Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-05-18T17:57:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Marlene Salete Uberti.pdf: 4547445 bytes, checksum: 0815ad8e3c8b5cdf64206ec60d91619c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-18T17:57:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Marlene Salete Uberti.pdf: 4547445 bytes, checksum: 0815ad8e3c8b5cdf64206ec60d91619c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-11 / Traditionally the Classical Linear Regression Models (CLRMs) have been used for mass appraisal of property bulk value, however, it has been noticed the need to take into account the data spatial variation. This modeling for the geographic effects has been used mainly in urban area appraisals, while farmland values are also affected by geographic location. The lack of methodologies for mass evaluation of farmland has led to tax evasion of farmland tax revenue (ITR), as it has been inefficiently and inexpressively collected since its enactment in 1964. The objective of this paper is to use econometrics models of spatial regression in farmland comparables to produce a map of standard ground value for the Northern Region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The proposed methodology includes the investigation and modeling the effects of spatial autocorrelation on the CLRMs, to evaluate their performance comparing them with the spatial models and to produce a map of standard ground value through ordinary Kriging and kernel estimator. The sample of comparables was comprised of 113 observations for model development and 25 observations for validation. To evaluate the performance of obtained maps of values were used the validation samples to calculate the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) values and the metrics recommended by the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO). The results showed that the spatial autocorrelation can have its effect predicted by the Conditional AutoRegressive model (CAR) and by the Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). By using the values predicted with the GWR model and the validation comparables, the Kernel estimator presented the best performance on map production, yielding the lowest RMSE and dispersion coefficients, median of ratios and Price Related Differential (PRD) close to IAAO recommended values. The combination of classical and spatial regression methodologies and the use of Geostatistics techniques showed to be suitable for obtaining maps of standard ground value for farmland areas. The proposed methodology has been show applicable to farmland sales market, as it can be used by municipalities to obtain representative models of real market values, as well as to produce farmland standard ground value maps. / Nas avalia??es em massa de im?veis tradicionalmente s?o utilizados os modelos cl?ssicos de regress?o linear (MCRL), entretanto tem-se verificado a necessidade de modelar os dados espacialmente. Esta modelagem dos efeitos espaciais vem sendo utilizada principalmente nas avalia??es de ?reas urbanas, sendo que os valores dos im?veis nas ?reas rurais tamb?m s?o afetados pela localiza??o geogr?fica. A inexist?ncia de metodologias de avalia??o em massa de im?veis rurais ? um dos motivos da evas?o da receita do imposto territorial rural (ITR), pois desde que foi criado em 1964, a arrecada??o deste imposto ? ineficiente e inexpressiva. O objetivo deste trabalho foi a utiliza??o de modelos econom?tricos de regress?o espacial na modelagem dos efeitos espaciais em uma amostra de im?veis rurais para a elabora??o da Planta de Valores Gen?ricos (PVG) em uma ?rea da Regi?o Norte Fluminense, estado do Rio de Janeiro. A proposta metodol?gica consistiu em investigar e modelar os efeitos causados pela autocorrela??o espacial sobre os MCRL, avaliar seus desempenhos comparando-os com os modelos espaciais e produzir a PVG por meio da Krigagem ordin?ria e do estimador Kernel. A amostra utilizada contou com 113 observa??es e 25 amostras de verifica??o. Para avaliar o desempenho das superf?cies de valores obtidas foram utilizadas as amostras de verifica??o e calculados os valores da Raiz Quadrada do Erro M?dio Quadr?tico (REMQ) e das m?tricas recomendadas pela International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO). Os resultados mostraram que a autocorrela??o espacial pode ter seus efeitos reduzidos pelo Modelo do Erro Espacialmente Correlacionado (Conditional Auto Regressive - CAR) e pela Regress?o Geograficamente Ponderada (RGP). A superf?cie gerada pelo estimador Kernel, utilizando-se os valores preditos da amostra de verifica??o pelo modelo RGP foi a que obteve o melhor desempenho com menor REMQ e valores do coeficiente de dispers?o (COD), da mediana das raz?es e do Diferencial Relativo ao Pre?o (Price Related Differential - PRD) pr?ximos dos recomendados pela IAAO. A combina??o das metodologias da regress?o cl?ssica e espacial, e a utiliza??o de t?cnicas de Geoestat?stica se mostraram adequadas para a elabora??o e obten??o da PVG para ?reas rurais. A metodologia proposta se mostrou aplic?vel nos mercados de terras rurais, pois pode ser utilizada pelos munic?pios para obter modelos representativos da realidade destes mercados, bem como para elaborar a PVG das ?reas rurais.

Submitted by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-02-19T13:03:29Z No. of bitstreams: 5 denio.pdf: 1745055 bytes, checksum: 531bb76e60dd34c17e7c27620ce5b5c0 (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 3d480ae6c91e310daba2020f8787d6f9 (MD5) license_text: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) license.txt: 2110 bytes, checksum: b4c884761e4c6c296ab2179d378436d4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-02-20T10:55:25Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 5 denio.pdf: 1745055 bytes, checksum: 531bb76e60dd34c17e7c27620ce5b5c0 (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 3d480ae6c91e310daba2020f8787d6f9 (MD5) license_text: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) license.txt: 2110 bytes, checksum: b4c884761e4c6c296ab2179d378436d4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-20T10:55:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 5 denio.pdf: 1745055 bytes, checksum: 531bb76e60dd34c17e7c27620ce5b5c0 (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 3d480ae6c91e310daba2020f8787d6f9 (MD5) license_text: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) license.txt: 2110 bytes, checksum: b4c884761e4c6c296ab2179d378436d4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-21 / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (Capes) / Neste trabalho, foi realizado o desenvolvimento de um imunosensor para detec??o de anticorpos anti-Leishmania infantum. O princ?pio de transdu??o foi a Resson?ncia de Pl?smons de Superf?cie (SPR) e o sensor foi produzido atrav?s da imobiliza??o covalente de ant?genos sol?veis de Leishmania infantum sobre Monocamada Auto-Organizada (SAM) do ?cido 11-Mercaptoundecan?ico (11-MUA) ativado pela mistura contendo 100,0 mmol.L-1 de 1-etil-3-(3-dimetilaminopropil) carbodiimida (EDC) e 150 mmol.L-1 de N-hidroxisuccinimida (NHS). Atrav?s das t?cnicas de Voltametria C?clica e Redu??o Dessortiva por Voltametria de Pulso Diferencial o processo de forma??o da SAM foi otimizado. Sob condi??es otimizadas, 1,0 mmol.L-1 da solu??o etan?lica de 11-MUA e 24 horas foram suficientes para a forma??o de uma SAM est?vel sobre a superf?cie de ouro. Para obten??o de informa??es complementares da SAM, foram realizados c?lculos da Cobertura de Superf?cie, Constante Diel?trica e Espessura do tiol adsorvido no substrato de ouro. Ap?s esta etapa, a adi??o de ant?genos sol?veis de L. infantum sobre a SAM foi acompanhada por SPR. As t?cnicas de Voltametria C?clica e Espectroscopia de Imped?ncia Eletroqu?mica foram usadas para caracterizar a imobiliza??o do ant?geno. Ap?s constru??o do imunosensor, foram adicionados em sua superf?cie soros caninos positivos para Leishmaniose Visceral, evidenciando varia??o significativa no ?ngulo de SPR, mostrando excelente sensibilidade da t?cnica para detec??o da intera??o ant?geno-anticorpo. Por outro lado, a adi??o dos soros negativos n?o foi acompanhada com resposta significativa, concluindo-se tamb?m que o imunosensor apresentou boa especificidade contra anticorpos anti-L. infatum. Portanto, neste trabalho foi desenvolvido com sucesso um sensor empregando SPR para detec??o em tempo real de anticorpos anti-L. infatum, apresentando grande perspectiva como sistema de sensoriamento da Leishmaniose Visceral em ?reas end?micas. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Qu?mica, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2012. / ABSTRACT In this work, the development of an immunosensor for detection of anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies was performed. The principle of transduction used was the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and the sensor was constructed by covalent immobilization of soluble antigens of Leishmania infantum on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (11-MUA) which was activated by the mixture 100.0 mmol.L-1 1-ethyl-3 (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) and 150 mmol.L-1 N-hidroxisuccinimide (NHS). Cyclic Voltammetry and Dessortive Reduction by Differential Pulse Voltammetry techniques were employed in monitoring of SAM formation. Under optimized conditions, 1.0 mmol.L-1 of the 11-MUA in ethanolic solution and 24 hours were sufficient for the formation of a stable SAM on the gold surface. To obtain further information about the SAM, the Surface Coverage, Dielectric Constant and Thickness of the thiol film adsorbed on gold substrate were performed. After this step, the addition of soluble antigens?of L.?infantum?on the?SAM?was monitored?by SPR. Cyclic Voltammetry and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy techniques were employed in characterization of antigen immobilization. After construction of immunosensor, positive canine serum for Visceral Leishmaniasis were added on its surface showing significant variation in the SPR angle, indicating excellent sensitivity of the technique for?antigen-antibody interaction detection. On the other hand, the addition of negative serum was not accompanied with a significant response, demonstrating that the immunosensor shows excellent specificity against anti-L infantum antibodies. Therefore, this work shows a successfully development of a SPR sensor for anti-L. infatum antibodies detection in real time, showing a great perspective as a sensing system of Visceral Leishmaniasis in endemic regions.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NaisandraBS_TESE_1-50.pdf: 2251709 bytes, checksum: f894b2d51f4f9a6c372cbd1e00aa233d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-07 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Bacterial cellulose (BC) has a wide range of potential applications, namely as temporary substitute skin in the treatment of skin wounds, such as burns, ulcers and grafts. Surface properties determine the functional response of cells, an important factor for the successful development of biomaterials. This work evaluates the influence of bacterial cellulose surface treatment by plasma (BCP) on the cellular behavior and its genotoxicity potential. The modified surface was produced by plasma discharge in N2 and O2 atmosphere, and the roughness produced by ion bombardment characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Cell adhesion, viability and proliferation on BCP were analysed using crystal violet staining and the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium (MTT) method. Genotoxicity was evaluated using the comet and cytokinesis block micronucleus assay. The results show that the plasma treatment changed surface roughness, producing an ideal cell attachment, evidenced by more elongated cell morphology and improved proliferation. The excellent biocompatibility of BCP was confirmed by genotoxicity tests, which showed no significant DNA damage. The BCP has therefore great potential as a new artificial implant / A celulose bacteriana (CB) ? utilizada, geralmente como uma membrana tempor?ria, na substitui??o de pele lesionada, em feridas, queimaduras, ulcera??es ou como enxerto. Modifica??es em sua superf?cie podem determinar respostas no funcionamento celular dos tecidos adjacentes, influenciando sua biocompatibilidade. Este estudo apresenta a primeira avalia??o da influ?ncia de nanopart?culas de celulose bacteriana e de membranas de celulose bacteriana com superf?cie modificada por plasma (CBP) no comportamento e genotoxicidade celular. Inicialmente, a prolifera??o celular foi avaliada com o teste MTT e danos ao DNA foram avaliados utilizando-se os testes Cometa e Kado, sob a influencia das concentra??es de 0,1; 0,5 e 1,0 mg/ml de nanofibras de CB em contato com fibroblastos 3T3 e c?lulas CHO-K1. Os resultados obtidos nessas an?lises revelaram que a prolifera??o celular, para os dois tipos de c?lulas, foi cerca de 15-20% menor na presen?a de NFs, ap?s 72h de cultivo celular, independentemente da concentra??o utilizada, estas tamb?m n?o promoveram dano significativo ao DNA. Em um segundo trabalho, membranas de celulose bacteriana foram submetidas ao plasma em atmosfera contendo 70%N2 e 30% de O2. Posteriormente foram caracterizadas por MEV e AFM e submetidas aos ensaios cometa, micron?cleo, de ades?o e prolifera??o celular. Os resultados revelaram que o plasma modificou a superf?cie da CBP produzindo uma rugosidade de aproximadamente 70? 5,1 nm. Na CBP, as c?lulas tornaram-se mais alongadas com prolifera??o maior, provavelmente, influenciadas pelo aumento da rugosidade da superf?cie. A nova superf?cie gerada tamb?m n?o foi xii genot?xica. Face ao exposto, este estudo gerou um novo biomaterial que pode ser testado in vivo com futuro potencial para implante artificial

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarcoAMS_TESE.pdf: 4598195 bytes, checksum: 64f542a86c9a48f91e63fe82fc791428 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-08 / Recent years have seen a significant growth in surface modifications in titanium implants, resulting in shorter healing times in regions with low bone density. Among the different techniques, subtraction by chemical agents to increase oxidation has been applied for surface treatment of dental implants. However, this technique is generally unable to remove undesirable oxides, formed spontaneously during machining of titanium parts, raising costs due to additional decontamination stages. In order to solve this problem, the present study used plasma as an energy source to both remove these oxides and oxidize the titanium surface. In this respect, Ti disks were treated by hollow cathode discharge, using a variable DC power supply and vacuum system. Samples were previously submitted to a cleaning process using an atmosphere of Ar, H2 and a mixture of both, for 20 and 60 min. The most efficient cleaning condition was used for oxidation in a mixture of argon (60%) and oxygen (40%) until reaching a pressure of 2.2 mbar for 60 min at 500?C. Surfaces were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), adhesion and cell proliferation. SEM showed less cell spreading and a larger number of projections orfilopodia in the treated samples compared to the control sample. AFM revealed surface defects in the treated samples, with varied geometry between peaks and valleys. Biological assays showed no significant difference in cell adhesion between treated surfaces and the control. With respect to cell proliferation, the treated surface exhibited improved performance when compared to the control sample. We concluded that the process was efficient in removing primary oxides as well as in oxidizing titanium surfaces / Nos ?ltimos anos, tem-se observado um crescimento nas modifica??es superficiais em implantes de tit?nio, que abrevia o tempo de cicatriza??o em regi?es com baixa densidade ?ssea. Dentre as diferentes t?cnicas, a de subtra??o por agentes qu?micos para aumentar a oxida??o vem sendo aplicada para tratamentos superficiais de implantes dentais. Por?m esta t?cnica geralmente n?o propicia a remo??o dos ?xidos indesej?veis formados espontaneamente durante a usinagem de pe?as de tit?nio, aumentando assim o custo, por exigir etapas adicionais para a descontamina??o. Com o objetivo de solucionar esse problema, utilizou-se neste trabalho o plasma como fonte energ?tica, tanto na remo??o desses ?xidos quanto como na oxida??o de superf?cie de tit?nio. Neste sentido, discos de Ti foram tratados em descarga por c?todo oco, usando-se uma fonte de tens?o DC vari?vel e sistema de v?cuo. Previamente, as amostras foram submetidas a processo de limpeza, utilizando-se atmosfera de Ar, H2 e mistura, em tempos de 20 e 60 min. A condi??o de limpeza mais eficaz foi utilizada para a oxida??o, numa mistura de arg?nio (60%) e oxig?nio (40%), at? atingir a press?o de 2,2 mbar durante 60 min, a 500?C. As superf?cies foram caracterizadas por microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV), difra??o de raios X (DRX), microscopia por for?a at?mica (AFM), ades?o e prolifera??o celular. Na microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV), observou-se um menor espraiamento celular e uma maior quantidade de proje??es ou filop?dios nas amostras tratadas, em compara??o ? amostra-controle. A microscopia de for?a at?mica (AFM) mostrou, nas amostras tratadas, defeitos nas superf?cies com geometria variada para picos e vales. Nos ensaios biol?gicos, houve diferen?as significativas na ades?o e prolifera??o celular, em que a superf?cie tratada apresentou um maior desempenho quando comparada com a amostra-controle.Concluiu-se que o processo foi eficiente tanto na remo??o dos ?xidos prim?rios quanto na oxida??o da superf?cie do tit?nio

Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-24T20:19:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SebastiaoCJ_DISSERT.pdf: 3305443 bytes, checksum: 12fd9401dd1cf23c4a8b8b849f63f5d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-18 / The human interference in the semiarid region of Serid? Potiguar has promoted the increase of degraded areas. The economic dynamic that was established in the Serid? territory, especially after the fall of the trinomial cattle-cotton-mining in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century as pillars of the regional economy, resulted in an accelerated process of erosion of natural resources. The municipalities of the Serid? region have been spatially reordered by this new economic dynamic, marked by the growth of existing enterprises, and the development of new agricultural practices. One of the municipalities in the region that restructured its territorial space with the emergence of new agro-industrial activities was the town of Parelhas. With the demise of the trinomial cattle-cotton-mining in the 1980s, other productive activities were intensified from the 1990s, amongst them, pottery, responsible for the vegetal extraction for use as energy source. This recent economic and spatial restructuring in the region, reflected in the Parelhense municipal territory, required new productive ingredients responsible for the modification of past production relations that were based on cattle, cotton and mining. By that a process of exploring the environment was unleashed, especially the native vegetation, in an uncontrolled manner. In this context, the objective of this study was to survey and detect deforestation in the areas of Caatinga vegetation, used indiscriminately as energy supply for new agricultural practices, using remote sensing techniques based on the quantification of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index / NDVI, Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index / SAVI, surface temperature and rainfall data in the years 1990 and 2010. The results indicated that SAVI values above 0.2 in 1990 and 2010 represent the areas with the highest density of vegetation that occur exclusively along the major drainages in the town and areas of higher elevations. The areas between the ranges of values from 0.5 to 0.15 SAVI are areas with poor vegetation. On the other hand the highest values of temperature are distributed in the western and southeastern parts of the township, usually in places where the soil is exposed or there is sparse vegetation. The areas of bare soil decreased in extension in 2010 at 11, 6% when related to 1990, this was caused by a higher rainfall intensity in the first half of 2010, but no regeneration of vegetation occurred in some places in the western and southeastern areas of the municipality today, due to the extraction of firewood to fuel the furnaces of industries in town / A interfer?ncia antr?pica na regi?o Semi?rida do Serid? Potiguar vem desencadeando o aumento de ?reas degradadas. A din?mica econ?mica que se estabeleceu no territ?rio seridoense, sobretudo ap?s a queda do trin?mio gado, algod?o e minera??o nas d?cadas de 70 e nas d?cadas de 80 do s?culo XX, como pilares da economia da regi?o, implicaram num acelerado processo de desgaste dos recursos naturais. Os territ?rios municipais da regi?o do Serid? v?m sendo reordenado espacialmente por essa nova din?mica econ?mica, marcada pelo crescimento dos empreendimentos j? existentes, al?m do desenvolvimento de novas atividades agroindustriais. Um dos munic?pios do Serid? potiguar que teve seu espa?o territorial reestruturado com o surgimento de novas atividades agroindustriais foi o de Parelhas. Com a derrocada do trin?mio gado, algod?o e minera??o, na d?cada de 1980, outras atividades produtivas foram intensificadas a partir da d?cada de 1990, dentre elas a ceramista, respons?vel pela extra??o vegetal para utiliza??o como fonte energ?tica. Essa recente reestrutura??o espacial e econ?mica regional, refletida no territ?rio municipal parelhense, tem requerido novos ingredientes produtivos, respons?veis pela modifica??o das rela??es de produ??o pret?ritas que antes eram baseadas na pecu?ria, no algod?o e na minera??o. Com isso, desencadeou-se um processo de explora??o do meio ambiente, em especial da vegeta??o nativa, de forma descontrolada. Nesse contexto o objetivo deste trabalho foi fazer o levantamento e a detec??o do desmatamento das ?reas de vegeta??o de caatinga, usadas indiscriminadamente para o abastecimento energ?tico das novas atividades agroindustriais, utilizando t?cnicas de sensoriamento remoto a partir da quantifica??o do ?ndice de Vegeta??o Diferen?a Normalizada/NDVI, do ?ndice de Vegeta??o Ajustado ao Solo/SAVI, da temperatura da superf?cie e de dados pluviom?tricos nos anos de 1990 e 2010. Os resultados indicaram que os valores de SAVI acima de 0,2 em 1990 e 2010 representam as ?reas com maior densidade de vegeta??o que ocorrem, exclusivamente, ao longo das drenagens principais do munic?pio e nas ?reas de maiores eleva??es. As ?reas que est?o entre os intervalos de valores de SAVI de 0,5 at? 0,15 s?o ?reas com pouca cobertura vegetal. J? os valores mais altos de temperatura distribuem-se na ?rea oeste e sudeste do munic?pio, geralmente em locais onde o solo est? exposto ou possui vegeta??o pouco densa. As ?reas de solo exposto diminu?ram sua extens?o, em 2010, cerca de 11, 6% quando relacionada a 1990, isto foi ocasionado por uma intensidade pluviom?trica maior no primeiro semestre de 2010, por?m n?o houve regenera??o da vegeta??o em alguns locais nas ?reas Oeste e Sudeste do munic?pio nesta data, devido ? extra??o de lenha para abastecer os fornos das ind?strias do munic?pio

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-03-02T23:01:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RafaelaCarreiroDias_DISSERT.pdf: 7493649 bytes, checksum: 18d66dcedc96371bd5f40830e9aec1ba (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-04T21:54:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RafaelaCarreiroDias_DISSERT.pdf: 7493649 bytes, checksum: 18d66dcedc96371bd5f40830e9aec1ba (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-04T21:54:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RafaelaCarreiroDias_DISSERT.pdf: 7493649 bytes, checksum: 18d66dcedc96371bd5f40830e9aec1ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-06 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico - CNPq / O ru?do s?smico tem sido tradicionalmente considerado como uma perturba??o n?o desejada do ambiente que ?contamina? a aquisi??o de dados de terremotos. Mas ao longo da ?ltima d?cada tem sido mostrado que informa??es coerentes sobre a estrutura do subsolo podem ser extra?das a partir de correla??es cruzadas do ru?do s?smico de ambiente. Neste contexto, as regras s?o reversas, sendo os terremotos o que necessitamos excluir dos dados. Os principais causadores do ru?do s?smico de ambiente s?o os microssismos oce?nicos e perturba??es atmosf?ricas. A per?odos menores que 30 s, o espectro do ru?do s?smico de ambiente ? dominado por energia micross?smica. O microssismo ? o sinal s?smico mais cont?nuo da Terra e pode ser classificado como prim?rio (observado na faixa 10-20 s) e secund?rio (observado na faixa 5-10 s). A fun??o de Green do meio de propaga??o entre dois receptores pode ser reconstru?da atrav?s da correla??o cruzada do ru?do s?smico de ambiente registrado simultaneamente nesses dois receptores. A reconstru??o da fun??o de Green ? geralmente proporcional ? por??o de ondas de superf?cie do campo de onda s?smico, j? que a energia micross?smica viaja principalmente como ondas de superf?cie. Neste trabalho, s?o apresentadas 194 fun??es de Green obtidas a partir de correla??es cruzadas de 1 m?s de registro da componente vertical do ru?do s?smico de ambiente para diferentes pares de esta??es s?smicas do Nordeste do Brasil. As correla??es cruzadas di?rias foram empilhadas utilizando a t?cnica n?o linear tf-PWS que real?a sinais coerentes fracos atrav?s da redu??o de ru?do incoerente. As correla??es cruzadas mostram que o sinal emergido ? dominado por ondas Rayleigh nas componentes verticais e que as velocidades de dispers?o podem ser medidas confiavelmente para uma faixa de per?odos entre 5 e 20 s. O estudo inclui tanto esta??es permanentes para monitoramento s?smico, quanto esta??es tempor?rias de experimentos passivos na regi?o, formando uma rede combinada de 33 esta??es separadas por dist?ncias entre 60 e 1311 km, aproximadamente. Estas medidas de velocidades de dispers?o de ondas Rayleigh em seguida s?o usadas na elabora??o de imagens tomogr?ficas da Prov?ncia Borborema do Nordeste do Brasil. As tomografias de ru?do s?smico obtidas aqui permitem mapear satisfatoriamente fei??es estruturais existentes na regi?o. As imagens tomogr?ficas de per?odos mais curtos (~5 s) mostram a estrutura crustal rasa e claramente definem as bacias sedimentares marginais e intracontinentais, bem como as partes de zonas de cisalhamento importantes que atravessam a Prov?ncia Borborema. As imagens tomogr?ficas de per?odos mais longos (10 - 20 s) atingem profundidades da crosta superior e a maior parte das anomalias desaparece. Algumas delas localizada no interior da Prov?ncia Borborema, no entanto, persistem. A evolu??o Cenoz?ica da Prov?ncia Borborema foi marcada por epis?dios de vulcanismo Cenoz?ico e eleva??o, mas nenhuma correla??o ? observada com estas caracter?sticas Cenoz?icas e as anomalias profundas. As anomalias n?o se correlacionam com mapas dispon?veis de fluxo de calor superficial na Prov?nica Borborema, e a origem das anomalias profundas permanece enigm?tica. / Ambient seismic noise has traditionally been considered as an unwanted perturbation in seismic data acquisition that "contaminates" the clean recording of earthquakes. Over the last decade, however, it has been demonstrated that consistent information about the subsurface structure can be extracted from cross-correlation of ambient seismic noise. In this context, the rules are reversed: the ambient seismic noise becomes the desired seismic signal, while earthquakes become the unwanted perturbation that needs to be removed. At periods lower than 30 s, the spectrum of ambient seismic noise is dominated by microseism, which originates from distant atmospheric perturbations over the oceans. The microsseism is the most continuous seismic signal and can be classified as primary ? when observed in the range 10-20 s ? and secondary ? when observed in the range 5-10 s. The Green?s function of the propagating medium between two receivers (seismic stations) can be reconstructed by cross-correlating seismic noise simultaneously recorded at the receivers. The reconstruction of the Green?s function is generally proportional to the surface-wave portion of the seismic wavefield, as microsseismic energy travels mostly as surface-waves. In this work, 194 Green?s functions obtained from stacking of one month of daily cross-correlations of ambient seismic noise recorded in the vertical component of several pairs of broadband seismic stations in Northeast Brazil are presented. The daily cross-correlations were stacked using a timefrequency, phase-weighted scheme that enhances weak coherent signals by reducing incoherent noise. The cross-correlations show that, as expected, the emerged signal is dominated by Rayleigh waves, with dispersion velocities being reliably measured for periods ranging between 5 and 20 s. Both permanent stations from a monitoring seismic network and temporary stations from past passive experiments in the region are considered, resulting in a combined network of 33 stations separated by distances between 60 and 1311 km, approximately. The Rayleigh-wave, dispersion velocity measurements are then used to develop tomographic images of group velocity variation for the Borborema Province of Northeast Brazil. The tomographic maps allow to satisfactorily map buried structural features in the region. At short periods (~5 s) the images reflect shallow crustal structure, clearly delineating intra-continental and marginal sedimentary basins, as well as portions of important shear zones traversing the Borborema Province. At longer periods (10 ? 20 s) the images are sensitive to deeper structure in the upper crust, and most of the shallower anomalies fade away. Interestingly, some of them do persist. The deep anomalies do not correlate with either the location of Cenozoic volcanism and uplift - which marked the evolution of the Borborema Province in the Cenozoic - or available maps of surface heat-flow, and the origin of the deep anomalies remains enigmatic.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GilcarlosRM_Capa_ate_pag35.pdf: 10181958 bytes, checksum: 87e8f1bbd9c4787bded2b91e955fbdb0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2001-09-24 / This work consists in the development of a theoretical and numerical analysis for frequency selective surfaces (FSS) structures with conducting patch elements, such as rectangular patches, thin dipoles and cross dipoles, on anisotropic dielectric substrates. The analysis is developed for millimeter wave band applications. The analytical formulation is developed in the spectral domain, by using a rigorous technique known as equivalent transmission line method, or immitance approach. The numerical analysis is completed through the use of the Galerkin's technique in the Fourier transform domain, using entire-domain basis functions. In the last decades, several sophisticated analytical techniques have been developed for FSS structure applications. Within these applications, it can be emphasized the use of FSS structures on reflecting antennas and bandpass radomes. In the analysis, the scattered fields of the FSS geometry are related to the surface induced currents on the conducting patches. After the formulation of the scattering problem, the numerical solution is obtained by using the moment method. The choice of the basis functions plays a very important role in the numerical efficiency of the numerical method, once they should provide a very good approximation to the real current distributions on the FSS analyzed structure. Thereafter, the dyadic Green's function components are obtained in order to evaluate the basis functions unknown coefficients. To accomplish that, the Galerkin's numerical technique is used. Completing the formulation, the incident fields are determined through the incident potential, and as a consequence the FSS transmission and reflection characteristics are determined, as function of the resonant frequency and structural parameters. The main objective of this work was to analyze FSS structures with conducting patch elements, such as thin dipoles, cross dipoles and rectangular patches, on anisotropic dielectric substrates, for high frequency applications. Therefore, numerical results for the FSS structure main characteristics were obtained in the millimeter wave bando Some of these FSS characteristics are the resonant / Este trabalho consiste na an?lise te?rica e num?rica de superf?cies seletiva de freq??ncia com elementos do tipo patch retangular, dipolo fino e dipolo cruzado sobre substratos diel?tricos anisotr?picos, para a faixa de freq??ncias de ondas milim?tricas. A formula??o anal?tica ? realizada por uma t?cnica de abordagem do dom?nio espectral conhecido como m?todo de linha de transmiss?o equivalente ou m?todo da imit?ncia. A an?lise num?rica ? solucionada atrav?s do uso da t?cnica num?rica de Galerkin no dom?nio da transformada de Fourier, utilizando-se fun??es de base de dom?nio inteiro. Nas ?ltimas d?cadas, muitas aplica??es e t?cnicas anal?ticas sofisticadas t?m sido desenvolvidas para a caracteriza??o das FSS. Dentre as aplica??es, pode-se destacar a utiliza??o de FSS em antenas refletoras e em redomes passa-faixa. Primeiramente relaciona-se os campos espalhados da FSS com as correntes superficiais induzidas na patch. Ap?s a dedu??o realizada para o problema de espalhamento, pode-se obter a solu??o num?rica da mesma atrav?s do m?todo dos momentos. A escolha das fun??es de base ? de grande import?ncia para a efici?ncia num?rica do m?todo, devendo se aproximar ao m?ximo das caracter?sticas f?sica das distribui??es de corrente na estrutura analisada

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EwinLFB_DISSERT.pdf: 1133428 bytes, checksum: 7db5058d9183e9d7e1e87f596676c111 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The main objective of this work is to optimize the performance of frequency selective surfaces (FSS) composed of crossed dipole conducting patches. The optimization process is performed by determining proper values for the width of the crossed dipoles and for the FSS array periodicity, while the length of the crossed dipoles is kept constant. Particularly, the objective is to determine values that provide wide bandwidth using a search algorithm with representation in bioinspired real numbers. Typically FSS structures composed of patch elements are used for band rejection filtering applications. The FSS structures primarily act like filters depending on the type of element chosen. The region of the electromagnetic spectrum chosen for this study is the one that goes from 7 GHz to 12 GHz, which includes mostly the X-band. This frequency band was chosen to allow the use of two X-band horn antennas, in the FSS measurement setup. The design of the FSS using the developed genetic algorithm allowed increasing the structure bandwidth / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal efetuar a otimiza??o do desempenho de estruturas de superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia FSS (Frequency Selective Surface), com patches condutores na forma de dipolos em cruz. A otimiza??o foi realizada atrav?s da identifica??o de valores ?timos para a largura do dipolo e a periodicidade do arranjo, considerando o valor do comprimento do dipolo fixo. Especificamente, objetiva-se determinar valores que permitam aumentar a largura de banda, utilizando um algoritmo de busca bioinspirado com representa??o em n?meros reais. As aplica??es t?picas de estruturas de FSS com patches condutores utilizam frequ?ncias selecionadas atrav?s das faixas de rejei??o. As estruturas de FSS funcionam basicamente como filtros dependendo do tipo de elemento escolhido. A regi?o do espectro eletromagn?tico escolhida para este estudo foi a faixa de 7 GHz a 12 GHz, que inclui basicamente a banda X. Essa regi?o do espectro eletromagn?tico foi escolhida para possibilitar a medi??o do dispositivo com a utiliza??o de antenas de abertura do tipo corneta, que operam na banda X. O projeto da FSS com a utiliza??o do algoritmo gen?tico GA (Genetic Algorithm) permitiu aumentar a largura de banda da estrutura

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-02-13T19:22:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoDeMeloPinheiro_DISSERT.pdf: 2550891 bytes, checksum: 2b356848195a021792d535749a33c6de (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-02-14T17:30:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoDeMeloPinheiro_DISSERT.pdf: 2550891 bytes, checksum: 2b356848195a021792d535749a33c6de (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-14T17:30:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoDeMeloPinheiro_DISSERT.pdf: 2550891 bytes, checksum: 2b356848195a021792d535749a33c6de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-04 / Esse trabalho visa aplicar Superf?cies Seletivas em Frequ?ncia (FSS) em arranjos de antenas planares, propondo meios que tragam melhores resultados em termos de diretividade, ganho e largura de banda. Al?m desse estudo, tamb?m foi feito inicialmente um estudo das caracter?sticas de arranjos de antenas de microfita, acoplamento m?tuo entre elementos do arranjo, trucamento do plano de terra e seus poss?veis efeitos positivos nas caracter?sticas de radia??o da antena. Para realizar tal estudo, foram reproduzidos alguns estudos de antenas de microfita e arranjos de antena de microfita, com dois elementos tipo patch, onde foram feitos os estudos do truncamento diferenciado do plano de terra. Ap?s constatar o efeito desse estudo, foi feita a escolha dos par?metros ?timos para as caracter?sticas de radia??o da antena para que possam ser feitos testes com novas geometrias de FSS sobre a antena em estudo. Esse estudo foi realizado inicialmente por meio de simula??es com o aux?lio de softwares comerciais e em seguida foram constru?dos prot?tipos dos melhores resultados encontrados na simula??o, cujos resultados foram comparados com medi??es reais para comprovar sua utilidade em aplica??es reais. / This work aims to attribute the use of Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) together with planar antenna arrays, proposing ways to grant better results in terms of directivity, gain and bandwidth. In addition to that study it will also be made a study about the characteristics of the arrays of microstrip antennas, mutual coupling between the elements of the array, ground plane trunking, and its benefits for the for the radiation characteristics of the antenna. For the accomplishment of that study, some results for microstrip antennas and microstrip antenna arrays with two elements were reproduced, having the unusual ground plane trunking study in addition to that. As soon as its effects were verified, the optimal parameters for the radiation characteristics of the antenna were selected and applied, so the new geometry of FSS could start being proposed on that antenna. That initial study have been made with only simulations using a commercial software and this was followed by the fabrication of prototypes of the best results of the simulations. The prototypes were measured and their results were tested and verified to be useful for the real applications, by comparison with the simulated results.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-03-28T19:29:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CecilioMartinsDeSousaNeto_TESE.pdf: 2119428 bytes, checksum: 7f70993046af0bc4f3011373d6a55367 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-29T18:38:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 CecilioMartinsDeSousaNeto_TESE.pdf: 2119428 bytes, checksum: 7f70993046af0bc4f3011373d6a55367 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-29T18:38:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CecilioMartinsDeSousaNeto_TESE.pdf: 2119428 bytes, checksum: 7f70993046af0bc4f3011373d6a55367 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-09 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Os estabilizadores de sistemas de pot?ncia s?o empregados para mitigar oscila??es eletromec?nicas, de baixa frequ?ncia, e estender os limites de estabilidade de geradores s?ncronos, enquanto que reguladores autom?ticos de tens?o s?o utilizados na regula??o da tens?o terminal de geradores s?ncronos. Prop?e-se nesta tese uma nova estrutura para concep??o do conjunto regulador autom?tico de tens?o e estabilizador de sistema de pot?ncia aplicados no controle da excita??o de um gerador s?ncrono de polos salientes. O estabilizador de sistema de pot?ncia proposto ? baseado na transformada wavelet e emprega uma nova metodologia para extra??o e compensa??o de oscila??es eletromec?nicas em sistemas el?tricos de pot?ncia por meio da energia dos coeficientes escala. Por outro lado, a energia dos coeficientes wavelet ? utilizada na detec??o de oscila??es el?tricas e gera??o do sinal de gatilho do estabilizador de sistema de pot?ncia. O regulador autom?tico de tens?o ? baseado em uma estrategia de controle h?brida que combina o controle de modo deslizante com um controlador linear. O desempenho do estabilizador de sistema de pot?ncia proposto foi avaliado experimentalmente por meio de um estudo comparativo com o estabilizador de sistema de pot?ncia convencional. Por outro lado, o desempenho do regulador autom?tico de tens?o foi avaliado e comparado com um controlador linear e com outras duas estrat?gias de controle h?bridas. Al?m disso, o desempenho da transformada wavelet foi avaliado experimentalmente, na detec??o de oscila??es el?tricas e eletromec?nicas, no qual foi verificado melhor desempenho para a transformada wavelet com efeito de borda. / The power system stabilizers are used to suppress low-frequency electromechanical oscillations and improve the synchronous generator stability limits, while automatic voltage regulators control the terminal voltage of the synchronous generators. This thesis proposes a new methodology to design of an automatic voltage regulator and power system stabilizer for salient pole synchronous generator. The power system stabilizer employs a wavelet transform for extraction of the electromechanical oscillations in electrical power systems based on the scaling coefficient energy. The detection of the electrical oscillations effectuated by the wavelet coefficient energy and a control scheme generates the signal trigger to the power system stabilizer. A hybrid strategy composed of the integration of the sliding mode control system and the standard control implements the automatic voltage regulator. The effectiveness of the proposed power system stabilizer was evaluated experimentally through of a comparative study of a conventional power stabilizer system. On the other hand, the performance of the automatic voltage regulator was assessed and compared with a linear controller and two other hybrid control strategies. Furthermore, the performance of the wavelet transform was evaluated experimentally to detect electrical and electromechanical oscillations, in which the boundary wavelet transform presents the better performance.