University of Macau / Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

In this research it was found that the most frequently consumed caffeine drink by the student (men) JU is a tea and caffeinated drinks are most often consumed for thein taste. Processing research results also revelaed that caffeinated drinks have not a hight proportion of respondents it the drinking regime.

Submitted by Ana Hilda Fonseca (anahilda@ufba.br) on 2014-09-05T15:25:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação LeandrodMF.pdf: 1496532 bytes, checksum: a3f1f8effe11a679e223ba5bdceeeb54 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Fatima Cleômenis Botelho Maria (botelho@ufba.br) on 2014-09-05T15:56:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação LeandrodMF.pdf: 1496532 bytes, checksum: a3f1f8effe11a679e223ba5bdceeeb54 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-05T15:56:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação LeandrodMF.pdf: 1496532 bytes, checksum: a3f1f8effe11a679e223ba5bdceeeb54 (MD5) / CNPq / Neste trabalho foi proposto um sistema de análises por injeção sequencial (SIA) para determinação espectrofotométrica da capacidade antioxidante em amostras de bebidas, a partir da geração “in situ” do radical derivado do reagente N-fenil-1,4-fenilenodiamino (NFFD•+). O radical NFFD•+ foi produzido em linha pela oxidação do NFFD empregando o Fe3+ como oxidante. Na otimização do sistema SIA foram avaliados os seguintes parâmetros: ordem de aspiração dos reagentes e amostra, estabilidade da solução de NFFD, pH da amostra, proporção NFFD/Fe3+, volumes das soluções dos reagentes e amostra e tempo de interrupção do fluxo. O ácido gálico foi empregado como padrão de calibração para os ensaios. Após as etapas de otimização univariada do método proposto obteve-se faixa linear de 10 a 40 mg L-1, com limites de detecção (3σ) de 1,0 mg L-1 e quantificação (10σ) de 3,3 mg L-1, respectivamente. Para avaliar o método proposto, foram realizados testes de reatividade do radical NFFD•+ frente a compostos fenólicos, tiólicos e de outra natureza. A redução do sinal analítico frente a inibição do radical derivado do NFFD foi mais pronunciada para ácido ascórbico, ácido tânico e cisteína, nesta ordem. A capacidade antioxidante com o radical derivado do NFFD foi avaliada em amostras de vinhos e chás, e os resultados foram concordantes com os métodos de referência (Folin-Denis, ABTS e DPPH), de acordo com o coeficiente de correlação, além do ensaio com radical DMPD•+, baseado no teste t. Assim a amina NFFD por ser utilizada para avaliação da atividade antioxidante em amostras de bebidas. Adicionalmente, as amostras de vinhos foram submetidas a testes de estabilidade temporal e avaliação do efeito do processo de ozonização em relação à variação da capacidade antioxidante / In this work was proposed a sequential injection system for spectrophotometric determination of antioxidant capacity in beverage samples with “in situ” radical generation from N-phenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine (NFFD•+). The radical NFFD•+ was produced by on line oxidation of NFFD employing Fe3+ as oxidant. The optimization of SIA system evaluated: aspiration order of reagents and sample, stability of the NFFD solution, sample pH, NFFD/Fe3+ proportion, reagents and sample volumes and stopped flow time. The gallic acid was used as standard of antioxidant compound for proposed sequential injection method. After chemical and physical univarieted optimization the linear range obtained in gallic acid concentration was from 10 to 40 mg L-1, with detection (3σ) and quantification (10σ) limits of 1.0 and 3.3 mg L-1, respectively. To evaluate selective of radical, studies of reactivity were performed with NFFD•+ and phenolic and thiol molecules and others compounds. The reducing capacity of NFFD•+ radical was observed preferentially for ascorbic acid, tannic acid and cysteine in this order. The antioxidant capacity with NFFD•+ radical was measured in samples of wines, infusions and teas. The results were agreement with the references methods (Folin-Denis, ABTS and DPPH), in accord with correlation coefficient, and additionally with the radical DMPD•+, based on t test. This way, the SIA spectrophotometric method exploring the radical NFFD•+ can be employed for the antioxidant capacity measured. Additionally, temporal stability and the ozonization effect in wine samples were evaluated using antioxidant capacity as parameter .

“Prestige and Prurience: The Decline of the American Art House and the Emergence of Sexploitation, 1957-1972” presents a historical narrative of the art house theatre during the 1960s and its surrounding years, examining the ways in which art theatres transformed into adult theatres during the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning in earnest in the immediate post-war period, art houses in America experienced a short period of growth before stagnating in the middle 1950s. With the release in 1957 of the erotically charged Brigitte Bardot film …And God Created Woman, a new era of art houses followed, one that is characterized by the emergence of sexualized advertising, content and stars. As the 1960s came, sex films like The Immoral Mr. Teas played on art film marketing strategies and even screened in many art houses. Gradually, sexploitation films began to dominate art house programs and replace European art films and Hollywood revivals. In this transitional period, however, sexploitation films used key strategies to emulate many art film characteristics, and likewise art films used sexploitation techniques in order to maintain marketability for American distribution and exhibition. By studying the promotion and programming used by art house theatres during this period, this thesis identifies and announces a number of key trends within the dynamic period for art houses. The period is distinguished by its convergence of practices related to prestigious and prurient signs, merging art and sex in ways unique to the era and to the circumstances by which sex films infiltrated art houses and art films pandered to salacious interests. It presents a new perspective on the history of art houses, art cinema, American exhibition, sexploitation films, hardcore pornography and censorship. / text

Attempts to improve retention, interest, and enrollment of females in Technology & Engineering Education courses have included a variety of approaches including female-only classes. However, the implications of such courses have not been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, an investigation of female-only classes was undertaken; the findings revealed that the overall enrollment of females went up in the course and in subsequent classes, these students maintained their interests and attitudes towards Technology and Engineering, their perceptions of an engineer's gender changed from that of mostly male to mostly female, and their concepts of what an engineer does changed from mostly building or fixing things to that of mostly someone who designs. This study used two instruments: the Technology Engineering Attitude Survey (TEAS) and the Draw an Engineer Test (DAET). The population of the study was 7th grade middle school students. They were placed into two groups: the control being the mixed male female engineering and technology classes, and the treatment being the all-female students enrolled in the same engineering technology course.