Simplificações para Redução do Custo Computacional da Pré-ênfase de Voz na Plataforma Arduino

Atualmente, existe um crescente interesse por aplicações em que a interação homem-máquina seja realizada via a voz humana. No entanto, alguns equipamentos, como telefones celulares e eletrodomésticos, possuem limitações de armazenamento e processamento, dificultando a implementação deste tipo de sistema. Neste trabalho, foram utilizadas simplificações em uma das etapas do processo de reconhecimento da fala, as quais foram comparadas e analisadas em relação à implementação tradicional. Diante das mesmas, foi obtida uma redução de até 1/5 do tempo de execução e número de ciclos de clock

Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.

PURPOSE: As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19-free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19-free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS: Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19-free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19-free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score-matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION: Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19-free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort study

PURPOSE As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19–free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19–free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19–free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19–free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score–matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19–free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

The third generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) took data from 2008 to 2014 using the original SDSS wide-field imager, the original and an upgraded multi-object fiber-fed optical spectrograph, a new near-infrared high-resolution spectrograph, and a novel optical interferometer. All of the data from SDSS-III are now made public. In particular, this paper describes Data Release 11 (DR11) including all data acquired through 2013 July, and Data Release 12 (DR12) adding data acquired through 2014 July (including all data included in previous data releases), marking the end of SDSS-III observing. Relative to our previous public release (DR10), DR12 adds one million new spectra of galaxies and quasars from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) over an additional 3000 deg2 of sky, more than triples the number of H-band spectra of stars as part of the Apache Point Observatory (APO) Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), and includes repeated accurate radial velocity measurements of 5500 stars from the Multi-object APO Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large-area Survey (MARVELS). The APOGEE outputs now include the measured abundances of 15 different elements for each star. In total, SDSS-III added 5200 deg2 of ugriz imaging; 155,520 spectra of 138,099 stars as part of the Sloan Exploration of Galactic Understanding and Evolution 2 (SEGUE-2) survey; 2,497,484 BOSS spectra of 1,372,737 galaxies, 294,512 quasars, and 247,216 stars over 9376 deg2; 618,080 APOGEE spectra of 156,593 stars; and 197,040 MARVELS spectra of 5513 stars. Since its first light in 1998, SDSS has imaged over 1/3 of the Celestial sphere in five bands and obtained over five million astronomical spectra. \ua9 2015. The American Astronomical Society

Alkaline Ion-Modulated Solid-State Supramolecular Organization in Mixed Organic/Metallorganic Compounds Based on 1,1′-Ethylenebis(4-aminopyridinium) Cations and Bis(oxamate)cuprate(II) Anions

Three new coordination compounds of formula (edap)₂­[Cu­(opba)]₂­·4H₂O (<b>1</b>), (edap)­[{Na₂(H₂O)₄}­{Cu₂(opba)₂}]­·2H₂O (<b>2</b>), and (edap)­[{K₂(H₂O)₂}­{Cu₂(opba)₂}]­·3H₂O (<b>3</b>) (edap = 1,1′-ethylenebis­(4-aminopyridinium) and opba = 1,2-phenylenebis­(oxamate)) were synthesized through the metathesis reaction involving A₂[Cu­(opba)] (A = Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺) and (edap)­Cl₂·2H₂O. Crystal structures of <b>1</b>–<b>3</b> and edap­(IO₃)₂­·4H₂O compound were elucidated by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds <b>1</b>–<b>3</b> are built up from dinuclear copper­(II) entities, {[Cu­(opba)]₂}^4– with an asymmetric bis­(monatomic oxygen) bridge resulting from the parallel “out-of-plane” disposition of the planar mononuclear [Cu­(opba)]^2–. They possess distinct supramolecular arrangements of varying dimensionality (<i>n</i>D with <i>n</i> = 0 (<b>1</b>), 1 (<b>2</b>), and 2 (<b>3</b>)) in the solid state depending on the nature of the coordinated alkaline ion present alongside edap²⁺ counterions. While the {[Cu­(opba)]₂}^4– building blocks are well-isolated in <b>1</b>, they form either double chains or corrugated layers due to the coordination of the Na⁺ or K⁺ ions in <b>2</b> and <b>3</b>, respectively. Magnetic properties of <b>1</b>–<b>3</b> show a very weak antiferromagnetic coupling between the Cu^II ions through a double monatomic (μ-O) bridge (−<i>J</i> = 1.63(9) (<b>1</b>), 2.29(2) (<b>2</b>), and 1.65(3) cm^–1 (<b>3</b>)), the Hamiltonian being defined as <i><b>H</b></i> = −(<i><b>S</b></i>_{<i><b>1</b></i>}·<i><b>S</b></i>_{<i><b>2</b></i>}) + <i>g βH</i>(<i><b>S</b></i>_{<i><b>1</b></i>} + <i><b>S</b></i>_{<i><b>2</b></i>})

Sistemas de colheita da cana-de-açúcar e alterações nas propriedades físicas de um solo podzólico amarelo no Estado do Espírito Santo Sugar cane harvesting systems and changes on physical properties of a yellow podzolic soil in Espírito Santo, Brazil

Foi instalado um experimento de longa duração (1989-1994) com cana-de-açúcar (variedade RB 739735) no município de Linhares, ES, com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito dos seguintes sistemas de colheita da cana-de-açúcar: a) Sistema Cana Crua - corte da cana sem queima, com posterior espalhamento do palhiço sobre o solo; e b) Sistema Cana Queimada - corte da cana com queima prévia do palhiço, sobre algumas propriedades físicas de solo Podzólico Amarelo em área de tabuleiro. O delineamento utilizado foi o de blocos casualizados, com seis repetições. Após seis anos de cultivo, constatou-se alteração do solo no sistema Cana Queimada, evidenciada pela diminuição do diâmetro médio ponderado dos agregados estáveis em água e pelo aumento da densidade do solo na profundidade de 0-5 cm. Foram também detectadas alterações significativas na porosidade total e distribuição de poros, na profundidade de 0-5 cm, devido às práticas de manejo do sistema de colheita. Verificou-se, ainda, que a velocidade de infiltração instantânea foi maior nas áreas sob tratamento sem queima. Os mesmos resultados não foram encontrados quando se avaliou o fluxo de água saturado através do método do permeâmetro.<br>A long term (1989-1994) experiment with sugar cane (RB 739735) was carried out, in Linhares, ES, Brazil, in order to evaluate the effect of two systems of sugar cane harvesting: the first with previous burning (burned cane), and the second with crop residue remaining on the soil surface (green cane), on some physical properties of a tableland Yellow Podzolic soil. The statistical design was in randomized blocks, replicated six times. After six years of cultivation, a process of soil degradation was observed in the burned cane system, with decreasing of aggregate mean diameter and increasing of soil bulk density at the 0-5 cm soil depth. There were also differences in total porosity and porous distribution at the 0-5 cm soil depth as a consequence of the harvesting system. The soil water infiltration, measured in the field, was greatest in the area under the green cane treatments. The same result was not observed when measuring saturated hydraulic conductivity with the steady state permeameter