XIII Jornadas de Estudios Clásicos: Grecia y Roma en España, B. Aires, UCA, 30 de junio y 1º de julio de 2005

Fil: Buisel, María Delia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

II Jornada Interdisciplinaria Conociendo a Hildegarda, La abadesa de Bingen y su timepo. B. Aires, UCA, 26 de agosto de 2005

Fil: Buisel, María Delia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

XI Jornadas de Estudios Clásicos del Instituto de Estudios Grecolatinos 'F. Novóa' de la UCA. La cultura clásica en América Latina, 28 y 29 de junio de 2001

Fil: Buisel, María Delia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

III Jornada Interdiscipinaria 'Conociendo a Hildegarda. La abadesa de Bingen y su tiempo' Buenos Aires, UCA, 24 de agosto de 2007

Fil: Buisel, María Delia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

A implantação do Programa um computador por aluno - UCA na Escola Municipal Maria Antonieta Alfarano, em Salvador

A educaçao atrelada as tecnologias podem trazer ganhos significativos a sociedade. A relaçao entre as duas pode promover efetivamente inúmeras transformaçoes no contexto social e cultural dos alunos da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Salvador. Podendo ser as tecnologias digitais responsáveis por oportunizar uma imersao nas redes de comunicaçao e informaçao e novos modos de ensinar e aprender. Neste artigo, discutimos as açoes desenvolvidas na escola Municipal Maria Antonieta Alfarano, a partir do Programa Um Computador por Aluno - ProUCA. Com as discussoes, refletimos acerca da implementaçao do programa, do acompanhamento da Secretaria de Educaçao (SMED) e da realizaçao das atividades desenvolvidas no cotidiano escolar. O processo de inserçao de políticas públicas de tecnologia e as lacunas oriundas das açoes da Secretaria e Ministério da Educaçao (MEC) também sao abordados no texto. Foram consideradas na análise a proposta de formaçao desenvolvida pela Universidade Federal Bahia (UFBA) e sugeridas e acompanhadas pelo Núcleo de Tecnologia Municipal (NTM). Contudo, foi possível verificar que é viável promover integraçao, socializaçao e acesso as tecnologias e assim, implantarmos a cultura digital nas escolas da rede, promovendo novas práticas pedagógicas e novas formas de aprendizagens

A implantação do Programa um computador por aluno - UCA na Escola Municipal Maria Antonieta Alfarano, em Salvador

A educaçao atrelada as tecnologias podem trazer ganhos significativos a sociedade. A relaçao entre as duas pode promover efetivamente inúmeras transformaçoes no contexto social e cultural dos alunos da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Salvador. Podendo ser as tecnologias digitais responsáveis por oportunizar uma imersao nas redes de comunicaçao e informaçao e novos modos de ensinar e aprender. Neste artigo, discutimos as açoes desenvolvidas na escola Municipal Maria Antonieta Alfarano, a partir do Programa Um Computador por Aluno - ProUCA. Com as discussoes, refletimos acerca da implementaçao do programa, do acompanhamento da Secretaria de Educaçao (SMED) e da realizaçao das atividades desenvolvidas no cotidiano escolar. O processo de inserçao de políticas públicas de tecnologia e as lacunas oriundas das açoes da Secretaria e Ministério da Educaçao (MEC) também sao abordados no texto. Foram consideradas na análise a proposta de formaçao desenvolvida pela Universidade Federal Bahia (UFBA) e sugeridas e acompanhadas pelo Núcleo de Tecnologia Municipal (NTM). Contudo, foi possível verificar que é viável promover integraçao, socializaçao e acesso as tecnologias e assim, implantarmos a cultura digital nas escolas da rede, promovendo novas práticas pedagógicas e novas formas de aprendizagens

XI Jornadas de Estudios Clásicos del Instituto de Estudios Grecolatinos 'F. Novóa' de la UCA. La cultura clásica en América Latina, 28 y 29 de junio de 2001

Fil: Buisel, María Delia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

Planeamento das condições operacionais do BOC-HG e UCA do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE

No atual contexto de mudança, impõe-se como desafio das organizações a procura de uma maior economia, eficácia e eficiência das suas operações. Este projeto aborda e desenvolve o planeamento de cirurgias eletivas, em dois Blocos Operatórios do CHUC. Procura-se essencialmente uma melhor resposta, em termos estratégicos, para a redução das listas de espera para cirurgia, bem como a melhoria na eficiência do funcionamento dos serviços. Com este propósito procedeu-se ao levantamento bibliográfico, quer alusivo à integração destes Serviços Hospitalares, em normas e leis de referência nacional, regional e local, quer em conceitos na vertente da otimização/apoio à decisão. De seguida foi realizada uma análise contextual dos serviços em estudo, passando-se para a componente metodológica. Nesta, promoveu-se uma sequência de métodos, iniciando-se com recurso a questionários de forma a indagar sobre a opinião de critérios de otimização por parte dos intervenientes e agentes de suporte à decisão, seguindo-se de uma entrevista para recolha de parâmetros e ideias para um modelo de otimização, finalizando-se na conceção e adaptação do modelo. Os testes ao modelo mostraram bons resultados computacionais e revelaram-se adequados há realidade do bloco operatório. As abordagens propostas no presente projeto proporcionam ainda uma reflexão sobre os problemas de planeamento do Bloco Operatório e no seu desempenho global.

The variable colours of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris and their relation to background and predation

Colour changes in fiddler crabs have long been noted, but a functional interpretation is still lacking. Here we report that neighbouring populations of Uca vomeris in Australia exhibit different degrees of carapace colours, which range from dull mottled to brilliant blue and white. We determined the spectral characteristics of the mud substratum and of the carapace colours of U. vomeris and found that the mottled colours of crabs are cryptic against this background, while display colours provide strong colour contrast for both birds and crabs, but luminance contrast only for a crab visual system. We tested whether crab populations may become cryptic under the influence of bird predation by counting birds overflying or feeding on differently coloured colonies. Colonies with cryptically coloured crabs indeed experience a much higher level of bird presence, compared to colourful colonies. We show in addition that colourful crab individuals subjected to dummy bird predation do change their body colouration over a matter of days. The crabs thus appear to modify their social signalling system depending on their assessment of predation risk.

SEDIMENT BIOTURBATION POTENTIAL of UCA RAPAX and UCA URUGUAYENSIS AS A RESULT of THEIR FEEDING ACTIVITY

Bioturbation of mangrove sediments by Uca uruguayensis (Nobili, 1901) and U. rapax (Smith, 1870) was compared based on the grain-size composition and organic content in surface sediment around the burrow and feeding pellets in two mangrove zones of the Sao Vicente Estuary, state of São Paulo, Brazil. For each species, 25 burrows with active crabs were selected. All pellets within a 15-cm radius of each burrow were carefully collected; samples of substrate were taken; and the crab occupant was excavated, sexed, and measured for carapace width (CW). The number of spoon-tipped setae on the second maxilliped of each species was estimated; U. uruguayensis showed more of these setae than U. rapax. For both species, the sediment post-processed by feeding activity (feeding pellets) showed a similar increase of coarser fractions and a smaller organic content. However. U. uruguayensis was more efficient in removing organic matter (88.1%) from the sediment than U. rapax (37.5%). These results suggest that different numbers of spoon-tipped setae on the second maxillipeds of the fiddler crabs do not affect the potential for grain-size selection, but result in differing abilities to remove organic matter from the sediment.

Burrows with Chimneys of the Fiddler Crab Uca thayeri: Construction, Occurrence, and Function

Joao B. L. Gusmao-Junior, Glauco B. O. Machado, and Tania M. Costa (2012) Burrows with chimneys of the fiddler crab Uca thayeri: construction, occurrence, and function. Zoological Studies 51(5): 598-605. Building of soil structures is observed in a variety of semi-terrestrial crustaceans. In fiddler crabs (Genus Uca), this behavior occurs in several species, some of which build structures that are largely ornamental and others construct barriers that are apparently for defense. Although there is a relative abundance of studies on this type of behavior in Uca, the relationship between the social context and the occurrence of these structures remains poorly studied. Thus, this study attempted to analyze in detail the construction, occurrence, and function of mud chimneys built by the fiddler crab Uca thayeri; these sedimentary structures are possibly associated with burrow defense. Field investigations and laboratory experiments were conducted. Both sexes were often found in burrows with chimneys; however, laboratory experiments showed that only females actively built and maintained chimneys, with some difference in the morphology of these structures between sexes. The social context had little influence on the construction of chimneys, which showed that the stimulus for constructing chimneys could be endogenous. Our results suggest that burrows with chimney of U. thayeri may have functions other than defense, and may act in regulating the internal conditions of the burrow, as observed in other crustaceans with such building behavior. http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/51.5/598.pdf

Test and evaluation of non conventional instrument transformers and sampled value process bus on Powerlink's transmission network

IEC 61850 Process Bus technology has the potential to improve cost, performance and reliability of substation design. Substantial costs associated with copper wiring (designing, documentation, construction, commissioning and troubleshooting) can be reduced with the application of digital Process Bus technology, especially those based upon international standards. An IEC 61850-9-2 based sampled value Process Bus is an enabling technology for the application of Non-Conventional Instrument Transformers (NCIT). Retaining the output of the NCIT in its native digital form, rather than conversion to an analogue output, allows for improved transient performance, dynamic range, safety, reliability and reduced cost. In this paper we report on a pilot installation using NCITs communicating across a switched Ethernet network using the UCAIug Implementation Guideline for IEC 61850-9-2 (9-2 Light Edition or 9-2LE). This system was commissioned in a 275 kV Line Reactor bay at Powerlink Queensland’s Braemar substation in 2009, with sampled value protection IEDs 'shadowing' the existing protection system. The results of commissioning tests and twelve months of service experience using a Fibre Optic Current Transformer (FOCT) from Smart Digital Optics (SDO) are presented, including the response of the system to fault conditions. A number of remaining issues to be resolved to enable wide-scale deployment of NCITs and IEC 61850-9-2 Process Bus technology are also discussed.

Image-based midsole insert design and the material effects on heel plantar pressure distribution during simulated walking loads

The primary objective of this paper is to study the use of medical image-based finite element (FE) modelling in subjectspecific midsole design and optimisation for heel pressure reduction using a midsole plug under the calcaneus area (UCA). Plugs with different relative dimensions to the size of the calcaneus of the subject have been incorporated in the heel region of the midsole. The FE foot model was validated by comparing the numerically predicted plantar pressure with biomechanical tests conducted on the same subject. For each UCA midsole plug design, the effect of material properties and plug thicknesses on the plantar pressure distribution and peak pressure level during the heel strike phase of normal walking was systematically studied. The results showed that the UCA midsole insert could effectively modify the pressure distribution, and its effect is directly associated with the ratio of the plug dimension to the size of the calcaneus bone of the subject. A medium hardness plug with a size of 95% of the calcaneus has achieved the best performance for relieving the peak pressure in comparison with the pressure level for a solid midsole without a plug, whereas a smaller plug with a size of 65% of the calcaneus insert with a very soft material showed minimum beneficial effect for the pressure relief.

Impact of rRNA methylations on ribosome recycling and fidelity of initiation in Escherichia coli

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) contains a number of modified nucleosides in functionally important regions including the intersubunit bridge regions. As the activity of ribosome recycling factor (RRF) in separating the large and the small subunits of the ribosome involves disruption of intersubunit bridges, we investigated the impact of rRNA methylations on ribosome recycling. We show that deficiency of rRNA methylations, especially at positions 1518 and 1519 of 16S rRNA near the interface with the 50S subunit and in the vicinity of the IF3 binding site, adversely affects the efficiency of RRF-mediated ribosome recycling. In addition, we show that a compromise in the RRF activity affords increased initiation with a mutant tRNA(fMet) wherein the three consecutive G-C base pairs ((29)GGG(31):39CCC41), a highly conserved feature of the initiator tRNAs, were mutated to those found in the elongator tRNA(Met) ((29)UCA(31):(39)psi GA(41)). This observation has allowed us to uncover a new role of RRF as a factor that contributes to fidelity of initiator tRNA selection on the ribosome. We discuss these and earlier findings to propose that RRF plays a crucial role during all the steps of protein synthesis.