Torsion-Adding and Asymptotic Winding Number for Periodic Window Sequences

In parameter space of nonlinear dynamical systems, windows of periodic states are aligned following routes of period-adding configuring periodic window sequences. In state space of driven nonlinear oscillators, we determine the torsion associated with the periodic states and identify regions of uniform torsion in the window sequences. Moreover, we find that the measured of torsion differs by a constant between successive windows in periodic window sequences. We call this phenomenon as torsion-adding. Finally, combining the torsion and the period adding rules, we deduce a general rule to obtain the asymptotic winding number in the accumulation limit of such periodic window sequences

Contemporary splinting practice in the UK for adults with neurological dysfunction: A cross-sectional survey

This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Aim: To explore the contemporary splinting practice of UK occupational therapists and physiotherapists for adults with neurological dysfunction. Method: Cross-sectional online survey of members of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology and College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section Neurological Practice. Results: Four hundred and twenty therapists completed the survey. Contracture management is the most common rationale for therapists splinting adults with neurological dysfunction. Other shared therapeutic goals of splinting include maintaining muscle and joint alignment, spasticity management, function, pain management and control of oedema. Considerable clinical uncertainty was uncovered in practice particularly around wearing regimens of splints. Most therapists have access to locally-derived splinting guidelines, which may contribute to this diversity of practice. Conclusions: This study provides a unique insight into aspects of contemporary splinting practice among UK therapists, who belong to a specialist neurological professional network and work in a number of different health-care settings with adults who have a neurological condition. Study findings show a wide variation in splinting practice, thereby indicating a potential need for national guidance to assist therapists in this area of clinical uncertainty. Further research is required to establish best practice parameters for splinting in neurological rehabilitation

Characterization in bi-parameter space of a non-ideal oscillator

The authors thank scientific agencies CAPES, CNPq (112952/2015-1), and FAPESP (2011/ 19269-11). M. S. Baptista also thanks EPSRC (EP/I03 2606/1).Peer reviewedPostprin

Tecnologia para aplicação de produtos fitossanitários em videira.

Por definição a tecnologia de Aplicação não se resume ao ato de apenas aplicar o produto, mas na interação de fatores, que buscam a máxima eficiência dos tratamentos, economicidade, eficiência operacional, adequação de máquinas e menor contaminação ambiental e segurança do operador (MATTHEWS,1992). Para tanto, aspectos como o ambiente, qualidade da pulverização promovida pelas pontas de pulverização em função do padrão de gotas produzidas, se interrelacionam e são determinantes para o sucesso das aplicações na cultura da videira, que é cultivada no Brasil em diferentes regiões e conseqüentemente diversificadas em relação ao aspecto climático que confere severidade diferenciada da principal doença infecciosa da cultura, o míldio; sendo necessário de 15 a 50 aplicações por ano para regiões de clima temperado e tropical respectivamente ou também por características varietais que conferem à videira diferentes níveis de suscetibilidade.bitstream/CNPUV/8821/1/cir073.pd

Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia e sua atuação no programa de pó-graduação em Biologia Molecular da Universidade de Brasília.

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