The study of film adaptation: a state of the art and some "new" functional proposals

Eguíluz, Federico; Merino, Raquel; Olsen, Vickie; Pajares, Eterio; Santamaría, José Miguel (eds.)

PLP 238/2013 : alteração das exigências do art. 14 da LRF para desonerações de receitas públicas : necessidade de tratamento equânime

A presente Nota Técnica, apresentada por solicitação do Deputado JOÃO DADO, SISCONOF 274/2013, visa apresentar análise do Projeto de Lei Complementar nº 238/2013, no qual o Poder Executivo propõe alterações das exigências para concessão de desonerações tributárias presentes no art. 14 da Lei Complementar nº 101/2000, Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal – LRF, dentre outras propostas

Análise do veto ao art. 118 da Lei nº 13.080, de 2 de janeiro 2015 (LDO 2015), que determina ao Poder Executivo a criação de “Cadastro de Obras Públicas”

Visa a atender à Solicitação de Trabalho nº 17/2015-CONOF, por meio da qual o Deputado Pauderney Avelino solicita a esta Consultoria que elabore nota técnica acerca do veto ao art. 118 da Lei 13.080, de 2 de janeiro 2015 (LDO 2015), que determinava ao Poder Executivo a criação de “Cadastro de Obras Públicas”

Análise das Portarias Interministeriais nº 221 e 222 : Execução das programações decorrentes de Emendas Individuais em 2015 : Orçamento Impositivo - art. 56 da LDO 2015 –Lei nº 13.080, de 2/1/2015

Analisa as disposições contidas nas Portarias Interministeriais nºs 221 e 222, editadas em 18 de junho último pelo Governo Federal. Essas portarias regulamentam procedimentos preparatórios à execução de emendas individuais da Lei Orçamentária Anual (LOA) de 2015, sujeitas ao regime de execução obrigatória (“orçamento impositivo”), instituído na Lei de Diretrizes Orçamentárias de 2015 (LDO 2015 – Lei 13.080/2015) e, posteriormente, na Emenda Constitucional 86.

Developing and characterizing bulk metallic glasses for extreme applications

Metallic glasses have typically been treated as a “one size fits all” type of material. Every alloy is considered to have high strength, high hardness, large elastic limits, corrosion resistance, etc. However, similar to traditional crystalline materials, properties are strongly dependent upon the constituent elements, how it was processed, and the conditions under which it will be used. An important distinction which can be made is between metallic glasses and their composites. Charpy impact toughness measurements are performed to determine the effect processing and microstructure have on bulk metallic glass matrix composites (BMGMCs). Samples are suction cast, machined from commercial plates, and semi-solidly forged (SSF). The SSF specimens have been found to have the highest impact toughness due to the coarsening of the dendrites, which occurs during the semi-solid processing stages. Ductile to brittle transition (DTBT) temperatures are measured for a BMGMC. While at room temperature the BMGMC is highly toughened compared to a fully glassy alloy, it undergoes a DTBT by 250 K. At this point, its impact toughness mirrors that of the constituent glassy matrix. In the following chapter, BMGMCs are shown to have the capability of being capacitively welded to form single, monolithic structures. Shear measurements are performed across welded samples, and, at sufficient weld energies, are found to retain the strength of the parent alloy. Cross-sections are inspected via SEM and no visible crystallization of the matrix occurs.

Next, metallic glasses and BMGMCs are formed into sheets and eggbox structures are tested in hypervelocity impacts. Metallic glasses are ideal candidates for protection against micrometeorite orbital debris due to their high hardness and relatively low density. A flat single layer, flat BMG is compared to a BMGMC eggbox and the latter creates a more diffuse projectile cloud after penetration. A three tiered eggbox structure is also tested by firing a 3.17 mm aluminum sphere at 2.7 km/s at it. The projectile penetrates the first two layers, but is successfully contained by the third.

A large series of metallic glass alloys are created and their wear loss is measured in a pin on disk test. Wear is found to vary dramatically among different metallic glasses, with some considerably outperforming the current state-of-the-art crystalline material (most notably Cu₄₃Zr₄₃Al₇Be₇). Others, on the other hand, suffered extensive wear loss. Commercially available Vitreloy 1 lost nearly three times as much mass in wear as alloy prepared in a laboratory setting. No conclusive correlations can be found between any set of mechanical properties (hardness, density, elastic, bulk, or shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio, frictional force, and run in time) and wear loss. Heat treatments are performed on Vitreloy 1 and Cu₄₃Zr₄₃Al₇Be₇. Anneals near the glass transition temperature are found to increase hardness slightly, but decrease wear loss significantly. Crystallization of both alloys leads to dramatic increases in wear resistance. Finally, wear tests under vacuum are performed on the two alloys above. Vitreloy 1 experiences a dramatic decrease in wear loss, while Cu₄₃Zr₄₃Al₇Be₇ has a moderate increase. Meanwhile, gears are fabricated through three techniques: electrical discharge machining of 1 cm by 3 mm cylinders, semisolid forging, and copper mold suction casting. Initial testing finds the pin on disk test to be an accurate predictor of wear performance in gears.

The final chapter explores an exciting technique in the field of additive manufacturing. Laser engineered net shaping (LENS) is a method whereby small amounts of metallic powders are melted by a laser such that shapes and designs can be built layer by layer into a final part. The technique is extended to mixing different powders during melting, so that compositional gradients can be created across a manufactured part. Two compositional gradients are fabricated and characterized. Ti 6Al¬ 4V to pure vanadium was chosen for its combination of high strength and light weight on one end, and high melting point on the other. It was inspected by cross-sectional x-ray diffraction, and only the anticipated phases were present. 304L stainless steel to Invar 36 was created in both pillar and as a radial gradient. It combines strength and weldability along with a zero coefficient of thermal expansion material. Only the austenite phase is found to be present via x-ray diffraction. Coefficient of thermal expansion is measured for four compositions, and it is found to be tunable depending on composition.

The Art of Madness

The nineteenth century was not an entirely kind time for the female artist. Coming of age as the 1800’s bridged into its latter half, literary artists Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Kate Chopin were all well aware of their uncharitable culture. Equipped with firm feminist bents and creative visions, each of three women produced a seminal work – The Story of Avis, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and The Awakening, respectively – taking that atmosphere to task. In these stories, each of the three women produces a female protagonist who struggles for having been born simultaneously an artist and a woman. The writers pit their women’s desires against the restrictive latitude of their time and show how such conditions drive women to madness, as a result of which they are forced to either escape into the blind mind of insanity or deal daily with their pain and inescapable societal condemnation. In an age where “hysteria” was a frequent hit in the vernacular, Phelps, Gilman and Chopin use art and literature as mediums to show that, indeed, there is a method behind the madness.

"Rapid and dramatic changes in vegetation" of a small pond on Holy Island (Northumbria): Chaotic dynamics?

This note describes changes to the relative extent of four structurally dominant submerged macrophytes in a pond on Holy Island National Nature Reserve, Northumbria, between 1991 and 1998. The estimated extent of the four submerged macrophytes and bare substratum between 1991 and 1998 showed dramatic changes with no obvious pattern or periodicity, as well as no identifiable natural or anthropogenic causes. Chaotic variation may be an important character of submerged pond plant populations, so that surveys taken in a single year may give an unreliable picture of plant populations.

Paper Art. Fibras papeleras en la Creación Artística. Producción y Edición

Nivel educativo: Grado. Duración (en horas): De 21 a 30 horas

A poética do sublime na teoria da tragédia de Friedrich Schiller

Em sua breve carreira filosófica, o poeta e dramaturgo alemão Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) se apropriou do conceito kantiano do sublime, identificando-o ao trágico e à tragédia, manifestação artística que seria genuinamente regulada por princípios estéticos daquela ordem. Deste modo, buscamos neste trabalho relacionar o caráter subjetivo da experiência do sublime com as suas implicações de ordem prática para a arquitetura da tragédia, em especial as que dizem respeito à estrutura ideal do drama, intimamente vinculada à sua finalidade, que é a efetivação do efeito estético que lhe cabe por definição. Se, por uma via, o pensamento de Schiller caminha em direção ao desenvolvimento de uma concepção do trágico a partir de um dos conceitos fundamentais da estética moderna, por outra ele permanece atrelado à tradição aristotélica quando se concentra no estudo da tragédia enquanto gênero literário e busca por meio deste estudo estabelecer regras para a citação dramatúrgica. Assim, Schiller constrói uma poética do sublime, um programa de arte que inaugura um debate importante sobre o fenômeno do trágico na filosofia alemã. Mas, como pretendemos defender, é justamente a concepção do trágico forjada a partir de uma interpretação acentuadamente moral do sublime que torna o conteúdo de sua teoria da tragédia problemático, embora tal teoria seja a resposta encontrada por Schiller para perguntas ainda pertinentes. Afinal, por que nos entretêm assuntos trágicos?