The real economic effects of cross-delistingfrom the united states: evidence on post-operating performance, financial constraints and stock crash risk

Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências Empresariais.

Estudios de sistemas organizados con aplicaciones en nanoquímica, síntesis orgánica y en reactividad. Studies of organized systems with applications in nanochemistry, organic synthesis and reactivity.

El objetivo general de este proyecto es el estudio de distintos tipos de sistemas organizados, conocer los factores que determinan la forma de organización y las consecuencias que ésta tiene sobre la reactividad de moléculas que se encuentran en ese entorno organizado. Se pretende realizar, desde la fisicoquímica y la síntesis orgánica, aportes a áreas multidisciplinarias como la nanociencia y la nanotecnología. Se sintetizarán ciclodextrinas anfifílicas y se estudiará su comportamiento en solución y en interfases, sus propiedades de agregación y morfología. Se estudiará también la termodinámica de los procesos y la capacidad catalítica de estas ciclodextrinas anfifílicas en superficies bidimensionales en reacciones de hidrólisis de ésteres. Las ciclodextrinas anfifílicas sintetizadas en el laboratorio se utilizarán también en mezclas con otros surfactantes, con el objetivo de generar medios eficientes respecto a la solubilización y extracción de contaminantes orgánicos desde suelos. Se espera encontrar sistemas que presenten efectos sinérgicos. Se determinará el efecto de la formación de complejos con ciclodextrina sobre las propiedades fisicoquímicas y la reactividad de pesticidas de amplio uso en agricultura, en particular de compuestos organofosforados. Se investigarán ciclodextrinas que permitan controlar la liberación del agroquímico y se realizarán estudios de la reactividad de los pesticidas en solución y en medios que simulen el suelo determinando si la inclusión en las ciclodextrinas modifica la velocidad de descomposición. En la búsqueda de nuevos sistemas microheterogéneos se sintetizarán surfactantes gémini con una cadena hidrocarbonada y una perfluorada y se determinarán sus propiedades. Luego de su caracterización, estos surfactantes se aplicarán en estudios de reactividad de compuestos insolubles en agua.Se estudiará la formación de complejos de ciclodextrina con metales de transición y los mismos se utilizarán como catalizadores en reacciones de oxidación de sulfuros y de alquenos en medios acuosos y no acuosos buscando condiciones donde se logre inducción quiral. Se sintetizarán compuestos azufrados polifuncionales con los cuales se modificarán superficies de nanopartículas por quimioadsorción de los mismos. Dado que se pretende obtener compuestos con propiedades específicas que dependen de su estructura, se llevará a cabo el modelado computacional de las distintas moléculas en estudio, ya que esto podría aportar datos relevantes acerca de qué modificaciones estructurales podrían intensificar la propiedad o propiedades buscadas. En una etapa posterior se correlacionarán las propiedades predichas a través de cálculos teóricos con las observadas experimentalmente, lo que intrínsecamente conlleva a un mayor conocimiento del sistema.Los estudios propuestos en este proyecto permitirán avanzar en la comprensión de los factores supramoleculares que controlan y modulan la interacción de ligandos con sus receptores en interfases y la ocurrencia de reacciones hidrolíticas en interfases autoorganizadas.

Meaning refinement to improve cross-lingual information retrieval

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2012

Effect of Pitavastatin on Vascular Reactivity in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits

Background: Pitavastatin is the newest statin available in Brazil and likely the one with fewer side effects. Thus, pitavastatin was evaluated in hypercholesterolemic rabbits in relation to its action on vascular reactivity. Objective: To assess the lowest dose of pitavastatin necessary to reduce plasma lipids, cholesterol and tissue lipid peroxidation, as well as endothelial function in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. Methods: Thirty rabbits divided into six groups (n = 5): G1 - standard chow diet; G2 - hypercholesterolemic diet for 30 days; G3 - hypercholesterolemic diet and after the 16th day, diet supplemented with pitavastatin (0.1 mg); G4 - hypercholesterolemic diet supplemented with pitavastatin (0.25 mg); G5 - hypercholesterolemic diet supplemented with pitavastatin (0.5 mg); G6 - hypercholesterolemic diet supplemented with pitavastatin (1.0 mg). After 30 days, total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, glucose, creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were measured and LDL was calculated. In-depth anesthesia was performed with sodium thiopental and aortic segments were removed to study endothelial function, cholesterol and tissue lipid peroxidation. The significance level for statistical tests was 5%. Results: Total cholesterol and LDL were significantly elevated in relation to G1. HDL was significantly reduced in G4, G5 and G6 when compared to G2. Triglycerides, CK, AST, ALT, cholesterol and tissue lipid peroxidation showed no statistical difference between G2 and G3-G6. Significantly endothelial dysfunction reversion was observed in G5 and G6 when compared to G2. Conclusion: Pitavastatin starting at a 0.5 mg dose was effective in reverting endothelial dysfunction in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.

Elevated Blood Pressure and Obesity in Childhood: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of 4,609 Schoolchildren

Background: The incidence of obesity in children is increasing worldwide, primarily in urbanized, high-income countries, and hypertension development is a detrimental effect of this phenomenon. Objective: In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated the prevalence of excess weight and its association with high blood pressure (BP) in schoolchildren. Methods: Here 4,609 male and female children, aged 6 to 11 years, from 24 public and private schools in Maringa, Brazil, were evaluated. Nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI) according to cutoff points adjusted for sex and age. Blood pressure (BP) levels above 90th percentile for gender, age and height percentile were considered elevated. Results: The prevalence of excess weight among the schoolchildren was 24.5%; 16.9% were overweight, and 7.6% were obese. Sex and socioeconomic characteristics were not associated with elevated BP. In all age groups, systolic and diastolic BP correlated with BMI and waist and hip measurements, but not with waist-hip ratio. The prevalence of elevated BP was 11.2% in eutrophic children, 20.6% in overweight children [odds ratio (OR), 1.99; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.61-2.45], and 39.7% in obese children (OR, 5.4; 95% CI, 4.23-6.89). Conclusion: Obese and overweight children had a higher prevalence of elevated BP than normal-weight children. Our data confirm that the growing worldwide epidemic of excess weight and elevated BP in schoolchildren may also be ongoing in Brazil.

Clinical Differences between Subtypes of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter: Cross-Sectional Registry of 407 Patients

Introduction:Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter account for one third of hospitalizations due to arrhythmias, determining great social and economic impacts. In Brazil, data on hospital care of these patients is scarce.Objective:To investigate the arrhythmia subtype of atrial fibrillation and flutter patients in the emergency setting and compare the clinical profile, thromboembolic risk and anticoagulants use.Methods:Cross-sectional retrospective study, with data collection from medical records of every patient treated for atrial fibrillation and flutter in the emergency department of Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul during the first trimester of 2012.Results:We included 407 patients (356 had atrial fibrillation and 51 had flutter). Patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were in average 5 years younger than those with persistent atrial fibrillation. Compared to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients, those with persistent atrial fibrillation and flutter had larger atrial diameter (48.6 ± 7.2 vs. 47.2 ± 6.2 vs. 42.3 ± 6.4; p < 0.01) and lower left ventricular ejection fraction (66.8 ± 11 vs. 53.9 ± 17 vs. 57.4 ± 16; p < 0.01). The prevalence of stroke and heart failure was higher in persistent atrial fibrillation and flutter patients. Those with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and flutter had higher prevalence of CHADS2 score of zero when compared to those with persistent atrial fibrillation (27.8% vs. 18% vs. 4.9%; p < 0.01). The prevalence of anticoagulation in patients with CHA2DS2-Vasc ≤ 2 was 40%.Conclusions:The population in our registry was similar in its comorbidities and demographic profile to those of North American and European registries. Despite the high thromboembolic risk, the use of anticoagulants was low, revealing difficulties for incorporating guideline recommendations. Public health strategies should be adopted in order to improve these rates.

Optimization of radial jets mixing in cross-flow of combustion chambers using computational fluid dynamics

Cross-Flow, Radial Jets Mixing, Temperature Homogenization, Optimization, Combustion Chamber, CFD

Lexico-grammatical variation in the use of REQUEST strategies in Indian and British "letters to the editor" : a cross-cultural pragmatic study

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Geistes-, Sozial- und Erziehungswiss., Diss., 2009

Cross-talk of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) with the transcription factor NFAT and the Src kinase Fyn in T lymphocytes

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Naturwiss., Diss., 2010

Motor and cognitive development of selected Egyptian and German primary school aged children : a cross-cultural study

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Humanwiss., Diss., 2013

Cross-frequency coupling tracks motor automization and execution in the human motor system

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Naturwiss., Diss., 2014

Episodes of the life and death of thin fluid membranes : patterns and dynamics at the cross-over from two to three dimensions

Otto-von Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Dissertation, 2016

Correlações entre as concentrações de nutrientes, alumínio e sódio nas folhas de "coast cross nº 1" e a análise física e química de um latossol vermelho amarelo: I. Concentrações de nutrientes nas folhas em função das frações granulométricas do solo

Foi realizado um levantamento em 41 áreas de um solo classificado como Latossol Vermelho Amarelo, com amostragens de solo e de folhas da forrageira "Coast Cross nº 1" objetivando o estudo de correlações entre as concentrações de nutrientes, alumínio e sódio nas folhas e as análises físicas do solo. Os autores observaram que a concentração de potássio nas folhas correlaciona-se negativamente com a fração silte do solo. A concentração de cobre nas folhas correlaciona-se negativamente com a fração areia fina e positivamente com argila. Ferro, manganês, zinco, sódio, boro e alumínio não apresentam correlações entre as suas concentrações foliares e os teores de argila no solo.

Correlações entre as concentrações de nutrientes, alumínio e sódio nas folhas de "Coast Cross nº 1" e a análise física e química de um Latossolo vermelho amarelo II: Concentração de nitrogênio e fósforo

Foi realizado um levantamento em 41 pontos de um Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo, com amostragem de solo e folhas da forrageira "Coast Cross Nº 1", objetivando o estudo de correlações entre as concentrações de nutrientes, alumínio e sódio nas folhas e as análises químicas do solo. As folhas foram secas e analisadas para N, P. As amostras de solo foram secas e analisadas pelos seguintes métodos: índices pH (água e CaCl2 0,01 M), matéria orgânica (digestão úmida) , P, K, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn e Na pelo extrator de Mehlich. P através de resina iônica. Ca, Mg e Al pelo KC1 1 N. As frações granulométricas foram dispersas por NaOH 0,1 Ne separadas pelo método da pipeta. Foram observadas correlações entre as concentrações de elementos nas folhas e as determinações no solo. Nitrogênio nas folhas correlacionou-se negativamente com fósforo do solo e positivamente com manganês e enxofre. Fósforo nas folhas correlacionou-se negativamente com cálcio do solo.