Sociologia moral das dependências motivadas: o caso da dependência amorosa

Este artigo propõe um panorama do procedimento e dos métodos da sociologia moral, que se baseiam em uma etnofilosofia da existência social comum e em uma antropologia natural. A primeira parte do texto situa a sociologia moral em relação ao desenvolvimento contemporâneo das pesquisas empíricas sobre a ética, sobretudo no âmbito da psicologia experimental e evolucionista. A segunda parte apresenta alguns elementos de uma teoria das dependências motivadas aos prazeres e às recompensas, desenvolvida a partir do aporte das neurociências da adição e de pesquisas de campo sobre as condutas aditivas e as tentativas de restabelecimento. A terceira parte propõe uma ilustração do método a partir de uma pesquisa recente sobre a dependência amorosa, feita principalmente a partir de um corpus literário e cinematográfico

A general framework for coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of rainfall-induced instability in unsaturated slopes with multivariate random fields

An accurate estimation of rainfall-induced instability of slopes for extremely nonhomogeneous materials such as lignite mine spoils is a major challenge. This paper investigates the stability of nonhomogeneous soil slopes with respect to slip surface development, size of sliding volume, and determination of safety factor. Specified dependent random variables are cross-correlated using a multivariate Gaussian copula, the use of which provides a faster and more accurate representation of the inter-dependent properties of randomly-distributed soil. A Monte-Carlo simulation is used to generate a series of multivariate random fields for slopes. These are then implemented in Abaqus and analysed under constant rainfall conditions using a fully coupled hydro-elasto-plastic model. The resulting stress, strain, pore pressure, and displacement data are further processed in MATLAB to evaluate critical slip surfaces and safety factors. Results indicate that the factor of safety in a homogenous case is overestimated compared to the nonhomogeneous condition, while the sliding volume is underestimated. Moreover, the factor of safety decreases as the rainfall simulation continues and the probability of failure increases to nearly 100% after 10 days of rainfall. The framework developed in this paper can provide guidance for conducting relatively inexpensive probabilistic analyses

Human factors integration in virtual vehicle design: an exploration of human factors in urban vehicle design

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Prostate cancer before renal transplantation: A multicentre study

The surgical issues of renal transplantation (RT) after localized prostate cancer (PC) treatment and oncological outcomes after transplantation in patients on the waiting list with a history of PC were unknown. We conducted a retrospective multicentre study including all patients with PC diagnosed before the kidney transplantation