Evaluation MR kompatibler Nadeln und interaktiver Sequenzen zur interventionellen Bildgebung an einem offenen 1.0 Tesla MR-Tomographen (Panorama-HFO)

Magdeburg, Univ., Med. Fak., Diss., 2014

O emprego das soluções de HCl 0,1 N de EDTA (NH4)2 CO3 e da ditizona - acetato de amônio na extração de zinco em solos de Piracicaba

Foram feitas determinações de zinco total, solúvel em HCl 0,1 N, solúvel em EDTA-(NH4) 2CO3 e solúvel em ditizona em 8 perfis de solos de 8 séries de solos do município de Piracicaba, Estado de São Paulo-Brasil. Para determinação do zinco total, solúvel em HCl 0,1 N, solúvel em EDTA(NH4/2CO3 e solúvel em ditizona, usouse o método de TRIERWEILER e LINDSAY (1968) e para a ditizona (NH4/2SO4 o método de SHAW e DEAN (1952). Foram estudadas as correlações entre as soluções extratoras de zinco e o zinco total, e o confronto entre os extratores químicos. A solução extratora de HCl 0,1 N extraiu maior quantidade de zinco do que as soluções do EDTA-carbonato de amônio e de ditizona acetato de amônio. Esta, por sua vez, na maior parte dos casos, não diferiu da solução do EDTA-carbonato de amônio. Estudo de correlações entre as soluções extratoras e o zinco total mostrou que apenas o HCl 0,1 N apresentou tal correlação. As principais conclusões foram as seguintes: 1- Os teores de zinco total para os perfis de solos situam-se entre 23 e 128 ppm de Zn. 2- As séries Bairrinho, Luiz de Queiroz e Guamium foram as mais altas em Zn total (46 a 128 ppm). 3- As séries Paredão Vermelho, Quebra Dente, Monte Olimpo e Lageadinho foram as mais baixas em zinco total (23 a 55 ppm de Zn). 4- O HCl 0,1 N extraiu mais zinco do que as soluções de EDTA- (NH4) 2CO3 e da ditizona e acetato de amônio. Entre estas duas soluções não houve diferença nos teores. 5- Os solos Luiz de Queiroz, Lageadinho e Bairrinho, foram os altos em zinco solúvel, pelas soluções extratoras.

Cat(0) and Cat (-1) dimensions of torsion free

We show that a particular free-by-cyclic group has CAT(0) dimension equal to 2, but CAT(-1) dimension equal to 3. We also classify the minimal proper 2-dimensional CAT(0) actions of this group; they correspond, up to scaling, to a 1-parameter family of locally CAT(0) piecewise Euclidean metrics on a fixed presentation complex for the group. This information is used to produce an infinite family of 2-dimensional hyperbolic groups, which do not act properly by isometries on any proper CAT(0) metric space of dimension 2. This family includes a free-by-cyclic group with free kernel of rank 6.

Sparse regularization for fiber ODF reconstruction: from the suboptimality of ℓ2 and ℓ1 priors to ℓ0.

Diffusion MRI is a well established imaging modality providing a powerful way to probe the structure of the white matter non-invasively. Despite its potential, the intrinsic long scan times of these sequences have hampered their use in clinical practice. For this reason, a large variety of methods have been recently proposed to shorten the acquisition times. Among them, spherical deconvolution approaches have gained a lot of interest for their ability to reliably recover the intra-voxel fiber configuration with a relatively small number of data samples. To overcome the intrinsic instabilities of deconvolution, these methods use regularization schemes generally based on the assumption that the fiber orientation distribution (FOD) to be recovered in each voxel is sparse. The well known Constrained Spherical Deconvolution (CSD) approach resorts to Tikhonov regularization, based on an ℓ(2)-norm prior, which promotes a weak version of sparsity. Also, in the last few years compressed sensing has been advocated to further accelerate the acquisitions and ℓ(1)-norm minimization is generally employed as a means to promote sparsity in the recovered FODs. In this paper, we provide evidence that the use of an ℓ(1)-norm prior to regularize this class of problems is somewhat inconsistent with the fact that the fiber compartments all sum up to unity. To overcome this ℓ(1) inconsistency while simultaneously exploiting sparsity more optimally than through an ℓ(2) prior, we reformulate the reconstruction problem as a constrained formulation between a data term and a sparsity prior consisting in an explicit bound on the ℓ(0)norm of the FOD, i.e. on the number of fibers. The method has been tested both on synthetic and real data. Experimental results show that the proposed ℓ(0) formulation significantly reduces modeling errors compared to the state-of-the-art ℓ(2) and ℓ(1) regularization approaches.

All-Ireland Health Data Inventory. Part 1: Metadata for key data sources, version 1.0

The All-Ireland Health Data Inventory. Part 1 is a catalogue of key sources of health data in the Republic and Northern Ireland. It includes relevant datasets from the major information reviews, conducted in the North and South, in the past few years. Information is essential for informed decision making and service provision. This inventory draws together information sources to facilitate such decision making. The inventory is intended as a resource for health professionals, researchers and the general public, providing the first phase of a ‘one-stop’ catalogue of health data. The datasets have been catalogued using an expanding numbering system which will allow for the inclusion of future resources. The Institute of Public Health in Ireland is in the process of expanding the Inventory to include further data sources.

Simultaneous B(0)- and B(1)+-map acquisition for fast localized shim, frequency, and RF power determination in the heart at 3 T.

High-field (>or=3 T) cardiac MRI is challenged by inhomogeneities of both the static magnetic field (B(0)) and the transmit radiofrequency field (B(1)+). The inhomogeneous B fields not only demand improved shimming methods but also impede the correct determination of the zero-order terms, i.e., the local resonance frequency f(0) and the radiofrequency power to generate the intended local B(1)+ field. In this work, dual echo time B(0)-map and dual flip angle B(1)+-map acquisition methods are combined to acquire multislice B(0)- and B(1)+-maps simultaneously covering the entire heart in a single breath hold of 18 heartbeats. A previously proposed excitation pulse shape dependent slice profile correction is tested and applied to reduce systematic errors of the multislice B(1)+-map. Localized higher-order shim correction values including the zero-order terms for frequency f(0) and radiofrequency power can be determined based on the acquired B(0)- and B(1)+-maps. This method has been tested in 7 healthy adult human subjects at 3 T and improved the B(0) field homogeneity (standard deviation) from 60 Hz to 35 Hz and the average B(1)+ field from 77% to 100% of the desired B(1)+ field when compared to more commonly used preparation methods.

Accessibilitat web : cas d'anàlisi a partir de les WCAG 1.0 i WCAG 2.0

El document analitza, de forma manual i detallada, l'accessibilitat de 10 pàgines web del portal de la UOC en base a les 14 pautes i 65 punts de validació de les WCAG 1.0 i en base als quatre principis de les WCAG 2.0 que a la vegada s'organitzen en 12 directius i 61 criteris de conformitat.

XIFRADOR 1.0

Aquest TFC pretén investigar en el concepte de generadors de seqüencies pseudoaleatories amb la finalitat d'implementar un generador amb qualitats òptimes per al xifratge de dades.

Visual Management Vinotec V.1.0

El projecte amb nom clau Visual Management Vinotec neix de la necessitat d'administrar i gestionar el catàleg de productes d'una empresa que es dedica a la distribució de licors espirituosos (conyacs i whiskies), generesos (Jerez), vins i caves. Es tracta d'una eina web destinada als professionals del món dels destil·lats i del món vinícola.

Oftalmòleg 1.0

Oftalmòleg 1.0 és un programari concebut per gestionar la consulta d'un centre oftalmològic, cobreix tota l'operativa del centre des del punt de vista del recepcionista, de l'oftalmòleg i com a novetat, del pacient.