ELIS: DA LINGUAGEM AO CÓDIGO

The present article aims to present how the comprehension of the alphabetical writing system of the Brazilian Language of Signs-Libras, called Elis-Writing of sign language corroborates in the process of teaching language learning. The methodology used was qualitative research, specifically, the bibliographical research, guiding authors such as: Mariângela Barros (2008, 2013), Noam Chomsky (1972) Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet (1998) Marcel Dettiene (1992) Norbert Elias ) Michel Foucault (1994) and Ronice Quadros, among others, have made it possible to construct a theoretical framework which articulates the conception of language and writing, making it possible to conclude that Elis's teaching for deaf students will allow them to understand the structure of their mother tongue – to Libras – as well as to make a comparative study between the rules of Sign Language and Portuguese Writing progressively, resulting in a broadly systematized and meaningful process of literacy both in their mother tongue to LIBRAS and in L2 , Or in the written Portuguese language.O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar como a compreensão  do sistema de escrita denominado Elis-Escrita da língua de sinais corrobora no processo de ensino aprendizagem da Libras. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa qualitativa, especificamente, a pesquisa bibliográfica, pautando em autores como:  Mariângela Barros, Noam Chomsky, Gilles Deleuze e Claire Parnet, Marcel Dettiene, Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, Ronice Quadros entre outros, possibilitando a construção de um referencial teórico que articula a concepção de linguagem e escrita. Os resultados preliminares mostraram que o ensino da Elis para os alunos surdos permitirá que eles compreendam a estrutura da sua primeira língua –  a Libras – bem como que façam estudo comparativo entre as regras da Escrita de Língua de Sinais e do Português, de forma progressiva, resultando em um processo de letramento, de maneira ampla, sistematizada e significativa tanto na sua  língua como na L2, ou seja, na Língua portuguesa escrita

Qualité microbiologique des fromages artisanaux fabriqués au lait cru en Région wallonne

Microbiological quality of craft raw milk cheeses produced in Wallonia. The main objective of this study was to evaluatethe bacteriological quality of raw milk cheeses produced in the southern part of Belgium (Wallonia) and to compare withsamples coming from other European countries. Results from bacteriological analyses of 153 cheese samples have beencompared with regard to food microbial standards (92/46 EC Directive). It can be concluded from this work that 69% of thesamples may be considered as acceptable, while 31% showed coliforms and Staplylococcus aureus counts exceeding thestandard values. As far as pathogens were concerned, 0.7% and 7.2% of the samples have were found unsatifactory with thecriteria related to Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, respectively. Enterobacteriaceae contamination has also beenevaluated and demonstrated an average log count of about 3.78 cfu/g. Cheeses produced from ewe milk showed anoutstanding microbiological quality since all samples turned out to be acceptable regarding the S. aureus counts and devoidof Salmonella and L. monocytogenes contamination. Although no seasonal effect on the bacteriological quality could beobserved, the microbial quality decreased after the production stage, i.e. mainly during the storage and the distribution.Cheese made by small producers seems to be better than those originating from industrial enterprises. By comparing theseresults with those obtained on cheese samples produced in some other European countries, it appears that the mean qualitylevel of Walloon raw milk cheeses is quite satifactory

Exploiting short supports for improved encoding of arbitrary constraints into SAT

Encoding to SAT and applying a highly efficient modern SAT solver is an increasingly popular method of solving finite-domain constraint problems. In this paper we study encodings of arbitrary constraints where unit propagation on the encoding provides strong reasoning. Specifically, unit propagation on the encoding simulates generalised arc consistency on the original constraint. To create compact and efficient encodings we use the concept of short support. Short support has been successfully applied to create efficient propagation algorithms for arbitrary constraints. A short support of a constraint is similar to a satisfying tuple however a short support is not required to assign every variable in scope. Some variables are left free to take any value. In some cases a short support representation is smaller than the table of satisfying tuples by an exponential factor. We present two encodings based on short supports and evaluate them on a set of benchmark problems, demonstrating a substantial improvement over the state of the art

Effect of Morbid Obesity on Midurethral Sling Efficacy for the Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to assess midurethral sling (MUS) failure rate in the morbidly obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 kg/m) population as compared with normal-weight individuals. Our secondary objective was to assess the difference in complication rates. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study. We included all patients who underwent a synthetic MUS procedure from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2015, in our health system. Failure was defined as reported stress urinary incontinence symptoms or treatment for stress urinary incontinence. Variables collected were BMI; smoking status; comorbidities; perioperative (≤24 hours), short-term (≤30 days), and long-term (\u3e30 days) complications; and follow-up time. Statistics include analysis of variance, χ test, logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier method, and Cox regression. RESULTS: There were 431 patients included in our analysis. Forty-nine patients were in class 3 with a BMI mean of 44.9 ± 5.07 kg/m. Median follow-up time was 52 months (range, 6-119 months). Class 3 obesity (BMI ≥40 kg/m) was the only group that had an increased risk of failure when compared with the normal-weight group (P = 0.03; odds ratio, 2.47; 95% confidence interval, 1.09-5.59). Obesity was not a significant predictor of perioperative, short-term, or long-term postoperative complications (P = 0.19, P = 0.28, and P = 0.089, respectively) after controlling for other comorbidities. CONCLUSIONS: Patients in the class 3 obesity group who are treated with an MUS are 2 times as likely to fail when compared with those in the normal-weight category on long-term follow-up with similar low complication rates