Desafios da arte contemporânea à conservação e restauro documentar a arte portuguesa dos Anos 60/70

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Conservação e Restauro, ramo de Teoria, História e Técnicas da Produção Artística

A Evolução Pictórica na Obra de Paula Rego. Décadas de 60, 70 e 80

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em História da Arte Contemporânea

Desafios da arte contemporânea à conservação e restauro. Documentar a arte Portuguesa dos anos 60/70

A dissertação que aqui se apresenta partiu da necessidade de colocar em confronto as bases éticas da conservação e restauro, que assentam na defesa da materialidade histórica, com a progressiva desmaterialização da arte que ocorre a partir da década de 60 em diante. A organização do trabalho implicou, na escrita, a distinção entre duas partes: uma históricoteórica e a outra de carácter mais prático. Na primeira parte procurámos justificar a progressiva tendência histórica para a desmaterialização do suporte artístico bem como a consequente necessidade de um re-pensamento dos aspectos éticos e práticos da conservação, com particular atenção à documentação do ponto de vista autoral. Na segunda parte da dissertação apresentamos um conjunto de oito casos práticos, a partir de obras de oito artistas portugueses – Henrique Ruivo, Lourdes Castro, Noronha da Costa, Ana Vieira, Alberto Carneiro, João Vieira, René Bertholo e Helena Almeida - todos com início de carreira na década de 60. Procurámos reunir, com base numa investigação em torno dos aspectos da criação da obra, mas também da sua recepção, informação detalhada sobre materiais constitutivos, sua origem e semântica, técnicas, processos criativos, bem como a posição de cada autor relativamente ao envelhecimento das obras em análise. Para o efeito procedemos a um conjunto de entrevistas presenciais aos artistas em questão, directores de museus e curadores – com envolvimento com as obras daqueles - bem como ao levantamento da fortuna crítica associada às obras seleccionadas. Um dos aspectos que se revelou decisivo ao longo do trabalho foi o da investigação dos processos criativos, central para obras cuja autenticidade não se pode resumir a qualquer noção de originalidade material, podendo contudo ser alicerçada na investigação e documentação do processo criativo, realizado essencialmente a partir do ponto de vista autoral. O trabalho efectuado teve também como objectivo a compreensão das condições reais de conservação documental das peças. Concluímos: a necessidade de se proceder à documentação(inscrição) como forma de conservação; o papel imprescindível de uma historiografia da arte mais centrada nos aspectos da preservação; a urgência de formar profissionais preparados para desempenhar esta tarefa; bem como a indispensabilidade de ferramentas que permitam a organização da informação e a sua disponibilização, no âmbito da comunidade envolvida na arte contemporânea, e ao público em geral.

Francisco de Sá Noronha e L'Arco di Sant'Anna : Para o estudo da ópera em Portugal (1860/70)

Trabalho de síntese apresentado à Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, para discussão na prova de habilitação prevista no art° 58°do E.C.D.U.

Melhoria da eficiência energética em edifícios dos anos 70: implementação de soluções sustentáveis low-tech e low-cost

Dissertação de mestrado em Construção e Reabilitação Sustentáveis

Moradias sobredimensionadas dos anos 70‐90 na periferia de Braga: processo de transformação

According to the latest census (2011) covering the Portuguese housing stock, there is a considerable number of sub-occupied buildings and most of them were built before the first Portuguese Thermal Code (RCCTE). In view of the objectives of the European Union (20-20-20), it is necessary to contribute to the rehabilitation of existing buildings by promoting the densification of oversized houses, while complying with up-to-date comfort standards and codes. In this sense, this research is aimed to analyse this problem at the outskirts of Braga, by identifying the type-morphology of oversized buildings, assessing the degree of satisfaction and expectations of both owners and inhabitants and developing and testing a systematic design tool. Through the development of an intervention kit, wich systematizes and priorizes design strategies and solutions, the design team can have the necessary decision-making support tool to improve the spacial design of the building whilst considering energy efficency, sustainability and improvemente of interior environmental quality.

Aortic stenosis. Gender influence on left ventricular geometry and function in patients under 70 years of age

OBJECTIVE: To verify if adaptive left ventricle (LV) characteristics are also present in individuals under 70 years of age with severe aortic stenosis (AS). METHODS: The study comprised 40 consecutive patients under 70 years of age with AS and no associated coronary artery disease, referred for valve surgery. Out of the 40 patients, 22 were men and 18 women, and the mean age was 49.8±14.3 years. Cardiac symptoms, presence of systemic hypertension (SH), functional class according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA), and valve lesion etiology were considered. LV cavity dimensions, ejection fraction (EF), fractional shortening (FS), mass (MS), and relative diastolic thickness (RDT) were examined by Doppler echocardiography. RESULTS: Fourteen (63.6%) men and 11 (61.6%) women were classified as NYHA class III/IV (p=0.70). There was no difference in the frequency of angina, syncope or dyspnea between genders. The incidence of SH was greater in women than in men (10 versus 2, p=0.0044). Women had a smaller LV end-diastolic diameter index (32.1±6.5 x 36.5±5.3mm/m², p=0.027), LV end-systolic diameter index (19.9±5.9 x 26.5±6.4mm/m², p=0.0022) and LV mass index (MS) (211.4±71.1 x 270.9±74.9g/m², p=0.017) when compared with men. EF (66.2±13.4 x 52.0±14.6%, p=0.0032), FS (37.6±10.7 x 27.9±9.6%, p=0.0046) and RDT (0.58±0.22 x 0.44±0.09, p=0.0095) were significantly greater in women than in men. CONCLUSION: It is the patient gender rather than age that influences left ventricular adaptive response to AS.

Rheumatic carditis treated with high doses of pulsetherapy methylprednisolone. Results in 70 children over 12 years

PURPOSE: To report the result of patients treated with IV methylprednisolone divided into three groups and compare their follow-up during the last 12 years. METHODS: Seventy children with active rheumatic carditis (76 episodes) in heart failure Class III and IV (NYHA) were studied. The diagnosis was based on modified Jones' criteria. After ruling out infections and strongyloidiasis, treatment with IV methylprednisolone bolus was started three times a week until the laboratory tests became negative. Patients were divided into 3 groups, according to the time of hospital admittance: Groups 1, 2 and 3, comprising of 40, 18 and 12 children, respectively. RESULTS: Eighteen children in Group 1 (45%) were in their 1st attack: 2 series of pulsetherapy were used in 10 (25%), 3 in 9 (23%) and 4 in 21 (52%). In Group 2, 14 cases (77%) were in their 1st attack: 2 series were used in 7 (39%), 4 in 9 (50%) and 5 in 2 (11%). The echocardiogram showed a flail mitral valve in 12 (66%) of these patients (1 death occurred after mitral valvoplasty). In Group 3, 6 patients needed 5 or more series of pulsetherapy and a flail mitral valve was present in 5 (41%). One child underwent mitral valve replacement while still in the active phase, after 8 series of pulsetherapy, and another died. The number of patients who needed 5 or more series was significantly higher in Group 3. CONCLUSION: There were variations in the presentation and evolution of the cases during these 12 year. The established pulsetherapy protocol continues to be useful to treat severe cases.

Effect of Niclosamide (Bayluscide WP 70 (R)), Anacardium occidentale hexane extract and Euphorbia splendens latex on behavior of Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818), under laboratory conditions

The repellent effect of the molluscicides Niclosamide (Bayluscide WP 70 (R)), Anacardium occidentale and the latex of Euphorbia splendens on Biomphalaria glabrata was observed through the investigation of the occurrence of escape behavior among molluscs that were exposed to dosages lower than the LD 50. The total number of individuals out of water among the surviving snails in the control group provided a "Natural Escape Index". The comparison between this total and the total number of surviving snails in each group exposed to the different dosages of the molluscicides after 24 hr provided the "Molluscicide Escape Index" and the detection of a "Repellency Range" to these snails. The escape indexes for Niclosamide, A. occidentale and E. splendens were 10, 6.22 and 6.44 respectively. Repellency occurred at the following concentration ranges: 0.01, 0.02 and 0.03 ppm Bayluscide, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 ppm A. occidentale and 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20 ppm E. splendens. The Natural Escape Index obtained in the control group was zero.

Biological characterization of clones derived from the edmonston strain of measles virus in comparison with schwarz and CAM-70 vaccine strains

Four virus clones were derived from the Edmonston strain of measles virus by repeated plaque purification. These clones were compared with the vaccine strains Schwarz and CAM-70 in terms of biological activities including plaque formation, hemagglutination, hemolysis and replication in Vero cells and chick embryo fibroblasts (CEF). Two clones of intermediate plaque yielded mixed plaque populations on subcultivation whereas the other two, showing small and large plaque sizes, showed stable plaque phenotypes. The vaccine strains showed consistent homogeneous plaque populations. All the Edmonston clones showed agglutination of monkey erythrocytes in isotonic solution while both vaccine strains hemagglutinated only in the presence of high salt concentrations. Variation in the hemolytic activity was observed among the four clones but no hemolytic activity was detected for the vaccine virus strains. Vaccine strains replicated efficiently both in Vero cells and CEF. All four clones showed efficient replication in Vero cells but different replication profiles in CEF. Two of them replicated efficiently, one was of intermediate efficiency and the other showed no replication in CEF. Two of the clones showed characteristics similar to vaccine strains. One in terms of size and homogeneity of plaques, the other for a low hemolytic activity and both for the efficiency of propagation in CEF.