Biomobile: sistema de identificação de usuários em dispositivos móveis na plataforma Android utilizando reconhecimento de faces a partir de vídeo

Pós-graduação em Ciência da Computação - IBILCE

Experiências educativas e aula de matemática: enquanto a aula de matemática (não) acontece o que acontece?

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

A influência da mídia televisiva e de sua música no significado da dança: manifestação de valores e comportamentos em crianças

Pós-graduação em Ciências da Motricidade - IBRC

Instrumento nuevo en el análisis social: ENTRE-RIELES": etapas y desarrollo de una experiencia en video interdisciplinaria"

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Entre Rieles: una experiencia interdisciplinaria en video sobre juventud popular urbana

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Crenças e práticas de avaliação no processo interativo e na mediação de um par no tandem a distância: um estudo de caso

Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos - IBILCE

Estudo comparativo entre as técnicas de video-toracoscopia e toracotomia para fenestração de disco intervertebral em cães

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Comportamentos e situações de risco e de segurança para acidente com material biológico durante estágio curricular de enfermagem

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Predição de qualidade de experiência em redes wimax em aplicações de video baseada em aspectos de qualidade de serviço

A crescente utilização dos serviços de telecomunicações principalmente sem fio tem exigido a adoção de novos padrões de redes que ofereçam altas taxas de transmissão e que alcance um número maior de usuários. Neste sentido o padrão IEEE 802.16, no qual é baseado o WiMAX, surge como uma tecnologia em potencial para o fornecimento de banda larga na próxima geração de redes sem fio, principalmente porque oferece Qualidade de Serviço (QoS) nativamente para fluxos de voz, dados e vídeo. A respeito das aplicações baseadas vídeo, tem ocorrido um grande crescimento nos últimos anos. Em 2011 a previsão é que esse tipo de conteúdo ultrapasse 50% de todo tráfego proveniente de dispositivos móveis. Aplicações do tipo vídeo têm um forte apelo ao usuário final que é quem de fato deve ser o avaliador do nível de qualidade recebida. Diante disso, são necessárias novas formas de avaliação de desempenho que levem em consideração a percepção do usuário, complementando assim as técnicas tradicionais que se baseiam apenas em aspectos de rede (QoS). Nesse sentido, surgiu a avaliação de desempenho baseada Qualidade de Experiência (QoE) onde a avaliação do usuário final em detrimento a aplicação é o principal parâmetro mensurado. Os resultados das investigações em QoE podem ser usados como uma extensão em detrimento aos tradicionais métodos de QoS, e ao mesmo tempo fornecer informações a respeito da entrega de serviços multimídias do ponto de vista do usuário. Exemplos de mecanismos de controle que poderão ser incluídos em redes com suporte a QoE são novas abordagens de roteamento, processo de seleção de estação base e tráfego condicionado. Ambas as metodologias de avaliação são complementares, e se usadas de forma combinada podem gerar uma avaliação mais robusta. Porém, a grande quantidade de informações dificulta essa combinação. Nesse contexto, esta dissertação tem como objetivo principal criar uma metodologia de predição de qualidade de vídeo em redes WiMAX com uso combinado de simulações e técnicas de Inteligência Computacional (IC). A partir de parâmetros de QoS e QoE obtidos através das simulações será realizado a predição do comportamento futuro do vídeo com uso de Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNA). Se por um lado o uso de simulações permite uma gama de opções como extrapolação de cenários de modo a imitar as mesmas situações do mundo real, as técnicas de IC permitem agilizar a análise dos resultados de modo que sejam feitos previsões de um comportamento futuro, correlações e outros. No caso deste trabalho, optou-se pelo uso de RNAs uma vez que é a técnica mais utilizada para previsão do comportamento, como está sendo proposto nesta dissertação.

Teletandem: acordos e negociações entre os pares

Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos - IBILCE

Cross-layer optimizations for multimedia distribution over Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks and Flying Ad-Hoc Networks with quality of experience support

The proliferation of multimedia content and the demand for new audio or video services have fostered the development of a new era based on multimedia information, which allowed the evolution of Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs) and also Flying Ad-Hoc Networks (FANETs). In this way, live multimedia services require realtime video transmissions with a low frame loss rate, tolerable end-to-end delay, and jitter to support video dissemination with Quality of Experience (QoE) support. Hence, a key principle in a QoE-aware approach is the transmission of high priority frames (protect them) with a minimum packet loss ratio, as well as network overhead. Moreover, multimedia content must be transmitted from a given source to the destination via intermediate nodes with high reliability in a large scale scenario. The routing service must cope with dynamic topologies caused by node failure or mobility, as well as wireless channel changes, in order to continue to operate despite dynamic topologies during multimedia transmission. Finally, understanding user satisfaction on watching a video sequence is becoming a key requirement for delivery of multimedia content with QoE support. With this goal in mind, solutions involving multimedia transmissions must take into account the video characteristics to improve video quality delivery. The main research contributions of this thesis are driven by the research question how to provide multimedia distribution with high energy-efficiency, reliability, robustness, scalability, and QoE support over wireless ad hoc networks. The thesis addresses several problem domains with contributions on different layers of the communication stack. At the application layer, we introduce a QoE-aware packet redundancy mechanism to reduce the impact of the unreliable and lossy nature of wireless environment to disseminate live multimedia content. At the network layer, we introduce two routing protocols, namely video-aware Multi-hop and multi-path hierarchical routing protocol for Efficient VIdeo transmission for static WMSN scenarios (MEVI), and cross-layer link quality and geographical-aware beaconless OR protocol for multimedia FANET scenarios (XLinGO). Both protocols enable multimedia dissemination with energy-efficiency, reliability and QoE support. This is achieved by combining multiple cross-layer metrics for routing decision in order to establish reliable routes.

Oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine (RotarixTM) offers sustained high protection against severe G9P[8] rotavirus gastroenteritis during the first two years of life in Brazilian children

In a large Phase III trial conducted in 10 Latin American countries, the safety and efficacy of the live attenuated monovalent rotavirus vaccine RIX4414 was evaluated in 15,183 healthy infants followed up during the first two years of life. Belém was the only site in Brazil included in this multicentre trial. The study in Belém included a subset of 653 infants who were followed up until 24 months of age for protection against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis. These subjects were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive two doses of vaccine (n = 328) or two doses of placebo (n = 325) at approximately two and four months of age. Of the 653 enrolled infants, 23 dropped out during the study period. For the combined two-year period, the efficacy of RIX4414 was 72.3% [95% confidence interval (CI) 37.5-89.1%] against severe rotavirus-related gastroenteritis, reaching a protection rate of 81.8% (95% CI 36.4-96.6%) against circulating wild-type G9 rotavirus strains. It is concluded that two doses of RIX4414 are highly efficacious against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in Belém during the first two years of life and provide high protection against the worldwide emergence and spread of G9P[8] strains.

Digit Ratio (2D:4D), Aggression, and Testosterone in Men Exposed to an Aggressive Video Stimulus

The relative lengths of the 2nd and 4th digits (2D:4D) is a negative biomarker for prenatal testosterone, and low 2D:4D may be associated with aggression. However, the evidence for a 2D:4D-aggression association is mixed. Here we test the hypothesis that 2D:4D is robustly linked to aggression in challenge situations in which testosterone is increased. Participants were exposed to an aggressive video and a control video. Aggression was measured after each video and salivary free testosterone levels before and after each video. Compared to the control video, the aggressive video was associated with raised aggression responses and a marginally significant increase in testosterone. Left 2D:4D was negatively correlated with aggression after the aggressive video and the strength of the correlation was higher in those participants who showed the greatest increases in testosterone. Left 2D:4D was also negatively correlated to the difference between aggression scores in the aggressive and control conditions. The control video did not influence testosterone concentrations and there were no associations between 2D:4D and aggression. We conclude that 2D:4D moderates the impact of an aggressive stimulus on aggression, such that an increase in testosterone resulting from a challenge is associated with a negative correlation between 2D:4D and aggression.

Live High-Train High increases hemoglobin mass in Olympic swimmers

This study tested whether 3-4 weeks of classical Live High-Train High (LHTH) altitude training increases swim-specific VO2max through increased hemoglobin mass (Hb(mass)).Ten swimmers lived and trained for more than 3 weeks between 2,130 and 3,094 m of altitude, and a control group of ten swimmers followed the same training at sea-level (SL). Body composition was examined using dual X-ray absorptiometry. Hb(mass) was determined by carbon monoxide rebreathing. Swimming VO2peak was determined and swimming trials of 4 x 50, 200 and 3,000 m were performed before and after the intervention.Hb(mass) (n = 10) was increased (P < 0.05)after altitude training by 6.2 +/- A 3.9 % in the LHTH group, whereas no changes were apparent in the SL group (n = 10). Swimming VO2peak was similar before and after training camps in both groups (LHTH: n = 7, SL: n = 6). Performance of 4 x 50 m at race pace was improved to a similar degree in both groups (LHTH: n = 10, SL: n = 10). Maximal speed reached in an incremental swimming step test (P = 0.051), and time to complete 3,000 m tended (P = 0.09) to be more improved after LHTH (n = 10) than SL training (n = 10).In conclusion, 3-4 weeks of classical LHTH is sufficient to increase Hb(mass) but exerts no effect on swimming-specific VO2peak. LHTH may improve performance more than SL training.

Use of live oocyst vaccine in the control of turkey coccidiosis: Effect on performance and intestinal morphology

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of different coccidiosis-preventing programs on performance and intestinal morphology of commercial turkeys. Three hundred fifteen1-d-old female commercial cross turkey poults (British United Turkeys, BUT Big 9) were distributed into 3 treatments with 5 replicates of 21 birds each. Three programs were evaluated from 1 to 70 d of age, where program 1 had no anticoccidial drug and no vaccination against coccidiosis; program 2 had an anticoccidial drug (maduramycin 1%, 5 ppm); and program 3 had a vaccination (commercial vaccine, 4 species of Eimeria). All the groups were challenged with a dose of oocysts sporulated (20,000/bird) of 2 species of Eimeria at 21 d of age. In the growing phase (d 0-28), BW, BW gain, and FCR were significantly greater in treated groups compared with control group. In the fattening phase, the performance was not affected by treatments. Treatments and coccidiosis challenge had no significant effects on intestinal villus height. These observations support other reports that confirm live oocyst vaccination can be used effectively as a preventive against avian coccidiosis in commercially reared turkeys.