Módulo para analizar el crecimiento del comercio internacional: Module to Analyse the Growth of International Commerce (MAGIC): manual de uso

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Analyse de la substitution entre combustibles dans le secteur residentiel en Haïti

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Analyse de la compétitivité des prix du gaz liquéfié et du kérosène en Haïti

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Evaluation report of the training workshop on the use of the module to analyse growth of international commerce (Magic Plus) and the competitive analysis of nations (TRADECAN 2009) software

The aim of the workshop was to provide a functional overview of the software package, to enable participants to use the software in order to inform more evidence-based trade strategies, and build capacity for researchers and trade negotiators to provide more rigorous, analytical policy research to inform future trade negotiations. Participants came from the ministries of trade of the following CDCC member countries: Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. Representatives of the following regional institutions were represented: the Caribbean Community/Caribbean Regional Negotiating Mechanism (CARICOM/CRNM); the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); the University of Guyana, University of Suriname and the University of the West Indies (UWI). It was hoped the workshop would be a stepping stone towards more advanced trade analysis training. The list of participants appears as Annex I.

Alterações hemodinâmicas e cardíacas de pacientes com cirrose hepática

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Nonlinear formulation based on FEM, Mazars damage criterion and Fick's law applied to failure assessment of reinforced concrete structures subjected to chloride ingress and reinforcements corrosion

Structural durability is an important design criterion, which must be assessed for every type of structure. In this regard, especial attention must be addressed to the durability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. When RC structures are located in aggressive environments, its durability is strongly reduced by physical/chemical/mechanical processes that trigger the corrosion of reinforcements. Among these processes, the diffusion of chlorides is recognized as one of major responsible of corrosion phenomenon start. To accurate modelling the corrosion of reinforcements and to assess the durability of RC structures, a mechanical model that accounts realistically for both concrete and steel mechanical behaviour must be considered. In this context, this study presents a numerical nonlinear formulation based on the finite element method applied to structural analysis of RC structures subjected to chloride penetration and reinforcements corrosion. The physical nonlinearity of concrete is described by Mazars damage model whereas for reinforcements elastoplastic criteria are adopted. The steel loss along time due to corrosion is modelled using an empirical approach presented in literature and the chloride concentration growth along structural cover is represented by Fick's law. The proposed model is applied to analysis of bended structures. The results obtained by the proposed numerical approach are compared to responses available in literature in order to illustrate the evolution of structural resistant load after corrosion start. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Potential Application in Energy Harvesting of Intermodal Energy Exchange in a Frame: FEM Analysis

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Analyse du processus d'inclusion d'un élève avec déficience physique en cours d'éducation physique: étude de cas

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of peer tutor teaching strategy, after a re-training, in relation to the inclusion process of a student with physical disability during physical education classes. The participants were: the student with physical disability, eight peer tutors, and a physical education teacher of a public school in Bauru, Brazil. As the students had previously experienced the tutoring training, a re-training was prepared, which enabled the reinforcement of some aspects of the tutoring and assistance strategies, in order to improve the tutor colleague action. To analyze, two observation instruments were used: System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time (SOFIT) and Souza Observation Protocol. Behavioral changes of the involved students were notable, due to the significant action of the re-training process. Thus, we highlight the importance of the periodic reinforcements of the training for the tutor colleagues, in order to preserve, or even improve the autonomy and self-esteem of the student with disability.

Biomimetic in vitro oxidation of lapachol: A model to predict and analyse the in vivo phase I metabolism of bioactive compounds

The bioactive naphtoquinone lapachol was studied in vitro by a biomimetic model with Jacobsen catalyst (manganese(III) salen) and iodosylbenzene as oxidizing agent. Eleven oxidation derivatives were thus identified and two competitive oxidation pathways postulated. Similar to Mn(III) porphyrins, Jacobsen catalyst mainly induced the formation of para-naphtoquinone derivatives of lapachol, but also of two ortho-derivatives. The oxidation products were used to develop a GC MS (SIM mode) method for the identification of potential phase I metabolites in vivo. Plasma analysis of Wistar rats orally administered with lapachol revealed two metabolites, alpha-lapachone and dehydro-alpha-lapachone. Hence, the biomimetic model with a manganese salen complex has evidenced its use as a valuable tool to predict and elucidate the in vivo phase I metabolism of lapachol and possibly also of other bioactive natural compounds. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Att möta barn som bevittnat familjevåld - Fem behandlares uppfattningar kring arbete med utsatta barn

Mörkertalet kring antalet barn som i Sverige utsätts för att bevittna familjevåld är stort och det finns inga exakta uppgifter över hur många som berörs. Enligt kommittén mot barnmisshandel handlar det om mellan 100 000 och 200 000 barn varje år. Det var först i mitten av nittiotalet som de utsatta barnen började uppmärksammas i större utsträckning och på senare tid har det börjat fokuseras mer kring olika former av behandlingsinsatser eftersom barnen anses vara i stort behov av bearbetning av sina upplevelser. I dag finns det ett tiotal relativt nystartade verksamheter runtom i landet som arbetar med behandling av barn som bevittnat familjevåld. Det övergripande syftet var att undersöka hur behandlingspersonalen vid de utvalda verksamheterna uppfattade sitt arbete och hur de tillämpade barnperspektivet. Syftet var även att jämföra informanternas utsagor med varandra samt med vad forskningen ansåg vara av vikt vid behandling av utsatta barn inom olika teman. Studien baserades på halvstrukturerade kvalitativa intervjuer med fem behandlare som arbetade vid fyra olika verksamheter. Resultatet redovisades utifrån citat av intervjupersonerna som sedan analyserades med hjälp av aktuell litteratur och forskning kring behandlingsarbete inom åtta teman samt barnperspektiv, dvs. utifrån några författare och forskare inspirerade av olika teoretiska utgångspunkter som tex. Inger Ekbom, Barbro Metell samt Atle Dyregrov m.fl.. Resultatet av undersökningen visade bl.a. att alla verksamheterna med undantag för vissa skillnader i struktur och innehåll i princip använde sig av samma arbetsmodeller, främst Trappanmodellen och Children are people too och alla koncentrerade sig på behandling av enbart barnet. Behandlarna var relativt samstämmiga när de beskrev hur de uppfattade sitt arbete, vad de ansåg vara viktigt att fokusera på och vilka hinder de urskiljde. Behandlarna delade även uppfattningen någorlunda om vad de ansåg vara barnets bästa utifrån ett barnperspektiv och hur man borde tillämpa barnperspektivet i praktiken. En huvudsaklig slutsats var att behandlingspersonalen vid de olika verksamheterna var förhållandevis eniga med varandra samt med vad forskningen visade men att det förekom vissa utmärkande skillnader särskilt gällande en av verksamheterna som även skiljde sig mer organisatoriskt jämfört med de övriga tre verksamheterna. Resultatet kunde dock inte generaliseras då det enbart grundades på utvalda intervjupersoners subjektiva erfarenheter av just deras behandlingsarbete.