Six-man Oracle Survey, 1

This is a list in GBR order of existing 6-man endgame tables (EGTs) created by Nalimov (DTM, Distance to Mate) or Thompson (DTC, Distance to Conversion).

En jämförande studie av olika Oracle verktyg.

Idag finns det många företag som erbjuder olika program/databaser som har till uppgift att lagraoch hantera data. Oracle är världens näst största mjukvaruföretag. Oracles databas genererar ungefär 75 % av deras inkomst.De senaste 40 åren har databashantering utvecklats från enkelt filsystem tillobjektrelationsdatabas, vilket har medfört att allt fler företag idag erbjuder verktyg som databasutvecklare kan arbeta med. Verktygen underlättar själva databashanteringen. Det är mångaföretag som erbjuder olika sorters verktyg och databas utvecklaren, eller själva databasföretaget,får svårt att skilja på verktygen. Utbudet av verktyg är så omfattande att det är näst intill omöjligtatt ha kännedom om alla.Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilket verktyg en Oracle-utvecklare bör använda sigav. Att jämföra olika SQL och PL/SQL verktyg, samt lämna en rekommendation om vilket/vilkaverktyg som är bäst att använda ur olika perspektiv. Vid jämförelsen laddade jag hem och testadede olika verktygen utifrån vissa kriterier. Jag kontaktade även fyra företag för att få svar på frågan utifrån företagens perspektiv. Tre av företagen svarade på mina enkäter, medan ett av företagen svarade muntligt på mina frågor via telefonen.Då jag genomförde denna studie kom jag fram till slutsatsen att alla verktyg i stort sett har samma grundfunktioner. Valet av verktyg styrs av hur många extra funktioner utvecklaren är villig betala för. Det är dock utvecklaren själv som måste avgöra vilket verktyg som passar just honom. Det verktyg som är ledande är Toad och detta verktyg passar bäst för experter. För enklare funktioner har det framkommit av enkäterna att SQL*Plus används.

The Construction of Identity in Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones

The Farming of Bones deals with issues surrounding the dynamic connections between identity and boundary construction in post-colonial context. It will present an analysis of how the novelist problematizes and communicates her idea of social and national identity construction to her readers and how the readers can identify themselves with the struggles and challenges of the protagonist Amabelle who is trying to find her own identity. This essay will show how Danticat’s novel contributes to an understanding of national identity beyond borders and makes the reader take the role of an individual who constructs her identity by uncovering moments of raw humanness. Until now, no literary scholar has examined the protagonist’s therapeutic role in bridging this social and national gap. Instead critics have discussed other issues of the novel like crossing and re-crossing the border, love, dreams, etc. Although this scholarship has been very effective and rewarding, it lacks any focus on the complexity of the characters’ identity construction. Therefore, this paper will reconsider Danticat’s The Farming of Bones with a closer attention to the question of identity.

Funcionalidades temporais do banco de dados Oracle e mecanismos para consultas de tempo de validade

Apesar das vantagens das funcionalidades de banco de dados temporais, já amplamente demonstradas na literatura, ainda não existe, comercialmente, um SGBD totalmente temporal. Algumas propostas já foram feitas, embora um pouco discretas, dando ênfase em apenas parte das funcionalidades temporais, já sinalizando que em breve será possível existir um SGBD puramente temporal. Uma dessas propostas se constitui na implementação de uma camada de software que simula um banco de dados temporal, chamada Pacote de Tempo de Validade – PTV. Ela foi desenvolvida para demonstrar algumas funções temporais de banco de dados de tempo de validade. Embora o PTV tenha funções para garantir a integridade de dados temporais na inserção de tuplas, além de outros controles, não apresenta funções de consultas temporais. Essas funções foram desenvolvidas neste trabalho com base no TSQL2, aumentando, portanto, as funcionalidades temporais do PTV. Elas foram desenvolvidas para o SGBD Oracle 9i e consistem da principal proposta desse trabalho, permitindo inclusive validar as funções de consultas temporais de outras propostas da literatura. A segunda proposta desse trabalho é prover aos desenvolvedores e pesquisadores dessa área, uma interface visual apropriada para o uso do PTV, permitindo, assim, a exploração máxima dos recursos temporais desse pacote.

PTV - Pacote de Tempo de Validade para o SGBD Oracle

Embora há muito tempo já se tenha conhecimento da importância da recuperação de informações temporais, não existe um SGBD temporal que tenha sido desenvolvido unicamente para aplicações comerciais, que supra todas as necessidades e abranja todos os aspectos temporais necessários a estas aplicações. O SGBD da Oracle, a partir da versão 8i, possibilita a inserção de características temporais similares às de tempo de transação no BD, através de um pacote de tempo denominado Time Series Cartridge. Entretanto, em muitos casos, a utilização deste cartucho de tempo não é suficiente para que se possa implementar por completo tudo o que foi especificado na modelagem do sistema. A modelagem completa da realidade só é alcançada se forem utilizadas em conjunto as características de tempo de transação e de tempo de validade no banco de dados. Neste trabalho são sugeridos e implementados mecanismos para a inserção e o gerenciamento do tempo de validade no SGBD Oracle. O tempo de validade é administrado através da execução de funções, procedimentos, gatilhos e objetos, organizados em forma de um pacote, de maneira que este possa ser utilizado em conjunto com o Time Series Cartridge.

Uranium incorporation biokinetics in poultry bones as function of phytase doses

Neutron activation analysis has been used to study uranium incorporation in poultry bones as function of chow doped with : (a) uranium (20 ppm); (b) U-doped food (20 ppm) plus phytase (120 ppm) and (c) U-doped food (20 ppm) plus phytase (180 ppm). To investigate this situation experiments involving several groups of Cobb broilers was performed. Two animals per group were sacrificed weekly up to their adultness and uranium concentration in the tibia was measured. It was observed that the concentration of uranium (mug U/g bone) is decreasing all along the animal life spanning period of 14-42 days. This behavior suggests that the skeleton mass is growing faster than the corresponding accumulation of uranium. The administration of phytase seems not to alter this scenario.

Long-term accumulation of uranium in bones of Wistar rats as a function of intake dosages

Groups of Wistar rats were fed with ration doped with uranyl nitrate at concentration A ranging from 0.5 to 100 ppm, starting after the weaning period and lasting until the postpuberty period when the animals were sacrificed. Uranium in the ashes of bones was determined by neutron activation analysis. It was found that the uranium concentration in the bones. as a function of A, exhibits a change in its slope at similar to20 ppm-a probable consequence of the malfunctioning of kidneys. The uranium transfer coefficient was obtained and an analytical expression was fitted into the data. thus allowing extrapolation down to low doses. Internal and localized doses were calculated. Absorbed doses exceeded the critical dose. even for the lowest uranium dosage.

Densitometry, radiography, and histological assessment of collagen as methods to evaluate femoral bones in an experimental model of osteoporosis

All methods to detect experimental loss of bone present technique limitations. The sensitivities of image and histological analyses to detect the effects of teriparatide in rats with bone loss after ovariectomy were evaluated. All methods were qualitatively valid.The standardization of methods to assess bone loss after ovariectomy is crucial to establish the degree of experimental osteoporosis. In general, methods per image or histological techniques are used. To validate these two ways to determine the degree of bone loss in ovariectomized rats, we evaluated the sensitivities of bone densitometry, conventional radiography, and histological analysis of the area occupied by collagen, detecting the effects of teriparatide treatment in the femur of ovariectomized rats with bone loss.Wistar rats were divided into three groups: a control group, in which the animals were only subjected to laparotomy; an ovariectomized group, in which bilateral removal of the ovaries was performed; and an ovariectomized + teriparatide group, in which bilateral removal of the ovaries was performed, and the animals were treated with 3 mu g/100 g/day of teriparatide. Three months following the ovariectomy, bone densitometry, radiographic densitometry, and histological analysis of the area occupied by collagen fibers were carried out in the femur diaphysis.The bone densitometry revealed 11.2% reduction in femur density; in the conventional radiography, the loss of bone mass was 14.5%, and with the histological analysis, a 40.9% reduction in the area occupied by collagen was detected in the femur diaphysis.In conclusion, histological analysis could not be quantitatively compared with the methods of bone densitometry and conventional radiography; however, all of these methods were qualitatively valid for assessing the loss of bone stemming from ovariectomy and the therapeutic effect of teriparatide in the prevention of osteoporosis.

Uranium deposition in bones of wistar rats associated with skeleton development

Sixty female Wistar rats were submitted to a daily intake of ration doped with uranium from weaning to adulthood. Uranium in bone was quantified by the SSNTD (solid state nuclear track detection) technique, and bone mineral density (BMD) analysis performed. Uranium concentration as a function of age exhibited a sharp rise during the first week of the experiment and a drastic drop of 70% in the following weeks. Data interpretation indicates that uranium mimics calcium. Results from BMD suggest that radiation emitted by the incorporated Uranium could induce death of bone cells. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.