Longitudinal study of the neuropsychological consequences of binge drinking in university students: six-year follow-up

In the present thesis, the neuropsychological performance in working memory, episodic memory and decision making in university students with a pattern of intensive alcohol consumption over a six-year period (from 18-19 to 24-25) has been evaluated. The results showed that a stable BD trajectory was associated with difficulties in working memory and episodic verbal memory. Both sexes showed similar performance. The abandonment of this pattern was associated with an improvement in cognitive functioning. The results are consistent with the particular vulnerability of prefrontal and temporomedical networks to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol

O comportamento alimentar em crianças:Estudo de validação de um questionárionuma amostra portuguesa (CEBQ)

Esta investigação teve por objectivo estudar a validadedo Questionário do Comportamento Alimentar da Criançanuma amostra portuguesa. Os participantes foram 249sujeitos dos dois sexos, com idades entre 3 e 13 anos.A estrutura factorial original do CEBQ foi reproduzida,embora de modo imperfeito. O resultado da análise factorialjuntamente os resultados das análises da homogeneidadee da consistência interna permitiram confirmar, nestaamostra, o constructo que sustenta o questionário. Tambémo conceito de obesidade infantil, subjacente ao questionário,se revelou adequado. A distribuição dos resultadosdas diversas escalas por categorias de IMC demonstraque o CEBQ é sensível às diferenças de estilo alimentarentre os sujeitos com baixo peso, eutróficos, com excessode peso, e obesos. Mesmo tendo em conta que a amostrausada neste estudo não era representativa, conclui-seque o instrumento é adequado ao estudo do comportamentoe estilo alimentar nas crianças portuguesas, podeainda ser utilizado na planificação de estratégias comportamentaisde intervenção na obesidade.Palavras-chave: Comportamento alimentar, estiloalimentar, obesidade infantil.The aim of this research was to validate de Child EatingBehaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) in a Portuguese sample.Participants were 249 subjects aged 3 to 13 years, fromboth gender. Factor analysis, Homogeneity analysisand Internal reliability, as the theory beyond proposed,confirmed a structure with eight factors that were: Enjoymentof food, Food responsiveness, Satiety responsiveness,Slowness in eating, Fussiness, Emotional overeating,Emotional undereating and Desire to drink. The distributionof the results of the eight sub scales by groupsof subjects organized by BMI types, classified as underweight, normal weight, over weight and obese, showsthat the questionnaire can successfully discriminate thosegroups. In spite of the lack of representativeness of thesample selected for this study, conclusions are that CEBQseems to be adequate to the research of eating behaviour and eating style in the Portuguese young population,and can be used to design behavioural interventions inobese children.Key words: Eating behaviour, eating style, infantobesity

O comportamento alimentar em crianças:Estudo de validação de um questionárionuma amostra portuguesa (CEBQ)

Esta investigação teve por objectivo estudar a validadedo Questionário do Comportamento Alimentar da Criançanuma amostra portuguesa. Os participantes foram 249sujeitos dos dois sexos, com idades entre 3 e 13 anos.A estrutura factorial original do CEBQ foi reproduzida,embora de modo imperfeito. O resultado da análise factorialjuntamente os resultados das análises da homogeneidadee da consistência interna permitiram confirmar, nestaamostra, o constructo que sustenta o questionário. Tambémo conceito de obesidade infantil, subjacente ao questionário,se revelou adequado. A distribuição dos resultadosdas diversas escalas por categorias de IMC demonstraque o CEBQ é sensível às diferenças de estilo alimentarentre os sujeitos com baixo peso, eutróficos, com excessode peso, e obesos. Mesmo tendo em conta que a amostrausada neste estudo não era representativa, conclui-seque o instrumento é adequado ao estudo do comportamentoe estilo alimentar nas crianças portuguesas, podeainda ser utilizado na planificação de estratégias comportamentaisde intervenção na obesidade.Palavras-chave: Comportamento alimentar, estiloalimentar, obesidade infantil.The aim of this research was to validate de Child EatingBehaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) in a Portuguese sample.Participants were 249 subjects aged 3 to 13 years, fromboth gender. Factor analysis, Homogeneity analysisand Internal reliability, as the theory beyond proposed,confirmed a structure with eight factors that were: Enjoymentof food, Food responsiveness, Satiety responsiveness,Slowness in eating, Fussiness, Emotional overeating,Emotional undereating and Desire to drink. The distributionof the results of the eight sub scales by groupsof subjects organized by BMI types, classified as underweight, normal weight, over weight and obese, showsthat the questionnaire can successfully discriminate thosegroups. In spite of the lack of representativeness of thesample selected for this study, conclusions are that CEBQseems to be adequate to the research of eating behaviour and eating style in the Portuguese young population,and can be used to design behavioural interventions inobese children.Key words: Eating behaviour, eating style, infantobesity

Gambaran Pengetahuan, Sikap dan Motivasi Mengenai Donor Darah pada Donor Darah Sukarela di Unit Donor Darah Kota Pontianak Tahun 2013

Latar Belakang: Ketersediaan darah di Unit Donor Darah diperoleh daridonor darah sukarela. Faktor faktor yang mempengaruhi donor darahsukarela seperti pengetahuan, sikap dan motivasi sangat penting untukmencapai ketersediaan darah yang cukup. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuanuntuk menggambarkan tingkat pengetahuan, sikap dan motivasi mengenaidonor darah pada donor darah sukarela. Metode: Penelitian ini adalahpenelitian deskriptif dengan desain penelitian cross sectional. Pengambilansampel dilakukan menggunakan teknik consecutive sampling. Data diambildengan menggunakan kuesioner pada 70 respoden. Hasil: Distribusiproporsi responden yang paling banyak pada penelitian ini yaitu jeniskelamin laki-laki (84,82%), kelompok usia 17 30 tahun (54,28%), sarjana(35,73%), swasta (42,85%), penghasilan lebih dari Upah Minimum Kota perbulan (54,29%). Responden memiliki pengetahuan baik (65,71%), sikap baik(84,28%) dan motivasi baik (55,71%). Kesimpulan: Donor darah sukarelamemiliki pengetahuan, sikap dan motivasi yang baik

When faraway is mearby: European travellers through Spain

EnLeading foreign artists in the Nineteenth Century elected Spain as a destination during their travels, in pursuit of an exotic land. The image of Spain was recreated through their memoirs, travel guides, novels, librettos and paintings. While these travellers encountered the Spain they dreamt about, national artists depicted a specific iconography about what it meant to live “in the Spanish style”, including the practice or the presence of music in their works.These art works included musical instruments to establish a dream of exoticism, even for the Spanish painters and writers. While these travellers discovered their own dreams about Spain, Spanish artists created a specific image of what “a la española” meant. The real world was transformed when the artist considered that it was not typical enough. In fact, they could be criticized if their canvas did not look “really Spanish”. These images allow us to analyze the representation of music as a significant recreation of national identity and its cultural and social significance.ItI principali artisti stranieri nel XIX secolo individuarono la Spagna come meta preferita durante i loro viaggi alla ricerca di una terra esotica. L'immagine della Spagna è stata ricreata attraverso i romanzi, i libretti, i dipinti, le memorie e le cronache di viaggio che essi realizzarono. Mentre questi viaggiatori incontrano la Spagna che avevano sognato, gli artisti crearono un'iconografia specifica sul “vivere alla spagnola", includendo nelle loro opere anche la presenza della musica.Gli elementi musicali presenti in queste opere, realizzate da pittori e scrittori spagnoli, contribuivano a definire un sogno di esotismo, una specifica immagine di ciò che vuole essere "a la española". Quando si accorgono che il mondo reale non è abbastanza tipico, essi lo trasformano, consapevoli che i loro lavori sarebbero stati criticati se non fossero sembrati “abbastanza spagnoli. Queste immagini mostrano come la creazione dell'identità nazionale e del suo significato culturale e sociale trovi nella rappresentazione della musica uno dei suoi mezzi più efficaci

Paleobiological study of the convento of Santa Maria da Consolaçao

Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica, JIA (3as : 5-7 de mayo 2010 : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Sesión 5. Arqueología de la muerte.On November 6 of 1491 the convent of Santa Maria da Consolação is officially founded, in the city of Porto, becoming the 6th convent belonging to the order of Saint John Evangelist in Portugal. Although relatively small, it soon became one of the most important convents of this order in Portugal, having gone through some stages of renovation to increase its dimensions. By the year 1788 it is already considered one of the wealthiest convents of the city. A few years after the Liberal Revolution, it is demolished and the sold area was turned into a Palace. The convent was located in the Largo das Cardosas in downtown Porto, an area which is being object of a rehabilitation project that aims to promote residence and tourism through the renovation and construction of new facilities. A Preliminary report was done during the exhumation of the remains, based solely on the skeletal material removed from the ossuaries and coffins. The site held evidence of Christian burial practice with multiple reuse of the graves, and the materials recovered placed made possible to place the site in a 18th century timeline.El 6 novembre de 1491 el convent de Santa Maria da Consolação és oficialment fundat en la ciutat de Porto, convertint-se en el sisè convent pertanyent a l'ordre de Sant Joan Evangelista a Portugal. Encara que relativament petit, aviat es va convertir en un dels convents més importants d'aquesta ordre a Portugal, després d'haver passat per algunes etapes de remodelació per augmentar les seves dimensions. Al voltant de l'any 1788 ja és considerat un dels convents més rics de la ciutat. Pocs anys després de la Revolució Liberal, és demolit i la superfície venuda va esdevenir un Palau. El convent estava situat en el Largo das Cardosas el centre de Porto, una zona que està sent objecte d'un projecte de rehabilitació que té com a objectiu promoure la residència i turisme per mitjà de la renovació i construcció de noves instal·lacions. Un informe preliminar fou realitzat durant l'exhumació de les restes basant-se únicament en el material ossi extret dels osseres i els taüts. El lloc té proves de la pràctica cristiana sepultura amb la reutilització de les tombes múltiples, i els materials recuperats col·locat possible per posar el lloc en una línia de temps del segle 18

Leak Detection and Location Method in Natural Gas Pipeline using Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks

Traditional pipeline leak detection and location technologies generates high false alarm and poor location accuracy, this paper introduce Acoustic Wireless Sensor Network (AWSN) for gas pipeline monitoring which provide real time leak detection and location. AWSN detects and locate leakage by utilizing the measurements of Acoustic sensor mounted along pipeline to sense leak sound. A pipeline of 10m length and 0.25inch diameter filled with higher pressure of 10bar used to test the performance and accuracy of the system. Experimental results show that this method could effectively improve the accuracy of the leak point localization and reduce the undetected rate as well as false alarm rate. Keywords: Acoustic sensor, Gas pipeline network, Leak point locatio

A Review on an Integrated Mobile System for Improving Efficiency in Water Meter Reading – A Case of Arusha Tanzania

Technology has shown tremendous growth in recent years, which has led to the evolution of mobile phone development. A mobile phone is a wireless handheld device that allows users to make calls and send text messages, among other features. A water meter is a device which collects and registers information on the volume of water used over a period of time at a particular location. Due to the fact that the current process of recording water consumption in Arusha, Tanzania is inefficient as it is still done manually, this paper shows different best studies made in perfecting water meter reading system via mobile system. It further proposes the best way of recording water consumption which can match with the environment of Tanzania after reviewing different studies made by others. Keywords: Mobile phone, Water meter, SMS, USSD, Data logge

Redefinition of the circalittoral zone and its assemblages from Azores insular shelves through video survey

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Biologia Marinha e ConservaçãoOs oceanos enfrentam uma crise de perda de biodiversidade graças ao crescimento das atividades humanas e das alterações climáticas, enquanto o conhecimento do ambiente marinho e destes impactos continua escasso. Tal conhecimento reflete-se no circalitoral das plataformas insulares dos Açores e nas correspondentes comunidades, alvo do nosso estudo que teve como objetivo descrevê-los através da: (i) identificação dos padrões verticais baseado nas comunidades existentes, (ii) investigação da sua interação com importantes descritores ambientais, e (iii) comparação das comunidades com os biótopos estabelecidos pela EUNIS. A diversidade de morfotipos foi apurada por “drop down” câmaras colocadas de 50 a 200 m de profundidade em três ilhas do arquipélago e, posteriormente, estudada quanto à sua distribuição aos níveis individual e da comunidade. Os resultados apoiam a redefinição do circalitoral para os Açores. Aos 80 m, a luz que chega ao fundo marca o início da dominância de bioconstruções coralinas e comunidades faunísticas eretas. A partir dos 110 m a insuficiente luz seleciona apenas comunidades animais. Começando pelo circalitoral inferior, esponjas dominam até ca. 140 m enquanto os corais negros alcançam o circalitoral profundo, hidrodinamicamente estável permitindo a subsistência de uma mistura de esponjas e gorgónias frágeis dos ca. 140 m aos 200 m. Porém, a definição dos limites desta sub-zona deverá ser refinada com base na influente estabilidade térmica. A maioria dos biótopos identificados representa VMEs não contemplados na EUNIS, evidenciando a importância do conhecimento proveniente destes e de outros estudos para ações de conservação das plataformas insulares dos Açores e, possívelmente de outros arquipélagos da Macaronésia.Oceans face a biodiversity loss crisis as human activities and climate change increase while knowledge of the marine environment and those impacts is still lagging behind. This includes the circalittoral zone and communities of the Azores insular shelves which this work aimed at describing through (i) identifying its vertical patterns based on its assemblages, (ii) investigating its relationships with key environmental descriptors, and (iii) critically compare it with the established EUNIS biotopes. Morphological species diversity was investigated through drop down cameras deployed at 50 to 200 m on three islands across the archipelago, and the distribution range of morphotypes assessed at the individual and assemblage levels. Results support a redefinition of the circalittoral zone for the Azores islands and its distinct sub-zones. Seabed light marks the transition to the coralligenous bioconstructions and erect fauna communities of the upper circalittoral at 80 m. As light gets sparser, only animal communities subsist below 110 m. This includes the lower circalittoral, dominated by sponges down to ca. 140 m and by black coral gardens extending to the more hydrodynamically stable deep circalittoral with a mix of fragile sponges and gorgonians from ca. 140 m to 200 m. Future studies could aim at refining the deep circalittoral limits based on thermal stability. Most of the identified biotopes represent VMEs which are not contemplated in the current EUNIS classification, highlighting the importance of these and other recent studies for knowledge-based conservation actions of the insular circalittoral of the Azores and, possibly, other Macaronesian archipelagoes

George Sand: a view on Chopin and his Prélude opus 28

El conocimiento de la obra Preludios, opus 28 de Frédéric Chopin se ve enriquecido por las referencias documentales fruto de la escritora George Sand. Sus narraciones, autobiográficas y novelescas, su correspondencia y los relatos de sus coetáneos aportan una valiosa información que complementa el análisis musical formal de una obra destacada dentro de la producción del compositor. Permite conocer el contexto en el que se desarrollaba la creación de la colección de obras, así como la icónica estancia de Chopin y Sand en Mallorca.The knowledge of the Preludes, opus 28 by Frédéric Chopin is enriched by the analysis of different documents from the writer George Sand. Her Memories, letters and novels, as well as the opinion of her colleagues, can offer to scholars and performers a valuable information that complement the musical analysis of a collection of music pieces highlighted in the composer's catalogue. This analysis provides the background of the creative process of these music pieces, as well as the iconic visit to Mallorca of Chopin and Sand