Security Policy Consistency

With the advent of wide security platforms able to express simultaneously all the policies comprising an organization's global security policy, the problem of inconsistencies within security policies become harder and more relevant. We have defined a tool based on the CHR language which is able to detect several types of inconsistencies within and between security policies and other specifications, namely workflow specifications. Although the problem of security conflicts has been addressed by several authors, to our knowledge none has addressed the general problem of security inconsistencies, on its several definitions and target specifications.Comment: To appear in the first CL2000 workshop on Rule-Based Constraint Reasoning and Programmin

Fissura labiopalatina: fundamentos para a prática fonoaudiológica

Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Departamento de FonoaudiologiaUNIFESP, Depto. de FonoaudiologiaSciEL

Möbius Syndrome: Misoprostol Use and Speech and Language Characteristics

Introduction Möbius syndrome (MS; VI and VII palsy) is a rare disease that in Brazil has a great frequency because of the use of misoprostol during pregnancy. Objective Verify if the speech and language performance of children with MS whose mothers reported use of misoprostol (Cytotec, Pfizer, Connecticut, USA) are different from the performance of children of mothers who did not report use. Methods The stomatognathic system beyond receptive and expressive language and speech was evaluated in children with MS, and their mothers were questioned whether they used misoprostol during the pregnancy. Results During the interview, 61.11% of mothers reported that they took misoprostol during the pregnancy. Most of the subjects (83.3%) whose mothers took misoprostol presented bilateral palsy beyond bad mobility of the tongue (90.9%) and speech disorders (63.6%). Conclusion The number of mothers who took misoprostol without knowing the risk for MS was great. The lack of facial expressions and speech disorders were common characteristics of the individuals with MS, whether the mothers took misoprostol during the pregnancy or not.Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Escola Paulista de Medicina Department of Speech and LanguageUNIFESP, EPM, Department of Speech and LanguageSciEL

Psychological sweetening: Multisensory interactions shaping sweet taste perception

Recent research has demonstrated that audition can shape the perception of foods/drinks. In this context, the concept of sonic seasoning has been put forward as the way by which sounds may be deliberately selected to be congruent with specific taste/flavor sensations and, consequently, modify their salience in the sensory matrix of foods/drinks. In this work, we focus particularly on the possibility of modulating sweet taste perception through music. To this end, we present a collection of six articles, including (a) a systematic review on sound-taste interactions and their implications for taste perception (Study 1); a norming study exploring the associations between music and taste and emotional/affective dimensions (Study 2); a collection of experimental studies showing (c) that music can impact sweet taste sensitivity (Study 3); (d) the bidirectionality of sound-taste interactions (Study 4), namely that music emphasizes the sweet taste in food with an ambiguous flavor profile (Experiments 1a and 1b) and its evaluation is influenced by gustatory stimulation (Experiment 2); (e) the prominence of sweet taste associations (cross-modality) over positive valence (affect) in how music shapes the sensory and hedonic evaluation of foods (Study 5); (f) the potential of music to improve the sensory and hedonic evaluation of products with varying sugar content (Study 6). This project contributes to a better understanding of theoretical and methodological questions underlying sonic seasoning and reinforces the potential of music in improving the sensory evaluation and acceptance of products with low-sugar content.A investigação tem demonstrado que a audição pode modificar a perceção de alimentos/bebidas. Neste contexto, o conceito de sonic seasoning define a escolha deliberada de sons de modo a serem congruentes com determinados gostos/sabores e, consequentemente, modificarem a sua saliência na matriz sensorial de alimentos/bebidas. Neste trabalho, focamo-nos na possibilidade de modular a perceção do gosto doce através da música. Para esse fim, apresentamos um conjunto de seis artigos incluindo (a) uma revisão sistemática sobre as interações entre sons e gostos básicos e suas implicações para a perceção gustativa (Estudo 1) e (b) um estudo normativo que explorou a associação de músicas a gostos e a dimensões afetivas/emocionais (Estudo 2); um conjunto de estudos experimentais que indicaram (c) que a música influencia a sensibilidade para o gosto doce (Estudo 3); (d) a bidirecionalidade da relação audição-gosto (Estudo 4), nomeadamente que a música enfatiza o gosto doce numa amostra sensorialmente ambígua (Experiências 1a e 1b) e que a sua avaliação é influenciada pela estimulação gustativa (Experiência 2); (e) a preponderância de estímulos musicais associados ao gosto doce (correspondências intermodais) sobre estímulos musicais de valência positiva (afeto) na avaliação sensorial e hedónica de alimentos (Estudo 5); (f) o potencial da música para melhorar a perceção e aceitação de produtos com diferentes teores de açúcar (Estudo 6). Este projeto contribui para uma melhor compreensão de aspetos teóricos e metodológicos subjacentes ao "sonic seasoning" e reforça o potencial da música na melhoria da perceção e aceitação de alimentos com reduzido teor de açúcar

Wrong sign and symmetric limits and non-decoupling in 2HDMs

We analyse the possibility that, in two Higgs doublet models, one or more of the Higgs couplings to fermions or to gauge bosons change sign, relative to the respective Higgs Standard Model couplings. Possible sign changes in the coupling of a neutral scalar to charged ones are also discussed. These \textit{wrong signs} can have important physical consequences, manifesting themselves in Higgs production via gluon fusion or Higgs decay into two gluons or into two photons. We consider all possible wrong sign scenarios, and also the \textit{symmetric limit}, in all possible Yukawa implementations of the two Higgs doublet model, in two different possibilities: the observed Higgs boson is the lightest CP-even scalar, or the heaviest one. We also analyse thoroughly the impact of the currently available LHC data on such scenarios. With all 8 TeV data analysed, all wrong sign scenarios are allowed in all Yukawa types, even at the 1$\sigma$ level. However, we will show that B-physics constraints are crucial in excluding the possibility of wrong sign scenarios in the case where $\tan \beta$ is below 1. We will also discuss the future prospects for probing the wrong sign scenarios at the next LHC run. Finally we will present a scenario where the alignment limit could be excluded due to non-decoupling in the case where the heavy CP-even Higgs is the one discovered at the LHC.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figure

Avaliação da estabilidade oclusal antes e após restaurações dentárias

Vieillard-Troiekouroff May. Trois sarcophages mérovingiens découverts à Saint-Étienne de Nevers en janvier 1974. In: Bulletin de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France, 1978-1979, 1982. pp. 229-232