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No / Objective Establish normative values for knee valgus angle during drop jump and step landings. Design Observational. Setting University biomechanics laboratory. Participants 100 physically active asymptomatic individuals (50 male, 50 female) aged 18–28 years old. Main outcome measures Knee valgus angle during drop jump and step landings. Results There were no differences between genders during the step landing task (p < 0.12) but there were differences during the drop jump landing task (p < 0.048). Both males and females showed no significant differences between sides for either of the tasks (p > 0.05) or between the valgus angle generated for either of the tasks (p > 0.05). Conclusion It would appear in order to be regarded as an average “normal” performance during a drop jump landing task knee valgus angle should be symmetrical and in the range of 7–13° for females and 3–8° for males. For a unilateral step landing task knee valgus angle should be symmetrical and in the range of 5–12° for females and 1–9° for males.

Increased energy performance of the building stock of European Union is seen as an important measure towards mitigating climate change, increasing resource utilisation efficiency and energy supply security. Whether to improve the supply-side, the demand-side or both is an open issue. This conflict is even more apparent in countries such as Sweden with a high penetration of district heating (DH). Many Swedish DH systems have high share of secondary energy resources such as forest industry residuals, waste material incineration and waste heat; and resource efficient cogeneration of electricity in combined heat and power (CHP) plants. When implementing an energy conservation measure (ECM) in a DH connected building stock, it will affect the operation of the whole DH system. If there are CHP plants and the cogeneration of electricity decreases due to an ECM, and this electricity is valued higher than the fuel savings, the consequences of the ECM would be negative.  These complex relationships are investigated by conducting a case study on the Eskilstuna DH system, a renewable energy supply system with relatively high share of cogenerated electricity. Heat demand profiles of ECMs are determined by building energy simulation, using recently deep energy retrofitted multifamily buildings of the “Million Programme”-era in Eskilstuna as model basis. How implementing ECMs impact on the DH system’s heat and electricity production under different electricity revenue scenarios has been computed and evaluated in terms of resource efficiency and CO2 emissions.  The results show that different ECMs in the buildings impact differently on the DH system. Measures such as improved insulation level of the building’s envelope, that decrease the heat demand’s dependence to outdoor temperature, increase the amount of cogenerated electricity. While measures such as thermal solar panels, which save heat during summer, affects the absolute amount of cogenerated electricity negatively. Revenues from cogenerated electricity influence the amount of cost-effectively produced electricity much more than the impact from ECMs. Environmental benefits of the ECMs, measured in CO2 emissions and primary energy consumption, are quite small in DH systems that have high share of forest residual fuels and electricity cogeneration. The consequences can even be negative if ECMs lead to increased need of imported electricity that is produced resource inefficiently or/and by fossil fuels. However, all studied ECMs increase the relative amount of cogenerated electricity, the ratio between amount of cogenerated electricity and the heat load. This implied that all ECMs increase the overall efficiency of the Eskilstuna DH system.

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the typical radial pattern of density and microfibril angle within Pinus radiata with respect to structural stability. In order to investigate changes in mechanical stability with different radial patterns, first experimental work was carried out in order to obtain elastic constants, Poisson ratios and limits of proportionality for green corewood and outerwood, these values, a discussion on their accuracy and the implications of the values are included along with a comparison to previous literature. These constants were used to parametrise a finite element model of a tree stem with different radial patterns, including patterns not observed in nature, wind loadings were applied to the stem and failure evaluated. It was found that patterns consisting of high density stiff wood and/or low density high flexibility wood could withstand the greatest wind speeds for a given stem and canopy, while high density flexible and low density stiff profiles generally performed poorly. The analysis was considered at ages 5, 10 and 15 years, each providing similar results. Why these profiles perform best, what errors need to be considered, and other evolutionary pressures which could narrow this list of profiles were discussed. The need for further research, and the directions for this research are suggested.

O perfil de consumo de energia elétrica dos consumidores necessita ser conhecido em detalhe para muitos estudos, sejam eles técnicos ou comerciais. Esse conhecimento pode ser alcançado através da obtenção das curvas de carga de todos os clientes da empresa, porém, devido ao grande número de medidores necessários, essa prática é inviável. A alternativa utilizada atualmente nas revisões tarifárias do sistema elétrico brasileiro emprega a teoria de amostragem associada a técnicas de análise de dados. Após a obtenção das informações, são calculadas as tipologias de carga que representam cada cliente ou transformador, através de etapas de caracterização da carga. Os resultados obtidos permitem uma análise mais precisa do mercado de energia elétrica e, principalmente, o conhecimento da forma como cada classe de consumidores utiliza a rede. Este trabalho envolve parte do estudo mencionado sobre a análise dos dados coletados nas campanhas de medição, propondo e avaliando metodologias alternativas para duas etapas do processo de caracterização de tipologias de carga, a seleção de curvas típicas e a classificação de dados, adequadas às necessidades das revisões tarifárias e com base em métodos heurísticos e nas práticas do setor. Após o desenvolvimento e implementação das metodologias, foram realizados testes entre os processos propostos, comparando e avaliando suas particularidades para duas situações: a semelhança entre as tipologias encontradas para os transformadores e consumidores de um mesmo nível de tensão e o impacto nos custos marginais de capacidade. A análise das comparações realizadas permitiu a identificação dos impactos e características das metodologias desenvolvidas, para cada etapa estudada. / Knowing the way consumers use the energy is necessary for many studies, either commercial or technical. This knowledge can be reached by obtaining the load curves from all the customers of the company. However, given the great number of measurers necessary, this practice is not viable. The alternative used currently in tariff review in the Brazilian electrical system is based on the sampling theory associated with data analysis techniques. After obtaining the information, the load typologies that represent each transformer or customer are calculated through stages of load characterization. The results obtained allow a more precise analysis of the electric energy market and, specially, the knowledge of how each consumer class uses the electricity network. This research involves part of the previously mentioned study on the analysis of the data collected in the measurement campaigns, considering and evaluating alternative methodologies for two stages of the load typologies characterization process, the election of typical curves and the data classification, adjusted to the necessities of the tariff revisions and on the basis of heuristical methods and electricity sector practices. After the development and implementation of the methodologies, tests have been carried between the considered processes, comparing and evaluating their particularitities for two situations: the similarity between the typologies found for transformers and consumers on the same tension level and the impact in the marginal capacity costs. The analysis of the comparisons carried through allowed the identification of the impacts and characteristics of the developed methodologies, for each studied stage.

Esta tese se propôs a pesquisar a reprodução social da classe trabalhadora na periferia da metrópole soteropolitana. O objetivo era compreender, no bojo do processo de modernização capitalista, o relacionamento entre as formas sociais de reprodução com as práticas da classe trabalhadora a partir de duas dimensões específicas: a do habitar e a do trabalho. Para tanto, buscamos dialogar com duas abordagens teóricas: a marxista de Henri Léfèbvre e a da resistência de Michel de Certeau. Este trabalho se compõe de cinco capítulos, além da introdução e considerações finais. No primeiro apresentamos nosso referencial teórico-metodológico. No segundo e terceiro capítulos são descritas as formas e práticas de reprodução da classe trabalhadora, respectivamente, nos níveis espaciais da cidade e do bairro. O quarto capítulo é o dedicado à análise formal do objeto. Enquanto no quinto a análise é de caráter dialético. Concluímos que parte significativa da reprodução da classe trabalhadora na periferia ocorre através de formas e práticas derivadas da escravidão, porque é uma condição necessária e contraditória da modernização capitalista típica em nossa formação social. / This thesis set out to investigate the social reproduction of working class in the outskirts of the city of Salvador. The goal was to understand in the middle of the process of capitalist modernization, the relationship between social forms of reproduction with the practices of the working class through two specific dimensions: that of dwelling and of the work. To do so, we tried to dialogue with two theoretical approaches: the Marxist of Henri Lefebvre and the resistance of Michel de Certeau. This work consists of five chapters, plus introduction and closing remarks. At first we present our theoretical method. In the second and third chapters the forms and practices of reproduction of the working class are describing, respectively, in the space levels of the city and neighborhood. The fourth chapter is devoted to formal analysis of the object. While in the fifth analysis is dialectical. We conclude that a significant proportion of the reproduction of the working class in the outskirts occurs through forms and practices derived from slavery because it is a necessary and contradictory condition of the typical capitalist modernization in our social formation.

A aeroelasticidade é a ciência que estuda os fenômenos provenientes das interações entre forças aerodinâmicas, elásticas e inerciais. Estes fenômenos podem ser classificados como estáticos ou dinâmicos e estes divididos em problemas de estabilidade ou de resposta. Destaca-se aqui o flutter, um fenômeno aeroelástico dinâmico de estabilidade. A velocidade crítica de flutter é a fronteira entre a estabilidade e instabilidade de um sistema aeroelástico. Em velocidades menores que a crítica qualquer oscilação é amortecida ao longo do tempo. Na velocidade crítica o sistema aeroelástico apresenta oscilações auto excitadas com amplitude e frequência constantes. Acima da velocidade crítica verificam-se oscilações instáveis que resultam na falha de uma estrutura. Este trabalho apresenta o projeto, fabricação e testes de um modelo experimental para testes de flutter em túnel de vento. O modelo experimental é composto por uma asa rígida conectada a uma suspensão elástica que atribui dois graus de liberdade ao experimento. As características inerciais e elásticas do modelo experimental são determinadas e utilizadas em um modelo aeroelástico computacional. Este modelo utiliza as equações de movimento para uma seção típica combinadas com o modelo aerodinâmico não estacionário de Theodorsen. O método V-g é utilizado para a solução do problema de flutter, ou seja, determinação da velocidade crítica de flutter. Esta solução é confrontada com a velocidade crítica medida em ensaios em túnel de vento. A evolução aeroelástica do modelo experimental é medida e apresentada como respostas no domínio do tempo e da frequência. / Aeroelasticity is the science which studies the interaction among inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces. Aeroelastic phenomena can be divided in static and dynamic problems and these studied as problems of stability or response. Flutter is a dynamic aeroelastic problem of stability and one of the most representative topics of aeroelasticity. The critical flutter speed can be defined as the frontier between stability and instability. Below the critical speed vibrations are damped out as time proceeds. At the critical flutter speed the system presents a self-sustained oscillatory behavior with constant frequency and amplitude. Unstable oscillations are observed for speeds above the critical one leading to structural failure. The design, fabrication and tests of an experimental model for flutter tests in wind tunnels are presented in this work. The experimental model has a rigid wing connected to a flexible suspension that allows vibrations in two degrees of freedom. The elastic and inertial parameters of the experimental system are used in a computational aeroelastic model. The equations of motion for a typical aeroelastic section and an unsteady aerodynamic model given by Theodorsen are combined and the resulting aeroelastic equations are solved using the V-g method. The computational results are compared with the experimental critical flutter speed measured in wind tunnel tests. The experimental aeroelastic behavior with increasing airflow speed is given in time and frequency domain.

A partir dos anos 30, o filósofo húngaro Georg Lukács publica uma série de textos nos quais procura determinar o que é a literatura realista, atentando para seus desdobramentos no curso do desenvolvimento histórico. Afinal, dirá Lukács, a questão que se coloca é, justamente, compreender as importantes mudanças de estilo pelas quais passa o realismo, essa maneira especificamente artística de descobrir a realidade objetiva. Para Lukács, entretanto, tais mudanças não surgem a partir de uma dialética imanente das formas, por mais que se vinculem a formas do passado. A aposta teórica deste trabalho é a de que essa perspectiva sobre o realismo ganha um solo fértil, quando atentamos para o complexo de problemas evocado pela hostilidade do capitalismo às artes. Assumindo-o como nosso fio da meada, apresentamos então a leitura de Lukács sobre dois grandes autores realistas, Balzac e Tolstói, com destaque para as continuidades e diferenças entre eles. Nesse sentido, vem para o primeiro plano as considerações de Lukács sobre o típico, constituído de modo extremo, bem como a discussão em torno da incorporação de elementos dramáticos pelo romance, que já pode ser observada em Os anos de aprendizagem de Wilhelm Meister, de Goethe, e se torna fundamental nas obras de Balzac e Walter Scott. / From the 1930s onward, the Hungarian philosopher Georg Lukács published a series of texts in which he sought a definition for realism in literature, bearing in mind its historical consequences. For the matter, according to him, it was crucial to understand the important changes in style underwent by realism, a mode through which one is able to discover objective reality. For him, however, such changes do not appear out of an immanent dialectic of forms, even though they may be related to past forms. Our theoretical hypothesis in this research is that the perspective overcast on realism becomes productive once one is aware of the complexity of problems that the hostility of capitalism towards the arts engenders. Our train of thinking will be led by Lukácss readings of two major writers of realism, Balzac and Tolstoy, and the continuities and discontinuities among them. We will thus bring forth the philosophers considerations on typical, understood as an extreme form, as well as the debate surrounding the incorporation of dramatic elements into the novel, as can be seen in Goethes Wilhelm Meisters Apprenticeship, and more so in Balzacs and Walter Scotts writings.

O perfil de consumo de energia elétrica dos consumidores necessita ser conhecido em detalhe para muitos estudos, sejam eles técnicos ou comerciais. Esse conhecimento pode ser alcançado através da obtenção das curvas de carga de todos os clientes da empresa, porém, devido ao grande número de medidores necessários, essa prática é inviável. A alternativa utilizada atualmente nas revisões tarifárias do sistema elétrico brasileiro emprega a teoria de amostragem associada a técnicas de análise de dados. Após a obtenção das informações, são calculadas as tipologias de carga que representam cada cliente ou transformador, através de etapas de caracterização da carga. Os resultados obtidos permitem uma análise mais precisa do mercado de energia elétrica e, principalmente, o conhecimento da forma como cada classe de consumidores utiliza a rede. Este trabalho envolve parte do estudo mencionado sobre a análise dos dados coletados nas campanhas de medição, propondo e avaliando metodologias alternativas para duas etapas do processo de caracterização de tipologias de carga, a seleção de curvas típicas e a classificação de dados, adequadas às necessidades das revisões tarifárias e com base em métodos heurísticos e nas práticas do setor. Após o desenvolvimento e implementação das metodologias, foram realizados testes entre os processos propostos, comparando e avaliando suas particularidades para duas situações: a semelhança entre as tipologias encontradas para os transformadores e consumidores de um mesmo nível de tensão e o impacto nos custos marginais de capacidade. A análise das comparações realizadas permitiu a identificação dos impactos e características das metodologias desenvolvidas, para cada etapa estudada. / Knowing the way consumers use the energy is necessary for many studies, either commercial or technical. This knowledge can be reached by obtaining the load curves from all the customers of the company. However, given the great number of measurers necessary, this practice is not viable. The alternative used currently in tariff review in the Brazilian electrical system is based on the sampling theory associated with data analysis techniques. After obtaining the information, the load typologies that represent each transformer or customer are calculated through stages of load characterization. The results obtained allow a more precise analysis of the electric energy market and, specially, the knowledge of how each consumer class uses the electricity network. This research involves part of the previously mentioned study on the analysis of the data collected in the measurement campaigns, considering and evaluating alternative methodologies for two stages of the load typologies characterization process, the election of typical curves and the data classification, adjusted to the necessities of the tariff revisions and on the basis of heuristical methods and electricity sector practices. After the development and implementation of the methodologies, tests have been carried between the considered processes, comparing and evaluating their particularitities for two situations: the similarity between the typologies found for transformers and consumers on the same tension level and the impact in the marginal capacity costs. The analysis of the comparisons carried through allowed the identification of the impacts and characteristics of the developed methodologies, for each studied stage.

The main purpose was to study if children with intellectual disability interact or participate differently with preschool staff and peers compared to their non-disabled peers and how preschool teachers experience interaction and participation for children with intellectual disability and children with typical development. The results from study I show that there are more similarities than differences between the groups. There are no differences between the groups neither in engagement nor in what kind of material the children use or in what setting they play. The results indicated that children with intellectual disability interacted in the same contexts as their peers. Significant differences were found, indicating that the children with intellectual disabilities communicate less and especially less with peers. Children with intellectual disability are more often close to a teacher than children with typical development. Teacher’s communication indicates that teachers communicate and initiate more often to children with intellectual disabilities. Results from study II showed that the main difference between the target child and the control child expressed from the teachers was in the area communication. Participation differed in structured and unstructured situations even if it is not significant. The child with intellectual disability was less involved in his/her live situation in unstructured situations. The results from Individual Plans showed that goals and methods about communication were more common as a goal than interaction even if the teachers expressed that interaction is the child’s main problem.