Autoria à venda: ghost writers no Brasil

TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Jornalismo.Este TCC consiste em uma grande reportagem impressa que pretende mostrar a atividade dos ghost writers, escritores contratados para elaborar textos sob encomenda que concedem a autoria destes por meio de contratos e termos de confidencialidade. Serão traçados o perfil desse tipo de profissional e o panorama do mercado no Brasil, além de responder se esta é ou não uma atividade clandestina, os motivos pelos quais alguém contrata um ghost writer e por que eles vendem seus textos e/ou suas ideias. A reportagem também vai abordar as questões éticas envolvidas, possíveis disputas jurídicas em torno de uma obra e os motivos para que esse assunto seja pouco tratado no Brasil, apesar de o ghostwriting ser uma prática bastante comum. As obras que vão entrar na apuração serão textos literários, livros técnicos, livros elaborados para empresas e (auto)biografias. A importância do crescimento desse mercado por ser uma possibilidade de emprego para jornalistas também é colocada em pauta

Study of the response of CFRP composite laminates to a laser-induced shock

Laser-induced shock yields to a local tensile stress within a sample. This high strain rate stress can be used to verify the bond strength between two layers. This method has been applied to Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composite laminates, involved in aeronautic or defense industry. Experiments have been carried out on high power laser facility in the nanosecond regime. A velocimetry interferometer has been used to record the material velocity at the back surface of the samples. This study provides a comprehensive approach of the response of CFRP laminates of different thicknesses to a shock load normal to the fibres direction. The stress waves generation and propagation within the laminate and the induced delamination are key issues of this work. The main result is the ability of the technique to evaluate the out-of-plane strength of these laminate

Diagnosenübergreifende Psychoedukation: "Notbehelf" oder "Mittel der Wahl"?: Ergebnisse der Basler Psychoedukationsstudie

Zusammenfassung: Trotz günstiger Evidenzlage werden die traditionell diagnosehomogenen psychoedukativen Gruppenprogramme aufgrund der oft zu geringen Patientenzahl pro Diagnose nicht routinemäßig eingesetzt. In einer explorativen randomisierten und kontrollierten Studie wurde die Wirksamkeit eines diagnosengemischten Programms hinsichtlich klinischer Variablen, Rehospitalisierungshäufigkeit und "compliance" sowie verlaufsrelevanter subjektiver Einstellungen und Theorien mithilfe quantitativer und qualitativer Methoden bei Patienten der Universitären Psychiatrischen Kliniken Basel (N = 82) über einen 1-jährigen "Follow-up"-Zeitraum untersucht. Signifikante Gruppenunterschiede zeigten sich hinsichtlich Compliance nach 3Monaten und hinsichtlich der Suizidrate zugunsten der Interventionsbedingung. Die Ergebnisse bei den meisten anderen erhobenen klinischen Zielvariablen ergaben deutliche Vorteile für die Psychoeduationsgruppe. Eine erste Analyse qualitativer Daten fand als Akuteffekt eine signifikant günstigere Entwicklung in der Interventionsgruppe. Die bisher einzigen empirischen Daten über eine störungsübergreifende Psychoedukationsgruppe rechtfertigen deren klinischen Einsatz und weitere Untersuchunge

Efficacy of bifocal diagnosis-independent group psychoeducation in severe psychiatric disorders: results from a randomized controlled trial

Despite evidence for its efficacy, diagnosis-specific psychoeducation is not routinely applied. This exploratory randomized controlled trial analyses the efficacy of an easily implementable bifocal diagnosis-mixed group psychoeducation in the treatment of severe psychiatric disorders regarding readmission, compliance and clinical variables, for example global functioning. Inpatients of the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel (N=82) were randomly assigned to a diagnosis-mixed psychoeducational (PE) or a non-specific intervention control group. Relatives were invited to join corresponding family groups. Results at baseline, 3- and 12-month follow-ups are presented. Better compliance after 3months and a lower suicide rate were significant in favour of PE. For most other outcome variables, no significant differences, however advantages, in PE were found. In summary, it can be concluded that diagnosis-mixed group psychoeducation is effective in the treatment of severe psychiatric disorders. The effects can be classified as induced by distinctive psychoeducational elements. Findings similar to those on psychosis-specific programmes justify clinical application and further investigatio

Análise do desempenho de uma nova técnica de reforço ao corte para elementos estruturais de betão armado

A formação de fendas de corte em elementos estruturais reforçados à flexão com materiais compósitos (FRP) deve ser evitada, uma vez que antecipa a ruína do elemento, impossibilitando o total aproveitamento das propriedades oferecidas pelo reforço. Neste trabalho estudou-se o comportamento de provetes de betão armado, reforçados ao corte com varões embebidos em adesivo segundo a técnica de reforço designada por “Core Drilled Mounted” (CDM). Catorze provetes foram divididos em seis grupos, de maneira a estudar influência de alguns parâmetros no desempenho da técnica proposta, designadamente: classe de resistência do betão; tipo de varões; tipo de adesivo; diâmetro dos varões, percentagem de reforço ao corte e existência de pré-fissuração. Os resultados mais significativos obtidos na investigação efectuada são apresentados no presente trabalho

Search for charginos, neutralinos, and gravitinos at LEP

The hep-ex data base was decided not to be an appropriate place to make DELPHI notes public. Sorry for the inconvenience.Comment: the paper should not have been made publi

Exploring the possibilities of a new technique for the shear strengthening of RC elements

In the present work, the possibilities of a CFRP-based strengthening technique, herein designated Core Drilled Mounted (CDM) technique, to increase the shear resistance of reinforced concrete (RC) elements were explored. For this purpose, an exploratory experimental program of short beam shear specimens was carefully carried out with the purpose of capturing the main features of the CFRP bar contribution for the concrete shear resistance. The adopted monitoring system was able of establishing a relationship between crack opening, crack sliding and strains in the CFRP strengthening bar, for each applied load. From the obtained results it was observed that a CFRP reinforcement ratio of 0.2% contributed for a 26% increment in terms of specimen shear resistance. Furthermore, at a crack width of 0.3 mm the strain level in the CFRP was enough significant to show that this is a promising strengthening technique for the shear and punching resistance of RC structures. It was also observed that the contribution of the CFRP bars was more effective when concrete cohesive failure mode occurred, indicating that bar-adhesive debond failure mode should be avoided, which requires to select the most appropriate FRP-adhesive system

The high-intensity hyperon beam at CERN

A high-intensity hyperon beam was constructed at CERN to deliver Sigma- to experiment WA89 at the Omega facility and operated from 1989 to 1994. The setup allowed rapid changeover between hyperon and conventional hadron beam configurations. The beam provided a Sigma-flux of 1.4 x 10^5 per burst at mean momenta between 330 and 345 Gev/c, produced by about 3 x 10^10 protons of 450 GeV/c . At the experiment target the beam had a Sigma-/pi- ratio close to 0.4 and a size of 1.6 x 3.7 cm^2. The beam particle trajectories and their momenta were measured with a scintillating fibre hodoscope in the beam channel and a silicon microstrip detector at the exit of the channel. A fast transition radiation detector was used to identify the pion component of the beam.Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth.

Sarcoidosis: Psychotherapy and Long-Term Outcome—A Case Report

Sarcoidosis is a systemic, inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology, influenced by stressful life events and associated with a high incidence of alexithymic personality traits, and of depressive symptoms. The medical literature on sarcoidosis has called for a psychotherapeutic intervention to modify the perceived state of disease, the influence of stressful events and the depressive condition. Few studies have described cases treated with psychotherapy, and no information is available on its long-term outcome. We present the case of a patient with chronic sarcoidosis and periodical reacutizations with constantly pathological ESR. Twenty-four years after the diagnosis, a dynamic supportive-expressive psychotherapy for psychosomatic alexithymic patients was added to the medical therapy. At the beginning and at the end of the psychotherapy, and for the long-term outcome evaluations, Kellner's symptom questionnaire (SQ) was used to investigate psychological distress. The SQ scores, initially pathological, were normal at the end of the psychotherapy and for the following three years. Psychotherapy, without antidepressive drugs, resolved the depression. The depressive symptoms disappeared, along with the normalization and stabilization of the ESR. After three years, the outcome was positive. This is the first study describing a successful psychotherapy and its long-term outcome on a patient with sarcoidosis

Assessment of the effectiveness of the embedded through-section technique for the shear strengthening of RC beams

Embedded Through-Section (ETS) technique is a relatively recent shear strengthening strategy for reinforced concrete (RC) beams, and consists on opening holes across the depth of the beam’s cross section, with the desired inclinations, where bars are introduced and are bonded to the concrete substrate with adhesive materials. To assess the effectiveness of this technique, a comprehensive experimental program composed of 14 RC beams was carried out, and the obtained results confirm the feasibility of the ETS method and revealed that: (i) inclined ETS strengthening bars were more effective than vertical ETS bars, and the shear capacity of the beams has increased with the decrease of the spacing between bars; (ii) brittle shear failure was converted in ductile flexural failure, and (iii) the contribution of the ETS strengthening bars for the beam shear resistance was limited by the concrete crushing or due to the yielding of the longitudinal reinforcement. The applicability of the ACI 318 (2008) and Eurocode 2 (2004) standard specifications for shear resistance was examined and a good agreement between the experimental and analytical results was obtained.The study reported in this article is part of the research project 'DURCOST', PTDC/ECM/105700/2008, supported by FCT. The authors wish to acknowledge the support provided by the 'Casais', Secil (Unibetao, Braga) and Sika Portugal Companies. The first author acknowledges the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil, for financial support for scholarship (GDE 200953/2007-9)