Análise exergoeconômica de ciclo de refrigeração por compressão de vapor

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Desgaste de dressadores de ponta única fabricados com diamantes cvd nacionais

This study attempted to observe the performance of three types of diamonds, two natural and one synthetic, to determine which features longer life and greater wear than the others. The methodology employed in this study was to dressed an aluminum oxide grinding wheel, and every twenty paces with a advance of depth dressing of 40 µm per passes, take an image of the tip in a horizontal position and the other in the vertical position of this diamond in a stereoscopic. Thereafter, the dresser was replaced in the rectifier to conduct a new dressing. The criteria to completion of the test was the spark generated by the grinding wheel contact with the base of the dresser, which indicates the end of the contact with the diamond wheel. After the tests, was calculated the areas worn of each diamond in accordance with each image obtained through the aid of a graphics software. The data were then arranged in graphs.

Multifuncionalidade da paisagem em assentamentos rurais nos entornos de usina canavieira e do Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo (SP)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Multifuncionalidade da paisagem em assentamentos rurais nos entornos de usina canavieira e do Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo (SP)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

The effects of population density on the spread of disease

The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between population density and the initial stages of the spread of disease in a local population. This study proposes to concentrate on the question of how population density affects the distribution of the susceptible individuals in a local population and thus affects the spread of the disease, measles. Population density is measured by the average of the number of contacts with susceptible individuals by each individual in the population during a fixed-length time period. The term “contact with susceptible individuals” means sufficient contact between two people for the disease to pass from an infectious person to a susceptible person. The fixed-length time period is taken to be the average length of time an infected person is infectious without symptoms of the disease. For this study of measles, the time period will be seven days. ^ While much attention has been given to modeling the entire epidemic process of measles, attempts have not been made to study the characteristics of contact rates required to initiate an epidemic. This study explores the relationship between population density, given a specific herd immunity rate in the population, and initial rate of the spread of the disease by considering the underlying distribution of contacts with susceptibles by the individuals in the population. ^ This study does not seek to model an entire measles epidemic, but to model the above stated relationship for the local population within which the first infective person is introduced. This study describes the mathematical relationship between population density parameters and contact distribution parameters. ^ The results are displayed in graphs that show the effects of different population densities on the spread of disease. The results support the idea that the number of new infectives is strongly related to the distribution of susceptible contacts. The results also show large differences in the epidemic measures between populations with densities equal to four versus three. ^

Impactos en el agua subterránea de un sistema de efluentes para riego : el Sistema Paramillos (Lavalle, Mendoza, Argentina)

En este trabajo se evalúa el impacto de un sistema de aprovechamiento de efluentes domésticos para riego en la calidad del agua subterránea. Los puntos de muestreo seleccionados son parte de un monitoreo a mayor escala del cual sólo se incluyeron aquellos relacionados con el sistema de la planta depuradora Paramillos, ubicada al Norte del aglomerado Mendoza. Esta planta consiste en una laguna de estabilización facultativa. Los resultados, presentados en gráficos, mapas y tablas, se discuten a partir del comportamiento de tres componentes del sistema hídrico: agua superficial (efluente), agua subterránea del nivel superior del acuífero (freática) y agua subterránea del acuífero profundo (confinado/ semiconfinado) y su interacción con el perfil del suelo. Se concluye que el acuífero profundo no es alcanzado por nitratos ni nitritos productos de la degradación biológica de la materia orgánica del efluente, lo que se atribuye a la capa impermeable subyacente. En el nivel superior o freático, el perfil del suelo remueve parte del N total y P total ingresado, entre el 39 y 90%. La remoción de DBO varía entre 30 y 90% y la remoción de E. coli remanente en efluente es total.

Captura y transformación de grafos para análisis de redes sociales

Hoy en día las redes sociales se han convertido en una parte importante en la vida de muchas personas. No sólo porque les permite mantener el contacto con familiares y amigos, sino porque también pueden mostrar al mundo sus opiniones, inquietudes, estilo de vida, habilidades, ideas… Una de las redes sociales que ha adquirido mayor importancia en los últimos años es Twitter. Actualmente cuenta con más de 320 millones de usuarios activos al mes. En ella los usuarios pueden publicar información y acceder a información publicada por otros usuarios. Se ha convertido en el medio de comunicación y difusión de noticias más rápido del mundo. Éstas son algunas de las razones por las que existe un gran interés por el análisis de datos de esta red social. En particular, el análisis de tendencias a través de redes de interacciones entre sus usuarios. Un ejemplo este tipo de redes en Twitter es una red de retweets sobre una etiqueta o hasthtag concreto. Estas redes se pueden representar como grafos, donde los nodos representan a los usuarios y las aristas los retweets entre usuarios. Aunque existen varias aplicaciones que permiten transformar y visualizar grafos a partir de un fichero, es difícil encontrar librerías de programación o aplicaciones que recopilen los datos de twitter, generen los grafos, los analicen y los exporten a ficheros concretos para poder visualizarlos con alguna aplicación. Este trabajo tiene como finalidad crear una librería en el lenguaje de programación Java que permita recopilar datos de twitter, transformar dichos datos en grafos, aplicar algoritmos para analizarlos, y exportar los grafos a ficheros con formato GEXF para que puedan ser visualizados con la aplicación Gephi. Esta librería incluye un programa para probar todas sus funcionalidades.---ABSTRACT---Today, social networks have become an important part in the life of many persons. Not only because they allow them to keep in contact with relatives and friends but also because through them they can express their opinions, interests, life- styles, hobbies or ideas to the wide world. Twitter is one of the social networks which in the last few years has achieved a particular importance. Right now, it counts with more that 320 millions of active monthly users who exchange, or have access, through it to a wide variety of informations. Twitter has become the fastest way in the world to communicate or diffuse news. This explains, among other reasons, the growing interest in the analysis of the data in this specific social network, particularly the analysis of trends through the web of interactions between its users. An example of this type of networks in Twitter is the network of retweets on a specific label or hashtag. These networks can be represented as graphs where nodes represent users and edges the retweets between users. Although there exist aldeady several applications that allow for the transformation and visualization in graphs of the contents of a data file, it is difficult to find libraries or applications to compile data from twitter, to generate graphs from them, to analyze them and to export them to a specific file that will allow its visualization with the use of some application. The purpose of this work is the creation of a library in Java language that will make posible to compile data from twitter, to transform them in grafos, to apply algorythms to analyze them and to export the graphos to files with a GEXF format, which will allow their visualization with a Gephi application. This library will include a program to test all its features.

Estudo do espectro Laplaciano na categorização de imagens

Uma imagem engloba informação que precisa ser organizada para interpretar e compreender seu conteúdo. Existem diversas técnicas computacionais para extrair a principal informação de uma imagem e podem ser divididas em três áreas: análise de cor, textura e forma. Uma das principais delas é a análise de forma, por descrever características de objetos baseadas em seus pontos fronteira. Propomos um método de caracterização de imagens, por meio da análise de forma, baseada nas propriedades espectrais do laplaciano em grafos. O procedimento construiu grafos G baseados nos pontos fronteira do objeto, cujas conexões entre vértices são determinadas por limiares T_l. A partir dos grafos obtêm-se a matriz de adjacência A e a matriz de graus D, as quais definem a matriz Laplaciana L=D -A. A decomposição espectral da matriz Laplaciana (autovalores) é investigada para descrever características das imagens. Duas abordagens são consideradas: a) Análise do vetor característico baseado em limiares e a histogramas, considera dois parâmetros o intervalo de classes IC_l e o limiar T_l; b) Análise do vetor característico baseado em vários limiares para autovalores fixos; os quais representam o segundo e último autovalor da matriz L. As técnicas foram testada em três coleções de imagens: sintéticas (Genéricas), parasitas intestinais (SADPI) e folhas de plantas (CNShape), cada uma destas com suas próprias características e desafios. Na avaliação dos resultados, empregamos o modelo de classificação support vector machine (SVM), o qual avalia nossas abordagens, determinando o índice de separação das categorias. A primeira abordagem obteve um acerto de 90 % com a coleção de imagens Genéricas, 88 % na coleção SADPI, e 72 % na coleção CNShape. Na segunda abordagem, obtém-se uma taxa de acerto de 97 % com a coleção de imagens Genéricas; 83 % para SADPI e 86 % no CNShape. Os resultados mostram que a classificação de imagens a partir do espectro do Laplaciano, consegue categorizá-las satisfatoriamente.

Convex and exact games with non-transferable utility

We generalize exactness to games with non-transferable utility (NTU). A game is exact if for each coalition there is a core allocation on the boundary of its payoff set. Convex games with transferable utility are well-known to be exact. We consider ve generalizations of convexity in the NTU setting. We show that each of ordinal, coalition merge, individual merge and marginal convexity can be uni¯ed under NTU exactness. We provide an example of a cardinally convex game which is not NTU exact. Finally, we relate the classes of Π-balanced, totally Π-balanced, NTU exact, totally NTU exact, ordinally convex, cardinally convex, coalition merge convex, individual merge convex and marginal convex games to one another.

Avaliação de qualidade da unidade de diálise no Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes - HUOL

Over the years there has been a broader definition of the term health. At the same time it was found also an evolution of the concept of health care which in turn has led to changes in the approach to delivery of health services and hence in its management. In this regard, currently the nephrology services have been searching for quality technical and social need. In view of these innovations and the quest for quality, it elaborated the general objective: to develop a quality assessment protocol for dialysis service Onofre Lopes University Hospital. It is an intervention project effected through an action research, which consisted of 4 steps. Initially was identified through a literature search in scientific literature, which quality indicators would apply to a dialysis unit being selected as follows: infection rate in hemodialysis access site, microbiological control of water used for hemodialysis and Index User satisfaction. Through critical reflection on the theme researched in the previous step, it was drawn up three data collection instruments, interview form type, applied between the months of October and November 2015. In addition to the information obtained, also made up of the use of information retrieval technique. The results were organized in graphs and tables and analyzed using qualitative and exploratory technical approach. Then a reflective analysis of the data obtained and the diagnosis of reality studied was traced and confronted with the literature was performed. The data produced in this study revealed that the Dialysis Unit of HUOL is much to be desired, considering that some weaknesses have been identified in its structure. Faced with this finding have been proposed, as a contribution and aiming to guide the development of future actions, suggestions for improvement that should be implemented and monitored to be assured overcoming these difficulties, allowing an appropriate organizational restructuring, and resulting in improved service public offered. It was concluded that for hemodialysis treatment results are achieved and positive, it is necessary to have physical structure and adequate infrastructure, multidisciplinary team specialized, trained and in sufficient quantity, well designed processes for professionals to have standards to be followed decreasing the chance to err, and a risk management system to detect and control situations that endanger patient safety.

Avaliação de qualidade da unidade de diálise no Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes - HUOL

Over the years there has been a broader definition of the term health. At the same time it was found also an evolution of the concept of health care which in turn has led to changes in the approach to delivery of health services and hence in its management. In this regard, currently the nephrology services have been searching for quality technical and social need. In view of these innovations and the quest for quality, it elaborated the general objective: to develop a quality assessment protocol for dialysis service Onofre Lopes University Hospital. It is an intervention project effected through an action research, which consisted of 4 steps. Initially was identified through a literature search in scientific literature, which quality indicators would apply to a dialysis unit being selected as follows: infection rate in hemodialysis access site, microbiological control of water used for hemodialysis and Index User satisfaction. Through critical reflection on the theme researched in the previous step, it was drawn up three data collection instruments, interview form type, applied between the months of October and November 2015. In addition to the information obtained, also made up of the use of information retrieval technique. The results were organized in graphs and tables and analyzed using qualitative and exploratory technical approach. Then a reflective analysis of the data obtained and the diagnosis of reality studied was traced and confronted with the literature was performed. The data produced in this study revealed that the Dialysis Unit of HUOL is much to be desired, considering that some weaknesses have been identified in its structure. Faced with this finding have been proposed, as a contribution and aiming to guide the development of future actions, suggestions for improvement that should be implemented and monitored to be assured overcoming these difficulties, allowing an appropriate organizational restructuring, and resulting in improved service public offered. It was concluded that for hemodialysis treatment results are achieved and positive, it is necessary to have physical structure and adequate infrastructure, multidisciplinary team specialized, trained and in sufficient quantity, well designed processes for professionals to have standards to be followed decreasing the chance to err, and a risk management system to detect and control situations that endanger patient safety.

Cooperación internacional para la seguridad alimentaria Antioquia. 2015

El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar la cooperación internacional para la seguridad alimentaria en Suroeste y Oriente antioqueños, a través de la revisión del Convenio FAO-Gobernación de Antioquia, sus componentes y sus actividades, con el propósito de visualizar la cooperación internacional a nivel local. Estudio descriptivo cuali-cuantitativo con fuentes secundarias y primarias (entrevistas). La investigación fue autorizada por los gerentes de MANÁ y FAO, delegando en los coordinadores del convenio la entrega de la información. El investigador se desplazó a las oficinas de Medellín para su recolección. Una vez depurados los datos se procedió a elaborar las tablas para las dos subregiones estudiadas, analizar la información y presentarla en gráficos y tablas, complementando con las entrevistas semiestructuradas de los actores claves del convenio. Resultados: el convenio de cooperación internacional para la seguridad alimentaria se viene ejecutando de manera satisfactoria según los compromisos desarrollados en los componentes: emprendimiento de agricultura familiar se organizaron 16 asociaciones entre fincas; se establecieron 7.000 huertas de las oportunidades mediante procesos de capacitación y asesoría realizando para ello, 10.972 visitas y 1.483 talleres. Para el componente de plan de abastecimiento de alimentos lograron identificar los rubros pecuarios y de alimentos según la oferta y demanda local. Con el fortalecimiento institucional motivaron a las autoridades locales, familias y otras instituciones y utilizaron medios diferentes para informar los avances a 1.800 personas. Se concluye que la cooperación internacional ayuda a mejorar la seguridad alimentaria en Antioquia.

Census of quadrangle groups inclusions

In a classical result of 1972 Singerman classifies the inclusions between triangle groups. We extend the classification to a broader family of triangle and quadrangle groups forming a particular subfamily of Fuchsian groups. With two exceptions, each inclusion determines a finite bipartite map (hypermap) on a 2-dimensional spherical orbifold that encodes the complete information and gives a graphical visualisation of the inclusion. A complete description of all the inclusions is contained in the attached tables.

Prevalencia de la luxación acromioclavicular y tratamientos en pacientes del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga en el periodo enero 2010 a diciembre 2014

ANTECEDENTES: La luxación acromioclavicular es la lesión de hombro más prevalencia en quienes practican deportes de contacto, se relaciona con una alta tasa de accidentes de tránsito, por ello es importante conocer su prevalencia, factores de riesgo, para realizar un tratamiento adecuado. OBJETIVO GENERAL: Determinar la prevalencia de la luxación acromioclavicular y tratamientos en pacientes del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga en el periodo enero 2010 a diciembre 2014. METODOLOGÍA: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal, cuyo universo fueron las historias clínicas de pacientes que recibieron atención en el Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga entre enero del año 2010 hasta diciembre del 2014. Se recolectó la información de la base de datos (AS 400) en un formulario específico, el cual se analizó mediante el paquete estadístico SPSS 15.0 y Epi-Info 7, utilizando distribuciones de frecuencia y porcentajes. Los resultados se presentaron en gráficos, tablas simples y combinadas. USO DE RESULTADOS: De 120 pacientes con diagnóstico de luxación acromioclavicular se presentó una prevalencia de 3,7 casos por cada 1000 personas que se atendieron en emergencia del hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. Se incluyeron 86 casos en el estudio. Los hombres resultaron el grupo más afectado (91,9%). El tipo de luxación más frecuente fue el III (59,3%). La lesión que más asociada fue la fractura de clavícula (4,7%). El mecanismo de lesión directo (91,9%) fue el más prevalente. En 41.9 % de los casos la luxación se asoció con accidentes de tránsito

Biopolymers - facts and statistics

One of the main concerns of this publication is to furnish a more rational basis for discussing bioplastics and use fact-based arguments in the public discourse. Furthermore, “Biopolymers – facts and statistics” aims to provide specific, qualified answers easily and quickly for decision-makers in particular from public administration and the industrial sector. Therefore, this publication is made up like a set of rules and standards and largely foregoes textual detail. It offers extensive market-relevant and technical facts presented in graphs and charts, which means that the information is much easier to grasp. The reader can expect comparative market figures for various materials, regions, applications, process routes, agricultural land use, water use or resource consumption, production capacities, geographic distribution, etc.