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Análise de torres de transmissão submetidas a cargas dinâmicas
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil.Torres de transmissão de energia são de grande importância para o abastecimento elétrico de um país, pois são elas que suportam os cabos que transmitem a energia. A ruptura ou mesmo a danificação destas estruturas pode ter conseqüências significativas para a economia local. No Brasil o principal carregamento que incide sobre uma linha de transmissão de energia é causado pela ação do vento. A norma brasileira NBR 6123 tem um mapa de isopletas do vento, com a indicação da velocidade média para um período de recorrência de 50 anos a uma altura de 10 metros do solo. Como usualmente o período fundamental da estrutura de torres de transmissão é inferior a 1 s, a maioria das normas permite que seu dimensionamento seja realizado para cargas estáticas equivalentes, obtidas a partir da velocidade média do vento e alguns parâmetros adicionais, função da localização geográfica da torre, sua altura e a área efetiva de incidência do vento. No entanto não são raros os eventos de colapso de torres de transmissão de energia no Brasil, e além disso, a ocorrência de fortes rajadas e ciclones vêm aumentando no país nos últimos anos. Justificase assim a necessidade de uma verificação mais apurada do projeto de torres de transmissão, neste caso sob a ação dinâmica do vento. Escolheu-se para este trabalho uma torre de transmissão típica, situada no sul do Brasil. A estrutura da torre é modelada por elementos de pórtico 3D, sendo consideradas rígidas as ligações das barras principais e rotuladas as ligações de barras secundárias. As análises dinâmicas da ação do vento são realizadas no domínio do tempo, sendo a componente turbulenta do vento obtida a partir dos espectros de Davenport e Kaimal e série de Fourier. Outro caso de carregamento considerado neste tipo de torre é a carga que simula a ruptura de um ou mais cabos de energia, que são fixados à torre para manter suas catenárias com as alturas de segurança nos vãos adjacentes. A ruptura de um cabo em um dos lados da torre pode ser simulada aplicando-se uma força no suporte, no lado contrário. Esta força pode ser aplicada estática ou dinamicamente e pode ser decomposta em duas parcelas: uma devida ao peso do cabo e a outra a tração no cabo, utilizada para o seu correto posicionamento na linha de transmissão. Admite-se nas análises que a torre tem comportamento elástico-linear, e utiliza-se o método da superposição modal para resolver as equações de movimento da estrutura. Conclusões e recomendações são apresentadas no final do trabalho
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and dementia: a review of the research
No full textThis report outlines the prevalence of dementia and modifiable risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Executive summary
The high rate of dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities requires urgent attention. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience dementia at an earlier age then the general population and this, combined with the steadily growing number of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, will result in the number of people effected by dementia growing significantly in the coming years.
Although higher rates of dementia have been reported in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the disease is often overlooked by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, health workers and service providers. Geographical constraints in the provision of services, a lack of education and awareness in communities and by health workers and the prevalence of other chronic diseases have all posed considerable barriers to the recognition of dementia as an emerging health issue.
This paper includes the following recommendations to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, family members and communities have access to awareness, information, and appropriate support services for people with dementia
El keynesianismo desde la óptica de los países atrasados: su adaptación por Manuel de Torres a la Economía española
No full textEditada en la Fundación SEPIEl siguiente trabajo se propone estudiar la introducción del keynesianismo
en España a través de los escritos de Manuel de Torres, probablemente el
más activo de los economistas que adoptaron de una u otra forma la nueva
doctrina en la posguerra. Dada la escasez en España de una reflexión teórica
original, el artículo prestará especial atención a la adaptación que realiza Torres
de las ideas keynesianas al contexto de la economía española. En particular,
las ideas keynesianas contribuyeron decisivamente a sustituir la vía agraria
defendida por Torres como camino de desarrollo de la economía española
por el industrialismo que sostiene en la posguerra. El articulo ofrece las claves
de esta evolución doctrinal y reivindica el papel de las ideas económicas como
poderoso instrumento de transformación.The main aim of the article is to analyse the introduction of keynesianism
into Spain through the Manuel de Torres' works, the most active proponent
of the new doctrine duríng the forties and fifties. The article focus on the
adaptation to the Spanish context of the Keynes's ideas by Manuel de Torres.
In particular, Keynesianism contrihuted to replace the agrarian ideas defended
by Torres in the thirties by a new interest in industrial development during
the 40's and 50's. Thus, the article provides an explanation of Torres' doctrinal
evolution and vindicates the role played by the economic ideas as an instrument
of transformation. These ideas contributed to change the Torres perception
of the Spanish economic reality.Publicad
Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport: 2005-06 to 2009-10
No full textThis report looks at death and serious injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 2005-06 to 2009-10. Land transport accidents accounted for 26% of all fatal injury cases and 9% of all serious injury cases for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The age-standardised rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was 2.8 times the rate for Other Australians for fatal cases, and 1.3 times the rate for Other Australians for serious injuries
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan 2013-2023
No full textIn 2008 Australian Governments committed to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on an incredibly important task - to achieve equality in health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians by the year 2031. The commitment – in the form of the Close the Gap Statement of Intent – creates the platform for this National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan, which has been developed in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their representatives.
This Health Plan provides a long-term, evidence-based policy framework as part of the overarching Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) approach to Closing the Gap in Indigenous disadvantage, which has been set out in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) signed in 2008. The NIRA has established a framework of national targets and policy building blocks. Two of the Closing the Gap targets, to halve the gap in child mortality by 2018 and close the life expectancy gap by 2031, go directly to health outcomes, while others address social determinants of health such as education and employment.
The Health Plan builds on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It adopts a strengths-based approach to ensure policies and programs improve health, social and emotional wellbeing, and resilience and promote positive health behaviours. It emphasises the centrality of culture in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the rights of individuals to a safe, healthy and empowered life. The Health Plan also builds on existing strategies and planning approaches to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health,
Avaliação do gerenciamento dos resíduos de construção e demolição (RCD) do município de Torres, Rio Grande do Sul
No full textTCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro Tecnológico. Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental.Os problemas oriundos dos resíduos de construção e demolição sempre estiveram presentes em nosso País, não obstante, há alguns anos estes vem recebendo uma maior atenção devido à grande quantidade gerada, ao potencial de reciclagem e a destinação final. As disposições irregulares destes resíduos causam muitos impactos negativos ao ambiente, visto que são frequentemente lançados em terrenos baldios, áreas de preservação permanente, vias e logradouros públicos prejudicando a qualidade de vida da população. A cidade de Torres, assim como a maioria dos Municípios brasileiros sofre com os impactos ambientais causados pela disposição de resíduos, uma vez que não possui uma área licenciada para receber os RCD oriundos dos pequenos geradores. Perante isso, este trabalho tem o objetivo de realizar o diagnóstico da atual situação dos Resíduos de Construção e Demolição (RCD) no município de Torres, Rio Grande do Sul. Foram levantados diversos agentes geradores e coletores de RCD, bem como os locais de disposição irregular destes resíduos. Para realizar a estimativa de geração de RCD do município foram considerados os questionários realizados com os agentes coletores e a geração em novas edificações aprovadas pela Prefeitura. Na análise qualitativa, realizada por amostragem, os RCD foram triados, classificados e pesados a fim de se obter a densidade aparente destes resíduos e o seu potencial de reciclagem. Como resultado, foram propostas algumas medidas para o município melhor gerenciar seus resíduos da construção e demolição
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer framework 2015
No full textOverview
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Framework (the Framework) provides high-level guidance and direction for the many individuals, communities, organisations and governments whose combined efforts are required to address disparities and improve cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This Framework is designed to complement and enhance national, jurisdictional, regional and local efforts to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer outcomes, including cancer plans and related policies, frameworks and action plans. It sets out priority areas for action, and allows the flexibility for jurisdictions, communities and organisations to address those priorities in ways that suit their local context and local needs.
This Framework encompasses the full continuum of cancer control, including cancer prevention, screening and early detection, diagnosis and treatment, palliative care and survivorship; and the policy, systems, research and infrastructure that surround these service areas
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Australian Capital Territory
No full textThis report provides the latest information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are faring according to a range of indicators on health status, determinants or health and health system performance.Executive summaryThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2012 report for the Australian Capital Territory finds areas of improvement in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the territory, including:a significant increase in health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 55 years and over recorded through Medicare since the introduction of the National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes in July 2009corresponding increases in allied health-care services claimed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through Medicare since 1 July 2009. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have higher rates of general practitioner management plans and team care arrangements than non-Indigenous Australiansimmunisation coverage rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are close to those for other Australian children by age 5some improvements in literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Year 3 and 5 between 2009 and 2011apparent retention rates from Year 7 to Year 10 and from Year 11 to Year 12 are higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Capital Territory than for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally.Areas of concern include:high rates of smoking during pregnancy (51% total)around half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18 and over reported drinking alcohol at short-term risky/high-risk levels in the past 12 months, which was higher than the proportion for non-Indigenous people and for Indigenous people nationallyalmost two-thirds (63%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18 and over in the Australian Capital Territory have a disability or long-term health condition, which is higher than the proportion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally (41%)breast cancer screening rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are lower than for other women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economies project: literature review
No full textExecutive summary: This literature review surveys writing about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and craft sector of remote Australia. The review has been compiled as a foundational text for the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Economies’ research project being undertaken by the CRC for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP). The Art Economies Project (AEP) is a unique opportunity to investigate, analyse and enhance key points of exchange within the sector, many of which are poorly understood, under-researched and characterised by different kinds of fragility or instability.The sector is a significant contributor to the cultural and social life of Australia and simultaneously creates important enterprise and employment opportunities for remote-area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Broadly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to be employed in visual arts and crafts occupations as their main job (52%) than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (9.7%) (Commonwealth of Australia 2012), and investments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts centres generate positive financial returns to artists, calculated at a ratio of approximately 1:5 (Commonwealth of Australia 2007a).This review is linked to the primary zones in which AEP research will take place, presenting the current understanding and gaps in each of the six areas of interest: the scope and scale of the sector; the business of remote-area art centres; artists and art business outside of art centres; marketing and consumer dynamics; remote area human resources; and e-commerce and licensing.Publications describing the aesthetic, social, cultural and economic dynamics of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economy have been generated by a broad range of people, from economists to anthropologists, art historians to art dealers. This diversity creates challenges in assembling an encompassing literature review. Despite the range of material, however, it is also clear that there are sizeable and important gaps in knowledge about the art economy. These gaps range from understanding the size of, and financial flows within, the sector through to the barriers for remote enterprise and the opportunities for (and obstacles within) new marketing and business models. In contrast to the knowledge gaps about the commercial forces at work is a considerable body of research into the social and cultural worlds of remote area art and artists.Recent years have seen a major contraction in the art economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports a 52.1% reduction in sales in remote art centres (Commonwealth of Australia 2012:2) since 2007, which accords with other anecdotal industry information as to the fragility within the sector. Understanding this fragility and the potential for expanding the success of the art economy, lie at the nucleus of the AEP’s research work.Authors:Tim Acker: Curtin University Dr Lisa Stefanoff: University of South Australia; Dr Alice Woodhead: Southern Cross Universit
Francesc Torres : Belchite/South Bronx, a Trans-Cultural and Trans-Historical Landscape = Francesc Torres : Belchite/South Bronx, un Paisaje Trans-Cultural y Trans-Histórico
No full textPresentation of a video-installation by Torres. The essays develop parallels between the destruction of Belchite during the Spanish Civil War and the socio-economic devastation of the South Bronx. Themes include the changing nature of war and the function of memory. Circa 90 bibl. ref. Biographical notes on Torres
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