Imagens, sensações e afetos: as personagens gays nos curtas-metragens brasileiros exibidos no Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Análise do pré-mix de breu esterificado e policloreto de alumínio como agente de colagem interna em sistemas alcalinos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Study of the feasibility of mix of species from sawmill waste and limiting for particleboard

This study aims to determine physical properties of particleboard made of sawmill waste, as a mix of several wood species, and two adhesives: urea-formaldehyde, usually employed in industry (even with drawbacks or formaldehyde emission during pressing) and FASTBOND®, water based resin, still poorly referenced in literature. Sixteen panels have been produced, in four experimental conditions, defined by using two adhesives and a 12 mm thick limiter (or not). Variance analysis was adopted to evaluate influence of experimental conditions on physical properties of produced panels, manufactured in nominal dimensions 350x350mm; 10% resin related to particles mass (at 5% moisture); 3.5 MPa compaction pressure, temperature 130°C, in a 10 min cycle. Tests to determine density, moisture content, swelling and water absorption were carried out based on normative parameters of ABNT NBR 14810:2006. Results have been satisfactory to panels produced with urea-formaldehyde but those manufactured with polychloroprene based resin (FASTBOND®) not meet regulatory requirements. Best results have been obtained without limiter.

Effects of Systematic Social Skill Training on the Social-Communication Behaviors of Young Children with Autism During Play Activities

A systematic social skills training intervention to teach reciprocal sharing was designed and implemented with triads of preschool-age children, including one child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and two untrained classroom peers who had no delays or disabilities. A multiple-baseline research design was used to evaluate effects of the social skills training intervention on social-communication and sharing behaviors exhibited by the participants with ASD during interactive play activities with peers. Social-communication behaviors measured included contact and distal gestures, touching peers and speaking. Four sharing behaviors were also measured, including sharing toys and objects, receiving toys and objects, asking others to share, and giving requested items. Results indicated considerable gains in overall social-communication behaviors. The greatest improvements were observed in the participants’ use of contact gestures and speaking. Slightly increasing trends were noted and suggested that participants with ASD made modest gains in learning the sharing skills taught during social skills training lessons. Social validity data indicate that participants with ASD and peer participants found the intervention appropriate and acceptable, and staff perception ratings indicated significant changes in the social skills of participants with ASD. Study outcomes have practical implications for educational practitioners related to enhancing social-communication and social interactions of young children with ASD. Study limitations and future directions for research are discussed.

A review and evaluation on constructive heuristics to optimise product mix based on the Theory of Constraints

In this paper, we address the problem of defining the product mix in order to maximise a system's throughput. This problem is well known for being NP-Complete and therefore, most contributions to the topic focus on developing heuristics that are able to obtain good solutions for the problem in a short CPU time. In particular, constructive heuristics are available for the problem such as that by Fredendall and Lea, and by Aryanezhad and Komijan. We propose a new constructive heuristic based on the Theory of Constraints and the Knapsack Problem. The computational results indicate that the proposed heuristic yields better results than the existing heuristic.

Nuovi calcestruzzi geopolimerici: Mix design, caratterizzazione e fattibilita in cantiere

I cambiamenti climatici dovuti all’immissione in atmosfera dei gas serra costringono alla ricerca di possibili soluzioni per la loro riduzione. Una risposta potrebbe essere rappresentata dall’impiego di calcestruzzi geopolimerici in quanto riducono notevolmente l’emissione in atmosfera di anidride carbonica rispetto ai calcestruzzi tradizionali. In letteratura sono numerosi gli studi di calcestruzzi geopolimerici realizzati mediante trattamenti termici applicati dopo le operazioni di confezionamento. Pochissime sono invece le ricerche effettuate su calcestruzzi geopolimerici prodotti senza trattamenti termici; in questa tesi sperimentale si è voluto indagare quest’ultimo tipo di conglomerati. In particolare si è studiato il mix design del calcestruzzo geopolimerico partendo dalla formulazione del calcestruzzo tradizionale. Da subito si è posto il problema di quale agente riduttore di acqua utilizzare. Pertanto è stata predisposta una sperimentazione di diversi tipi di fluidificanti e superfluidificanti su campioni di malta geopolimerica. In seguito sono stati testati diversi conglomerati geopolimerici con propri mix design, derivati in parte da esempi in letteratura, al fine di conseguire un accettabile valore di resistenza meccanica a compressione. Nella prospettiva di un possibile utilizzo in cantiere è stata indagata con particolare attenzione, la lavorabilità delle malte e dei calcestruzzi geopolimerici attraverso prove di consistenza, ponendola in relazione alle malte e i calcestruzzi cementizi. Sono state inoltre analizzate le caratteristiche dei materiali prodotti allo stato indurito, quali densità, assorbimento di acqua, modulo elastico e resistenza meccanica. Infine, è stata analizzata la fattibilità di un possibile utilizzo in cantiere.

Emergency skill training--a randomized controlled study on the effectiveness of the 4-stage approach compared to traditional clinical teaching

The "4-stage approach" has been widely accepted for practical skill training replacing the traditional 2 stages ("see one, do one"). However, the superior effectiveness of the 4-stage approach was never proved.

Performance of supraglottic airway devices and 12 month skill retention: a randomized controlled study with manikins

Airway management for successful ventilation by laypersons and inexperienced healthcare providers is difficult to achieve. Bag-valve mask (BVM) ventilation requires extensive training and is performed poorly. Supraglottic airway devices (SADs) have been successfully introduced to clinical resuscitation practice as an alternative. We evaluated recently introduced (i-gel™ and LMA-Supreme™) and established SADs (LMA-Unique™, LMA-ProSeal™) and BVM used by laypeople in training sessions on manikins.