Sustentabilidade do uso de água em zonas urbanas

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Civil

An object-oriented model for rapid prototyping of data path/control systems - a case study

Publicado em "Information control in manufacturing 1998 : (INCOM'98) : advances in industrial engineering : a proceedings volume from the 9th IFAC Symposium, Nancy-Metz, France, 24-26 June 1998. Vol. 2"

Prevalence of hypertension in the urban population of Catanduva, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of systemic hypertension and its control in the population of Catanduva, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: We carried out a randomized cross-sectional population-based study of the urban population of Catanduva with individuals above 18 years of age (688 individuals accounting for 0.9% of the referred population). We interviewed study participants to analyze the major qualitative and quantitative variables that could influence the hypertensive scenario and the risk for systemic hypertension. Blood pressure was measured through the indirect method according to the III Consenso Brasileiro de Hipertensão (III Brazilian Consensus on Hypertension), which established blood pressure levels > or = 140/90 mm Hg as hypertensive. RESULTS: The prevalence of systemic hypertension was higher in individuals with: (1) history of hypertension (p<0.0001); (2) diabetes mellitus (p=0.05); (3) body mass index (B. M. I) > or = 25 kg/m² (p<0.001); (4) low educational level (p<0.0001); (5) familial income ranging from 1 to 5 minimum wages (p<0.05); (6) unmarried status (divorced/separated and widow(er)s) (p<0.0001). Of the interviewed individuals, 27.6% (p=0.05) had blood pressure levels under control. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that the prevalence of systemic hypertension was 31.5%, and that 27.6% of the individuals interviewed had blood pressure levels under control at the time of the interview.

Random walk forecast of urban water in Iran under uncertainty

There are two significant reasons for the uncertainties of water demand. On one hand, an evolving technological world is plagued with accelerated change in lifestyles and consumption patterns; and on the other hand, intensifying climate change. Therefore, with an uncertain future, what enables policymakers to define the state of water resources, which are affected by withdrawals and demands? Through a case study based on thirteen years of observation data in the Zayandeh Rud River basin in Isfahan province located in Iran, this paper forecasts a wide range of urban water demand possibilities in order to create a portfolio of plans which could be utilized by different water managers. A comparison and contrast of two existing methods are discussed, demonstrating the Random Walk Methodology, which will be referred to as the â On uncertainty pathâ , because it takes the uncertainties into account and can be recommended to managers. This On Uncertainty Path is composed of both dynamic forecasting method and system simulation. The outcomes show the advantage of such methods particularly for places that climate change will aggravate their water scarcity, such as Iran.

Noise mapping for an urban area: study case: old city of Damascus, Syria

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Urbana

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.1 1898-1900

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.2 1900-01

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.3 1902-03

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.4 1903-11

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.5 1904-08

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.6 1909-10

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.7 1911-13

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.8 1920-21

Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis /editi Ignatius Urban.

v.9 1923-28

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum :quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas /ediderunt Carolus Fridericus Philippus de Martius et Augustus Guilielmus Eichler ; iisque defunctis successor Ignatius Urban.

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