This paper explains the concept of emotion, emotion dimension and how emotions relate to the central nervous system. Additionally, there is research that were the inspiration for this work, the basic types of emotions and their physiological responses. The following are ways to monitor signals caused by emotions. The practical part deals with the sensing signals from the periphery of the body, specifically the EDA, EMG, EOG and PPG. As stimuli to elicit these signals were used photography, music and film. The signals were processed using the program developed in Matlab. Program specific values obtained were statistically analysed.

The assessment of pedophilic sexual preferences is an important part of forensic and research practice. Standardization of methods and stimuli used across sites is missing, making data transferability and comparability more difficult. The aim of this study was to investigate if the stimuli used in the USA and Canada are able to reliably distinguish between pedophilic and control subjects in the Czech Republic, based on their elicited sexual arousal. A stimuli set was first translated into Czech and voice recordings were created for the narratives. Sexual arousal was measured using circumferential penile plethysmography. 29 pedophilic (15 heterosexual; 14 homosexual) and 26 control (12 heterosexual; 12 homosexual) participants took part in the study. The sample comprised mostly non- delinquent individuals. The results revealed a significant difference in the subjective sexual arousal ratings as well as sexual reactivity between pedophiles and control participants in response to both child and adult stimulus categories. Correlation analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between subjective ratings and sexual reactivity to both child and adult stimulus categories. The results indicate that the audio recordings are a suitable tool to distinguish between pedophiles and controls. The...

The human sexual response is a dynamic combination of cognitive, emotional, and physiological processes. To this day, not many studies have dealt with measurment of female sexual arousal in relation to the attractivness of presented stimuli or studies dealing with states of undress and different phases of sexual arousal of men presented by erection. The goal of the study was to test the difference in female sexual arousal during exposure to erotic photographs displaying men with different level of attractiveness and arousal. Female sexual arousal of 32 heterosexual women were measured by vaginal plethysmograph (BIOPAC system). Women showed increased genital arousal to attractive stimuli and to stimuli depiciting erected penis. The results showed that erected penis itself could be a sexual attractant regardless of model's attractiveness. Key words: female sexual arousal, vaginal pletysmography, male attractiveness

El ejercicio físico induce una serie de modificaciones en el aparato cardiovascular, tanto estructurales como funcionales.Mediante pletismografía arterial se analizaron los flujos arteriales en hiperemia reactiva de miembros superiores e inferiores, de grupos comparativos con distintos hábitos de ejercicio (remeros, ciclistas, exciclistas, sedentarios) y estudiamos su relación con marcadores bioquímicos de disfunción endotelial. Observamos que los grupos con antecedente de haber realizado ejercicio y los que realizan activamente ejercicio muestran un aumento sistémico en la vasodiltación reactiva a la isquemia con mayor incremento en la extremidad que tiene mas carga de trabajo físico, estos grupos muestran cambios bioquímicos favorables con disminuciones en los marcadores de disfunción endotelial, permaneciendo en el grupos de exciclistas el efecto protector del estado antioxidante total, sin embargo se observa un aumento de enzima conversora de angiotensina en el grupo de exciclistas y en los grupos deportistas activos. / Physical exercise induces a series of structural as well as functional modifications in the cardiovascular system.By arterial plethysmography, arterial flows in reactive hyperemia of the upper and lower extremities were analyzed in comparative groups with different exercise habits (rowers, cyclists, ex-cyclists, sedentary), and we studied its relation with biochemical markers of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk. We observed that the groups with a history of having done exercise and those that actively exercise show an increase in reactive vasodilatation to ischemia in the extremity that has the greatest amount of physical work. These groups show favorable biochemical changes with decreases in endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk markers with the protector effect of the total antioxidant state remaining in ex-cyclists; however, there seems to be a tendency to increase angiotensin converting enzyme in the group of ex-cyclists and in active sportsman.

Orientadores: Fabio Husemann Menezes, João Poterio Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T12:22:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FecuriJunior_Rubens_M.pdf: 5719185 bytes, checksum: e083a35f4647757fb28a54278b9718c6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Introdução- A gestação é considerada como fator de desenvolvimento de varizes nas pernas e um dos fatores supostamente responsável por isso, seria o aumento de pressão nas veias das pernas devido ao aumento do útero e compressão das veias ilíacas. Para avaliar a pressão nas veias das pernas em posição ortostática nos ambulatórios, o método considerado como padrão ouro, é a punção da veia diretamente, mas isso é inconveniente. Objetivos- O propósito desse estudo foi o de utilizar um método não invasivo para medir a pressão nas veias das pernas em posição ortostática; o estudo foi aplicado em um grupo controle, em um grupo de varicosos e em um grupo de gestantes no 3º trimestre da gestação e comparar os valores obtidos entre os grupos. Método- Foram selecionadas para o estudo, 24 mulheres gestantes (média das gestações de 29,7 semanas) que foram avaliadas e comparadas com um grupo de 20 pacientes com varizes e 20 pessoas de um grupo controle. Os três grupos foram submetidos a medida da pressão venosa nas pernas em posição ortostática por meio de um pletismógrafico a ar, usando transdutor diferencial de pressão; a medida da pressão encontrada foi comparada com o valor da pressão hidrostática calculada a partir do segundo espaço intercostal até o local de aplicação do manguito. Resultados- Não houve diferença estatística entre a pressão calculada nos três grupos. A média da pressão no grupo de gestantes foi de 63,5 mmHg ± 5,4 SD, e foi comparada com a pressão encontrada no grupo controle 66,1 mmHg ± 8,0 SD, (p=0.1851). A pressão medida no grupo de gestantes foi estatisticamente diferente da pressão medida no grupo das varicosas (71,0 mmHg ± 6,6 SD) ? p<0,0003). Conclusão- Não foi verificado no estudo atual aumento dos valores de pressão hidrostática nas veias das pernas no 3º trimestre da gestação / Abstract: Introduction- Pregnancy is a predisposing factor to the development of varicose veins of the lower legs. One of the possible explanations is the compression of the iliac veins by the enlarged uterus, leading to a raise in the venous pressure (VP) and consequently to the enlargement of the venous system at the legs. To evaluate the VP the gold standard is Ambulatory Venous Pressure measured b+y the venipuncture, but it is inappropriate. The purpose of this study is to measure the VP at the legs, in the standing position, in a control group, varicose women and in a group of women in the third trimester of pregnancy, using a new non-invasive technique. Method- Twenty-four pregnant women (mean pregnancy age 29.7 weeks) were evaluated and compared to a group of 20 patients presenting with varicose veins and a group of 20 control volunteers. The three groups were submitted to VP measurement in the standing position by means of air-plethysmography using a pressure differential transducer; the measured pressures (MP) were compared to the hydrostatic pressures calculated (CP) from the second intercostal space to the level of the leg cuff. Results- There was no statistic difference between the mean CP of the three groups. The mean MP in the pregnancy group was 63.5 mmHg ± 5.4 SD, and it was comparable to the MP of the normal volunteers, 66.1 mmHg ± 8.0 SD, (p = 0.1851). The MP of the pregnancy group was statistically different from the mean MP of the varicose veins group (71.0 mmHg ± 6.6 SD, -p<0.0003). Conclusion- There is no increase in the hydrostatic pressure in the leg veins at the end of pregnancy / Mestrado / Cirurgia / Mestre em Cirurgia