Fabricação de microcanais para integração de uma língua eletrônica em um sistema lab-on-a-chip

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

Utilização de um algoritmo de caminho mínimo no processo de recolhimento do palhiço da cana-de-açúcar

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

Mexico: Combining monthly inflation predictions from surveys

We examine the problem of combining Mexican inflation predictions or projections provided by a biweekly survey of professional forecasters. Consumer price inflation in Mexico is measured twice a month. We consider several combining methods and advocate the use of dimension reduction techniques whose performance is compared with different benchmark methods, including the simplest average prediction. Missing values in the database are imputed by two different databased methods. The results obtained are basically robust to the choice of the imputation method. A preliminary analysis of the data was based on its panel data structure and showed the potential usefulness of using dimension reduction techniques to combine the experts' predictions. The main findings are: the first monthly predictions are best combined by way of the first principal component of the predictions available; the best second monthly prediction is obtained by calculating the median prediction and is more accurate than the first one.

Regional Climate Modelling In The Caribbean

The information here represents a compilation of existing and ongoing regional and national climate modelling studies that could be useful in the execution of the regional project The Economics of Climate Change in Caribbean. The report is mainly focused on the sustainable regional efforts that represent opportunities for further developments in climate change scenarios. It describes the different techniques that have been used to model changes in temperature and precipitation in the Caribbean and compares the outputs of these models. Essentially, temperatures are expected to increase while precipitation may increase for countries in the more southerly latitudes, but decrease for more northerly countries (Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola) resulting in drought. These changes would present tremendous challenges for the Caribbean subregion and, despite significant progress made in recent years, there is a need for continuous development of climate research and modelling in the subregion, to produce more relevant information for regional and national studies and to overcome the limitations of existing results. This may well be realized through coordination of activities between the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) in Cuba and the University of the West Indies (UWI). These activities will address the implementation of further analyses using available information to generate best practices and to produce useful results. There are also new opportunities for climate research in the region with Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) which is planned to start early next year. It is expected that the participation of various Caribbean institutions like INSMET, UWI, CCCC and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology in this global project will allow the generation of new and more abundant information.

Cultura de condrócitos para o uso terapêutico: reconstituição de cartilagem

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Planejamento de sistemas de distribuição de energia elétrica através de um modelo de Programação Linear Inteiro Misto (plim)

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Localização de faltas em alimentadores de distribuição de energia elétrica usando medições esparsas de tensões

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Metodologias estatísticas na análise de germinação de sementes de mamona

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

Candidemia: avaliação dos fatores associados e da sensibilidade ao fluconazol

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Deconvolução de perfis de poços através do ajuste de energia

As medidas de resistividade são de fundamental importância para o cálculo da saturação de óleo em reservatórios potencialmente produtores. A combinação das medidas de resistividade rasa e profunda permite a obtenção dos parâmetros R_t, R_xo e d_i. Mas, em reservatórios complexos existem dificuldades em se obter leituras confiáveis de R_t, devido à baixa resolução vertical das ferramentas de investigação profunda. Em reservatórios laminados, por exemplo, as leituras obtidas pela ferramenta de indução profunda (ILD) podem levar a uma interpretação errônea das mesmas, levando a acreditar que as medidas obtidas do perfil referem-se a uma única camada. Este problema pode ser em parte resolvido através de uma metodologia que melhore a resolução vertical dos perfis de investigação profunda, valendo-se do uso de informações obtidas de um perfil de alta resolução vertical, i.e; a curva de resistividade rasa. Uma abordagem neste sentido seria usar um perfil de alta resolução que apresente uma boa correlação com o perfil de investigação profunda. Esta correlação pode ser melhor avaliada se aplicarmos um filtro no perfil de alta resolução, de tal forma que o perfil resultante tenha teoricamente a mesma resolução vertical do perfil de baixa resolução. A obtenção deste filtro, porém, recai na premissa de que as funções respostas verticais para as ferramentas de alta e baixa resolução são disponíveis, o que não ocorre na prática. Este trabalho se propõe mostrar uma nova abordagem onde o filtro pode ser obtido a partir de um tratamento no domínio da freqüência. Tal tratamento visa igualar a energia espectral do perfil de alta resolução à energia espectral do perfil de baixa resolução tendo como base o Teorema de Parseval. Será mostrado que a resolução vertical depende fundamentalmente da energia espectral do perfil em questão. A seguir, uma regressão linear é aplicada sobre os perfis de alta resolução filtrado e de baixa resolução. Para cada ponto amostrado dos perfis, uma rotina de minimização é aplicada visando escolher o melhor intervalo de correlação entre os perfis. Finalmente, um fator de correção é aplicado sobre cada ponto do perfil de baixa resolução. Os resultados obtidos com os perfis de indução são promissores, demonstrando a eficácia da abordagem e mesmo quando aplicada em perfis com diferentes propriedades petrofísicas, a metodologia funcionou satisfatoriamente, sem danificar os perfis originais.

Desenvolvimento de sistema polimérico a base de turfas e substâncias húmicas para liberação lenta de nutrientes para plantas

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Methods to evaluate and strategies to improve the biocompatibility of dental materials and operative techniques

Objective. The general aim of this article is to describe the state-of-the-art of biocompatibility testing for dental materials, and present new strategies for improving operative dentistry techniques and the biocompatibility of dental materials as they relate to their interaction with the dentin-pulp complex.Methods. The literature was reviewed focusing on articles related to biocompatibilty testing, the dentin-pulp complex and new strategies and materials for operative dentistry. For this purpose, the PubMed database as well as 118 articles published in English from 1939 to 2014 were searched. Data concerning types of biological tests and standardization of in vitro and in vivo protocols employed to evaluate the cytotoxicity and biocompatibility of dental materials were also searched from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Standards Organization (ISO) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI).Results. While there is an ongoing search for feasible strategies in the molecular approach to direct the repair or regeneration of structures that form the oral tissues, it is necessary for professionals to master the clinical therapies available at present. In turn, these techniques must be applied based on knowledge of the morphological and physiological characteristics of the tissues involved, as well as the physical, mechanical and biologic properties of the biomaterials recommended for each specific situation. Thus, particularly within modern esthetic restorative dentistry, the use of minimally invasive operative techniques associated with the use of dental materials with excellent properties and scientifically proved by means of clinical and laboratory studies must be a routine for dentists. This professional and responsible attitude will certainly result in greater possibility of achieving clinical success, benefiting patients and dentists themselves.Signcance. This article provides a general and critical view of the relations that permeate the interaction between dental materials and the dentin-pulp complex, and establish real possibilities and strategies that favor biocompatibility of the present and new products used in Dentistry, which will certainly benefit clinicians and their patients. (C) 2014 Academy of Dental Materials. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Um Estudo de caso sobre a fabricação de engrenagens

Human evolution has always been linked to personal or group needs. This statement is based on observations of the day to day. With time, we can now choose from among many excellent techniques and materials that can be employed in the construction of this part of the machinery so important to the functionality of machines and equipment. When we look at a machine, we see that this is usually designed by combining a set of pre-determined in your project. Among the many pieces that we can highlight one of them is of fundamental importance, the gear. Gears are an example of the mechanical devices used by the older man, and are currently the most important components in the transmission technique. This is responsible for transmitting rotary motion from one shaft to another. Gears are one of the best among the various means available for the transmission of motion. Gears are the most important components of modern technique of transmission. The main purpose of a transmission gear is precisely transmit torque and speed. The requirements have increased significantly due to pollution and energy conservation. Nowadays, gear transmissions are required to transmit high strength through all his life together with the high demand on performance and sound properties. An optimal design for the gear you need a set of the most modern fabrication machines and cutting tools. In the following work is studied on the manufacture of gears, making the monitoring of a case study of the try out the installation of a gear grinding machine

Sistema biométrico de identificação de pessoas utilizando poros e minúcias de impressões digitais

The use of physical characteristics for human identification is known as biometrics. Among the many biometrics traits available, the fingerprint is the most widely used. The fingerprint identification is based on the impression patterns, as the pattern of ridges and minutiae, characteristics of first and second levels respectively. The current identification systems use these two levels of fingerprint features due to the low cost of the sensors. However, the recent advances in sensor technology, became possible to use third level features present within the ridges, such as the perspiration pores. Recent studies show that the use of third-level features can increase security and fraud protection in biometric systems, since they are difficult to reproduce. In addition, recent researches have also focused on multibiometrics recognition due to its many advantages. The goal of this research project was to apply fusion techniques for fingerprint recognition in order to combine minutia, ridges and pore-based methods and, thus, provide more robust biometrics recognition systems, and also to develop an automated fingerprint identification system using these three methods of recognition. We evaluated isotropic-based and adaptive-based automatic pore extraction methods, and the fusion of pore-based method with the identification methods based on minutiae and ridges. The experiments were performed on the public database PolyUHRF and showed a reduction of approximately 16% in the EER compared to the best results obtained by the methods individually

Época da poda mecanizada em laranjeiras doces 'Hamlin' e 'Pera'

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV