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Extração e avaliação das propriedades físicas, quimicas e biológicas do gel de aloe vera para aplicação em ecografia.
No full textA ecografia é um dos métodos de diagnóstico por imagem mais versátil e difundido na
atualidade, de aplicação relativamente simples, basear-se no fenômeno de interação de
uma onda mecânica com os tecidos corporais, ou seja, observa as propriedades
mecânicas dos tecidos ao longo da propagação da onda pelos mesmos, necessitando de
um gel de acoplamento acústico para aumentar o contato entre a pele e o aparelho. A
Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) é uma planta suculenta perene, que desenvolve um
tecido de armazenamento de água no interior das folhas, o gel, para sobreviver em zonas áridas de pluviosidade baixa ou irregular. Desta forma, este trabalho objetivou a extração do gel de Aloe vera, com subsequente análise de suas propriedades físicas, químicas e biológicas. Foram realizados testes de avaliação da sua funcionalidade para aquisição de imagens por ecografia e, por fim, realizado estudo comparativo com imagens ecográficas adquiridas com o gel de Aloe vera e com o gel comercial atualmente utilizado. O gel de Aloe Vera a 100% foi extraído da própria planta, processado e caracterizado por espectroscopia na Região do Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier (FTIR), espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva de raios X (EDS), Ensaio de Citotoxicidade e Ecografia. As análises foram realizadas no Laboratório de Desenvolvimento e Avaliação de Biomateriais (CERTBIO). O gel de Aloe vera quando utilizado para fins de obtenção de imagem, apresentou resultado igual ou superior às imagens obtidas com o gel comercial, podendo ter ocorrido devido a menor resistência oferecida pelo mesmo e consequentemente maior condutividade, provavelmente pela maior quantidade de íons livres, permitindo a diminuição da impedância do transdutor em relação à pele, promovendo a propagação do ultrassom desde o transdutor até os órgãos avaliados. Com base nos resultados obtidos nos ensaios de Espectroscopia na Região do Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier, Espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva de raios X, Citotoxicidade e Exames Ecográficos, pode-se concluir que os materiais
apresentam características semelhantes, indicando que o gel de Aloe vera possa ser utilizado em exames de ultrassonografia.Ultrasound is a diagnostic methods for more versatile and widespread image today,
relatively simple application, be based on the interaction phenomenon of a mechanical wave with body tissues, ie observe the mechanical properties of tissues along the Wave propagation through the same, necessitating an acoustic coupling gel to increase the contact between the skin and the device. Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) is a succulent perennial plant which develops a water storage tissue sheets within the gel, to survive in arid zones of low rainfall or irregular. Thus, this study aimed to extract the gel of Aloe vera, with subsequent analysis of their physical, chemical and biological properties, as well as evaluation tests were carried out of its functionality for image acquisition by ultrasound and finally performed study comparison with ultrasound images acquired with the gel of Aloe vera and commercial gel currently used. The gel of Aloe Vera 100% was extracted from the plant itself, processed and characterized by Spectroscopy in Infrared Region Fourier Transform (FTIR) Spectroscopy Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDS), Cytotoxicity and ultrasound test. The analyzes were performed at the Development Laboratory and Biomaterials Assessment (CERTBIO). The Aloe vera gel when used for the purpose of obtaining image presented results equal to or better than the images obtained with the commercial gel and this may be due to lower resistance of the same and therefore higher conductivity and this can probably allow the reduction of the impedance of the transducer relative to the skin, promoting the propagation of ultrasound from the transducer to the evaluated organs. Since based on the results obtained in tests spectroscopy in the infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, by Energy Dispersive X-ray, ultrasound examinations and cytotoxicity, it can be concluded that the materials have similar characteristics indicative that the aloe vera gel may be used on ultrasound examination
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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