Gastrointestinal nematodes of the lizard Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from a semi-arid region of north-eastern Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Helminth Fauna of Two Species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leiuperidae) from an Undisturbed Fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest, Southeastern Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Spatial-temporal variation of parasites in Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Teiidae) and Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Tropiduridae) from Caatinga areas in northeastern Brazil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Artificial Immune Systems Applied to the Analysis of Structural Integrity of a Building

This paper presents the application of artificial immune systems for analysis of the structural integrity of a building. Inspired by a biological process, it uses the negative selection algorithm to perform the identification and characterization of structural failure. This paper presents the application of artificial immune systems for analysis of the structural integrity of a building. Inspired by a biological process, it uses the negative selection algorithm to perform the identification and characterization of structural failure. This methodology can assist professionals in the inspection of mechanical and civil structures, to identify and characterize flaws, in order to perform preventative maintenance to ensure the integrity of the structure and decision-making. In order to evaluate the methodology was made modeling a two-story building and several situations were simulated (base-line condition and improper conditions), yielding a database of signs, which were used as input data for the negative selection algorithm. The results obtained by the present method efficiency, robustness and accuracy.

Artificial Immune Systems with Negative Selection Applied to Health Monitoring of Aeronautical Structures

In this paper we present a system for aircraft structural health monitoring based on artificial immune systems with negative selection. Inspired by a biological process, the principle of discrimination proper/non-proper, identifies and characterizes the signs of structural failure. The main application of this method is to assist in the inspection of aircraft structures, to detect and characterize flaws and decision making in order to avoid disasters. We proposed a model of an aluminum beam to perform the tests of the method. The results obtained by this method are excellent, showing robustness and accuracy.

Investigação dos efeitos das impurezas alcalinas e hidrogênio no quartzo submetido à eletrodifusão e radiação ionizante

Pós-graduação em Ciência dos Materiais - FEIS

Monitoramento e identificação de falhas em estruturas aeronáuticas e mecânicas utilizando técnicas de computação inteligente

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEIS

Morfofisiologia da cunhã cultivada sob estresse salino

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Streptococcal acute pharyngitis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Ofélia, de 'Hamlet', e o Hermetismo no Renascimento

Durante o reinado de Elizabeth I (1558-1603) o protestantismo anglicano foi fortalecido, com o consequente combate ao catolicismo escolástico. Substituiu-se o paradigma filosófico considerado papista pelo neoplatonismo que havia emergido em Florença durante o século XV, mediante a releitura de textos de Hermes Trimegisto. Assim, o renascimento elisabetano teve como principal característica um misticismo hermético em completo acordo com o cristianismo, pois, embora santos e padres não tenham poderes especiais para nos conectar com Deus, a própria natureza criada por Ele permite aos homens ascender ao nível dos anjos. Razão pela qual o anglicanismo se distingue do luteranismo, que se apoia apenas na fé para alcançar a graça e a salvação. A discussão teológica desdobra-se nas artes, a exemplo da peça Hamlet, de Shakespeare, que tem suas personagens caracterizadas segundo a medicina hipocrática dos humores em consonância com os elementos da natureza, o que é flagrante no próprio desenlace de Ofélia, por afogamento. Na Inglaterra, o projeto de arte renascentista e a religião reformada constituíram portanto medidas oficiais tomadas por um governo que, além de se precaver contra a Espanha ultracatólica e contra as investidas do poder papal, buscava legitimar-se pela negação das teorias maquiavélicas. Ainda que tiranos como o tio de Hamlet tenham sido bem-sucedidos ao usar de meios espúrios para tomar o poder, forças naturais e sobrenaturais concorrerão para restaurá-lo a quem de direito.

A organização da informação hipertextual no artigo jornalístico: em busca das marcas ideológicas

Discusses some aspects of newspaper hypertextual article in order to find their ideological marks. Assumes that the choice of the element of contact with other texts (links), when producing an article reveals the author's ideology and the institution he represents. Intends to offer the less experienced reader of news, conditions to the development of more fruitful reading. Argues that reading is a process of interaction between reader and text and that requires the presence of an active reader, able to construct new meanings. Establishes as a general objective to identify the ideological marks presents in hypertext and its relation to the critical reading of the media. This theme is treated with special attention to its educational aspects, aiming at understanding the reality that educators must become familiar with, in order to turn more effective the processes of education for the media.

Measurement of the t(t)over-bar production cross section in the dilepton channel in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Phylogeny and micro-habitats utilized by lizards determine the composition of their endoparasites in the semiarid Caatinga of Northeast Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Titanate nanotubes produced from microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis: Photocatalytic and structural properties

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Balanced anesthesia with sevoflurane does not alter redox status in patients undergoing surgical procedures

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)