palato, com o intuito de realizar diagnóstico precoce da síndrome da deleção 22q11 (SD22q11). Local: Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Humana, HRAC/USP, Bauru-SP. Casuística e metodologia: Foram selecionados 55 indivíduos, de ambos os sexos, com idade até 2 anos e com fissura de palato, cadastrados e em tratamento no Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais/USP. Todos os indivíduos foram analisados utilizando citogenética convencional por bandamento G e pela técnica de MLPA. Resultados e discussão: Foram analisados 55 indivíduos, dos quais 46 apresentaram fissura de palato isolada, 6 apresentaram fissura de palato e cardiopatia, 1 fissura de palato e atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor, 1 caso apresentou fissura de palato submucosa e 1 caso com fissura de palato submucosa e atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor. Não foram observadas anomalias cromossômicas numéricas ou estruturais por meio da análise citogenética. Embora não tenhamos encontrado nenhuma alteração, a análise citogenética inicial foi importante para detectar possíveis alterações em outras regiões cromossômicas que pudessem resultar em um fenótipo semelhante ao da SD22q11. Também não foram detectadas deleção ou duplicação na região 22q11 pela técnica de MLPA, a qual se mostrou um método rápido, sensível, eficaz e com um custo relativamente baixo em comparação a outras técnicas, para a investigação de alterações na região 22q11. Nossos resultados, associados aos da literatura, demonstram que a prevalência da deleção 22q11 nos casos de fissura de palato isolada é muito baixa. Mesmo sendo considerada como sugestiva da SD22q11, não detectamos nenhuma alteração na região 22q11 nos 6 indivíduos com cardiopatia. Somente foi possível identificar atraso no desenvolvimento em 2 indivíduos, ambos com dois anos de idade. Isso demonstra a dificuldade de realizar diagnóstico em idade precoce. Conclusão: O teste de rotina para investigação da deleção/duplicação da região 22q11 não se justifica em crianças com idade até dois anos que apresentam fissura de palato como principal achado clínico. Esses indivíduos devem ter um acompanhamento clínico criterioso, porque um comprometimento comportamental ou mental, bem como as características dismórficas da SD22q11 podem evoluir com o tempo. Devido ao tamanho relativamente pequeno desse estudo, e os dados inconsistentes da literatura atual, mais estudos são necessários para estabelecer critérios para indicação da rotina de investigação de deleção/duplicação 22q11 em indivíduos com anomalias palatinas. / Purpose: To investigate alterations (deletions/duplications) in the 22q11 region in individuals with cleft palate aged 0-2 years, in order to perform early diagnosis of 22q11 deletion syndrome (SD22q11). Local: Genetics and Human Cytogenetics Laboratory, HRAC/USP, Bauru-SP. Methods: We selected 55 individuals with cleft palate, both genders, registered and in treatment at Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais/USP. All individuals were investigated by cytogenetics and MLPA techniques. Results and Discussion: 46 out of 55 individuals, presented isolated cleft palate, 6 cleft palate and heart malformations, 1 cleft palate and developmental delay, 1 submucous cleft, and 1 submucous cleft and developmental delay. G karyotype did not show any chromosomal abnormalities. Although we did not detect any alterations, the initial cytogenetics analysis was important to exclude alteration in other chromosomal region that could result in a similar phenotype. Deletion or duplication in 22q11 region by MLPA was not detected, which shown to be a rapid, sensitive, and low cost method in comparison with other methods to investigate 22q11 region. Results, associated with the literature, have shown that the prevalence of the 22q11 alteration is very low in cleft palate. The presence of heart malformation is suggestive of 22q11DS. Besides, there were no alterations in 22q11 region in 6 patients with cleft palate and heart malformations. We were able to identify developmental delay in only 2 individual, both aged 2 years which demonstrates the difficulty of making early diagnosis. Conclusion: There is no justification for routine screening for 22q11 region deletion/duplication in children aged 0-2 years with cleft palate as main feature. These individuals should be carefully followed because behavioral or mentalimpairments as well as dysmorphic features characteristic of 22q11DS may evolve with time.

Um texto sobre o corpo dos números complexos abordando-os de uma forma integrada e direcionada para professores de educação básica que atuam no ensino médio. Apresenta de forma bem fundamentada vários aspectos dos números complexos: par ordenado, vetor do plano, forma algébrica, forma trigonométrica e matricial. Todos os resultados essenciais foram demonstrados. Há um capítulo com alguns problemas resolvidos. / A text on the field of complex numbers in an integrated way and directed to teachers of basic education who work in high school. It presents in a well-founded form several aspects of the complex numbers: ordered pair, plane vector, algebraic form, trigonometric and matrix form. For every essential result, there is a proof. There is a chapter with some solved problems.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Biology / Susan J. Brown / All arthropods share a segmented body plan. Detailed studies on segmentation mechanisms in the long-germ insect Drosophila melanogaster identified a segmentation hierarchy composed of maternal, gap, pair-rule, and segment polarity genes. In this hierarchy, pair-rule genes play an important role to translate gradients of regional information from maternal and gap genes into segmental expression of segment polarity genes. However, our understanding of the role of pair-rule genes in other short-germ insects and basally branching arthropods is still limited. To gain insights into the role of pair-rule genes in short-germ segmentation, I analyzed genetic interactions as well as expression patterns and functions of homologs of Drosophila pair-rule genes in the short-germ insect Tribolium castaneum. Interestingly, despite the pair-rule like expression patterns of Tribolium homologs of almost all eight canonical Drosophila pair-rule genes, only five have a segmentation function. Knock-down of primary pair-rule genes caused asegmental and truncated phenotypes while knock-down of secondary pair-rule genes caused typical pair-rule phenotypes. Epistatic analysis between the genes revealed that primary pair-rule genes form a gene circuit to prepattern a two-segmental unit, and secondary pair-rule genes are downstream targets of the gene circuit. The typical pair-rule phenotypes observed in secondary pair-rule gene RNAi embryos led to a detailed comparative analysis of the role of paired (prd) and sloppy-paired (slp) between Drosophila and Tribolium. This study revealed that prd is functionally conserved while the functional parasegmental register for Tribolium slp is opposite that of Drosophila slp. The fact that the register of slp function has evolved differently in the lineages leading to Drosophila and Tribolium reveals an unprecedented flexibility in pair-rule patterning. Despite this flexibility in pair-rule patterning between Drosophila and Tribolium, segmental expression of engrailed (en) and wingless (wg) at parasegmental boundaries is conserved in both insects. Analysis of double and triple RNAi for pair-rule genes in Tribolium revealed that the primary pair-rule genes even-skipped and runt are redeployed to directly regulate en and wg with prd or slp at parasegmental boundaries. This redeployment of primary pair-rule genes seem to compensate for the apparently fewer number of functional secondary pair-rule genes in Tribolium segmentation.

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The topic of the following diploma thesis is the explanation of the concept of job satisfaction while holding an au-pair position. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the job satisfaction young women (or men), who go abroad to work as au-pair, can feel. The first part of the analysis consists in a theoretical assessment of the mentioned topic, that is to say provide the reader with basic terminology and information about this area of domestic work; we will also sketch out the main factors influencing the most the feeling of satisfaction of au-pair workers. The second and more practical part will feature a description of different types of au-pair workers, including their rights and obligations. The research has been based on in-depth interviews and its aim was to provide detailed and insightful answers to the problematic mentioned above; thanks to the analysis and its gathered results, we have been able to point out the main issues and to suggest adequate and concrete solutions that could boost and increase job satisfaction in this profession.

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Social stimuli that function as reinforcers for most children generally do not function as reinforcers for children diagnosed with autism. These important social stimuli include smiles, head nods, thumb-ups, and okay signs. It should be an important goal of therapy for children with autism to condition these neutral social stimuli to function as reinforcers for children diagnosed with autism. There is empirical evidence to support both a pairing procedure (classical conditioning) and a discriminative stimulus procedure to condition neutral stimuli to function as reinforcers. However, there is no clear evidence as to the superiority of effectiveness for either procedure. Despite this most textbooks and curriculum guides for children with autism state only the pairing procedure to condition neutral stimuli to function as reinforcers. Recent studies suggest that the discriminative stimulus procedure may in fact be more effective in conditioning neutral stimuli to function as reinforcers for children diagnosed with autism. The present research is a further comparison of these two procedures. Results from one participant support recent findings that suggest the discriminative stimulus procedure is more effective in conditioning neutral stimuli to function as reinforcers. But the results from the other participant show no effects from either procedure, suggesting future research into conditions necessary to condition neutral social stimuli to function as reinforcers for children with autism.

Part of this Master’s thesis is an analysis of chosen technical indicators for selected currency pairs and following by creation business strategy. It includes theoretical basis of technical analysis. Next part describes the design of application to support technical analysis. Conclusion of thesis contains single business strategies.