It is hard to imagine everyday life in recent times without access to a wide spectrum of various services and applications delivered via the Web, especially in the mobile environment. Additionally, it is important today to satisfy end user needs, i.e., improve their Quality of Experience (QoE), taking into account that many factors, characteristic for different categories of Web, influence user’s mobile Web QoE. Therefore, this paper provides the categorization of the Web and focuses on the identification of the most and least influential factors in general according to examined user opinions in the context of browsing Web sites via mobile devices, and all for the successful management of QoE in mobile Web context.

This paper describes the complete process of design, development and implementation of a specifically developed pressure transducer, installed as a part of a measurement system developed for experimental testing and simulation of high voltage circuit breaker model. The synthesis of the custom-made pressure transducer - from the initial idea to the final implementation is presented in the paper, alongside with a brief survey of competitive commercial measurement solutions. The experimental results suggest that the developed pressure transducer completely fulfils the specified technical requirements. Moreover, the proposed transducer has many additional advantages over the existing commercial solutions.

Uncertainty is one of the most important factors contributing to the complexity of the power system operation and management. This paper presents some of the most important uncertainty modelling techniques and compares their advantages and disadvantages. In particular, this paper focuses on identification, classification and comparison of uncertainty modelling approaches used in power systems, highlighting the Distributed Generation (DG) allocation problem. The main objective of this paper is to identify the sources of uncertainty in DG allocation problem, review the most important uncertainty modelling methods and propose the appropriate matching approach between the sources of uncertainty and modelling methods

Object: The incidence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-related complications after intradural spinal tumor (IST) surgery is high and reported in up to 18% of patients. However, no efficient way to prevent those complications has been reported so far. Treating these complications may require prolonged bed rest, re-exploration, external lumbar drain, use of antibiotics, and possible precipitation of other complications. To alleviate the risk of CSF-related complications, we prospectively adopted the intraoperative use of autologous fat grafting after IST surgery. Methods: This is a perspective analysis of 37 cases (out of 40 cases series) that a prospective use of abdominal fat autograft was applied during dural closure. After the tumor was resected and the dura closed, we used the Valsalva maneuver to ensure watertight closure. CSF leak was prevented with the enforcement of suture with a fat autograft as necessary. In addition a thin layer of fat tissue was then placed over the dura to obliterate any dead space. Fibrin glue was then applied over the graft. Filling the dead space with the fat graft prevented a low-pressure space in which CSF could pool and form a pseudomeningocele. Results: After adopting the fat autograft technique, we did not observe any post-surgery CSF-related complications in any of these patients. Conclusions: The prospective use of autologous fat grafting can ensure watertight dural closure and obliterate the dead space created during surgical exposure and bone removal. This technique significantly reduces, and may completely eliminate, postoperative CSF-related complications in patients with ISTs.

Este artigo tem por objetivo compartilhar o trabalho realizado com bebes de 6 a 18 meses em tres creches municipais, sendo este vinculado ao subprojeto PIBID “Brincadeiras de agora, brincadeiras de outrora: as criancas e a producao das culturas infantis”. Fundamentado em Paulo Freire, em especial nos conceitos de dialogicidade e amorosidade, em uma interlocucao com outros estudos e pesquisas na area da infancia, sao apresentadas aqui algumas atividades realizadas com os bebes no intuito de instigar sua curiosidade, fantasia, imaginacao e inventividade, potencializando assim suas experiencias. Tal trabalho tem possibilitado compreender como os bebes leem e dizem o mundo. Nele verifica-se a ampliacao de espacos instigantes onde aprendem observando, tocando, cheirando, narrando suas descobertas atraves do brincar e de suas multiplas linguagens, o que tem exigido dos/as educadores/as alfabetizarem-se nestas linguagens visando a construcao de praticas dialogicas.

The protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and their functions are of global importance. For European states it became legally binding mainly through the EUWater Framework Directive (WFD). In order to assess the ecological status of a given water body, aquatic biodiversity data are obtained and compared to a reference water body. The quantified mismatch obtained determines the extent of potential management actions. The current approach to biodiversity assessment is based on morpho-taxonomy. This approach has many drawbacks such as being time consuming, limited in temporal and spatial resolution, and error-prone due to the varying individual taxonomic expertise of the analysts. Novel genomic tools can overcome many of the aforementioned problems and could complement or even replace traditional bioassessment. Yet, a plethora of approaches are independently developed in different institutions, thereby hampering any concerted routine application. The goal of this Action is to nucleate a group of researchers across disciplines with the task to identify gold-standard genomic tools and novel ecogenomic indices for routine application in biodiversity assessments of European fresh- and marine water bodies. Furthermore, DNAqua-Net will provide a platform for training of the next generation of European researchers preparing them for the new technologies. Jointly with water managers, politicians, and other stakeholders, the group will develop a DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring ... 3 conceptual framework for the standard application of eco-genomic tools as part of legally binding assessments.