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Biotecnologia, bioética, biodireito, biossegurança e biodefesa no contexto DQBRNE: atualidade, perspectivas e desafios
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-01)
Petrucelli, Marcos Roberto
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Moreira, Fernando Manuel Araújo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1809254923092721
The proposed work for this research, entitled Biotechnology, bioethics, biolaw,biosecurity and biodefense in the DCBRNE context: actuality, challenges and perspectives is considered controversial, and in the language of national defense, it is a sensitive issue because it is related to the different interface controversial fields of legal, military, political and religious content within the scientific-technological context of biotechnology, biosafety, bioethics and biolaw. This dissertation is intended in particular to reflect the related issues and their applicability in the Brazilian legal system, as well as in the relationship between public agencies in their conduct, in order to elucidate the best possible way some of the many questions of Biotechnology trinomial bioethics-biolaw when applied to areas of biodefense and biosecurity in the context of defense CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives). There is no doubt that in this universe of areas, biotechnology plays probably the main role. The present study is based on digital, booklets, handbooks, journals and medicalscientific publications and research knowledge gained in the course of the profession of Military State Police as a Lieutenant of that force, having several courses of area as well as in civil training of Bachelor of Law with as a member of the Order of Lawyers of Brazil. Among other conclusions, it appears the lack of disclosure over actions against CBRNE incidents, operations centers to assume coordination of events and training, and training materials for this type of threats especially those conducting the first calls (responsiveness), not to mention the health situation in the hospitals and medical care, which also unaware of how to individualize the onset of diseases, which are very similar. Throughout the realization of this project, it was possible to verify that all the material gathered here, analyzed and discussed there, as far as we know, does not exist neither in Portuguese nor English. Thus, we believe that it will become an important reference material and consultation mainly by the various agencies that deal with public safety and national defense, in particular, those related to CBRNE defense.
Uma abordagem de otimização multicritério para o problema integrado de distribuição e estoque
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-01)
Soto de La Vega, Diego Armando
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Vieira, José Geraldo Vidal
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2068340476477363
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0870329113007005
Povos indígenas na universidade: ação afirmativa e a geopolítica do conhecimento
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-01)
Mattioli, Érica Aparecida Kawakami
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Silvério, Valter Roberto
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3215917572806088
The selectivity concerning the access of indigenous students to Brazilian higher education have been due to the practices formed racially and the understanding of the political strategy of the education for the recognition of the otherness has appeased the definition of public policies of Affirmative Actions (AA) for groups historically considered subaltern. Affirmative action is often conceptualized as strategic mechanism when both racial tension and socio-economic inequality exist in order to counter the effects of a colonial history of discrimination and disadvantaging that has left huge silences and deformations in the historical narratives about indigenous people and their knowledge, philosophies, bodies and cultures. Therefore, we also can think about affirmative action in its epistemological dimension. A post-colonial reading of affirmative action policies in Brazilian universities focused on indigenous people provided the basis for our analysis. We argue that AA policies have a potential force to produce epistemological disruptions in university contexts. The goal of this research is both to analyze and to describe sociologically the experiences of indigenous students from different ethnic groups in the context of Affirmative Action Policies Program at Federal University of São Carlos. This study ends presenting discussions on how we can epistemologically rethink AA policies in Brazilian universities, especially regarding to indigenous people.
Evolução molecular das luciferases das lanternas da fase adulta e larval de elaterídeos luminescentes e filogenia molecular de Elateroidea
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-01)
Amaral, Danilo Trabuco do
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Viviani, Vadim Ravara
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3942043373510668
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1962677068147121
The origin and evolution of Elateridae bioluminescence is uncertain, especially the evolution of the luciferases of different phases and lanterns of Elateridae, the relationship between structure and bioluminescence spectra and the phylogeny of neotropical species. In this study, the cDNA containing the genes of Fulgeochlisus bruchi and Pyrophorus angustus luciferases, which presente different kinetic characteristics, such as high pH optimum and a high affinity for ATP and Luciferin, were cloned. Analyses of Elateridae luciferases suggest that, regardless of the stage of life or organ (dorsal or ventral lanterns), these luciferases displayed a higher identity degree to the luciferases that present closer bioluminescence spectra, probably, due to intergenetic recombination effects. The luciferase primary sequences alignments and site-directed mutagenesis studies suggested important residues to modulate color in Elateridae, such as S247. Our phylogenetic analyzes indicated a closer relationship between Elateridae and Phengodidae, however there are diverngence between the markers used. The sequencing of mitochondrial genomes showed that the Phengodidae genomes displayed several rearrangements and gene duplication, indicating the need for further studies on this family. Our data also suggest that bioluminescence arised at least three times independently in Elateoridea from ancestors similar enzymes.
Análise dos serviços emergenciais de manutenção agrícola e borracharia na agroindústria canavieira utilizando teoria de filas
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-03)
Rodrigues, Lásara Fabrícia
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Morabito Neto, Reinaldo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8208188426851836
The sugarcane industry is an important branch of the Brazilian agroindustry considering the major role of sugarcane cultivation in the country history and the prominent position that this industry has achieved in the international scenario. In recent years, this industry has faced major changes and challenges. Therefore, the use of methods to support decision making has become increasingly necessary to optimize the available resources and enable the analysis of larger data sets. The present study addresses the Maintenance and Tire Repair Emergency Services in the agricultural stage of the sugarcane industry. In order to analyze and support decisions in the Tire Repair System, the Hypercube Model, the Simulation Model, and the known Queue Models M/M/m and M/G/m were developed or adapted using data from a case study conducted in a sugar and alcohol mill with centralized servers. In addition, an alternative scenario with decentralized servers was also investigated, and it showed better results in terms of performance measures compared to those of the original scenario. Extensions of the Hypercube Model, the Approximated Hypercube Model and the Simulation Models were developed to analyze and support decisions in the Maintenance Service System. At first, an illustrative example was used to address the issues of priority queue, partial backup, and differentiated service rates between the hypercube states and the states of the tail. Subsequently, experiments using these models and the case study data were conducted. An alternative scenario including one more server was also studied, and it showed better results than those of the original scenario, especially in terms of travel times. The present study shows that the adaptations and extensions of the hypercube model and the simulation models developed to treat Maintenance and Tire Repair Emergency Systems in sugarcane mills have proven to be effective approaches for these systems planning and analysis. The results of this study indicate that the models developed and adapted are suitable for application in sugarcane industries.
Contribuição ao estudo e modelagem matemática de reator anaeróbio de leito granular expandido (EGSB) tratando água residuária de suinocultura
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-03)
Correia, Gleyce Teixeira
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Kwong, Wu Hong
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8644937548157443
Anaerobic systems have been widely studied and used in treatment of wastewater from agriculture and others. Among the existing technologies, there are the EGSB (Expanded Granular Sludge Bed) reactors, which have emerged as improvement of UASB (Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket) reactors. It was sought to evaluate the performance of an EGSB reactor using synthetic swine wastewater as substrate, increasing the volumetric organic load (2, 4, 8, 10 and 15 kgCOD.m-3.d-1) and the upflow velocity (6 and 10 m.h-1). Efficiencies higher than 83% were obtained in removal of COD, however there was a buildup of volatile acids and a possible microbial imbalance after the application of the load 10 kgDQO.m-3.d-1. The reactor showed homogeneity in microorganisms along the reactor, with the presence of bacilli of different sizes, coccus, and similar to the genera Methanosaeta and Methanosarcina. It was developed a mathematical model aiming to study in more detail the hydrodynamics of EGSB, generally regarded as continuous complete mix reactors (CSTR). For that, it was used a phenomenological model based on the mass balance of the reactor, and after the adjustment to the experimental data, it was observed that the EGSB reactor can be worked as a series of five continuous complete mix reactors (CSTR), three in the tube region and two in the separator region with kinetic intrinsic rate at approximately 7,5.10-5 L.mgSSV-1.h-1 and kinetic rate constant decreasing with increase in organic load.
Proposta de zoneamento geoambiental da bacia hidrográfica do Ribeirão do Ouro no município de Pirassununga (SP)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-06)
Lossardo, Luiz Fernando
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Lorandi, Reinaldo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7794241793056671
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8104184529762104
This study aimed to gather information about the physical environment in the Basin Ribeirão do Ouro in Pirassununga, SP to, and a better understanding of the place, the subsidy for the discussion of environmental management and more sustainable development of the territory covered by this area of study through its zoning geoenvironmental. The Basin Ribeirão do Ouro is located almost entirely in the city of Pirassununga, São Paulo, totaling an area of 12,594.81 hectares or 125.94 square kilometers in length and are fully contained in the basin of Rio Mogi. Because it is a region bordering the western plateau and Paulista Paulista Peripheral Depression, both unit morphostructural the Paraná Sedimentary Basin, the relief of the study area varies between undulated and wavy respectively. After all survey process, using existing laboratory tests, field work for checking of information, analysis through the use of technologies of remote sensing and GIS, cartographic materials were generated new very important, among them, the Charter Zoning Geoenvironmental. The zoning proposal resulting from this work showed 17 geoenvironmental distinct areas, which seek to demonstrate its main features, weaknesses and future scenarios for the use and occupation of these areas more sustainable.
Eletrólito sólido β/β”-alumina para protótipo de bateria sódio-níquel
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-07)
Nonemacher, Juliane Franciele
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Souza, Dulcina Maria Pinatti Ferreira de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4100119317525940
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7479772662719945
Itaipu Binational along with the Swiss company power generation Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG/KWO, are developing a battery of nickel-sodium salt (Na/NiCl2), which uses β/β"-Al2O3 ceramic as solid electrolyte, to apply on electric vehicles and stationary banks. The main challenges in obtaining β/β"-alumina are obtain more content β"-Al2O3 phase, the difficulty in controlling the sodium loss during the sintering and minimize abnormal grain growth which leads to a duplex microstructure which compromises the mechanical strength. This paper aims to: i) develop ceramic solid electrolyte β/β "-alumina using powders prepared by citrate process (CP) and mixed oxides process (MOP) and correlate the microstructure with electrical conductivity and mechanical properties, ii) obtain solid electrolyte tubular using the powder which generated the best samples. The samples obtained with MOP powder were not sensitive to sintering atmosphere. The amount of β” phase was ≈75%, microstructure obtained was duplex form containing larger grains (≈150 μm) dispersed in a matrix of smaller grains (≤5 μm). The higher mechanical resistance value to radial compression was 92 ± 14 MPa and the maximum the electrical conductivity value was 1.03x10-1 S.cm-1 at 300 oC. Citrate process produced nano-powder, which was more sensitive to the samples stowage during sintering and generated a microstructure more thin and homogeneous with grain size about ≤5 μm. Amount of β” phase, electrical conductivity and mechanical strength were lower than those obtained by the MOP. The solid electrolytes tubular were obtained by isostatic pressing with powder prepared via MOP. The pipes have a good mechanical resistance to green body for handling and finishing with good densification after sintering, indicating the viability of manufacturing of tubes for batteries.
Influência da contaminação combinada de dextrana e amido na cristalização do açúcar
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-08)
Merheb, Graciela de Amaral
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Giulietti, Marco
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7703659740618915
Introduced during the colonial period in Brazil, nowadays sugar cane is one of the main crops of the country's economy, generating more than 2 billion dollars per year in the Brazilian trade balance. Despite the benefits of expanding the sugarcane sector every year, the environmental impacts caused by burning straw cane sugar made the State of São Paulo Government create the Protocol of Agro-Environmental Cooperation in 2007, which aims the total elimination of cane burning by 2017. However, when the sugar cane stops being burned, some components of the plant, which remained in the field due to the burning, will start being in larger quantities in the process, and the effects of this future reality in sugar quality have not been studied In this doctoral thesis, the two components of great impact on the specifications or quality of the sugar were chosen: starch and dextran which were studied in the crystallization unit operation (by controlled cooling and vacuum evaporation), so that the impact on the final product (sugar) were evaluated. This current study used a reponse surface methodology, with 2 levels (309 and 1062 ppm), two factors (dextran and starch), 3 center points (one central point in triplicate) and 4 axial points, totaling 11 trials per type of crystallization. The experiments were conducted with sugar Type 2 solutions contaminated with starch and dextran, in an agitated and jacketed crystallizer (8 liters) in the laboratory. When the crystallization was performed, the matters were centrifuged, the sugars were separated from the honeys, and forwarded to the physico-chemical, textural and optical microscopy analyzes. In relation to the physicochemical analyzes of sugar, starch and dextran contamination interfered directly in the responses: starch, dextran, color, turbidity and alcoholic floc in both crystallization techniques, however, the controlled cooling under the same conditions of contamination (0-2000 ppm), presented sugars to lower rates, which kept the product according to the market specifications. The results of grain size analysis showed frequency curves with accumulation of smaller crystals at the opening of 0.5 mm, according to the increase of dextran in the tests. And the optical microscopy analysis identified the existence of a relationship between the amount of contaminants, and the appearance of agglomerated crystals, besides "needle-like" crystals were not observed. The experimental chosen design collaborated in the identification of starch and dextran agents, in the increase or decrease of the analyzed responses, besides suggesting the collaboration of the combined effect on the quality of sugar. Concerning the product quality, the use of crystallization technique by controlled cooling proved to be the most suitable in the reduction of contaminants in the sugar, particularly in solutions containing 2,000 ppm of dextran and starch. Given the crop of sugarcane in the coming years, and that the contamination of dextran and starch may be higher than those found in syrups of industrial processes currently, this work may contribute to the knowledge of the contaminants and their combined actions in the crystallization and in understanding of the differences in the product quality.
Comportamento e uso de habitat por aves dependentes de áreas úmidas no interior do estado de São Paulo
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-08)
Cunha, Isabella Lacativa Dias
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Dias Filho, Manoel Martins
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1346547036069954
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3773651471211732
The human pressures in aquatics ecosystems are very strong and affect all associated fauna. The waterbirds are a major environmental group in these ecosystems. To April / 2013 until April /2014 were collected the foraging efficiency (FE) of birds in three reservoirs of São Paulo, Itirapina. In the first chapter of this study we tested the hypothesis if the occupation and habitat use for foraging by Herons family are influenced by premises of The Optimal Foraging Theory or that species actively seek for greater energy return and avoid unproductive environments. The central hypothesis was accepted: the species exhibited a similar FE in different macro and micro- habitats; FE does not change regardless of foraging strategy; FE does not depend on the length of stay in the environment. We observed that environmental variables such as the depth of the reservoirs and the surrounding vegetation, may limit the occupation of the habitats for this waterbirds, regardless of the presence and availability of food. In the second chapter, we describe a rare foraging behavior, not yet reported in the literature, displayed by Ardea cocoi in restrictive microhabitat for the species.
Investigação do desenvolvimento microestrutural de eletrólito sólido β/β’’-alumina visando sua utilização em bateria ZEBRA
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-09)
Rodrigues, Daisy Catharina
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Souza, Dulcina Maria Pinatti Ferreira de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4100119317525940
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6359278545689980
The ZEBRA battery (Zero Emission Battery Research Activity) is an efficient electrochemical energy storage device with high energy density and high power. This has been considered one of the key technologies for insertion into the economic market of electric vehicles and for stationary energy applications. However, due to high internal resistance of this device causes an intense search for new materials for the reduction of this issue. Na-β -alumina solid electrolytes, due to its high ionic conductivity for sodium ions, are among the most promising oxide ionic conductors for the ZEBRA battery, operating at temperatures of approximately 300 ºC, with high efficiency. However, the greatest difficulty in using Na-β -alumina is related to the instability of this phase at higher sintering temperatures, in excess of 1300 ºC. The critical point of this electrolyte is the ceramic processing, which can influence the final mechanical and electrical properties of the material. In this work, the focus was to balance the mechanical and electrical properties through the reduction of microstructure defects, using processed powders with different raw materials and sintering conditions. The microstructure, electric conductivity and mechanical strength of Na-β -alumina samples were evaluated, produced by changing the sodium (Na2CO3 or NaNO3), lithium (LiNO3 or LiAl5O8) and aluminum source (AlO(OH) or Al2O3). The microstructure, and consequently the electric conductivity and mechanical strength were dependent on the type of raw materials and sintering profile. Electrical conductivity of 10-1 S.cm-1 at 300 °C and fracture strength of ~ 111 MPa were obtained after the processing variables improvement have been reached. These values are in full agreement with data available in the literature.
Incorporando dados espaciais vagos em data warehouses geográficos: a proposta do tipo abstrato de dados vaguegeometry
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-09)
Carniel, Anderson Chaves
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Ciferri, Ricardo Rodrigues
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8382221522817502
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6350698053529179
A data warehouse is a solution for organizing and storing multidimensional data related to decision-making processes in companies, generating a historical, highly voluminous, subject-oriented and nonvolatile database. A geographic data warehouse (GDW) additio¬nally to the conventional data storage (i.e. numeric and alphanumeric data), stores spatial data as attributes in dimension tables or as measures in fact tables, storing data represented by geometries. Points, lines and polygons are examples of spatial data types. While spatial data currently stored in GDWs are crisp, i.e., they have exact location in the space, strict interiors and well-defined boundaries, geographic applications have required the storage of vague spatial data, which have inaccurate location, inexact interiors or uncertain bounda¬ries. This Master s research aims at incorporating vague spatial data to GDWs. More speci¬fically, we propose and implement a new abstract data type (ADT) called VagueGeometry to represent vague spatial data in the Spatial Database Management System (SDBMS) Post- greSQL/PostGIS. The proposal of the ADT VagueGeometry encompasses the issue of phy¬sical storage for vague spatial data, which are complex and can have several disjoint parts. It also focuses on definitions of operations to handle vague spatial objects, such as vague topological predicates and its operators. Experimental evaluations were conducted in order to assess the performance of the ADT VagueGeometry in comparison to available solutions, such as implementation of vague topological predicates utilizing existing operations of the PostGIS. The proposed ADT VagueGeometry shown reductions in query processing with vague topological predicates from 81.63% to 90.34% in spatial databases and reductions from 92.46% a 95.20% in GDW environments. This Master s project, therefore, advances in the state of art in GDWs to study this gap in the literature. Additionally, fuzzy models to represent vague spatial data was also studied, and as a result, a preliminary proposal of a ADT, called as FuzzyGeometry, was also developed.
De que família cuida a saúde da família? Os efeitos de poder nas relações de cuidado entre equipe e famílias
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-09)
Ferreira, Luis Henrique Moura
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Fioroni, Luciana Nogueira
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8086810053892035
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Figueiredo, Wagner dos Santos
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5780408703746760
This study adopted the Family Health Strategy (FHS) as the locus of research. The FHS is the Brazilian government's response to the organization and execution of Basic Health Care. Analyzes the FHS as a strategical dispositive in the art of governing the population wich adopts the family as a central instrument for developing epidemiological changes, based on the concept of Governamentality, an exercise of power inserted in the relationship between security, population and government. Some effects of this power are normalization of conduct, medicalization of life, imposing lifestyles considered healthy from political technologies that investing on the body, health, the right ways to eat, to live and interact, in sume an entire space of existence. This work has taken as its object FHS care practices, analyzing how they can determine the ways of life and subjectivity of families who receive assistance, for it adopted the theoretical framework of analytical power of Michel Foucaut. From the perspective of Social Constructionism, were analyzed official documents from the Ministry of Health and observed the daily work of a family health team, analyzing the discursive practices in these different fields of research. The process of this investigation resulted in the possibility to analyze and relate the meanings of three discursive practices: Families, Power and Care. In the documentary analysis, three groups of meaning were discussed: (1) as the FHS healthcare model approaches of a Governmentality dispositive; (2) the meanings of family treated in the documents, the highlight occurs in the created norms on families, and as this is an important strategy for the good government of the population; (3) the strategic position that discursive practices of Care and Humanization occupy in the documents and the changes they propel to care practices. In participant observation, we report three situations experienced in the field, it is argued from these reports the main meanings of team care concrete practices and the effects of power in families. In the final considerations discusses the three discursive practices that made up this work: Power, Families and Care, tracing possible ways that contribute to the movement of Clinical and Care Management, and indicating FHS care practices in order to enable a ethical and humane meeting between worker-user which generates autonomy, emancipation growth for these different actors.
Estudo da interação entre borrachas comerciais e misturas de biodiesel/diesel por espectroscopia de ressonância magnética nuclear
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-09)
Silva, Lorena Mara Alexandre e
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Venâncio, Tiago
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4438399441102990
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2009574020370399
Nowadays biodiesel has taken steps toward the consolidation as energetic matrices of many countries. Elastomers are one of the most important groups of materials used in engines and the compatibility of these materials with biodiesel is a growing concern. Thus, to correlate important information about compartmentalized phases of rubber/fuel system, low and high field NMR and emerging technologies such as hybrid NMR probe and imaging through mass spectrometry (DESI), were employed. This work permitted, for the first time, to understand the structural and chemical changes that diesel and mainly biodiesel induces in the structure of vulcanized rubber. For natural rubber (NR), the low-field NMR experiments have shown that the damage did not occur at the polymer crosslinking but biodiesel mostly affects the interaction between the filler and rubber. The high resolution NMR also allowed verifying the exudation of the filler and filler aggregates. The use of Comprehensive Multi-Phase NMR applied to NR, nitrilic rubber (NBR), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and ethylene-propilene-diene rubber (EPDM), permitted to study the different phases coexisting in the complex fuel/rubber system as well as the interface between these phases. These data indicated that the carbon black aggregates are being exudate and thus, the demand for fillers with higher affinity with the elastomers seems to be one of the most important parameters in the search for materials more compatible with biodiesel. Thus, in molecular level it can be seen that the elastomer less affected by the presence of biodiesel was EPDM, followed by SBR, NR and NBR. Besides it was observed the inclusion of biodiesel molecules into the EPDM structure, in contrast to other data in literature. This finding can infer about the long-term degradation of the elastomeric structure. Furthermore, DESI demonstrated that biodiesel trapped at the EPDM is in the oxidized and unoxidized forms, and probably this oxidation has a greater effect on the structure of the rubber.
Desenvolvimento de processos químicos seguindo os princípios adotados pela química verde: redução e conversão de CO2 usando compostos de Mn(I)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-09)
Casale, Mariana Romano Camilo
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Carlos, Rose Maria
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1589143355309943
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1588289751421610
Due to its versatile chemistry and ability to stabilize metals with low oxidation states, carbonyl compounds of transition metals play an important role in various fields of organometallic chemistry. In our research group, we have studied carbonyl compounds of manganese (I) over time and investigated their photochemical and spectroscopic properties. We carried out studies in photochemistry, electrochemistry (cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry accompanied by UV-Vis and IR) and photoinduced intermolecular electron transfer (ET) reactions (with the electron acceptor MV2+, methylviologen) for the compound fac- [Mn(phen)(CO)3(4MeImH)](SO3CF3) (fac-1) where phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, 4MeImH = 4-methyl-imidazol and SO3CF3 = triflate ion, compound already synthesized and processed by the group. fac-1 shows electronic absorption bands in the UV-Vis at 380 (MLCT) and 270 nm (LLCT) in CH3CN and intense bands in IR between 2200 and 1800 cm-1, consistent with the facial arrangement of the three CO ligands in the sphere of coordination of the metal. The complex is stable in solid state and is a mixture of two isomers while in solution, the adjacent (A) and remote (R) isomers relative to the nitrogen atom (N) of the 4MeImH ligand which coordinates to the metal Mn. Encouraged by the results obtained by the group before, in which the compound fac-1 under irradiation of light in aqueous solution and in the absence of oxidizing agents in the reaction medium was able to cleave a molecule of water to produce molecular oxygen (O2) detected by a Clark electrode, we investigated the reduction and conversion of carbon dioxide molecules (CO2) to CO using this compound of Mn in organic solution, by photochemical and electrochemical means in N2 and CO2 atmosphere. Through the development of chemical processes, the petrochemical industry has made great contributions to mankind but at the same time the release of large amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere has harmed the environment. Capturing this gas emitted into the atmosphere primarily by the burning fossil fuels is a necessary strategy to minimize the greenhouse effect. In our photochemical studies, the complex was able to reduce CO2 to CO, product detected by 13C NMR (185 ppm), and the mechanisms of photochemical and electrochemical reactions of fac-1 in the presence of CO2 were checked. We carried out DFT calculations to corroborate experimental data and the results show the agreement of the UV-Vis and IR spectrum for the proposed product. A comparison of results shows the importance of ligand 4MeImH in the multiple photoinduced electron transfer reactions assisted by protons and the great potential of the fac-1 compound to participate in photocatalytic processes of interest, such as the reduction and conversion of CO2 to products of interest to the chemical industry.
Análises de compostos orgânicos não específicos no esgoto sanitário doméstico através das técnicas RMNq e HPLC-(UV/MS)-SPE-ASS-NMR
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-10)
Alves Filho, Elenilson de Godoy
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Ferreira, Antonio Gilberto
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3676462220401452
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7843055136220699
The growth of industrial deployment and urbanization play a major role in the degradation of global environmental and resource depletion mainly in countries in development such as Brazil. The problems regarding water pollution in Latin America have been well-documented, and there is no evidence of substantive effort to change the situation. There are a large number of organic pollutants that leads several damages to the ecosystem, threatening human health and are flushed to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The WWTPs are responsible for the removal of natural and anthropogenic pollutants from the sewage and, for this, play an important role in protection of human health and the environment. Due to the varying operational conditions, process and quality, the wastewater treatments need to be monitored continuously to ensure a reliable and efficient operation. Therefore, the NMR analyses are widely used in the study of different components of wastewater such as complex organic matter (fulvic and humic acids), sludge and organic contaminants. In the present work, we employed two methods to study wastewater samples: non-targeted 1D (13C and 1H) and 2D NMR spectroscopy analyses to characterize the largest possible number of compounds in urban wastewater; and analysis by HPLC-(UV/MS)-SPE-ASS-NMR to detect and elucidate the non-specific recalcitrant in treated wastewater, sparing the common use of standards. In the non-targeted 1D NMR analysis, we employed also a method to study wastewater samples by chemometric and quantitative analyses to monitor the seasonal variations and identify anomalous discharges in urban wastewater system. The set of data were constituted of several compounds on which the concentration ranges considerably with treatment and seasonality. An anomalous discharge, the influence of storm water on the wastewater composition and recalcitrant compounds (LAS surfactant homologues) in the effluent were further identified. The seasonal variations and abnormality in the composition of organic compounds in sewage indicated that the employed procedure can be useful to identify the pollution source, to follow up the efficiency of WWTPs plants to design preventive actions in order to protect equipment and preserve the environment.
Avaliação esportiva utilizando técnicas multivariadas: construção de indicadores e sistemas online
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-10)
Maiorano, Alexandre Cristovão
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Louzada Neto, Francisco
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0994050156415890
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1457616145396499
The main objective of this research is to provide statistical tools that allow the comparison of individuals in a speci ed sports category. Particularly, the present study is focused on the performance evaluation in football using univariate and multivariate methods. The univariate approach is given by Z-CELAFISCS methodology, which was developed with the purpose of identifying talents in the sport. The multivariate approaches are given by the construction of indicators, speci cally by means of principal component analysis, factor analysis and copulas. These indicators allows the reduction of the dimensionality of the data in studying, providing better interpretation of the results and improving comparability between the performance and assortment of individuals. To facilitate the use of the methodology studied here was built an online statistical system called i-Sports.
Modelagem e cômputo de métricas de interesse no contexto de modernização de sistemas legados
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-13)
Honda, Raphael Rodrigues
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Camargo, Valter Vieira de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6809743774407662
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6224972529068017
Maintaining legacy systems is a complex and expensive activity for many companies. An alternative to this problem is the Architecture-Driven Modernization (ADM), proposed by the OMG (Object Management Group). ADM is a set of principles that support the modernization of systems using models. The Knowledge Discovery Metamodel (KDM) is the main ADM metamodel and it is able to represent various characteristics of a system, such as source code, configuration files and GUI. Through a reverse engineering process supported by tools is possible to extract knowledge from legacy source code and store it in KDM metamodel instances. Another metamodel that is important to this project is the Structured Metrics Metamodel (SMM) that allows the specification of metrics and also the representation of the measurements results performed on KDM models. When we decide to modernize a legacy system, an alternative that aims to improve concerns modularization of a system is the Aspect-Oriented Programming. Considering this alternative, the main goal of this project is to present an approach to defining and computing concern metrics in instances of KDM metamodel. This kind of measurement needs a prior concern mining that make notes on system components indicating concerns which it implements. To achieve the project objective, a complete approach to measure concerns using ADM models was developed, this approached is composed by an extension of KDM metamodel for representing Aspect- Oriented Software (AO-KDM), a concern metrics library in SMM format (CCML) developed in order to be parameterized by the Modernization Engineer. Therefore, the metrics defined in this project can be reused in other projects. Furthermore, we have developed a tool (CMEE) capable of handling parameterization annotations (notes about concerns made by the mining tools) that allows that models annotated by different mining tools could be measured by SMM metrics.
Lutando por corações, mentes e credencias: as disputas em torno da regulamentação da profissão de jornalista no Brasil na primeira década do século XXI
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-14)
Nascimento, Lerisson Christian
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Bonelli, Maria da Glória
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1739441747281321
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4675493298798128
The aim of this paper is to show how journalism in Brazil - between the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century was the subject of disputes in the academic field and in the scope of professional regulation. We show how these two processes relate through the relationship between the idea of professionalism and the process of building a specific knowledge about journalism in the national academic field.
ACT : uma possibilidade de prevenção universal à violência contra a criança
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014-10-14)
Silva, Jéssica de Assis
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Williams, Lúcia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6962646759651464
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9174144379163311
Aggressive models can be learned during childhood, critical period to children to learn basic skills and whose effects are long lasting. In this sense, prevention programs that emphasize the role of environment in acquisition of non-aggressive repertoires and which highlight the role of the important adults in children's lives, such as their parents and other caregivers, are essential to prevent violence in its many forms. This chapter describes the ACT raising safe kids Program, designed in 2000 by the American Psychological Association (APA) in the United States, and implemented in several countries. It is a universal prevention program that articulates early intervention and training of parenting skills to prevent violence against children. Through a topical review of the literature, it is intended, in this chapter, address the historical aspects of the ACT program, its dissemination and its results in research evaluation and implementation, highlighting the gaps in research and suggesting new research.