Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 546A]

Adiamento da votação da proposta sobre reforma agrária. Início do debate sobre dispositivos integrantes do capítulo Ordem Social.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 611B]

A Constituinte avança e aprova textos importantes em várias áreas: ficam definidos o fim dos marajás, a demarcação das terras indígenas e a regionalização dos orçamentos da União. Foi criado o Banco de Desenvolvimento do Centro Oeste e aprovados os contratos de risco para exploração do petróleo e uma pensão vitalícia aos seringueiros(soldados da borracha) que trabalharam na Amazônia na 2ª guerra mundial e a posse da terra aos quilombolas

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 676A]

Debate entre constituintes e hematologistas quanto à definição de competências do Estado brasileiro no tocante à coleta, ao processamento e à transfusão de sangue e derivados. Inexistência de quorum regimental para realização de sessão. Divergência quanto ao impacto das eleições municipais sobre o andamento dos trabalhos constituintes.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 676 2ª ed.]

Debate acerca do marco legal sobre a comercialização, transfusão e captação de sangue no País. Contaminação de pacientes hemofílicos pelo vírus HIV. Convocação, pelo Presidente Ulysses Guimarães, dos constituintes para registro de presença em plenário.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 676B]

Conclusão pelo Plenário da votação de direitos individuais. Divergência quanto ao teor dos direitos trabalhistas a serem incluídos na nova Carta Magna. Solicitação aos constituintes de comparecimetno ao plenário.

Projeto n. 449, de 1928 : discurso pronunciado na sessão nocturna de 29 de dezembro de 1928

Nota com : Supremo Tribunal FederalCom: Emendas do Sr. Eduardo Girão, ao Projecto Sobre Sociedades Anonymas. Rio de Janeiro : Imprensa Nacional, 1930 -- Parecer :sociedades anonymas. Rio de Janeiro : Imprensa Nacional, 1930 -- Voto do Sr. Sergio Loreto Sobre o Projeto de Lei Sociedades Anonymas. Rio de Janeiro : Imprensa Nacional, 1930 -- Substitutivo ao Projecto n. 449, de 1928, Apresentado a Commissão Pelo Sr. Deputado Clodomir Cardoso : regula as sociedades anonymas e em commandita por acções. Rio de Janeiro : Imprensa Nacional, 1930 --Supremo Tribunal Federal

Os problemas conjunturais da cacauicultura nacional

Descreve as principais dificuldades enfrentadas atualmente pela cacauicultura nacional e informa sobre as ações legislativas para tentar solucioná-las.

Bases metodológicas para el diseño y desarrollo de un modelo de indicadores para la mejora de la gestión de los servicios públicos locales mediante la utilización de la técnica del benchmarking : un estudio empírico

481 p.

Asma en los centros escolares e impacto de una intervención educativa en los profesores

163 p.

Formas básicas de representación y ejercicios de aprendizaje en dibujo (Un estudio basado en la observación de un grupo de alumnos adultos)

199 p. : il.

Single cell proteomics microchip to profile immune function, with applications in stem cell biology, translational disease mechanism study and clinical therapeutics monitoring

In response to infection or tissue dysfunction, immune cells develop into highly heterogeneous repertoires with diverse functions. Capturing the full spectrum of these functions requires analysis of large numbers of effector molecules from single cells. However, currently only 3-5 functional proteins can be measured from single cells. We developed a single cell functional proteomics approach that integrates a microchip platform with multiplex cell purification. This approach can quantitate 20 proteins from >5,000 phenotypically pure single cells simultaneously. With a 1-million fold miniaturization, the system can detect down to ~100 molecules and requires only ~104 cells. Single cell functional proteomic analysis finds broad applications in basic, translational and clinical studies. In the three studies conducted, it yielded critical insights for understanding clinical cancer immunotherapy, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mechanism and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) biology.

To study phenotypically defined cell populations, single cell barcode microchips were coupled with upstream multiplex cell purification based on up to 11 parameters. Statistical algorithms were developed to process and model the high dimensional readouts. This analysis evaluates rare cells and is versatile for various cells and proteins. (1) We conducted an immune monitoring study of a phase 2 cancer cellular immunotherapy clinical trial that used T-cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells as major therapeutics to treat metastatic melanoma. We evaluated the functional proteome of 4 antigen-specific, phenotypically defined T cell populations from peripheral blood of 3 patients across 8 time points. (2) Natural killer (NK) cells can play a protective role in chronic inflammation and their surface receptor – killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) – has been identified as a risk factor of IBD. We compared the functional behavior of NK cells that had differential KIR expressions. These NK cells were retrieved from the blood of 12 patients with different genetic backgrounds. (3) HSCs are the progenitors of immune cells and are thought to have no immediate functional capacity against pathogen. However, recent studies identified expression of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) on HSCs. We studied the functional capacity of HSCs upon TLR activation. The comparison of HSCs from wild-type mice against those from genetics knock-out mouse models elucidates the responding signaling pathway.

In all three cases, we observed profound functional heterogeneity within phenotypically defined cells. Polyfunctional cells that conduct multiple functions also produce those proteins in large amounts. They dominate the immune response. In the cancer immunotherapy, the strong cytotoxic and antitumor functions from transgenic TCR T cells contributed to a ~30% tumor reduction immediately after the therapy. However, this infused immune response disappeared within 2-3 weeks. Later on, some patients gained a second antitumor response, consisted of the emergence of endogenous antitumor cytotoxic T cells and their production of multiple antitumor functions. These patients showed more effective long-term tumor control. In the IBD mechanism study, we noticed that, compared with others, NK cells expressing KIR2DL3 receptor secreted a large array of effector proteins, such as TNF-α, CCLs and CXCLs. The functions from these cells regulated disease-contributing cells and protected host tissues. Their existence correlated with IBD disease susceptibility. In the HSC study, the HSCs exhibited functional capacity by producing TNF-α, IL-6 and GM-CSF. TLR stimulation activated the NF-κB signaling in HSCs. Single cell functional proteome contains rich information that is independent from the genome and transcriptome. In all three cases, functional proteomic evaluation uncovered critical biological insights that would not be resolved otherwise. The integrated single cell functional proteomic analysis constructed a detail kinetic picture of the immune response that took place during the clinical cancer immunotherapy. It revealed concrete functional evidence that connected genetics to IBD disease susceptibility. Further, it provided predictors that correlated with clinical responses and pathogenic outcomes.

Controllable atom localization via double-dark resonances in a tripod system

We propose an atom localization scheme for a tripod-type atom making use of the sharp absorption peak resulting from interacting double-dark resonances. It is demonstrated that the probability of finding the atom at a particular position, as well as the localization precision, can be dramatically enhanced. The probability can be doubled by adjusting the Rabi frequency of the control field to the maximum Rabi frequency of the standing-wave field. Moreover, much better spatial resolution can be achieved for smaller detunings of the control and the standing-wave fields. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

The propagation and deposition of fast muons in dense DT mixture

The propagation of the fast muon population mainly due to collisional effect in a dense deuterium-tritium (DT for short) mixture is investigated and analysed within the framework of the relativistic Fokker-Planck equation. Without the approximation that the muons propagate straightly in the DT mixture, the muon penetration length, the straggling length, and the mean transverse dispersion radius are calculated for different initial energies, and especially for different densities of the densely compressed DT mixture in our suggested muon-driven fast ignition (FI). Unlike laser-driven FI requiring super-high temperature, muons can catalyze DT fusion at lower temperatures and may generate an ignition sparkle before the self-heating fusion follows. Our calculation is important for the feasibility and the experimental study of muon-driven FI.

Optical bistability via amplitude and phase control of a microwave field

We investigate the steady-state optical bistability behavior in a three-level A-type atomic system closed by a microwave field under the condition that the applied fields are in resonance with corresponding atomic transitions. It is shown that the bistable hysteresis cycles can be controlled by both the amplitude and the phase of the microwave field. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Optimal design of building structures using genetic algorithms

A general framework for multi-criteria optimal design is presented which is well-suited for automated design of structural systems. A systematic computer-aided optimal design decision process is developed which allows the designer to rapidly evaluate and improve a proposed design by taking into account the major factors of interest related to different aspects such as design, construction, and operation.

The proposed optimal design process requires the selection of the most promising choice of design parameters taken from a large design space, based on an evaluation using specified criteria. The design parameters specify a particular design, and so they relate to member sizes, structural configuration, etc. The evaluation of the design uses performance parameters which may include structural response parameters, risks due to uncertain loads and modeling errors, construction and operating costs, etc. Preference functions are used to implement the design criteria in a "soft" form. These preference functions give a measure of the degree of satisfaction of each design criterion. The overall evaluation measure for a design is built up from the individual measures for each criterion through a preference combination rule. The goal of the optimal design process is to obtain a design that has the highest overall evaluation measure - an optimization problem.

Genetic algorithms are stochastic optimization methods that are based on evolutionary theory. They provide the exploration power necessary to explore high-dimensional search spaces to seek these optimal solutions. Two special genetic algorithms, hGA and vGA, are presented here for continuous and discrete optimization problems, respectively.

The methodology is demonstrated with several examples involving the design of truss and frame systems. These examples are solved by using the proposed hGA and vGA.