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Padrões evolutivos inferidos por transcriptomas de moscas-das-frutas do gênero Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae)
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017-12-21)
Castillo, Carlos Congrains
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Brito, Reinaldo Alves de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8253066295947754
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6507370808858197
Anastrepha is a species-rich genus, with a geographic distribution that covers tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Twenty-one species groups have been recognized in this genus, the most economically relevant being the fraterculus group, which has several representatives which are considered important agricultural pests. Moreover, this group also bears cryptic and closely related species that probably diverged with gene flow such as species in the A. fraterculus complex, A. obliqua and A. sororcula. Despite their importance, the evolutionary mechanisms involved in the rapid diversification of this group is unclear as well as their phylogenic relationships. To investigate the mechanisms of differentiation of these species, we analyzed male and female transcriptomes from reproductive and head tissues of A. fraterculus and A. obliqua. We found that male-biased genes evolve faster than female-biased and unbiased genes due to positive selection and relaxed selective constraints. Some of the positively selected and male-biased genes are involved with courtship behavior and fertility, which suggests that these genes may be involved in the differentiation of these species. We also investigated the phylogenetic relationships of Anastrepha lineages evaluating 20 female reproductive transcriptomes belonging to different 10 lineages. We inferred a cluster of high-quality orthologs and reconstructed a robust phylogeny of this group based on thousands of genes using multispecies coalescent methods. Our phylogenetic analysis revealed that the serpentina group is basal to other groups here evaluated, and the bistrigata group is sister to the fraterculus group. The relationships among fraterculus groups specimens showed that A. obliqua formed only one lineage, whereas A. fraterculus complex from Brazil was divided into two groups, one probably including individuals from A. fraterculus Brazil 1 and another which its assignment to previously reported lineage remains unknow. Furthermore, although A. distincta has divergent ecological traits (host specialist) to A. fraterculus (s.l.) and A. turpiniae, the tree revealed that it is closely related to these species. We also found high levels of gene tree discordance due to incomplete lineage sorting and introgression. Interestingly, our findings indicated extensive ancestral introgression among fraterculus group lineages. Our study increased the genetic data available for these economically important species, and established a role of positive selection and hybridization in the diversification of the fraterculus group.
Expor o corpo para revelar a carne: das sensações ao pensamento em Irreversível, de Gaspar Noé
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017-12-21)
Righetti, Mario Sergio
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Monzani, Josette Maria Alves de Souza
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0505156751073470
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3381222972515938
The proposal of this research is to analyze the film Irreversible (2002), by the French-Argentine filmmaker Gaspar Noé, in an effort to reflect and relativize on the thematic, aesthetic and ideological aspects present in the work, more specifically discussing the way in which the filmmaker makes use of a radical cinematography proposal that would establish a tension in the sensory and affective sharing between the body of the screen, the camera body and the viewer's body. The filmmaker is based on an aesthetic of the corporeal that presses for the existential question and at the same time for the obsession with an explicit and abject visuality that exposes the body to reveal the flesh. The cinematic body of Noé uses haptic image and sound traversing a sometimes batailleano path, through transgression, sensoriality and experimentation, which began in his earlier films Carne (1991) and I Stand Alone (1998). As we seek to point out in this work, these films are marked by the exhibition of immanent corporeity and carnal affection – through which the filmmaker's ‘obsessions’ were mapped here, as a way of finding the core of the ethical-aesthetic issues he induced and reflected in search of the subjectivity and the thought of the spectator.
Os fundidores de metal na Colômbia e no Brasil: um estudo transversal em Popayán e São Carlos no campo CTS
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017-12-21)
Enríquez, Maribel Deicy Villota
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Pedro, Wilson José Alves
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8135701448186851
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6524738672317276
The present study aims to describe and characterize the transformations of the handcrafted crafts in metallurgy and goldsmithing in Popayán - Colombia and São Carlos - Brazil, through a transversal study in relation to the trade of the blacksmith and jeweler. It is an interdisciplinary study carried out in the perspective of social studies of science and technology (CTS). Adopting the descriptive methodology, combining techniques of the ethnographic and historical method, in particular the collaborative investigation. Procedures were adopted for documentary analysis: the history of life and the reflective interview for purposes of data collection and empirical research. Seven artisans of both sexes, aged between 38 and 70 years, living in Popayán - Colombia and São Carlos / SP, Brazil, were interviewed. All ethical procedures in human research were observed. To analyze the data, we focus on three axes: the change of the blacksmith and jeweler's office, the life histories of the participants and the characterization of the craft techniques from distant times until today. Considering the significant changes in the surroundings of the craft trades today, the construction of the new social relations of the environment and the artisans is identified and analyzed. The presence of the theme of aging is pointed out, being the craftsman a protagonist of the active aging, whose work carried out during the life is strongly influenced by the technical-technological transformations. Being a craftsman is a profession that takes itself in the continuity of time, but that today is losing the possibility of being transmitted.
A história da matemática no ensino da geometria: uma contextualização pela razão áurea
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017-12-22)
Linck, Leandro Alex
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Noel Filho, Antonio
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5234064498436000
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4353534134406577
The present work intends to extend the knowledge about a very interesting and instigating theme that is the Golden Ratio, to recover its history and its importance mainly within Geometry, to argue about the importance of this Ratio in the construction of mathematical knowledge, identifying the possible connections with geometry and the most different areas of knowledge. Not leaving aside the survey on the History of Mathematics as a form of teaching methodology, because one has the awareness that every teaching process should be based on its history, and could not be different in Mathematics. Also perform a survey on what are the guidelines of the National Curricular Parameters and the Curriculum of the State of São Paulo for the teaching of Geometry and from this information to develop activities involving the Golden Ratio and Geometry, aiming to lead the student through different activities, to build their mathematical knowledge. The five activities proposed in this work were designed in such a way as to be interdisciplinary in order to show students that mathematics can be applied in several areas of knowledge that make use of Geometry and thus propose the following research question: "What contributions do the history of mathematics contextualized by golden reason can bring to the teaching of geometry?" This is a bibliographic review research. The analysis carried out regarding the teaching of geometry presupposes that many are the contributions in the different school series, presented by the contextualization of Mathematics with the use of the Golden Ratio. The study carried out through the contextualization can awaken in the student a greater motivation, since they can relate everyday situations to the theory learned in the classroom, and consequently helps in the construction of knowledge.
Implementação de uma arquitetura experimental de aviônica modular integrada distribuída
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017-12-22)
Tamanaka, Gustavo Teruo Bernardino
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Aroca, Rafael Vidal
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9262228584082064
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0043539700484735
This work discusses the theoretical and experimental aspects for the implementation of Integrated Modular Distributed avionics. The distributed avionics technology is, still, a recent subject, but of great importance for the aeronautical industry, therefore this work tries to add information and to promote the discussion on the theme. To this end, this work sought to align theory and practice when developing an experimental bench in a simplified way. For the development of the bench, rapid prototyping circuits were used in order to simulate the commercial equivalents. The development of the bench took place as expected, resulting in a system capable of properly receiving the reading, the capture of sensors and the movement of actuators. In this way it is concluded that the proposed objectives were reached.
Pesquisas em linguística aplicada sobre gêneros e sexualidades: um levantamento da Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017-12-22)
Pereira, Saimon
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Míguez, Antón Castro
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6829358449068280
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2285951474045505
Esta monografía de grado presenta los datos encontrados en el análisis documental realizado a través de una investigación de la Revista Brasileña de Lingüística Aplicada (RBLA), con el objetivo de comprender las nuevas direcciones y otras posibilidades de hacer investigación en el campo de la Lingüística Aplicada (LA), principalmente en relación con cuestiones de identidad del sujeto, como géneros y sexualidades, entre otros. A través de este análisis, pretendemos comprender cómo y cuándo comenzó este nuevo camino y cuáles son las principales teorías y teóricos movilizados para apoyar estos trabajos. El análisis de los datos recogidos, hasta el momento, muestra que fue a partir de la década de 2000 cuando se empezaron a publicar en LA, en la revista analizada, los primeros trabajos sobre cuestiones de identidad, aunque sólo a partir de 2009 se publicaron los primeros trabajos en los que se movilizan los estudios y la teoría queer.
Tradução no âmbito escolar: práticas e estratégias na criação de sentido de materiais didáticos, dentro do currículo ciências da natureza
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-01)
Guerreiro, Marina
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Martins, Dileia Aparecida
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4802875511597756
The present work constitutes a research, about the translation and that within the school context of the deaf students, and their possible strategies for accomplishing the same. In the methodological choice, we opted for a qualitative approach and as an instrument of analysis we used the translation of a didactic material, the methodological process was divided into steps, at first, choice of material, then translation itself, study of concepts, terms, search on different platforms and stop recording the material. In the analysis and results, we chose to present the text in Portuguese and then the clippings of the text images in Libras. The analysis was carried out from the presentation of the excerpts, and so in each section the relevant aspect in the translation and the translation strategies and choices were highlighted, targeting the public, deaf students.
Tradução de unidades terminológicas do âmbito da saúde em Libras
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-01)
Souza, Isadora Maria de
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Martins, Dileia Aparecida
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4802875511597756
The present research aims at the translation of terminological units of the health area into Sign Language, considering the plurality that exists in the deaf community. It is a qualitative research developed in two stages, a priori was carried out the selection of the material used for the creation of the translation, later the translation, followed for the analysis of the strategies used to make the specific terminology of the health area accessible in Sign Language.
The impact of open access citation and social media on leading top Information Science journals
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018)
Cintra, Paulo Roberto
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Furnival, Ariadne Chloe Mary
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Milanez, Douglas Henrique
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4162331040612067
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1291482506649810
This study assesses possible advantages of open access can bring to the area of Information Science, using bibliometric citation indicators and Altmetric scores to analyze sixteen hybrid scientific journals, filtered by respective Impact Factors and included in the Journal Citation Reports. Data collection was performed using Web of Science, Google Scholar, Altmetric.com and Mendeley. The verification was performed in two periods in order to examine whether open access exerted influence over time. Results indicate that open access boost the number of citations and mentions in social media for the sample of papers drawn from journals under study. Moreover, this boost is greater when authors upon publishing pay the processing charge to guarantee the immediate open access availability of the paper. In conclusion, while open access can boost the number of citations of a paper, the quality of the paper itself drives most citations.
Campos nos estudos organizacionais: abordagens relacionais?
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018)
Candido, Silvio Eduardo Alvarez
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Côrtes, Mauro Rocha
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Truzzi, Oswaldo Mário Serra
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Sacomano Neto, Mário
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0194644249955417
Este artigo analisa como diferentes perspectivas teóricas da análise organizacional se apropriam da noção de “campo”. Tomam-se como referência as bases filosóficas e as propostas que motivaram a utilização desse conceito pelas ciências sociais, associando-o a uma abordagem relacional específica, que é ilustrada pela sociologia de Pierre Bourdieu. Com base na identificação da gênese e atentando especificamente para o formato dos conceitos científicos dessa abordagem, as ferramentas teóricas do institucionalismo sociológico na análise organizacional e da abordagem dos Campos de Ação Estratégica são discutidas. Conclui-se que a superação de limitações comumente associadas ao neoinstitucionalismo passa pela reconfiguração de suas ferramentas conceituais. Aponta-se, particularmente, a relevância da adoção de um conceito de campo mais amplo, flexível e articulado com conceitos relacionais de agência e de poder.
Análise dos aspectos normativos e legais do uso de fotografias contidas em teses e dissertações disponíveis na BDTD/IBICT
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018)
Silva, Priscila da
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Furnival, Ariadne Chloe Mary
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Pinto, Guilherme Franco Silva
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9543677264890178
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1291482506649810
O presente estudo investigou a apropriação de fotografias contidas em teses e dissertações coletadas na BDTD/IBICT, tendo como princípio de suas reflexões a fase atual da Socie-dade da Informação, caracterizada por trocas e reusos inten-sos de informações. Nesse cenário, o usuário da informação necessita conscientizar-se da forma como se apropria da in-formação, buscando pautar-se em um comportamento ético. Tal comportamento envolve o conhecimento de como diver-sos conteúdos estão disponíveis na Internet, o conhecimento da lei que regula os direitos de autor e os usos das obras inte-lectuais no Brasil e o conhecimento das normas de citação e referências. Os métodos utilizados para o desenvolvimento do trabalho foram a pesquisa bibliográfica e a pesquisa do-cumental. Constatou-se que há uma baixa utilização de foto-grafias em domínio público e que, em alguns casos, as orien-tações das normas não foram seguidas.
O conteúdo indígena nos livros de Arte do 4º e 5º distribuídos pelo PNLD 2016 no Estado de SP: uma discussão do ensino de Arte na rede pública
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018)
Castro, Elisa Cerminaro de
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Severino, Natália Búrigo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7473436068039477
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-5139
This Research intends to In the first instance, this project aims to present a brief Brazil’s historical before the “discovery”, trying to comprehend how was life in here before the portugueses and europeans’ arrival, basing the research mainly on the book “O que você precisa saber sobre os povos indígenas no Brasil de hoje – Sete vias dos saberes”. Once it’s done, it will be discussed the concept of ethnocentrism, monoculture and the distribution of european’s, or rather colonizer’s, knowledge all over Brazil. It’s extremely important this historical contextualization, even though brief, for our better understanding of the 5th topic, which will be addressing the debate about the education status in Brazil and in Latin America (bearing in mind that we are also latin americans), so that we can be able to debate and comprehend issues such as standardization of teaching materials, teachers rebellions against the precarious conditions of schooling, among other subjects. It will also be introduced on this topic, a humble history about the education in Brazil and in Latin America, focusing on social movements such as teachers and students’ since Industrial Revolution (XVIII-XIV). Back in the present time, it will be addressed the discussion around the inclusion of indigenous people in the public education system. The latter being the last topic before final considerations, I’ll be trying to catalogue the indigenous/educational current politics and laws in Brazil, reinforcing the movements which brought us here, so that we can glimpse - even though deeply surrounded by uncertainty- some path to follow, as current and future committed educators.
Information science journals in Brazil: comparative analysis between quality indices and indices of academic and social impact
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018)
Araújo, Ronaldo Ferreira
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Furnival, Ariadne Chloe Mary
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1291482506649810
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/3328212638040851
This paper aims to profile Brazilian Information Science journals and compare their quality and impact indicators, be these traditional or altmetrics indicators. It is an exploratory and descriptive research, with quantitative analysis of 23 journals, analysed in accordance with their Qualis (2013-6) assessment, their h and g indices from Google Scholar Metrics and their altmetrics data from Facebook for the period 2011 to 2016. The Qualis assessment was obtained from the Sucupira Platform, the indices from Harzing’s Publish or Perish, and the altmetrics through the Facebook Application Programming Interface (API). The results show that the journals were created between 1972 and 2011, that they are edited by universities and that the most adopted frequency of publication is biannual (52%), followed by quarterly (39%). Regarding the national quality indicator Qualis, 73% of the journals fall within the higher stratum of B1 to A1. Regarding impact, 30.4% of the journals have an h-index greater than 10, and only 13% have a g-index greater than 20. Regarding their altmetrics, 34.7% have a Facebook altmetric value greater than 1,000 interactions. It can be concluded that the position of the journals vary if applied to the Qualis assessment system, the h and g indices and Facebook altmetrics. The journal that displays the greatest coincidence between the national index, and those of Google Scholar Metrics and the Facebook altmetrics was Encontros Bibli which is classed as Qualis A2, h-index 11 and g-index 17, and 2,261 interactions on Facebook.
Informação sobre saúde: letramento informacional e acesso aberto à literatura científica
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018)
Sebastian Silva-Jerez, Nelson
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Furnival, Ariadne Chloe Mary
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/1291482506649810
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7157978490951972
The aim of the research was to map how members of the general public in Brazil find, access, evaluate and use health information found on the Internet. An online survey of structured questions was used as a protocol for face-to-face interviews with members of the public randomly selected. The collected data underwent statistical analysis, performing simple correlations with variables of age, gender and occupation. Adapting the monitoring tool developed by Niemelä et al., a score for the participants’ degree of Everyday Health Information Literacy was generated based on the participants’ perceptions of how they carry out certain daily information tasks. Although participants obtain health information from medical and/or scientific sources, overall they lack confidence in their own skills to retrieve information and assess its reliability. Perceived credibility of health information sources on the Internet was higher for scientific articles available in open access, although only a quarter of participants in fact use these. Many participants claim to have used, or would use, health information found on the Internet in the decision-making process, including to change doctors. Participants’ relatively low estimation of their health information literacy skills could be tackled with programmes directly aimed at minimising this perceived lacuna.
Euclidean hypersurfaces with genuine conformal deformations in codimension two
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-05)
Chion Aguirre, Sergio Julio
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Figueiredo Junior, Ruy Tojeiro de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9930999514347198
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2305959565667431
We classify hypersurfaces f:Mn → Rn+1 with a principal curvature of multiplicity n − 2 that admit a genuine conformal deformation f':Mn → Rn+2. That a conformal deformation f':Mn → Rn+2 of f is genuine means that there does not exist any open subset U ⊂ M such that f'|U is a composition f'|U = h ◦ f|U of f|U with a conformal immersion h:V → Rn+2 of an open subset V ⊂ Rn+1 containing f(U).
Efeitos do pós-operatório mediato de cirurgia bariátrica na capacidade funcional e na composição corporal em obesos: proposta de treinamento físico com eletroestimulação de corpo inteiro
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-08)
André, Larissa Delgado
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Basso-Vanelli, Renata Pedrolongo
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/6419696729541090
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Silva, Audrey Borghi
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4855616925791895
Obesity characterized as an increase of adipose tissue, has reached epidemic proportions in the world and may leads to some comorbidities. Bariatric surgery has been considered the most effective treatment, being gastric bypass the most prevalent technique, carrying in substantial weight loss and long-term maintenance. The restrictive and hypocaloric diets in the postoperative period may enhance weight loss. However, this associated to physical inactivity causes lean mass reduction, which may lead to unfavorable consequences in terms of functional performance and aerobic capacity, being important to understand the outcomes resulting from early bariatric surgery, as well as the importance of early rehabilitation strategy programs in these individuals. In this context, we proposed a project (Study I) entitled “Functional and systemic effects of whole body electrical stimulation in the bariatric surgery postoperative period: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Additionally, a second study (Study II) will be presented with purpose of evaluate functional impairments and loss of lean mass in the mediate postoperative period, entitled “Impact of early bariatric surgery period on functional capacity in obese individuals”. Thirty-one obese subjects, aged between 18 and 45 years, underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass bariatric surgery. The preoperative evaluations consisted in anthropometric variables, body composition, maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test and the 6MWT. Two to ten days after hospital discharge, the postoperative (PO) assessment was performed with the body composition measurement and the 6MWT application. The main findings were: (1) low functional capacity in obese patients compared with distance predicted (2) functional capacity decline, significance decrease in distance walked during 6MWT in the postoperative period, (3) decline in ventilatory and metabolic variables that were associated with a reduction in lean and body mass, and (4) a reduction in weight loss with a significant decrease in lean body mass in all segments of body. In conclusion the mediate postoperative period is associated to a reduction in body composition, especially lean mass and submaximal functional capacity impairment, emphasizing the importance of functional capacity assessments and early intervention strategies to increase and / or maintain muscle and cardiorespiratory capacities, to improve health condition of these individuals.
Efeitos imediatos da crioterapia sobre o desempenho neuromuscular da articulação do tornozelo e o padrão da marcha de indivíduos hemiparéticos espásticos crônicos Pós-AVE
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-11)
Alcântara, Carolina Carmona de
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Herrera Villabona, Esperanza
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/5059234514759388
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Russo, Thiago Luiz de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/2755480908047791
Introduction: Stroke has been described as the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability in the adult population worldwide. Deficits in lower limb functions often persist in the vast majority of cases, affecting gait and functional mobility. In this context, several interventions are applied in the clinical practice to optimize functional performance. Cryotherapy is among the techniques used in order to temporarily reduce spasticity, allowing the performance of functional training, such as walking. However, its effects on muscle tone, muscle performance and gait pattern of individuals with chronic hemiparesis have not yet been elucidated. Objectives: To investigate the immediate effects of cryotherapy (ice pack) on muscle tone, isometric and isokinetic torque of the dorsiflexor and plantar flexor muscles, and angular and spatiotemporal gait parameters in chronic spastic hemiparetic individuals. Methods: Experimental design: randomized crossover controlled study. Participants: Sixteen chronic hemiparetic subjects. Intervention: Cryotherapy (ice pack) or Control Intervention (sand pack at room temperature) applied on the plantar flexor muscles of the paretic limb. Assessments (pre / post intervention): 1) Muscle tone, according to the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS); 2) Spatiotemporal parameters and angular kinematics of the hip, knee and ankle (flexion / extension) during gait obtained through a three-dimensional motion analysis system (Qualisys); 3) Isometric, concentric and eccentric torque of dorsiflexion and flexorplantar, evaluated in isokinetic dynamometer. Statistical analysis: Two-way repeated measures ANOVA test was used to analyze all kinematic and torque variables. Non-parametric Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests were used for comparisons of the score in the MAS, since it is considered a categorical variable. Significance level of 0.05 was considered for all statistical analysis. Results: Cryotherapy reduced the tone of the plantar flexors, but did not alter the capacity of torque generation or spatiotemporal and angular parameters (sagittal plane) during gait compared to the control intervention. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that cryotherapy (ice pack) applied on the plantar flexor muscles of individuals with chronic hemiparesis appears to be an effective technique to reduce muscle tone clinically measured but does not affect muscle performance and gait pattern of these individuals.
Efeitos da hidroterapia sobre o sistema cardiorrespiratório e manifestações clínicas em mulheres com síndrome fibromiálgica
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-11)
Andrade, Carolina Pieroni
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Zamunér, Antonio Roberto
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/7721580783871165
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Silva, Ester da
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0120120410847507
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) has multifactorial etiology characterized by various clinical manifestations and low ability to perform physical activities which contributes to low aerobic functional capacity, and consequently worsens pain sensitivity and quality of life. In addition, studies have shown that autonomic dysfunction plays an important role in FMS. Thus, the present thesis consisted of three studies in order to elucidate unknown aspects regarding the aforementioned dysfunctions. The Study I, entitled Reliability of heart period and systolic arterial pressure variabilities in women with fibromyalgia syndrome", aimed to define absolute and relative reliability of spectral indices of cardiovascular autonomic control in the supine position in women with FMS. The results presented good relative reliability, indicating that the indices can be useful as parameters to quantify if a variation was consistent and accurate in the retest besides adding crucial information for clinical research and clinical evaluation of FMS patients. The Study II, entitled "Cardiovascular autonomic control and baroreflex sensitivity after aquatic physical training in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled clinical trial", aimed to evaluate the effect of aquatic physical training (APT) on cardiovascular autonomic control and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in women with FMS. After the APT, in supine position, training group (TG) showed a cardiovascular autonomic profile characterized by higher values of HFRR (nu) (p=0.01) and lower values of LFRR/HFRR (p=0.03) and LFSAP (p=0.04) compared to control group (CG). In addition, the indexes of BRS resulted increased in TG compared to CG both in supine (p=0.05) and during standing (p=0.03). The Study III, entitled " Oxygen uptake and body composition after aquatic physical training in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial", aimed to investigate whether APT can help improve body composition and increase the aerobic functional capacity in women with FMS, and whether oxygen uptake (VO2) related to lower body mass (LBM) can better quantify the functional capacity of this population. APT with standardized intensities did not cause significant changes in body composition, but was effective in promoting increased VO2 at peak CPET in women with FMS. However, VO2 related to LBM more accurately reflected changes in aerobic functional capacity at ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VAT) level after to APT. The Study IV, entitled “Effects of aquatic training and detraining on women with fibromyalgia: controlled randomized clinical trial” aimed to evaluate variables VO2 relative to LBM and clinical symptomatology in women with FMS submitted to APT and after 16 weeks of detraining period, and to evaluate the association between the magnitude of VO2 improvement relative to LBM and clinical symptomatology. After APT, TG presented an increase in VO2 relative to LBM (p <0.05), in addition to an increase in pressure pain threshold (PPT) and visual analogue scale (VAS) well-being and lower VAS pain and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire score (FIQ) (p <0.05). However, these improvements were not maintained after the 16-week detraining period (p> 0.05). In addition, no significant correlations were observed between improvement of clinical manifestations and increased VO2 relative to LBM after APT (p> 0.05).
Análise temporal do processo de ocupação dos vazios urbanos no município de São Carlos, SP : sob a ótica de uma cidade compacta
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-12)
Barbosa, Yanayne Benetti
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Gonçalves, Luciana Márcia
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/9491069760631962
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Lollo, José Augusto de
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/8987677644041247
In this work, the mapping and analysis of the urban voids of São Carlos (SP), through GIS, showed the spatial dynamics through the valorization and or depreciation that urban areas present. The objective of this study was to analyze the the urban voids in different urban areas (established by the Plano Director) considering the years 2004 and 2014, in the municipality of São Carlos, SP. As a result, we highlight the detailed characterization of the historical series of land value in the urban voids and surroundings in the last twenty years. In addition, it is proposed a scenario that made it possible to simulate occupation that resulted in almost 40 thousand inhabitants in urban voids, maintaining the profile of occupancy and densification in urban zoning. Inside the new limit and rules of the 2016 Plano Diretor, the occupation of urban voids may promote, in addition to the occupation, a greater density, without need to increase the urban perimeter to fulfill the social function of the use of urban land, thus reducing the costs of deploying new urban infrastructure
Otimização do controle do oxigênio dissolvido em biorreator airlift pressurizado: aplicação em cultivos de Escherichia coli recombinante
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2018-01-12)
Campani Junior, Gilson
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Ribeiro, Marcelo Perencin de Arruda
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/0381402687491195
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Zangirolami, Teresa Cristina
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https://lattes.cnpq.br/4546701843297248
A wide variety of industrial and therapeutic proteins is synthetized by genetically modified Escherichia coli, which is ease to cultivate and manipulate and also well characterized. However, there are only few studies regarding E. coli cultivation in the pneumatic airlift bioreactor. This reactor presents some advantages over the stirred tank, such as simpler construction, lower risk of contamination, and efficient gas-liquid dispersion with reduced power consumption. However, the lower oxygen transfer capacity in the bench-scale airlift bioreactor, in comparison to the stirred tank, justifies the use of temperature, pressure, and gas and oxygen flow rates as manipulated variables for the dissolved oxygen (DO) control. In this context, this thesis aims: (i) to develop a mathematical model that describes the production of the Pneumococcal Surface Protein A (PspA) by recombinant E. coli in a pressurized airlift reactor, taking into account oxygen transfer and uptake in the process; (ii) to perform economic optimization of the DO control; (iii) to develop an advanced DO controller integrated to state estimators. Data of E. coli cultivation in conventional and airlift reactors were used to identify and validate the models. The dynamic optimization was performed using a gradient method based on the Pontryagin's minimum principle. The developed mathematical models were able to describe the process under varying conditions of temperature and pressure. The dynamic optimization of the DO control resulted in a simple and sequential way of handling the inputs: manipulation of air flow rate, followed by system pressurization, and then air enrichment with pure oxygen. The optimum process temperature was 27 °C. A model predictive DO control was then proposed, associated to two state estimators, the extended Kalman filter (EKF) and the moving horizon estimator (MHE). They were both able to estimate satisfactorily four state variables (cell, substrate, PspA, and DO concentrations) based only on DO measurements. The control system proved to be robust in process simulations. The conclusions that arise from this thesis contribute to the area of development of non-conventional reactors and DO controllers, especially for pneumatic bioreactors, which are widely used in aerobic bioprocesses.