A performance do silêncio na música contemporânea para oboé

O presente estudo tem como objectivo entender todo o universo anexo à performance do silêncio na música clássica contemporânea. Numa nova perspectiva: o estudo do impacto da ansiedade num músico que se observa e que observa a sua interação com o contexto artístico que o rodeia, são estudadas todas as variáveis com influência directa no acto de percepção e gestão dos momentos de ausência de som. Tendo por base os princípios da investigação qualitativa foi criado um modelo teórico de análise na área dos estudos em performance. Este modelo foi aplicado em dois recitais realizados na Universidade de Aveiro e num concerto do Remix Ensemble da Casa da Música do Porto. O uso de ferramentas de pesquisa: O teste do Cortisol e o uso do colete Vitaljacket®, permitiu observar comportamentos fisiológicos no performer e no público nunca antes relatados. Os principais resultados desta investigação permitem aferir a elevada complexidade do fenómeno perceptivo e performativo do silêncio na música contemporânea. A pesquisa realizada permitiu observar que o silêncio na música contemporânea acontece num contexto de elevada ambiguidade semântica e que a duração dada a este num concerto, está directamente dependente do quadro fisiológico observado no performer no momento do concerto. Foi ainda possível aferir que a repetição, numa data posterior, de um mesmo programa de concerto provoca uma acentuada descida dos níveis de ansiedade no performer e essa descida altera a forma como este gere, em concerto, os momentos de silêncio. As conclusões alcançadas em sede de investigação reforçam a pertinência deste estudo. São postas à prova concepções altamente empíricas sobre a performance dos silêncios em música contemporânea. As asserções formuladas têm impacto a nível pedagógico e didático. São apontadas direcções de investigação futura no sentido da valorização do estudo da gestão dos momentos de silêncio em performance.

Field experiments for marine casualty detection with autonomous surface vehicles

In this paper we present a set of field tests for detection of human in the water with an unmanned surface vehicle using infrared and color cameras. These experiments aimed to contribute in the development of victim target tracking and obstacle avoidance for unmanned surface vehicles operating in marine search and rescue missions. This research is integrated in the work conducted in the European FP7 research project Icarus aiming to develop robotic tools for large scale rescue operations. The tests consisted in the use of the ROAZ unmanned surface vehicle equipped with a precision GPS system for localization and both visible spectrum and IR cameras to detect the target. In the experimental setup, the test human target was deployed in the water wearing a life vest and a diver suit (thus having lower temperature signature in the body except hands and head) and was equipped with a GPS logger. Multiple target approaches were performed in order to test the system with different sun incidence relative angles. The experimental setup, detection method and preliminary results from the field trials performed in the summer of 2013 in Sesimbra, Portugal and in La Spezia, Italy are also presented in this work.

Invoice for Goods - 28 May 1838

An invoice for goods bought in Port Robinson, 28, May 1838. The list of goods includes: Blue cloth, buttons & thread, high lace shoes etc. There is also a note which reads "To Mr. W. Cowen, Dear Sir, The above is the quantity of goods you wanted and as ---- the quality as may be. I hope they will suit him. I have not all the ------- for the vest & pant above, but have sent what I have. I could not procure a silk handkerchief of any kind. I think Mr. Donaldson will be up soon he is now at Toronto. Give my compliments to Mrs. Cowan & family no more at present" Robert Elliot

Receipt from Mrs. Moore to Mr. Woodruff

Receipt from Mrs. Moore to Mr. Woodruff for items including: trimmings for vest, 1 pair of gloves and yards of brown Holland. This paper has been torn at the left side and at the bottom. This does not affect the text, Sept. 5, 1843.

Factores de riesgo para morbilidad materna extrema en gestantes

Introducción: La morbilidad materna extrema es un término usado para definir cualquier condición obstétrica severa que amenaza la vida y requiere una intervención médica urgente con el fin de prevenir la probable muerte materna. Con el presente estudio se pretendió evaluar los factores de riesgo para morbilidad materna extrema en las gestantes del Hospital Universitario Mayor. Metodología Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles, comparando pacientes con MME y sin MME en una relación de 1:1. Se realizó un muestreo aleatorio simple teniendo en cuenta 95% de la población apareadas por diagnóstico de ingreso. Resultados Se incluyeron un total de 110 pacientes (55 en cada grupo). Ambas poblaciones fueron comprables. Ser de estrato socioeconómico bajo (p 0,000), haber tenido 2 o menos partos (p 0,000), ser tipo de sangre negativo (p0.000) realizar entre 0-3 controles prenatales (p 0,000), tener antecedente de preeclampsia (p 0,000), hipotiroidismo (p 0,000), o trastorno bipolar (p 0,000), son factores de riesgo significativos para presentar MME. Entre los factores protectores están tener más de tres partos OR 0,60 (IC95%: 0,17-0,82, p=0,00) y 7 o más controles prenatales OR 0,23 (IC95%: 0,09-0,55, p=0,000). Resultados concordantes con la literatura Discusión: Es importante dar a conocer los resultados del presente estudio para promover las campañas de prevención primaria, secundaria y terciaria con el fin de evitar las altas complicaciones que se pueden presentar en las mujeres en edad fértil de nuestra población.

Mejoras en el ambiente de aprendizaje : rincones, aprovechamiento de espacios y taller de huerto

El proyecto propone por una parte mejorar el aprovechamiento y acondicionamiento de diferentes espacios del centro (vest??bulo y pasillo) para hacer m??s acogedor el entorno; y por otra, aplicar una metodolog??a m??s acorde con los intereses de los alumnos mediante la creaci??n de rincones y de un huerto escolar. Los objetivos son: hacer del colegio un lugar m??s c??lido y acogedor para los ni??os y profesores: tener un espacio fijo para los ejercicios de psicomotricidad; desarrollar el sentido est??tico y h??bitos de orden y limpieza en los alumnos; y mejorar la destreza manual en el medio natural y el respeto por la naturaleza. Para ello, se decora el vest??bulo del centro con fotos, carteles y murales, y se acondiciona el pasillo como rinc??n de psicomotricidad (espalderas, cuerdas, etc.). En los restantes rincones (juego simb??lico, lenguaje, tranquilidad, etc.) Se realizan entre otras actividades: audiciones musicales, dibujos, invenci??n y recitaci??n de poes??as, manipulaci??n y experimentaci??n con pesos, trabajos en el huerto, etc. En la evaluaci??n ha colaborado el servicio de orientaci??n escolar y vocacional (SOEV) que ha realizado varias pruebas pedag??gicas y psicol??gicas a los alumnos de preescolar con el objeto de comprobar y comparar los resultados con otras metodolog??as.

O ambiente socio-econômico como fator preditivo nas chances de classificação no vestibular e no êxito acadêmico na universidade: (um estudo da clientela da Fundação CESGRANRIO, Rio de Janeiro - 1975)

o presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a influência que o ambiente sócio-econômico poderia exercer sob re as chances do candidato no vestibular e sobre o êxito acadêmico do universitário. Para tanto re alizaram-se duas pesquisas: uma com os candidatos do vestibular unificado da Fundação CESGRANRIO. do Rio de Ja neira, de 1975: outra, com uma amostra de universitários classificados p~ 10 mesmo vest i bular. O pri meiro estudo abrangeu 75.348 candidatos e o segundo 1.608 universitários, de sete instituições e nove carreiras diferentes. Uti lizou-se como instrumentos de pesquisa: um I questionário de informação sócio-cultural. o total de pontos obtidos pelos candidatos no vestibular e a méd ia das notas obtidas no curso superior p~ lo estudante, nos deis primeiros semestres de 1975. A anãlise dos resultados permitiu concluir o se guinte: - Tiveram maior chance de classificação no vest i bular os candidatos que: cursaram o clássico; f reqüentaram tanto escola / particu lar como oficial; cursaram o período diurno, obtiveram concei to "E~ ce lente" no 2? grau; não trabalhavam; possuíam pai com nível de ins trução superior e renda mensal familiar acima de 8.000 cruzei ros. - Exercem influência na classificação do vestibu lar os seguintes indicadores do amb iente sócio-econôm ico: renda mensal fa miliar, nível de instrução e profissão do pai. ativ idade ocupac ional do / candidato e período da escola de 2? grau. Obtiveram bom rendimento na universidade os estudantes que: freqüentaram o período diurno; obtiveram bom rendimento no 2? grau; não exerciam atividade ocupac ional: possuiam pais com profissão / liberal e renda familiar alta. - São os segu intes os indicadores do ambiente sac io-econôm ico do univers i tário que têm valor preditivo no êxito acadêmico: período da escola de 2? grau, at ividade ocupacional. profissão do pai. ren dimento escolar no 2~ grau e renda mensal fami l iar. Vale assinalar que esses resultados se referem aos candidatos do vestibular unificado da Fundação CESGRANRIO.

Análise de aspectos ergonômicos do colete tático - um estudo de caso na ROCAM-RN

This thesis aims to analyze the ergonomic and functional aspects of the motorcycle patrolmen tactical vest and make a contribution to improve their technical and tactical characteristics reconciling pleasantness function, improving working conditions of policeman. The start point of this case study was the following hypothesis : The start point of this case study was the following hypothesis: once the policemen prepare their own tactical vests with layouts created by them. So, if someone observes these layouts, s/he will have an understanding of use of those devices and artifacts questions both positive, and negative. This hypothesis was confirmed by the results, considering that it was possible to understand the use of the tactic vests by means of the Policemen s opinion on issues recognized by themselves. It was also possible to understand that users perform interventions, based on their own inventive or learned from the experience of other policemen

Características cinemáticas, cinéticas e eletromiográficas do andar de adultos jovens com e sem suporte parcial de peso corporal

OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as características cinemáticas, cinéticas e eletromiográficas do andar de adultos jovens em piso fixo sem colete e com suporte parcial de peso (SPP) de 0, 10, 20 e 30% do peso corporal. MÉTODO: Oito jovens com idade média de 22,2 anos foram filmados andando sobre uma passarela que continha uma plataforma de força na região central para registro das componentes da força de reação do solo. Marcadores refletivos foram posicionados nos principais pontos anatômicos dos membros inferiores para registro dos dados cinemáticos, e eletrodos de superfície foram afixados nos músculos tibial anterior e gastrocnêmio medial para registro da atividade elétrica muscular. RESULTADOS: Diferenças significantes entre as cinco condições experimentais foram constatadas nas variáveis espaço-temporal, nos ângulos máximos e mínimos da coxa, joelho e tornozelo e nas amplitudes das componentes horizontal ântero-posterior e vertical da força de reação do solo. de forma geral, as maiores mudanças ocorreram na condição de SPP de 30% do peso corporal. CONCLUSÃO: É importante considerar as compensações que ocorrem no padrão do andar com SPP no planejamento das intervenções terapêuticas. Ainda, para melhor definir a utilização dos sistemas de suspensão de peso na reabilitação, estudos futuros precisam ser realizados para verificar o comportamento do andar em populações com alteração de movimento em piso fixo.

CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance

CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from more than 150 institutes and 37 countries. The LHC will provide extraordinary opportunities for particle physics based on its unprecedented collision energy and luminosity when it begins operation in 2007. The principal aim of this report is to present the strategy of CMS to explore the rich physics programme offered by the LHC. This volume demonstrates the physics capability of the CMS experiment. The prime goals of CMS are to explore physics at the TeV scale and to study the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking - through the discovery of the Higgs particle or otherwise. To carry out this task, CMS must be prepared to search for new particles, such as the Higgs boson or supersymmetric partners of the Standard Model particles, from the start- up of the LHC since new physics at the TeV scale may manifest itself with modest data samples of the order of a few fb(-1) or less. The analysis tools that have been developed are applied to study in great detail and with all the methodology of performing an analysis on CMS data specific benchmark processes upon which to gauge the performance of CMS. These processes cover several Higgs boson decay channels, the production and decay of new particles such as Z' and supersymmetric particles, B-s production and processes in heavy ion collisions. The simulation of these benchmark processes includes subtle effects such as possible detector miscalibration and misalignment. Besides these benchmark processes, the physics reach of CMS is studied for a large number of signatures arising in the Standard Model and also in theories beyond the Standard Model for integrated luminosities ranging from 1 fb(-1) to 30 fb(-1). The Standard Model processes include QCD, B-physics, diffraction, detailed studies of the top quark properties, and electroweak physics topics such as the W and Z(0) boson properties. The production and decay of the Higgs particle is studied for many observable decays, and the precision with which the Higgs boson properties can be derived is determined. About ten different supersymmetry benchmark points are analysed using full simulation. The CMS discovery reach is evaluated in the SUSY parameter space covering a large variety of decay signatures. Furthermore, the discovery reach for a plethora of alternative models for new physics is explored, notably extra dimensions, new vector boson high mass states, little Higgs models, technicolour and others. Methods to discriminate between models have been investigated. This report is organized as follows. Chapter 1, the Introduction, describes the context of this document. Chapters 2-6 describe examples of full analyses, with photons, electrons, muons, jets, missing E-T, B-mesons and tau's, and for quarkonia in heavy ion collisions. Chapters 7-15 describe the physics reach for Standard Model processes, Higgs discovery and searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector is described. The detector operates at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It was conceived to study proton-proton (and lead-lead) collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 14 TeV (5.5 TeV nucleon-nucleon) and at luminosities up to 10(34)cm(-2)s(-1) (10(27)cm(-2)s(-1)). At the core of the CMS detector sits a high-magnetic-field and large-bore superconducting solenoid surrounding an all-silicon pixel and strip tracker, a lead-tungstate scintillating-crystals electromagnetic calorimeter, and a brass-scintillator sampling hadron calorimeter. The iron yoke of the flux-return is instrumented with four stations of muon detectors covering most of the 4 pi solid angle. Forward sampling calorimeters extend the pseudo-rapidity coverage to high values (vertical bar eta vertical bar <= 5) assuring very good hermeticity. The overall dimensions of the CMS detector are a length of 21.6 m, a diameter of 14.6 m and a total weight of 12500 t.

The abuse of intellectual property rights and regulations in China: a law and economic analysis

From the institutional point of view, the legal system of IPR (intellectual property right, hereafter, IPR) is one of incentive institutions of innovation and it plays very important role in the development of economy. According to the law, the owner of the IPR enjoy a kind of exclusive right to use his IP(intellectual property, hereafter, IP), in other words, he enjoys a kind of legal monopoly position in the market. How to well protect the IPR and at the same time to regulate the abuse of IPR is very interested topic in this knowledge-orientated market and it is the basic research question in this dissertation. In this paper, by way of comparing study and by way of law and economic analyses, and based on the Austrian Economics School’s theories, the writer claims that there is no any contradiction between the IPR and competition law. However, in this new economy (high-technology industries), there is really probability of the owner of IPR to abuse his dominant position. And with the characteristics of the new economy, such as, the high rates of innovation, “instant scalability”, network externality and lock-in effects, the IPR “will vest the dominant undertakings with the power not just to monopolize the market but to shift such power from one market to another, to create strong barriers to enter and, in so doing, granting the perpetuation of such dominance for quite a long time.”1 Therefore, in order to keep the order of market, to vitalize the competition and innovation, and to benefit the customer, in EU and US, it is common ways to apply the competition law to regulate the IPR abuse. In Austrian Economic School perspective, especially the Schumpeterian theories, the innovation/competition/monopoly and entrepreneurship are inter-correlated, therefore, we should apply the dynamic antitrust model based on the AES theories to analysis the relationship between the IPR and competition law. China is still a developing country with relative not so high ability of innovation. Therefore, at present, to protect the IPR and to make good use of the incentive mechanism of IPR legal system is the first important task for Chinese government to do. However, according to the investigation reports,2 based on their IPR advantage and capital advantage, some multinational companies really obtained the dominant or monopoly market position in some aspects of some industries, and there are some IPR abuses conducted by such multinational companies. And then, the Chinese government should be paying close attention to regulate any IPR abuse. However, how to effectively regulate the IPR abuse by way of competition law in Chinese situation, from the law and economic theories’ perspective, from the legislation perspective, and from the judicial practice perspective, there is a long way for China to go!