Efeito da reeducação postural global (RPG) sobre a distribuição do peso corporal e atividade eletromiográfica na postura sentada

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Proposta de um novo conceito de mocho odontológico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Luzes e sombras: Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes e a cultura cinematográfica (1954-59)

Pós-graduação em História - FCLAS

Postura sentada de crianças com paralisia cerebral: influência da utilização do apoio de membros superiores

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

Efeitos do Tai Chi Chuan na qualidade de vida, flexibilidade e equilíbrio de idosos

Introduction: The growth of the aged population in developing countries is fast. Cognitive, motion, metabolic and social injuries are associated to aging, which are potentially able to impair the quality of life of the elder population. A physical activity that provides a mental and physical welfare besides its importance to the good aging, therefore, the Tai Chi Chuan is considered an effi cient and cheap way to improve the quality of life and to reduce the physical alterations unchained by aging. Objective: To verify the effect of the Tai Chi Chuan of the quality of life, fl exibility and balance in elderly. Methods: Nine volunteers, three men (66.33 ± 13.32 years) and six women (68.67 ± 11.34 years) participated in the study. They performed the training of Tai Chi Chuan during 12 weeks, two times per week, with duration of one hour each session. The volunteers were evaluated at the beginning of the study and after the 12 weeks of training by means of the application of the questionnaire of quality of life SF-36, a scale of balance and the test to seat and to reach was applied to evaluate the fl exibility. Results: It was observed in the Tai Chi Chuan training improvement of the balance and fl exibility; however, the quality of life did not present signifi cant difference. Conclusion: These fi ndings allow us to conclude that the Tai Chi Chuan was effi cient in the improvement of the equilibrium and the fl exibility of elder people; however, it did not modify the Quality of Life of the studied population.

Aspects of Manual Wheelchair Configuration Affecting Mobility: A Review

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estudo e modelagem 3D de um cabeçote para um motor monocilíndrico, 400cc, 4 T

The cylinder head contains the combustion chamber for the air-fuel mixture and the intake and exhaust valves, the valve guide and the valve seat. The cylinder head also is a support for the camshaft and valve rocker. The holes where the spark plugs are connected are designed to fit the better place in the combustion chamber. The cylinder heads often are manufactured using materials such as aluminum and cast iron. The cooling fins located in the outside of the cylinder head are designed for a good heat transfer and therefore their dimensions and positioning are important. This work aims the calculation for a cylinder head to be installed in a 400 cc displacement, gasoline powered, four stroke, single cylinder engine. According to the displacement it will be analyzed the combustion chamber, the intake and exhaust valves, as well as the camshaft and rocker arms. This also a work to help to accomplish the design of a single cylinder engine, where the alternatives parts, cylinder block and crankcase are all already machined and assembled in this campus

Processamento de peças em materiais compósitos para o projeto BAJA SAE

The weight of a vehicle has always been considered an extreme important factor, because it interferes in the performance, steering, consume, environmental impact, wear of components, among the others. Because of the new demand, consume reduction aim and gases emission increased the necessity to manufacture lighter vehicles, guaranteeing the complying with the gas emission international law. Besides the legal demand, the low weight will certainly be essential for the competitiveness for the next generation of vehicles. It is with this thinking the composite materials have been introduced in the automobilist industry, because those materials show an excellent relation of strength/weight, providing a reduction of consume and the increase of load capacity. Those factors justify the increase of interest of industry and the necessity of optimization of those materials and of their process. For this research, the field of application will be the Baja SAE Project, a project that is fully developed by engineering students, where they build a prototype single seat, off-road category, for use on hilly slopes with obstacle. This research aims to study two key components of the prototype are made of composite materials, analyzing all the processing. In addition, there is the analysis of the viability of this production parts to a Baja SAE vehicle, in order to increase their performance and reduce their weight without reducing the safety and robustness of the prototype. It was possible to achieve weight reduction of the steering subsystem with manufacturing the flywheel hybrid composite (carbon/glass) and the replacement of SAE 1010 steel by hybrid composite (carbon/aramid) in CVT box. The importance of this study is to obtain a good project for the vehicle of technical and scientific manner, contributing to the know-how to the team and providing a basis for optimization for upcoming projects

Associação entre posicionamento do aluno na sala de aula e desempenho escolar

This research was aimed at analyzing whether there is an association between the positioning of the pupil in the classroom and his academic performance, as well as to diagnose the main factors underlying the association. Thus, this study analyzed 4 Elementary School II institutions of both public and private educational systems, in Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil during a school year bimester. To register the positions students were seated, 29 similar classes (containing 6 rows x 6 columns) were investigated, each one with around 30 students, which resulted in a sampling of 859 students. For the questionnaire application, which objective was to verify the main reason for students’ seat choice, the same 29 classes were investigated. However, the sampling number was reduced to 692 students. In turn, for the collection of school performance and absence percentage of each student for the bimester in question, teachers’ evaluation books were used. As a result, it was found that the lower the percentage of the student's absences, the greater is their performance at school, and the greater their performance at school is, the closer up front to the board they are seated. Finally, the closer up to the board they are seated, the more their motivation and interest in learning increase. Therefore, there is an association between the position of a student in the classroom and his or her academic performance, where the association is conditioned by the motivation and interest in learning

A internet e a prática da leitura: o uso da rede por acadêmicos do sexto período do curso superior em Tecnologia em Alimentos

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Adaptação e instrumentação de um esqui ergométrico para pessoas com deficiência motora dos membros inferiores

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Disposição construtiva aplicada em cadeira antropométrica

Disposição construtiva aplicada em cadeira antropométrica. Patente de modelo de utilidade para uma cadeira antropométrica constituída de uma estrutura (1) que sustenta uma pluralidade de instrumentos de medição, sendo que a parte posterior da cadeira é provida de dois instrumentos de medição compostos por duas hastes, sendo uma delas para medida da altura tronco-encefálica (2) e a outra para a medida do assento até a região renal (4), de modo que cada uma dessas hastes possui uma escala numérica, sendo ora interna (3), ora externa (5). O assento (6) da cadeira (1) é composto por um anteparo com uma canaleta interna e dois cursores laterais deslizantes para a direita e para a esquerda, que possuem escala numérica.; O assento é provido de referências métricas sendo uma no sentido da largura do assento (8) e outra no sentido da profundidade do assento (9), sendo a escala (8) dividida em duas escalas, onde o ponto zero é exatamente o meio do assento. O assento (6) também possui acoplada uma haste frontal, com deslizamento no sentido antero-posterior (10), a qual contém uma escala interna embutida na peça, de modo que a soma entre a medida da profundidade do assento com a medida obtida pela haste deslizante horizontal (10) totalizam a medida sacro-poplítea. Para a tomada da medida da altura poplítea, há uma outra haste (11), integrada à superfície anterior da cadeira, cujo deslizamento é vertical, sendo que essa haste (11) possui uma escala numérica interna uma externa (12).; A base da cadeira (13) possui um dispositivo de acionamento lateral com o pé (16), que é conectado ao assento (6) por meio de um macaco hidráulico, permitindo a elevação do assento, sendo que a outra alavanca (17), ao ser girada, realiza a descida do assento (6).

Comfort, stability and body posture in wheelchair cushions: a preliminary study with able bodied subjects

Long term wheelchair usage has been related to a number of problems, among which pressure ulcers are one of most concern. The design of wheelchair seat cushions has been of increasing interest among researchers, as it can influence seat interface pressure and user's comfort. The aim of this study was to investigate the subjects' perception comfort, stability and body posture of six different commercially available wheelchair cushions. The evaluation was through a questionnaire, where the subjects rate their perceptions on a ten point visual analog scale after staying seated in the cushion for two minutes. The results shows that the Roho^TM aircell cushion was preferred by the users, while the least preferred one was the water cushion. Individuals' subjective perceptions may compliment objective data on seat interface pressure, thus contributing to a more complete view of the users' experience during wheelchair cushion usage.

Vibração incidente sobre o corpo inteiro do operador de trator agrícola ensaiado em pista de vibração com diferentes lastros, velocidades e pressões de inflação dos pneus

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Projeto ergonômico de assento para tratores, utilizando-se dos recursos da computação gráfica

Regardless its power rate, the tractors are the most used source in operations of tillage. Thus, due to the expansion of cultivated areas and the need of striking application of technologies to meet the advance of agribusiness, it has been shown that these machines are concentrated during the work periods, the physical and mechanical actions to perform the activity. So, it's possible to realize that the time of physical exposures and the operational decision-making are related with the job station comfort. In regard to what was mentioned, this paper's main objective is to design an ergonomically viable seat to furnish the operational requirements of the tractor driver, using the new CAD / CAE technologies in order to provide optimal comfort to the relationship between human being and machines.