Homenagem Póstuma à Professora Doutora Solange Barbosa de Moraes Barros

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Gisele Alves de Sá Quimelli; Lenir Aparecida Mainardes da Silva; Sandra Maria Scheffer

2017-01-01

É com muita tristeza que compartilhamos com os leitores da Revista Emancipação o falecimento, no dia 27/10/2017, da Professora Drª Solange Aparecida Barbosa de Moraes Barros. Membro do Conselho Editorial da Revista Emancipação desde 2003.A Professora Solange foi docente do Departamento de Serviço Social desde 1984 tendo uma carreira de sucesso e bastante fecunda na Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG). É de reconhecimento notável os relevantes serviços prestados à Comunidade Universit...

Feminine figures and frontiers social in the poetic of Manoel de Barros

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Rodrigues, Rauer Ribeiro [UNESP

2011-01-01

We contemplated concerning the borders in the social relationships, verifying that way the speech poetic internalizes the moral conventions and it fastens identities when proposing the alterity as a one other radically different. We studied the woman's representation in the poetry of Manoel de Barros, in the grandmother's figures, of the mother, of the women of the people and of the prostitutes. We verified the way as the women are figured and the function that they carry out in the universe ...

Characterization of Leucaena (Leucaena leucephala) oil by direct analysis in real time (DART) ion source and gas chromatography

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Alam, M.; Alandis, N.M.; Sharmin, E.; Ahmad, N.; Alrayes, B.F.; Ali, D.

2017-01-01

For the first time, we report the characterization of triacylglycerols and fatty acids in Leucaena (Leucaena leucephala) oil [LUCO], an unexplored nontraditional non-medicinal plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. LUCO was converted to fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). We analyzed the triacylglycerols (TAGs) of pure LUCO and their FAMEs by time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) followed by multivariate analysis for discrimination among the FAMEs. Our investigations for the analysis of LUCO samples represent noble features of glycerides. A new type of ion source, coupled with high-resolution TOF-MS was applied for the comprehensive analysis of triacylglycerols. The composition of fatty acid based LUCO oil was studied using Gas Chromatography (GC-FID). The major fatty acid components of LUCO oil are linoleic acid (52.08%) oleic acid (21.26%), palmitic acid (7.91%) and stearic acid (6.01%). A metal analysis in LUCO was done by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The structural elucidation and thermal stability of LUCO were studied by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR spectroscopic techniques and TGA-DSC, respectively. We also measured the cytotoxicity of LUCO [es

Characterization of Leucaena (Leucaena leucephala) oil by direct analysis in real time (DART) ion source and gas chromatography; Caracterización del aceite de Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) por análisis directo en tiempo real (DART) y cromatografía de gases

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Alam, M.; Alandis, N.M.; Sharmin, E.; Ahmad, N.; Alrayes, B.F.; Ali, D.

2017-07-01

For the first time, we report the characterization of triacylglycerols and fatty acids in Leucaena (Leucaena leucephala) oil [LUCO], an unexplored nontraditional non-medicinal plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. LUCO was converted to fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). We analyzed the triacylglycerols (TAGs) of pure LUCO and their FAMEs by time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) followed by multivariate analysis for discrimination among the FAMEs. Our investigations for the analysis of LUCO samples represent noble features of glycerides. A new type of ion source, coupled with high-resolution TOF-MS was applied for the comprehensive analysis of triacylglycerols. The composition of fatty acid based LUCO oil was studied using Gas Chromatography (GC-FID). The major fatty acid components of LUCO oil are linoleic acid (52.08%) oleic acid (21.26%), palmitic acid (7.91%) and stearic acid (6.01%). A metal analysis in LUCO was done by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The structural elucidation and thermal stability of LUCO were studied by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR spectroscopic techniques and TGA-DSC, respectively. We also measured the cytotoxicity of LUCO [Spanish] Se presenta por primera vez la caracterización de triacilgliceroles y ácidos grasos del aceite de Leucaena (Leucaena leucephala) [LUCO], una planta no medicinal, no tradicional y no explorada, perteneciente a la familia Fabaceae. Se analizaron triacilgliceroles (TAGs) de LUCO y sus FAMEs por espectrometría de masas de tiempo de vuelo (TOF-MS) seguido de análisis multivariante para discriminación entre los FAME. Nuestras investigaciones para el análisis de muestras de LUCO presentaron características propias de los glicéridos. Un nuevo tipo de fuente de iones, junto con alta resolución TOF-MS se aplicó para el análisis exhaustivo de triacilgliceroles. La composición de aceite de LUCO basado en ácidos grasos se estudió usando Cromatografía de Gas (GC-FID). Los principales

Chaves para ler as Memórias inventadas, de Manoel de Barros

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Raquel R. Souza

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Electing the book Memórias inventadas: a infância, by Brazilian poet Manoel de Barros, from the state of Goiás, the article intends to observe memory and as- sess the mechanisms through which it operates. From the basic assumption that memory is imagination, we search the theoretical support of the Phenomenology studies of Gaston Bachelard, relevantly in one of his last texts, which is dedicated to the examination of daydreaming and daydreaming about childhood. At the same time, we highlight the face of referential metapoetry as a focus of radiaton of those memories.

Apropriações midiáticas da poesia contemporânea: releituras de Manoel de Barros

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Elisabete Alfeld

2015-12-01

Full Text Available A proposta deste estudo é apresentar algumas considerações sobre a apropriação da poesia no ambiente midiático. O objeto de estudo é a obra poética de Manoel de Barros e a sua passagem para diferentes formatos da cena audiovisual apresentando algumas das estratégias utilizadas no procedimento de apropriação dos poemas.

Rb-Sr geochronology from Barro Alto Complex, Goias: metamorphism evidence of high degree and continental collision around 1300 Ma ago in Central Brazil

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Fuck, R.A.; Neves, B.B.B.; Cordani, U.G.; Kawashita, K.

1989-01-01

Rb-Sr geochronologic investigation carried out on rocks from the Barro Alto Complex, Goias, yielded iso chronic ages of 1266 +- 17 Ma, for felsic rocks from the granulite belt and 1330 +- 67 Ma, for gneisses belonging to the Juscelandia Sequence. Rb-Sr isotope measurements suggest that Barro Alto rocks have undergone an important metamorphic event during middle Proterozoic times, around 1300 Ma ago. During that event, volcanic and sedimentary rocks of Juscelandia Sequence, as well as the underlying gabbros-anorthosite layered complex, underwent deformation and recrystallization under amphibolite facies conditions. Deformation and metamorphism took place during the collision of two continental blocks, which resulted in a southeastward directed thrust complex, allowing the exposure of granulite slices from the middle-lower crust of the overthrusted block. (author)

Ocelots on Barro Colorado Island are infected with feline immunodeficiency virus but not other common feline and canine viruses.

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Franklin, Samuel P; Kays, Roland W; Moreno, Ricardo; TerWee, Julie A; Troyer, Jennifer L; VandeWoude, Sue

2008-07-01

Transmission of pathogens from domestic animals to wildlife populations (spill-over) has precipitated local wildlife extinctions in multiple geographic locations. Identifying such events before they cause population declines requires differentiating spillover from endemic disease, a challenge complicated by a lack of baseline data from wildlife populations that are isolated from domestic animals. We tested sera collected from 12 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) native to Barro Colorado Island, Panama, which is free of domestic animals, for antibodies to feline herpes virus, feline calicivirus, feline corona virus, feline panleukopenia virus, canine distemper virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), typically a species-specific infection. Samples also were tested for feline leukemia virus antigens. Positive tests results were only observed for FIV; 50% of the ocelots were positive. We hypothesize that isolation of this population has prevented introduction of pathogens typically attributed to contact with domestic animals. The high density of ocelots on Barro Colorado Island may contribute to a high prevalence of FIV infection, as would be expected with increased contact rates among conspecifics in a geographically restricted population.

GESTÃO EMPRESARIAL COM RESPONSABILIDADE ECÓLOGICA: ANÁLISE DO PLANO DE GERENCIAMENTO DE RESIDUOS SOLIDOS DA ANGLO AMERICAN- BARRO ALTO

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Raíssa Maria Lopes

2016-12-01

Full Text Available RESUMO: O tema Gestão Empresarial com Responsabilidade Ecológica vem sendo abordado com mais ênfase e tem ganhado espaço dentro das organizações, que por sua vez tem buscado se adequar às exigências legais e do mercado atual por meio da implantação do Sistema de Gestão Ambiental. Essa obra foi elaborada a partir da analise do PGRS[1] da Anglo American – Barro Alto de forma estratégica, afim de atingir e conscientizar o público interno da empresa, a comunidade acadêmica e a sociedade da importância de se gerenciar os resíduos sólidos gerados no nosso dia a dia. O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar a eficácia da aplicabilidade da gestão de resíduos sólidos dentro da empresa, para o desenvolvimento desse trabalho foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica a fim de fundamentar teoricamente os conceitos referentes à gestão empresarial e ambiental e uma pesquisa de campo onde foi realizada uma entrevista com a engenheira ambiental responsável pela implantação do Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos Sólidos na Anglo American Barro Alto. Palavras Chaves:Gestão Empresarial; Gestão Ambiental;Responsabilidade Ecológica; Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos.   Abstract: The topic Business Management with Ecological Responsibility has been approached with more emphasis and has gained ground in organizations, which in turn has sought to suit legal requirements and current market through the implementation of the Environmental Management System. This work was drawn from the analysis of the SWMP in Anglo American - Barro Alto strategically in order to reach and educate the company’s workforce, the academic community and the importance of managing solid waste generated in our day to day society. The objective of this  study is to analyze the effectiveness of the applicability of solid waste management within the company, to develop this work a literature search was performed to theoretically substantiate the concepts relating to

Usos do primitivismo. Pedra, barro e arquitetura moderna.

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Claudia Costa Cabral

2017-08-01

Full Text Available Apesar de problemáticas, as noções de “primitivo” e “primitivismo” foram categorias essenciais para a arte e a arquitetura moderna na América Latina, tanto para produtores (arquitetos e artistas, quanto para seus intérpretes (historiadores e críticos. Estiveram fortemente associadas tanto à contribuição latino-americana para uma modernidade universal quanto à apreciação historiográfica dessa contribuição. Este texto tem por objetivo cercar determinados “usos do primitivismo” na arquitetura sul-americana, que coincidem com a presença de materiais naturais, como a pedra e o barro, e de técnicas construtivas pré-industriais. Embora essa presença possa ser discutida apenas nos termos de uma relação com o “vernáculo”, adota-se propositalmente a noção de “primitivismo”, por exibir um impasse (de certa forma indiferente ao vernáculo de uma ligação intelectual, e não natural, com a tradição. O trabalho finaliza com algumas notas sobre a proposta de Lucio Costa para a casa operária de Monlevade no Brasil (1936 e as alternativas do grupo Austral para a casa rural argentina (1939.

Rethinking the Role of Development Banks in Climate Finance: Panama’s Barro Blanco CDM Project and Human Rights

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Beatriz Felipe Pérez

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Development banks are key actors in climate finance. During the last decades, they have increased the funding of climate change related projects, especially those under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM. Defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, the CDM aims at contributing to climate change mitigation while assisting in achieving sustainable development. However, many CDM projects have caused environmental damage and human rights abuses that especially affect the most vulnerable people. Located in Panama, the Barro Blanco hydro-power dam exemplifies the complex interrelationship of climate financing, development policies, the political and economic national context and human rights. Through the analysis of the role of development banks in climate finance, especially in the context of CDM projects, this paper aims (1 to clarify the role of development banks in climate finance, (2 to shed light on the vulnerable situation of the people affected by these projects, (3 to highlight the gaps in both the CDM rules and the development banks’ safeguard policies concerning the protection of human rights and the prevention of environmental abuses, and (4 to give a current example of this complex situation through the Barro Blanco case study. This paper argues that the manifold and often competing national and international legal and political layers of climate change mitigation projects repeatedly leave project affected people vulnerable to human rights violations without adequate safeguards and mechanisms to effectively articulate their interests, protect their rights and promote access to justice.

Political pugilists: recuperative gender strategies in canadian electoral politics.

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Maiolino, Elise

2015-05-01

This paper offers the concept recuperative gender strategies to describe how political leaders work to restore their public gender identities. The author examines a charity-boxing match between two Canadian politicians, Justin Trudeau and Patrick Brazeau. Trudeau is the current leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and son of former Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau. Brazeau was a Conservative Senator. Through a discourse analysis of 222 national newspaper articles published on the match, this paper chronicles Justin Trudeau's transition from "precariously masculine" to "sufficiently masculine" and discusses the significance of this transformation for Trudeau's suitability for Liberal Party leadership. Cet article propose le concept de stratégies de récupération des sexes pour décrire et expliquer comment des dirigeants politiques travaillent à rétablir leurs identités sexuelles publiques. J'analyse la couverture médiatique du combat de boxe caritatif datant de mars 2012 et opposant deux politiciens canadiens : Justin Trudeau, le chef du Parti libéral du Canada, et Patrick Brazeau, un sénateur conservateur. En m'appuyant sur une analyse de discours de 222 articles de journaux nationaux publiés au sujet de ce combat, je détaille la transition de Justin Trudeau d'une forme de masculinité « précaire » à une « masculinité suffisante », et je discute de l'importance de cette transformation pour l'aptitude perçue de Trudeau comme chef du Parti libéral. © 2015 Canadian Sociological Association/La Société canadienne de sociologie.

Figuras zoomorfas de barro de la Edad del Hierro en la Meseta Norte

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Pablo ALONSO HERNÁNDEZ

2009-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: En el yacimiento de Las Cogotas, durante la campaña de excavaciones arqueológicas de 1986 apareció una cabeza de caballo, en barro cocido. Es de destacar su interés al igual que el de otras piezas aparecidas en las antiguas excavaciones de este yacimiento (cabeza de serpiente y bóvido. Se trata de importantes ejemplos de figuración zoomorfa en el marco de la Meseta Norte, realizados durante la Segunda Edad del Hierro.ABSTRACT: A horse's head in clay was discovered in the archaeological excavations at Las Cogotas settlement in 1986. This figure and others recovered in the excavations of the 20's (serpent and ox are remarkable in the context of zoomorphic representations of the Meseta Iron Age. They are important examples of the sculpture elaborated by Late Iron Age communitties of the Central Meseta.

Evaluación radiográfica y microscópica de la acción de quelantes en la remoción del barro dentinario

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Janet Ofelia Guevara Canales

Full Text Available Introducción: el tratamiento endodóntico realiza la limpieza y conformación del sistema de conductos radiculares, ya que virutas de dentina y materiales orgánicos, como los microorganismos, creadas por la acción de la instrumentación, forman el llamado barro dentinario. Objetivo: evaluar in vitro la remoción del barro dentinario y la disminución de la densidad de túbulos dentinarios, con soluciones irrigadoras quelantes. Métodos: se trata de un estudio experimental para el cual fueron seleccionados 30 dientes unirradiculares de humanos después del examen radiográfico inicial, y en el que se constató la presencia de canal único, ausencia de calcificación, reabsorción interna y tratamiento endodóntico concluido o en proceso. Luego se procedió a la instrumentación con tres diferentes soluciones irrigadoras: ácido etilenodiaminetetracético 17 %, ácido cítrico 10 % e hipoclorito de sodio 5,25 % (grupo control. Posteriormente se evaluó radiográficamente cada diente instrumentado con el uso de una escala de densidad que fue confeccionada de aluminio con diferentes marcadores de densidades. Para el análisis por microscopio electrónico de barrido se utilizaron tres dientes de cada grupo, tratados con diferentes soluciones irrigadoras. Siete dientes de cada grupo se infiltraron con azul de metileno para la lectura de la infiltración marginal en el microscopio estereoscópico. Los dientes fueron evaluados en sus tres tercios: cervical, medio y apical. Resultados: se encontró que radiográficamente no hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre los promedios de las densidades de los grupos de dientes en todos los tercios. Por microscopio electrónico de barrido se encontró una diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre los tres grupos de sustancias irrigadoras (p < 0,001, en el tercio cervical la remoción del barro dentinario fue mayor. Y por microscopio óptico se observó una mayor infiltración en el grupo

Life-Cycle-Cost Analysis of the Microwave Landing System Ground and Airborne Systems

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READ(2tI019) RTSEI(JK)PSMTE4F(JtK)giSMTTR(JPK) READ(291019) SFITT(JK)tSUCOS(JYK)vWTE4(JgK) C LUCOS(J) = LUCOS(J) + NOSRU(JvK)* SUCOS (JTK) IF (SMTE4F...JtK) .NE. 0) 1 LMTE4F(J) = LMTEIF(J) + (NOSRU(JYK)/SMTBF(JvK)) WT(J) = LJT(J) 3 WTEB(JPK) C C *RECALCULATE SUCOS TO ACCOUNT FOR DIISTRIBtUTION COST C... SUCOS (JvK) = SUCOS (JPK)*(1 + SIAIST) 53MTE4F(JtK) = SMTB:F(JvK)/KFAC BMCS(Jd() = BMCS(JTK)*KFAC [IMCS(JiK) = DMCS(JPK)*KFAC so CONTINUE C 35 LUCOS(J

Um estudo comparativo sobre a classe gramatical "nome" nas gramáticas de João de Barros (1540 e de Reis Lobato (1770

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Marcus Vinícius Pereira das Dores

2016-09-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo analisa de forma comparativa como a classe gramatical “nome” é apresentada em duas gramáticas antigas da língua portuguesa – Gramatica da Língua Portuguesa (BARROS, 1540 e A Arte da Grammatica da Língua Portuguesa (LOBATO, 1770. A gramática de Barros destinou-se à instrução dos “mininos e moços”, utilizada, assim, para ensinar a língua portuguesa como “língua mãe” e não como “madastra”, não se tratando, portanto, de uma gramática destinada aos não portugueses (BUESCU, 1983. Já a obra de Lobato foi adotada tanto em Portugal quanto, posteriormente, nas Colônias, para o ensino da língua portuguesa. Este artigo recai no que se refere ao estudo dos nomes e na observação de como é feita a classificação desses vocábulos, se se toma como base o modelo latino ou não. Explica-se a escolha dessa classe de palavra pelo fato de ambos os autores dedicarem um número considerável de páginas da sua obra para essa classe e suas subclassificações.

A New Basal Sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), Northwestern Argentina

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Apaldetti, Cecilia; Martinez, Ricardo N.; Alcober, Oscar A.; Pol, Diego

2011-01-01

Background Argentinean basal sauropodomorphs are known by several specimens from different basins; Ischigualasto, El Tranquilo, and Mogna. The Argentinean record is diverse and includes some of the most primitive known sauropodomorphs such as Panphagia and Chromogisaurus, as well as more derived forms, including several massospondylids. Until now, the Massospondylidae were the group of basal sauropodomorphs most widely spread around Pangea with a record in almost all continents, mostly from the southern hemisphere, including the only record from Antarctica. Methodology/Principal Finding We describe here a new basal sauropodomorph, Leyesaurus marayensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Quebrada del Barro Formation, an Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic unit that crops out in northwestern Argentina. The new taxon is represented by a partial articulated skeleton that includes the skull, vertebral column, scapular and pelvic girdles, and hindlimb. Leyesaurus is diagnosed by a set of unique features, such as a sharply acute angle (50 degrees) formed by the ascending process of the maxilla and the alveolar margin, a straight ascending process of the maxilla with a longitudinal ridge on its lateral surface, noticeably bulging labial side of the maxillary teeth, greatly elongated cervical vertebrae, and proximal articular surface of metatarsal III that is shelf-like and medially deflected. Phylogenetic analysis recovers Leyesaurus as a basal sauropodomorph, sister taxon of Adeopapposaurus within the Massospondylidae. Moreover, the results suggest that massospondylids achieved a higher diversity than previously thought. Conclusions/Significance Our phylogenetic results differ with respect to previous analyses by rejecting the massospondylid affinities of some taxa from the northern hemisphere (e.g., Seitaad, Sarahsaurus). As a result, the new taxon Leyesaurus, coupled with other recent discoveries, suggests that the diversity of massospondylids in the southern hemisphere was higher

Educação Permanente em Saúde e Manoel de Barros: uma Aproximação Desformadora

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Eluana Borges Leitão de Figueiredo

Full Text Available RESUMO Trata-se de uma reflexão que promove diálogo entre pressupostos da Educação Permanente em Saúde (EPS e proposições desformadoras do poeta Manoel de Barros, com o objetivo de contribuir para a transvisão da formação e do trabalho em saúde. Optou-se por desvelar tal aproximação com base nos versos do poema “As lições de RQ”, que funcionaram como plataforma para os saltos reflexivos. A discussão encontrou respaldo principal em Paulo Freire e Adolfo Sanchez Vázquez, uma vez que caminhou na perspectiva de uma práxis revolucionária, transformadora e libertadora.

Breathing response of the tegu lizard to 1-4% CO2 in the mouth and nose or inspired into the lungs.

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Ballam, G O

1985-12-01

This study investigated the influence on ventilation of elevated CO2 in the nasal and buccal cavities (NaBuCO2) vs the effect of elevated CO2 levels inspired into the lungs (LuCO2). Separate gas sources were used to independently alter NaBuCO2 and LuCO2. As little as 1% NaBuCO2 or LuCO2 significantly increased the pause duration between the active expiratory-inspiratory cycles. Elevated NaBuCO2 caused minor changes in tidal volume, mean inspiratory and expiratory flow, and inspiratory and expiratory durations with a significant reduction in total ventilation. Elevated LuCO2 had little effect on inspiratory or expiratory durations but unlike CO2 in the upper airways, significantly increased tidal volume and mean inspiratory and expiratory flows. This study demonstrates that the increased pause duration seen in the tegu lizard to elevated environmental CO2 is due to a receptor response in the buccal or nasal cavities and also to elevated CO2 concentrations inspired into the lungs. Sensitivity of the ventilatory responses to CO2 in the upper airways is well within a physiologically relevant range.

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A indústria cerâmica vermelha de Campos dos Goitacazes e a inclusão social das artesãs da baixada campista através do projeto Caminhos de Barro The red ceramic industry in Campos dos Goitacazes and the social inclusion of artisans from Baixada Campista through the Caminhos de Barro project

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I. S. Ramos

2008-09-01

Full Text Available O Parque industrial de Campos dos Goytacazes é formado por mais de cem cerâmicas, absorvendo, segundo informações do próprio segmento, cerca de 5000 funcionários. Este tipo de trabalho, de um modo geral, emprega pessoas capazes de suportar serviços pesados, excluindo desta forma mulheres, idosos e portadores de deficiência. O Projeto Caminhos de Barro, implantado pela Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF, no ano de 2000, tem como finalidade capacitar, na arte cerâmica artesanal, essas comunidades excluídas do processo industrial de produção de tijolos e telhas. O presente trabalho tem como primícia contribuir para uma melhora na tecnologia adotada, pela primeira geração de artesãs formada na Oficina Caminhos de Barro, adequando a matéria prima utilizada à nova atividade através de mapeamento, classificação e caracterização dos materiais da região na forma in natura, ocupando-se, igualmente do seu comportamento após a queima. A mesma análise técnica utilizada para caracterização e adequação dos produtos industrializados pelas industrias cerâmicas mostrou-se também adequada para o artesanato. A matéria prima estudada, em principio, apresentou as qualidades necessárias ao trabalho artesanal como pode ser observado pelos produtos obtidos levando a um menor grau de perda. Porém a criação de um padrão mais adequado de matéria prima a ser utilizado na arte cerâmica da baixada campista demandará, portanto, mais tempo, recursos e estudo, pois as propriedades desejadas de cada artefato tais como: cor, permeabilidade e acabamento podem estar associados a pequenas variações físicas e mineralógicas.The industrial park of the Campos dos Goytacazes is formed for more than one hundred ceramics, absorbing, by mean information of the proper segment, about 5000 employees. This type of work in a general way uses capable person to support heavy services excluding: women, deficient and old person

Viability of small seeds found in feces of the Central American tapir on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

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Capece, Paula I; Aliaga-Rossel, Enzo; Jansen, Patrick A

2013-03-01

Tapirs are known as effective dispersers of large-seeded tree species, but their role in dispersing small-seeded plant species has yet to be established. Tapir feces have been reported to contain large numbers of small seeds, but whether these are viable has rarely been evaluated. We determined the abundance and viability of small seeds in feces of Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. A total of 72 fecal samples were collected opportunistically from 4 tapir latrine sites. Seeds were manually extracted from feces and classified by size. Seed viability was estimated by opening each seed and examining for the presence of at least 1 intact firm white endosperm. In total, we obtained 8166 seeds of at least 16 plant species. Small-seeded species dominated, with 96% of all seeds found measuring tapirs potentially serve as effective dispersers of a wide range of small-seeded plant species. © 2012 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, ISZS and IOZ/CAS.

Crítica e invenção nas poéticas de João Cabral de Melo Neto e Manoel de Barros DOI - 10.5752/P.2358-3428.2013v17n33p147

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Luiz Hernrique Barbosa

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Partindo da hipótese de que as poéticas de João Cabral de Melo Neto e Manoel de Barros são guiadas por um traço comum, o da convergência entre poesia e crítica, este estudo mostra as especificidades de cada poeta ao produzir poesia crítica e textos críticos sobre poesia. Chega-se à conclusão de que essa convergência tem por objetivo apresentar a matéria de poesia dos poetas: a eleição do elemento prosaico. É ressaltado que os dois poetas, ao elevarem ao estatuto de poesia elementos pouco nobres, ao fazerem da crítica a matéria fundamental de sua poesia, estariam renovando uma poesia que não se vale de tais elementos.Palavras-chave: Crítica. Poesia. João Cabral de Melo Neto. Manoel de Barros.

Ark and Archive: Making a Place for Long-Term Research on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

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Raby, Megan

2015-12-01

Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, may be the most studied tropical forest in the world. A 1,560-hectare island created by the flooding of the Panama Canal, BCI became a nature reserve and biological research station in 1923. Contemporaries saw the island as an "ark" preserving a sample of primeval tropical nature for scientific study. BCI was not simply "set aside," however. The project of making it a place for science significantly reshaped the island through the twentieth century. This essay demonstrates that BCI was constructed specifically to allow long-term observation of tropical organisms--their complex behaviors, life histories, population dynamics, and changing species composition. An evolving system of monitoring and information technology transformed the island into a living scientific "archive," in which the landscape became both an object and a repository of scientific knowledge. As a research site, BCI enabled a long-term, place-based form of collective empiricism, focused on the study of the ecology of a single tropical island. This essay articulates tropical ecology as a "science of the archive" in order to examine the origins of practices of environmental surveillance that have become central to debates about global change and conservation.

Demography and natural history of the common fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

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Bats were marked and monitored on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, to study seasonal and annual variation in distribution, abundance, and natural history from 1975 through 1980. Data gathered advances our knowledge about flocking; abundance; feeding strategies; social behavior; species richness; population structure and stability; age and sex ratios; life expectancy and longevity; nightly, seasonal, and annual movements; synchrony within and between species in reproductive activity; timing of reproductive cycles; survival and dispersal of recruits; intra-and inter-specific relationships; and day and night roost selection. Barro Colorado Island (BCI) harbors large populations of bats that feed on the fruit of canopy trees, especially figs. These trees are abundant, and the individual asynchrony of their fruiting rhythms results in a fairly uniform abundance of fruit. When figs are scarce, a variety of other fruits is available to replace them. This relatively dependable food supply attracts a remarkably rich guild of bats. Although we marked all bats caught, we tried to maximize the number of Artibeus jamaicensis netted, because it is abundant (2/3 of the total catch of bats on BCI), easily captured by conventional means (mist nets set at ground level), and responds well to handling and marking. An average Artibeus jamaicensis is a 45 g frugivore that eats roughly its weight in fruit every night. These bats prefer figs and often seek them out even when other types of fruit they might eat are far more abundant. They commute several hundred meters to feeding trees on the average, feeding on fruit from one to four trees each night, and returning to a single fruiting tree an average of four nights in succession. The bats tend to fly farther when fewer fig trees are bearing ripe fruit, and they feed from fewer trees, on the average, when the moon is nearly full. These bats, like their congeners, do not feed in the fruiting tree itself. Instead, they select a fruit and

The non-Euclidean revolution

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1986-01-01

How unique and definitive is Euclidean geometry in describing the "real" space in which we live? Richard Trudeau confronts the fundamental question of truth and its representation through mathematical models in The Non-Euclidean Revolution. First, the author analyzes geometry in its historical and philosophical setting; second, he examines a revolution every bit as significant as the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the Darwinian revolution in biology; third, on the most speculative level, he questions the possibility of absolute knowledge of the world. Trudeau writes in a lively, entertaining, and highly accessible style. His book provides one of the most stimulating and personal presentations of a struggle with the nature of truth in mathematics and the physical world. A portion of the book won the Pólya Prize, a distinguished award from the Mathematical Association of America. "Trudeau meets the challenge of reaching a broad audience in clever ways...(The book) is a good addition to our literature o...

The Butterflies of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: Local Extinction since the 1930s.

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Full Text Available Few data are available about the regional or local extinction of tropical butterfly species. When confirmed, local extinction was often due to the loss of host-plant species. We used published lists and recent monitoring programs to evaluate changes in butterfly composition on Barro Colorado Island (BCI, Panama between an old (1923-1943 and a recent (1993-2013 period. Although 601 butterfly species have been recorded from BCI during the 1923-2013 period, we estimate that 390 species are currently breeding on the island, including 34 cryptic species, currently only known by their DNA Barcode Index Number. Twenty-three butterfly species that were considered abundant during the old period could not be collected during the recent period, despite a much higher sampling effort in recent times. We consider these species locally extinct from BCI and they conservatively represent 6% of the estimated local pool of resident species. Extinct species represent distant phylogenetic branches and several families. The butterfly traits most likely to influence the probability of extinction were host growth form, wing size and host specificity, independently of the phylogenetic relationships among butterfly species. On BCI, most likely candidates for extinction were small hesperiids feeding on herbs (35% of extinct species. However, contrary to our working hypothesis, extinction of these species on BCI cannot be attributed to loss of host plants. In most cases these host plants remain extant, but they probably subsist at lower or more fragmented densities. Coupled with low dispersal power, this reduced availability of host plants has probably caused the local extinction of some butterfly species. Many more bird than butterfly species have been lost from BCI recently, confirming that small preserves may be far more effective at conserving invertebrates than vertebrates and, therefore, should not necessarily be neglected from a conservation viewpoint.

The Butterflies of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: Local Extinction since the 1930s.

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Basset, Yves; Barrios, Héctor; Segar, Simon; Srygley, Robert B; Aiello, Annette; Warren, Andrew D; Delgado, Francisco; Coronado, James; Lezcano, Jorge; Arizala, Stephany; Rivera, Marleny; Perez, Filonila; Bobadilla, Ricardo; Lopez, Yacksecari; Ramirez, José Alejandro

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Few data are available about the regional or local extinction of tropical butterfly species. When confirmed, local extinction was often due to the loss of host-plant species. We used published lists and recent monitoring programs to evaluate changes in butterfly composition on Barro Colorado Island (BCI, Panama) between an old (1923-1943) and a recent (1993-2013) period. Although 601 butterfly species have been recorded from BCI during the 1923-2013 period, we estimate that 390 species are currently breeding on the island, including 34 cryptic species, currently only known by their DNA Barcode Index Number. Twenty-three butterfly species that were considered abundant during the old period could not be collected during the recent period, despite a much higher sampling effort in recent times. We consider these species locally extinct from BCI and they conservatively represent 6% of the estimated local pool of resident species. Extinct species represent distant phylogenetic branches and several families. The butterfly traits most likely to influence the probability of extinction were host growth form, wing size and host specificity, independently of the phylogenetic relationships among butterfly species. On BCI, most likely candidates for extinction were small hesperiids feeding on herbs (35% of extinct species). However, contrary to our working hypothesis, extinction of these species on BCI cannot be attributed to loss of host plants. In most cases these host plants remain extant, but they probably subsist at lower or more fragmented densities. Coupled with low dispersal power, this reduced availability of host plants has probably caused the local extinction of some butterfly species. Many more bird than butterfly species have been lost from BCI recently, confirming that small preserves may be far more effective at conserving invertebrates than vertebrates and, therefore, should not necessarily be neglected from a conservation viewpoint.

Una nueva especie de Euglena (Euglenozoa: Euglenales aislada de ambientes extremófilos en las Pailas de Barro del Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica

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Full Text Available Se describe una nueva especie de euglena aislada de las Pailas de Barro Caliente del Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica. Esta especie se caracteriza por habitar sitios ácidos y calientes. Euglena pailasensis sp. nov. tiene como características principales: la ausencia de flagelos, presencia de filamentos similares a "pilis", presencia de cloroplastos con pirenoides atravesados por varios tilacoides, además, es termotolerante y acido-tolerante. Los análisis filogenéticos para el gen ADNr 18S y la secuencia del gen para la enzima Gap C indican que la nueva especie está relacionada con E. mutabilis. Las características taxonómicas basadas en la morfología, biología y secuencia del ADNr 18S y los genes GAP C, son discutidas y comparadas con otras especies relativamente cercanas al géneroAnew species of euglena isolated from a hot and acid mud pool located in Las Pailas de Barro, Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica is described. This species inhabits hot and acid environments. Euglena pailasensis sp. nov. main features are: the absence of flagella, the presence filaments like "pilis", the presence of chloroplasts with pyrenoids crossed by several tylakoids, and acid and heat tolerance. Molecular phylogeny studies using 18S rDNA and Gap C genes indicated that the new species is related to E mutabilis. Its taxonomic characters based on morphology, biology and sequence of the 18S rDNA and Gap C genes are discussed and compared with other closely related species of the genus

Competências Profissionais: Um Estudo com Gestores do Varejo de Moda do “Barro Preto” - Belo Horizonte (MG

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Nicolai, Érika Fortes Perdigão

2012-12-01

Full Text Available The aim of this study is to describe and analyze how the managerial competences are configured and managed in the retail sector of Barro Preto’s fashion district in managers and other sales team members’ perception. In order to accomplish this, we took into account Paiva’s competence model (Paiva, 2007. The field research was characterized as a descriptive case study, with a qualitative approach. The data were collected through documentation survey and analysis and by interviews. The subjects were chosen using accessibility and convenience criteria. The data collected were organized, processed and analyzed by the technique of content analysis. Subsequently, the demographic and functional data of respondents were presented. For most of the inverviewees, the notion of competence is linked to action; they are aware that managers occupy a middle ground in the organizational hierarchy and that they work in an environment known by ambiguity, contradictions and demands. So, to be competent managers, interviewees attested the need for academic training, while considering the importance of experience. This study suggests the importance of informal learning in the managers’ competences training and development, especially through the figure of the "model manager"; in other words, the one that is considered the mirror to the other members of the sales team. Finally, limitations of this study and suggestions for further research were pointed out.

Estado de conocimiento sobre los procesos de sorción de PPCPs en barros activados

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Full Text Available Los farmacéuticos y productos de cuidado personal (PPCPs pertenecen al grupo contaminantes emergentes, su riego ambiental no se había detectado hasta hace una década. Recientemente, han sido reportados de causar efectos adversos sobre la vida silvestre y humana. Además, la mayoría de estos compuestos derivan en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales, donde pueden sufrir procesos de biodegradación, sorción en biomasa o stripping.Muchas investigaciones relevantes han sido realizadas para el estudio de la degradación de PPCPs, no obstante, la información sobre el proceso de sorción es limitada. Por lo tanto, es objetivo de este trabajo resumir el estado de conocimiento sobre el tema, a los efectos de establecer su estado actual y aclarar necesidades en materia de investigación y direcciones.La inspección del material disponible arroja resultados positivos relacionados al entendimiento de los mecanismos involucrados. Sin embargo, se ha determinado que la sorción de muchos PPCPs en la biomasa no es ideal, sino un proceso relativamente complejo. Como resultado de esta complejidad los modelos simplificados propuestos no logran una descripción completa, más aún, la predicción del particionado ambiental no es suficientemente precisa en algunos casos.Un estudio más detallado del proceso de adsorción de PPCP en barros activados es necesario para mejorar los modelos propuestos en diversos trabajos y optimizar la predicción del particionado. La información de la sorción de PPCP, sus metabolitos, y la competencia entre ellos, aún no es suficiente para ser incorporada en dichos modelos.

Predispersal home range shift of an ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

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Rafael Mares

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Full Text Available Home range shifts prior to natal dispersal have been rarely documented, yet the events that lead a subadult to abandon a portion of its home range and venture into unfamiliar territories, before eventually setting off to look for a site to reproduce, are probably related to the causes of dispersal itself. Here, we used a combination of manual radio-tracking and an Automated Radio Telemetry System to continuously study the movements of a subadult male ocelot (Leopardus pardalis, a solitary carnivore with sex-biased dispersal, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, for 18 months from May 2003 through October 2004. The subadult ocelot’s parents were also radio-tracked to record possible parent-offspring interactions within their home ranges. At the age of ca. 21 months the subadult gradually began to shift its natal home range, establishing a new one used until the end of the study, in an area that had previously been used by another dispersing subadult male. Only three parent-offspring interactions were recorded during the four months around the time the range-shift occurred. The apparent peaceful nature of these encounters, along with the slow transition out of a portion of his natal home range, suggest the subadult was not evicted from his natal area by his parents. The timing of the shift, along with the subadult’s increase in weight into the weight range of adult ocelots four months after establishing the new territory, suggests that predispersal home range shifts could act as a low risk and opportunistic strategy for reaching adult size, while minimizing competition with parents and siblings, in preparation for an eventual dispersal into a new breeding territory. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56 (2: 779-787. Epub 2008 June 30.Los desplazamientos del ámbito hogareño de mamíferos subadultos previos a la dispersión natal rara vez han sido documentados. Sin embargo, los eventos que llevan a un animal subadulto a abandonar una parte de su ámbito natal

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... Management and Technology. Before joining IDRC, he worked as part of the global team of Sanmina Corporation. Prior to that role he was Director of IT Solutions at the University of Ottawa, BlackBerry, Alcatel-Lucent, and Nortel. Denis has a bachelor of electrical engineering with a computer option from McGill University.

An Efficient Numerical Method for Computing Synthetic Seismograms for a Layered Half-space with Sources and Receivers at Close or Same Depths

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Zhang, H.-m.; Chen, X.-f.; Chang, S.

- It is difficult to compute synthetic seismograms for a layered half-space with sources and receivers at close to or the same depths using the generalized R/T coefficient method (Kennett, 1983; Luco and Apsel, 1983; Yao and Harkrider, 1983; Chen, 1993), because the wavenumber integration converges very slowly. A semi-analytic method for accelerating the convergence, in which part of the integration is implemented analytically, was adopted by some authors (Apsel and Luco, 1983; Hisada, 1994, 1995). In this study, based on the principle of the Repeated Averaging Method (Dahlquist and Björck, 1974; Chang, 1988), we propose an alternative, efficient, numerical method, the peak-trough averaging method (PTAM), to overcome the difficulty mentioned above. Compared with the semi-analytic method, PTAM is not only much simpler mathematically and easier to implement in practice, but also more efficient. Using numerical examples, we illustrate the validity, accuracy and efficiency of the new method.

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The non-Euclidean revolution with an introduction by H.S.M. Coxeter

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Trudeau, Richard J

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How unique and definitive is Euclidean geometry in describing the "real" space in which we live? Richard Trudeau confronts the fundamental question of truth and its representation through mathematical models in The Non-Euclidean Revolution. First, the author analyzes geometry in its historical and philosophical setting; second, he examines a revolution every bit as significant as the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the Darwinian revolution in biology; third, on the most speculative level, he questions the possibility of absolute knowledge of the world. Trudeau writes in a lively, entertaining, and highly accessible style. His book provides one of the most stimulating and personal presentations of a struggle with the nature of truth in mathematics and the physical world. A portion of the book won the Pólya Prize, a distinguished award from the Mathematical Association of America.

Manoel de Barros em terras estrangeiras: o livro das ignorãças, “uma didática da invenção”, Poema XII.

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2010-04-01

Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2009v2n24p97 Este artigo tem por objetivo relacionar as obras de Manoel de Barros traduzidas para o espanhol, o francês e o inglês, assim como apresentar o Poema XII, de “Uma Didática da Invenção”, parte de O Livro das Ignorãças, e sua tradução para essas línguas. Breve análise acompanha o poema e suas traduções, que dão mostras do estilo ímpar do poeta matogrossense, cujo universo poético é formado por coisas banais retiradas do cotidiano do Pantanal. Como fundamentação teórica, são trazidos os conceitos de patronagem, de André Lefevere, e de significância, agramaticalidade, leitura mimética e leitura semiótica, empregados por Michael Riffaterre e retomados por Mário Laranjeira. O exame da distribuição espacial da massa gráfica do poema, chamada de visilegibilidade por Laranjeira, inicia a análise, em que são mencionadas também as modalidades tradutórias de Francis Aubert.

Homenagem Póstuma à Professora Doutora Solange Barbosa de Moraes Barros

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Full Text Available É com muita tristeza que compartilhamos com os leitores da Revista Emancipação o falecimento, no dia 27/10/2017, da Professora Drª Solange Aparecida Barbosa de Moraes Barros. Membro do Conselho Editorial da Revista Emancipação desde 2003.A Professora Solange foi docente do Departamento de Serviço Social desde 1984 tendo uma carreira de sucesso e bastante fecunda na Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG. É de reconhecimento notável os relevantes serviços prestados à Comunidade Universitária durante sua vida acadêmica e a cidade de Ponta Grossa enquanto profissional de Serviço Social, dedicando especial atenção humanística a luta docente no ensino público e a implementação de políticas públicas, nas áreas da saúde, criança e adolescência.A sua história na instituição se fez como professora no Curso de Serviço Social e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em  Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (mestrado e doutorado. Foi  coordenadora do Núcleo de Estudos, Pesquisa e Assessoria na Área da Infância e da Adolescência e Juventude (NEPIA. Foi membro efetivo do Conselho Editorial das Revistas:  Emancipação e Conexão da UEPG e Capital Científico da Unicentro (Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste. Atuou na coordenação do Mestrado em Ciências Sociais Aplicadas da UEPG (2008-2011; na coordenação Pedagógica da Residência em Gestão Pública – Governo do Paraná (2013-2015; e na coordenação do curso de especialização Gestão em Saúde – Capes (Coordenação de Pessoal de Nível Superior/EaD (Educação a Distância” (UEPG, 2017.Solange foi ainda Secretária Municipal de Assistência Social de 2001 a 2003. Neste período assumiu a Presidência da  Fundação Municipal do Idoso e da Pessoa com deficiência. Participou em conselhos, comissões e consultoria em âmbito municipal e estadual. Atuou na defesa de direitos da criança e adolescência e da saúde. Primou pela dimensão �

Archosauriform remains from the Late Triassic of San Luis province, Argentina, Quebrada del Barro Formation, Marayes-El Carrizal Basin

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Gianechini, Federico A.; Codorniú, Laura; Arcucci, Andrea B.; Castillo Elías, Gabriela; Rivarola, David

2016-03-01

Here we present archosauriform remains from 'Abra de los Colorados', a fossiliferous locality at Sierra de Guayaguas, NW San Luis Province. Two fossiliferous levels were identified in outcrops of the Quebrada del Barro Formation (Norian), which represent the southernmost outcrops of the Marayes-El Carrizal Basin. These levels are composed by massive muddy lithofacies, interpreted as floodplain deposits. The specimens consist of one incomplete maxilla (MIC-V718), one caudal vertebra (MIC-V719), one metatarsal (MIC-V720) and one indeterminate appendicular bone (MIC-V721). The materials can be assigned to Archosauriformes but the fragmentary nature and lack of unambiguous synapomorphies preclude a more precise taxomic assignment. The maxilla is remarkably large and robust and represents the posterior process. It preserved one partially erupted tooth with ziphodont morphology. This bone shows some anatomical traits and size match with 'rauisuchians' and theropods. MIC-V719 corresponds to a proximal caudal vertebra. It has a high centrum, a ventral longitudinal furrow, expanded articular processes for the chevrons, a posteriorly displaced diapophysis located below the level of the prezygapophyses, and short prezygapophyses. This vertebra would be from an indeterminate archosauriform. MIC-V720 presents a cylindrical diaphysis, with a well-developed distal trochlea, which present resemblances with metatarsals of theropods, pseudosuchians, and silesaurids, although the size matches better with theropods. MIC-V721 has a slender diaphysis and a convex triangular articular surface, and corresponds to an indeterminate archosauriform. Despite being fragmentary, these materials indicate the presence of a diverse archosauriforms association from Late Triassic beds of San Luis. Thus, they add to the faunal assemblage recently reported from this basin at San Juan Province, which is much rich and diverse than the coeval paleofauna well known from Los Colorados Formation in the

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"Poesia para ser série tem que alcançar o grau de brinquedo": Manoel de Barros e o jogo das coisas jogadas

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Adris André de Almeida

2012-02-01

Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2176-8552.2012n13p75 Em “Os jogos e os homens” (1960, Roger Caillois divide os jogos em quatro grupos: os de competição, os de sorte, os de simulação e os de vertigem. Embora toda a dificuldade de se classificarem os jogos – já que basta um “fora do jogo” para pôr em xeque a classificação –, há algumas características comuns a todos: o jogo é livre – caso contrário, sendo obrigatório, perderia sua natureza alegre e atrativa –; é separado do tempo e do espaço correntes; seu desenrolar e seu resultado são incertos – nada está decidido de antemão –; é improdutivo, já que não cria bens nem obras; tem certo regulamento, que suspende as leis ordinárias, criando uma nova legislação; cria outra realidade, ou uma irrealidade em comparação com a vida vulgar, por isso é uma ficção. A partir dessas seis características fundamentais, o que propomos neste trabalho é ler a literatura como jogo. Para tanto, escolhemos jogar com poemas de Manoel de Barros, já que sua obra poética reúne claramente as características elencadas por Caillois.

Impacts of animal traffic on the Brazilian Amazon parrots (Amazona species) collection of the Quinzinho de Barros Municipal Zoological Park, Brazil, 1986-2007.

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Vanstreels, Ralph Eric Thijl; Teixeira, Rodrigo Hidalgo Friciello; Camargo, Luis Carlos; Nunes, Adauto Luis Veloso; Matushima, Eliana Reiko

2010-01-01

Eleven species of Amazon parrots (genus Amazona) are known to occur in Brazil, and nest poaching and illegal traffic pose serious conservation threats to these species. When the illegal owners realize these animals are incompatible with their expectations and lifestyle, or when the police arrests traders and owners, these trafficked animals are often considered unfit for release and sent to local zoos and captive breeders. A retrospective survey of animal and necropsy records from 1986 to 2007 was used to evaluate the impacts of animal traffic on the population composition and mortality patterns of Amazon parrots at the Quinzinho de Barros Municipal Zoological Park, Sorocaba, Brazil. Data were obtained for 374 Amazon parrots of ten Brazilian species, and there was evidence that the studied population could be split into two major groups: a majority belonging to the Amazona aestiva species and a minority belonging to the remaining species. In comparison, the animals of the first group were more frequently admitted from traffic-related origins (98 vs. 75%), had a shorter lifespan (median 301 days vs. 848 days) and a higher mortality within the first year postadmission (54 vs. 37%), were less likely to receive expensive treatments, and were more frequently housed off-exhibit. On an average, parrots were found to have a short postadmission lifespan (median 356 days), with 92.5% of the birds dying within their first five years in captivity. The paper discusses the difficult dilemmas these incoming traffic-related animals pose to zoo management and official anti-traffic policies. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Distribución, mortalidad y asociación con plantas, de nidos de Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae en la isla de Barro Colorado, Panamá

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1999-12-01

Full Text Available Se estudió la distribución, mortalidad, reclutamiento y asociación con plantas, de 308 nidos de la hormiga neotropical Paraponera clavata en una parcela de cincuenta hectáreas de bosque viejo en la isla de Barro Colorado entre septiembre de 1993 y febrero de 1995. Los nidos estaban distribuidos uniformemente a través de toda la parcela, y se asociaban de manera significativa con el tipo de hábitat, existían más nidos de los esperados en las planicies altas y en la sección de bosque más joven de la parcela. La densidad promedio era de 6.2 nidos por hectárea. Los nidos con un mayor número de vecinos entre 0 y 20 m de distancia, tenían una mayor probabilidad de morir, si se comparaban con aquéllos que se encontraban separados por distancias mayores. La mortalidad era entre 13.36 y 69.64% dependiendo del intervalo de censo, y el reclutamiento fue del 22.63 y 31.72%. Los nidos se encontraron en las bases de 84 especies de plantas, en 34 familias con cuatro categorías de forma de vida: 76 especies eran árboles, 5 especies eran arbustos, 2 especies eran palmas y 1 era liana. Ocho especies de plantas se asociaban positivamente con los nidos de la hormiga. Plantas medianas entre 8 y 63.9 cm de DAP eran las más utilizadas. Arboles y arbustos pequeños presentan muy poca asociación con los nidos. La hormiga no se asocia con árboles que tienen nectarios extraflorales. El 53% de los nidos tenían a Phrynus gervaisii (Amblypygi: Phrynidae habitando en el interior. Estos nidos presentaron menores tasas de mortalidad en comparación con el resto.We studied the distribution, mortality and association with plants, of 308 nests of the neotropical ant Paraponera clavata, in a permanent 50 hectare plot in old-growth forest on Barro Colorado island between September 1993 and February 1995. Ant nests were uniformly dispersed throughout the plot, and significantly associated with the high plateau and patch of young forest in the plot. The average

Avaliação da qualidade da água do açude do cumbe, no município do Barro – CE

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Ádla Maria de Jesus Sales

2013-03-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a qualidade da água, através de análises da qualidade físico-químicas e microbiológicas, ciente de que o açude é de grande importância para os moradores da cidade, que utilizam a água do mesmo para lazer, dessedentação de animais, pesca e lavagem de roupas. A pesquisa foi realizada no município de Barro- CE, mais precisamente no açude do Cumbe as margens da BR-116, tendo como finalidade a realizações de analises físico-químicas e microbiológicas, durante o mês de setembro a novembro de 2010, no período da manhã, sendo definido 3 pontos amostrais ao longo do açude, perfazendo o total de 5 coletas todas no início da manhã. Dentre os parâmetros realizados foram: pH, CE, OD, DBO, Dureza, Cloretos, amônia, e ortofosfato, e microbiológicas (coliformes totais e fecais. Os resultados obtidos nas análises foram comparados com os estabelecidos pela Resolução CONAMA n° 357/2005 e pela Resolução CONAMA n°274/2000 e ainda pela Portaria 518 do ministério da saúde. A comparação dos resultados possibilita dizer que o açude apresenta elevado teor de poluição devido seus valores não estarem inseridos dentro dos valores aceitáveis pelas resoluções vigentes.

Venezuelan geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae) in the collection of the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, with description of the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and Gonatodes petersi (Sphaerodactylidae).

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Barrio-Amorós, Cesar L; Ortíz, Juan C

2016-07-07

Herein we catalogue all geckos (Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae and Sphaerodactylidae) collected by Roberto Donoso-Barros in Venezuela between 1963 and 1964, deposited in the Universidad de Concepción in Chile. Donoso-Barros did not provide detailed descriptions of two species of Gonatodes named by him, despite both being valid species. We take the opportunity to do so and the type series of Gonatodes ligiae and G. petersi are described for the first time. We also present images in life of all species collected by Donoso-Barros in Venezuela.

The Role of Financial Development in Natural Resource Abundant ...

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investment, and in turn economic growth, of oil vis-à-vis non-oil economies. †. Corresponding .... because it accurately characterizes the actual amount of funds routed to the private sector. Hence, ... political and legal framework is expected to enhance economic growth (Barro, 1997; Barro & ...... -facilitate risk management.

Occurrence of ticks on wild animals received and attended at the Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

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Thiago Fernandes Martins

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Os carrapatos são ectoparasitas da classe Arachnida que parasitam vertebrados terrestres, anfíbios, repteis, aves e mamíferos. O presente trabalho relata a ocorrência de carrapatos ixodídeos em animais silvestres recebidos e atendidos pelo Hospital Veterinário do Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, localizado no município de Sorocaba, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. De setembro de 1999 a maio de 2015, foram coletados carrapatos em animais silvestres da região de Sorocaba e de outros 20 municípios do interior do estado de São Paulo. Ao todo, foram identificados 43 larvas, 637 ninfas e 1.178 adultos (631 machos e 547 fêmeas, totalizando 1.858 exemplares de 14 espécies distintas de ixodídeos. Durante exames clínicos de rotina, foram inspecionadas duas espécies de repteis, uma espécie de ave e 11 espécies distintas de mamíferos de um total de 103 animais silvestres amostrados. Nos repteis foram identificados Amblyomma rotundatum, nas aves Amblyomma sculptum e nos mamíferos Amblyomma aureolatum, Amblyomma brasiliense, Amblyomma calcaratum, Amblyomma dubitatum, Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma ovale, A. sculptum, Amblyomma varium, Ixodes aragaoi, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Rhipicephalus microplus e Dermacentor nitens. Este estudo relata os primeiros registros de fêmeas de A. rotundatum parasitando Hydromedusa tectifera e Oxyrhopus guibei, assim como ninfas de A. dubitatum e H. juxtakochi em Chrysocyon brachyurus, ninfas de A. brasiliense em Myrmecophaga tridactyla e Tamandua tetradactyla, além de ninfas de A. sculptum em Alouatta guariba e Sphiggurus villosus no país, demonstrando que os zoológicos são uma fonte de informação valiosa para o conhecimento parasitológico da fauna silvestre brasileira.

Eliminación del plomo por curado casero

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Torres-Sánchez Luisa

1999-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Evaluar el curado ácido como medida preventiva para reducir el contenido de plomo en vasijas de barro vidriadas. Material y métodos. En 27 vasijas de barro procedentes de cuatro estados de México se determinó, mediante espectrofotometría de absorción atómica, el nivel de plomo residual, después de cuatro lavados con ácido acético al 3%. Resultados. El contenido de plomo en el ácido acético utilizado para lavar las vasijas disminuyó proporcionalmente con el número de lavados, aunque se conservó por arriba de los niveles permisibles (2.5-7.0 p.p.m.. Conclusiones. El curado ácido de piezas de barro no es una medida preventiva útil para reducir la exposición a plomo.

Magnetoresistance in RCo2 spin-fluctuation systems

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Gratz, E.; Nowotny, H.; Enser, J.; Bauer, E.; Hense, K.

2004-01-01

The effect of the spin fluctuations on the field and temperature dependence of the magnetoresistance in ScCo 2 and LuCo 2 was studied. The experimental data where explained assuming two competing mechanisms determining the magnetoresistance of these substances. One is the 'normal magnetoresistance' caused by the influence of the Lorentz force on conduction electron trajectories. The other is due to the suppression of the spin fluctuations caused by an external magnetic field. This interplay give rise to a pronounced drop of the magnetoresistance towards the lower temperature range

Estudio de variables motivacionales y de liderazgo y su relación con el bienestar y malestar en fútbol categoría juvenil en la comarca de la Safor.

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Moreno Pellicer, Raquel

2017-01-01

La práctica deportiva durante la adolescencia y la juventud es especialmente relevante (Treasure, 2001), puesto que su práctica regular proporciona grandes beneficios durante este periodo y los siguientes (Biddle y Mutrie, 2001; Shephard y Trudeau, 2000). En ocasiones la experiencia de realizar actividades deportivas puede llegar a ser vivenciada como desagradable, produciendo malestar en los practicantes. Los trabajos realizados en el ámbito deportivo (e.g., Sherif, 1978; Smith y Smoll, 2005...

Lutzomyia sand fly diversity and rates of infection by Wolbachia and an exotic Leishmania species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

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Jorge Azpurua

2010-03-01

Full Text Available Sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae in the genus Lutzomyia are the predominant vectors of the protozoan disease leishmaniasis in the New World. Within the watershed of the Panama Canal, the cutaneous form of leishmaniasis is a continuous health threat for residents, tourists and members of an international research community. Here we report the results of screening a tropical forest assemblage of sand fly species for infection by both Leishmania and a microbe that can potentially serve in vector population control, the cytoplasmically transmitted rickettsia, Wolbachia pipientis. Knowing accurately which Lutzomyia species are present, what their evolutionary relationships are, and how they are infected by strains of both Leishmania and Wolbachia is of critical value for building strategies to mitigate the impact of this disease in humans.We collected, sorted and then used DNA sequences to determine the diversity and probable phylogenetic relationships of the Phlebotominae occurring in the understory of Barro Colorado Island in the Republic of Panama. Sequence from CO1, the DNA barcoding gene, supported 18 morphology-based species determinations while revealing the presence of two possible "cryptic" species, one (Lu. sp. nr vespertilionis within the Vespertilionis group, the other (Lu. gomezi within the Lutzomyia-cruciata series. Using ITS-1 and "minicircle" primers we detected Leishmania DNA in 43.3% of Lu. trapidoi, 26.3% of Lu. gomezi individuals and in 0% of the other 18 sand fly species. Identical ITS-1 sequence was obtained from the Leishmania infecting Lu. trapidoi and Lu. gomezi, sequence which was 93% similar to Leishmania (viannia naiffi in GenBank, a species previously unknown in Panama, but recognized as a type of cutaneous leishmaniasis vectored broadly across northern and central South America. Distinct strains of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia were detected in three of 20 sand fly species, including Lu. trapidoi

What does Ottawa Know about the F-35 that the Danes Don’t?

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Schaub Jr, Gary John; Leuprecht, Christian

2016-01-01

The Canadian government of Justin Trudeau reportedly wants to sole source an "interim" purchase of F/A-18 Super Hornets without engaging in a full analysis of alternatives -- precisely how his predecessor ran into trouble with the F-35. Christian Leuprecht and I argue in an op-ed in the Toronto...... Star that Canada should follow the same procurement process as Denmark: a transparent, public, and independently validated analysis of alternatives. This has allowed the Danes to proceed quickly and uncontroversially with the largest military purchase in Danish history. There are lessons here...

Climate and nest opening orientation in Furnarius rufus (Furnariidae Clima e orientação da abertura dos ninhos de joão-de-barro, Furnarius rufus (Furnariidae

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Full Text Available The Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus is one of the most common bird species in Brazil. Anecdotal information indicates that nest opening orientation in this species is contrary to wind or rainfall direction. To check for the existence of such a pattern, F. rufus nests were randomly sampled within an urban area in central Brazil to assess whether factors such as wind and vegetation cover influence nest opening orientation. Using circular statistics, no evidence was found that nest-opening orientation was important for the species. These results refuse the expected pattern for tree hollow or enclosed nests. The results suggest that factors such as nesting architecture, nest material, nest microclimate or a combination of these, instead of local climate, must be conditioning nesting behavior in this species.O joão-de-barro (Furnarius rufus é uma das espécies de aves mais comuns do Brasil. Informações sugerem que a orientação da abertura dos ninhos desse furnarídeo seria direcionada em posição contrária das direções de incidência dos ventos e das chuvas. Para averiguar tal padrão de nidificação, ninhos de F. rufus foram aleatoriamente amostrados em uma área urbana da região Centro-Oeste do Brasil para verificar se fatores como vento e cobertura vegetal exerciam influência sobre a orientação de suas aberturas. Testes envolvendo estatística circular revelaram que a abertura dos ninhos refletiu um padrão aleatório de orientação, algo não esperado para aquelas espécies que nidificam em ocos de árvores ou que constroem seus ninhos de maneira a proteger a câmara de incubação. Ao invés do clima da região, os resultados sugerem que a arquitetura e o material de construção do ninho, o microclima dentro do ninho ou uma combinação desses fatores possam estar condicionando o comportamento de nidificação dessa espécie.

Seabird eggs as bioindicators of chemical contamination in Chile

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Cifuentes, Jacqueline Munoz; Becker, Peter H.; Sommer, Ute; Pacheco, Patricia; Schlatter, Roberto

2003-11-01

Seabird eggs are proposed as biomonitors of chemical contamination in Chile. - Seabird eggs were used as bioindicators of chemical contamination in Chile. Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis), Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui), Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), and Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) eggs were sampled at different breeding sites during the 1990s. Mercury and organochlorines (PCBs, DDT, HCB, HCH, and PCP) were quantified to reveal the interspecific differences, spatial and temporal trends in contamination levels. Trudeau's Tern displayed the highest levels of mercury (486 ng g{sup -1} wet weight). The highest {sigma}DDT concentrations were measured in Brown-hooded Gulls (726 ng g{sup -1}). PCB levels were similar among the species (102-236 ng g{sup -1}), but the composition of the PCB mixture was different in Pink-footed Shearwaters. With the exception of the Brown-hooded Gull, all species studied presented similar and low levels of organochlorines ({sigma}OHa). Residues of PCB and related compounds were not detected in any of the seabird eggs analyzed in Chile. Geographical variation was low, although levels of industrial chemicals were slightly higher in eggs from Concepcion Bay, and agricultural chemicals in eggs from Valdivia. Also interannual variation was low, but some evidence was found of decreasing levels in gull eggs throughout the time of the study. The causes of the low levels and small variability in space and time of environmental chemicals in Chilean seabirds are discussed. We propose the use of seabirds in future monitoring of the development of chemical contamination in Chile.

Seabird eggs as bioindicators of chemical contamination in Chile

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Cifuentes, Jacqueline Munoz; Becker, Peter H.; Sommer, Ute; Pacheco, Patricia; Schlatter, Roberto

2003-01-01

Seabird eggs are proposed as biomonitors of chemical contamination in Chile. - Seabird eggs were used as bioindicators of chemical contamination in Chile. Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis), Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui), Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), and Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) eggs were sampled at different breeding sites during the 1990s. Mercury and organochlorines (PCBs, DDT, HCB, HCH, and PCP) were quantified to reveal the interspecific differences, spatial and temporal trends in contamination levels. Trudeau's Tern displayed the highest levels of mercury (486 ng g -1 wet weight). The highest ΣDDT concentrations were measured in Brown-hooded Gulls (726 ng g -1 ). PCB levels were similar among the species (102-236 ng g -1 ), but the composition of the PCB mixture was different in Pink-footed Shearwaters. With the exception of the Brown-hooded Gull, all species studied presented similar and low levels of organochlorines (ΣOHa). Residues of PCB and related compounds were not detected in any of the seabird eggs analyzed in Chile. Geographical variation was low, although levels of industrial chemicals were slightly higher in eggs from Concepcion Bay, and agricultural chemicals in eggs from Valdivia. Also interannual variation was low, but some evidence was found of decreasing levels in gull eggs throughout the time of the study. The causes of the low levels and small variability in space and time of environmental chemicals in Chilean seabirds are discussed. We propose the use of seabirds in future monitoring of the development of chemical contamination in Chile

A CINTILÂNCIA DOS ESCUROS

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Cleide Maria de Oliveira

2015-04-01

Full Text Available The paper aims to present in poetry of Manoel de Barros the obscurity motives, ignorãça [sic] and disutility, frequent in his work on that appears an effort to think what exceed us as a project and speech, and wish “to achieve the purity of do not know anything more”. The analisys of selected fragments of his poetry seeks to approach the mystical and apophatic tradition where negativity (expressed in the metaphors of darkness, the emptiness of the desert    and in frequent mystic speeches is taken as intrinsic to the reflective exercise on the foundations of our reality Keywords: Manuel de Barros, obscurity, negative poetry, mystic

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Karu, Kaisa

2008-01-01

Haapsalu õudusfilmide festivalil HÕFF linastuvaid filme - "Ajaroimad" ("Los Cronocrimenes"; režii Nacho Vigalondo), "Mudapoiss" ("El nino de barro"; Jorge Algora), "Orbudekodu" (El orfanato"; Juan Antonio Bayona)

Análisis tipológico de las estructuras de las construcciones rurales tradicionales de barro. La casa de corral en el Páramo de León (España

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Rego Sanmartín, Teresa

2000-08-01

Full Text Available Traditional rural buildings reflect the building techniques inherited from ancestors, where materials mastery is proved. In this job we analyse the structure of one of the most relevant Spanish traditional agrarian building: the "casa de corral"(yard house. Thirty seven "corrales" (yards of the vernacular earthen construction in the "Páramo de León"(León, Spain were analysed. It was necessary think up an analysis method, which we called "round analysis method". Generally. radial cross sections of the yard have a main space between two earth walls bearing over stone foundation, which support floor framing, the roof framing, roof sheathing and arabic curved tiles. A gantry is usually built inward the yard, on a stone baseLas construcciones rurales tradicionales suelen reflejar el buen hacer de quienes han heredado las técnicas de sus antepasados, demostrando un dominio admirable de los materiales. En este trabajo nos centramos en el análisis estructural de uno de los edificios más emblemáticos de las construcciones agrarias tradicionales peninsulares: la casa de corral. Se analizaron 37 de estos edificios, uniformemente repartidos por la comarca del Páramo de León (España. pertenecientes a la denominada construcción de barro rural tradicional contemporánea. Para llevar a cabo el estudio fue necesario idear el denominado método giratorio de análisis. en virtud del cual se realizan sucesivos cortes radiales al corral. Esto nos permitió establecer las características constructivas más relevantes de dichos edificios. En general. las secciones radiales del corral suelen contar con un volumen principal de gruesos muros de carga a base de tapial sobre cimiento de piedra. sustentando los forjados y la estructura de cubierta, cuya impermeabilidad se logra mediante teja árabe. dispuesta sobre enlabiado de madera o sobre rama entretejida. Hacia el interior del corral se suele construir el corredor porticado, cuyos soportes transmiten las

Sistema constructivo «Quincha Prefabricada»

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Díaz Gutiérrez, Aníbal

1984-06-01

Full Text Available «Prefabricated cane lathing» basically involves the use of frames of sawn timber, filled with round wattle, cane and strips of bamboo, all plaited together so that they can be placed and fixed in the frame without nails being required. Once these panels have been assembled and fixed in place to provide walls, they are covered with a mixture of mud and straw forming a primary layer, and finally, they are given a top layer using such material as mud, cement, plaster and other substances, depending on preferences, costs and climatic or other conditions to which the wall is to be exposed, or on the preferences of the user. A light roof is used for roofing, based on a wooden support structure and a covering made of cane and a mud cast packed with straw. For regions of high rainfall, planks of asbestos and cement, zinc or other materials are fixed over the mud cast.La «Quincha Prefabricada» consiste básicamente en el empleo de bastidores de madera aserrada, rellenados con cañizo redondo, caña brava, tiras de bambú, todos ellos colocados en el bastidor en forma trenzada para su auto fijación sin necesidad de usar clavos; estos paneles, después de ser montados y fijados en sitio constituyendo paredes, son revocados con barro mezclado con paja, formando una primera capa; y, finalmente, reciben una última capa de revoque utilizándose materiales como el barro, cemento, yeso u otros, dependiendo de las preferencias, costos, de las condiciones climatológicas u otras a las que estará expuesta la pared o de las preferencias del usuario. Como techado se emplea un techo liviano a base de una estructura portante de madera y cobertura de caña y torta de barro con paja. Para zonas de alta precipitación pluvial se fija, sobre la torta de barro, planchas de asbesto-cemento, planchas de zinc u otras.

SECTORAL SHARES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

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Ahmad, Nisar; Naveed, Amjad; Naz, Amber

2013-01-01

believe that structural change is an unimportant side effect of the economic development. On the contrary, economists associated with the World Bank and some others posit that growth is brought about by the changes in sectoral composition. The objective of this study is to empirically test...... the relationship between sectoral shares and economic growth by using the panel data for 20 developed countries. The results of the granger causality suggest that both services and agriculture sectors do granger cause economic growth, whereas industrial sector does not granger cause growth. Reverse causality does...... not hold for any of the three sectors. The results of Barro and Non-Barro regressions along with the set of control variables have suggested that services sector is negatively affecting growth, whereas both industrial and agriculture shares are positively affect economic growth....

Hygienic status assessment of dish washing waters, utensils, hands ...

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Hygienic status assessment of dish washing waters, utensils, hands and pieces of money from street food processing sites in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). N Barro, AR Bello, A Savadogo, CAT Ouattara, AJ Iiboudo, AS Traoré ...

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A Survey Tool for Assessing Student Expectations Early in a Semester

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Karl R.B. Schmitt

2013-08-01

Full Text Available Quality learning is fostered when faculty members are aware of and address student expectations for course learning activities and assessments. However, faculty often have difficulty identifying and addressing student expectations given variations in students’ backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs about education. Prior research has described significant discrepancies between student and faculty expectations that result from cultural backgrounds (1, technological expertise (2, and ‘teaching dimensions’ as described by Trudeau and Barnes (4. Such studies illustrate the need for tools to identify and index student expectations, which can be used to facilitate a dialogue between instructor and students. Here we present the results of our work to develop, refine, and deploy such a tool.

Yellow passion fruit peels as low-cost fermentation substrate for ...

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Mar 4, 2015 ... which sale in industrial enzymes ranges from 25 to 40%. (Barros et al., 2010; ... extensive screening and optimisation of process para- ... It also aimed to optimize ..... Statistica (data analysis software system), version 6. (2001).

Perennial soybean seeds coated with high doses of boron and zinc

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Sep 14, 2016 ... ... Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 - Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ, CEP: ..... Ohse S, Marodim V, Santos OS, Lopes SJ, Manfron PA (2001). ... Tavares LC, Rufino CDA, Brunes AP, Friedrich FF, Barros ACSA,.

Eliminación del plomo por curado casero Lead elimination by traditional acidic curing

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Luisa Torres-Sánchez

1999-11-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Evaluar el curado ácido como medida preventiva para reducir el contenido de plomo en vasijas de barro vidriadas. Material y métodos. En 27 vasijas de barro procedentes de cuatro estados de México se determinó, mediante espectrofotometría de absorción atómica, el nivel de plomo residual, después de cuatro lavados con ácido acético al 3%. Resultados. El contenido de plomo en el ácido acético utilizado para lavar las vasijas disminuyó proporcionalmente con el número de lavados, aunque se conservó por arriba de los niveles permisibles (2.5-7.0 p.p.m.. Conclusiones. El curado ácido de piezas de barro no es una medida preventiva útil para reducir la exposición a plomo.Objective. To evaluate traditional acidic curing as a preventive method for reducing lead content of glazed ceramic ware. Material and methods. In 27 ceramic ware pieces from four states in Mexico, the level of residual lead was determined through atomic absorption spectrophotometry after four washings with acetic acid 3%. Results. The lead content of the vinegar washing diminished proportionally with the number of washings, although it remained highly above the permissible levels of this metal (2.5-7.0 p.p.m.. Conclusions. Traditional acidic curing of glazed ceramic ware is not a useful preventive measure for reducing lead exposure.

Species loss, delayed numerical responses, and functional compensation in an antbird guild.

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Touchton, Janeene M; Smith, James N M

2011-05-01

When a community loses species through fragmentation, its total food consumption may drop. Compensatory responses of remaining species, whereby survivors assume roles of extinct competitors, may reduce the impact of species loss through numerical or functional responses. We measured compensatory responses in two remaining antbird species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, four decades after the loss of their dominant competitor, the Ocellated Antbird, Phaenostictus mcleannani. We compared current abundances and behavior of these two species on Barro Colorado to those reported before the island lost Ocellated Antbirds, and to those in a nearby mainland population where all three species still exist as a space-for-time substitution. The smaller, more subordinate Spotted Antbird, Hylophylax naevioides, responded far more strongly than the larger Bicolored Antbird, Gymnopithys leucaspis, which is functionally more like the Ocellated Antbird. Islandwide density of Spotted Antbirds has more than doubled since the loss of Ocellated Antbirds. Moreover, Spotted Antbirds now spend so much more of their time following ant swarms that their metabolic biomass at these swarms has more than tripled since Ocellated Antbirds disappeared. These responses in Spotted Antbirds were apparently delayed by >20 years. Bicolored Antbirds have not increased substantially in islandwide density or metabolic biomass at ant swarms. We hypothesize that behavioral flexibility, as shown by Spotted Antbirds on Barro Colorado Island, is a major factor governing the extent to which fragmented ecosystems can buffer the impacts of species loss.

Fatores de risco clínicos e ultra-sonográficos relacionados à litíase vesicular assintomática em mulheres

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Ferreira Adilson Cunha

2004-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar variáveis clínicas e ultra-sonográficas, como presença ou ausência de barro biliar, espessura da parede e medida transversal da vesícula biliar, idade, paridade, presença ou ausência de diabetes mellitus associadas a litíase vesicular assintomática, bem como determinar a sua prevalência em pacientes submetidas ao exame ultra-sonográfico. MATERAIS E MÉTODOS: Foram analisadas, em estudo prospectivo, 265 pacientes do sexo feminino, atendidas na Escola de Ultra-sonografia e Reciclagem Médica de Ribeirão Preto, durante o período de janeiro a setembro de 2001. RESULTADOS: Evidenciou-se diferença estatisticamente significativa relacionada à litíase da vesícula biliar e espessura da parede da vesícula biliar, barro biliar, diâmetro transverso da vesícula biliar, faixa etária, paridade, passando de 4,1% nas nulíparas para 39,1% nas multíparas e diabéticas. A prevalência de litíase na vesícula biliar em pacientes assintomáticas foi de 14,7%. CONCLUSÃO: A litíase vesicular assintomática em mulheres ocorre principalmente com o decorrer da idade e da paridade. Os achados ultra-sonográficos mais freqüentemente encontrados foram presença de barro biliar e de espessamento da parede da vesícula biliar.

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However, knowledge of the biology and ecology of this species is fragmented ..... on estuarine and reef-associated fish and cephalopods. (Barros and Cockcroft .... LASIAK, T. A. 1982 — Structural and functional aspects of the surf-zone fish ...

Predictors of loneliness among students and nuns in Angola and Portugal.

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Neto, Félix; Barros, José

2003-07-01

The authors conducted 2 studies to examine the relationship between loneliness and psychosocial variables among people from Angola and Portugal. In the 1st study, the participants were 129 college students from Angola and 122 from Portugal, and in the 2nd study participants were 105 nuns from Angola and 74 from Portugal. The following instruments were administered to all participants in both studies: the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (D. Russell, L. Peplau, & C. Cutrona, 1980), the Neuroticism Scale (J. Barros, 1999), the Optimism Scale (J. Barros, 1998), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (E. Diener, R. Emmons, R. Larsen, & S. Griffin, 1985). Ethnic differences were found in loneliness. The Angolan participants recorded higher scores for loneliness than did the Portuguese participants. For both samples the most prominent predictors of loneliness were neuroticism and dissatisfaction with life.

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Vandepitte, Sonia; Mousten, Birthe; Maylath, Bruce

2014-01-01

After Kiraly (2000) introduced the collaborative form of translation in classrooms, Pavlovic (2007), Kenny (2008), and Huertas Barros (2011) provided empirical evidence that testifies to the impact of collaborative learning. This chapter sets out to describe the collaborative forms of learning at...

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Results: Seventeen studies met our inclusion criteria, with a total of 3,010 participants. ...... Ito LM, de Araujo LA, Tess VLC, de Barros-Neto TP, Asbahr FR, Marks I. ... Revista. Brasilileira de Psiquiatria 2004;26(2):77-81. 47. Neuner F, Schauer ...

Debating the Arctic during the Ukraine Crisis – Comparing Arctic State Identities and Media Discourses in Canada and Norway

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Burke, Danita Catherine; Rahbek-Clemmensen, Jon

2017-01-01

identities and foreign policy by showing that these identifications affected domestic media discourses about the Arctic in Canada and Norway during the first years (2014-16) of the Crisis. Canada’s territorial identification made it difficult for the newly elected Trudeau government to push for a less...... identities shape media debates, but that the identifications themselves can change. In general, the article advocates for a comparative approach towards the analysis of Arctic state identities.......Previous studies have argued that domestic factors, including each state’s Arctic state identities, may explain why some Western states (e.g. Canada) have been more critical of Russia in the Arctic than others (e.g. Norway). The present study analyses part of the link between Arctic state...

UMA FILOSOFIA ONTOLÓGICA DA INFÂNCIA E OS EXERCÍCIOS POÉTICOS DE SER CRIANÇA

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ELAINE DA SILVA CARVALHO DONATO (UESB

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Full Text Available RESUMO: O presente trabalho tem por objetivo a leitura do livro Exercícios de Ser Criança (1999, à luz da filosofia de Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962, principalmente pelo significado teórico que a infância toma nas poéticas do Devaneio e do Espaço. Exercícios de ser criança (1999, primeiro livro do poeta Manoel de Barros publicado com a classificação infanto-juvenil, recupera as principais características do programa poético manoelino: a aversão ao utilitarismo da linguagem, o universo infantil como temática central, o devaneio como exercício poético. Assim, temas como brincadeiras, travessuras e o modo próprio de como a criança vive o devaneio são recorrentes em toda a obra. Neste sentido, busca-se compreender como Manoel de Barros, por meio de seu fazer poético, toma a infância como signo de eterno retorno a um tempo que, a priori, é irrecuperável, mas que através dos exercícios poéticos de ser criança, torna-se um espaço permanentemente imóvel, de recordação, de revisitação. A infância como espaço de memória e criação poética. Palavras- Chave: Manoel de Barros. Infância. Poesia Brasileira. Bachelard.

Identification of different generations of albite through microchemical fingerprint by LA-ICP-MS

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Amorim, Lucas E.D.; Rios, Francisco J.; Freitas, Monica E.; Palmieri, Helena E.L.; Geraldes, Mauro C.; Matos, Evando C. de, E-mail: ledamorim@cdtn.br, E-mail: javier@cdtn.br, E-mail: monicaef@gmail.com, E-mail: help@cdtn.br, E-mail: geraldes@uerj.br, E-mail: carele@inb.br [Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN/CNEN-MG), Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil); Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB), Caetité, BA (Brazil)

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The Lagoa Real Uranium Province located in the south-central part of the Bahia-BR, in the central portion of the San Francisco Craton, is composed of an association of Paleoproterozoic metagranitoids, alkali-gneisses, and albitites (barren and mineralized). Intense action of metamorphic and metasomatic processes characterize this region. These processes culminated in the transformation of granites into gneisses, albitites and U mineralization in some albitites bodies. There are three types of metagranites, Lagoa do Barro (1,77Ga), Juazerinho (1,75Ga) and São Timóteo (1,74Ga). In view of this information, we aimed to verify if the albite formed by metamorphism in the metagranites has the same fingerprint of the albite present in the barren albitites. We used a LA-ICP-MS system for this. The results allowed the determination of albites fingerprint, allowing the differentiation of at least two generations. The Sr / U ratio allows characterizing these generations. The albitites have albite with minimal microchemical variation. The metagranites Lagoa do Barro and São Timóteo has similar generation of albite. The Juazerinho presents two generations of albite, one with similar to São Timóteo, Lagoa do Barro and albitites and another generation with distinctly higher concentrations of Sr and U. These results show that the same event that generated the albitite's albite interfered with the formation of the metagranite's albite, but another event culminated with the formation of the second generation of the albite in the Juazerinho. (author)

Identification of different generations of albite through microchemical fingerprint by LA-ICP-MS

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Amorim, Lucas E.D.; Rios, Francisco J.; Freitas, Monica E.; Palmieri, Helena E.L.; Geraldes, Mauro C.; Matos, Evando C. de

2017-01-01

The Lagoa Real Uranium Province located in the south-central part of the Bahia-BR, in the central portion of the San Francisco Craton, is composed of an association of Paleoproterozoic metagranitoids, alkali-gneisses, and albitites (barren and mineralized). Intense action of metamorphic and metasomatic processes characterize this region. These processes culminated in the transformation of granites into gneisses, albitites and U mineralization in some albitites bodies. There are three types of metagranites, Lagoa do Barro (1,77Ga), Juazerinho (1,75Ga) and São Timóteo (1,74Ga). In view of this information, we aimed to verify if the albite formed by metamorphism in the metagranites has the same fingerprint of the albite present in the barren albitites. We used a LA-ICP-MS system for this. The results allowed the determination of albites fingerprint, allowing the differentiation of at least two generations. The Sr / U ratio allows characterizing these generations. The albitites have albite with minimal microchemical variation. The metagranites Lagoa do Barro and São Timóteo has similar generation of albite. The Juazerinho presents two generations of albite, one with similar to São Timóteo, Lagoa do Barro and albitites and another generation with distinctly higher concentrations of Sr and U. These results show that the same event that generated the albitite's albite interfered with the formation of the metagranite's albite, but another event culminated with the formation of the second generation of the albite in the Juazerinho. (author)

Da heresia à “caça às bruxas” no final da Idade Média ocidental

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2017-01-01

Resenha do livro: BOUREAU, Alain. Satã herético: o nascimento da demonologia na Europa medieval (1280-1330). Tradução de Igor Salomão Teixeira e revisão técnica de Néri de Barros Almeida. Campinas: Unicamp, 2016.

Keskmine majanduskrahh kestab kolm ja pool aastat / Villu Zirnask

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2008-01-01

Harvardi majandusprofessorite Robert Barro ja Jose F. Ursua uuringust "Makromajanduskriisid pärast 1870. aastat", mille põhjal on majanduskrahhide tõenäosus umbes 3,6% ehk kord 25 aasta jooksul, nende keskmine kestus 3,5 aastat. Diagramm: Eratarbimise muutused kriiside vältel

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Bioactivity of mangrove humic materials on Rizophora mangle and Laguncularia racemosa seedlings, Brazil. Leonardo Barros Dobbss, André Luiz Paier Barroso, Alessandro Coutinho Ramos, Karla Stéphanie Nunes Torrico, Fabíola Schunk de Souza Arçari, Daniel Basílio Zandonadi ...

Characterization of clays used in the red ceramics industry at Itabaianinha-SE (Brazil)

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Azevedo, T.F.; Andrade, C.E.C. de; Santos, C.R. dos; Barreto, L.S.

2011-01-01

The Local Cluster of red ceramic industry in the state of Sergipe comprises Itabaianinha-SE, Itabaiana and Baixo Sao Francisco municipalities (Propria and Santana do Sao Francisco). The city of Itabaianinha concentrates a large number of ceramics and potteries producing ceramic bricks and tiles. The study was conducted in a red ceramic industry of the region. The focus of this work was an incremental innovation in the process and product. It was analyzed three types of clays used for manufacturing of ceramic bricks (barro preto, diamante and jardim). The samples were prepared by pressing and heat treated between 600 ° C - 1100 C °. The samples characterization was by thermogravimetry, X-ray diffraction and physical tests (water absorption, linear retraction and three points flection). The clays are composed mainly of kaolinite, illite-muscovite and quartz. The results showed that the Barro Preto clay showed better results in retraction, absorption and mechanical strain. (author)

Canadians, nuclear weapons, and the Cold War security dilemma

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Eaton, M.A.

2007-01-01

This dissertation provides a history of Canadian ideas about nuclear weapons from the late 1950s until the end of the Trudeau era in 1984. Throughout this period, Canadians reacted to the insecurity they felt in the world around them by expressing many conflicting, often irreconcilable views about a range of nuclear weapon issues, including Canada's acquisition of nuclear warheads in 1963, the U.S. ABM program in the 1960s and early 1970s, the role of Canadian nuclear technology in the development of India's first nuclear explosion, and the Trudeau government's decision to allow the U.S. military to test cruise missiles in northern Canada The dissertation concludes with an examination of the emergence of a broadly-based, increasingly mainstream and influential anti-nuclear movement in the early 1980s, the clearest manifestation of the insecurity Canadians experienced at the time. .The nuclear debates examined in this dissertation reveal that Canadians were divided over nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy, the arms race, proliferation, and arms control and disarmament. In particular, they came to fundamentally different conclusions about how Canada's nuclear weapon policies, and its support for the nuclear policies of its alliances, would contribute to international stability and order. Some believed that their security rested on the maintenance of a strong Western nuclear deterrent and supported Canada contributing to its credibility; others believed that the constant modernisation of nuclear arsenals fuelled by the superpower arms race posed a serious threat to their security. This conceptual dilemma-the security through nuclear strength argument versus the fear that the quest for security through quantitative and qualitative improvements of nuclear stockpiles increased the likelihood of nuclear war-left Canadians divided over the value and utility of nuclear weapons and the strategies developed around them. At the same time, Canadians' ideas about nuclear weapons

Canadians, nuclear weapons, and the Cold War security dilemma

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Eaton, M.A

2007-07-01

This dissertation provides a history of Canadian ideas about nuclear weapons from the late 1950s until the end of the Trudeau era in 1984. Throughout this period, Canadians reacted to the insecurity they felt in the world around them by expressing many conflicting, often irreconcilable views about a range of nuclear weapon issues, including Canada's acquisition of nuclear warheads in 1963, the U.S. ABM program in the 1960s and early 1970s, the role of Canadian nuclear technology in the development of India's first nuclear explosion, and the Trudeau government's decision to allow the U.S. military to test cruise missiles in northern Canada The dissertation concludes with an examination of the emergence of a broadly-based, increasingly mainstream and influential anti-nuclear movement in the early 1980s, the clearest manifestation of the insecurity Canadians experienced at the time. .The nuclear debates examined in this dissertation reveal that Canadians were divided over nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy, the arms race, proliferation, and arms control and disarmament. In particular, they came to fundamentally different conclusions about how Canada's nuclear weapon policies, and its support for the nuclear policies of its alliances, would contribute to international stability and order. Some believed that their security rested on the maintenance of a strong Western nuclear deterrent and supported Canada contributing to its credibility; others believed that the constant modernisation of nuclear arsenals fuelled by the superpower arms race posed a serious threat to their security. This conceptual dilemma-the security through nuclear strength argument versus the fear that the quest for security through quantitative and qualitative improvements of nuclear stockpiles increased the likelihood of nuclear war-left Canadians divided over the value and utility of nuclear weapons and the strategies developed around them. At the same time, Canadians

Adamah, a Golem

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2012-10-01

Full Text Available Não sei de onde surgiu o rumor ou como a lenda sobre Adamah, a Golem, se espalhou. Como refazer o trajeto do mágico relato de uma boneca de barro que, por forças ocultas e secretas, ganhou vida e quase virou gente?

Determinants of Child Labour and Schooling in Botswana: Evidence ...

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child labour and schooling in an upper middle-income country, Botswana. ... and schooling is positively and significantly influenced by child education level, the ..... teacher missing .... is exclusively formed by the precarious work of minors. ... not responsible for the entry of children into the Brazilian labour market, Barros and.

Water uptake and transport in lianas and co-occurring trees of a seasonally dry tropical forest.

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José Luis Andrade; Frederick C. Meinzer; Guillermo Goldstein; Stefan A. Schnitzer

2005-01-01

Water uptake and transport were studied in eight liana species in a seasonally dry tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Stable hydrogen isotope composition (δD) of xylem and soil water, soil volumetric water content (θv), and basal sap flow were measured during the 1997 and...

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2011-10-03

Oct 3, 2011 ... glucosinolate content (Barro et al., 2002; Kott, 1998; Kott et al., 1996). Chemical and physical mutagens are available for mutagenic treatment of crop plants. Nevertheless, several chemical mutagens have been applied of which ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS), N- nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU), N-Nitroso, N- ...

A canopy observation platform in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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1980-01-01

Tropical biologists are often frustrated in their attempts to study plants, animals, and climate in the forest canopy because of the difficulty of access to this region 20-50 meters high. This problem can be overcome by the use of free-standing towers (Pasoh, Malaya; Barro Colorado Island, Panama)

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Cytogenetic characterization of Eurysternus caribaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): evidence of sex-autosome fusion and diploid number reduction prior to species dispersion · Amanda Paulino De Arcanjo Diogo Cavalcanti Cabral-De-Mello Ana Emília Barros E Silva Rita De Cássia De Moura · More Details Abstract Fulltext ...

Da heresia à “caça às bruxas” no final da Idade Média ocidental

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2017-12-01

Full Text Available Resenha do livro: BOUREAU, Alain. Satã herético: o nascimento da demonologia na Europa medieval (1280-1330. Tradução de Igor Salomão Teixeira e revisão técnica de Néri de Barros Almeida. Campinas: Unicamp, 2016.

Money, Output and Price Level in Nigeria: A Test of the Monetary ...

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This paper presents and tests a model to determine either or both how anticipated or unanticipated money affects real output and inflation in Nigeria. The Barro two –step estimation procedure was explored. Also, the effects of devaluation and business cycles in the industrialized countries on output fluctuation in Nigeria ...

Teaching Real Business Cycles to Undergraduates

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Brevik, Frode; Gartner, Manfred

2007-01-01

The authors review the graphical approach to teaching the real business cycle model introduced in Barro. They then look at where this approach cuts corners and suggest refinements. Finally, they compare graphical and exact models by means of impulse-response functions. The graphical models yield reliable qualitative results. Sizable quantitative…

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Amblyomma tapirellum (Dunn, 1933) collected from tropical forest canopy

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Loaiza, J.R.; Miller, M.J.; Bermingham, E.; Sanjur, O.I.; Jansen, P.A.; Rovira, J.R.; Alvarez, E.; Rodriguez, E.; Davis, P.; Dutari, L.C.; Pecor, J.; Foley, D.; Radtke, M.; Pongsiri, M.J.

2013-01-01

Free-ranging ticks are widely known to be restricted to the ground level of vegetation. Here, we document the capture of the tick species Amblyomma tapirellum in light traps placed in the forest canopy of Barro Colorado Island, central Panama. A total of forty eight adults and three nymphs were

A test of the permanent income hypothesis on Czech voucher privatization

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2002-01-01

Roč. 10, č. 2 (2002), s. 235-254 ISSN 0967-0750 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z7085904 Keywords : Barro-Riccardian * equivalence * permanent income hypothesis Subject RIV: AH - Economics Impact factor: 0.897, year: 2002 http://search. ebscohost .com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=6844845&site=ehost-live

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia

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Damgaard, Peter de Barros; Martiniano, Rui; Kamm, Jack

2018-01-01

The Eurasian steppes reach from the Ukraine in Europe to Mongolia and China. Over the past 5000 years, these flat grasslands were thought to be the route for the ebb and flow of migrant humans, their horses, and their languages. de Barros Damgaard et al. probed whole-genome sequences from the rem...

Depositional setting, petrology and chemistry of Permian coals from the Parana Basin: 2. South Santa Catarina Coalfield, Brazil

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Kalkreuth, W.; Mexias, A.; Balbinot, M.; Levandowski, J. [Instituto de Geociencias, UFRGS, Porto Alegre (Brazil); Holz, M. [Inst. de Geociencias, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia (Brazil); Willett, J.; Finkelman, R. [U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States); Burger, H. [Freie Universitaet Berlin, Geoinformatik, (Germany)

2010-12-01

In Brazil economically important coal deposits occur in the southern part of the Parana Basin, where coal seams occur in the Permian Rio Bonito Formation, with major coal development in the states of Rio Grande de Sul and Santa Catarina. The current paper presents results on sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the coal-bearing strata, and petrological and geochemical coal seam characterization from the South Santa Catarina Coalfield, Parana Basin. In terms of sequence stratigraphic interpretation the precursor mires of the Santa Catarina coal seams formed in an estuarine-barrier shoreface depositional environment, with major peat accumulation in a high stand systems tract (Pre-Bonito and Bonito seams), a lowstand systems tract (Ponta Alta seam, seam A, seam B) and a transgressive systems tract (Irapua, Barro Branco and Treviso seams). Seam thicknesses range from 1.70 to 2.39 m, but high proportions of impure coal (coaly shale and shaley coal), carbonaceous shale and partings reduce the net coal thickness significantly. Coal lithoypes are variable, with banded coal predominant in the Barro Branco seam, and banded dull and dull coal predominantly in Bonito and Irapua seams, respectively. Results from petrographic analyses indicate a vitrinite reflectance range from 0.76 to 1.63 %Rrandom (HVB A to LVB coal). Maceral group distribution varies significantly, with the Barro Branco seam having the highest vitrinite content (mean 67.5 vol%), whereas the Irapua seam has the highest inertinite content (33.8 vol%). Liptinite mean values range from 7.8 vol% (Barro Branco seam) to 22.5 vol% (Irapua seam). Results from proximate analyses indicate for the three seams high ash yields (50.2 - 64.2 wt.%). Considering the International Classification of in-Seam Coals, all samples are in fact classified as carbonaceous rocks (> 50 wt.% ash). Sulfur contents range from 3.4 to 7.7 wt.%, of which the major part occurs as pyritic sulfur. Results of X-ray diffraction indicate the

Development of waste-based ceramic pigments

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2007-02-01

Full Text Available We report the preparation of ceramic pigments using industrial wastes as primary sources. In this context, the use of Al-rich sludge generated in the wastewater treatment unit of an anodising or surface coating industrial plant, and a galvanizing sludge from the Cr/Ni plating process, will be detailed. The ceramic pigments reported here were prepared using typical solid state reactions involving the metal rich sludge. The main focus will be on the synthesis of chrome-tin orchid cassiterite (Sn,CrO2, chrome-tin red malayaite Ca(Cr,SnSiO5, victoria green garnet Ca3Cr2Si3O12, and chrome alumina pink/green corundum (Cr,Al2O3 pigments. The pigments were fully characterised and then were tested in a standard ceramic glaze after. Typical working conditions and colour development will be reported.

Se presenta la preparación de pigmentos cerámicos empleando residuos industriales como fuente de materias primas. Se detallan el uso de barros ricos en aluminio obtenidos en los tratamientos de depuración de aguas de plantas industriales de anodizado y barros de galvanizados de chapados de Cr/Ni. Los pigmentos cerámicos se prepararon empleando reacción en estados sólido a partir del barro rico en metal. Los principales pigmentos estudiados son orquídea casiterita de cromo-estaño (Sn,CrO2, malayita rojo de cromo-estaño Ca(Sn,CrSiO3, granate verde victoria Ca3Cr2Si3O12, y corindón rosa/verde de cromo alúmina (Cr,Al2O3. Los pigmentos fueron caracterizados y ensayados después de ser vidriados en cerámicas estándares. Se presentan las condiciones de trabajo y el desarrollo de color.

Economic Security Environment and Implementation of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution (PPBE) System in Georgia

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2004-06-01

Roy J. What Determines Economic Growth? Economic Review – Second Quarter 1993 [References: Barro (1991); Mankiw , Romer, and Well (1992); De Long...NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA THESIS Approved for public release: distribution unlimited ECONOMIC SECURITY...DATES COVERED Master’s Thesis 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE: Economic Security Environment and Implementation of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution

Psychosocial concomitants of loneliness among students of Cape Verde and Portugal.

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Neto, F; Barros, J

2000-09-01

This research is an examination of the relationship between loneliness and a number of psychosocial variables (e.g., affective state, cultural issues, gender, age) among adolescents and young adults from Cape Verde and Portugal. Two studies are presented. The participants in the first study were 285 adolescents from Cape Verde and 202 from Portugal, and in the second study there were 134 college students from Cape Verde and 112 from Portugal. The following instruments were administered to all the participants in both studies: The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (D. Russell, L. Peplau, & C. Cutrona, 1980), the Neuroticism Scale (J. Barros, 1999), the Optimism Scale (J. Barros, 1998), the Social Anxiety subscale (A. Fenigstein, M. Scheier, & A. Buss, 1975), and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (E. Diener, R. Emmons, R. Larsen, & S. Griffin, 1985). No ethnic or gender differences were found for loneliness between the two groups. For both groups, the most prominent predictors of loneliness were neuroticism and dissatisfaction with life. However, as expected, the adolescent group recorded higher scores for loneliness than did the college students.

Computational study on potassium picrate crystal

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Ju, Xue-Hai; Lu, Ya-Lin; Ma, Xiu-Fang; Xiao, He-Ming [Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094 (China)

2006-08-15

DFT calculation at the B3LYP level was performed on crystalline potassium picrate. The frontier bands are slightly fluctuant. The energy gap between the highest occupied crystal orbital (HOCO) and the lowest unoccupied crystal orbital (LUCO) is 0.121 a.u. (3.29 eV). The carbon atoms that are connected with the nitro groups make up the narrow lower energy bands, with small contributions from nitro oxygen and phenol oxygen. The higher energy bands consist of orbitals from the nitro groups and carbon atom. The potassium bears almost 1 a.u. positive charge. The potassium forms ionic bonding with the phenol oxygen and the nitro oxygen at the same time. The crystal lattice energy is predicted to be -574.40 kJ/mol at the B3LYP level determined with the effective core pseudopotential HAYWSC-31G basis set for potassium and 6-31G** basis set for other atoms. (Abstract Copyright [2006], Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

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Measuring Education Inequalities: Concentration and Dispersion-Based Approach. Lessons from Kuznets Curve in MENA Region

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Ibourk, Aomar; Amaghouss, Jabrane

2012-01-01

Although the quantity of education is widely used to measure the economical and social performances of educative systems, only a few works have addressed the issue of equity in education. In this work, we have calculated two measures of inequality in education based on Barro and Lee's (2010) data: the Gini index of education and the standard…

Artificial neural network and regression modelling to study the effect of reinforcement and deformation on volumetric wear of red mud nano particle reinforced aluminium matrix composites synthesized by stir casting

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Gampala Satyanarayana

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Artificial neural network (ANN approach was used for the prediction of effect of reinforcement and deformation on volumetric wear of red mud nano particle reinforced aluminium matrix composites synthesized by stir casting. Red mud obtained from alumina processing industry was milled in a high energy ball mill and the particle size was reduced to 40 nm in 30 h. Sliding wear characteristics of the composites were evaluated on pin on disc wear tester at different loads of 10 N, 20 N and 30 N and sliding speeds of 200, 400, and 600 RPM. The wear rate of the composite was decreased with increase in weight fraction of red mud up to 10% and beyond that the wear rate was increased. The interfacial area between the matrix and the reinforcement increases with increase in red mud volume fraction, leading to increase in strength and wear resistance. Mathematical regression model and ANN model have been developed to predict theoretical wear rate of the composite and observed that ANN predictions have excellent agreement with measured values than other models. Thus, the prediction of wear rate of the nano composites using artificial neural network before actual manufacture will considerably saves the project time, effort and cost. Resumen: Se utilizó el método de red neuronal artificial (RNA para predecir el efecto del refuerzo y la deformación sobre el desgaste volumétrico de los materiales compuestos de matriz de aluminio reforzada con nanopartículas de barro rojo sintetizados por agitación. El barro rojo obtenido de la industria de procesamiento de alúmina se molió en un molino de bolas de alta energía y el tamaño de la partícula se redujo a 40 nm en 30 h. Las características de desgaste de los materiales compuestos se evaluaron en los probadores pin-on-disk de desgaste en diferentes cargas de 10N, 20N y 30N, y velocidades de deslizamiento de 200, 400 y 600 rpm. El índice de desgaste del material compuesto se redujo con el aumento en

O que é a PALAVRA? Reflexões sobre a herança gramatical greco-latina

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Maria João Marçalo

2009-01-01

Full Text Available In this paper we analyze the inherited ideas about what a Word is, in terms of linguistic description, following the greco-roman tradition. We analyze also some linguistic ideas of authors from XIX-XX century (Vendryès, Saussure and we trace the way the first Portuguese grammars handled this question (João de Barros, Melo Bacelar, Lobato.

Contrasting the distribution of butterflies and termites in plantations and tropical forests

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Basset, Yves; Barrios, H.; Ramirez, J. A.; Lopez, Y.; Coronado, J.; Perez, F.; Arizala, S.; Bobadilla, R.; Leponce, M.

2017-01-01

Roč. 26, č. 1 (2017), s. 151-176 ISSN 0960-3115 R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36098G Institutional support: RVO:60077344 Keywords : Barro Colorado Island * Cedro espino * faunal turnover Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour OBOR OECD: Ecology Impact factor: 2.265, year: 2016 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-016-1231-6

The exploitation of sludge from aggregate plants in the manufacture of porous fired clay bricks

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Chamorro-Trenado, M. A.

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Aggregates (gravel and sand are, after water, the Earth’s second most used natural resource, representing about 50% of all consumed mineral resources. Aggregate production generates a large quantity of waste from the aggregate washing process. This waste is made up of suspended solids – sludge – which has a great environmental impact. It is deposited in huge troughs because of the impossibility of discharging it directly into rivers. Many plants have incorporated decanters and filter presses to separate the solid from the liquid fraction. This paper evaluates the possibility of exploiting the solid fraction (i.e. sludge in the manufacture of fired clay bricks. The added value of these bricks is, on the one hand, the exploitation of sludge as a currently useless waste product, and on the other, the use of this sludge to enhance the physical and mechanical properties of conventional fired clay bricks.Los áridos son la segunda materia prima más consumida en la Tierra después del agua, representando alrededor del 50% de todos los recursos minerales consumidos. El proceso de elaboración de estos áridos genera una gran cantidad de residuos procedentes de su lavado. Se trata de partículas sólidas en suspensión – lodos – de gran impacto ambiental, que se depositan en grandes charcas ante la imposibilidad de verterlos directamente al rio. Muchas empresas han incorporado decantadores y filtros de prensa para separar la fracción solida de la líquida. El presente trabajo evalúa la posibilidad de utilizar la fracción sólida, es decir el barro, para la fabricación de piezas cerámicas. El valor añadido de estas piezas es por un lado el aprovechamiento del barro como producto residual, que en estos momentos es desechable, y por otro, conseguir que este barro mejore las propiedades físico-mecánicas de la cerámica convencional.

PBE-DFT theoretical study of organic photovoltaic materials based on thiophene with 1D and 2D periodic boundary conditions

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Saïl, K.; Bassou, G.; Gafour, M. H.; Miloua, F.

2015-12-01

Conjugated organic systems such as thiophene are interesting topics in the field of organic solar cells. We theoretically investigate π-conjugated polymers constituted by n units ( n = 1-11) based on the thiophene (Tn) molecule. The computations of the geometries and electronic structures of these compounds are performed using the density functional theory (DFT) at the 6-31 G( d, p) level of theory and the Perdew-Burke-Eenzerhof (PBE) formulation of the generalized gradient approximation with periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) in one (1D) and two (2D) dimensions. Moreover, the electronic properties (HOCO, LUCO, E gap, V oc, and V bi) are determined from 1D and 2D PBC to understand the effect of the number of rings in polythiophene. The absorption properties—excitation energies ( E ex), the maximal absorption wavelength (λmax), oscillator strengths, and light harvesting—efficiency are studied using the time-dependent DFT method. Our studies show that changing the number of thiophene units can effectively modulate the electronic and optical properties. On the other hand, our work demonstrates the efficiency of theoretical calculation in the PBCs.

ARQUEOLOGIA DEL SITIO EL PUESTO (Dpto. CASTRO BARROS, LA RIOJA

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Jos\\u00E9 Carlos Dlugosz

2009-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se exponen los resultados de las investigaciones que se realizaron en el sitio ''El Puesto'' en el año 2005. A través del análisis espacial se establece el tipo de vinculación existente entre las estructuras y los andenes de cultivo que las circundan. La presencia de fogones en el interior de las estructuras asociados a vasijas, semillas, y restos óseos animales con signos de alteración térmica nos permiten suponer que se llevaron a cabo actividades relacionadas con la preparación, consumo y descarte de alimentos. El análisis de material lítico demuestra que existió un predominio de la realización de tareas de formatización, regularización y/o mantenimiento de instrumentos. De esta manera, sobre la base de lo expuesto anteriormente, consideramos que estos recintos nos brindan elementos importantes para empezar a definir una unidad doméstica, pues presentan una construcción definida, con un patrón específico en lo referente a sus dimensiones y técnicas constructivas; con restos artefactuales (lítico, cerámica, semillas, y restos de óseos de fauna, y un nivel de ocupación. Por último, sobre la base del análisis cerámico y de los rasgos arquitectónicos registrados en superficie proponemos como hipótesis que la cronología del sitio correspondería al período de transición entre Temprano y Medio considerado para la Provincia de La Rioja.

Molecular profiling techniques as tools to detect potential unintended effects in genetically engineered maize

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Barros, E

2010-05-01

Full Text Available Molecular Profiling Techniques as Tools to Detect Potential Unintended Effects in Genetically Engineered Maize Eugenia Barros Introduction In the early stages of production and commercialization of foods derived from genetically engineered (GE) plants... systems. In a recent paper published in Plant Biotechnology Journal,4 we compared two transgenic white maize lines with the non-transgenic counterpart to investigate two possible sources of variation: genetic engineering and environmental variation...

Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis Economy

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2010-07-22

Mankiw , Principles of Economics (Ft. Worth, Dryden Press, 1998), p556, and Robert J. Barro, “Are Government Bonds Net Wealth?” Journal of Political...CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post...2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED 00-00-2010 to 00-00-2010 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post

Comparison of rainforest butterfly assemblages across three biogeographical regions using standardized protocols

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Basset, Y.; Eastwood, R.; Sam, L.; Lohman, D. J.; Novotný, Vojtěch; Treuer, T.; Miller, T.; Weiblen, G. D.; Pierce, N. E.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Sakchoowong, W.; Kongnoo, P.; Osorio-Arenas, M. A.

2011-01-01

Roč. 44, - (2011), s. 17-28 ISSN 0022-4324 R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/09/0115; GA MŠk(CZ) LH11008; GA MŠk LC06073 Grant - others:U.S. National Science Foundation(US) DEB 0816749; International Foundation for Science(US) D/4986-1 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508 Keywords : Barro Colorado Islands * Center for Tropical Forest Science * Lepidoptera Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

Promising pesticide results

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Wallace, Paula

2012-01-01

Full text: Virotec Global Solutions has announced what it believes is the first successful destruction of intractable organochlorine pesticide contamination in industrial wastewater. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, otherwise known as DDT, is one of the most intractable and persistent chemical compounds known to man. In February remediation specialist Virotec reported it had been successful in reducing DDT contaminant levels. In addition to destroying DDT in wastewater, Virotec showed its ViroFlow Technology can reduce levels of two DDT metabolites (or breakdown products), DDD and DDE, along with an organo-phosphate insecticide called chlorpyrifos. Virotec was commissioned by a large pesticide and fertiliser company to find a way of using its ViroFlow suite of products to reliably reduce high levels of pesticides and heavy metals from wastewater and stormwater at an industrial site. “Along with our strategic partner Green Shadows Commercial from Tasmania, we were able to successfully reduce DDT from 108 parts per billion to under two parts per billion in industrial wastewater using a combination of ozofractionation and ElectroBind reagent,” said business development manager Gisela Barros. “In addition, we were successful in demonstrating similar reductions in Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) from 15.2 parts per billion to under 0.5 parts per billion, and Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) from one part per billion to under accurate to around 0.5 parts per billion.” The level of detection for pesticides was 0.5 parts per billion (ppb). In addition, ViroFlow reduced chlorpyrifos from 7,972 ppb to 6.4 ppb, arsenic (a key ingredient in pesticide composition) from 0.13 parts per million (ppm) to 0.002 ppm, and zinc from 0.35 ppm to less than 0.005 ppm. “The significance of these findings cannot be overstated,” Barros said. “DDT and its metabolites are among the most persistent and toxic contaminants to be found in soil and groundwater and

Valores hematológicos de tamanduá-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) e tamanduá-mirim (Tamandua tetradactyla) oriundos de cativeiro

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Sanches, Thaís C.; Miranda, Flávia R.; Oliveira, Alice S.; Matushima, Eliana R.

2013-01-01

Hematological results are reported for 13 giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and 13 collared anteaters (Tamandua tetradactyla). Animals were captive-reared adults held at the Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) and Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros (Sorocaba, SP, Brazil), and were considered healthy on physical examination. Examined parameters included red blood cell count, white blood cell count, hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, mean corpus...

Inequality of opportunity in daycare and preschool services in Brazil

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Veloso, Fernando A.; Foguel, Miguel Nathan

2012-01-01

In this paper we measure inequality of opportunity in daycare and preschool services in Brazil. For this purpose, we construct an opportunity index that modifies the human opportunity index proposed in the literature and used in Barros et al. (2009) to measure inequality in basic opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Specifically, we construct an opportunity measure that includes not only attendance but also parental choice not to enroll children in daycare or preschool, using dat...

Multivariate Product-Shot-noise Cox Point Process Models

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Jalilian, Abdollah; Guan, Yongtao; Mateu, Jorge

We introduce a new multivariate product-shot-noise Cox process which is useful for model- ing multi-species spatial point patterns with clustering intra-specific interactions and neutral, negative or positive inter-specific interactions. The auto and cross pair correlation functions of the process...... can be obtained in closed analytical forms and approximate simulation of the process is straightforward. We use the proposed process to model interactions within and among five tree species in the Barro Colorado Island plot....

Pobreza no nordeste do Brasil: uma análise multidimensional para o período 2001 - 2009

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Alencar, Paulo Luciano Ayres de

2012-01-01

Este trabalho apresenta evidências a respeito da evolução da pobreza multidimensional no nordeste brasileiro a partir dos microdados da PNAD de 2001 e 2009. Especificamente, a pesquisa procura construir os indicadores de pobreza multidimensional para o nordeste brasileiro a partir dos seis fatores multidimensionais coletados através de informações reunidas na PNAD, seguindo a sugestão de Barros et al. (2003). Os resultados mostram grandes disparidades de desempenho entre as ...

PBE–DFT theoretical study of organic photovoltaic materials based on thiophene with 1D and 2D periodic boundary conditions

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Saïl, K.; Bassou, G.; Gafour, M. H.; Miloua, F.

2015-01-01

Conjugated organic systems such as thiophene are interesting topics in the field of organic solar cells. We theoretically investigate π-conjugated polymers constituted by n units (n = 1–11) based on the thiophene (Tn) molecule. The computations of the geometries and electronic structures of these compounds are performed using the density functional theory (DFT) at the 6–31 G(d, p) level of theory and the Perdew–Burke–Eenzerhof (PBE) formulation of the generalized gradient approximation with periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) in one (1D) and two (2D) dimensions. Moreover, the electronic properties (HOCO, LUCO, E gap , V oc , and V bi ) are determined from 1D and 2D PBC to understand the effect of the number of rings in polythiophene. The absorption properties—excitation energies (E ex ), the maximal absorption wavelength (λ max ), oscillator strengths, and light harvesting—efficiency are studied using the time-dependent DFT method. Our studies show that changing the number of thiophene units can effectively modulate the electronic and optical properties. On the other hand, our work demonstrates the efficiency of theoretical calculation in the PBCs

PBE–DFT theoretical study of organic photovoltaic materials based on thiophene with 1D and 2D periodic boundary conditions

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Saïl, K., E-mail: sailkari7@yahoo.com; Bassou, G. [Université Djillali Liabès, Laboratoire de Microscopie, Microanalyse de la Matière et Spectroscopie Moléculaire (L2MSM), Faculté des Sciences Exactes (Algeria); Gafour, M. H. [Centre Universitaire Ahmed Zabana de Rélizane, Institut des Sciences Exactes et Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Département de Chimie (Algeria); Miloua, F. [Université Djillali Liabès, Laboratoire de Microscopie, Microanalyse de la Matière et Spectroscopie Moléculaire (L2MSM), Faculté des Sciences Exactes (Algeria)

2015-12-15

Conjugated organic systems such as thiophene are interesting topics in the field of organic solar cells. We theoretically investigate π-conjugated polymers constituted by n units (n = 1–11) based on the thiophene (Tn) molecule. The computations of the geometries and electronic structures of these compounds are performed using the density functional theory (DFT) at the 6–31 G(d, p) level of theory and the Perdew–Burke–Eenzerhof (PBE) formulation of the generalized gradient approximation with periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) in one (1D) and two (2D) dimensions. Moreover, the electronic properties (HOCO, LUCO, E{sub gap}, V{sub oc}, and V{sub bi}) are determined from 1D and 2D PBC to understand the effect of the number of rings in polythiophene. The absorption properties—excitation energies (E{sub ex}), the maximal absorption wavelength (λ{sub max}), oscillator strengths, and light harvesting—efficiency are studied using the time-dependent DFT method. Our studies show that changing the number of thiophene units can effectively modulate the electronic and optical properties. On the other hand, our work demonstrates the efficiency of theoretical calculation in the PBCs.

Variational functionals which admit discontinuous trial functions

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Nelson, P. Jr.

1975-01-01

It is argued that variational synthesis with discontinuous trial functions requires variational principles applicable to equations involving operators acting between distinct Hilbert spaces. A description is given of a Roussopoulos-type variational principle generalized to cover this situation. This principle is suggested as the basis for a unified approach to the derivation of variational functionals. In addition to esthetics, this approach has the advantage that the mathematical details increase the understanding of the derived functional, particularly the sense in which a synthesized solution should be regarded as an approximation to the true solution. By way of illustration, the generalized Roussopoulos principle is applied to derive a class of first-order diffusion functionals which admit trial functions containing approximations at an interface. These ''asymptotic'' interface quantities are independent of the limiting approximations from either side and permit use of different trial spectra at and on either side of an interface. The class of functionals derived contains as special cases both the Lagrange multiplier method of Buslik and two functionals of Lambropoulos and Luco. Some numerical results for a simple two-group model confirm that the ''multipliers'' can closely approximate the appropriate quantity in the region near an interface. (U.S.)

SUJEITOS URBANOS E FLORESTAIS NA FIGURA BARREANA BERNARDO DA MATA

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NIRCE APARECIDA FERREIRA SILVÉRIO

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo aborda discussões sobre o sujeito, sob o viés da Análise do Discurso, em especial as reflexões em torno do consciente e inconsciente, liberdade e assujeitamento, ideologia e poder; e as associa à memória e ao interdiscurso. É analisado um poema do livro O guardador de águas, de Manoel de Barros, em que aparece Bernardo; buscamos a interdiscursividade presente na representaçãode um sujeito urbano e florestal.

Concedamos a liberdade de traçar: brincando de escrever um Dicionário de perfeições inventadas na oficina de escrita

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Mariana de Bastiani Lange

2011-04-01

Full Text Available This paper aims at  raising questions about writing, childhood and education, by narrating the story of the creation of a “dicionary of invented words”. This dictionary was made by children that participated in some writing  workshops. Based on the relations between literature and psychoanalysis, the writing  workshops  were developed with different groups of children. The story of the Dictionary of Invented Perfections relates to  the writings of Manoel de Barros and Roland Barthes.

The Economics of BitCoin Price Formation

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Pavel Ciaian; Miroslava Rajcaniova; d'Artis Kancs

2014-01-01

This is the first article that studies BitCoin price formation by considering both the traditional determinants of currency price, e.g., market forces of supply and demand, and digital currencies specific factors, e.g., BitCoin attractiveness for investors and users. The conceptual framework is based on the Barro (1979) model, from which we derive testable hypotheses. Using daily data for five years (2009–2015) and applying time-series analytical mechanisms, we find that market forces and Bit...

The Long-Run Impact on Population and Income of Open Access to Land in a Model with Parental Altruism

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Jon D. Harford

2000-01-01

Steady state levels of population and per capita income are examined using a Becker-Barro (1988) style of model of an economy with identical altruistic parents bearing costly children who receive bequests of capital and land. Inspired by the work of North (1981) and others, the problem of open access land with ancillary negative effects on private (but not public) productivity of capital is examined. It is seen that open access to land can lead to overpopulation in a ceteris paribus sense, an...

Genetic diversity measures of local European beef cattle breeds for conservation purposes

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Pereira Albano

2001-05-01

Full Text Available Abstract This study was undertaken to determine the genetic structure, evolutionary relationships, and the genetic diversity among 18 local cattle breeds from Spain, Portugal, and France using 16 microsatellites. Heterozygosities, estimates of Fst, genetic distances, multivariate and diversity analyses, and assignment tests were performed. Heterozygosities ranged from 0.54 in the Pirenaica breed to 0.72 in the Barrosã breed. Seven percent of the total genetic variability can be attributed to differences among breeds (mean Fst = 0.07; P

The United States and Brazil: Opening a New Dialogue,

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1984-01-01

Alexandre de Barros, Ŕ Coroamento De Uma Politica Extema Criativa [The Coronation of a Creative External Policy]," Jornal Do Brasil, 3 October 1982...August 1982, p. 7. 19. Ŕ Avango Da Estatizagho: A Causa Principal Das Mazel as Da Economia (The Advance of Estatizatlon: The Principal Cause of the...Wounds of the Economy]," Visdo-Quemn t Quem Na Economia Brasiilra, August 1962, pp. 6-13. 20. Cecilla Costa, "A Mfigica Que 0 Gov6rno Faz Para Cobrir Seu

Fidelino de Figueiredo e a renovação dos estudos históricos em Portugal e no Brasil

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Eurípedes Simões de Paula

1967-06-01

Full Text Available Os estudos históricos têm uma longa tradição em Portugal e em quase todos os aspectos e em todos os momentos, os historiadores portuguêses podem ser comparados com os de outros países . Basta destacarmos os nomes de Fernão Lopes, Alexandre Herculano, Oliveira Martins, Gama Barros, Veiga Simões, Duarte Leite, Joaquim de Carvalho e Jaime Cortezão, para citarmos apenas os que não estão mais vivos.

Determinants of Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Russian Regions

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Svetlana Ledyaeva

2008-06-01

Full Text Available A modification of Barro and Sala-i-Martin empirical framework of growth model is specified to examine determinants of per capita growth in 74 Russian regions during period of 1996-2005. We utilize both panel and cross-sectional data. Results imply that in general regional growth in 1996-2005 is explained by the initial level of region's economic development, the 1998 financial crisis, domestic investments, and exports. Growth convergence between poor and rich regions in Russia was not found for the period studied.

Downscaled climate change projections over northeastern South Africa: Implications for streamflow

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Mkhwanazi, M

2015-09-01

Full Text Available health, agriculture and biodiversity. A comprehensive assessment and understanding of the long-term impacts of climate change on water resources is therefore vital. This information, if applied in planning processes and decision making can... of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., Field, C.B., Dokken, D.J., Mastrandrea, M.D., Mach, K.J., Bilir, T.E., Chatterjee, M., Ebi, K.L., Estrada, Y.O., Genova, R.C., Girma, B...

Risk and vulnerability to global and climate change in South Africa

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Mambo, Julia

2017-12-01

Full Text Available of working group II to the fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [C.B. Field, V. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir et al. (eds)]. Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.... Qin, Z. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. Averyt et al. (eds)]. Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). 2012. Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance...

Study of thermal behavior of the adobe with the simulator DOE 2.1E; Estudio de comportamiento termico del adobe con el simulador DOE 2.1E

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Luna, Anibal; Gallegos, Ricardo; Bojorquez, Gonzalo [Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California (Mexico)

2000-07-01

A thermal analysis of the envelope of one of the most used housing models for low income groups, as those offered by the Mexican Government is presented in this report. The building's thermal gain in walls was determined, using: concrete block, brick and adobe; and considering concrete of roofing, concrete floors, windows and doors equal in all the cases. The objective of this study is to know the contribution to the building's thermal load of each one of the materials applied. The calculation was conducted using the Doe 2.1E thermal simulator software, using meteorological data for the city of El Centro, California, USA. This was so, because there is no reliable weather data for the city of Mexicali, B.C., where the housing units are. Because of geographical proximity between of these cities the same data was used. The properties for each one of the three building materials were taken from specialized bibliography. It was determined that the housing built with adobe walls has thermal advantages over the units built with concrete block and brick. The adobe unit has a lower thermal load of 13% over the concrete block, and of 3.44% over the clay brick unit. [Spanish] Se presenta el analisis termico de la envolvente de uno de los modelos de casas mas utilizados en la construccion de viviendas de interes social en Mexico. Se determino la ganancia, termica del edificio por muros, aplicando: bloque de concreto, ladrillo de barro y adobe. Se considero techo, piso, ventanas y puertas iguales en todos los casos. El objetivo del estudio es conocer la distribucion de la carga termica segun los materiales aplicados. El calculo se realizo con el simulador termico DOE 2.1E con datos meteorologicos de la ciudad de El Centro, California, E. U., por no contar con datos de Mexicali, B. C.: debido a la proximidad y similitud topografica entre ambas ciudades se uso la misma informacion. Las propiedades aplicadas para cada uno de los tres materiales fueron tomadas de

Malófagos (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera em aves cativas no sudeste do Brasil Chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera on captive birds in southeastern Brazil

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Salete Oliveira da Silva

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Foram identificadas 12 espécies de malófagos no Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, Sorocaba e Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro. Ciconiphilus pectiniventris em Cygnus atratus (Anseriformes, Anatidae; Kurodaia sp. em Buteo albicaudatus (Falconiformes, Accipitridae; Degeeriella sp. em Falco sparverius (Falconiformes, Falconidae; Colpocephalum sp. e Goniocotes parviceps em Pavo cristatus (Galliformes, Phasianidae; Goniodes pavonis em Rhea americana (Rheiformes, Rheidae; Colpocephalum cristatae e Heptapsogaster sp. em Cariama cristata (Gruiformes, Cariamidae; Austrophilopterus cancellosus em Ramphastos dicolorus (Piciformes, Ramphastidae; Strigiphilus crucigerus em Otus choliba (Strigiformes, Strigidae; Kurodaia sp. em Rhinoptynx clamator (Strigiformes, Strigidae e Colpocephalum pectinatum em Speotyto cunicularia (Strigiformes, Strigidae. As relações parasito hospedeiros em Strigiformes são novas no Brasil.Twelve chewing lice species were identified in Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, Sorocaba and Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro. The parasites found were: Ciconiphilus pectiniventris in Cygnus atratus (Anseriformes, Anatidae; Kurodaia sp. in Buteo albicaudatus (Falconiformes, Accipitridae; Degeeriella sp. in Falco sparverius (Falconiformes, Falconidae; Colpocephalum sp. and Goniocotes parviceps in Pavo cristatus (Galliformes, Phasianidae; Goniodes pavonis in Rhea americana (Rheiformes, Rheidae; Colpocephalum cristatae and Heptapsogaster sp. in Cariama cristata (Gruiformes, Cariamidae; Austrophilopterus cancellosus in Ramphastos dicolorus (Piciformes, Ramphastidae; Strigiphilus crucigerus in Otus choliba (Strigiformes, Strigidae; Kurodaia sp. in Rhinoptynx clamator (Strigiformes, Strigidae and Colpocephalum pectinatum in Speotyto cunicularia (Strigiformes, Strigidae. The host-lice relationships are new in Strigiformes in Brazil.

Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics:

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Bjørnskov, Christian; Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter

Standard theoretical arguments suggest that republics ought to grow faster than monarchies and experience lower transitional costs following reforms. We employ a panel of 27 countries observed from 1820-2000 to explore whether regime types and institutional reforms have differential growth effects...... in monarchies and republics. A set of Barro-type regressions show that there are no significant growth differences between the two regime types and that the effects of incremental reforms do not differ between them, but that those of large-scale reforms do. Specifically, we find a strong "valley...

Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross-Country Perspective 1820-2000

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Bjørnskov, Christian; Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter

Standard theoretical arguments suggest that republics ought to grow faster than monarchies and experience lower transitional costs following reforms. We employ a panel of 27 countries observed from 1820-2000 to explore whether institutional reforms have differential growth effects in monarchies...... and republics. A set of Barro-type regressions show that there are no significant growth differences between the two regime types and that the effects of incremental reforms do not differ between them, but that those of large-scale reforms do. Specifically, we find a strong "valley-of-tears" effect of large...

Numerical solution of continuous-time DSGE models under Poisson uncertainty

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Posch, Olaf; Trimborn, Timo

We propose a simple and powerful method for determining the transition process in continuous-time DSGE models under Poisson uncertainty numerically. The idea is to transform the system of stochastic differential equations into a system of functional differential equations of the retarded type. We...... classes of models. We illustrate the algorithm simulating both the stochastic neoclassical growth model and the Lucas model under Poisson uncertainty which is motivated by the Barro-Rietz rare disaster hypothesis. We find that, even for non-linear policy functions, the maximum (absolute) error is very...

Topography of the medullar cone in the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758

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Lucas de Assis Ribeiro; Tharlianne Alici M. de Souza; Priscilla Rosa Q. Ribeiro; Lázaro A. dos Santos; Daniela Cristina de O. Silva; Frederico O. Carneiro e Silva; Roseâmely Angélica C. Barros; Renata Graciele Zanon

2015-01-01

ABSTRACT. Ribeiro L.A., Souza T.A.M., Ribeiro P.R.Q., Santos L.A., Silva D.C.O., Carneiro e Silva F.O., Barros R.A.C. & Zanon R.G. [Topography of the medullar cone in the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758.] Topografia do cone medular do Tamanduá-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758). Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(4):353-358, 2015. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias e Zootecnia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Fe...

Estudio de factibilidad del reÚso de lodos de desecho en el proceso solvay para la fabricación de ladrillos

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Jiménez Gutiérrez, Patricio A.

1999-01-01

La investigación se enfoca en la determinación de la dosificación óptima para formar una mezcla que nos permita crear ladrillos, utilizando lodos de desecho del proceso Solvay junto con otros componentes como son el barro, cemento, arena, sílice, crioterm, ceniza volante, cal, entre otros. Para la determinación de la composición deseada, se utilizaron datos anteriores y varias pruebas que se desarrollaron durante la investigación para obtener resultados producto de los experimentos. Por otro ...

Liberalización comercial y crecimiento de la productividad: algunas lecciones del caso mexicano

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Adrían Leon Arias

2012-01-01

Utilizando la más reciente metodología para explicar las diferencias en el crecimiento económico entre países (Barro, 1997), educación e infraestructura han sido consideradas como factores relevantes para explicar diferencias en el crecimiento de la productividad en las manufacturas urbanas mexicanas (De León, 1999). En este artículo se evalúa si ha habido un cambio en la relevancia de esta variable bajo liberalización comercial. En particular, se evaluó la hipótesis de que liberalización com...

Rafael Iglesia

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Iglesia, Rafael

2002-01-01

"La arquitectura no existe,lo que existe son las obras de arquitectura …".Una mirada que se detiene en el problema de los pesos,ensambles,finalmente la construcción,y que enfrenta el proyecto en su presencia física,"bajo la luz ".La obra de Iglesia,construida con maderas argentinas,barro y hormigón,resiste la gravedad bajo el cielo rosarino. "Architecture does not exist,what exists is works of architecture …".A review that halts at the problems of weights,joints,the construction itself and...

Refrigeração evaporativa de telhados por meio de gotejamento de água. Experimento em bancada de testes.

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Gustavo Rosas Nascimento

2005-01-01

O resfriamento evaporativo de ambientes é conhecido pelos habitantes de regiões de clima seco desde a antiguidade. A evaporação de água sobre coberturas retira calor das mesmas, refrigerando indiretamente o interior da edificação. Este trabalho apresenta resultados de um estudo em que foram medidos os efeitos que a evaporação provoca sobre as temperaturas superficiais internas de telhas de barro e de fibrocimento, sujeitas às variações climáticas como o vento e radiação solar. Para tant...

Angélica Lima Cruz, Artes de mulheres à altura das suas mãos: o

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Macedo, Ana Gabriela

2013-01-01

Estamos perante uma obra invulgar e importante no panorama de textos reflectindo sobre arte popular, que convoca ao mesmo tempo o pensamento analítico e um olhar apaixonado sobre uma realidade cultural até há bem pouco tempo desconsiderada ou considerada menor em Portugal. Trata‑se de um estudo crítico sobre a arte popular do figurado de barro de Galegos, zona rural situada no Norte de Portugal, próxima de Barcelos, uma terra que mãos de mulheres, analfabetas na sua maioria, deram a conhecer ...

Angélica Lima Cruz, Artes de mulheres à altura das suas mãos: o figurado de Galegos revisitado.

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Ana Gabriela Macedo

2012-01-01

Estamos perante uma obra invulgar e importante no panorama de textos reflectindo sobre arte popular, que convoca ao mesmo tempo o pensamento analítico e um olhar apaixonado sobre uma realidade cultural até há bem pouco tempo desconsiderada ou considerada menor em Portugal. Trata‑se de um estudo crítico sobre a arte popular do figurado de barro de Galegos, zona rural situada no Norte de Portugal, próxima de Barcelos, uma terra que mãos de mulheres, analfabetas na sua maioria, deram a conhecer ...

Agricultural yields of irradiated sewage sludge; Rendimiento agricola de barros cloacales irradiados

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Magnavacca, Cecilia; Miranda, E; Sanchez, M [Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Ezeiza (Argentina). Centro Atomico Ezeiza

1999-07-01

Lettuce, radish and ryegrass have been used to study the nitrogen fertilization of soil by sewage sludge. The results show that the irradiated sludge improve by 15 - 30 % the production yield, compared to the non-irradiated sludge. (author)

Análise de coberturas com telhas de barro e alumínio, utilizadas em instalações animais para duas distintas alturas de pé-direito The analysis of ceramic tile and aluminum covers, used in animal facilities for two different foot-right heights

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Rodrigo C. Santos

2002-04-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho teve como objetivo a análise de coberturas com telhas de barro e alumínio, comumente utilizadas em instalações animais, para duas distintas alturas de pé-direito, em condições de inverno no Brasil. O experimento foi realizado com modelos reduzidos de galpões avícolas, escala 1:10, e a análise foi feita quantificando-se a Carga Térmica de Radiação (CTR e o Índice de Temperatura de Globo Negro e Umidade (ITGU em diferentes horários, ao longo do período experimental. O experimento foi montado segundo um esquema de parcelas subdivididas, no delineamento em blocos casualizados. A interpretação estatística dos dados experimentais foi feita por meio da análise de variância e regressão. Para os fatores qualitativos (tipos de cobertura e pé-direito as médias foram comparadas utilizando-se o teste de Tukey e/ou F, adotando-se o nível de 5% de probabilidade; já para o fator quantitativo, os modelos foram escolhidos com base na significância dos coeficientes de regressão, utilizando-se o teste t em nível de 5% de probabilidade, o coeficiente de determinação e o fenômeno em estudo. Verificou-se, através deste experimento, que nas horas de frio mais intenso todas as coberturas causaram desconforto térmico e todos os protótipos tiveram UR acima do máximo tolerável para o conforto animal.This research had as objective the analysis of ceramic tiles and aluminum roof, commonly used in animal facilities, for two different heights, under Brazilian Winter conditions. The experiment used reduced models of poultry houses (scale 1:10 and the analysis was made by the values of Thermal Load of Radiation (TLR and of Black Globe and Humidity Index (BGHI, at different times along the experiment. The trial was conducted in randomized complete block design. The statistical interpretation of the experimental data was made through the variance and regression analysis. For the qualitative factors (roof types and height, the

DaMatta and Ribeiro: Similarities and differences in translation into english of terms and expression of anthropology subarea in the works Carnivals, Rogues and Heroes and The Brazilian People

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Talita Serpa

2015-12-01

Full Text Available This study analyses the translation process into English of terms and expressions in the works written respectively by the anthropologists Roberto Da Matta and Darcy Ribeiro and in their respective translation. Our research project draws on Corpus-Based Translation Studies (Baker, 1995, 1996, 2000; Camargo, 2007, Corpus Linguistics (Berber Sardinha, 2004 and on some concepts of Terminology (Barros, 2004. Results show that terms do not present univocity within the language related to Brazilian Anthropology.The translated terms also reflect a cultural change due to the options chosen by the respective translators for the target language.

[The Amazon Sanitation Plan (1940-1942)].

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Andrade, Rômulo de Paula; Hochman, Gilberto

2007-12-01

The article addresses the Amazon Sanitation Plan and the political context in which it was formulated between 1940 and 1941. It examines the role of Getúlio Vargas, the activities of the plan's main protagonists (such as Evandro Chagas, João de Barros Barreto, and Valério Konder), its key proposals, and its demise as of 1942 upon creation of the Special Public Health Service (Sesp), which grew out of cooperation agreements between Brazil and the US following both nations' involvement in World War II. A reproduction of the Plan as published in the Arquivos de Higiene in 1941 is included.

Una escultura lítica del Formativo Temprano (1600-1000 AC) de Caraz, Callejón de Huaylas, Perú

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Gamboa, Jorge

2016-01-01

El Museo Arqueológico Municipal Hernán Osorio Herrera de la ciudad de Caraz, en la sierra de Ancash, alberga dos esculturas líticas del Período Formativo de los Andes centrales. Este artículo describe la iconografía de uno de esos relieves. Se presenta el estudio estilístico de esa escultura y su comparación con el arte lítico y en barro registrado en diversos asentamientos de la costa y sierra norte y norcentral de Perú. Este análisis permite asignar el relieve de Caraz al Formativo Temprano...

A new species of Microglanis(Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Goiás State, Central Brazil

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Oscar Akio Shibatta

Full Text Available A new species of Microglanis is described from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Barro Alto, Goiás State, Brazil. This species is distinguished from the others by presenting a unique color pattern, consisting of round spots in the flank between the larger dark brown blotches. Moreover, it can be distinguished by the combination of the following features: caudal fin emarginate, the upper lobe slightly larger than the lower, lateral line relatively long, reaching vertical through posterior margin of the pelvic fin, and light stripe on supra-occipital region absent or very narrow and with irregular shape.

Compositional Effects in Italian Primary Schools: An Exploratory Analysis of INVALSI SNV Data and Suggestions for Further Research

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Petracco-Giudici, Marco; Vidoni, Daniele; Rosati, Rossana

The EU2020 strategy, which aims at turning "the EU into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy delivering high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion", heavily relies on the human capital of its citizens. As a solid strand of literature posits, formal education is crucial for the development of individual human capital (among others: Barro & Lee 2001; Hanushek & Kimko 2000; Hanushek & Woessmann 2007; 2010). Indeed, one of the 5 headline targets of the strategy attains to reducing the share of early school leavers to less than 10% and ensuring that at least 40% of the younger generation reaches a tertiary degree.

An Analysis of Air Photo and Radar Imagery of Barro Colorado Island, Panama

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1989-07-01

changes (flats, hills, mountains , etc.), they cannot provide the shape information that can be obtained from stereo imagery. Referring to figure 14, one...field patterns. These are shown in figure 20. Figure 21 shows a portion of a 1979 Landsat MSS color composite scene of this alea . It has a continuous red

Time-varying disaster risk models: An empirical assessment of the Rietz-Barro hypothesis

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Irarrazabal, Alfonso; Parra-Alvarez, Juan Carlos

This paper revisits the fit of disaster risk models where a representative agent has recursive preferences and the probability of a macroeconomic disaster changes over time. We calibrate the model as in Wachter (2013) and perform two sets of tests to assess the empirical performance of the model ...... and hence to reduce the Sharpe Ratio, a lower elasticity of substitution generates a more reasonable level for the equity risk premium and for the volatility of the government bond returns without compromising the ability of the price-dividend ratio to predict excess returns....

The butterflies of Barro Colorado Islands, Panama: Local extinction since the 1930s

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Basset, Yves; Barrios, H.; Segar, Simon Tristram; Srygley, R. B.; Aiello, A.; Warren, A. D.; Delgado, F.; Coronado, J.; Lezcano, J.; Arizala, A.; Rivera, M.; Perez, F.; Bobadilla, R.; Lopez, Y.; Ramirez, J. A.

2015-01-01

Roč. 10, č. 8 (2015), e0136623 E-ISSN 1932-6203 R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36098G Grant - others:USB Postdoc project(CZ) CZ1.07/2.3.00/30.0006 Institutional support: RVO:60077344 Keywords : tropical rain-forests Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour Impact factor: 3.057, year: 2015 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0136623

Determinants and geographical variation in the distribution of depression in the Southern cone of Latin America: A population-based survey in four cities in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

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Daray, F M; Rubinstein, A L; Gutierrez, L; Lanas, F; Mores, N; Calandrelli, M; Poggio, R; Ponzo, J; Irazola, V E

2017-10-01

Depression is one of the major contributors to the global burden of diseases; however, population-based data in South America are limited. We conducted a population-based cross sectional study with 7524 participants, aged 35-74 years old, recruited between February 2010 and December 2011 from randomly selected samples in 4 cities (Bariloche and Marcos Paz, Argentina; Temuco, Chile; and Pando-Barros Blancos, Uruguay). Major Depressive Episode (MDE) was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) - 9. The overall prevalence of MDE was 14.6% (95% CI: 13.6, 15.6). However, there was a geographical variability of up to 3.7 folds between different cities being 5.6% (95% CI: 4.6, 6.7) in Marcos Paz, Argentina; 9.5% (95% CI: 8.2, 10.9) in Bariloche, Argentina; 18.1% (95% CI: 16.3, 20.0) in Temuco, Chile, and 18.2 (95% CI: 16.3, 20.2) in Pando-Barros Blancos, Uruguay. The multivariate model showed that, adjusted by location, being female, being between 35 and 44 years old, having experienced at least one stressful life event, currently smoking, and having a history of chronic medical diseases were independently associated with an increased risk of MDE, while having higher education and being married or living with a partner reduced the risk of MDE. These results are representative of the selected cities included in the study. As such extrapolation to the general populations of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay should be done with caution CONCLUSIONS: This study showed a high prevalence and variability of MDE in the Southern Cone of Latin America. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A quantification of predation rates, indirect positive effects on plants, and foraging variation of the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata

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Lee A. Dyer

2002-09-01

Full Text Available While a clear consensus is emerging that predators can play a major role in shaping terrestrial communities, basic natural history observations and simple quantifications of predation rates in complex terrestrial systems are lacking. The potential indirect effect of a large predatory ant, Paraponera clavata Fabricius (Formicidae: Ponerinae, on herbivores was determined on rainforest trees at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica and Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Prey and other food brought back to nests by 75 colonies of P. clavata were quantified, taking into account temporal, seasonal, and microhabitat variation for both foraging activity and composition of foraging booty. The dispersion and density of ant colonies and combined density with the mean amounts of prey retrieval were used to calculate rates of predation per hectare in the two forests. In addition, herbivory was measured on trees containing P. clavata and on trees where the ants were not foraging. Colonies at La Selva brought back significantly more nectar plus prey than those at Barro Colorado Island, but foraging patterns were similar in the two forests. At both forests, the ants were more active at night, and there was no significant seasonal or colonial variation in consumption of nectar, composition of foraging booty, and overall activity of the colonies. At La Selva, trees containing P. clavata colonies had the same levels of folivory as nearest neighbor trees without P. clavata but had significantly lower folivory than randomly selected trees. Predation by this ant was high in both forests, despite its omnivorous diet. This insect predator is part of potentially important top-down controls in these wet and moist forests.

Modeling Anti-HIV Activity of HEPT Derivatives Revisited. Multiregression Models Are Not Inferior Ones

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Basic, Ivan; Nadramija, Damir; Flajslik, Mario; Amic, Dragan; Lucic, Bono

2007-01-01

Several quantitative structure-activity studies for this data set containing 107 HEPT derivatives have been performed since 1997, using the same set of molecules by (more or less) different classes of molecular descriptors. Multivariate Regression (MR) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models were developed and in each study the authors concluded that ANN models are superior to MR ones. We re-calculated multivariate regression models for this set of molecules using the same set of descriptors, and compared our results with the previous ones. Two main reasons for overestimation of the quality of the ANN models in previous studies comparing with MR models are: (1) wrong calculation of leave-one-out (LOO) cross-validated (CV) correlation coefficient for MR models in Luco et al., J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 37 392-401 (1997), and (2) incorrect estimation/interpretation of leave-one-out (LOO) cross-validated and predictive performance and power of ANN models. More precise and fairer comparison of fit and LOO CV statistical parameters shows that MR models are more stable. In addition, MR models are much simpler than ANN ones. For real testing the predictive performance of both classes of models we need more HEPT derivatives, because all ANN models that presented results for external set of molecules used experimental values in optimization of modeling procedure and model parameters

Trajet entre le réel et la fiction.

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Véronique Mauron

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Au départ, il y a un contrat: un trajet en taxi est offert à un habitant de Sao Paulo en contrepartie d’une histoire racontée. C’est l’idée directrice du film, proposée par l’artiste Fabiana de Barros au cinéaste suisse Michel Favre. À l’arrière d’une voiture, se trouve l’artiste qui accueille un passager et qui lui soumet, en guise de support mental, une image que le spectateur ne voit pas. Cette image déclenche la prise de paroles, le trajet peut commencer dans ...

Turismo, direito ambiental e conflitos na produção do espaço: o caso da reserva Imbassaí e seu entorno, na APA Litoral norte da Bahia

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MACHADO, Cláudia Novaes

2008-01-01

Esta pesquisa apresenta um estudo de caso referente ao Complexo Turístico-Hoteleiro Reserva Imbassaí e seu entorno - Imbassaí, Barro Branco e Sucuiu - na Área de Proteção Ambiental Litoral Norte do Estado da Bahia considerando a aplicação do Direito Ambiental na produção do espaço para o turismo. A fundamentação teórico-conceitual foi embasada nas categorias geográficas de análise forma, função, estrutura e processo - Santos (1985), turismo - Rodrigues (1997), produção do espaço - Harvey (200...

Cross-continental comparisons of butterfly assemblages in tropical rainforests: implications for biological monitoring

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Basset, Y.; Eastwood, R.; Sam, L.; Lohman, D. J.; Novotný, Vojtěch; Treuer, T.; Miller, S. E.; Weiblen, G. D.; Pierce, N. E.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Sakchoowong, W.; Kongnoo, P.; Osorio-Arenas, M. A.

2013-01-01

Roč. 6, č. 3 (2013), s. 223-233 ISSN 1752-458X R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/09/0115; GA ČR GAP505/10/0673; GA MŠk ME09082; GA MŠk LC06073 Grant - others:US National Science Foundarion(US) DEB 0816749; International Foundarion for Science Grant(CZ) D/4986-1 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508 Institutional support: RVO:60077344 Keywords : Barro Colorado Island * biological monitoring * Center for Tropical Forest Science Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour Impact factor: 1.937, year: 2013 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00205.x/pdf

The rise and fall of refineries

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Chretien, D.

2002-01-01

This paper described the rise and fall of refineries in Montreal. Well before Calgary, Montreal was the hub of activity for oil refineries because Montreal was the principle consuming market for petroleum products in Canada. The location was good, particularly since the soil was clay which helped prevent soil infiltration of petroleum. The first refinery in Montreal was constructed in 1916 by Esso, followed by Texaco in 1921 and Gulf in 1931. Initially oil was shipped by boat to the Port of Montreal from Saudi Arabia. Later, the petroleum came mostly from Venezuela. At the beginning of the 1980s many refineries were closed because they became obsolete and upgrading them would have been too costly. Only 3 refineries remain in Quebec, of which 2 are in Montreal. They are owned by Shell and PetroCanada. The third refinery in Quebec is in St-Romuald and is owned by UltraMar. One of the major contributing factors to the decline of the refining industry in Montreal was the decision in 1984 by former Prime Minister Trudeau to force Canadian provinces to purchase their petroleum from Alberta. This caused the petrochemical industry to locate in Sarnia in Ontario, leaving the Montreal refining centre to become obsolete. 3 figs

Templos con pies de barro. Iglesias y parroquias en la arquitectura rural del Maule

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Claudia Torres Gilles

2012-07-01

Estos conjuntos religiosos permanecen, a pesar de los cambios sociales y los numerosos sismos, gracias a la sabiduría oculta de los sistemas constructivos empleados. En algunos pueblos la comunidad religiosa disminuye y la permanencia de los templos como lugar sacro no es una constante, peligrando así la preservación de este patrimonio rural.

Evaluating β-convergence of the Socio-Economic Development of Ukraine’s Regions

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Kyzym Mykola O.

2016-08-01

Full Text Available The article is devoted to evaluating β-convergence of the socio-economic development of Ukraine’s regions. The essence and theoretical basis of evaluation of σ- and β-convergence is studied. The neoclassical theory of growth of R. Solow that serves as a basis for models of β-convergence is considered. The essence and features of evaluation of the absolute (unconditional and conditional β-convergence is examined. The existing empirical researches of the economic development of countries and their regions with the use of convergence models are analyzed and it is found that: the theory of convergent-divergent development of countries and their regions is sufficiently developed; there are certain studies aimed at evaluation and analysis of the convergence of regional development in Ukraine, but there is no comprehensive study that comprises the building of all the above types of β-convergence models for the period covering the years before and after the crisis of 2008–2009. A scheme of the investigation of the convergence process in regions of Ukraine is proposed, and on this basis the evaluation of β-convergence for Ukraine’s regions is conducted with the use of four types of models: the Barro and Sala-i-Martin model, the Baumol model, the Solow-Swan model, the Cuadrado-Roura model. On the basis of the study it has been found that for the peripheral regions the presence of convergence of their social and economic development is determined by the share of services in the gross regional product to a greater extent and availability of mineral resources to a less extent, but the given result is obtained only with the use of the Barro Sala-i-Martin model, for the other models the condition of β-convergence is not met.

Imágenes del otro social en el Brasil de fines del siglo XIX: Canudos como espejo en ruinas

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Alejandra Mailhe

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo indaga en torno al diálogo entre ensayo, crónica y fotografía en la aprehensión de los "otros" sociales. En particular, se centra en la representación de la represión y la resistencia de Canudos en el Brasil de fines del siglo XIX. En esta dirección, aborda varios discursos que dialogan y polemizan entre sí: el ensayo Os sertões, de Euclides da Cunha, las crónicas de Machado de Assis referidas a los conselheiristas (publicadas en la Gazeta de Notícias entre 1894 y 1897, y el registro visual del fotógrafo bahiano Flávio de Barros. Esas textualidades se convierten -acaso sin querer- en la inversión de los símbolos fotográficos, pictóricos y discursivos gestados para celebrar el éxito de la modernización republicana.This work inquires into the dialogue between the essay, the chronicle and the photography in the apprehension of the social "others". In particular, it is focused in the representation of the repression and the resistance of Canudos in Brazil at the end of the XIX century. In this direction, it studies several discourses that dialogue and debate to each other: the essay Os sertões of Euclides da Cunha, the chronicles of de Machado de Assis about the conselheiristas (published in the Gazeta de Notícias between 1894 and 1897, and the visual corpus of the bahianian photographer Flávio de Barros. Those texts becomes -maybe unintentionally- in the inversion of the photographic, pictorial and discursive symbols gestated to celebrate the success of the republican modernization.

Dark Earths and manioc cultivation in Central Amazonia: a window on pre-Columbian agricultural systems?

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James A. Fraser

Full Text Available Many commentators highlight the fertility of Anthropogenic Dark Earths (ADE, emphasizing their potential for sustainable agriculture. Some scholars believe that terra mulata (the less fertile, more extensive form of ADE was created by means of agricultural practices used by large settled populations of pre-Columbian farmers. But what was it that these Amerindian farmers were growing? Until recently, scholarly consensus held that manioc does not perform well on ADE. New research on the middle Madeira River is showing, however, that this consensus was premature. In this region, the most common crop in ADE fields is bitter manioc. Farmers there have various landraces of manioc that they believe yield particularly well on ADE, and logically plant more of these varieties on ADE. Aspects of the behaviour and perception of manioc cultivation among 52 farmers at the community of Barro Alto were measured quantitatively on four terra firme soil types (Terra Preta, Terra Mulata, Oxisols and Ultisols. These farmers plant different configurations of landraces in different soils, according to their perception of the suitability of particular landraces and their characteristics to certain soil types and successional processes. This, in turn, shapes selective pressures on these varieties, as new genetic material incorporated from volunteer seedlings is more likely to contain traits present in the most prevalent landrace(s in each soil type. Owing to localized population pressure at Barro Alto, manioc is under more intensive cultivation systems, with shorter cropping periods (5-10 months and shorter fallow periods (1-2 years. The outcome of these processes is different co-evolutionary dynamics on ADE as opposed to non-anthropogenic soils. Further anthropological study of manioc swiddening in one of the richest agricultural environments in Amazonia can fill a gap in the literature, thus opening an additional window on the pre-Columbian period.

Dark Earths and manioc cultivation in Central Amazonia: a window on pre-Columbian agricultural systems?

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James A. Fraser

2008-08-01

Full Text Available Many commentators highlight the fertility of Anthropogenic Dark Earths (ADE, emphasizing their potential for sustainable agriculture. Some scholars believe that terra mulata (the less fertile, more extensive form of ADE was created by means of agricultural practices used by large settled populations of pre-Columbian farmers. But what was it that these Amerindian farmers were growing? Until recently, scholarly consensus held that manioc does not perform well on ADE. New research on the middle Madeira River is showing, however, that this consensus was premature. In this region, the most common crop in ADE fields is bitter manioc. Farmers there have various landraces of manioc that they believe yield particularly well on ADE, and logically plant more of these varieties on ADE. Aspects of the behaviour and perception of manioc cultivation among 52 farmers at the community of Barro Alto were measured quantitatively on four terra firme soil types (Terra Preta, Terra Mulata, Oxisols and Ultisols. These farmers plant different configurations of landraces in different soils, according to their perception of the suitability of particular landraces and their characteristics to certain soil types and successional processes.This, in turn, shapes selective pressures on these varieties, as new genetic material incorporated from volunteer seedlings is more likely to contain traits present in the most prevalent landrace(s in each soil type. Owing to localized population pressure at Barro Alto, manioc is under more intensive cultivation systems, with shorter cropping periods (5-10 months and shorter fallow periods (1-2 years. The outcome of these processes is different co-evolutionary dynamics on ADE as opposed to non-anthropogenic soils. Further anthropological study of manioc swiddening in one of the richest agricultural environments in Amazonia can fill a gap in the literature, thus opening an additional window on the pre-Columbian period.

CARTOGRAFIAS AFETIVAS: PROPOSIÇÕES DO PROFESSOR-ARTISTA-CARTÓGRAFO-ETC

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Juliana Cristina Pereira

2014-04-01

Full Text Available O poema Sobre Importâncias de Manoel de Barros que abre a apresentação desta pesquisa, Cartografias Afetivas: proposições do professor-artista-cartógrafo-etc., aponta para um sentido pessoal e íntimo de atribuir importâncias, dando especial valor para aquilo que afeta sensivelmente, retendo o que cada um seleciona e atualiza ao longo da vida. A passagem descrita acima de Manoel de Barros diz que “a importância de uma coisa há que ser medida pelo encantamento que a coisa produza em nós”; isto impulsiona a refletir não só sobre nossas importâncias, mas, também sobre a importância do outro. O que o outro, aquele que é conhecido e também o desconhecido, elege como importância em sua experiência de vida, e, se pudesse selecionar, cartografar alguns momentos, experiências íntimas ou coletivas, para compartilhar com o outro, para torná-las públicas, o que compartilharia? Assim, Cartografias Afetivas busca, a partir de uma proposição aberta, criar cartografias diversas, construindo coletivamente reflexões acerca do ser professor-artista-cartógrafo-etc. A proposta tem o intuito de potencializar afeto e provocar encontros e atravessamentos em redes na criação de cartografias, propondo outros modos de pensar a relação com a educação, com arte, com a vida e suas importâncias. Nessa relação, o professor-artista-cartógrafo-etc., na contemporaneidade, desenha seu percurso em constante conexão com o que acontece no espaço/arte/tempo/vida.

O diálogo entre poesia e outras artes

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Luiz Henrique Barbosa

2012-11-01

Full Text Available O objetivo com este artigo foi identificar os possíveis diálogos entre a poesia e as outras artes. Apoiados na afirmação de Solange Ribeiro de Oliveira de que é possível comparar a ordem literária com outra ordem estética, tentou-se aqui aproximar a poesia de outra estética artística. Para isso, foram selecionados dois poetas do Modernismo brasileiro: João Cabral de Melo Neto e Manoel de Barros. Chegou-se à conclusão de que o fazer poético desses autores apresenta semelhanças com as técnicas utilizadas pela estética surrealista.

Balanced scorecard applied to city’s management

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Carolina Elena Leyton Pavez

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Transparenting, improving and strengthening city management demands of updated tools to aid key aspects of decision making process in a city’s administration. This study presents a Balanced Scorecard (BSC for Chilean cities government. Cause-effect analysis was applied to draw up a Strategic Map to identify Kaplan and Norton’s BSC management indicators, which were adapted to Barros and Rodriguez’s perspectives on public sector management. It is possible to outstand that the BSC allows to improve strategy structure to achieve both a city’s mission and vision. Chilean municipalities will be able to improve transparency and management with the BSC designed under the new perspectives of the public sector.

Amblyomma tapirellum  (Acari: Ixodidae collected from tropical forest canopy [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2uy

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Jose R Loaiza

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Free-ranging ticks are widely known to be restricted to the ground level of vegetation. Here, we document the capture of the tick species Amblyomma tapirellum in light traps placed in the forest canopy of Barro Colorado Island, central Panama. A total of forty eight adults and three nymphs were removed from carbon dioxide–octenol baited CDC light traps suspended 20 meters above the ground during surveys for forest canopy mosquitoes. To our knowledge, this represents the first report of questing ticks from the canopy of tropical forests. Our finding suggests a novel ecological relationship between A. tapirellum and arboreal mammals, perhaps monkeys that come to the ground to drink or to feed on fallen fruits.

Caracterização de cepas de P. falciparum coletadas de pacientes recrudescentes

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Virgilio E. do Rosário

1985-10-01

Full Text Available A caracterização de cepas de P. falciparum coletadas de três pacientes internados no Centro de Provas Clínico-Farmacológicas do Hospital Barros Barreto (Belém, PA, através da eletroforese em acetato de celulose para duas enzimas (GPI e ADA, assim como através de testes de sensibilidade para duas drogas, cloroquina e mefloquina, permitiram observações da variação dos tipos enzimáticos em um dos pacientes e modificação no nível de sensibilidade à cloroquina em outro, tanto em amostras obtidas da infecção original, como em cada uma das recrudescências.

O ensino e a pesquisa em história da educação brasileira na cadeira de Filosofia e História da Educação (1933-1962 - The teaching and the research on the history of the brazilian education in the subjects of Philosophy and History of Education (1933-1962

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Bruno Bontempi Júnior

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Resumo Este artigo apresenta a trajetória da cadeira de Filosofia e História da Educação, desde a sua constituição em 1933 até 1962, quando, na Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo, o professor Laerte Ramos de Carvalho deu início às primeiras pesquisas acadêmicas em história da educação. Explora fatores "internos" e "externos" da história das disciplinas, tais como os perfis institucionais, as prescrições curriculares, as disputas ocorridas no mundo acadêmico e as relações entre as "disciplinas vizinhas", a fim de tecer uma rede de personagens e acontecimentos que confira à disciplina a sua "identidade histórica". Palavras-chave: história das disciplinas, filosofia e história da educação, Roldão Lopes de Barros, Laerte Ramos de Carvalho.   THE TEACHING AND THE RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THE BRAZILIAN EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF EDUACTION (1933-1962 Abstract This article presents the trajectory of the Cathedra of Philosophy and History of Education, since its constitution in 1933, until 1962, when, at the College of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature of the University of São Paulo, the professor Laerte Ramos de Carvalho commenced the very first academic researches on history of education. The article explores both "internal" and "external" factors in the history of disciplines, such as institutional profiles, prescriptions of the curriculum, struggles occurred in the academic world, and relationships between "neighbouring disciplines", in order to weave a net, made by characters and facts, that gives to the discipline its "historical identity". Keywords: history of disciplines, Philosophy and History of Education, Roldão Lopes de Barros, Laerte Ramos de Carvalho.   LA ENSEÑANZA Y LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN HISTORIA DE LA EDUCACIÓN BRASILEÑA EN LA CÁTEDRA DE FILOSOFÍA Y HISTORIA DE LA EDUCACIÓN (1933- 1962 Resumen Este artículo presenta el camino de la c

Canada's global health role: supporting equity and global citizenship as a middle power.

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Nixon, Stephanie A; Lee, Kelley; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Blanchard, James; Haddad, Slim; Hoffman, Steven J; Tugwell, Peter

2018-02-22

Canada's history of nation building, combined with its status as a so-called middle power in international affairs, has been translated into an approach to global health that is focused on equity and global citizenship. Canada has often aspired to be a socially progressive force abroad, using alliance building and collective action to exert influence beyond that expected from a country with moderate financial and military resources. Conversely, when Canada has primarily used economic self-interest to define its global role, the country's perceived leadership in global health has diminished. Current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal federal government has signalled a return to progressive values, driven by appreciation for diversity, equality, and Canada's responsibility to be a good global citizen. However, poor coordination of efforts, limited funding, and the unaddressed legacy of Canada's colonisation of Indigenous peoples weaken the potential for Canadians to make meaningful contributions to improvement of global health equity. Amid increased nationalism and uncertainty towards multilateral commitments by some major powers in the world, the Canadian federal government has a clear opportunity to convert its commitments to equity and global citizenship into stronger leadership on the global stage. Such leadership will require the translation of aspirational messages about health equity and inclusion into concrete action at home and internationally. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Utensílios para alimentos e implicações nutricionais

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QUINTAES Késia Diego

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Há grande variedade de materiais empregados na confecção de utensílios para os alimentos: barro, ferro, vidro, cerâmica, inox, pedra, alumínio e outros. Cerca de 43% de panelas vendidas atualmente nos Estados Unidos são de aço inoxidável. Outra parcela da população utiliza utensílios de alumínio. Este artigo visa especular a contribuição nutricional de utensílios usados na preparação de alimentos e feitos de três diferentes materiais (alumínio, ferro e aço inoxidável, através de revisão de literatura científica.

Religion in High-Performance Athletes: An exploratory study about the dynamic

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Sónia Morgado

2017-10-01

Full Text Available The religious phenomenon is considered a tool to modulate behaviors or cognitions, and therefore influence every aspect of life, including sports. The religion and its effect on sports, especially in High-Performance Athletes are due to be analyzed. The assessment of the athletes it was used the Interiorization Religious Scale (Barros, 2005. The instrument was applied to athletes from High-Performance Sports Centers, in function of gender, age, and religion. The results showed that religion does not spurs the vision of the athletes. Even though the results makes no evidence of the religion importance in sports, it would be useful for coaches, managers, and team leaders, to insert and contextualize the beliefs and religious rituals of the athletes in training process.

Development of a module combustor biomass-motor Stirling applied to a isolated generation system and based on induction generator; Desenvolvimento de um modulo combustor biomassa-motor Stirling aplicado a sistemas de geracao isolada e baseados em gerador de inducao

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Wilke, Humberto; Lora, Electo Eduardo Silva [Universidade Federal de Itajuba (UNIFEI), MG (Brazil). Nucleo de Excelencia em Geracao Termeletrica e Distribuida

2004-07-01

In some areas in Brazil the great distance of the generating and consuming centers, together with the low consumption of electric energy of these areas, they make unfeasible investments with transmission and distribution. The use of the biomass as fuel in the distributed generation, is low pollutions, it is renewable, besides possessing a low cost when compared to the fossil fuels [Barros, 2003]. By the way the generation distributed through renewable fuels, becomes an attractive solution for generation in distant and isolated areas of the electric system. Inside of this context, this paper proposes the use of a module combustor, biomass-motor Stirling, based on induction generator, applied to isolated areas, such as the north and northeast areas of the Brazil. (author)

O SUJEITO CONTEMPORÂNEO E O TRABALHO: UM OLHAR DISCURSIVO PARA OS EFEITOS DE MEDICALIZAÇÃO

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FERNANDA LUZIA LUNKES

2016-09-01

Full Text Available In this study, which cuts and deepens a wider research (LUNKES, 2014, we will situate discursivities about work whose functioning strengthens the effects of evidence (PÊCHEUX, 2009 [1975] in the relations of senses that the subject establishes with work and with the need for medicament use. The work appears as one way in which the subject reaches appreciation in the capitalist social formation. According to Orlandi (2007, p. 15, this social formation of "heroic culture of the subject" works coercively and makes him responsible for the success or failure of his endeavors. That way, in addition to corroborate to a social frame of medicalization (BARROS, 2004, there are different directions in the production of meanings about depressive symptoms.

A preparação de material terminológico em língua inglesa por meio de ferramentas linguístico-computacionais Preparation of terminological material in english by means of computational linguistic tools

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Eduardo Batista da Silva

2011-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo desse estudo é demonstrar, por meio de análise quantitativa e qualitativa, a eficácia de ferramentas linguístico-computacionais na seleção de terminologia para a produção de material terminológico. Serão apresentadas duas ferramentas linguístico-computacionais (WordSmith Tools e VocabProfile e, também, sugestões para que o ensino de termos ofereça resultados práticos. A fundamentação teórico-metodológica recorreu a Barros (2004; Berber Sardinha (2000; 2005; Biderman (2001; Cabré (2007; Cobb (2007; Nation, (2003 e Sinclair (2004. O corpus da pesquisa foi constituído exclusivamente de material escrito na língua inglesa em diversas áreas de especialidade. Os procedimentos de preparação de material terminológico são exemplificados a partir de uma das áreas de especialidades utilizadas nos corpora de pesquisa, as Redes Neurais Artificiais. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a utilização do Wordsmith Tools juntamente com o VocabProfile pode fornecer dados importantes para a pesquisa linguistica.This paper aims to demonstrate by means of quantitative and qualitative analyses the effectiveness of the linguistic computational tools in selecting terminology for the production of terminological material. Two linguistic computational tools will be introduced (WordSmith Tools e VocabProfile and also suggestions so as the teaching of terms may offer practical results. The theoretical-methodological approach relies on Barros (2004; Berber Sardinha (2000; 2005; Biderman (2001; Cabré (2007; Cobb (2007; Nation (2003 and Sinclair (2004. The research corpus was made solely of written material in English in several specialty languages. The procedures regarding terminological material preparation are exemplified with one of the specialty fields used in the research corpus, the Artificial Neural Networks. The obtained results indicate that the use of Wordsmith Tools in conjunction with VocabProfile might provide useful data for

Impedance spectroscopy evolution upon sintering of Al-rich anodising sludge-based extruded bodies

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Ribeiro, M. J.

2006-08-01

Full Text Available Alumina based ceramic materials, containing Al-rich sludge as the major component, were processed by extrusion. The sludge derived from the wastewater treatment of aluminium anodising industrial process. Long rods were produced using a vacuum screw extruder, by a careful control of all relevant processing parameters. Then, thick discs were obtained by cutting dried selected rods, to be tested as probes for sintering-dependent electrical properties. The sintering process was followed by performing common dilatometric/thermal analyses but the evolution of electrical conductivity, estimated by impedance spectroscopy (IS, was also used for this purpose. Results show that sintering-dependent morphological evolution up to 1300ºC strongly affects the electrical behaviour of samples, and as a consequence IS seems to be a useful technique to follow the firing process.

Los materiales cerámicos basados en alúmina, conteniendo barros ricos en Al como componente mayoritario fueron procesados por extrusión. Los barros empleados provienen de tratamientos de lavado de residuos de un proceso industrial de anodizado de aluminio. Se produjeron varillas empleando un extrusor de tornillo en vacío con control de todos los parámetros relevantes del proceso. A partir de varillas seleccionadas, se obtuvieron por corte en seco discos cerámicos para evaluar la dependencia de la sinterización y las propiedades eléctricas. El proceso de sinterización se siguió mediante ensayos dilatométricos y análisis térmicos, junto con la evolución de la conductividad eléctrica mediante espectroscopia de impedancia. Los resultados mostraron la evolución de la sinterización y la dependencia morfológica hasta 1300ºC, que afecta fuertemente a la respuesta eléctrica y como consecuencia la espectroscopia de impedancia parece ser una técnica útil en el seguimiento de los procesos de cocción.

[Nicanor Rojas, dean of the School of Medicine during Balmaceda's dictatorship].

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Costa-Casaretto, C

1995-07-01

The Chilean President José Manuel Balmaceda (1886-1891) had a constitutional conflict with the parliament. This conflict lead to a revolution that ended with the President's suicide, when he was refuged at the Argentinian Embassy in September 1891. President Balmaceda conducted an authoritarian government during several months. A decree from February, 1897, disposed the reorganization of the Medical School, dismissed and imprisoned the Dean, Dr Barros-Borgoño and nominated new Professors. Dr Nicanor Rojas, Professor of Gynecology was assigned as Dean and Dr Carlos Sazié as secretary. During the During the war against Perú and Bolivia, Dr. Rojas worked gratuitously and became prominent, being named Chief Surgeon of the Chilean Army. After the triumph of the revolution against President Balmaceda, Dr Rojas was discharged, and died in 1892.

Edificio ex Estación de FF CC y actual sede del Gobierno, Región del Bío-Bío

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Alfredo Palacios Barra

2007-11-01

Full Text Available Del período de la arquitectura Modernista, el edificio de la ex Estación de Ferrocarriles de Concepción, construído el año 1941, es obra del arquitecto Luis Herreros. De proporciones nobles y fachada austera, la distribución y concepción urbanística de la obra, compone un volumen horizontal de 4 pisos que logra un equilibrio a nivel de conjunto, con un eje vertical de una pronunciada torre de 24 m de altura. Este hito, constituye un importante referente urbano ubicado en la perspectiva de la ex calle Comercio, hoy Barros Arana y próximo Eje Bicentenario de Concepción, la más importante vía comercial de la ciudad.

Crescimento econômico municipal em Mato Grosso: uma análise de convergência de renda

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Charline Dassow

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Este artigo analisa os efeitos dos componentes setoriais do valor adicionado bruto sobre o crescimento econômico e a convergência de renda em Mato Grosso de 2001 a 2007. Adaptou-se o modelo de Barro e Sala-i-Martin para β convergência com técnicas econométricas espaciais. Os testes de autocorrelação espacial indicaram dependência espacial nas taxas de crescimento e composições setoriais da renda per capita no valor adicionado total. Houve convergência absoluta e condicional da renda nos municípios mato-grossenses. O setor agropecuário foi o principal responsável pelas oscilações econômicas, tanto para formação do valor adicionado como para a geração de renda.

“Artemisa” de Pía Barros o la construcción literaria de una maternidad compleja

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Monica Moreno Ramos

2014-11-01

Full Text Available “Artemisa” supone una oportunidad excelente para acercarse al tema de la maternidad desde un punto de vista problemático, alejado de la idealización que, frecuentemente, observamos en tantos textos literarios. En este artículo, trataremos de ver cómo y por qué se fragua en el cuento una visión insoportable del hecho de ser madre, así como una imagen monstruosa del hijo cuya pulsión de vida termina desgastando y debilitando el cuerpo de la mujer a través del amamantamiento forzoso. Por otro lado, reflexionaremos en torno al papel subordinado de Luisa y su interiorización tanto del poder patriarcal como del rol de objeto y no sujeto de deseo. Las principales herramientas metodológicas de nuestro trabajo se desarrollarán desde una perspectiva de género.

Consideration on the history and the stylistic use of prefixes

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Antonio Carlos Silva de Carvalho

2016-07-01

Full Text Available This paper aims to discuss prefixes from a historical perspective, as well as to observe nuances of stylistic value in them. The choice of subject was basically due to two reasons: (i the considerations set out by Martins (2003 on the low stylistic productivity caused by prefixal derivation – especially if compared to suffixal derivation; and (ii the considerations set out by Silva (2009 on the so-called de-language, of negativity, in Manoel de Barros. At first we worked on a brief historically and etymologically-oriented incursion on prefixes; and then, subjecting the reflections we gathered to a punctual corpus by the author, we highlighted examples in which features of the morpho-stylistic nature that contribute to the singularity of his work, also linked to the aesthetics of the fragmentary and to the smallest beings, can be explored.

A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Late Triassic of Argentina and the early origin of the herbivore opisthodontians

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Martínez, Ricardo N.; Apaldetti, Cecilia; Colombi, Carina E.; Praderio, Angel; Fernandez, Eliana; Malnis, Paula Santi; Correa, Gustavo A.; Abelin, Diego; Alcober, Oscar

2013-01-01

Sphenodontians were a successful group of rhynchocephalian reptiles that dominated the fossil record of Lepidosauria during the Triassic and Jurassic. Although evidence of extinction is seen at the end of the Laurasian Early Cretaceous, they appeared to remain numerically abundant in South America until the end of the period. Most of the known Late Cretaceous record in South America is composed of opisthodontians, the herbivorous branch of Sphenodontia, whose oldest members were until recently reported to be from the Kimmeridgian–Tithonian (Late Jurassic). Here, we report a new sphenodontian, Sphenotitan leyesi gen. et sp. nov., collected from the Upper Triassic Quebrada del Barro Formation of northwestern Argentina. Phylogenetic analysis identifies Sphenotitan as a basal member of Opisthodontia, extending the known record of opisthodontians and the origin of herbivory in this group by 50 Myr. PMID:24132307

ASMATHOUR (1971 – PARA CORO E PERCUSSÃO – DE GILBERTO MENDES: UMA ABORDAGEM ANALÍTICA DO USO DE CONTRASTES DE DENSIDADE E DE INTENSIDADE

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Adriana Francato

2005-12-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo aborda a obra Asthmatour, para coro e percussão, composta em 1971 pelo compositor brasileiro Gilberto Mendes e propõe uma análise musical enfocando o uso de contrastes de densidade e de intensidade pelo compositor no decorrer da obra. Na análise, foram usadas como referências manuscritos que retratam seu processo composicional e que foram compilados pela pesquisadora Rosemara Staub de Barros Zago (ZAGO:2000 e obras teóricas de autores que analisam os movimentos surgidos no século XX, como David Cope (COPE:1993 e Michael Nyman (NYMAN:2000. O compositor cria uma estrutura delimitada e definida e, a partir dela, utiliza o recurso da montagem na organização dos materiais, num processo aberto à criação do intérprete.

Descripción ultraestructural de Euglena pailasensis (Euglenozoa del Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Ethel Sánchez

2004-03-01

Full Text Available Los euglenoides son eucariotas unicelulares flagelados que habitan ambientes acuáticos y suelos de una gran diversidad de ecosistemas. Este trabajo presenta la descripción morfológica ultraestructural del euglenoide E. pailasensis aislado de las fuentes de lodo caliente de las "pailas de barro" en el Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. La temperatura de estos sitios puede variar entre 38 y 98° C y puede tener un pH entre 1 y 4. El estudio se realizó utilizando microscopia electrónica de barrido y transmisión. El euglenoide está constituido por una célula típica que puede medir de 30 a 45 µm de largo y 8-10 µm de ancho, con membrana externa, película, cloroplastos, mitocondrias, núcleo, pigmentos granulares y demás organelas citoplasmáticas de un eucarionte. Esta delimitado por una membrana continua y por una película compuesta de aproximadamente 40 - 90 mionemas que miden entre 0.8 y 1.0 µm de ancho, dispuestas helicoidalmente sobre la célula. Se observó 5 cloroplastos elongados por célula, de 1-2 µm de diámetro y 6-12 µm de largo, delimitados por tres membranas y localizados en la periferia celular. Este posee glóbulos osmiofílicos y un pirenoide penetrado por pocos tilacoides. El material nutritivo se almacena en gránulos de paramilón y las mitocondrias presentan las crestas en disposición radial hacia el interior del lumen. La zona de la ámpula se observó sin flagelo y se notó una red de fibrillas que envuelve el espécimen. Las características ultraestructurales observadas en este estudio, no permiten explicar la capacidad de E. pailasensis para habitar en el ambiente volcánico extremo de las Pailas de Barro CalienteThe euglenoids are unicellular eukaryotic flagellates living in a diversity of soils and aquatic environments and ecosystems. This study describes the ultrastructure of an euglenoid isolated from the surface of a boiling mud pool with temperatures ranging from 38 to 98°C and p

Niveles de plomo en la población de alto riesgo y su entorno en San Ignacio, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, México Lead levels in high-risk populations and the surrounding environment in San Ignacio, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, México

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Eduardo Manzanares-Acuña

2006-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Determinar la concentración de plomo en la sangre de niños y mujeres, en periodo de lactancia o embarazadas, de la comunidad de San Ignacio, Fresnillo, en Zacatecas, así como en matrices de suelo, plantas, ceniza y barro vidriado, para determinar la exposición que genera una empresa recicladora de metales. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: El estudio se realizó de diciembre de 2004 al mes de abril de 2005. El Pb en sangre se midió por voltamperometría de redisolución anódica, mientras que se utilizó energía dispersa de fluorescencia por rayos X para las otras matrices. RESULTADOS: Con base en los criterios de la Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM se encontró que 90% de los menores está en la categoría I, 5% se encuentra en la categoría II y el otro 5% se ubica en la categoría III. El suelo de los terrenos aledaños a la recicladora tiene en promedio 4 940 µg/g, en un intervalo de 73 a 84 238 µg/g. Las mayores concentraciones se localizan en los puntos más cercanos a la empresa. El suelo de San Ignacio tiene en promedio 109 µg/g. Se encontraron valores altos en el barro vidriado y la concentración del Pb en las plantas es superior a los 300 µg/g. CONCLUSIONES: A pesar de que la mayoría de los niños analizados presenta niveles de plomo en sangre que la Norma Mexicana señala como aceptables, varios estudios indican que existen efectos nocivos aun a concentraciones bajas. Los terrenos aledaños a la empresa están contaminados, y en esa medida los alimentos que ahí se producen, al ser consumidos, son una fuente de contaminación, que se agudiza con el uso de barro vidriado.OBJECTIVE:To determine the lead concentration in the blood of children and nursing or pregnant women from San Ignacio, Fresnillo, in Zacatecas, Mexico as well as in soil, plants, ash and lead-glazed pottery, in order to determine exposure due to a metal-recycling facility. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out from December 2004 to April 2005. Lead in

AS MULHERES DO BARRO: Um registro etnomatemático das mulheres artesãs de Arraias (Tocantins

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Alcione Marques Fernandes

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación doctoral realizada en el Programa de Graduados de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Brasilia. Se trata de una investigación etnográfica con dos mujeres artesanas del municipio de Arraias, el estado de Tocantins, los últimos representantes de los conocimientos tradicionales. La vida de estos dos damas se enredan en la misma narrativa, aprendieron el arte de la cerámica con sus madres, algunos a la escuela e incluso sin el conocimiento académico matemático desarrollado una técnica depurada en la preparación de los platos que revelan conceptos etnomatemáticos, refiriéndonos a un proceso cognitivo en las proporciones establecidas entre diferentes objetos de cerámica ganar un nuevo entorno, un nuevo sentido de la medida, lo que permite proponer un diálogo con la universidad establecida por la reconexión de conocimiento.

Viability of small seeds found in feces of the Central American tapir on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

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Capece, P.I.; Aliaga-Rossel, E.; Jansen, P.A.

2013-01-01

Tapirs are known as effective dispersers of large-seeded tree species, but their role in dispersing small-seeded plant species has yet to be established. Tapir feces have been reported to contain large numbers of small seeds, but whether these are viable has rarely been evaluated. We determined the

O potencial de geração CBM (Coalbed Methane na jazida Sul Catarinense: 1. Características petrográficas e químicas das camadas de carvão da Formação Rio Bonito, Permiano da Bacia do Paraná

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Priscila dos Santos Lourenzi

Full Text Available Atualmente, o CBM representa uma importante fonte de energia alternativa. A mais importante sucessão sedimentar portadora de carvão no Brasil ocorre na Bacia do Paraná, com as maiores reservas localizadas nas jazidas do RS e de SC. Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as características químicas e petrográficas das camadas de carvão de três poços, realizados recentemente na jazida Sul Catarinense (SC nos municípios de Treviso e Araranguá, com o intuito de avaliar a capacidade de geração de gás metano associado. Foram coletadas amostras de sete camadas de carvão (Barro Branco, Irapuá, A, Bonito Superior, Bonito Inferior, Pré-Bonito Superior e Pré-Bonito Inferior da Formação Rio Bonito que foram submetidas à análise petrográfica e química. O litotipo carvão fosco bandado (BD predominou no CBM-SC-2012, e carvão fosco (D, no CBM-SC-2013. Os resultados petrográficos indicaram valores de 0,60 a 1,26 Rrandom (%, classificando o carvão segundo o rank desde betuminoso alto volátil C até betuminoso médio volátil. A análise de macerais mostra variação na composição das camadas, com predomínio de vitrinita e inertinita. Quanto à análise imediata, as amostras variaram de 34,93 a 65,70% em peso de cinza. O poder calorífico varia de 1858,0 a 5074,8 cal/g. O conteúdo de carbono varia de 4,15 a 65,81%, e o enxofre, de 0,22 a 12,43%. De acordo com os parâmetros analisados, as camadas Barro Branco e Irapuá apresentam as condições necessárias para geração e armazenagem de gás natural, enquanto a camada Bonito apresenta baixo potencial devido ao alto conteúdo de matéria mineral.

Epidemiologia do óbito fetal em população de baixa renda Epidemiology of fetal death in a low income population

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Márcia M. A. de Aquino

1998-03-01

Full Text Available A morte fetal não é uma entidade rara e, em países em desenvolvimento, suas causas mais prevalentes continuam sendo passíveis de controle e/ou tratamento. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar causas de morte fetal em uma população brasileira. Foi um estudo descritivo realizado no Hospital Maternidade Leonor Mendes de Barros, em São Paulo. Foram estudadas 122 gestantes com diagnóstico de óbito fetal e idade gestacional de vinte semanas ou mais. Os procedimentos estatísticos utilizados foram média e desvio-padrão. As principais causas de morte identificadas foram hipertensão arterial e infecções e em um quarto dos casos a causa não foi determinada. Concluiu-se que uma proporção importante de óbitos era prevenível e que houve taxa significativa de causas não-identificadas. Os resultados deste estudo poderão ser úteis para orientação de programas de prevenção primária, principalmente quanto à assistência pré-natal.Fetal death may not be considered an unusual event and, in developing countries, the most prevalent causes could be possibly controlled and/or treated. The purpose of the present study was to investigate causes of fetal death in a Brazilian population. This is a descriptive study performed at the Hospital Maternidade Leonor Mendes de Barros in São Paulo. The study subjects were 122 pregnant women with diagnosis of fetal death and gestation age of 20 or more weeks. The statistical procedures used were means and standard deviation. The main causes of the fetal death were hypertensive disorders and infections and, for a quarter of the cases, they were not identified at all. It is concluded that an important percentage of fetal deaths would have been prevented and that there was a significant number of unidentified causes. Results of the present study might be useful to orientate a primary prevention health program, specially concerning antenatal care.

Predicting spatial variations of tree species richness in tropical forests from high-resolution remote sensing.

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Fricker, Geoffrey A; Wolf, Jeffrey A; Saatchi, Sassan S; Gillespie, Thomas W

2015-10-01

There is an increasing interest in identifying theories, empirical data sets, and remote-sensing metrics that can quantify tropical forest alpha diversity at a landscape scale. Quantifying patterns of tree species richness in the field is time consuming, especially in regions with over 100 tree species/ha. We examine species richness in a 50-ha plot in Barro Colorado Island in Panama and test if biophysical measurements of canopy reflectance from high-resolution satellite imagery and detailed vertical forest structure and topography from light detection and ranging (lidar) are associated with species richness across four tree size classes (>1, 1-10, >10, and >20 cm dbh) and three spatial scales (1, 0.25, and 0.04 ha). We use the 2010 tree inventory, including 204,757 individuals belonging to 301 species of freestanding woody plants or 166 ± 1.5 species/ha (mean ± SE), to compare with remote-sensing data. All remote-sensing metrics became less correlated with species richness as spatial resolution decreased from 1.0 ha to 0.04 ha and tree size increased from 1 cm to 20 cm dbh. When all stems with dbh > 1 cm in 1-ha plots were compared to remote-sensing metrics, standard deviation in canopy reflectance explained 13% of the variance in species richness. The standard deviations of canopy height and the topographic wetness index (TWI) derived from lidar were the best metrics to explain the spatial variance in species richness (15% and 24%, respectively). Using multiple regression models, we made predictions of species richness across Barro Colorado Island (BCI) at the 1-ha spatial scale for different tree size classes. We predicted variation in tree species richness among all plants (adjusted r² = 0.35) and trees with dbh > 10 cm (adjusted r² = 0.25). However, the best model results were for understory trees and shrubs (dbh 1-10 cm) (adjusted r² = 0.52) that comprise the majority of species richness in tropical forests. Our results indicate that high

Brazilian daycares: weighing the risks and benefits.

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Marchand, D

1994-10-01

The number of day care centers in Brazil has doubled over the last few years; with this increase has come a rise in the numbers of cases of communicable disease, particularly pneumonia (the main cause of child mortality in Brazil). A study by Dr. Walter V.C. da Fonseca states that a day care child is 5 times more likely to contact pneumonia. However, since the income earned by women in Brazil today is necessary to meet basic needs, children must be left at home with relatives or sent to day care. Most of the centers taking in children under 6 years of age are urban; they care for, on average, 125-200 children. These children are usually from low income families who live on the outskirts of cities; free day care is only provided to working mothers. There are 3 social factors involved: the greater number of single-parent families, more households supported solely by the mother, and an economic crisis that has hit the poor particularly hard. Financial and administrative responsibility for these centers varies. The centers provide meals, baths, rest, education (including some special education services), and health care (doctors, dentists, and nurses). Some accept abandoned children, who are cared for until they are adopted. However, new studies indicate that the centers represent the primary risk factor for respiratory illnesses and were, until recently, the principal causes of diarrhea and child mortality. An ongoing comparative study by da Fonseca is analyzing the incidence rates of respiratory and infectious diseases among 400 children attending a nursery in Fortaleza in comparison to those for 400 cared for at home by family. Doctor Aluiso Barros, in another study, is observing 1000 children in 40 nurseries in Campinas. For 8 weeks, data was collected on the health, socioeconomic situation, medical history, and family medical history of each child. The nurseries were examined and information was collected regarding the number of diseases reported each month, their

Influência de aspectos sociais e culturais na educação de crianças indígenas Cultural and social influences in the education of indigenous children

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Sonia Grubits

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivamos verificar como características socioculturais e familiares influenciam na adaptação escolar de crianças guarani-kaiowá dos municípios Dourados e Caarapó, kadiwéu, da aldeia Alves de Barros na Bodoquena e terena de Córrego do Meio, município de Sidrolândia, em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Foram realizadas entrevistas e observações de crianças e pais dos referidos grupos. Observamos o diálogo e respeito mútuo na relação entre pais e filhos, evidenciado no tom sereno e suave com o qual as mães dirigem-se aos filhos. A curiosidade infantil não é reprimida, permitindo a exploração do ambiente, a participação em todas as atividades familiares, sem restrição, punição ou castigo. Porém no grupo terena, as mães conversam com as crianças, mas na segunda vez que elas desobedecem, levam palmadas ou "varinhadas" com vara verde, o que aponta para um exemplo de como a cultura vem se transformando pelo fácil acesso e contato com a sociedade nacional.The aim of this research was to verify how social-cultural and family characteristics influence in the adaptation of Indian children at school. The observed ethnic groups were the Guarani-Kaiowá (Caarapó and Dourados municipalities, the Kadiwéu (Alves de Barros and Terena (Córrego do Meio, MS, Brazil. Interviews and observations were performed in those children and their parents. It was observed the dialog and the mutual respect in the relations, evidenced in a serene tone with which mothers addressed to their children. Children's curiosity is not repressed, as well as the participation in all of the family's activities without restriction or punishment. However, in the Terena's group, mothers at first talk to their children, and at second if they disobey again, they get slaps or get bitten by sticks. That behavior points out to an example of how culture is changing by the easy access with the national society.

Hematology values of captive giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and collared anteaters (Tamandua tetradactyla Valores hematológicos de tamanduá-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla e tamanduá-mirim (Tamandua tetradactyla oriundos de cativeiro

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Thaís C. Sanches

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Hematological results are reported for 13 giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and 13 collared anteaters (Tamandua tetradactyla. Animals were captive-reared adults held at the Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil and Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros (Sorocaba, SP, Brazil, and were considered healthy on physical examination. Examined parameters included red blood cell count, white blood cell count, hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, total plasmatic protein and differential leukocyte counts. Also, a survey for hemoparasites was done and none was observed in thin blood smears. The results were generally similar to those previously reported in the exiguous literature for these species, providing further reference data for the interpretation of laboratory results besides health monitoring, assisting early disease diagnosis and providing relevant information for conservation programs for these species.Obteve-se os valores hematológicos de 13 tamanduás-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla e 13 tamanduás-mirim (Tamandua tetradactyla adultos e saudáveis segundo exame físico, oriundos de cativeiro, da Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo (São Paulo e do Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros (Sorocaba. Os parâmetros hematológicos estudados incluíram contagem total de eritrócitos e leucócitos, hematócrito, concentração de hemoglobina, volume corpuscular médio, hemoglobina corpuscular média, concentração de hemoglobina corpuscular média, proteína plasmática total estimada e contagem diferencial de leucócitos. Também se realizou a pesquisa de hemoparasitas, não se encontrando nenhum nos esfregaços sanguíneos. De maneira geral, os valores obtidos não diferiram muito daqueles presentes na pouca literatura existente, contribuindo com dados adicionais para a interpretação de

Les voyages de savants en Europe et le développment des Idées géographiques dans le Portugal du XIXe siècle

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Nicole Dévy-Vareta

1998-06-01

Full Text Available SCIENTIFIC TRAVELS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL IDEAS IN PORTUGAL DURING THE 19TH CENTURY - The main goal of this paper is to establish the relationship between scientists movements, the circulation of ideas and the appearance of some basic works for modern Portuguese geography, around 1870. The break between a purely descriptive geography and modern geography is traditionally situated in the 1870's. Perhaps it was prepared by the contacts established inside Europe between scientists. It seems that natural sciences, agronomy and forest science had leading roles in this process. On this subject, we will try to explore the official missions and the stay of portuguese students in Northern Europe. This way, we will be able to trace the contribution of the ideas of Bernardino de Barros Gomes, who contributed towards the development of geographic thought a long time before geography became a University institution.

TAMAÑO ÓPTIMO DEL GASTO PÚBLICO COLOMBIANO: UNA APROXIMACIÓN DESDE LA TEORÍA DEL CRECIMIENTO ENDÓGENO

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Camilo Alvis

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Este artículo tiene como propósito hacer una estimación econométrica del modelo de gasto público y crecimiento económico de Barro (1990. La estimación se realizó mediante el método generalizado de los momentos (GMM para la economía colombiana durante el período 1950-2010. Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que el tamaño óptimo del gasto público se sobrepasó al empezar la década de los noventa. Además, se encontró que el tamaño del gasto público que maximiza la tasa de crecimiento del PIB per cápita depende inversamente del grado relativo de aversión al riesgo y que la elasticidad de sustitución intertemporal es baja para el período analizado

New species of Scolytodes (Coleoptera: Scolytidae from Costa Rica and Panamá

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Bjarte H. Jordal

1998-06-01

Full Text Available Seven species of Scolytodes (tribe Ctenophorini are described as new to science: S. concavus and S. circumsetosus (from Ficus branches, La Selva, S. montanus (Monteverde, S. nudifrons (Las Cruces near San Vito, and S. triangulus (fogging sample, La Selva, all from Costa Rica, and S. ungulatus (Cerro Punta and S. punctifrons (from Astronium graveolens, Canal Zone, both from Panama. New distributional and host plant data are given for the following species: S. amoenus (Ficus branch, La Selva, and the first record south of Mexico, S. immanis (Cerro de La Muerte, S. impressus (Xylopia branch, Peninsula de Osa, S. ochromae (Ochroma branch, La Selva, S. piceus (fogging sample, La Selva, the first low altitude record, and S. swieteniae (fogging sample, La Selva and Braulio Carrillo, the first exact locality data, all from Costa Rica, and S. nanellus (Barro Colorado Island from Panama.

Ciclo de vida de Pellaea ternifolia (Cav. Link subsp. ternifolia (Pteridaceae-Polypodiidae

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Jorge Huerta-Zavala

2015-08-01

Full Text Available Se describe el ciclo de vida dePellaea ternifolia(Cav. Link subsp.ternifolia. Los especímenes fueron recolectados en un bosque dePinusperturbado en San Miguel de los Alcanfores, municipio de Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, México. Las esporas fueron sembradas en vasos de unicel de 262 ml con cerámica (barro molido, piedra de río, tela de mosquitero y tres soportes de cultivo (tierra, maquique y musgo, todo previamente esterilizado y cerrado con plástico y alambre de cobre. El ciclo fue isospórico con desarrollo del protalo tipoAdiantum. En la fase cordada se apreciaron gametófitos con anteridios y arquegonio en una proporción cercana al 70% y el otro 30% fueron gametófitos apogámicos. Los esporófitos jóvenes se obtuvieron a partir de los 63 días.

A Polifonia e a Intertextualidade como recursos argumentativos para a construção de posts opinativos no blog "Papo de Amiga"

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Gislaine Gracia Magnabosco

2011-02-01

Full Text Available Tendo como base os pressupostos teóricos de Bakhtin/Volochinov (1992 e partindo da concepção de texto como um “objeto significante, dialógico, único, não reproduzível” (BARROS, 1999, este trabalho buscou analisar como se manifesta o dialogismo nas produções textuais do blog Papo de Amiga da revista Capricho. Pela análise realizada verificou-se que as produções são ali construídas não só visando responder à temática do blog, como também aos outros comentários já realizados. Desta forma, a polifonia de Ducrot (1987 e a intertextualidade (KOCH, 1997 tornam-se elementos fundamentais para a construção dessas produções, principalmente, para a construção da argumentação por parte dessas leitoras-produtoras.

``Dual Society Ever Precedes through Trevor SWAN & Wassily Leontief''

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``Dual Society'' introduced by E.F. Schumacher are classified as non-stabile society who easy to shakes by politics uncertainties.in Robert J. Barro & X. Sala-i-Martin: ``Convergence''states: `` a key economic issue is whether poor countries or regions tend to grow faster than rich ones''.For growth models from Roy Forbes Herrod & EvseyDomar, three assumptions described by Eduardo Ley are?[U+2639]i). output is proportional to capital,(ii). Investment ex anteequals saving & (iii) saving proportional to output. Underlines Trevor SWAN, developing countries differ significantly among themselves. Economic growth models comprises Herrod-Domar growth model, Solow growth model & endogenous growth model.Further, for five stages of economic groeth from Rostov of Leontief technology, ever retrieves the Jens Beckert:''Institutional Isomorphism revisited: Convergence & Divergence in Institutional Change''instead Frumkin's ``Institutional Isomorphism & Public Sector Organizations''. Acknowledgment devotes to theLates HE. Mr. BrigadierGeneral-TNI[rtd].Prof. Ir. HANDOJO.

ANALYSIS OF SPECIALISED COLLOCATIONS IN THE AREA OF REMOTE SENSING IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF PHRASEOLOGY

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Diva Cardoso de CAMARGO

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The aim of this research is to build and analyze a parallel corpus in the field of remote sensing in order to identify, according to its frequency, specialized collocations in English and then search for their equivalents in Portuguese. The research is based on the interdisciplinary approach of Corpus-Based Translation Studies (BAKER, 1995; CAMARGO, 2007, Corpus Linguistics (BERBER SARDINHA, 2004; TOGNINI-BONELLI, 2001, Phraseology (ORENHA-OTTAIANO, 2009; PAVEL, 1993, and some principles of Terminology (BARROS, 2004. For manipulating the corpora, the program WordSmith Tools (SCOTT, 2012 version 6.0 is used. To support this study, two comparable corpora in English and Portuguese were also built from articles published in both national and international journals in remote sensing. The results show that the collocations in Portuguese seem to be still in the process of conventionalization, as the translators made use of greater variation in their translational options, which can be a way to make the text clearer for the reader.

Estudo de termos simples, expressões fixas e semifixas encontrados em corpora paralelos e comparáveis da subárea de economia política

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Talita Serpa

2014-01-01

Full Text Available O principal objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os termos simples, expressões fixas e semifixas mais frequentes da subárea de Economia Política em português e seus correspondentes em inglês, extraídos de quinze artigos escritos pelo economista Bresser-Pereira, e de suas respectivas autotraduções. A metodologia utilizada fundamenta-se nos Estudos da Tradução Baseados em Corpus (Baker, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996; Camargo, 2005, 2007, na Linguística de Corpus (Berber Sardinha, 2004 e na Teminologia (Barros, 2004. Notamos que termos e expressões empregados nos textos fonte não apresentam univocidade dentro da língua de especialidade referente às Ciências Sociais brasileiras. Os termos traduzidos para o inglês também refletem variação devido às opções adotadas pelo autotradutor ao procurar adequar os conceitos teóricos às possibilidades da Língua Meta.

Análise Semiótica do Conto Passeio Noturno I, de Rubem Fonseca

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Rosalina Brites de Assunção

2016-07-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho apresenta a análise do conto Passeio Noturno I, de Rubens Fonseca, a partir do percurso gerativo do sentido, orientado pelos postulados da semiótica greimasiana. Para a semiótica, o discurso apresenta-se “como uma superposição de níveis de profundidade diferente, que se articulam segundo um percurso que vai do abstrato ao mais concreto” (BARROS, 2001. Assim, de acordo com a noção de percurso gerativo a análise do conto desenvolveu-se em três etapas: o nível das estruturas fundamentais, o nível das estruturas narrativas e o nível das estruturas discursivas. A temática que subjaz à estrutura do conto é uma crítica à violência presente na sociedade capitalista onde convivem as “vozes da cultura” e as “vozes da barbárie”.

Estimation of the distribution of Tabebuia guayacan (Bignoniaceae) using high-resolution remote sensing imagery.

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Sánchez-Azofeifa, Arturo; Rivard, Benoit; Wright, Joseph; Feng, Ji-Lu; Li, Peijun; Chong, Mei Mei; Bohlman, Stephanie A

2011-01-01

Species identification and characterization in tropical environments is an emerging field in tropical remote sensing. Significant efforts are currently aimed at the detection of tree species, of levels of forest successional stages, and the extent of liana occurrence at the top of canopies. In this paper we describe our use of high resolution imagery from the Quickbird Satellite to estimate the flowering population of Tabebuia guayacan trees at Barro Colorado Island (BCI), in Panama. The imagery was acquired on 29 April 2002 and 21 March 2004. Spectral Angle Mapping via a One-Class Support Vector machine was used to detect the presence of 422 and 557 flowering tress in the April 2002 and March 2004 imagery. Of these, 273 flowering trees are common to both dates. This study presents a new perspective on the effectiveness of high resolution remote sensing for monitoring a phenological response and its use as a tool for potential conservation and management of natural resources in tropical environments.

Quasiconvex optimization and location theory

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Santos Gromicho, Jaoquim António

1998-01-01

grams of which the objective is given by the ratio of a convex by a positive (over a convex domain) concave function. As observed by Sniedovich (Ref. [102, 103]) most of the properties of fractional pro­ grams could be found in other programs, given that the objective function could be written as a particular composition of functions. He called this new field C­ programming, standing for composite concave programming. In his seminal book on dynamic programming (Ref. [104]), Sniedovich shows how the study of such com­ positions can help tackling non-separable dynamic programs that otherwise would defeat solution. Barros and Frenk (Ref. [9]) developed a cutting plane algorithm capable of optimizing C-programs. More recently, this algorithm has been used by Carrizosa and Plastria to solve a global optimization problem in facility location (Ref. [16]). The distinction between global optimization problems (Ref. [54]) and generalized convex problems can sometimes be hard to establish. That is exactly the reason ...

Fiscal Deficit, National Saving and Sustainability of Economic Growth in Emerging Economies: A Dynamic GMM Panel Data Approach

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Buscemi Antonino

2012-01-01

Full Text Available The neoclassical growth models argued that the movement to steady states; technology, exogenous rate of savings, population growth and technical progress stimulate higher growth levels (Solow 1956. Contrary to the neoclassical argument, endogenous growth model argues that, in the theory of endogenous growth, government play a significant role in promoting accumulation of knowledge, research and development, public investment, human capital development, law and order can generate growth both in the short and long run. Moreover, they assumed technical progress as endogenous variable for growth (Barro 1995. This study analyze the effects of fiscal deficit on sustainability of economic growth and provided new empirical evidence on the effects of fiscal deficit on saving and sustainability of economic growth based on the assumption of endogenous growth model. We estimated using the reduced form of GMM method for dynamic panels covers 1990-2009 for three emerging countries that includes China, India and South Africa.

Variação sintática no português quinhentista: a colocação dos pronomes clíticos

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Ana Maria Martins

2015-01-01

Full Text Available This work reexamines in the light of new data a proposal put forward in Martins (2011 concerning the historical development of clitic placement in Portuguese. Prima facie, this syntactic change follows a surprising path apparently involving a sudden reversal in the direction of change after the sixteenth century. It is argued in this paper that previous analyses, including that of the present author, fail to recognise the existence in sixteenth century and later Portuguese of two (social dialects as regards the position of clitic pronouns. A simplistic observation of textual sources masks the complexity of the linguistic situation in the historical period in question, creating an illusion of continuity between different objects. The present study uses the sixteenth century cookbook Livro de Cozinha de um Frade Português do Século XVI, edited by Anabela Leal de Barros (2013, as an especially valuable textual source to help us understand the history of clitic placement in Portuguese.

Geologic studies on the Rio Una region (Iguape - Sao Paulo County), Brazil, for the construction of nuclear power plants

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Hassano, S.; Mueller, M.; Stein, J.H.

1984-01-01

The main objective of the project was the geological and seismological characterization of 230 Km 2 along the coastal region between the Barro Branco and Jureia massifs in order to pinpoint one or more local areas showing adequate geological, morphological and geotechnical conditions suitable for construction of nuclear power plants. Results of the investigations, as well as the methodology used for determination of main interesting areas are presented. The best areas for construction are believed to be situated along the coast where Precambrian basement rocks crop out close to the shoreline. The Tertiary-Quaternary sedimentary cover reaches a thickness of 50 or more meters and the character of the sediments does not allow direct emplacement of foundations for heavy-weight constructions. Historical analysis of seismic activity of the region, as well as the study of faults and fracture zones identified in the area demonstrate the absence of active faults such as defined by internationally accepted safety criteria. (Author) [pt

Charles Emile Carré (1863-1909

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Juan Aristizábal D.

1993-09-01

Full Text Available El motivo principal para traer al arquitecto Charles E. Carré a Medellín se atribuye básicamente a la construcción de la catedral de Villanueva, en Antioquia. Monsieur Carré, como se le conoció, fue tema, nueva y tristemente, a causa de su inesperada muerte ocurrida en 1909, de las páginas de los diarios locales, quince años después de su partida de la ciudad de Medellín, que en todo momento profesó respeto y admiración y a quien "se le debe [...] el habernos mostrado que [...] el ladrillo cocido no es piedra [...], que cualquier barro cocido no es ladrillo y [...] que en artes de construir no es el renacimiento ni la última ni la mejor de las palabras". A continuación hacemos una relación cronológica de las obras de Charles Carré en Antioquia:

DO FORO E DO LAUDÊMIO: O CASO DE QUIXADÁ

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Renato Moreira de Abrantes

2013-06-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo traz a lume parte da história da cidade e da diocese de Quixadá, registrada nos livros de tombo desta e nos dos cartórios da cidade de Quixeramobim, no que diz respeito à doação de uma gleba de terra por José de Barros, fundador, à então Capella de Jesus Maria e José, no ano de 1780. Além disso, analisa sob a ótica legal e jurisprudencial o instituto da enfiteuse e sua obrigatoriedade, por parte dos moradores de Quixadá que não tenham remido o foro ou adquirido, por algum meio, o domínio radical do imóvel. Por fim, conclui pela possibilidade jurídica de a diocese ou paróquia mover ação judicial específica em face de foreiros inadimplentes, na defesa de seu inconteste direito.

The Happy Gardener: on populism, democracy and specters

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Julián A. Melo

2015-07-01

Full Text Available The present text aims to retake several aspects and debates concerning the relation between populism and democracy. We will expound the main ideas by authors such as Margaret Canovan, Benjamín Arditi and Sebastián Barros in order to rethink the bonds between both terms. We will try not to take populism and democracy as antithetical poles in communitary political associations, since we are interested in pointing out how the ideas of shadow and specter have been crucial in the thought of these authors. Along with this reflection we seek to revisit several discursive keys of the experience of first Peronism in twentieth-century Argentina, just to investigate the ways in which the logic of Peronist populism rethought democracy and set it as a central element of the identity that it claimed to embody. Thus, we think that may be interesting not just to think populism as a specter of democracy but also to think democracy as a specter of populism.

Treinta días persiguiendo la muerte: miseria, dolor y obras de caridad en Bogotá de 1918, desolada por la epidemia de gripa

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Álvaro Miranda

2008-09-01

Full Text Available Para finales de la segunda década del siglo xx, Bogotá tiene poco que mostrar. Está detenida en el tiempo, sumergida en una rutina en la que las lluvias casi siempre le ganan a los días de sol y el barro salpica todo, tanto a la gente elegante como a la gente sencilla, que visten lo mejor de sus prendas para presentarse en calles, almacenes y templos. La rutina menuda de hombres y mujeres y la rutina trascendente de políticos y escritores en diarios y revistas, fue sustituida, de repente, por la de la muerte. Nada similar para comparar tenían en su memoria esos bogotanos que en los meses de octubre y noviembre de 1918 tuvieron que vivir en su ciudad una pesadilla causada por una gripa que de igual modo hacía estragos en muchos otros lugares del mundo.

Functional translation and linguistic variation: the use of didactic sequence in teaching languages

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Valdecy Oliveira Pontes

2017-12-01

Full Text Available In the context of the approach of the linguistic variation of Spanish and the use of Functionalist Translation in Foreign Language classes, this article aims to report the results of the application of a Didactic Sequence (SD, in the style of the Geneva School, Hispanic plays for the teaching of linguistic variation in the pronominal treatment forms of the Spanish-Portuguese Brazilian language pair. SD was applied in the subject "Introduction to Translation Studies in Spanish Language" (2nd semester, offered by the course in Letters - Spanish Language and its Literatures, of the Federal University of Ceará. This article was based on the theoretical foundations of Functionalist Translation (NORD, 1994, 1996, 2009, 2012, Translation and Sociolinguistics (BOLAÑOS-CUELLAR, 2000; MAYORAL, 1998, elaboration of SD (DOLZ; NOVERRAZ; SCHNEUWLY, 2004; CRISTÓVÃO, 2010; BARROS, 2012 and research on the variation in the forms of treatment of Spanish and Portuguese (FONTANELLA DE WEINBER, 1999; SCHERRE et al, 2015.

Impactos da implantação de um Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade Baseado em Norma ISO na Cultura de Laboratório no Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia – INT

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Nilço Mauro da Silva Moura

2012-04-01

Full Text Available This article describes the effects of implementation of ISO IEC ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025in the culture laboratory of the National Institute of Technology and examines how thisinfluences their deployment management model. As analytical model, we used the BrazilianCultural Action Model formulated by Barros and Prates (1996. The model reflected all itscomplexity in the four defined positions: concentration of power; position of spectator;personalist; avoid conflict. The main focus of the study was the influence of organizationculture in favor or prejudice to the implementation and maintenance of the Standard, as wellas their consequences in the final results; the field research confirmed the importance ofrelations between the manager and senior management and between the manager and his teamin this effort. We used descriptive study with qualitative approach and strategy case study,using interviews and direct observations. The study subjects were professionals responsiblefor laboratories in INT, with more than ten years of experience in managing laboratories andparticipating in the implementation of ISO 17025.

Hematology values of captive giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and collared anteaters (Tamandua tetradactyla

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Thaís C. Sanches

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Hematological results are reported for 13 giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and 13 collared anteaters (Tamandua tetradactyla. Animals were captive-reared adults held at the Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil and Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros (Sorocaba, SP, Brazil, and were considered healthy on physical examination. Examined parameters included red blood cell count, white blood cell count, hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, total plasmatic protein and differential leukocyte counts. Also, a survey for hemoparasites was done and none was observed in thin blood smears. The results were generally similar to those previously reported in the exiguous literature for these species, providing further reference data for the interpretation of laboratory results besides health monitoring, assisting early disease diagnosis and providing relevant information for conservation programs for these species.

Relatório de Estágio Curricular – Moveis Carlos Alfredo Barros da Silva, Lda (Rebordosa/Gandra)

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2013-01-01

O estágio teve início no dia 17 de Junho e terminou a 9 de Agosto. Decorreu na empresa Moveis Carlos Alfredo. LDA, Wewood. Foram realizados vários trabalhos, alguns deles realizados em simultâneo. O primeiro trabalho consistia na modelação de duas mesas de jantar, o segundo consistiu na modelação de varias peças, a pedido de vários clientes individuais, enquanto desenvolvia este, tinha em mãos também a modelação 2D de algumas peças da empresa. O quarto trabalho consistia na conceção de ...

Research Networks: a fundamental value-added for scientific communication / Redes de investigación: un valor agregado fundamental para la comunicación científica

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Wilson López López

2012-12-01

Full Text Available This edition of Universitas Psychologica has a special value because it is the result of a collaborative work with a research group from the Universidad de La Frontera led by Ricardo Perez Luco, Jaime Alfaro and Beatriz Paes from Chile, who organized the “First International Seminar of Juvenile Justice. Be and Ought to be of the public policy” a meeting that brought together world leading researchers in order to investigate an emerging and critical problem in our societies, such as the juvenile justice. We accep their proposals after agreeing the compliance of our demands of peer review and think that we are a trusted international academic channel. The first 14 articles of this edition were the result of an exhaustive peer-review evaluation, which have guaranteed quality. We hope readers will recognize the building of the theme proposed. This edition contains articles from universities and institutions of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, The United States, Spain, Italy, France and Mexico.Moreover, I would like to mention the importance of our panorama section in which we are publishing interviews with world leading academics such as Professor Mario Bunge, one of the most influential living philosophers of our time (authorof the Treaty of Philosophy 1974-1989 “one of the most ambitious projects of modern philosophy” and of numerous, influential and provocative books on multiple topics of the contemporary society; and recently with Kenneth Gergen, a theorist who has significantly substantiated the social constructivist psychology and critical perspectives associated with this. There are also interviews with psychologistswho have made contributions to psychology, as Fernando González Rey. Universitas will continue publishing these types of articles for discussion and reflection, as well as a quality research, and we invite our readers and authors to evaluate the presentation of this kind of contributions.

Presentación - Minga-Mutirão de Revistas de Teología latinoamericanas - A los 40 años de la Teología de la Liberación: balance y futuro

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José Maria Vigil

2013-12-01

Full Text Available KOINONIA/ASETTMINGA/MUTIRÃO DE REVISTAS DE TEOLOGIA LATINO-AMERICANASÍndice del número colectivo Minga-Mutirão de Revistas Latinoamericanas de Teología 2013, «A los 40 años de la Teología de la Liberación: balance y futuro»VIGIL, José Maria. Presentación. BARROS, Marcelo; VIGIL, José Maria. Anunciaron su muerte, ¡pero está bien viva! Teología de la Liberación 40 años: balance y perspectivas. SUSIN, Luiz Carlos, Secretario Executivo do Foro Mundial de Teologia e Libertação, Porto Alegre, Brasil, Teologia da Libertação: de onde viemos, para onde vamos? ALMEIDA, Antonio José de, Teologia da Libertação e transições eclesiasis pendentes para o futuro. ARAGÃO, Gilbraz, Recife, Brasil, A Libertação se desdobra em diálogo. Teologia da Libertação e pluralismo religioso. BARROS, Marcelo, Recife, Brasil, Para una teología bolivariana de la Liberación. Teología de la Liberación y Patria Grande hoy. SCHIAVO, Luigi, San José, Costa Rica, Tiempos oscuros, tiempos de monstruos. Teología de la Liberación y nuevos desafíos culturales. OSORIO, Sergio, Bogotá, Colombia, Una nueva dimensión epistemológica para la teología. La Teología de la Liberación y el desafío epistemológico. RODRIGUES SILVA Marcos, Coordenador da Comissão de Teologia Afro da ASETT, Teologia Afro (ou Negra da Libertação: balanço e perspectivas. TOMICHÁ, Roberto, Cochabamba, Bolivia, Teologías de la liberación indígenas. VÉLEZ, Consuelo, Coordinadora de la Comisión de Teología Feminista de la ASETT, Universidad Xaveriana, Bogotá, Colombia, Teología feminista latinoamericana de la Liberación: balance y futuro. KERBER, Guillermo: Teología de la liberación y movimiento ecuménico. CASTILLO, Jorge, panameño profesor de teología en la Universidad de Nijmegen, Holanda, Teología de la liberación y «cristianismo mundial». VIGIL, José María, Panamá, Panamá, Teología de la Liberación en camino hacia nuevos paradigmas.

The Saturniidae of Barro Colorado Islands, Panama: A model taxon for studying the long-term effects of climate change?

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Basset, Y.; Lamarre, Greg P. A.; Ratz, T.; Segar, Simon Tristram; Decaëns, T.; Rougerie, R.; Miller, S. E.; Perez, F.; Bobadilla, R.; Lopez, Y.; Ramirez, J. A.; Aiello, A.; Barrios, H.

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Roč. 7, č. 23 (2017), s. 9991-10004 ISSN 2045-7758 R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36098G EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 669609 - Diversity6continents Institutional support: RVO:60077344 Keywords : climatic anomalies * DNA barcoding * functional groups Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour OBOR OECD: Ecology Impact factor: 2.440, year: 2016 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.3515/epdf

Caracterización química de los extractos colorantes de siete especies forestales y del fijador natural, utilizado en 19 comunidades indígenas de Ucayali, Perú

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Luisa Riveros

2014-07-01

Full Text Available Se realizó la caracterización química de las sustancias colorantes provenientes de las 07 especies y del fijador natural identificadas en la primera parte de la investigación, y que son utilizados como materia prima para el teñido de telas y artesanías por 19 comunidades indígenas de la Región Ucayali. Estas especies son: Trichilia maynasiana, Trichilia poeppigiana, Swietenia macrophylla, Buchenavia parvifolia, Terminalia oblonga,  Terminalia sp., y Picramnia juniniana. Los tintes y cortezas de estas especies sometidas a un tamizaje fitoquímico presentaron mayormente taninos, lactonas y flavonoides, en diferentes concentraciones, como principales metabolitos, mientras que la especie Picramia juniniana “ami”, de coloración lila, presento básicamente quinonas. En la arcilla empleada como fijador, denominada greda, barro especial o “mano”, se encontraron 32 elementos químicos con predominancia de silicio y aluminio con un pH ácido, mientras que el fijador reacciona con el tinte formando complejos denominados quelatos los cuales fijan el color sobre las fibras naturales.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: transfusion challenges and solutions

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Barros MM

2017-03-01

Full Text Available Melca M O Barros, Dante M Langhi Jr, José O Bordin Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA is defined as the increased destruction of red blood cells (RBCs in the presence of anti-RBC autoantibodies and/or complement. Classification of AIHA is based on the optimal auto-RBC antibody reactivity temperatures and includes warm, cold-reactive, mixed AIHA, and drug-induced AIHA subtypes. AIHA is a rare disease, and recommendations for transfusion are based mainly on results from retrospective data and relatively small cohort studies, including heterogeneous patient samples or single case reports. In this article, we will review the challenges and solutions to safely transfuse AIHA patients. We will reflect on the indication for transfusion in AIHA and the difficulty in the accomplishment of immunohematological procedures for the selection of the safest and most compatible RBC units. Keywords: hemolytic anemia, RBC autoantibodies, autoimmunity, hemolysis, direct ­antiglobulin test

“Tratado” e Exercício de ser criança: a infância entre versos, rimas e tintas

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Penha Lucilda de Souza Silvestre

2015-01-01

Full Text Available The work of art, in general, consists of a significant event, considering the reader can experience different fictional worlds, as well as retrieve and articulate the intertextual networks in the act of reading. Thus, there is the possibility of rethinking one’s own experience as well as the social conditions in which the child is inserted. In this sense , our objective is to perform a journey through the poetic universe from the reading of the texts Exercício de ser criança (1999, by Manoel de Barros, and Um pequeno tratado de brinquedos para meninos quietos (2009, by Selma Maria Kuasne, associating the m to the paintings by Candido Portinari, ‘Boys flying kites’ (1932, ‘Children playing’ (1938 and ‘Boys playing’ (1955. Indeed, these pictures enable us to rethink how the representation and the constitution of childhood in art are conceived and to under stand them in the weaving of poetry and painting, as well as the act of playing, in a dialectical process.

Changes in abundance of birds in a Neotropical forest fragment over 25 years: a review

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Robinson, W. D.

2001-01-01

Full Text Available Few data are available to evaluate the long term effects of habitat isolation on species richness or abundances in the tropics. Barro Colorado Island (BCI, Panama, has been studied for more than 80 years since its isolation from surrounding lowland forest when the Panama Canal was constructed. Thirty-five percent of the originally present 200 resident species have disappeared. Although the loss of species is well-studied, changes in abundance that might help predict future losses have not been evaluated. One study in 1970 and the present study conducted 25 years later estimated abundances of most bird species on BCI. Comparisons indicate at least 37 species have declined by at least 50%. Twenty-six species of edge habitats are expected to decline as forest maturation proceeds, yet 11 forest species that are now rare may be lost soon. All 26 species that were present in 1970 but not detected in the mid-1990s were rare in 1970. Thus, rarity appears to be a good predictor of extinction risk in this tropical habitat fragment.

Convergencia hacia la economía regional líder en México. Un análisis de cointegración en panel

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Jesús Díaz Pedroza

2009-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer evidencia empírica sobre la convergencia del PIB per capita de los estados de la República Mexicana hacia el PIB del Distrito Federal, al que consideramos como la economía líder (Barro y Sala-i-Martin; 1991, 1992. Para ello, se aplican dos pruebas de raíces unitarias y ocho de cointegración en panel (Im, Pesaran y Shin, 1997; Levin-Lin, 1993, Pedrioni, 2001; Larsson, 2001. Estas pruebas resuelven el problema de las distorsiones por el uso de muestras pequeñas, propias de las series de tiempo. Las pruebas de raíces unitarias muestran que no hay evidencia de convergencia absoluta de 1970 a 2004 y para otros dos subperiodos. Sin embargo, las pruebas de cointegración arrojan evidencia en favor de la convergencia condicional para el mismo periodo. Las estimaciones de la velocidad de convergencia (Mark y Sul, 2003 indican que las regiones más ricas convergen más rápidamente que las pobres.

JOB DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND ENDOGENOUS POPULATION CHANGE IN A GENERALIZED SOLOW GROWTH MODEL

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Wei-Bin ZHANG

2017-06-01

Full Text Available This study examines economic growth and population change with discrimination against women in the labor market within the analytical framework of Solow’s neoclassical growth model. The study models dynamic interactions between wealth accumulation, time distribution between work, children caring, and leisure, population change with endogenous birth and mortality rates with gender discrimination. The production technology and markets are built on Solow’s neoclassical growth model. The basic mechanisms for population changes in the Barro-Becker fertility choice model and the Haavelmo population model are integrated to model the population change. This study also takes account of discrimination against woman in the labor market. We synthesize these dynamic forces in a compact framework by applying Zhang’s utility function. The model properties are studied by simulation. We find equilibrium points and illustrate motion of the dynamic system. We also examine the effects of changes in the discrimination against woman, the propensity to save, woman’s propensity to pursue leisure activities, the propensity to have children, woman’s human capital and man’s emotional involvement in children caring.

Informe sobre reptiles colombianos (I: Noticia sobre el primer hallazgo de la Tortuga Geoemyda Annulata (Gray en Colombia

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Medem Fred

1956-09-01

Full Text Available Geoemyda annulata fue descrita por Gray en 1860, del Ecuador (Esmeraldas. El typus y dos paratypus que se conservan en el British Museum (Boulenger, 1889: 127. Dunn (1945: 320 afirma que G. annulata es muy común en la Zona del Canal de Panamá. Schmidt (1946: 8 coleccionó material de dicha Zona, como también en Barro Colorado, isla situada en la misma región. El límite norte de la distribución geográfica para G. annulata aparentemente es Costa Rica (Chelopus gabbii, Cope, 1876, puesto que al menos desconozco datos exactos sobre su existencia más al norte.  En Colombia G. annulata no ha sido encontrada según Dunn (op. cit.: 320, quien sugirió como "muy probable" su presencia en este país. Durante la expedición "Operación Truandó" realizada por la Armada Nacional en julio de 1955, el autor logró hallar un ejemplar de G. annulata y pudo comprobar que dicha tortuga pertenece a la fauna colombiana.

Neurofisiología y funciones mentales

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Carlos Moreno B.

1994-04-01

Full Text Available El editor de la revista Nature, al comentar una revisión sobre el estado de las neurociencias, el 15 de octubre de 1981, afirmo: "En cierto sentido, las neurociencias están en el filo de la navaja de la nueva biología. Enriquecidas por la información novedosa y fortalecidas con un desfile vertiginoso de nuevas técnicas, están comprometidas con una de las más molestas y antiguas preguntas: ¿Cómo lleva a cabo sus funciones la representación física de la mente, llamada cerebro? Pero en otro sentido, las neurociencias incluyen algunas de las investigaciones más fastidiosas. EI continuo progreso de la técnica, tan veloz como podamos imaginarlo, es con frecuencia una fuente de frustración y desilusión para los investigadores. La que está de moda este año con las neuronas, puede ser el descarte del próximo... En general, las neurociencias están en el negocio de fabricar ladrillos sin barro.

Uso de cerámica vidriada como fuente de exposición a plomo en niños indígenas de zonas marginadas de Oaxaca, México

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Martha Ma. Téllez Rojo Solís

2015-05-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Conocer si el uso de lozo de barro vidriada (LBV se asocia con concentraciones de plomo en sangre en niños de zonas rurales de Oaxaca, México. Material y métodos. Se evaluó el uso de LBV en el hogar como principal fuente de exposición al plomo en 387 niños escolares indígenas de Oaxaca durante mayo de 2001. Resultados. Se encontró una diferencia ajustada de plomo en sangre (PbS (evaluada por Environmental Testing and Consulting [LeadCare] de 3.9μg/ dl (p<0.01 mayor en niños que reportaron usar (82% LBV en el hogar contra los que reportaron no usarlo. Además, 60 y 27% de los niños tuvieron concentraciones de PbS mayores o iguales a 10 y 20µg/dl, respectivamente. Conclusión. La intoxicación por plomo por el uso de LBV podría seguir siendo una preocupación para la salud pública en México

LAS TRANSFERENCIAS PÚBLICAS Y SU EFECTO DISTRIBUTIVO. La experiencia de los países del Cono Suren el decenio de los 2000

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Javier Alejo

2014-01-01

Full Text Available En el decenio de los 2000 la desigualdad del ingreso en la América Latina se redujo. Este artículo aplica una variante de la metodología de descomposición no paramétrica propuesta por Barros et al (2006, 2007 para evaluar la importancia de las fuentes de ingreso de los hogares, en particular la aportación de las transferencias públicas, en los cambios en la desigualdad de ingresos en los años 2000 en los países del Cono Sur: Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay. Los resultados sugieren que los ingresos no laborales tuvieron una contribución significativa en los cambios en la desigualdad y que este efecto fue explicado principalmente por la consecuencia igualadora que tuvieron las fuentes públicas en los cuatro países analizados. La dinámica de los cambios en esta fuente de ingreso y su efecto en la desigualdad estuvo fuertemente asociada con la instrumentación o expansión de programas de transferencia no contributivos en el pasado decenio.

What is the cause of the decline in maternal mortality in India? Evidence from time series and cross-sectional analyses.

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Goli, Srinivas; Jaleel, Abdul C P

2014-05-01

Summary Studies on the causes of maternal mortality in India have focused on institutional deliveries, and the association of socioeconomic and demographic factors with the decline in maternal mortality has not been sufficiently investigated. By using both time series and cross-sectional data, this paper examines the factors associated with the decline in maternal mortality in India. Relative effects estimated by OLS regression analysis reveal that per capita state net domestic product (-1.49611, ppoverty ratio (0.02426, prate (-0.05905, prate and total fertility rate (0.11755, pIndia. The Barro-regression estimate reveals that improvements in economic and demographic conditions such as growth in state income (β=0.35020, ppoverty (β=0.01867, pIndia than institutional deliveries (β=0.00305). The negative β-coefficient (β=-0.69578, pIndia. Quality of services provided by the health facility, birth preparedness and avoiding delay in reaching health facility are also important. Deliveries in health facilities will not necessarily translate into increased survival chances of mothers unless women receive full antenatal care services and delays in reaching health facility are avoided.

Pyrosequencing as a tool for the identification of common isolates of Mycobacterium sp.

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Tuohy, Marion J; Hall, Gerri S; Sholtis, Mary; Procop, Gary W

2005-04-01

Pyrosequencing technology, sequencing by addition, was evaluated for categorization of mycobacterial isolates. One hundred and eighty-nine isolates, including 18 ATCC and Trudeau Mycobacterial Culture Collection (TMC) strains, were studied. There were 38 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, 27 M. kansasii, 27 MAI complex, 21 M. marinum, 14 M. gordonae, 20 M. chelonae-abscessus group, 10 M. fortuitum, 5 M. xenopi, 3 M. celatum, 2 M. terrae complex, 20 M. mucogenicum, and 2 M. scrofulaceum. Nucleic acid extracts were prepared from solid media or MGIT broth. Traditional PCR was performed with one of the primers biotinylated; the assay targeted a portion of the 16S rRNA gene that contains a hypervariable region, which has been previously shown to be useful for the identification of mycobacteria. The PSQ Sample Preparation Kit was used, and the biotinylated PCR product was processed to a single-stranded DNA template. The sequencing primer was hybridized to the DNA template in a PSQ96 plate. Incorporation of the complementary nucleotides resulted in light generation peaks, forming a pyrogram, which was evaluated by the instrument software. Thirty basepairs were used for isolate categorization. Manual interpretation of the sequences was performed if the quality of the 30-bp sequence was in doubt or if more than 4 bp homopolymers were recognized. Sequences with more than 5 bp of bad quality were deemed unacceptable. When blasted against GenBank, 179 of 189 sequences (94.7%) assigned isolates to the correct molecular genus or group. Ten M. gordonae isolates had more than 5 bp of bad quality sequence and were not accepted. Pyrosequencing of this hypervariable region afforded rapid and acceptable characterization of common, routinely isolated clinical Mycobacterium sp. Algorithms are recommended for further differentiation with an additional sequencing primer or additional biochemicals.

Social and environmental aspects of a sewage sludge irradiation plant; Aspectos sociales y ambientales de una planta irradiadora de barros

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Mangussi, J [Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (Argentina). Dept. de Fisica

2000-07-01

The critical environmental parameters involved in an environmental impact study for a 700,000 Ci of {sup 60}Co sewage sludge irradiation plant are described and analyzed. The plant is the first that will operate in Argentina and it is located in a town of 500,000 inhabitants, in an agricultural region with no nuclear tradition. The position of the environmental authorities and of the public opinion is analyzed. Possible information alternatives are proposed. (author)

Photochemical efficiency of adult and young leaves of the neotropical understory shrub Psychotria limonensis (Rubiaceaein response to changes in the light environment

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Gerardo Avalos

2004-12-01

Full Text Available We explored the short-term adjustment in photochemical efficiency (Fv /Fm in adult and young leaves of the understory neotropical shrub Psychotria limonensis Krause (Rubiaceaein response to rapid changes in the light environment.Leaves were collected from 20 individual plants growing under sun and shade conditions on Gigante Peninsula,Barro Colorado Natural Monument (Republic of Panama,during the wet season of 1996. Leaves were distributed in four sequences of light treatments (AB leaves were expanded under sun and were transferred to shade,BA leaves experienced the opposite transfer,and the controls AA and BB leaves that were expanded and maintained under sun or shade conditions.Adult and young leaves did not differ in overall photochemical efficiency.Instead,differences were found among light environments,for which leaves transferred from shade to sun showed the lowest F v /F m ratios.There was no relationship between photochemical efficiency and leaf temperature.In P.limonensis,understory plants are susceptible of photoinhibition independently of the leaf ontogenetic stage.The approach utilized in this experiment allowed the rapid exploration of this capacity, and could be applied to poorly studied understory species. Rev.Biol.Trop.52(4:839-844.Epub 2005 Jun 24.Se exploró el ajuste a corto plazo en la eficiencia fotosintética (Fv /Fm en hojas jovenes y adultas del arbusto del sotobosque neotropical Psychotria limonensis Krause (Rubiaceaeen respuesta a cambios rápidos de luz ambiental. Las hojas fueron recolectadas de 20 plantas individuales bajo condiciones de sol y sombra en Peninsula Gigante, Monumento Natural Barro Colorado (Panamá,durante la estación lluviosa de 1996.Las hojas fueron distribuidas en una secuencia cuatro tratamientos de luz (AB las hojas fueron expandidas bajo el sol y fueron transferidas a la sombra,BA las hojas experimentaron la transferencia contraria,y las hojas controles AA y BB que fueron expandidas y mantenidas

Un gigante con pies de barro : breve introducción a los modelos tradicionales de criminalización en derecho penal

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Con la entrada en vigor del nuevo Código Penal reformado por la LO 1/2015, de 30 de marzo, gran cantidad de artículos se han visto modificados, añadiendo nuevas formas delictivas, incrementando considerablemente las penas o introduciendo otros tipos ex novo. Tal y como explica la Exposición de Motivos: «la conciencia de que el transcurso del tiempo y las nuevas demandas sociales evidencian la necesidad de llevar a cabo determinadas modificaciones de nuestra norma penal». Esta última reforma e...

O descobrimento da América: o tratado de Tordesillas e as molucas

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Thomaz Oscar Marcondes de Souza

1962-09-01

Full Text Available Mais ou menos entre fins de 1483 e comêço de 1484, Colombo se apresentou a D. João II, rei de Portugal, solicitando navios e gente para atingir "o país das especiarias" por uma rota completamente oposta àquela procurada pelos portuguêses e, segundo narra o cronista João Barros, apelidado o Tito-Lívio dos lusitanos, pelo alto mérito da sua obra Décadas da Ásia, começada em 1539 mas só publicada pela primeira vez em 1552, mandou o referido monarca português que o projeto fôsse en-viado aos que há muito tempo dirigiam a navegação do rei-no, sendo êles o bispo de Ceuta, D. Diogo Ortiz e os Mestres José Vizinho e Rodrigo, médicos e doutos nas ciências mate-máticas e cosmográficas, os quais depois de ouvirem demora-damente a exposição do Genovês, a julgaram errônea e mes-mo imaginária, por ser ela baseada em coisas da ilha de Ci-pango de Marco Polo.

El jardinero feliz: sobre populismo, democracia y espectros

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Julián A. Melo

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Este texto tiene por finalidad rescatar diversos aspectos y debates en torno a la relación entre populismo y democracia. En ese sentido, expondremos los principales rasgos de las teorizaciones de autores como Margaret Canovan, Benjamín Arditi y Sebastián Barros para repensar los lazos entre aquellos dos términos. En un esfuerzo por no tomar a populismo y democracia como polos antitéticos en las formaciones políticas comunitarias, nos interesa resaltar el modo en que la idea de sombra y la de espectro han tenido centralidad en las concepciones de nuestros autores. Junto a esta reflexión, pretendemos retomar diversos núcleos discursivos de la experiencia del primer peronismo en la Argentina de mediados del siglo XX para indagar los modos en que la lógica del populismo peronista resignificó la democracia colocándola como elemento central de la identidad que se decía encarnar. Así, creemos que puede resultar interesante pensar no solo al populismo como espectro de la democracia sino también a la democracia como espectro del populismo.

Actrices del cine mudo que no superaron la barrera del sonoro

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Rosa María Ballesteros García

2016-10-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo tiene como objetivo recuperar una serie de actrices, ídolos de la etapa del cine mudo, que no lograron mantenerse al iniciarse el proceso al hablado. Ponemos el objetivo en algunas de las actrices más representativas a quienes el progreso técnico iba a condenar al ostracismo al no adecuarse su voz (aún sin la muleta del doblaje a los inevitables cambios estructurales y auditivos. En los años en que se produce esta transición (último tercio de 1920 y primeros años de 1930 se produjo un general “pánico” entre el colectivo, justificado por cierto, pues a partir de entonces fueron de estricta obligación las “pruebas de voz”, por lo que buena parte de estas glorias mudas vieron frustradas sus carreras. Ídolos con pies de barro, juguetes a merced del marketing y de la voracidad de los productores, sus nombres fueron difuminándose, tan rápido como habían sido encumbrados, en una involuntaria huida plagada de fracasos, de adiciones y de varios casos de suicidios.

Genetic parameters of performance traits in Sul-Mato-Grossenses naturalized sheep

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Daniele Portela de Oliveira

2014-02-01

Full Text Available Estimates of genetic parameters are important to study characteristics that are to be included in a breeding program of a genetic group. The information of 594 weights from 211 lambs of a genetic group of naturalized Sul-mato-grossenses sheep belonging to Manoel de Barros Foundation and breeding at Centro Tecnologico de Ovinos from Anhanguera-Uniderp University was used. The estimation of variance components in unicaracter and bicaracter analysis were carried out through Bayesian inference. Estimates of heritability ranged from unicaracter analyses (0.22 to 0.47 and the bicaracter analyses (0.13 to 0.78. The maternal environmental permanent effect was higher in birth weight and average daily gain from birth to 50 days in 24.2% and 19.5%, respectively, in the observed variation. Estimates of heritability, maternal environmental permanent effect participation, phenotypic and genetic correlations indicate that selection for average daily gain from birth to 90 days would imply increases in weight at 50 days, weight at 90 days and average daily gain from 50 to 90 days of lambs with no significant increase in birth weight and average daily gain birth at 50 days.

“ÁGUA VIRA SAL LÁ NA SALINA”: O GLOSSÁRIO DOS TERMOS DO SAL NO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE NUMA PERSPECTIVA SOCIOTERMINOLÓGICA

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Moisés Batista da Silva

2016-01-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentarresultados da pesquisa sobre os termos usados na Indústriado sal, em três municípios que fazem parte da região salineirado Rio Grande do Norte. Primeiramente, abordamosas diferentes ciências do Léxico estudadas por Boutin--Quesnel (1985, Barbosa (1994,1995, Barros (2004,dando ênfase maior nas orientações teórico-metodológicasda Socioterminologia (FAULSTICH, 1995, 1996, 1998,2006. Em seguida, expomos os procedimentos tanto dametodologia de campo quanto da metodologia da organizaçãodo Glossário da Terminologia do Sal - GLOSSAL(SILVA, 2007. Depois, apresentamos uma amostra dosverbetes, as análises feitas a partir desse repertório e, porfim, as considerações finais quanto aos fatos linguísticos,observados nesse glossário. Desse modo, essa pesquisa sejustifica por possibilitar a divulgação de um produto terminográficodestinado, não só aos especialistas e pesquisadoresdas Ciências do Léxico, como também ao grandepúblico e aos interessados em aprofundar seus estudos naterminologia do sal.Palavras-chave: Sal. Indústria do Sal. Terminologia. Socioterminologia.Glossário.

Study of the potential of carbon credits to SHP CDM projects based on evolution of installed capacity (2010 - 2019); Estudo do potencial de receitas decorrentes de creditos de carbono provenientes de projetos de MDL para PCHs com base na evolucao da potencia instalada (2010 - 2019)

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Pieroni, Marcela Fernandes [Centro Nacional de Referencia em Pequenas Centrais Hidreletricas (CERPCH/UNIFEI), Itajuba, MG (Brazil); Barros, Regina Mambeli; Tiago Filho, Geraldo Lucio [Universidade Federal de Itajuba (IRN/UNIFEI), MG (Brazil). Inst. de Recursos Naturais

2011-01-15

This study aims to assess the generation of carbon credits from projects under the clean development mechanism of small hydropower (SHP), based on studies of the evolution of installed capacity for these new developments over the next nine years. For this reason, two hypotheses and two scenarios were considered in order to better represent the reality of revenue generation over the years. The first hypothesis considers the development of small hydro power installed according to the Ten Year Plan for Expansion of Energy 2019. The second hypothesis considers the study of Tiago Filho, Barros e Silva (2009) about growth of installed capacity based on the gross national product (GNP). The simulation of revenues from carbon credits was done using the spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel for Michellis Jr (2010). The results showed that the forecast of growth of SHP performed based on GNP (hypothesis 1) is more conservative, thus leading to a lower potential of carbon credits, about 4.113.957 tCO{sub 2} avoided. Already the results of hypothesis 2 showed a total of 3.247.717 tCO{sub 2} avoided. (author)

La aldea del Hierro Inicial del Cerro de San Vicente (Salamanca, España: Resultados de las excavaciones entre 1990 y 2006 a la luz de algunos debates actuales

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Antonio BLANCO-GONZÁLEZ

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo recoge algunos de los principales resultados de las excavaciones arqueológicas efectuadas entre 1990 y 2006 en el yacimiento de la Primera Edad del Hierro (800-400 cal AC del Cerro de San Vicente (Salamanca. El trabajo aborda dos cuestiones mal conocidas, centrándose en las últimas ocupaciones del asentamiento, por ser las mejor investigadas: a los procesos de formación y acumulación de restos en una aldea con arquitectura de barro; y b una caracterización social de sus habitantes. La anatomía interna de este asentamiento muestra la persistencia de usos y la superposición de desechos y estructuras. Las viviendas carecen de enseres domésticos, aparecen colmatadas con adobes y en ocasiones incendiadas. Respecto a la organización social, se detectan síntomas de división interna: las casas con atrio y sus dependencias auxiliares se cercan. Las estrategias agrarias complejas constatadas pudieron haber facilitado la acumulación de riqueza por algunas familias, dentro de una organización social heterárquica.

Multi-element neutron activation analysis of Brazilian coal samples

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Atalla, L.T.; Requejo, C.S.

1982-09-01

The elements U, Th, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Dy, Tb, Yb, Lu, Sc, Ta, Hf, Co, Ni, Cr, Mo, Ti, V, W, In, Ga, Mn, Ba, Sr, Mg, Rb, Cs, K, Cl, Br, As, Sb, Au, Ca, Al and Fe were determined in coal samples by instrumental neutron activation analysis, by using both thermal and epithermal neutron irradiations. The irradiation times were 10 minutes and 8 or 16 hours in a position where the thermal neutron flux was about 10 12 n.cm - 2 .s - 1 and 72 non-consecutive hours for epithermal irradiation at a flux of about 10 11 n.Cm - 2 .s - 1 . After the instrumental analysis of the above mentioned elements, Zn and Se were determined with chemical separation. The relative standard deviation of, at least, 4 determinations was about + - 10% for the majority of the results. The coal samples analysed were supplied by: Cia. Estadual da Tecnologia e Saneamento Basico (CETESB-SP), Cia. de Pesquisas e Lavras Minerais (COPELMI-RS), Cia. Carbonifera Urussunga (SC), Cia. Carbonifera Prospera (SC), Cia. Carbonifera Treviso (SC), Cia. Nacional de Mineracao de Carvao do Barro Branco (SC) and Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN-RJ). (Author) [pt

Quality of Public Finance and Economic Growth in the Czech Republic

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Irena Szarowská

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Quality of public finances belongs to a key policy challenge as its improvement should lead to a long-term economic growth. The aim of the paper is to investigate if the key channels and tools used by the public finance (structure of revenue system, size of the government and composition of expenditure, level and sustainability of fiscal position affect economic growth in the Czech Republic in the period 1995-2013. The empirical model is based on the methodology of Barro and Sala-i-Martin (2003 and the model of Mankiw et al. (1992 which is adapted to the framework of this study. The results of dynamic regressions suggest that economic growth is affected by public finance variables only partly and traditional sources of economic growth (human capital or openness play bigger role. Provided evidence shows that total tax burden as well as the structure of revenue system (especially implicit tax rates on labour and consumption should be primarily used as tools for maintain macroeconomic objectives. On the contrary, changes in size and composition of expenditure, balance and debt report not statistically significant impact.

DA TERRA E DO CÉU, A POESIA QUE VEM DOS BICHOS: Manoel de Barros e suas Memórias inventadaS

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Fernanda Coutinho

2011-12-01

lesmas, lacraias, sapos, entre outros animais que habitualmente fogem a uma valoração positiva do ponto de vista estético. A exceção ficaria por conta dos pássaros, que se furtam ao padrão de apreciação dos bichos já referidos. O presente trabalho busca,de início, evidenciar a poesia do escritor como espaço de inclusão do que muitas vezes é tomado como repulsivo,evidenciando o sentido de metamorfose da arte, enquanto terreno da outridade; em segundo lugar, interessa ver como a figura do animal, em sua atuação no mundo natural, funciona como suporte para a dicção metanarrativa que impregna todo o relato, sendo, portanto, de suma importância, uma vez que as Memórias situam-se no domínio da poeisis.

A combinatorial approach to angiosperm pollen morphology.

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Mander, Luke

2016-11-30

Angiosperms (flowering plants) are strikingly diverse. This is clearly expressed in the morphology of their pollen grains, which are characterized by enormous variety in their shape and patterning. In this paper, I approach angiosperm pollen morphology from the perspective of enumerative combinatorics. This involves generating angiosperm pollen morphotypes by algorithmically combining character states and enumerating the results of these combinations. I use this approach to generate 3 643 200 pollen morphotypes, which I visualize using a parallel-coordinates plot. This represents a raw morphospace. To compare real-world and theoretical morphologies, I map the pollen of 1008 species of Neotropical angiosperms growing on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, onto this raw morphospace. This highlights that, in addition to their well-documented taxonomic diversity, Neotropical rainforests also represent an enormous reservoir of morphological diversity. Angiosperm pollen morphospace at BCI has been filled mostly by pollen morphotypes that are unique to single plant species. Repetition of pollen morphotypes among higher taxa at BCI reflects both constraint and convergence. This combinatorial approach to morphology addresses the complexity that results from large numbers of discrete character combinations and could be employed in any situation where organismal form can be captured by discrete morphological characters. © 2016 The Author(s).

Modelling and simulation of natural gas sweetening and dehydration process; Modelagem e simulacao dos processos de adocamento e desidratacao de gas natural ou associado

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Coelho, Adao de Mattos; Moraes, Elenise Bannwart de; Maciel, Maria Regina Wolf [Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP (Brazil). Faculdade de Engenharia Quimica

2008-07-01

Sweetening consists in removing gases, H{sub 2}S and CO{sub 2} and dehydration is for water. It is important to remove these contaminants, which is normally made through absorption: amines for H{sub 2}S and CO{sub 2}, and triethyleneglycol for water. For the study of these processes, the use of process commercial simulators is welcome. For the quality data acquisition many cares must be taken, such as, the good choice of the thermodynamic model and the suitable choice of the method for calculating of the equipment. In the amines process, where the absorption occurs with the chemical reaction in electrolyte environment, the model is fundamental. This work presents a methodology to analyze the different equilibrium models for sweetening and dehydration processes and selects the best one after the comparison with experimental data. It was introduced a new methodology for the efficiency calculation developed by Barros and Wolf, which is used for the simulation with phase equilibrium based method. The influence of the efficiency is more evident on the sweetening process than on the dehydration. Sensibility analyses were carried out in order to optimize the absorber and the regenerator, separately. With these optimized conditions, both processes were presented with recycle, focusing the reuse of the solvent. (author)

Histórias de vida marcadas por humilhação, assédio moral e adoecimento no trabalho

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Vanderléia de Lurdes Dal Castel Schlindwein

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir o relato de vivências de humilhação e de sofrimento de trabalhadoras que participaram de um grupo terapêutico com histórias de adoecimento no trabalho. O estudo de caráter qualitativo propôs-se desenvolver encontros em grupo fundamentado na proposta de Barros (1997 na constituição de grupos terapêuticos como dispositivo analítico. A discussão fundamenta-se nos relatos de trabalhadoras com histórias de humilhação, constrangimento e sentimentos nutridos de ressentimento vivenciados no trabalho. A análise das histórias de vida no trabalho mostra que, no caso dessas trabalhadoras, as habilidades, a criatividade e a dedicação ao trabalho foram sendo obstruídas pelas situações desqualificantes da submissão à chefia e da falta de autonomia, situações que levaram a uma maior exposição aos riscos de adoecimento no trabalho. Com a capacidade produtiva limitada, a trabalhadora torna-se alvo frequente de situações de humilhação e constrangimento - compondo um quadro de assédio moral no trabalho.

El género biográfico: reflexiones y experiencias personales

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José Ortiz Monasterio

2018-01-01

Full Text Available El género biográfico, de tan antiguo y tan extendido, requiere un análisis de larga duración. Se detecta la aparición de la biografía desde las ta- blillas de barro que cuentan la vida de Gilgamesh y su angustia por la muerte. Se advierte que no es posible comprender un texto de hace 5 000 años sin re- construir el horizonte de expectativas de la época. Esta angustia por la muerte también está presente en Netzahualcóyotl. De otra manera, más didáctica y moral comentamos las vidas de Plutarco, modelo para los biógrafos de siglos por venir. Se intenta entrelazar autores mexicanos y extranjeros para dar lo que podríamos llamar efecto carrusel, donde los autores mexicanos obtienen la universalidad. En la segunda parte comento algunas experiencias persona- les en torno al género biográfico que abarcan diversos subgéneros, desde las biografías colectivas hasta mi biografía de Vicente Riva Palacio y un acerca- miento literario a la vida de Vicente Guerrero Saldaña.

ARQUEOLOGÍA EN UNA PLAZA METROPOLITANA: RECOLETA, BUENOS AIRES (Archaeology in a metropolitan place: Recoleta, Buenos Aires

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Mónica Carminati

2009-09-01

Full Text Available Una de las plazas más elegantes de Buenos Aires, ubicada en el barrio de mayores ingresos económicos y símbolo de un sector social elevado, demostró al ser excavada e historiada un origen totalmente diferente: zona marginal de pobres casas de barro y madera, una vivienda con tierras de cultivo en las afueras de la ciudad que fue pasando de mano en mano entre familias inglesas, hasta que el crecimiento de la ciudad tras la epidemia de la fiebre amarilla lleva a la concentración de la riqueza en ese lugar. Un hallazgo casual, un pozo que se hundió por casualidad, abrió la puerta para redescubrir el origen de la zona. ENGLISH: We dug one of the most fancy parks of Buenos Aires, in the middle of the most healthy area of the city. The opportunity came when the inner wall of a pit covered by asphalt was demolished by an old tree. And the kind of history we found was of poverty, rural population and settlement of marginalized people. The review of its history and material culture opened our minds to a completely different kind of neighborhood that what it is now.

NEW TRENDS IN R&D DISPARITIES AMONG EU COUNTRIES. A SIGMA CONVERGENCE APPROACH

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Goschin Zizi

2014-07-01

Full Text Available The recent economic crisis brought about new challenges and disrupted the previous convergence process in R&D systems of EU member countries. The new developments in the configuration of the European Research Area require the use of adequate methods for measuring disparities between EU countries and monitoring of the convergence process. In this context, our paper aims to explore the new trends in R&D disparities among different groups of EU countries by means of a specific method for assessing the convergence/divergence process, namely the "sigma convergence" indicator introduced by Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1995. Considering the sizeable heterogeneity that exists within the EU-28 and candidate countries, we performed separate analyses on two groups of countries that are likely to be more homogenous: old and new EU member countries. Our main finding is a convergence trend for both EU-28 and candidate countries and old EU members over 2006-2013, while the new EU countries seem to diverge in terms of the research and development activity as captured by the Summary Innovation Index. The existence of a systematic trend of convergence / divergence was further tested based on both Augmented Dickey - Fuller (ADF and DF- GLS stationarity tests.

Physical therapy treatment in incontinent women provided by a Public Health Service

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Daniela D'Attilio Toledo

Full Text Available INTRODUCTION: Urinary incontinence affects more than 50 million people worldwide, it has a great impact on quality of life by affecting social, domestic, occupational and sex life, regardless of age. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of physical therapy treatment in women attending the Urogynecology service of Hospital and Maternity Leonor Mendes de Barros. METHOD: We retrospectively assessed 65 records of patients with diagnosis of urinary incontinence treated between November 2005 and November 2006. In order to have their data analyzed, patients were divided into two groups; group MF, which underwent medical treatment and physiotherapy, and group M, which had only medical treatment. In order to compare both groups' quantitative data, the analysis was performed in Statistica® software using Mann Whitney's non-parametric test. The analysis of association between the quantitative variables was performed through the Chi-Square test at 5% (p > 0.05 significance level. RESULTS: We observed that 60.6% of patients who underwent physical therapy treatment and medical treatment had the urinary incontinence symptoms decreased or completely cured, while 80% of women belonging to the medical treatmen only-group underwent surgery. CONCLUSION: Thus, we conclude that physical therapy is essential in treatment protocols of urinary incontinence outpatient clinics and to prevent surgery.

Reproduction elevates the corticosterone stress response in common fruit bats.

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Klose, Stefan M; Smith, Carolynn L; Denzel, Andrea J; Kalko, Elisabeth K V

2006-04-01

Changes in reproductive state or the environment may affect the sensitivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-andrenal (HPA) axis. However, little is known about the dynamics of the resulting corticosteroid stress response, in particular in tropical mammals. In this study, we address the modulation of corticosterone release in response to different reproductive conditions and seasonality in 326 free-living common fruit-eating bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) on Barro Colorado Island in Panama during dry and wet seasons. We present strong evidence that stress sensitivity is primarily modulated by reproductive condition. In reproductively active females, corticosterone increases were more rapid and reached higher levels, but also decreased significantly faster than in inactive females. The corticosterone response was weaker in reproducing males than in females and delayed compared to non-reproductive males. Testes volume in reproductively active males was negatively correlated with corticosterone concentrations. Our findings suggest differentiated dynamics in the corticosterone stress response between sexes, potentially reflecting conflicting ecological demands. In females, a strong acute corticosterone response may represent high stress- and risk-sensitivity that facilitates escape and thus helps to protect reproduction. In males, suppression during reproductive activity could reflect lowered stress sensitivity to avoid chronically elevated corticosterone levels in times of frequent aggressive and therefore costly inter-male encounters.

PEASANT AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON PLANOSOLS AS A SOURCE OF MATERIALS IN THE MAKING OF NON-INDUSTRIAL POTTERY

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Raiana Lira Cabral

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Ethnopedological studies have mainly focused on agricultural land uses and associated practices. Nevertheless, peasant and indigenous populations use soil and land resources for a number of additional purposes, including pottery. In the present study, we describe and analyze folk knowledge related to the use of soils in non-industrial pottery making by peasant potters, in the municipality of Altinho, Pernambuco State, semiarid region at Brazil. Ethnoscientific techniques were used to record local knowledge, with an emphasis on describing the soil materials recognized by the potters, the properties they used to identify those soil materials, and the criteria employed by them to differentiate and relate such materials. The potters recognized three categories of soil materials: “terra” (earth, “barro” (clay and, “piçarro” (soft rock. The multi-layered arrangement of these materials within the soil profiles was similar to the arrangement of the soil horizon described by formal pedologists. “Barro vermelho” (red clay was considered by potters as the principal ceramic resource. The potters followed morphological and utilitarian criteria in distinguishing the different soil materials. Soils from all of these sites were sodium-affected Alfisols and correspond to Typic Albaqualf and Typic Natraqualf in the Soil Taxonomy (Soil Survey Staff, 2010.

A POETICIDADE DAS COISAS SIMPLES REVELADA EM O FAZEDOR DE AMANHECER

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Sandra Regina Tornquist

2012-07-01

Full Text Available O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar o livro O fazedor de amanhecer, de Manoel de Barros, que integra o acervo do Programa Nacional da Biblioteca Escolar (PNBE/2010 e cuja poesia se constrói por meio da revelação daquilo que tende a ser rejeitado ou ignorado pela percepção humana. Na obra, seres como grilos, moscas e sapos ganham importância, assumindo lugar de destaque. Desenvolvido com base na análise descritiva, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, o estudo apresenta, num primeiro momento, considerações sobre a importância da leitura na vida do ser humano, passando a enfocar, em seguida, peculiaridades da poesia, que propicia ao leitor uma experiência diferenciada, atingindo o imaginário, através das imagens poéticas. Com base nessa reflexão teórica, é focado o texto poético da obra, com vistas a revelar como o simples e muitas vezes julgado sem importância torna-se rico em poeticidade através da linguagem, possibilitando ao leitor a criação de uma nova visão acerca do seu entorno.

Currículos, práticas e cotidiano escolar: a importância dos arquivos escolares para a produção de conhecimento em história da educação - Curricula, practices and daily school life: the importance of school files for the production of knowledge in history

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Décio Gatti Júnior, Eurize Caldas Pessanha

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Resumo Trata-se da apresentação do processo de consulta, constituição e arranjo de arquivos escolares utilizados durante o desenvolvimento de investigações realizadas no âmbito do projeto Tempo de cidade, lugar de escola: um estudo comparativo sobre a cultura escolar de instituições escolares exemplares constituídas no processo de urbanização e modernização das cidades brasileiras (1880-1970, coordenado pela Profa. Dra. Eurize Caldas Pessanha (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, com vice-coordenação exercida pelo Prof. Dr. Décio Gatti Júnior (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. No presente artigo é apresentado o trabalho realizado pelos pesquisadores envolvidos no projeto, abordando mais especificamente os arquivos escolares da Escola Estadual Maria Constança Barros Machado, de Campo Grande, em Mato Grosso do Sul; da Escola Estadual de Uberlândia, de Uberlândia, em Minas Gerais; do Liceu de Humanidades de Campos, da cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes, no Rio de Janeiro. Este trabalho com os arquivos escolares constituiu condição necessária para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas sobre escolarização e urbanização, sobre espaço e arquitetura escolar, sobre professores e alunos e, recentemente, sobre currículos, práticas e cotidiano escolar. Palavras-chave: arquivo; instituição; escola; região; comparação.   CURRICULA, PRACTICES AND DAILY SCHOOL LIFE: THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL FILES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN HISTORY OF EDUCATION Abstract This study is the presentation of the process of consultation, constitution and arrangement of school files used during the development of investigations undertaken within the scope of the project City time, place of the school: a comparative study regarding school culture of exemplary school institutions constituted in the process of urbanization and modernization of Brazilian cities (1880-1970, with assistant coordination exercised by Prof. Dr. Décio Gatti Júnior

Formar o mestre na universidade: a experiência paulista nos anos de 1930 Educating the teacher at the University: the experience of São Paulo state in the 1930s

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Olinda Evangelista

2001-07-01

Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta resultados de pesquisa sobre a formação universitária docente na década de 1930, no Brasil. A investigação realizou-se coligindo fontes produzidas no período, tanto as originárias da instituição em estudo quanto as advindas de periódicos, legislação, jornais e obras educacionais, entre outras. A partir do corpus documental arrolado, pode-se verificar que em 1933, no estado de São Paulo, inaugurou-se a primeira escola de nível superior para o preparo do professor, o Instituto de Educação, originário da reforma educacional de Fernando de Azevedo. Em 1934 foi incorporado à Universidade de São Paulo e, em conjunto com a Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, responsabilizou-se pelo preparo docente em nível universitário. No IEUSP institucionalizou-se a primeira geração de professores universitários voltados à formação de professores primários e secundários, projeto enraizado no debate intelectual ocorrido especialmente nos anos de 1920. Embora uma das respostas à demanda pela profissionalização docente e modelo para outras iniciativas, o Instituto foi encerrado em 1938. Forças políticas ligadas ao estado intervencionista de Ademar de Barros e à Igreja Católica finalizam, em 1938, a primeira experiência brasileira de formação de professores em nível universitário.This article presents results of a research on teacher university education in Brazil in the 1930s. The investigation was carried out gathering information sources from that period, including documents produced by the institution under study, as well as from periodicals, legislation, newspapers, and educational literature, amongst others. From the documental corpus so gathered it was observed that in 1933, in the state of São Paulo, the first higher education school for the formation of teachers created was the Instituto de Educação (Institute of Education, stemming from the educational reform of Fernando de Azevedo. In

Morphostructural characterization of female and young male of naturalized Sul-mato-grossenses “Pantaneiros” sheep

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Daniele Portela de Oliveira

2014-02-01

Full Text Available Morphometric measurements are important to evaluate the variability, determine the racial standard and the existence of sexual dimorphism in genetic group. With this objective, were measured 20 morphometric measurements and one measurements of weight for 338 animals of the genetic group of Sul-mato-grossenses naturalized sheep belonging to Manoel de Barros Foundation and breeding at Centro Tecnologico de Ovinos from Anhanguera-Uniderp University and Federal University of the Grande Dourados. The statistical analyses were realized through software SAS. The females and young males showed short variation for morphometric measured of head and limbs region. However, higher variation was observed in the morphometric measurements taken from torso region, indicate that this region could be inserted in breeding programs like a selection criterion. The Pearson correlation coefficients between the morphostructural characteristics of females and young males, appears to have certain harmony degree in the morphostructural model. The females are characterized by animals with relatively large head, torso with proportional features and good angulations. The gender did not influence characteristics of the head region and body weight in the young animals. However, the characteristics of other regions, such as thoracic perimeter and posterior width of rump measured in the head region, and the perimeter of carpal and metacarpal in the limbs were influenced by gender in young animals.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Hydropower Reservoirs: FY2011 Annual Progress Report

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Stewart, Arthur J [ORNL; Mosher, Jennifer J [ORNL; Mulholland, Patrick J [ORNL; Fortner, Allison M [ORNL; Phillips, Jana Randolph [ORNL; Bevelhimer, Mark S [ORNL

2012-05-01

The primary objective of this study is to quantify the net emissions of key greenhouse gases (GHG) - notably, CO{sub 2} and CH{sub 4} - from hydropower reservoirs in moist temperate areas within the U.S. The rationale for this objective is straightforward: if net emissions of GHG can be determined, it would be possible to directly compare hydropower to other power-producing methods on a carbon-emissions basis. Studies of GHG emissions from hydropower reservoirs elsewhere suggest that net emissions can be moderately high in tropical areas. In such areas, warm temperatures and relatively high supply rates of labile organic matter can encourage high rates of decomposition, which (depending upon local conditions) can result in elevated releases of CO{sub 2} and CH{sub 4}. CO{sub 2} and CH{sub 4} emissions also tend to be higher for younger reservoirs than for older reservoirs, because vegetation and labile soil organic matter that is inundated when a reservoir is created can continue to decompose for several years (Galy-Lacaux et al. 1997, Barros et al. 2011). Water bodies located in climatically cooler areas, such as in boreal forests, could be expected to have lower net emissions of CO{sub 2} and CH{sub 4} because their organic carbon supplies tend to be relatively recalcitrant to microbial action and because cooler water temperatures are less conducive to decomposition.

O gênero Eleocharis R. Br. (Cyperaceae no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Ilsi Iob Boldrin

2008-02-01

Full Text Available O estudo taxonômico do gênero Eleocharis R. Br. para o Rio Grande do Sul foi desenvolvido através dos métodos tradicionais em taxonomia. Os dados foram obtidos através da bibliografia, revisão de herbários regionais e coleta de exemplares a campo. O gênero está representado no Rio Grande do Sul por 27 espécies: Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb. Schult., E. bonariensis Nees, E. contracta Maury, E. dunensis Kük., E. elegans (Kunth Roem. & Schult., E. filiculmis Kunth, E. flavescens (Poir. Urb., E. geniculata (L. Roem. & Schult., E. interstincta (Vahl Roem. & Schult., E. laeviglumis R. Trevis. & Boldrini, E. loefgreniana Boeck., E. maculosa (Vahl Roem. & Schult., E. minima Kunth var. minima, E. montana (Kunth Roem. & Schult., E. montevidensis Kunth, E. nudipes (Kunth Palla, E. obtusetrigona (Lindl. & Nees Steud., E. parodii Barros, E. quinquangularis Boeck., E. rabenii Boeck., E. radicans (Poir. Kunth, E. sellowiana Kunth, E. squamigera Svenson, E. subarticulata (Nees Boeck., E. viridans Kük. ex Osten, Eleocharis sp.1 e Eleocharis sp.2. O trabalho apresenta descrições, ilustrações, dados sobre distribuição geográfica, habitat e períodos de floração e frutificação das espécies, além de uma chave dicotômica para diferenciá-las.

Características regionais e oportunidades locais na formação de mão de obra: análise comparativa de duas sub-regiões do vale do Paraíba Paulista

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Rodrigo Paulino Nascimento

2017-01-01

Full Text Available This article analyzes the manpower training from local and regional characteristics. The study aims to identify the relationship between technical training in Administration proposed by Paula Souza Center with the economic potential of the sub-regions 3 and 4 of Metropolintana Region Paraíba Valley and North Coast (RMVLN as well as the inclusion of perspectives in the labor market of the graduates of that professional qualification. The methodology is exploratory and descriptive, considering three steps: survey through electronic searches to identify the School Units to be analyzed; verification of the documents of the selected institutions and questionnaires to 102 former students. These results showed that the technical courses are essential for regional development, in terms that are implemented according to local demands, and that according to 98% of the graduates met their expectations. Therefore, it is concluded that the flexibility of the Technical Course curriculum articulated Administration with the economic profile of each municipality, the School Units analyzed direct their educational process as follows: Sub-Region 3 - Etec Prof. Alfredo Barros Santos - Guaratinguetá, for the services sector (in particular military, while the Etec Teacher Mark Uchôas dos Santos Penchel, Cachoeira Paulista, to tourism in the religious sector and trade. And in the subregion 4 - Etec Prof. Joseph Phillips de Castro, Cruise, administrative demands of Industry and commercial segment.

A poetic of silence: trauma, representation and language in Escape from Death, by Paul Celan

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Maria Esther Torinho

2014-10-01

Paul Celan’s poem Escape from death presents situations lived by himself in a Nazi concentration camp, which inserts the poem in the context of the literature of testimony; it is a poem fulfilled with high amount of drama, in which content and structure combine to offer a dense reading, loaded with meaning. One can see, in the poem, that silence dominates the scenery, expressing, through the many gaps left by a fragmentary language, what is difficult for the poet to express, the feelings which are impossible to talk about, what leads the reader to an astonishing feeling, making contact with the meaning only through stages and amid the gaps. This article approaches the poem starting from concepts related to Literature of testimony and the impossibility of representing the real (Roland Barthes; in what concern the formal aspects, beside the Bakhtin’s ideas about polyphony, and Barros and Fiorin’s studies about dialogism, polyphony and interdiscursivity; furthermore, starting from the musical concept of escape, as suggested by the title of the poem and highlighted in the text, we discuss figurative language – metaphor and metonymy, irony and ellipses, as the author's strategies to face the hesitation between trauma and representation so one have a silence poetic, in which the ellipses and metaphors play an essential role.

Classe social: conceitos e esquemas operacionais em pesquisa em saude

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Rita Barradas Barata

2013-08-01

Full Text Available Discute-se a utilização do conceito de classe em pesquisas em saúde, as diferentes abordagens sociológicas de estratificação social e de estrutura de classes, o potencial explicativo do conceito em estudos de determinação social e desigualdades em saúde, os modelos de operacionalização elaborados para uso em pesquisas sociológicas, demográficas ou de saúde e os limites e possibilidades desses modelos. Foram destacados quatro modelos de operacionalização: de Singer para estudo da distribuição de renda no Brasil, adaptado por Barros para uso em pesquisas epidemiológicas; de Bronfman & Tuirán para o censo demográfico mexicano, adaptado por Lombardi et al para pesquisas epidemiológicas; de Goldthorpe para estudos socioeconômicos ingleses, adaptado pela Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia; e o modelo de Wright para pesquisa em sociologia e ciência política, também usado em inquéritos populacionais em saúde. Em conclusão, conceitualmente cada um dos modelos apresentados é coerente com a concepção teórica que os embasam, mas não há como optar por qualquer deles, descartando os demais.

Cambios históricos en el aporte terrígeno de la cuenca del Río de la Plata sobre la plataforma interna Uruguaya

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Marrero, Analía; Tudurí, Adriana; Pérez, Laura; Cuña, Caroline; Muniz, Pablo; Lopes Figueira, Rubens; Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Michel; Alves de Lima Ferreira, Paulo; Pittauerová, Daniela; Hanebuth, Till; García Rodríguez, Felipe

2014-12-01

B 13813-4. También se determinó una mayor acumulación de sedimentos a través del tiempo en el cinturón de barro del Río de la Plata (plataforma continental adyacente), comparado con aquel registrado en la Barra del Indio (límite entre zona intermedia y externa del estuario). Estas diferencias podrían estar relacionadas con la influencia del Río de la Plata, el cual genera un ambiente altamente dinámico sobre la Barra del Indio y un ambiente más estable sobre el cinturón de barro en la plataforma continental.

Characterization of ancient construction materials (mud walls and adobe in the churches at Cisneros, Villada and Boada de Campos (Palencia

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Sánchez Hernández, R.

2000-03-01

introducción en las fábricas de grandes cantidades de agua. Los tapiales de la torre de Cisneros son, composicional y texturalmente, muy similares entre sí, lo que indica que, a pesar de sus grandes dimensiones, se cuidó la homogeneidad de los materiales. Estos tapiales guardan una notable similitud con los de la iglesia de Villada. La materia prima original es barro con algunos aditivos (escombro, cenizas, huesos, etc. y algunos restos de cal empleada como estabilizante. Aunque la proporción de arcilla es muy elevada no se han detectado arcillas hinchables, de lo que se deduce que una vez construido el tapial no se habrían producido importantes cambios de volumen por variaciones de humedad de las fábricas. Las características del adobe de la torre de Boada son lógicamente diferentes de las de los tapiales estando constituido por un barro menos arenoso, más arcilloso, con una elevada proporción de paja que no tienen los tapiales y sin adiciones de ladrillos, huesos, etc.

Microchemistry, geochemistry and geochronology of the Lagoa Real Uranium Province (BA) magmatic association: petrological and evolutionary significance

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Amorim, Lucas Eustaquio Dias

2016-01-01

The Lagoa Real Uranium Province (PULR) is located in the center-south of the Bahia State, in the central part of Sao Francisco Craton and consists of an association of Paleoproterozoic meta-granites, alkali-gneiss, albitites, meta-leucodiorite and charnockites. This work has as objective the studies of the magmatic association, trying to understand its petrological and evolutionary meaning. For this purpose, representative bodies were sampled in order to develop unpublished studies of litogeochemistry, isotopes, geochronology and mineral chemistry. These analyzes were performed in: different preserved granitoid facies (Lagoa do Barro, Sao Timoteo, Juazeirinho and late pegmatitic phases), the meta-leucodiorites and charnockite. The data obtained using several modern methodologies, such as geochronology and mineral chemistry by LA-ICP-MS, provided results that allowed the characterization of two magmatic lithologies not described in the literature (Juazeirinho granite e late pegmatitic phases), and also a lithology preliminarily described (Lagoa do Barro granite). Moreover, these data contributed to elucidate the origin and meaning of the leucodiorite and charnoquito varieties, and made it possible to verify new compositional and mineral chemistry tendencies of Sao Timoteo granite. The data presented show that the studied granites were affected by albititization events (tardi or post-magmatic), which have different micro-chemical characteristics from the processes of albite formation related to the non-mineralized albitites bodies. Three albititization events were identified: a) An event that affected the granites characterized by the formation of albite with Rb and U, (b) Another event related to fluids associated with late pegmatitic bodies that formed albite with high levels of U, Rb and Ba, and partially affected the granites of the next pegmatoids portions; and (c) a final albititization event that caused the formation of the albite gneiss bodies, with albite

El trabajo social en el barro de la historia : Estudio de los inicios del trabajo social forense en la provincia de Buenos Aires.1938-1940

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Oliveras, María Isabel

2014-01-01

La tesis estudia las primeras prácticas del Trabajo Social en la Institución Judicial, ocurridas en el transcurso del año 1939, en el contexto social e histórico en que las mismas emergieron indagando sobre el ideario, la formación y las tensiones que los sujetos de esas prácticas llevaban como portadores de su tiempo; y del posicionamiento de la profesión en el ámbito del primer Tribunal de Menores de la Provincia de Bs As. El análisis de ese ciclo histórico, presenta, además de l...

A dimensão afetiva do espaço construído: vendo a casa pelos olhos da poesia

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Rafael Alves Pinto Junior

2009-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho é seguir as imagens do espaço de morar por meio da poesia no Brasil, propondo um recorte temporal diferenciado: do parnasianismo de Luis Guimarães Junior ao modernismo em Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Manoel Bandeira, Cecília Meireles e à contemporaneidade de Adélia Prado, Ferreira Gullar e Manoel de Barros. O ver a arquitetura pela visão da poesia reabre a possibilidade de, pela experiência estética e a ferramenta do imaginário, ser possível articular saberes, construir identidades e (reconfigurar a relação de distância entre o observador e o objeto da arte. Por intermédio da poesia nos deparamos com uma dimensão que é, antes de tudo, emotiva e sensível. Plena de afeto, a arquitetura, é sim, terreno poético. Tão indelével quanto a concretude e a materialidade do espaço físico e suas qualidades mensuráveis e físicas. O universo da poesia está disponível à leitura tanto quanto o da arquitetura. E essa releitura se reveste de importância quando consideramos a necessidade de, na contemporaneidade, colocarmo-nos como sujeitos na história, diante de uma produção artística em um mundo globalizado, mas não universal.

Epigeic soil arthropod abundance under different agricultural land uses

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Perez-Bote, J. L.; Romero, A. J.

2012-11-01

The study of soil arthropods can provide valuable information how ecosystems respond to different management practices. The objective was to assess the total abundance, richness, and composition of epiedaphic arthropods in different agrosystems from southwestern Spain. Six sites with different agricultural uses were selected: olive grove, vineyards, olive grove with vineyards, wheat fields, fallows (150-300 m long), and abandoned vineyards. Crops were managed in extensive. Field margins were used as reference habitats. At the seven sites a total of 30 pitfall traps were arranged in a 10 × 3 grid. Traps were arranged to short (SD, 1 m), medium (MD, 6 m) and large (LD, 11 m) distance to the field margins in the middle of selected plots. Pitfall traps captured a total of 11,992 edaphic arthropods belonging to 11 different taxa. Soil fauna was numerically dominated by Formicidae (26.60%), Coleoptera (19.77%), and Aranae (16.76%). The higher number of soil arthropods were captured in the field margins followed by the abandoned vineyard. Significant differences were found between sites for total abundance, and zones. However, no significant differences for total abundance were found between months (April-July). Richness and diversity was highest in field margins and abandoned vineyards. Significant differences were found for these variables between sites. Our results suggest that agricultural intensification affects soil arthropods in Tierra de Barros area, a taxonomic group with an important role in the functioning of agricultural ecosystems. (Author) 32 refs.

Role of neutral ceramidase in colon cancer.

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García-Barros, Mónica; Coant, Nicolas; Kawamori, Toshihiko; Wada, Masayuki; Snider, Ashley J; Truman, Jean-Philip; Wu, Bill X; Furuya, Hideki; Clarke, Christopher J; Bialkowska, Agnieszka B; Ghaleb, Amr; Yang, Vincent W; Obeid, Lina M; Hannun, Yusuf A

2016-12-01

Alterations in sphingolipid metabolism, especially ceramide and sphingosine 1-phosphate, have been linked to colon cancer, suggesting that enzymes of sphingolipid metabolism may emerge as novel regulators and targets in colon cancer. Neutral ceramidase (nCDase), a key enzyme in sphingolipid metabolism that hydrolyzes ceramide into sphingosine, is highly expressed in the intestine; however, its role in colon cancer has not been defined. Here we show that molecular and pharmacological inhibition of nCDase in colon cancer cells increases ceramide, and this is accompanied by decreased cell survival and increased apoptosis and autophagy, with minimal effects on noncancerous cells. Inhibition of nCDase resulted in loss of β-catenin and inhibition of ERK, components of pathways relevant for colon cancer development. Furthermore, inhibition of nCDase in a xenograft model delayed tumor growth and increased ceramide while decreasing proliferation. It is noteworthy that mice lacking nCDase treated with azoxymethane were protected from tumor formation. Taken together, these studies show that nCDase is pivotal for regulating initiation and development of colon cancer, and these data suggest that this enzyme is a suitable and novel target for colon cancer therapy.-García-Barros, M., Coant, N., Kawamori, T., Wada, M., Snider, A. J., Truman, J.-P., Wu, B. X., Furuya, H., Clarke, C. J., Bialkowska, A. B., Ghaleb, A., Yang, V. W., Obeid, L. M., Hannun, Y. A. Role of neutral ceramidase in colon cancer. © FASEB.

Effusive silicic volcanism in the Paraná Magmatic Province, South Brazil: Physico-chemical conditions of storage and eruption and considerations on the rheological behavior during emplacement

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Polo, L. A.; Giordano, D.; Janasi, V. A.; Guimarães, L. F.

2018-04-01

Expressive occurrences of effusive deposits were identified in silicic units from the Paraná Magmatic Province outcropping in a key area in south Brazil where three units with different compositions occur (Caxias do Sul dacites, CSd, Barros Cassal andesites to dacites, BCs, and Santa Maria rhyolites, SMr). Textural and chemical characteristics of phenocrysts, microphenocrysts and microlites suggest that crystallization started in a shallow magma chamber and continued during ascent to the surface. These magmas had an unique character (e.g., very high temperatures 1000 °C and low H2O contents 1-2 wt%), and formed several types of deposits that are clearly indicative of locally fed lava flows and had physical properties consistent with this mode of eruption (e.g., viscosities as low as 104.2 Pa·s at ca. 1000 °C for the CSd). The very low estimated H2O contents are a consequence of their petrogenesis (i.e., fractionation from tholeiitic basalts plus assimilation of crustal melts from water-poor granitic sources), and was probably a key factor influencing the non-explosive nature of these deposits. The comparatively higher viscosity calculated for the Santa Maria rhyolite (> 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than CSd) would make it a better candidate to generate expressive pyroclastic deposits, but this might be offset by its remarkably low H2O contents (≤ 1 wt%) and low discharge ratios.

Host tree phenology affects vascular epiphytes at the physiological, demographic and community level

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Einzmann, Helena J. R.; Beyschlag, Joachim; Hofhansl, Florian; Wanek, Wolfgang; Zotz, Gerhard

2015-01-01

The processes that govern diverse tropical plant communities have rarely been studied in life forms other than trees. Structurally dependent vascular epiphytes, a major part of tropical biodiversity, grow in a three-dimensional matrix defined by their hosts, but trees differ in their architecture, bark structure/chemistry and leaf phenology. We hypothesized that the resulting seasonal differences in microclimatic conditions in evergreen vs. deciduous trees would affect epiphytes at different levels, from organ physiology to community structure. We studied the influence of tree leaf phenology on vascular epiphytes on the Island of Barro Colorado, Panama. Five tree species were selected, which were deciduous, semi-deciduous or evergreen. The crowns of drought-deciduous trees, characterized by sunnier and drier microclimates, hosted fewer individuals and less diverse epiphyte assemblages. Differences were also observed at a functional level, e.g. epiphyte assemblages in deciduous trees had larger proportions of Crassulacean acid metabolism species and individuals. At the population level a drier microclimate was associated with lower individual growth and survival in a xerophytic fern. Some species also showed, as expected, lower specific leaf area and higher δ13C values when growing in deciduous trees compared with evergreen trees. As hypothesized, host tree leaf phenology influences vascular epiphytes at different levels. Our results suggest a cascading effect of tree composition and associated differences in tree phenology on the diversity and functioning of epiphyte communities in tropical lowland forests. PMID:25392188

Assessment of pedotransfer functions for estimating soil water retention curves for the amazon region

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João Carlos Medeiros

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Knowledge of the soil water retention curve (SWRC is essential for understanding and modeling hydraulic processes in the soil. However, direct determination of the SWRC is time consuming and costly. In addition, it requires a large number of samples, due to the high spatial and temporal variability of soil hydraulic properties. An alternative is the use of models, called pedotransfer functions (PTFs, which estimate the SWRC from easy-to-measure properties. The aim of this paper was to test the accuracy of 16 point or parametric PTFs reported in the literature on different soils from the south and southeast of the State of Pará, Brazil. The PTFs tested were proposed by Pidgeon (1972, Lal (1979, Aina & Periaswamy (1985, Arruda et al. (1987, Dijkerman (1988, Vereecken et al. (1989, Batjes (1996, van den Berg et al. (1997, Tomasella et al. (2000, Hodnett & Tomasella (2002, Oliveira et al. (2002, and Barros (2010. We used a database that includes soil texture (sand, silt, and clay, bulk density, soil organic carbon, soil pH, cation exchange capacity, and the SWRC. Most of the PTFs tested did not show good performance in estimating the SWRC. The parametric PTFs, however, performed better than the point PTFs in assessing the SWRC in the tested region. Among the parametric PTFs, those proposed by Tomasella et al. (2000 achieved the best accuracy in estimating the empirical parameters of the van Genuchten (1980 model, especially when tested in the top soil layer.

Uma Forma Inédita, em «Terra Sigillata» Hispânica, no Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e Etnologia de Lisboa

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María García Pereira MAIA

2009-10-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Un jarro de «terra sigillata» conservado en el museo nacional de Lisboa posee algunas características no dadas todavía a conocer. No tiene decoración. Presenta una sola asa y mide unos quince centímetros de altura con la boca en forma de labio muy conspicuo. Es de pasta color rosa, de grano muy fino y muchas impurezas. El barniz de color bermejo acastañado conserva un buen brillo, delgado y de poca adherencia. La forma de la boca de dicho ejemplar no es frecuente en las piezas romanas de barro cocido. Cronológicamente presenta afinidades con ejemplares hispánicos que apuntan en torno al siglo II d. C.ABSTRACT: The A. presents what she believes to be a new form of Hispanic «Sigillata», from rhe Roman «Villa» of Torre de Palma (Alentejo, Portugal and kept in the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e Etnologia of Lisbon. It is a plain one-handled jar, which main characteristic is a circus round the mouth, rather uncummon either on «Sigillata» or on wraph wear. On the basis of some formal similitudes with Hispanic Form 20, mouthes found on glass-ware from the I I century on, and of the quality of the slip, the A. suggests, as a mere hypothesis, a chronology not far from the I I century a.D.

“Achadouros” de Infâncias

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Fernanda Maria Abreu Coutinho

2016-07-01

Full Text Available Este ensaio se origina do trabalho poético de Manoel de Barros, particularmente deste macro-texto que são as Memórias Inventadas – A Infância, trazendo como problema a relação, o mais das vezes conflituosa dos relatos de vida face aos gêneros literários. Observando-se a amplitude de formas de tradução da idade infantil, pelo filtro da sensibilidade artística, é perceptível que as memórias do escritor rarefazem a narração de relatos com lugar e tempo marcados, em favor da formulação de um pensamento acerca de um liame estreito entre a infância e a poesia. A equação infância = poesia decorre amplamente do fato de que o texto rememorativo aqui analisado representa um súmula poética do trabalho do escritor em função da recuperação de temas, personagens e hábitos de composição espalhados ao longo da obra e também uma configuração de sua poeisis, pois, sendo a poesia manoelina, esboçada nas memórias, de cunho auto-meditativo, tem-se como resultado, às vezes, um discurso, cuja matéria é a própria dicção poética.

100 anos de Atlantida: continente de letras de Brasil e Portugal

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Gutemberg Medeiros

2016-08-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho visa estabelecer uma análise de um dos mais arrojados empreendimentos editoriais verificados no início da implantação do moderno jornalismo informativo de matrizes norte-americana e francesa. A revista "Atlantida: mensario artistico, literario e social para Portugal e Brazil" foi um projeto editado por dois entre os principais jornalistas de ambos os países, João do Rio e João de Barros (1915 a 1920, sob o patrocínio dos respectivos governos. Este texto levanta elementos da história da imprensa e da cultura e dos meios de comunicação do início do século XX. Nesse período, como o jornalismo diário dá uma guinada priorizando o aspecto mais informativo, as revistas emergem como espaço também dedicado a veicular opinião e outros objetos. Como experiência e inovação metodológicas, da historiografia nacional e internacional especificamente na história da imprensa, história da cultura e dos meios de comunicação se inter-relacionam. A revista se insere em profunda discussão sobre a identidade nacional brasileira, especialmente em resposta ao antilusitanismo crescente que alcança clímax em 1922. Para tanto, descrevemos elementos constitutivos da revista em relação ao seu momento histórico.

Liberalización comercial y crecimiento de la productividad: algunas lecciones del caso mexicano

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Adrían Leon Arias

2012-02-01

Full Text Available Utilizando la más reciente metodología para explicar las diferencias en el crecimiento económico entre países (Barro, 1997, educación e infraestructura han sido consideradas como factores relevantes para explicar diferencias en el crecimiento de la productividad en las manufacturas urbanas mexicanas (De León, 1999. En este artículo se evalúa si ha habido un cambio en la relevancia de esta variable bajo liberalización comercial. En particular, se evaluó la hipótesis de que liberalización comercial promovería el crecimiento de la productividad en las manufacturas de las ciudades del norte mexicano como resultado de los efectos dinámicos del comercio, dado que estas ciudades están más cercanas al nuevo mercado central para las manufacturas mexicanas y quizás a la pérdida de relevancia en los factores de crecimiento previamente acumulados (Livas y Krugman, 1992; Hanson, 1994. En contraste a esta hipótesis, se observa que las manufacturas en ciudades cercanas a los Estados Unidos no mostraron un mejor desempeño productivo que el resto de las manufacturas en el resto de las ciudades y que factores de crecimiento previamente acumulados, como educación e infraestructura, son aún relevantes para explicar el crecimiento de la productividad entre las manufacturas urbanas mexicanas.

Factors associated to cases of Brazilian Spotted Fever, Minas Gerais, 1995- 2002

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Simone Berger Calic

2015-10-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Calic S.B., Rocha C.M.B.M, Bruhn F.R.P., Barros R.A. & Leite R.C. [Factors associated to cases of Brazilian Spotted Fever, Minas Gerais, 1995- 2002.] Fatores associados aos casos de Febre Maculosa Brasileira frente aos suspeitos não confirmados, Minas Gerais, 1995 a 2002. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(3:239-244, 2015. Instituto Otávio Magalhães, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Rua Conde Pereira Carneiro, 80, Gameleira, Belo Horizonte, MG 30510- 010, Brasil. E-mail: sbcalic@gmail.com The aim of this study was to evaluate factors and symptoms associated with confirmed cases of FMB in Minas Gerais. For this, was conducted a retrospective study using epidemiological records received by the Central Laboratory (LACEN of MG in the period 1995-2002. Cases were suspected patients after clinical and epidemiological assessment for BSF and seropositive for Rickettsia ricketsii (IFAT 1:64 in at least one serum sample. As negative suspects were those that have no seroconversion in two consecutive samples to BSF. After adjustment of multiple logistic regression analysis, only the occurrence of rash and seizures were associated with symptoms FMB. Using analysis of main components symptoms that characterized the cases were: rash, convulsions and coma. Moreover cases have a high relation with hospitalization and lack of similar cases. The FMB in Minas Gerais is a serious disease and need early diagnosis.

Gentrificação : estratégias de enobrecimento do solo urbano. Dos tijolos de barro no subúrbio paulistano aos blocos de Brasília

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Lauriano, William

2013-01-01

O objetivo central desta dissertação é verificar a ocorrência do processo de gentrificação em dois locais simbólicos para o desenvolvimento nacional. Das origens no subúrbio paulistano, à Capital do País. São verificadas as características gerais da problemática em algumas cidades, o entendimento de subúrbio e metrópole. As análises focalizam nas estratégias contemporâneas de planejamento urbano orientadas pelo mercado, observando as principais condic...

Los ídolos calcolíticos de «La PijOtilia» (Badajoz

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Víctor HURTADO

2009-10-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: En el yacimiento de «La Pijotilla» (Badajoz, entre Solana de los Barros y Talavera la Real, se ha recogido abundante material arqueológico, de superficie, por la familia Domínguez de Entrín Alto. De esta colección, hemos seleccionado aquellas piezas de mayor interés, como son los ídolos, y los hemos dividido por tipos. En ellos se encuentra un variado muestrario: betilos, placas, falanges decoradas, planos-oculados, antropomorfos, bicónicos (tolvas, los llamados alcachofas o pinas, figuras zoomorfas y otras de difícil encuadre tipológico. Los más importantes son los ídolos con tema oculado y los antropomorfos. Los primeros se caracterizan por su forma rectangular o trapezoidal y sección plana. En el anverso, ojos circulares, cejas pobladas y tatuaje facial. En el reverso, líneas en zig-zag. Es un tipo abundante y, por el momento, su aparición se limita a la cuenca media del Guadiana. Los antropomorfos están fabricados de mármol, los primeros en la península realizados con este material. Los encontramos masculinos y femeninos. Presentan los mismos elementos que los óculados, lo cual, les hace diferentes de los cicládidos. Su número también es abundante en comparación con las piezas aparecidas hasta ahora en nuestra península. En conjunto, el yacimiento se relaciona más con materiales portugueses pero con unas características propias. Corresponde al Calcolítico tardío y su estudio sería muy interesante para conocer este momento en la cuenca del Guadiana.ABSTRACT: In the settlement of «La Pijotilla», located between Solana de los Barros and Talavera la Real, it has been collected, on the surface, a fair number of archeological materials by the Dominguez's family. From this collection, we have chosen those pieces of most interest, such as the idols. They have been divided into different types so there is a great variety among them: stone baetyls, idol-plaques, phalanges with decoration, eye-flat idols

Sodium-affected alfisols of the agreste region, state of Paraíba, Brazil, as known by potter-farmers and agronomists Planossolos afetados por sódio no agreste paraibano conforme conhecidos por agricultores-ceramistas e agrônomos

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Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves

2007-10-01

Full Text Available Decisions and practical attitudes of land use and management adopted by rural populations are, to a great extent, based on local soil knowledge. This study was performed to describe and analyze chemical, physical and morphological characteristics of sodium-affected Alfisols employed in traditional pottery; and to compare, through statistical analysis, pedogenetical horizons and soil layers, as recognized in soil profiles by professional researchers and potter-farmers, respectively. Fieldwork was performed in Chã da Pia, a rural village in the municipality of Areia, in the Agreste region of the State of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil. Ethnoscientific techniques were used to describe and analyze soil knowledge of potter-farmers who played the role of informants. A comparison of soil categories recognized by farmers and researchers was performed through discriminant-canonical analysis. Soils from which local people obtain a material named "barro de loiça" (pottery clay were classified as Typic Natraqualf and Vertic Albaqualf, according to Soil Taxonomy. Potter-farmers were able to identify differences between the tillable topsoil and underlying layers from which they extract ceramic clay. Some soil layers, recognized by potter-farmers, were similar to pedogenetic horizons of the same soils, recognized by researchers, in terms of physical, chemical and morphological characteristics. Discriminant-canonical analysis was a useful tool to articulate and compare information related to soil knowledge held by distinct social groups.As decisões e ações de uso e manejo adotadas pelas populações rurais são, em grande parte, baseadas no conhecimento pedológico local. Este trabalho teve como objetivos descrever e analisar as características químicas, físicas e morfológicas de Planossolos afetados por sódio usados em cerâmica artesanal e estabelecer, por meio de análise multivariada, comparações entre os horizontes pedogenéticos e as camadas

Mariposas diurnas endémicas de la Región Paleártica occidental: patrones de distribución y su análisis mediante parsimonia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea

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García-Barros, Enrique

2003-12-01

Full Text Available The geographic distributions of the butterflies endemic to the Western Palaearctic are used to classify operative area units based on an index of association, and on parsimony analyses, and these results are compared. It is shown that the PAE-PCE method proposed by García-Barros et al. (2002 does not warrant detection of all subsets of area units characterised by endemic elements with identic distributions. However, satisfactory results can be achieved if Wager parsimony is subtituted by a method of cladogram construction that proscibes homoplasy, such as compatibility. When used as a classification procedure, the results of parsimony analysis can be broadly consistent with those derived from other procedures of hyerarchical classification. A distinction should be made between two different usages of parsimony, both of which represent ‘static’ (sensu Rosen, 1988 interpretations of area cladograms: PAE in a strict sense, aimed at detecting putative areas of endemicity. These are potentially overlapping entities, and hence the method may imply potentially multiple solutions. And, cladistic procedures applied as an agglomerative method (ideally with a single, most parsimonious solution. As far as the butterfly faunas are concered, the highest concentration of endemisms occur across the western circum-mediterranean mountain chains, and in the largest Mediterranean islands. The Iberian Peninsula is featured not just by a high concentration of endemic butterflies, but also by the coexistence of several distinc areas of endemism. Broad patterns derived from the endemic fauna fit well to those based on the whole butterfly fauna.

La distribución de las mariposas endémicas del oeste de la Región Paleártica se emplea para producir una clasificación de las unidades de área mediante un coeficiente de asociación y mediante un análisis de parsimonia, y se comparan los resultados. Se demuestra que el procedimiento PAE

An Open-Source Strategy for Documenting Events: The Case Study of the 42nd Canadian Federal Election on Twitter

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Nick Ruest

2016-04-01

Full Text Available This article examines the tools, approaches, collaboration, and findings of the Web Archives for Historical Research Group around the capture and analysis of about 4 million tweets during the 2015 Canadian Federal Election. We hope that national libraries and other heritage institutions will find our model useful as they consider how to capture, preserve, and analyze ongoing events using Twitter. While Twitter is not a representative sample of broader society - Pew research shows in their study of US users that it skews young, college-educated, and affluent (above $50,000 household income – Twitter still represents an exponential increase in the amount of information generated, retained, and preserved from 'everyday' people. Therefore, when historians study the 2015 federal election, Twitter will be a prime source.On August 3, 2015, the team initiated both a Search API and Stream API collection with twarc, a tool developed by Ed Summers, using the hashtag #elxn42. The hashtag referred to the election being Canada's 42nd general federal election (hence 'election 42' or elxn42. Data collection ceased on November 5, 2015, the day after Justin Trudeau was sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of Canada. We collected for a total of 102 days, 13 hours and 50 minutes. To analyze the data set, we took advantage of a number of command line tools, utilities that are available within twarc, twarc-report, and jq. In accordance with the Twitter Developer Agreement & Policy, and after ethical deliberations discussed below, we made the tweet IDs and other derivative data available in a data repository. This allows other people to use our dataset, cite our dataset, and enhance their own research projects by drawing on #elxn42 tweets. Our analytics included: breaking tweet text down by day to track change over time; client analysis, allowing us to see how the scale of mobile devices affected medium interactions; URL analysis, comparing both to Archive

A TRADUÇÃO PARA O INGLÊS DO LÉXICO TABUIZADO NO UNIVERSO ERÓTICO MAIRUM: UM ESTUDO BASEADO NO CORPUS DA OBRA MAÍRA DE DARCY RIBEIRO

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Talita Serpa

2014-11-01

Full Text Available Este artigo tem por objetivo observar o processo tradutório na direção português à inglês no que concerne às metáforas das unidades léxicas específicas referentes às zonas erógenas e ao ato sexual na contextualização da produção literária da obra Maíra (1978 de Darcy Ribeiro e na respectiva tradução, Maíra (1984, realizada por Goodland e Colchie. Para tanto, apoiamo-nos em uma abordagem interdisciplinar que associa o arcabouço dos Estudos do Léxico (BIDERMAN, 1996; LAKOFF & JOHNSON, 2002; ORSI, 2007, 2009; ORSI & ZAVAGLIA, 2007, 2012; PRETI, 1984; XATARA, 2002, 2004, dos Estudos da Tradução Baseados em Corpus (BAKER, 1993, 1995; CAMARGO, 2005, da Linguística de Corpus (TYMOCZKO, 1998; BERBER SARDINHA, 2004 e, em parte, da Terminologia (COELHO, 2003; BARROS, 2004; FAULSTICH, 2004. Quanto à metodologia, utilizamos as ferramentas, WordList e Concord, disponibilizadas pelo programa WordSmith Tools, as quais nos proporcionaram os recursos para o levantamento e a exploração dos dados. Desse modo, procuramos verificar o valor concedido à linguagem erótico-obscena na construção literário-textual darcyniana e analisar a reformulação lexical tabuizada em língua inglesa. Nesse sentido, tencionamos refletir sobre as traduções dessas unidades lexicais consideradas socialmente desprestigiadas, assim como oferecer possíveis subsídios para tradutores, linguistas, literatos e cientistas sociais.

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2012-06-01

Full Text Available ChancelerDom Ângelo PignoliDiretor GeralProfessor LD. Manoel Messias de SousaDiretora Administrativo-FinanceiraIdalete Deolide FabianiDiretora AcadêmicaMaria Dias Cavalcante VieiraRevisão Técnica dos TextosProfessora Dra. Stânia Nágila Vasconcelos CarneiroProfessor Renato Moreira AbrantesRevisão Ortográfica e NormalizaçãoWendel de Sousa NogueiraBibliotecária ResponsávelFernanda Nundes de AraújoCapa, Contracapa e DiagramaçãoMarcos Vinicius de Menezes Barbosa (Marketing da FCRSEditora Geral Stânia Nágila Vasconcelos Carneiro, Faculdade Católica Rainha do SertãoConselho EditorialAbrahão Cavalcante Gomes de Souza Carvalho, Faculdade Católica Rainha do SertãoAdriana Rolim Campos Barros, Universidade de FortalezaAnamaria Cavalcante e Silva, Faculdade CHRISTUSCarlos Eduardo de Azevedo Souza, Universidade Federal do CearáCristiana Brasil Almeida Rebouças, Universidade Federal do CearáEdilberto Cavalcante Reis, Universidade Estadual do CearáExpedito Eloisio Ximenes, Universidade Estadual do CearáJosé Deribaldo Gomes dos Santos, Universidade Estadual do CearáLeo Kringer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáManoel Messias de Sousa, Faculdade Católica Rainha do SertãoMarcílio Sampaio dos Santos, Universidade Federal do CearáMaria Lírida Calou de Araújo Mendonça, Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão/Universidade de FortalezaRegilane Matos da Silva, Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão

Strong spatial genetic structure in five tropical Piper species: should the Baker–Fedorov hypothesis be revived for tropical shrubs?

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Lasso, E; Dalling, J W; Bermingham, E

2011-01-01

Fifty years ago, Baker and Fedorov proposed that the high species diversity of tropical forests could arise from the combined effects of inbreeding and genetic drift leading to population differentiation and eventually to sympatric speciation. Decades of research, however have failed to support the Baker–Fedorov hypothesis (BFH), and it has now been discarded in favor of a paradigm where most trees are self-incompatible or strongly outcrossing, and where long-distance pollen dispersal prevents population drift. Here, we propose that several hyper-diverse genera of tropical herbs and shrubs, including Piper (>1,000 species), may provide an exception. Species in this genus often have aggregated, high-density populations with self-compatible breeding systems; characteristics which the BFH would predict lead to high local genetic differentiation. We test this prediction for five Piper species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers. All species showed strong genetic structure at both fine- and large-spatial scales. Over short distances (200–750 m) populations showed significant genetic differentiation (Fst 0.11–0.46, P < 0.05), with values of spatial genetic structure that exceed those reported for other tropical tree species (Sp = 0.03–0.136). This genetic structure probably results from the combined effects of limited seed and pollen dispersal, clonal spread, and selfing. These processes are likely to have facilitated the diversification of populations in response to local natural selection or genetic drift and may explain the remarkable diversity of this rich genus. PMID:22393518

The role of gap phase processes in the biomass dynamics of tropical forests

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Feeley, Kenneth J; Davies, Stuart J; Ashton, Peter S; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Nur Supardi, M.N; Kassim, Abd Rahman; Tan, Sylvester; Chave, Jérôme

2007-01-01

The responses of tropical forests to global anthropogenic disturbances remain poorly understood. Above-ground woody biomass in some tropical forest plots has increased over the past several decades, potentially reflecting a widespread response to increased resource availability, for example, due to elevated atmospheric CO2 and/or nutrient deposition. However, previous studies of biomass dynamics have not accounted for natural patterns of disturbance and gap phase regeneration, making it difficult to quantify the importance of environmental changes. Using spatially explicit census data from large (50 ha) inventory plots, we investigated the influence of gap phase processes on the biomass dynamics of four ‘old-growth’ tropical forests (Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama; Pasoh and Lambir, Malaysia; and Huai Kha Khaeng (HKK), Thailand). We show that biomass increases were gradual and concentrated in earlier-phase forest patches, while biomass losses were generally of greater magnitude but concentrated in rarer later-phase patches. We then estimate the rate of biomass change at each site independent of gap phase dynamics using reduced major axis regressions and ANCOVA tests. Above-ground woody biomass increased significantly at Pasoh (+0.72% yr−1) and decreased at HKK (−0.56% yr−1) independent of changes in gap phase but remained stable at both BCI and Lambir. We conclude that gap phase processes play an important role in the biomass dynamics of tropical forests, and that quantifying the role of gap phase processes will help improve our understanding of the factors driving changes in forest biomass as well as their place in the global carbon budget. PMID:17785266

Azulejos pintados toledanos : colección de la Casa y Museo de El Greco

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María Luisa Menéndez Robles

1991-01-01

Full Text Available Se considera como azulejo en sentido estricto a una pieza de barro vidriado de forma cuadrada o rectangular, destinada a revestimientos arquitectónicos. Es esta su finalidad principal aunque no la única sobre todo desde la implantación del azulejo plano pintado para cubrir amplias superficies como si se tratara de cuadros o tapices. Muy a menudo se forran con estas piezas cerámicas pavimentos, techos, envigados y cubiertas en exterior, pero van a ser los muros el espacio predilecto para chapar. Es justamente esta preferencia la que personaliza, por lo que al uso se refiere, al azulejo pintado peninsular frente a su homónimo italiano. Las características de la superficie recubierta van a incidir sobre la selección de motivos que se organizarán en grandes paneles murarlos desarrollados de manera continuada. La temática del azulejo que reviste paramentos gira en torno a lo que se denomina azulejos de composición en los que se representa un asunto o motivo puntual a cuyo realce contribuye el resto, o bien más frecuentemente, se opta por repetir un motivo contenido íntegramente en cada azulejo, que además posee parte de otro común con la contigua. Se logra así con el empleo de módulos repetitivos, hacer asociaciones en cualquier dirección, según las posibilidades del espacio disponible, de ahí el enorme éxito de la fórmula.

ARTI PENTING SITUS-SITUS PELABUHAN KUNA DI KARAWANG, JAWA BARAT, SEBAGAI JALUR TRANSPORTASI

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Libra Hari Inagurasi

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Karawang is a district in West Java province in which the river territory were continuously flowing and  were identified as old  Citarum River and Cilamaya River which lies in the northern part of Java Sea. The Northern coast of Karawang has many gulf estuaries. The existence of port, rivers, and coastal areas in Karawang emerged in the 16th century and in the 17th century as well as on written documents of Portuguese sources, and also from those documents of Vereenigde Oost India Company (VOC.  The Northern coast of Karawang were crowded by navigation of merchant ships and patrol boats. From those facts of course raises the question of where was these ports originated in Karawang. This study aimed to uncover, identify, ancient ports which was located on the northern coast of Karawang based on the written documents, archaeological remains, and its natural environment. By using surveys, interviews, the results of this research found out the significance of the ancient ports were located at the  banks of the Citarum River, the banks of the mouth of a river in Pasir Putih, and Tangkolak River estuary. Those ports function for ships as it landed ashore and also as river transportation mode. Through these ports trading took place, the spread of Islam and also served as ships patrol. By searching through the names on the written documents, as well as ecological and remains, archaeological remains were found, some of which have been investigated functions as ancient ports which was mentioned by De Barros.

Dynamic interactions between hydrogeological and exposure parameters in daily dose prediction under uncertainty and temporal variability

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Kumar, Vikas, E-mail: vikas.kumar@urv.cat [Department of Chemical Engineering, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona 43007 (Spain); Barros, Felipe P.J. de [Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089, CA (United States); Schuhmacher, Marta [Department of Chemical Engineering, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona 43007 (Spain); Fernàndez-Garcia, Daniel; Sanchez-Vila, Xavier [Hydrogeology Group, Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, University Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Barcelona 08034 (Spain)

2013-12-15

Highlights: • Dynamic parametric interaction in daily dose prediction under uncertainty. • Importance of temporal dynamics associated with the dose. • Different dose experienced by different population cohorts as a function of time. • Relevance of uncertainty reduction in the input parameters shows temporal dynamism. -- Abstract: We study the time dependent interaction between hydrogeological and exposure parameters in daily dose predictions due to exposure of humans to groundwater contamination. Dose predictions are treated stochastically to account for an incomplete hydrogeological and geochemical field characterization, and an incomplete knowledge of the physiological response. We used a nested Monte Carlo framework to account for uncertainty and variability arising from both hydrogeological and exposure variables. Our interest is in the temporal dynamics of the total dose and their effects on parametric uncertainty reduction. We illustrate the approach to a HCH (lindane) pollution problem at the Ebro River, Spain. The temporal distribution of lindane in the river water can have a strong impact in the evaluation of risk. The total dose displays a non-linear effect on different population cohorts, indicating the need to account for population variability. We then expand the concept of Comparative Information Yield Curves developed earlier (see de Barros et al. [29]) to evaluate parametric uncertainty reduction under temporally variable exposure dose. Results show that the importance of parametric uncertainty reduction varies according to the temporal dynamics of the lindane plume. The approach could be used for any chemical to aid decision makers to better allocate resources towards reducing uncertainty.

[Perinatal health: low birth weight and social class].

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da Silva, A A; Barbieri, M A; Bettiol, H; Dal Bó, C M; Mucillo, G; Gomes, U A

1991-04-01

A survey was carried out in Ribeirão Preto, S. Paulo State, Brazil, between June 1978 and May 1979 with a view to studying the prevalence of low birth weight and its occurrence among different social classes. Data were collected from 8,878 singleton live births in eight maternity hospitals, accounting for 98% of all births in the area. Social classes were determinated by the use of a model proposed by Singer and modified for epidemiological purposes by Barros. Out of the 8,878 births, 660 (7.5%) were of low birth weight. The prevalence of deficient weight at birth (between 2,500 and 2,999 grams) was of 21.1%. Analysis indicated that 50.6% of children with low birth weight were at term and the majority of them suffered form intrauterine growth retardation. The prevalence of low birth weight according to social class was seen to be lower in the bourgeoisie classes (ranging from 2.8% to 3.9%) and higher in working classes (from 7% up to 9.5%). Low birth weight (defined as less than or equal to 2,500 grams) was used for purposes of comparison with other previous surveys. The percentage was lower in this study (8.3%) than that found in the Interamerican Investigation of Mortality in Childhood (8.7%), carried out in 1968-70. No statistically significant differences in the percentage of low birth weight were found in the case of Ribeirão Preto when these two surveys were compared.

Cícero Rafael Barros Utilização de um modelo estocástico para mensuração do passivo atuarial de fundos de pensão

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Dias, Cícero Rafael Barros

2008-01-01

Este estudo tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise de um modelo estocástico para a mensuração do passivo atuarial de um Fundo de Pensão, através da Simulação de Monte Carlo, comparar com o método determinístico de avaliação atuarial, bem como analisar a sensibilidade das reservas matemáticas em relação à alteração na tábua de mortalidade utilizada nos cálculos. Para tanto, são consideradas como principais variáveis do modelo as taxas de mortalidade por idade, identificada como...

Different relationships between temporal phylogenetic turnover and phylogenetic similarity and in two forests were detected by a new null model.

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Huang, Jian-Xiong; Zhang, Jian; Shen, Yong; Lian, Ju-yu; Cao, Hong-lin; Ye, Wan-hui; Wu, Lin-fang; Bin, Yue

2014-01-01

Ecologists have been monitoring community dynamics with the purpose of understanding the rates and causes of community change. However, there is a lack of monitoring of community dynamics from the perspective of phylogeny. We attempted to understand temporal phylogenetic turnover in a 50 ha tropical forest (Barro Colorado Island, BCI) and a 20 ha subtropical forest (Dinghushan in southern China, DHS). To obtain temporal phylogenetic turnover under random conditions, two null models were used. The first shuffled names of species that are widely used in community phylogenetic analyses. The second simulated demographic processes with careful consideration on the variation in dispersal ability among species and the variations in mortality both among species and among size classes. With the two models, we tested the relationships between temporal phylogenetic turnover and phylogenetic similarity at different spatial scales in the two forests. Results were more consistent with previous findings using the second null model suggesting that the second null model is more appropriate for our purposes. With the second null model, a significantly positive relationship was detected between phylogenetic turnover and phylogenetic similarity in BCI at a 10 m×10 m scale, potentially indicating phylogenetic density dependence. This relationship in DHS was significantly negative at three of five spatial scales. This could indicate abiotic filtering processes for community assembly. Using variation partitioning, we found phylogenetic similarity contributed to variation in temporal phylogenetic turnover in the DHS plot but not in BCI plot. The mechanisms for community assembly in BCI and DHS vary from phylogenetic perspective. Only the second null model detected this difference indicating the importance of choosing a proper null model.

Convergence in energy consumption per capita across the US states, 1970–2013: An exploration through selected parametric and non-parametric methods

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Mohammadi, Hassan; Ram, Rati

2017-01-01

Noting the paucity of studies of convergence in energy consumption across the US states, and the usefulness of a study that shares the spirit of the enormous research on convergence in energy-related variables in cross-country contexts, this paper explores convergence in per-capita energy consumption across the US states over the 44-year period 1970–2013. Several well-known parametric and non-parametric approaches are explored partly to shed light on the substantive question and partly to provide a comparative methodological perspective on these approaches. Several statements summarize the outcome of our explorations. First, the widely-used Barro-type regressions do not indicate beta-convergence during the entire period or any of several sub-periods. Second, lack of sigma-convergence is also noted in terms of standard deviation of logarithms and coefficient of variation which do not show a decline between 1970 and 2013, but show slight upward trends. Third, kernel density function plots indicate some flattening of the distribution which is consistent with the results from sigma-convergence scenario. Fourth, intra-distribution mobility (“gamma convergence”) in terms of an index of rank concordance suggests a slow decline in the index. Fifth, the general impression from several types of panel and time-series unit-root tests is that of non-stationarity of the series and thus the lack of stochastic convergence during the period. Sixth, therefore, the overall impression seems to be that of the lack of convergence across states in per-capita energy consumption. The present interstate inequality in per-capita energy consumption may, therefore, reflect variations in structural factors and might not be expected to diminish.

POPULATION GROWTH AND PREFERENCE CHANGE IN A GENERALIZED SOLOW GROWTH MODEL WITH GENDER TIME DISTRIBUTIONS

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Wei-Bin Zhang

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The study builds a model of dynamic interactions between the birth rate, the mortality rate, the population, wealth accumulation, time distribution between work, leisure and children caring, habit formation and preference change. The production technology and markets are built on the Solow growth model. We base our modeling the population dynamics on the Haavelmo population model and the Barro-Becker fertility choice model. This study takes account of habit formation and preference change. Although it is influenced by the Ramsey growth theory with time preference and habit formation, it uses Zhang’s approach to the household with habit formation and preference change. We synthesize different dynamic forces in a compact framework, using the utility function proposed by Zhang. Analytically, we focus on transitional processes as well as economic equilibrium. As the economic system is given by autonomous nonlinear differential equations, it is not easy to analyze its behavior. We simulate the model to demonstrate the existence of an equilibrium point and plot the motion of the dynamic system. We examine the effects of changes in weights given to the habit stock of children, the wife’s wage rate having negative impact on the propensity to have children, the wife weighing less the habit stock of leisure time, the wife’s habit stock of leisure time having negative impact on the husband’s propensity to use leisure time, the wife’s wage rate having negative impact on the husband’s propensity to use leisure time, woman’s human capital being improved, a rise in the total factor productivity, and the mother spending more time on each child fostering.

GRUPO COMO DISPOSITIVO SOCIOEDUCATIVO: PESQUISA-INTERVENÇÃO COM ADOLESCENTES EM CUMPRIMENTO DE PRESTAÇÃO DE SERVIÇO À COMUNIDADE

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Dayane Silva Rodrigues

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta discussões oriundas de uma tese de doutorado, que problematizou especificidades, princípios e estratégias para a utilização de metodologias grupais como dispositivos de atuação no atendimento a adolescentes que cumprem medidas socioeducativas em meio aberto. O estudo foi construído por meio de uma pesquisa-intervenção com onze adolescentes em cumprimento da medida socioeducativa de Prestação de Serviço à Comunidade, vinculados a uma unidade de atendimento do Distrito Federal. O artigo apresenta um recorte dos resultados da tese, evidenciando análises relativas às significações produzidas com os adolescentes sobre o conceito de trabalho, inerente à medida socioeducativa de prestação de serviço à comunidade. Sob o prisma da Psicologia Histórico-Cultural (L. S. Vigotski, da perspectiva do dialogismo (M. Bakthin e da problematização do conceito de grupo-dispositivo (R. B. Barros, são analisados os processos de negociação para a realização uma atividade colaborativa e comunitária com adolescentes. Na sequência, são abordados aspectos relativos aos movimentos do processo grupal, permeado por devires e ressignificações. Por fim, discute-se o conceito de grupo como dispositivo socioeducativo que pode ser tomado na execução de medidas socioeducativas, com vistas a ampliar as ferramentas de atendimento aos adolescentes e contribuir para o aprofundamento da base teórico-metodológica das práticas em socioeducação.

Las damas de Shanghai. Doris Lessing visita a Elizabeth Costello

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Izaguirre, Marian

2009-06-01

Full Text Available África. El ancestral país de los zimbabwe. una granja de tres mil acres. Lo primero que existe son las paredes de barro y los techos de paja que se levantan provisionalmente y que luego se convierten en un hogar que hay que rehacer cada año después de las lluvias torrenciales. una niña deambula por las selvas y sabanas, sola con su fusil y un perro. Y luego esa niña se convierte en la joven oficinista de un bufete de abogados de Salisbury. El mundo de los colonos blancos. Vienen después el marxismo y los matrimonios fallidos. Y más tarde la huida a Europa. Inglaterra. Dos baúles, un hijo y 150 libras. El feminismo y la lucha política. La vida es como esa granja de Zimbabwe que hay que reconstruir cada año. La mujer de accidentada vida que nació en Persia y vivió en África se convierte en una escritora reconocida. Viaja. Asiste a congresos. Lucha para erradicar las desigualdades, es enérgica, vehemente, incansable. Ahora es una mujer de ochenta y ocho años que cuida de su hijo Peter y que combate (todavía en diferentes lizas: la ecología, la defensa de los animales, la lucha contra las guerras, las invasiones… Y se enfrenta a todo (incluso al terrible esfuerzo que trae consigo la concesión del Premio nobel con una vehemencia lúcida, la que produce haber entrado y salido con pasión y coherencia de los grandes ismos del siglo xx.

Land use history and population dynamics of free-standing figs in a maturing forest.

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Larissa Albrecht

Full Text Available Figs (Ficus sp. are often considered as keystone resources which strongly influence tropical forest ecosystems. We used long-term tree-census data to track the population dynamics of two abundant free-standing fig species, Ficus insipida and F. yoponensis, on Barro Colorado Island (BCI, a 15.6-km2 island in Lake Gatún, Panama. Vegetation cover on BCI consists of a mosaic of old growth (>400 years and maturing (about 90-150 year old secondary rainforest. Locations and conditions of fig trees have been mapped and monitored on BCI for more than 35 years (1973-2011, with a focus on the Lutz Catchment area (25 ha. The original distribution of the fig trees shortly after the construction of the Panama Canal was derived from an aerial photograph from 1927 and was compared with previous land use and forest status. The distribution of both fig species (~850 trees is restricted to secondary forest. Of the original 119 trees observed in Lutz Catchment in 1973, >70% of F. insipida and >90% of F. yoponensis had died by 2011. Observations in other areas on BCI support the trend of declining free-standing figs. We interpret the decline of these figs on BCI as a natural process within a maturing tropical lowland forest. Senescence of the fig trees appears to have been accelerated by severe droughts such as the strong El Niño event in the year 1982/83. Because figs form such an important food resource for frugivores, this shift in resource availability is likely to have cascading effects on frugivore populations.

CARACTERÍSTICAS, DINÁMICA Y CAUSAS DEL MOVIMIENTO EN MASA DEL BARRIO EL SOCORRO (31 DE MAYO DE 2008 EN MEDELLÍN CHARACTERISTICS, DYNAMICS AND CAUSES OF THE MOMENT IN MAS OF THE DISTRICT EL SOCORRO (MAY 31, 2008 IN MEDELLÍN

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Édier Aristizábal

2008-12-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo describe las causas y dinámica del movimiento en masa del día 31 de mayo de 2008 en la parte alta del barrio San Pedro, sector Las Peñitas del municipio de Medellín, el cual dejó un saldo trágico de 27 personas muertas y 16 lesionadas, además de la destrucción de 20 viviendas del barrio El Socorro. Sumado a Rosellón (1927, Media Luna (1954, Santo Domingo (1974, Villatina (1987 y El Barro (2005, corresponde a uno de los eventos más trágicos que han golpeado el valle de Aburrá en toda su historia. Para la caracterización del área del evento se utilizaron estudios previos realizados por diferentes instituciones de reconocido prestigio; para la caracterización, descripción de la dinámica predominante del evento y sus causas se usaron evidencia de campo recolectada en recorridos sobre el terreno e inspección visual el mismo día en que ocurrió, de forma tal que no se modificara por las labores propias de rescate, y finalmente se recurrió a los datos de precipitación de diferentes estaciones hidrometeorológicas de Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM y del Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM, con el fin de evaluar la influencia de la lluvia como elemento desencadenante. El evento inicial fue clasificado como un deslizamiento rotacional simple en dirección noreste, con una longitud aproximada de 60 m, el cual, debido a la saturación del material, se transformó en un movimiento tipo flujo de escombros que avanzó 140 m en dirección SE y NE. Como causas del evento se encuentran las pobres condiciones geomecánicas del material fuente y la cantidad de lluvia acumulada precedente de los últimos 15 días y antecedente del día 30 de mayo, cuando en tan solo 2 horas y 30 minutos cayeron 83,3 mm sobre la ciudad.The article presents the causes and dynamic of the mass movement which occurred on May 31, 2008 in the higher part of San Pedro settlement, called Las Pe

2016 Status Report on Major Equipment Procurement

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David Perry

2017-09-01

Full Text Available The Department of National Defence made some progress in procurement in 2016 despite obstacles that included a continued drop in spending, the advent of a new federal Liberal government and uncertainty over the outcome of the Defence Policy Review. Four trends affected defence acquisitions in 2016. These include an ongoing slippage in recapitalizing the Canadian Armed Forces, some encouraging moves made on the shipbuilding and fighter jet files, mixed progress on implementing the 2014 Defence Procurement Strategy, and uncertainty over the Defence Policy Review. It is also too early to tell how the Trudeau government’s Policy on Results, known as the “deliverology” approach, will play out for defence procurement. However, Budget 2016’s major focus was not on defence, and it shifted some funding for capital equipment to a new endpoint of 2045. This suggests that delay in the overall defence procurement program continues. While the Liberals kept their pledge to make investment in the Royal Canadian Navy a priority, they also made good last year on a negative promise – not to purchase the F-35 stealth fighter bomber. However, further slowing things is the Liberals’ refusal to launch a competition to replace it until the Defence Policy Review is published. The government has made this situation more fraught with its intention to buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets as interim aircraft, since Liberal policy requires the Royal Canadian Air Force to be capable of meeting both NORAD’s and NATO’s operational needs simultaneously. Prior to the release of the new defence policy, both the interim and permanent fighter aircraft projects lacked adequate funding. They were among several large projects that have been approved, but have not yet moved to the contract stage, and whose budgets were inadequate to move forward. Adding to this mix is the fact that a government-wide effort initiated in 2014 to streamline the defence procurement

Colangiopancreatografía magnética: valor diagnóstico para detectar coledocolitiasis en pacientes con pancreatitis aguda leve

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Geanny Mogollón Reyes

Full Text Available Introducción: la pancreatitis aguda (PA es una enfermedad clínica común que puede ser desde leve hasta fatal. En el 40 % de los casos es de origen biliar, y es causada por una obstrucción de la ampolla de Váter por barro biliar o por cálculos. En el diagnóstico de la pancreatitis aguda de origen biliar (PAB se emplean métodos invasivos como la colangiopancreatografía endoscópica retrógrada (CPRE, la cual se asocia a morbilidad y mortalidad, y métodos no invasivos como la colangiopancreatografía magnética (CRM, que emerge como modalidad diagnóstica en los centros de tercer y cuarto nivel de complejidad. Métodos: se evaluaron las características diagnósticas de la CRM a través de los registros históricos de pacientes que ingresaron a un hospital universitario de nivel IV a los que se les realizó CRM y CPRE. Esta última fue considerada el método de referencia para la evaluación. Resultados: Para la CRM se determinó una sensibilidad del 97 % y una especificidad del 44 % para la detección de coledocolitiasis, con un valor predictivo positivo de 0,35 y un valor predictivo negativo de 0,99. Algunos de estos resultados son inferiores a los documentados en la bibliografía mundial. Conclusiones: la CRM permite obtener imágenes precisas de la vía biliar, en un ambiente seguro y sin riesgos para el paciente. Esta técnica tiene una capacidad de detección de coledocolitiasis que oscila entre el 78 y el 97 %, resultado que concuerda con lo descrito en otros estudios.

CIRCULACION DEL NEUMOCOCO RELACIONADO A CAMBIOS EN LOS FACTORES CLIMÁTICOS EN LA PROVINCIA DE LA RIOJA

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Patricia Cordoba, PhD

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Resumen: Streptococo pneumoniae (Neumococo, Neisseria meningitidis y Haemophilus influenzae producen meningitis bacterianas. Este trabajo describe las caracteristicas del aumento de casos de meningitis bacterianas en la Provincia de la Rioja, Argentina. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo de las meningitis desde 1997 hasta 2001. Se estudió la circulación de los agentes etiologicos; la distribución de las neumonías y bacteriemias producidas por neumococo; las variaciones de la humedad relativa y de las temperaturas promedios (aportadas por el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Los casos se estudiaron desde fichas epidemiológicas de la Dirección de epidemiología y de historias clínicas del Hospital "Dr. E. Vera Barros". Los liquidos cefalorraquideos y lavados pleurales o bronquiales se procesaron en el laboratorio de bacteriología. Los aislamientos se remitieron para su serotipificación al laboratorio de referencia nacional. Durante el año 2000, la tasa de incidencia de meningitis fue mayor y la tasa de meningitis por neumococo fue mayor en el periodo estudiado. En ese año, el neumococo aumenta la circulación presentandose aumento de meningitis, neumonias mientras que las infecciones neumococcicas invasivas fueron simirales a otros años. La circulación de los otros agentes etiológico se mantienen constante en el periodo estudiado. Los serotipos circulantes fueron sensibles penicilina. Durante el año 2000 aumenta en la humedad (2-6 puntos y disminuye la amplitud térmica en los meses simultáneamente a la presencia de los casos de infecciones por neumococo. Los resultados sugieren que la circulación del neumococo en una población estaría relacionada con la alta humedad relativa y la poca amplitud térmica.

The first Western Gondwanan species of Triodus Jordan 1849: A new Xenacanthiformes (Chondrichthyes) from the late Paleozoic of Southern Brazil

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Pauliv, Victor E.; Martinelli, Agustín G.; Francischini, Heitor; Dentzien-Dias, Paula; Soares, Marina B.; Schultz, Cesar L.; Ribeiro, Ana M.

2017-12-01

Triodus is a well-known genus of Xenacanthiformes, previously recorded from the late Bashkirian (Lower Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous) to the middle Artinskian (Cisuralian, Permian), mainly from Laurasian deposits (Europe and USA). For the first time, this genus is recorded from the Western Gondwana, based on isolated teeth that are referred to Triodus richterae sp. nov. The new species were found associated with other shark teeth (another xenacanthiforms and a possible euselachian), palaeoniscoid teeth and scales, labyrinthodont teeth, tetrapod bony remains, macroscopic charcoal and leaf fragments. This fossil assemblage was collected in a conglomerate layer from the Barro Alto site (São Gabriel municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil), with an estimated Capitanian age, from the Morro Pelado Member, Rio do Rasto Formation, Paraná Basin. The new species has teeth with an almost oval base and the aboral surface has a smooth concavity and a rounded to horseshoe-shaped basal tubercle. The coronal surface of these teeth has a tricuspid crown, a rhomboid-shaped coronal button with rounded edges with a lingually directed shaft and some oral foramina predominantly situated at the lingual margin of the base and flanking the lingual shaft. The lateral cusps bear a variable number of non-branching vertical cristae, distributed from the apex to their proximal portion, making the transversal section of these cusps asterisk-shaped. Microstructurally, these teeth have both base and cusps composed of orthodentine with an opened pulp cavity. T. richterae sp. nov. represents the youngest species of Triodus, considering it comes from Capitanian (late Guadalupian) beds, which are at least 15 Ma younger than T. kraetschmeri, the previously youngest species of this genus. The depositional interpretation, as well as the fossil assemblage in the type locality of the new species and of the Rio do Rasto Formation as a whole, indicates another freshwater record for xenacanthid sharks.

Tropical forest soil microbes and climate warming: An Andean-Amazon gradient and `SWELTR'

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Nottingham, A.; Turner, B. L.; Fierer, N.; Whitaker, J.; Ostle, N. J.; McNamara, N. P.; Bardgett, R.; Silman, M.; Bååth, E.; Salinas, N.; Meir, P.

2017-12-01

Tropical Rainforest), a new soil warming experiment being undertaken on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, designed to improve our understanding of biogeochemical feedbacks to climate warming in lowland tropical forests.

Recycling industrial waste in brick manufacture. Part 1

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Andreola, F.

2005-12-01

Full Text Available The ongoing accumulation of industrial waste speaks to the need to seek cost-effective disposal methods. Brick manufacture would appear to be particularly promising in this regard. The present study analyzes the possibility of recycling the sludge generated in porcelain tile polishing, as well as coal, steel and municipal incinerator ash to make a special type of facing brick whose properties readily accommodate a full analysis of all the problems deriving from the incorporation of residue in its manufacture. Physical-chemical, mechanical and structural analyses were performed on bricks made with varying percentages of the different types of waste considered. This first paper reports the results of the physical arid technological characterization of the products; the second part of the research will address their chemical, mechanical and structural properties.

El continuo aumento de la cantidad de residuos (desechos que se generan en los procesos industriales induce a buscar nuevos métodos alternativos a la disposición final que sean altamente eficientes y a bajo costo. La industria manufac turera de ladrillos resulta muy prometedora desde este punto de vista. En este trabajo ha sido investigada la posibilidad de usar distintos residuos industriales, entre ellos barros de pulido del gres porcelánico. cenizas de carbón, cenizas de acerías y de incinerador municipal para la fabricación de ladrillos de exteriores. Fueron analizados los problemas que podrían derivar al introducir estos residuos en la pasta. En particular, en esta primera parte del trabajo se muestran los resultados derivados de la introducción de los residuos considerados, en distintos porcentajes, sobre las propiedades físicas y tecnológicas del producto final. En la segunda parte se desarrollarán los efectos causados sobre las propiedades químicas, mecánicas y microestructurales.

Estudo comparativo sobre as atividades experimentais em coleções de Física coincidentes recomendados nas edições 2012 e 2015 do PNLD

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Wendel Fajardo Reis

2016-09-01

Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2016v33n2p462   O Ensino Médio pressupõe uma aprendizagem abrangente e significativa dos conteúdos, em que o professor deve valer-se de recursos didáticos disponíveis e adequados à sua prática. Nessa perspectiva, a atividade experimental torna-se um importante instrumento de ensino a ser explorado no estudo da Física, que também pode ser vivenciado pelos alunos por meio do livro didático (LD. Nesta pesquisa, realiza-se uma análise comparativa das atividades experimentais nas coleções de Física coincidentes nas edições de 2012 e 2015 do Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD. Para isso, aplica-se a classificação proposta por Barros (2009, fundamentada em competências e habilidades dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais para o Ensino Médio (PCNEM (BRASIL, 1999 e nos temas estruturadores de suas orientações educacionais complementares (PCN+ (BRASIL, 2002. Os resultados mostram uma distribuição não uniforme dos experimentos nos temas da Física, em que ainda prevalecem os arranjos relacionados aos movimentos dos corpos. Para as categorias e dimensões de análise, verifica-se que os autores procuram evidenciar as competências e habilidades do PCNEM, entretanto os aspectos históricos sociais continuam pouco contemplados nas duas edições do Programa. Por fim, espera-se que as informações apresentadas nesse trabalho possam contribuir para a prática docente, com foco nas atividades experimentais dos livros didáticos de Física.

Model-Assisted Estimation of Tropical Forest Biomass Change: A Comparison of Approaches

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Nikolai Knapp

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Monitoring of changes in forest biomass requires accurate transfer functions between remote sensing-derived changes in canopy height (ΔH and the actual changes in aboveground biomass (ΔAGB. Different approaches can be used to accomplish this task: direct approaches link ΔH directly to ΔAGB, while indirect approaches are based on deriving AGB stock estimates for two points in time and calculating the difference. In some studies, direct approaches led to more accurate estimations, while, in others, indirect approaches led to more accurate estimations. It is unknown how each approach performs under different conditions and over the full range of possible changes. Here, we used a forest model (FORMIND to generate a large dataset (>28,000 ha of natural and disturbed forest stands over time. Remote sensing of forest height was simulated on these stands to derive canopy height models for each time step. Three approaches for estimating ΔAGB were compared: (i the direct approach; (ii the indirect approach and (iii an enhanced direct approach (dir+tex, using ΔH in combination with canopy texture. Total prediction accuracies of the three approaches measured as root mean squared errors (RMSE were RMSEdirect = 18.7 t ha−1, RMSEindirect = 12.6 t ha−1 and RMSEdir+tex = 12.4 t ha−1. Further analyses revealed height-dependent biases in the ΔAGB estimates of the direct approach, which did not occur with the other approaches. Finally, the three approaches were applied on radar-derived (TanDEM-X canopy height changes on Barro Colorado Island (Panama. The study demonstrates the potential of forest modeling for improving the interpretation of changes observed in remote sensing data and for comparing different methodologies.

Growth strategies of tropical tree species: disentangling light and size effects.

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Nadja Rüger

Full Text Available An understanding of the drivers of tree growth at the species level is required to predict likely changes of carbon stocks and biodiversity when environmental conditions change. Especially in species-rich tropical forests, it is largely unknown how species differ in their response of growth to resource availability and individual size. We use a hierarchical bayesian approach to quantify the impact of light availability and tree diameter on growth of 274 woody species in a 50-ha long-term forest census plot in Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Light reaching each individual tree was estimated from yearly vertical censuses of canopy density. The hierarchical bayesian approach allowed accounting for different sources of error, such as negative growth observations, and including rare species correctly weighted by their abundance. All species grew faster at higher light. Exponents of a power function relating growth to light were mostly between 0 and 1. This indicates that nearly all species exhibit a decelerating increase of growth with light. In contrast, estimated growth rates at standardized conditions (5 cm dbh, 5% light varied over a 9-fold range and reflect strong growth-strategy differentiation between the species. As a consequence, growth rankings of the species at low (2% and high light (20% were highly correlated. Rare species tended to grow faster and showed a greater sensitivity to light than abundant species. Overall, tree size was less important for growth than light and about half the species were predicted to grow faster in diameter when bigger or smaller, respectively. Together light availability and tree diameter only explained on average 12% of the variation in growth rates. Thus, other factors such as soil characteristics, herbivory, or pathogens may contribute considerably to shaping tree growth in the tropics.

Voos Xamânicos: imagética da biodiversidade e cultura Amazônica

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Ruth Albernaz Silveira

2016-11-01

Full Text Available “Para encontrar o azul eu uso pássaros...” é uma chave ofertada pelo poeta Manoel de Barros para transver o mundo das materialidades e dos pensamentos. Num sobrevoo na paisagem amazônica rica em formas, cores e pensamentos míticos, podemos nos afetar numa vasta diversidade cultural e biológica. Essa paisagem é manejada pelos povos indígenas desde tempos imemoriais provando que é possível estabelecer relações com a floresta baseadas em práticas de baixo impacto e convivência com os outros seres que ali habitam. A Amazônia é o bioma com maior concentração de vidas co-habitando a mesma região, resultando em sistemas ecológicos e biogeográficos de alta complexidade. Atualmente, sofre grande pressão pelos modelos atuais de ocupação pautados pelo agronegócio que prioriza o capital econômico. É nesse cenário que a artista-bióloga Ruth Albernaz cria sua imagética para propor uma arte sensível que dialogue com a biodiversidade e com o contexto mitológico amazônico. Aqui apresentaremos imagens da série intitulada Voos Xamânicos, que esteve em exposição na Galeria do Sesc Arsenal, em Cuiabá, MT no período de 07 de novembro a 19 de dezembro de 2014, com curadoria da arte-educadora Imara Pizzato Quadros. O tema escolhido foi a palavra-alma “Xamã” por se tratar de um assunto que foi fonte e substrato dessa mostra que apresentou obras inéditas baseadas em pesquisas e experimentações realizadas desde 1996, no campo da Etnoecologia.

O ensino de gêneros textuais na formação de tradutores

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Valdecy de Oliveira Pontes

2017-02-01

Full Text Available No contexto nacional, algumas investigações aplicadas ao Ensino de Língua Espanhola na Educação Superior aliam o procedimento de Sequência Didática (SD com o processo tradutório, a saber, Barrientos (2014 e Laiño (2014. As pesquisas atestam que essa prática proporcionam a escrita competente, além da conscientização de semelhanças e diferenças linguístico-culturais e a compreensão do processo tradutório. Assim, neste artigo, objetivamos ilustrar uma proposta de SD, a partir da tradução do gênero textual conto, com vistas à formação de tradutores. Para tanto, esta proposta se fundamenta na Teoria da Tradução Funcionalista, com a perspectiva de Christiane Nord (1991, 1994, 2009, 2012, além de pesquisas sobre o procedimento de SD, elaborado pelo Grupo de Genebra e adaptado pela vertente brasileira, tais como: Dolz, Pasquier e Bronckart (1993, Dolz, Noverraz e Schneuwly (2004, Machado e Cristóvão (2006, Barros (2012, Costa-Hürbes e Simioni (2014, entre outras. Acredita-se que esse procedimento, na formação de tradutores, poderá permitir não somente o domínio de gêneros textuais em uma língua e cultura base (de partida, mas a percepção das semelhanças e diferenças linguísticas, textuais, pragmáticas e culturais em ambas as línguas e culturas envolvidas no processo tradutório. Também, poderá proporcionar o desenvolvimento de capacidades de linguagem nas Línguas Estrangeira e Materna do futuro tradutor e a abordagem de diferentes dificuldades e problemas de tradução.

Nickel distribution and isotopic fractionation in a Brazilian lateritic regolith: Coupling Ni isotopes and Ni K-edge XANES

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Ratié, G.; Garnier, J.; Calmels, D.; Vantelon, D.; Guimarães, E.; Monvoisin, G.; Nouet, J.; Ponzevera, E.; Quantin, C.

2018-06-01

Ultramafic (UM) rocks are known to be nickel (Ni) rich and to weather quickly, which makes them a good candidate to look at the Ni isotope systematics during weathering processes at the Earth's surface. The present study aims at identifying the Ni solid speciation and discussing the weathering processes that produce Ni isotope fractionation in two deep laterite profiles under tropical conditions (Barro Alto, Goiás State, Brazil). While phyllosilicates and to a lower extent goethite are the main Ni-bearing phases in the saprolitic part of the profile, iron (Fe) oxides dominate the Ni budget in the lateritic unit. Nickel isotopic composition (δ60Ni values) has been measured in each unit of the regolith, i.e., rock, saprock, saprolite and laterite (n = 52). δ60Ni varies widely within the two laterite profiles, from -0.10 ± 0.05‰ to 1.43 ± 0.05‰, showing that significant Ni isotope fractionation occurs during the weathering of UM rocks. Overall, our results show that during weathering, the solid phase is depleted in heavy Ni isotopes due to the preferential sorption and incorporation of light Ni isotopes into Fe oxides; the same mechanisms likely apply to the incorporation of Ni into phyllosilicates (type 2:1). However, an isotopically heavy Ni pool is observed in the solid phase at the bottom of the saprolitic unit. This feature can be explained by two hypotheses that are not mutually exclusive: (i) a depletion in light Ni isotopes during the first stage of weathering due to the preferential dissolution of light Ni-containing minerals, and (ii) the sorption or incorporation of isotopically heavy Ni carried by percolating waters (groundwater samples have δ60Ni of 2.20 and 2.27‰), that were enriched in heavy Ni isotopes due to successive weathering processes in the overlying soil and laterite units.

The impact of lianas on the carbon cycle of tropical forests: a modeling study using the Ecosystem Demography model

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di Porcia e Brugnera, M.; Longo, M.; Verbeek, H.

2017-12-01

Lianas are an important component of tropical forests, constituting up to 40% of the woody stems and about 35% of the woody species. Tropical forests have been experiencing large-scale structural changes, including an increase in liana abundance and biomass. This may eventually reduce the projected carbon sink of tropical forests. Despite their crucial role no single terrestrial ecosystem model has included lianas so far. Here, we present the very first implementation of lianas in the Ecosystem Demography model (ED2). ED2 is able to represent the competition for water and light between different vegetation types at the regional level. Our new implementation of ED2 is hence suitable to address important questions such as the impact of lianas on the tropical forest carbon balance. We validated the model against forest inventory and eddy covariance flux data at a dry seasonal site (Barro Colorado Island, Panama), and at a wet rainforest site (Paracou, French Guiana). The model was able to represent size structure and carbon accumulation rates. We also evaluated the impact of the unique allocation strategy of lianas on their competitive ability. Lianas invest only a small fraction of their carbon for structural tissues when compared to trees. As a result, lianas benefit from an extra amount of available carbon, however the trade-offs of low allocation on structural tissues are not yet well understood. We are currently investigating a number of hypotheses, including the possibility for lianas to have high turnover rates for leaves and fine roots, or to have high mortality rates due to the loss of structural support when trees die. As such our model allows us to get a better understanding of the role of lianas in the tropical forest carbon cycle.

The effect of flat and textured insoles on the balance of primary care elderly people: a randomized controlled clinical trial

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2018-02-01

Full Text Available Cecília de Morais Barbosa,1 Manoel Barros Bértolo,2 Juliana Zonzini Gaino,2 Michael Davitt,3 Zoraida Sachetto,2 Eduardo de Paiva Magalhães3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Gerontology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil; 3Orthoses and Prostheses Unit, Clinical Hospital, State University of Campinas – Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil Background: Aging is associated with reduced postural stability and increased fall risk. Foot orthoses have been reported as an adjuvant intervention to improve balance by stimulating foot plantar mechanical receptors and thus increasing somatosensory input. Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of flat and textured insoles on the balance of primary care elderly people. Design: Prospective, parallel, randomized, and single-blind trial. Methods: A total of 100 subjects from a primary care unit, aged ≥65 years, were randomly assigned to intervention groups with flat insoles (n=33, textured insoles (n=33, or control group (n=34 without insoles. The Berg Balance Scale and the Timed Up and Go test were assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks. Results: Improvements in the Berg Balance Scale and the Timed Up and Go test were noted only in intervention groups with insoles but not in control group. No significant difference was found between flat and textured insoles. Minor adverse effects were noted only in the group with textured insoles. Conclusion: The results suggest that foot orthoses (both flat and textured insoles are effective in improving balance in primary care elderly people. They may represent a low-cost and high-availability adjuvant strategy to improve balance and prevent falls in this population. Keywords: balance, elderly, orthoses, insole

Estimation of the common cause failure probabilities on the component group with mixed testing scheme

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Hwang, Meejeong; Kang, Dae Il

2011-01-01

Highlights: ► This paper presents a method to estimate the common cause failure probabilities on the common cause component group with mixed testing schemes. ► The CCF probabilities are dependent on the testing schemes such as staggered testing or non-staggered testing. ► There are many CCCGs with specific mixed testing schemes in real plant operation. ► Therefore, a general formula which is applicable to both alternate periodic testing scheme and train level mixed testing scheme was derived. - Abstract: This paper presents a method to estimate the common cause failure (CCF) probabilities on the common cause component group (CCCG) with mixed testing schemes such as the train level mixed testing scheme or the alternate periodic testing scheme. In the train level mixed testing scheme, the components are tested in a non-staggered way within the same train, but the components are tested in a staggered way between the trains. The alternate periodic testing scheme indicates that all components in the same CCCG are tested in a non-staggered way during the planned maintenance period, but they are tested in a staggered way during normal plant operation. Since the CCF probabilities are dependent on the testing schemes such as staggered testing or non-staggered testing, CCF estimators have two kinds of formulas in accordance with the testing schemes. Thus, there are general formulas to estimate the CCF probability on the staggered testing scheme and non-staggered testing scheme. However, in real plant operation, there are many CCCGs with specific mixed testing schemes. Recently, Barros () and Kang () proposed a CCF factor estimation method to reflect the alternate periodic testing scheme and the train level mixed testing scheme. In this paper, a general formula which is applicable to both the alternate periodic testing scheme and the train level mixed testing scheme was derived.

Pb-Pb and U-Pb zircon ages of archean syntetocnic granites of the Carajas metallogenic province, northern Brazil

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Barros, Carlos Eduardo de Mesquita; Sardinha, Alex Souza; Barbosa, Jaime dos Passos de Oliveira; Krimski, Robert; Macambira, Moacir Jose Buenano

2001-01-01

The Carajas Metallogenic Province is located in the southeastern Amazonian Craton. It has been divided in two domains, the southernmost comprises the Rio Maria region and the northernmost corresponds to Caraj region (Souza et al. 1996). The former domain is made up of Archean greenstone sequences (2,97 Ga), TTG (2,9 Ga) and calc-alkaline granitoids (2,87 Ga) (Macambira and Lafon 1995, Leite et al. 1999, Althoff et al. 2000). The Carajas block is constituted of minor mafic granulites (3,00 Ga) and quartzofeldspathic gneisses (2,81 Ga), metavolcanosedimentary sequences (2,76 Ga) and granites (2,76 to 2,56 Ga) (Machado et al. 1991; Huhn et al. 1999, Pidgeon et al. 2000). Widespread anorogenic A-type granites are found in both areas (Docegeo 1988; Dall'Agnol et al. 1994). In the last two decades several authors (Lindenamyer et al. 1994, Barros and Barbey 1998, Huhn et al. 1999 and others) have emphasized the role of the Archean granite magmatism in the tectonicthermal evolution in the Carajas Province. In this paper we discuss the tectonic significance of the Pb- Pb and U-Pb ages obtained in some granitoids from the Carajas region. The Estrela Granite Complex and the granitoids located to the north of Parauapebas were dated by Pb- Pb evaporation zircon method (cf. Kober 1987). Data are presented considering 2σ ∼ . The Pb corrections have been done in the basis of the evolution model of Pb in double stage (cf. Stacey and Kramers 1975). U-Pb zircon method (cf. Krogh 1973, Stacey and Kramers 1975, Parrish 1987, Ludwuig 1999), recently put on routine in the Para-Iso laboratories, was employed to date the granite from the Serra do Rabo area. Analyses were carried on the Finnigan Mat 262 spectrometer (au)

Polarization patterns of the twilight sky

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Cronin, Thomas W.; Warrant, Eric J.; Greiner, Birgit

2005-08-01

Although natural light sources produce depolarized light, patterns of partially linearly polarized light appear in the sky due to scattering from air molecules, dust, and aerosols. Many animals, including bees and ants, orient themselves to patterns of polarization that are present in daytime skies, when the intensity is high and skylight polarization is strong and predictable. The halicitid bee Megalopta genalis inhabits rainforests in Central America. Unlike typical bees, it forages before sunrise and after sunset, when light intensities under the forest canopy are very low, and must find its way to food sources and return to its nest in visually challenging circumstances. An important cue for the orientation could be patterns of polarization in the twilight sky. Therefore, we used a calibrated digital camera to image skylight polarization in an overhead patch of sky, 87.6° across, before dawn on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where the bees are found. We simultaneously measured the spectral properties of polarized light in a cloudless patch of sky 15° across centered on the zenith. We also performed full-sky imaging of polarization before dawn and after dusk on Lizard Island in Australia, another tropical island. During twilight, celestial polarized light occurs in a wide band stretching perpendicular to the location of the hidden sun and reaching typical degrees of polarization near 80% at wavelengths >600 nm. This pattern appears about 45 minutes before local sunrise or disappears 45 minutes after local sunset (about 20 minutes after the onset of astronomical twilight at dawn, or before its end at dusk) and extends with little change through the entire twilight period. Such a strong and reliable orientation cue could be used for flight orientation by any animal with polarization sensitivity that navigates during twilight.

U-Pb SHRIMP and Sm-Nd geochronology of the Anapolis-Itaucu complex, Araxa group and associated granites: Neoproterozoic high grade metamorphism and magmatism in the Central part of the Brasilia Belt, Goias

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Fischel, D.P.; Pimentel, M.M.; Fuck, R.A; Armstrong, R

2001-01-01

The Tocantins Province (Almeida et al. 1981) in central Brazil is a Neoproterozoic orogenic zone developed between the Amazon and Sao Francisco cratons and possibly a third continental block, known as Parapanema Block, hidden below the sedimentary rocks of the Parana Basin. The Tocantins Province comprises the eastward vergent Brasilia Belt, adjacent to the Sao Francisco Craton (Marini et al. 1984), and the westward vergent Paraguay and Araguaia belts, developed on the eastern margin of the Amazon Craton. According to Trompette (1997), the Brasilia and Araguaia belts had sedimentation starting at around 1.1-1.0 Ga and final closure at 0.6 Ga. In the northern part of the Brasilia Belt occur the Barro Alto, Canabrava and Niquelandia maficultramafic layered complexes. Inconclusive U-Pb isotopic data indicate ages between ca. 1600 and 2000 Ma for these intrusions that were affected by highgrade metamorphism ca. 740-790 Ma ago, during the Neoproterozoic (Ferreira Filho et al. 1994; Suita et al. 1994; Correia et al. 1997). In the southern part of the Brasilia Belt, in central Goias , is the Anapolis-Itaucu granulite complex. It consists of a large complex of high-grade rocks, volcano-sedimentary sequences and granites, exposed in between metasediments of the Araxa Group, the main constituent of the internal zone of the Neoproterozoic Brasilia Belt (Fuck et al. 1994). These granulites have traditionally been interpreted as the exposure of Archean sialic basement to the sediments of the Brasilia Belt (Danni et al. 1982, Marini et al. 1984; Lacerda Filho and Oliveira 1995). This work reports the results of a regional Sm- Nd isotopic investigation and U-Pb SHRIMP data in order to assess (i) the nature of the protoliths of the Araxa Group in this area; (ii) the nature and the high grade metamorphism of rocks from Anapolis-Itaucu Complex; (iii) the crystallization and metamorphism of aluminous granites (au)

Quarto Duplo (Chambre Double

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Michelle Agnes Magalhães

2015-12-01

Full Text Available A composição na minha trajetória representa uma síntese de experiências diversas. Foi juntando extremidades opostas, a teoria musical e a pesquisa de um lado, a improvisação como pianista do outro, que a vontade de reunir reflexão e prática encontrou na composição a sua forma de expressão. Minha formação se deu inicialmente em um curso de inverno no Festival de Londrina com Hans J. Koellreutter em 1994. Em seguida, tive uma longa passagem pela universidade (bacharelado em composição na Unicamp, mestrado na mesma universidade. A pesquisa de doutorado sobre Luigi Nono (USP me ajudou a entrar em contato com a forma de abordagem intuitiva e baseada no som do compositor italiano, que também seria tão importante no meu trabalho. Sobre meus professores, numerosos diálogos me foram necessários - toda uma constelação de eventos para uma única págica de música bem-sucedida. Entre esses encontros, que tiveram um papel pedagógico fundamental - muito embora alguns deles tenham sido breves em forma de workshop ou conversa, estão as aulas de J. A. Mannis, Almeida Prado, Livio Tragtenberg, Fernando Iazzetta, Silvio Ferraz, Salvatore Sciarrino, Chaya Czernowin, Pierluigi Billone, Franck Bedrossian, Tristan Murail, Stefano Gervasoni, Michael Jarrell e Philippe Manoury. Minha experiência com o grupo de improvisação Abaetetuba, e em duo com Celio Barros e Florentin Ginot, constituiu meu grande laboratório prático, desenvolvendo escuta e resposta em forma de sons, que considero como uma importante etapa de gestação do meu projeto artístico.

The roots of diversity: below ground species richness and rooting distributions in a tropical forest revealed by DNA barcodes and inverse modeling.

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Full Text Available Plants interact with each other, nutrients, and microbial communities in soils through extensive root networks. Understanding these below ground interactions has been difficult in natural systems, particularly those with high plant species diversity where morphological identification of fine roots is difficult. We combine DNA-based root identification with a DNA barcode database and above ground stem locations in a floristically diverse lowland tropical wet forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, where all trees and lianas >1 cm diameter have been mapped to investigate richness patterns below ground and model rooting distributions.DNA barcode loci, particularly the cpDNA locus trnH-psba, can be used to identify fine and small coarse roots to species. We recovered 33 species of roots from 117 fragments sequenced from 12 soil cores. Despite limited sampling, we recovered a high proportion of the known species in the focal hectare, representing approximately 14% of the measured woody plant richness. This high value is emphasized by the fact that we would need to sample on average 13 m(2 at the seedling layer and 45 m(2 for woody plants >1 cm diameter to obtain the same number of species above ground. Results from inverse models parameterized with the locations and sizes of adults and the species identifications of roots and sampling locations indicates a high potential for distal underground interactions among plants.DNA barcoding techniques coupled with modeling approaches should be broadly applicable to studying root distributions in any mapped vegetation plot. We discuss the implications of our results and outline how second-generation sequencing technology and environmental sampling can be combined to increase our understanding of how root distributions influence the potential for plant interactions in natural ecosystems.

Prevalence of DF508, G551D, G542X, and R553X mutations among cystic fibrosis patients in the North of Brazil

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Araújo F.G. de

2005-01-01

Full Text Available Cystic fibrosis (CF is the most common genetic disease among Caucasians and is rare among sub-Saharan Africans. The Brazilian population is not ethnically homogeneous but it is the result of three-way ethnic admixture of Europeans, Africans and Amerindians in varying proportions, depending on the region. In the present study, we investigated 33 patients who had been diagnosed and are currently under treatment for CF at the University Hospital João de Barros Barreto, Belém, Pará State. The molecular analysis for G542X, G551D and R553X mutations was performed by PCR followed by RFLP using BstNI, HincII and MboI, respectively, in polyacrylamide gel eletrophoresis and stained with AgNO3. ThedeltaF508 mutation (a deletion of 3 bp was only analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and stained with AgNO3. Each sample was analyzed for regions of interest in the CFTR gene using amplified by PCR and specific primers. The deltaF508 and G551D mutations presented frequencies of 22.7 and 3%, respectively. In 74.3% of the remaining patients, none of the mutations investigated was found. The present study characterized in a sample of patients with an established clinical diagnosis of CF (asthma, repeated bronchopneumonia, disorders of nutritional status, etc. the most frequent mutation ( deltaF508 in the North region of Brazil and is also the first report of the G551D mutation. In spite of the wide spectrum of CF mutations and the heterogeneous ethnic origin of the Amazon population, the molecular diagnosis is a helpful additional tool for the diagnosis and treatment of CF patients.

¿QUÉ ES EL DINERO? UN ABORDAJE DESDE LA PSICOLOGÍA ECONÓMICA

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Gustavo Guzmán Fernández

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo se desenvuelve alrededor de cuatro líneas argumentales en relación al dinero. Por un lado, parte de una breve introducción que toma en cuenta tanto su origen, como hijo legítimo del comercio, como la influencia que ha tenido en la expansión de antiguos imperios. En la segunda sección se presentan aspectos históricos y contextuales que han llevado a materializarlo de diferentes formas en los distintos núcleos humanos que abarcan desde pieles hasta conchas de caurí, pasando por cuentas de barro o barras de sal. La dimensión simbólica del dinero se ejemplifica en este apartado cuando se lo relaciona a la imagen del poder, su función como vehículo de información y propaganda o el significado místico-religioso que adquiere en diferentes culturas. En la tercera parte se hace una mayor profundización de la entidad simbólica del dinero desde la perspectiva del Interaccionismo Simbólico. La creencia que un símbolo es un hecho social compartido y que un fenómeno tiene significado en relación directa a su función práctica permite considerar este marco teórico como un constructo válido para estudiar el dinero. Por último, se plantea la existencia de dineros especiales. Avanzando más allá del cariz instrumental del dinero aportado por la economía, la visión de la antropología y la sociología nos demuestran que existen en el dinero aspectos culturales y sociales fuera de la esfera del mercado y que éstos pueden inclusive ser causas de «mutaciones», como es el caso del dinero virtual.

Experimental design in chemistry: A tutorial.

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Leardi, Riccardo

2009-10-12

In this tutorial the main concepts and applications of experimental design in chemistry will be explained. Unfortunately, nowadays experimental design is not as known and applied as it should be, and many papers can be found in which the "optimization" of a procedure is performed one variable at a time. Goal of this paper is to show the real advantages in terms of reduced experimental effort and of increased quality of information that can be obtained if this approach is followed. To do that, three real examples will be shown. Rather than on the mathematical aspects, this paper will focus on the mental attitude required by experimental design. The readers being interested to deepen their knowledge of the mathematical and algorithmical part can find very good books and tutorials in the references [G.E.P. Box, W.G. Hunter, J.S. Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1978; R. Brereton, Chemometrics: Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1978; R. Carlson, J.E. Carlson, Design and Optimization in Organic Synthesis: Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, in: Data Handling in Science and Technology, vol. 24, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005; J.A. Cornell, Experiments with Mixtures: Designs, Models and the Analysis of Mixture Data, in: Series in Probability and Statistics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991; R.E. Bruns, I.S. Scarminio, B. de Barros Neto, Statistical Design-Chemometrics, in: Data Handling in Science and Technology, vol. 25, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006; D.C. Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments, 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009; T. Lundstedt, E. Seifert, L. Abramo, B. Thelin, A. Nyström, J. Pettersen, R. Bergman, Chemolab 42 (1998) 3; Y. Vander Heyden, LC-GC Europe 19 (9) (2006) 469].

Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen additions on tropical soil microbial activity in the context of experimental warming

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Foley, M.; Nottingham, A.; Turner, B. L.

2017-12-01

Soil warming is generally predicted to increase microbial mineralization rates and accelerate soil C losses which could establish a positive feedback to climatic warming. Tropical rain forests account for a third of global soil C, yet the responseto of tropical soil C a warming climate remains poorly understood. Despite predictions of soil C losses, decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) in tropical soils may be constrained by several factors including microbial nutrient deficiencies. We performed an incubation experiment in conjunction with an in-situ soil warming experiment in a lowland tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, to measure microbial response to two key nutrient additions in shallow (0-10cm) and deep (50-100 cm) soils. We compared the response of lowland tropical soils to montane tropical soils, predicting that lowland soils would display the strongest response to phosphorus additions. Soils were treated with either carbon alone (C), nitrogen (CN), phosphorus (CP) or nitrogen and phosphorus combined (CNP). Carbon dioxide (CO2) production was measured by NaOH capture and titrimetric analysis for 10 days. Cumulative CO2 production in montane soils increased significantly with all additions, suggesting these soils are characterized by a general microbial nutrient deficiency. The cumulative amount of C respired in deep soils from the lowland site increased significantly with CP and CNP additions, suggesting that microbial processes in deep lowland tropical soils are phosphorus-limited. These results support the current understanding that lowland tropical forests are growing on highly weathered, phosphorus-deplete soils, and provide novel insight that deep tropical SOM may be stabilized by a lack of biologically-available phosphorus. Further, this data suggests tropical soil C losses under elevated temperature may be limited by a strong microbial phosphorus deficiency.

Virtual Travel Training for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Proof-of-Concept Interventional Study.

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Simões, Marco; Bernardes, Miguel; Barros, Fernando; Castelo-Branco, Miguel

2018-03-20

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and repetitive patterns of behavior, which can lead to deficits in adaptive behavior. In this study, a serious game was developed to train individuals with ASD for an important type of outdoor activity, which is the use of buses as a means of transportation. The aim of this study was to develop a serious game that defines a "safe environment" where the players became familiar with the process of taking a bus and to validate if it could be used effectively to teach bus-taking routines and adaptive procedures to individuals with ASD. In the game, players were placed in a three-dimensional city and were submitted to a set of tasks that involved taking buses to reach specific destinations. Participants with ASD (n=10) underwent between 1 to 3 training sessions. Participants with typical development (n=10) were also included in this study for comparison purposes and received 1 control session. We found a statistically significant increase in the measures of knowledge of the process of riding a bus, a reduction in the electrodermal activity (a metric of anxiety) measured inside the bus environments, and a high success rate of their application within the game (93.8%). The developed game proved to be potentially useful in the context of emerging immersive virtual reality technologies, of which use in therapies and serious games is still in its infancy. Our findings suggest that serious games, using these technologies, can be used effectively in helping people with ASD become more independent in outdoor activities, specifically regarding the use of buses for transportation. ©Marco Simões, Miguel Bernardes, Fernando Barros, Miguel Castelo-Branco. Originally published in JMIR Serious Games (http://games.jmir.org), 20.03.2018.

Impactos del desarrollo inmobiliario en localidades costeras del Área Metropolitana de Valparaíso, Chile./ Impact of real estate development of four coastal villages of Valparaiso Metropolitan Area.

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Camilo Arriagada Luco

2013-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo es un extracto de la investigación “Impacto del Desarrollo inmobiliario y turístico de pequeñas localidades balneario del litoral central chileno: localización de departamentos y resort, gentrificación urbano costera y nuevas demografías residenciales”,cuyo objetivo fue “estudiar el impacto que tiene el crecimiento del sector turístico-inmobiliario, sus efectos en la valorización del suelo urbano y recambio socio demográfico o inmigración queoperan en dos zonas de expansión del área metropolitana de Valparaíso, su eje Norte conformado por la intercomuna desde Concón hasta Maitencillo y Zapallar y su eje sur conformado por la región de Algarrobo Norte-Mirasol. La metodología aplicada combino elprocesamiento de datos cuantitativos secundarios de CASEN, Censo y otros con el levantamiento de entrevistas a expertos urbanistas como asimismo a vecinos de las zonas observadas y el registro en terreno de efectos visibles en áreas de influencia de una serie demegaproyectos ubicados dentro de las cuatro pequeñas ciudades o casos elegidos. En este artículo se hace revisión en particular si los casos analizados muestran indicios de recambio socio económico de la población residente con base en datos del Censo y CASEN, y se elabora un análisis agregado de entrevistas a urbanistas chilenos sobre desafíos del proceso a la planificación urbana y de entrevistas a vecinos residentes y comerciantes antiguos de las localidades respecto a los impactos positivos y negativos percibidos del desarrollo inmobiliario observado./This article is part of the project results 2012 "Impact of real estate and tourism developmentof small towns Chilean central coastal resort: location of departments and resort, coastal urban gentrification and new residential demographics" awarded by the University of Chile to theProject postulated by Professor Camilo Arriagada Luco. The objective was "to study the impact of the growth in tourism

Comportamiento de los suelos para la confección de adobes

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Barrios, Gastón

1986-02-01

sea preciso reemplazar las recomendaciones existentes para la construcción con este material, producto casi exclusivo de la experiencia de algunos constructores que en el pasado han tenido éxito al trabajar con él, por una norma, que no sólo límite, sino que más que eso, establezca pautas que permitan construir en adobe con la seguridad necesaria, aprovechando las cualidades inherentes del mismo, el empleo de aditivos y naturalmente proponga pautas para el diseño y cálculo de sus estructuras con un respaldo empírico adecuado. Dando un primer paso al respecto, es que hemos experimentado, en probetas RILEM, el comportamiento de algunas de las respuestas del mortero de barro seco, al variar factores como son la arcilla, el limo, la arena y la cantidad de agua de amasado. Los resultados de este estudio, pueden resumirse en las siguientes cuatro recomendaciones básicas: 1. Emplear suelos con razón limo-arcilla cercano a uno y la sumatoria entre 35 y 45% del total. 2. El contenido de arena del suelo debe encontrarse entre un 55% y un 65%. 3. La cantidad óptima para el agua de amasado depende de las propiedades mismas del suelo y de la tecnología empleada. En nuestro caso, dicho óptimo se encuentra en el límite líquido, más un tercio del índice de plasticidad de los suelos. Cabe hacer notar el alto nivel de significación de este factor en todas las variables estudiadas y sería de gran ventaja poder controlar su contenido, sin embargo, a niveles artesanales; esto no ha sido posible. 4. Para que el barro una vez seco, alcance características mecánicas satisfactorias y uniformes, es preciso que: i Se proceda al macerado del suelo en estado saturado de 48 a 72 horas. i i Antes del llenado de los moldes, proceder a un intenso amasado de la pasta, para así evitar que las láminas de arcilla se ordenen según atracciones eléctricas.

Coupled nutrient cycling determines tropical forest trajectory under elevated CO2.

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Bouskill, N.; Zhu, Q.; Riley, W. J.

2017-12-01

Tropical forests have a disproportionate capacity to affect Earth's climate relative to their areal extent. Despite covering just 12 % of land surface, tropical forests account for 35 % of global net primary productivity and are among the most significant of terrestrial carbon stores. As atmospheric CO2 concentrations increase over the next century, the capacity of tropical forests to assimilate and sequester anthropogenic CO2 depends on limitation by multiple factors, including the availability of soil nutrients. Phosphorus availability has been considered to be the primary factor limiting metabolic processes within tropical forests. However, recent evidence points towards strong spatial and temporal co-limitation of tropical forests by both nitrogen and phosphorus. Here, we use the Accelerated Climate Modeling for Energy (ACME) Land Model (ALMv1-ECA-CNP) to examine how nutrient cycles interact and affect the trajectory of the tropical forest carbon sink under, (i) external nutrient input, (ii) climate (iii) elevated CO2, and (iv) a combination of 1-3. ALMv1 includes recent theoretical advances in representing belowground competition between roots, microbes and minerals for N and P uptake, explicit interactions between the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles (e.g., phosphatase production and nitrogen fixation), the dynamic internal allocation of plant N and P resources, and the integration of global datasets of plant physiological traits. We report nutrient fertilization (N, P, N+P) predictions for four sites in the tropics (El Verde, Puerto Rico, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Manaus, Brazil and the Osa Peninsula, Coast Rica) to short-term nutrient fertilization (N, P, N+P), and benchmarking of the model against a meta-analysis of forest fertilization experiments. Subsequent simulations focus on the interaction of the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles across the tropics with a focus on the implications of coupled nutrient cycling and the fate of the tropical

Do abundance distributions and species aggregation correctly predict macroecological biodiversity patterns in tropical forests?

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Wiegand, Thorsten; Lehmann, Sebastian; Huth, Andreas; Fortin, Marie‐Josée

2016-01-01

Abstract Aim It has been recently suggested that different ‘unified theories of biodiversity and biogeography’ can be characterized by three common ‘minimal sufficient rules’: (1) species abundance distributions follow a hollow curve, (2) species show intraspecific aggregation, and (3) species are independently placed with respect to other species. Here, we translate these qualitative rules into a quantitative framework and assess if these minimal rules are indeed sufficient to predict multiple macroecological biodiversity patterns simultaneously. Location Tropical forest plots in Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, and in Sinharaja, Sri Lanka. Methods We assess the predictive power of the three rules using dynamic and spatial simulation models in combination with census data from the two forest plots. We use two different versions of the model: (1) a neutral model and (2) an extended model that allowed for species differences in dispersal distances. In a first step we derive model parameterizations that correctly represent the three minimal rules (i.e. the model quantitatively matches the observed species abundance distribution and the distribution of intraspecific aggregation). In a second step we applied the parameterized models to predict four additional spatial biodiversity patterns. Results Species‐specific dispersal was needed to quantitatively fulfil the three minimal rules. The model with species‐specific dispersal correctly predicted the species–area relationship, but failed to predict the distance decay, the relationship between species abundances and aggregations, and the distribution of a spatial co‐occurrence index of all abundant species pairs. These results were consistent over the two forest plots. Main conclusions The three ‘minimal sufficient’ rules only provide an incomplete approximation of the stochastic spatial geometry of biodiversity in tropical forests. The assumption of independent interspecific placements is most

Spermatic Viability of Cryopreserved Semen of Piau swine breed analyzed by Thermo Resistant Test

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Maurício Hoshino da Costa Barros

2014-06-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Barros M.H.C., Shiomi H.H., Amorim L.S., Guimarães S.E.F., Lopes P.S., Siqueira J.B., Pinho R.O. & Guimarães J.D. [Spermatic Viability of Cryopreserved Semen of Piau swine breed analyzed by Thermo Resistant Test.] Viabilidade espermática de sêmen congelado de suínos da raça Piau avaliada pelo Teste de Termorresistência. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária 36(2:131-136, 2014. Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG 36571-000, Brasil. E-mail: hugoshiomi@hotmail.com The objective of this study was to verify three protocols of semen cryopreservation on spermatic viability after thawing from Piau swine breed (Sus scrofa, by thermo resistant test (TTR. Twenty two ejaculates from 5 Piau mature boars were collected by glove hand technique. To freezing, the ejaculates was split and submitted to three protocols (P: (P1 freezing method proposed by Furst et al. (2005, altered by diluent media, (P2 freezing method proposed by Furst et al. (2005, altered by cooled curve; and (P3 freezing method proposed by Ohata et al. (2001. After thawing, semen was submitted to TTR, been incubated at 37o C by 2 hours, motility sperm (MOT and vigor (VIG was analyzed at 30 minutes of interval. MOT and VIG after thawing was 20.9±12.4, 29.5±10.9 and 49.5±12.1%; 2.5±0.5, 2.9±0.4 and 3.4±0.4, respectively to P1, P2 and P3. The TTR results show gradually decrease of motility and vigor along 2 hours of test procedure utilized, with best average to protocol 3 at all time of analyze. The protocol 3 tested by Piau boars shows highest values in cellular semen cryopreservation.

Dynamics of seizure of animal products in international baggage on Airport of Brasilia (AIB-PJK/SBBR.

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Cristiano Barros de Melo

2016-09-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. de Melo C.B., Fino T.C.M., Schwingel F.F., Santiago M.T., de Barros L.F.R., McManus C. & Sá M.E.P. [Dynamics of seizure of animal products in international baggage on Airport of Brasilia (AIB-PJK/SBBR.] Dinâmica da apreensão de produtos de origem animal em bagagens internacionais no Aeroporto de Brasília (AIB-PJK/SBBR. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 38(3:265-276, 2016. Universidade de Brasília, PPGCA, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, ICC Sul, Asa Norte, Brasília, DF 70910-900, Brasil. E-mail: cristianomelo@unb.br The risk of introducing infectious agents increases as the volume of imported products rises. The illegal entry of animal products (POA brought in international passenger baggage is a factor that makes up the risk assessment and that grows proportionally to the intensification of international transit passengers. They evaluated the data on seizures of animal products intercepted in international baggage passengers in Airport of Brasilia (AIB-PJK/SBBR between the years 2010 and 2012. The analysis of the dynamics of these seizures considered the POA category, origin, airline and months more frequently and also verified the correlation between these variables. According to retrospective analysis, nearly eight tons of POA were seized from 52 countries throughout the study period. The results showed Portugal (p <0.0001 as the source of passengers who had higher frequency and quantity of seizures, and, added to other European origins, totaled 84.3% of seizures. The months of July, August and September stood out for the highest number of seizures and greater movement of international passengers. The increase in the number of seizures accompanied by a rise in the percentage of inspected passengers (r=0.69, emphasizing the importance of airport surveillance. According to the calculation of relative risk, passengers from African and South American countries showed greater magnitude of risk to bring animal

Tracking the Creation of Tropical Forest Canopy Gaps with UAV Computer Vision Remote Sensing

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Dandois, J. P.

2015-12-01

The formation of canopy gaps is fundamental for shaping forest structure and is an important component of ecosystem function. Recent time-series of airborne LIDAR have shown great promise for improving understanding of the spatial distribution and size of forest gaps. However, such work typically looks at gap formation across multiple years and important intra-annual variation in gap dynamics remains unknown. Here we present findings on the intra-annual dynamics of canopy gap formation within the 50 ha forest dynamics plot of Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing. High-resolution imagery (7 cm GSD) over the 50 ha plot was obtained regularly (≈ every 10 days) beginning October 2014 using a UAV equipped with a point and shoot camera. Imagery was processed into three-dimensional (3D) digital surface models (DSMs) using automated computer vision structure from motion / photogrammetric methods. New gaps that formed between each UAV flight were identified by subtracting DSMs between each interval and identifying areas of large deviation. A total of 48 new gaps were detected from 2014-10-02 to 2015-07-23, with sizes ranging from less than 20 m2 to greater than 350 m2. The creation of new gaps was also evaluated across wet and dry seasons with 4.5 new gaps detected per month in the dry season (Jan. - May) and 5.2 per month outside the dry season (Oct. - Jan. & May - July). The incidence of gap formation was positively correlated with ground-surveyed liana stem density (R2 = 0.77, p < 0.001) at the 1 hectare scale. Further research will consider the role of climate in predicting gap formation frequency as well as site history and other edaphic factors. Future satellite missions capable of observing vegetation structure at greater extents and frequencies than airborne observations will be greatly enhanced by the high spatial and temporal resolution bridging scale made possible by UAV remote sensing.

Persistence of Neighborhood Demographic Influences over Long Phylogenetic Distances May Help Drive Post-Speciation Adaptation in Tropical Forests.

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Wills, Christopher; Harms, Kyle E; Wiegand, Thorsten; Punchi-Manage, Ruwan; Gilbert, Gregory S; Erickson, David; Kress, W John; Hubbell, Stephen P; Gunatilleke, C V Savitri; Gunatilleke, I A U Nimal

2016-01-01

Studies of forest dynamics plots (FDPs) have revealed a variety of negative density-dependent (NDD) demographic interactions, especially among conspecific trees. These interactions can affect growth rate, recruitment and mortality, and they play a central role in the maintenance of species diversity in these complex ecosystems. Here we use an equal area annulus (EAA) point-pattern method to comprehensively analyze data from two tropical FDPs, Barro Colorado Island in Panama and Sinharaja in Sri Lanka. We show that these NDD interactions also influence the continued evolutionary diversification of even distantly related tree species in these FDPs. We examine the details of a wide range of these interactions between individual trees and the trees that surround them. All these interactions, and their cumulative effects, are strongest among conspecific focal and surrounding tree species in both FDPs. They diminish in magnitude with increasing phylogenetic distance between heterospecific focal and surrounding trees, but do not disappear or change the pattern of their dependence on size, density, frequency or physical distance even among the most distantly related trees. The phylogenetic persistence of all these effects provides evidence that interactions between tree species that share an ecosystem may continue to promote adaptive divergence even after the species' gene pools have become separated. Adaptive divergence among taxa would operate in stark contrast to an alternative possibility that has previously been suggested, that distantly related species with dispersal-limited distributions and confronted with unpredictable neighbors will tend to converge on common strategies of resource use. In addition, we have also uncovered a positive density-dependent effect: growth rates of large trees are boosted in the presence of a smaller basal area of surrounding trees. We also show that many of the NDD interactions switch sign rapidly as focal trees grow in size, and that

Isotopic constraints on contamination processes in the Tonian Goiás Stratiform Complex

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Giovanardi, Tommaso; Mazzucchelli, Maurizio; Lugli, Federico; Girardi, Vicente A. V.; Correia, Ciro T.; Tassinari, Colombo C. G.; Cipriani, Anna

2018-06-01

The Tonian Goiás Stratiform Complex (TGSC, Goiás, central Brazil), is one of the largest mafic-ultramafic layered complexes in the world, emplaced during the geotectonic events that led to the Gondwana accretion. In this study, we present trace elements and in-situ U/Pb-Lu-Hf analyses of zircons and 87Sr/86Sr ratios of plagioclases from anorthosites and gabbros of the TGSC. Although formed by three isolated bodies (Cana Brava, Niquelândia and Barro Alto), and characterized by a Lower and Upper Sequence (LS and US), our new U/Pb zircon data confirm recent geochemical, geochronological, and structural evidences that the TGSC has originated from a single intrusive body in the Neoproterozoic. New Hf and Sr isotope ratios construe a complex contamination history for the TGSC, with different geochemical signatures in the two sequences. The low Hf and high Sr isotope ratios of the Lower Sequence (εHf(t) from -4.2 down to -27.5; 87Sr/86Sr = 0.706605-0.729226), suggest the presence of a crustal component and are consistent with contamination from meta-pelitic and calc-silicate rocks found as xenoliths within the Sequence. The more radiogenic Hf isotope ratios and low Sr isotope composition of the Upper Sequence (εHf(t) from 11.3 down to -8.4; 87Sr/86Sr = 0.702368-0.702452), suggest a contamination from mantle-derived metabasalts in agreement with the occurrences of amphibolite xenoliths in the US stratigraphy. The differential contamination of the two sequences is explained by the intrusion of the TGSC in a stratified crust dominated by metasedimentary rocks in its deeper part and metavolcanics at shallower levels. Moreover, the differential thermal gradient in the two crystallizing sequences might have contributed to the preservation and recrystallization of inherited zircon grains in the US and total dissolution or magmatic overgrowth of the LS zircons via melt/rock reaction processes.

Analysis of the slaughterhouses in Galicia (NW Spain).

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Bugallo, Pastora M Bello; Andrade, Laura Cristóbal; de la Torre, María Agrelo; López, Rosa Torres

2014-05-15

In the last five years, slaughterhouses in Galicia have been producing more than 350,000 tonnes of carcass per year (Ministry of Environmental and Marine and Rural Media (MARM), 2013). The main environmental problems derived from this economic activity are the high consumption of water, the generation of waste water with a high organic load and the intensive use of energy (electricity and fuel) (European Commission, 2005). In this region of Spain, there are seventy-one slaughterhouses but only 10 to 15% of them have a carcass production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day (Casares et al., 2006), consequently needing an environmental permit according to the requirements set by the IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive (European Commission, 2008). The slaughterhouses can be specialized in one livestock type, such as pigs, cattle, sheep, goats or rabbits, or they can be polyvalent. In 2009, the most important meat productions were from porcine, poultry and bovine, as they represented 96% of total production in Spain (AICE, 2011). This paper presents a general view of this important sub-sector (according to the Spanish CNAE, National Classification of Economical Activities) of the food and drinking industry in Galicia. The work considers general information about the activity, an exhaustive description of the industrial process (including preliminary operations, processing, final and auxiliary operations), environmental aspects about consumption and emission levels, and finally a proposal of technique candidates to be BAT (best available techniques) for each process stage. This structure has permitted to obtain an inventory of pollution prevention and control techniques, as well as qualitative data of incomes and outcomes of consumptions and emissions respectively. The methodology, which has already been used in previous works (Barros et al., 2008), has been proved to be appropriate to optimize the process considering environmental factors as

Phylogenetic analysis of local-scale tree soil associations in a lowland moist tropical forest.

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Laura A Schreeg

Full Text Available BACKGROUND: Local plant-soil associations are commonly studied at the species-level, while associations at the level of nodes within a phylogeny have been less well explored. Understanding associations within a phylogenetic context, however, can improve our ability to make predictions across systems and can advance our understanding of the role of evolutionary history in structuring communities. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we quantified evolutionary signal in plant-soil associations using a DNA sequence-based community phylogeny and several soil variables (e.g., extractable phosphorus, aluminum and manganese, pH, and slope as a proxy for soil water. We used published plant distributional data from the 50-ha plot on Barro Colorado Island (BCI, Republic of Panamá. Our results suggest some groups of closely related species do share similar soil associations. Most notably, the node shared by Myrtaceae and Vochysiaceae was associated with high levels of aluminum, a potentially toxic element. The node shared by Apocynaceae was associated with high extractable phosphorus, a nutrient that could be limiting on a taxon specific level. The node shared by the large group of Laurales and Magnoliales was associated with both low extractable phosphorus and with steeper slope. Despite significant node-specific associations, this study detected little to no phylogeny-wide signal. We consider the majority of the 'traits' (i.e., soil variables evaluated to fall within the category of ecological traits. We suggest that, given this category of traits, phylogeny-wide signal might not be expected while node-specific signals can still indicate phylogenetic structure with respect to the variable of interest. CONCLUSIONS: Within the BCI forest dynamics plot, distributions of some plant taxa are associated with local-scale differences in soil variables when evaluated at individual nodes within the phylogenetic tree, but they are not detectable by phylogeny

Identification of candidate genes involved in Witches' broom disease resistance in a segregating mapping population of Theobroma cacao L. in Brazil.

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Royaert, Stefan; Jansen, Johannes; da Silva, Daniela Viana; de Jesus Branco, Samuel Martins; Livingstone, Donald S; Mustiga, Guiliana; Marelli, Jean-Philippe; Araújo, Ioná Santos; Corrêa, Ronan Xavier; Motamayor, Juan Carlos

2016-02-11

Witches' broom disease (WBD) caused by the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa is responsible for considerable economic losses for cacao producers. One of the ways to combat WBD is to plant resistant cultivars. Resistance may be governed by a few genetic factors, mainly found in wild germplasm. We developed a dense genetic linkage map with a length of 852.8 cM that contains 3,526 SNPs and is based on the MP01 mapping population, which counts 459 trees from a cross between the resistant 'TSH 1188' and the tolerant 'CCN 51' at the Mars Center for Cocoa Science in Barro Preto, Bahia, Brazil. Seven quantitative trait loci (QTL) that are associated with WBD were identified on five different chromosomes using a multi-trait QTL analysis for outbreeders. Phasing of the haplotypes at the major QTL region on chromosome IX on a diversity panel of genotypes clearly indicates that the major resistance locus comes from a well-known source of WBD resistance, the clone 'SCAVINA 6'. Various potential candidate genes identified within all QTL may be involved in different steps leading to disease resistance. Preliminary expression data indicate that at least three of these candidate genes may play a role during the first 12 h after infection, with clear differences between 'CCN 51' and 'TSH 1188'. We combined the information from a large mapping population with very distinct parents that segregate for WBD, a dense set of mapped markers, rigorous phenotyping capabilities and the availability of a sequenced genome to identify several genomic regions that are involved in WBD resistance. We also identified a novel source of resistance that most likely comes from the 'CCN 51' parent. Thanks to the large population size of the MP01 population, we were able to pick up QTL and markers with relatively small effects that can contribute to the creation and selection of more tolerant/resistant plant material.

Planossolos e Gleissolos Utilizados na Fabricação de Cerâmica Artesanal no Semiárido de Minas Gerais

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Diana Ferreira de Freitas

2015-06-01

Full Text Available O conhecimento etnopedológico tem fornecido informações importantes sobre o modo de vida das populações rurais a respeito de suas tradições ancestrais, como a arte de elaborar peças artesanais a partir do barro advindo de solos com características próprias a esse uso. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar física, química e mineralogicamente Planossolos e Gleissolos explorados para a produção de artefatos de cerâmica artesanal em Minas Gerais. Nos barreiros, foram coletados dois perfis de Planossolos (P1 e P2 e um Gleissolo (P3 usados como matéria-prima na produção artesanal de cerâmica. Foram realizadas análises físicas e químicas, limites de liquidez (LL e plasticidade (LP, índice de plasticidade (IP e de atividade coloidal (IA, além da mineralogia da fração argila. Os horizontes selecionados pelos ceramistas para a fabricação de cerâmica artesanal (BA, Btg e BCg, do P1; Btg1 e Btg2, do P2; e C2g e C3g, do P3 apresentaram os maiores teores de argila e silte, IP e IA, importantes para a qualidade final da cerâmica. O horizonte Cg do perfil P1 possui potencial de ser utilizado para a produção artesanal, em virtude do seu IP, superior aos dos horizontes normalmente usados, além dos teores de argila, silte e areia fina e suas características mineralógicas. A proporção ideal das frações areia, silte e argila e a porcentagem de matéria orgânica na definição de um bom material para cerâmica são difíceis de estabelecer e variam principalmente em razão de aspectos quantitativos e qualitativos da argila nos solos.

Dogs infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in São Domingos do Capim, State of Pará, Brazil

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Vívian Tavares Almeida

2015-12-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Almeida V.T., Kobayashi Y.T. da S., Roque A.L.R., Barros J.H.S., de Castro L.R.S., Madeira E.A.O., Uzcategui R.A.R. & Fernandes J.I. Dogs infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in São Domingos do Capim, State of Pará, Brazil. [Infecção por Trypanosoma cruzi em cães em São Domingos do Capim, Estado do Pará, Brasil.] Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(supl. 1:106- 112, 2015. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus II, BR 316 Km 62, Castanhal, PA 68743-970, Brasil. E-mail: vitalmeida21@hotmail.com The objective of this study was to determine the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi among dogs naturally infected by it inside four rural communities at the Municipality of São Domingos do Capim located in the Northeastern Pará, Brazil. Blood samples were collected from 113 dogs and 85.7% (30/35 of the serologically positive dogs had their blood re-collected after three months. The diagnosis of T. cruzi infection was performed by: fresh blood examination, hemoconcentration, hemoculture, as well as the serological assays Indirect Immunofluorescence Essay (IFAT and Imunoenzimatic essay (ELISA. The presence of positive dogs in both serologic tests (IFAT + ELISA was 31% (35/113, distributed among the four communities as follows: (12/44 Uricuriteua, (19/40 Cezaréia, (1/16 Aliança and (3/13 Catita. None of the samples was positive in the fresh blood examination or hemoconcentration, although it was possible to isolate T. cruzi, DTU TcI in one dog sample during its blood re-collection. These results show how dogs are exposed to the T. cruzi transmission cycle, revealing their importance as sentinels for the presence of this parasite in the studied area.

Revisiting drought impact on tropical forest photosynthesis: a novel multi-scale integrated approach reveals new insights

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Detto, M.; Wu, J.; Xu, X.; Serbin, S.; Rogers, A.

2017-12-01

A fundamental unanswered question for global change ecology is to determine the vulnerability of tropical forests to climate change, particularly with increasing intensity and frequency of drought events. This question, despite its apparent simplicity, remains difficult for earth system models to answer, and is controversial in remote sensing literature. Here, we leverage unique multi-scale remote sensing measurements (from leaf to crown) in conjunction with four-continuous-year (2013-2017) eddy covariance measurements of ecosystem carbon fluxes in a tropical forest in Panama to revisit this question. We hypothesize that drought impacts tropical forest photosynthesis through variation in abiotic drivers (solar radiation, diffuse light fraction, and vapor pressure deficit) that interact with physiological traits that govern photosynthesis, and biotic variation in ecosystem photosynthetic capacity associated with changes in the traits themselves. Our study site, located in a seasonal tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, experienced a significant drought in 2015. Local eddy covariance derived photosynthesis shows an abrupt increase during the drought year. Our specific goal here is to assess the relative impact of abiotic and biotic drivers of such photosynthesis response to interannual drought. To this goal, we derived abiotic drivers from eddy tower-based meteorological measurements. We will derive the biotic drivers using a recently developed leaf demography-ontogeny model, where ecosystem photosynthetic capacity can be described as the product of field measured, age-dependent leaf photosynthetic capacity and local tower-camera derived ecosystem-scale inter-annual variability in leaf age demography of the same time period (2013-2017). Lastly, we will use a process-based model to assess the separate and joint effects of abiotic and biotic drivers on eddy covariance derive photosynthetic interannual variability. Collectively, this novel multi

Protective effect of soybean oil- or fish oil-rich diets on allergic airway inflammation

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Navarro-Xavier RA

2016-05-01

Full Text Available Roberta Araujo Navarro-Xavier,1 Karina Vieira de Barros,1 Iracema Senna de Andrade,1 Zaira Palomino,2 Dulce Elena Casarini,2 Vera Lucia Flor Silveira3 1Departamento de Fisiologia, 2Departamento de Medicina, 3Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil Background: The increased prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in westernized societies has been associated with increased intake of diets rich in n-6 fatty acids (FAs and poor in n-3 FAs. This study aimed to analyze the prophylactic effects of treatment with a soybean oil-rich diet (rich in n-6 or fish oil (rich in n-3 in an allergic airway inflammation model on lung inflammation score, leukocyte migration, T-helper cell (Th-2 (interleukin [IL]-4, IL-5 and Th1 (interferon [IFN]-γ, tumor necrosis factor-α cytokines, lipoxin A4, nitric oxide, bradykinin, and corticosterone levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL or lungs. Methods: Male Wistar rats fed with soybean oil- or fish oil-rich diet or standard rat chow were sensitized twice with ovalbumin–alumen and challenged twice with ovalbumin aerosol. The BAL and lungs were examined 24 hours later. Results: Both diets, rich in n-6 or n-3 FAs, impaired the allergic lung inflammation and reduced leukocyte migration, eosinophil and neutrophil percentages, and IL-4/IL-5/bradykinin levels in BAL and/or lungs, as well as increased the nitric oxide levels in BAL. The soybean oil-rich diet additionally increased the levels of lipoxin A4 and corticosterone in the lungs. Conclusion: Data presented demonstrated that the n-6 FA-rich diet had protective effect upon allergic airway inflammation and was as anti-inflammatory as the n-3 FA-rich diet, although through different mechanisms, suggesting that both diets could be considered as complementary therapy or a prophylactic alternative for allergic airway inflammation. Keywords: asthma, nitric oxide, n-6 fatty acids, n-3 fatty acids, cytokines

Lactancia materna e inmunidad: Impacto social Breast feeding and immunity: Social impact

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Juan Ramón Castillo Belén

2009-08-01

Full Text Available El uso y desuso de la lactancia materna ha sido tema controvertido desde épocas remotas, pues se han encontrado biberones de barro en tumbas de niños romanos, lo cual indica que ya en el mundo antiguo se utilizaba la alimentación artificial. Las acciones para promover el amamantamiento se justifican por el beneficio nutricional de ese acto materno para el recién nacido, la protección que le confiere contra diferentes enfermedades por sus reconocidas propiedades inmunitarias, el aumento del bienestar psíquico del lactante y la madre, así como la buena estimulación del lenguaje en las edades tempranas de la vida. A diferencia de lo observado en otros países, la inserción de Cuba en el Programa del Hospital Amigo de la Madre y el Niño ha contribuido a disminuir considerablemente las tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad por muy diversas causas en comparación con las concernientes a naciones altamente industrializadas.The use and disuse of breast feeding has been a controversial topic since remote times, as mud feeding bottles have been found in Roman children's graves, indicating that in the old world the artificial feeding was already used. The actions to promote breastfeeding are justified for the nutritional benefit of that maternal action for the newborn, the protection that implies for him against different illnesses for its recognized immune properties, the increase of the psychic well-being of the newborn and the mother, as well as the good stimulation to language in the early ages of life. Contrary to what is observed in other countries, the Cuban participation in the Program of the Hospital Friend of the Mother and the Child has contributed to decrease considerably the morbility and mortality rates due to very diverse causes in comparison with those concerning the highly industrialized nations.

Lactancia materna e inmunidad: Impacto social Breast feeding and immunity: Social impact

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Juan Ramón Castillo Belén

2009-02-01

Full Text Available El uso y desuso de la lactancia materna ha sido tema controvertido desde épocas remotas, pues se han encontrado biberones de barro en tumbas de niños romanos, lo cual indica que ya en el mundo antiguo se utilizaba la alimentación artificial. Las acciones para promover el amamantamiento se justifican por el beneficio nutricional de ese acto materno para el recién nacido, la protección que le confiere contra diferentes enfermedades por sus reconocidas propiedades inmunitarias, el aumento del bienestar psíquico del lactante y la madre, así como la buena estimulación del lenguaje en las edades tempranas de la vida. A diferencia de lo observado en otros países, la inserción de Cuba en el Programa del Hospital Amigo de la Madre y el Niño ha contribuido a disminuir considerablemente las tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad por muy diversas causas en comparación con las concernientes a naciones altamente industrializadas.The use and disuse of breast feeding has been a controversial topic since remote times, as mud feeding bottles have been found in Roman children's graves, indicating that in the old world the artificial feeding was already used. The actions to promote breastfeeding are justified for the nutritional benefit of that maternal action for the newborn, the protection that implies for him against different illnesses for its recognized immune properties, the increase of the psychic well-being of the newborn and the mother, as well as the good stimulation to language in the early ages of life. Contrary to what is observed in other countries, the Cuban participation in the Program of the Hospital Friend of the Mother and the Child has contributed to decrease considerably the morbility and mortality rates due to very diverse causes in comparison with those concerning the highly industrialized nations.

Generadores de ruido antiguos

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Roberto Velázquez C.

2006-01-01

Full Text Available En el artículo se informa sobre un grupo de artefactos arqueológicos singulares hechos de varios materiales como piedra, hueso, madera, metal y barro que pudieron ser usados como herramientas sonoras, pero no son muy conocidos ni se habían estudiado formalmente. Su función y uso originales se desconocen, pero los artefactos sonoros que se han examinado directamente pueden producir sonidos extraordinarios que se asemejan a los de algunos animales y de fenómenos de la naturaleza como el viento. Los más sencillos morfológicamente se pueden tocar dentro de la boca. Por el tipo de mecanismo sonoro y las señales que generan funcionan como generadores de ruido bucales. Morfológicamente, muestran dos perforaciones cara a cara y una cámara resonadora y de caos entre ellos. En este documento se proporciona la información disponible sobre los generadores de ruido bucales antiguos y contemporáneos que se han encontrado. Se aplica un método de análisis de aerófonos antiguos, mismo que ya se ha complementado y aplicado en más de sesenta estudios originales, incluyendo una tesis. En general, se indican las principales características organológicas, acústicas y posibles usos de los generadores de ruido bucales que fueron identificados y analizados por el autor. El análisis comparativo de los sonidos complejos y variables en el tiempo se realiza con espectrogramas y se dan estimaciones de algunos parámetros acústicos básicos como presión sonora (en dB y potencia acústica radiada máxima (en Watts. Los generadores de ruido bucales mesoamericanos conocidos provienen de varias zonas como las del Golfo y del Occidente, pero los últimos identificados son de las zonas de San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, Veracruz y de San Juan Raya, Puebla. Finalmente, se sugieren trabajos para el futuro

Characterization of symptoms and edema distribution in premenstrual syndrome

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Tacani PM

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Pascale Mutti Tacani,1 Danielle de Oliveira Ribeiro,1 Barbara Evelyn Barros Guimarães,1 Aline Fernanda Perez Machado,2 Rogério Eduardo Tacani1,2 1Physical Therapy Department, São Camilo University Center, 2Physical Therapy Department, São Paulo City University (UNICID, São Paulo, Brazil Background: Premenstrual syndrome is a group of symptoms linked to the menstrual cycle, and edema is among these symptoms. Physiotherapy is often sought by many patients for the treatment of edema; however, for an adequate prescription of physiotherapeutic procedures, the distribution of edema throughout the body has yet to be characterized. Objective: To determine the most frequent symptoms and body regions that present with edema in women during the premenstrual period.Subjects and methods: Sixty women with a mean age of 24.6±4.7 years were evaluated during their premenstrual (between days 21 and 28 and menstrual period (between days 1 and 3, and the collected data included body mass, height, biotype (body-fat distribution, face, breast, limb-circumference measurements, and limb-volume estimate, and an adapted version of the Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool was used. Statistical analysis was performed using Student’s t-test and the test for equality of two proportions (P≤0.05.Results: Premenstrual syndrome was identified in 91.7% of the women, and the most frequent symptoms were irritability (73.33% and physical symptoms, including swelling (65%, and anxiety (58.3%. Edema was detected in the following areas: facial, epigastric, mammary, umbilical, and pubic, the mid-third of the arms, distal forearm, in both thighs and in the mid-third of the legs determined by circumference measurements, and in both upper and lower limbs, according to the estimated volume.Conclusion: In this study population, the most frequent symptoms were irritability, physical symptoms, and anxiety, with distribution of edema in the face, breast, abdomen, pubic area, distal

Adoção de Cidadãos Presos e Formação de Professores para a Prisão: Ações de Fraternidade Política e Direitos, aproximando a extensão universitária da ASCES e da UFPE no agreste pernambucano. Adoption of inmates and teacher training for prison: Actions of political fraternity and human rights approaching university extension to ASCES and UFPE in the rural area of Pernambuco state, Brazil

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Jordão, Maria Perpétua S. D.

2014-08-01

na preocupação com a formação de valores civilizatórios que tenham como base a dignidade das pessoas livres ou encarceradas. O referencial teórico que subsidia o trabalho tem, como autores principais: Paulo Freire, Hannah Arendt e Barros. This study aims to analyze how two extension projects - Legal Adoption of Inmates (ASCES and Teacher Training for Penitentiary System (UFPE - enable coordinated actions of citizenship and human rights in a prison facility located in the ‘agreste’ region of Pernambuco state, Brazil, since 2001 (ASCES and 2009 (UFPE. The work was articulated based on the participation of ASCES teachers in the Research Group of UFPE-CNPq, and on the perception of how the integration of institutional activities could improve results and include a larger number of teachers, students, and beneficiaries - prisoners and educators of the penitentiary system. The actions involving broad participation of civil society were carried out fortnightly at the prison unit; the works are presented in the form of training meetings with teachers, lectures, and discussions with inmates, as well as in activities mediated by playful elements such as images, photographs, films, documentaries, music, and poetry. Students from the two institutions are integrated without competition; teachers receive continuing education; and recreational activities with the inmates break their prison routine and encourage them to remain in the classroom, reducing evasion. The activity is used as internship workload for the ASCES students and as supplementary activities for students of Pedagogy. These activities also allow the two institutions to contribute for improving the quality of education in prison; motivate the interaction of students from different institutions, including students form institutions that do not belong to the projects, attracting the participation of many volunteers and alumni from the ASCES and the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Caruaru

Presence of c.3956delC mutation in familial adenomatous polyposis patients from Brazil.

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Moreira-Nunes, Caroline Aquino; Alcântara, Diego di Felipe Ávila; Lima-Júnior, Sérgio Figueiredo; Cavalléro, Sandro Roberto de Araújo; Rey, Juan Antonio; Pinto, Giovanny Rebouças; de Assumpção, Paulo Pimentel; Burbano, Rommel Rodriguez

2015-08-21

To characterize APC gene mutations and correlate them with patient phenotypes in individuals diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) in northern Brazil. A total of 15 individuals diagnosed with FAP from 5 different families from the north of Brazil were analyzed in this study. In addition to patients with histopathological diagnosis of FAP, family members who had not developed the disease were also tested in order to identify mutations and for possible genetic counseling. All analyzed patients or their guardians signed a consent form approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the João de Barros Barreto University Hospital (Belem, Brazil). DNA extracted from the peripheral blood of a member of each of the affected families was subjected to direct sequencing. The proband of each family was sequenced to identify germline mutations using the Ion Torrent platform. To validate the detected mutations, Sanger sequencing was also performed. The samples from all patients were also tested for the identification of mutations by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction using the amplification refractory mutation system. Through interviews with relatives and a search of medical records, it was possible to construct genograms for three of the five families included in the study. All 15 patients from the five families with FAP exhibited mutations in the APC gene, and all mutations were detected in exon 15 of the APC gene. In addition to the patients with a histological diagnosis of FAP, family members without disease symptoms showed the mutation in the APC gene. In the present study, we detected two of the three most frequent germline mutations in the literature: the mutation at codon 1309 and the mutation at codon 1061. The presence of c.3956delC mutation was found in all families from this study, and suggests that this mutation was introduced in the population of the State of Pará through ancestor immigration (i.e., a de novo mutation that arose in one

Diagnóstico de salud y percepción de riesgos, elementos clave para una propuesta de intervención en comunidades indígenas en México

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Mónica Terán-Hernández

Full Text Available RESUMEN Objetivo Realizar un diagnóstico de salud ambiental infantil y un análisis de percepción de riesgos en comunidades indígenas de la Región Huasteca Sur de San Luis Potosí, México, para diseñar una estrategia de intervención acorde a sus necesidades. Métodos La investigación siguió un enfoque mixto realizado en dos fases de estudio. Se desarrolló en tres comunidades indígenas del municipio de Tancanhuitz, desde enero de 2005 hasta junio de 2006. En la población adulta, se analizó la percepción de riesgos mediante grupos focales, entrevistas a profundidad y cédulas de entrevistas. En la población infantil, para el análisis de percepción se utilizó la técnica de dibujo. Se realizó una evaluación de riesgos a la salud a través de un monitoreo biológico y un monitoreo ambiental de agua y suelo. Resultados Las tres comunidades enfrentan problemas críticos que hacen evidente su vulnerabilidad. Al realizar la triangulación e integración de resultados, se halló que las principales problemáticas se relacionan con la exposición a microorganismos patógenos en el agua y el suelo, la exposición a humo de leña en interiores, la exposición al humo por quema de basura, el uso de insecticidas, la exposición a plomo por uso de barro vidriado y el alcoholismo. Conclusiones Para que la estrategia de intervención sea acorde a la población que será intervenida, es fundamental incorporar el análisis de percepción de riesgos y fomentar la participación de sus integrantes. La estrategia de intervención que se propone para atender las problemáticas detectadas se basa en los principios de comunicación de riesgo, la participación comunitaria y la vinculación interinstitucional.

Does knowledge on diabetes management influence glycemic control? A nationwide study in patients with type 1 diabetes in Brazil

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Gomes MB

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Marilia Brito Gomes,1 Deborah Conte Santos,1 Marcela H Pizarro,1 Bianca Senger V Barros,1 Laura G Nunes de Melo,2 Carlos A Negrato3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Unit, State University Hospital of Rio de Janeiro, 2Department of Ophthalmology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Bauru’s Diabetics Association, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil Objective: The purpose of this study is to establish demographic and clinical data associated with the knowledge on diabetes management and its influence on glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes.Methods: This was a retrospective, observational, multicenter study conducted with 1,760 patients between August 2011 and August 2014 in 10 cities of Brazil.Results: Overall, 1,190 (67.6% patients knew what glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c means. These patients were older, had longer disease duration, longer follow-up in each center, reported lower frequency of self-reported hypoglycemia, and were more frequently Caucasians and at glycemic goal. Multivariate analysis showed that knowledge on what HbA1c means was related to more years of school attendance, self-reported ethnicity (Caucasians, severe hypoglycemia, economic status, follow-up time in each center, and participation on diabetes educational programs. Good glycemic control was related to older age, more years of school attendance, higher frequency of daily self-monitoring of blood glucose, higher adherence to diet, and knowledge on what HbA1c means.Conclusion: Patients with a knowledge on what HbA1c means had a better chance of reaching an adequate glycemic control that was not found in the majority of our patients. Diabetes care teams should rethink the approaches to patients and change them to more proactive schedules, reinforcing education, patients’ skills, and empowerment to have positive attitudes toward reaching and maintaining a better glycemic control. Finally, the glucocentric

Tracing the Sources of Atmospheric Phosphorus Deposition to a Tropical Rain Forest in Panama Using Stable Oxygen Isotopes.

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Gross, A; Turner, B L; Goren, T; Berry, A; Angert, A

2016-02-02

Atmospheric dust deposition can be a significant source of phosphorus (P) in some tropical forests, so information on the origins and solubility of atmospheric P is needed to understand and predict patterns of forest productivity under future climate scenarios. We characterized atmospheric dust P across a seasonal cycle in a tropical lowland rain forest on Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM), Republic of Panama. We traced P sources by combining remote sensing imagery with the first measurements of stable oxygen isotopes in soluble inorganic phosphate (δ(18)OP) in dust. In addition, we measured soluble inorganic and organic P concentrations in fine (1 μm) aerosol fractions and used this data to estimate the contribution of P inputs from dust deposition to the forest P budget. Aerosol dry mass was greater in the dry season (December to April, 5.6-15.7 μg m(-3)) than the wet season (May to November, 3.1-7.1 μg m(-3)). In contrast, soluble P concentrations in the aerosols were lower in the dry season (980-1880 μg P g(-1)) than the wet season (1170-3380 μg P g(-1)). The δ(18)OP of dry-season aerosols resembled that of nearby forest soils (∼19.5‰), suggesting a local origin. In the wet season, when the Trans-Atlantic Saharan dust belt moves north close to Panama, the δ(18)OP of aerosols was considerably lower (∼15.5‰), suggesting a significant contribution of long-distance dust P transport. Using satellite retrieved aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the P concentrations in aerosols we sampled in periods when Saharan dust was evident we estimate that the monthly P input from long distance dust transport during the period with highest Saharan dust deposition is 88 ± 31 g P ha(-1) month(-1), equivalent to between 10 and 29% of the P in monthly litter fall in nearby forests. These findings have important implications for our understanding of modern nutrient budgets and the productivity of tropical forests in the region under future climate scenarios.

Topography of the medullar cone in the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758

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Lucas de Assis Ribeiro

2015-12-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Ribeiro L.A., Souza T.A.M., Ribeiro P.R.Q., Santos L.A., Silva D.C.O., Carneiro e Silva F.O., Barros R.A.C. & Zanon R.G. [Topography of the medullar cone in the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758.] Topografia do cone medular do Tamanduá-bandeira (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(4:353-358, 2015. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias e Zootecnia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Rua João Naves de Ávila, 2121, Uberlândia, MG 38408-100, Brasil. E-mail: lucasassis83@yahoo.com.br The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla is a representative of the Order Hairy, belonging to the family Myrmecophagidae. General approaches on the behavior, ecology and physical abilities of this animal are available in the literature. However, information regarding different aspects of the anatomy of the nervous system giant anteater are sparsely found. Therefore, the morphological knowledge of the relationship between the spinal cord and vertebral column is of great importance to the scientific, as in the various species of animals, whether domestic or not, the relations of the caudal spinal differ. This difference comes out to meet the interests of wild animal medicine, especially as support for the practice of epidural anesthesia. Thus, the objective was to describe the topography of the conus M. tridactyla, providing anatomical data as a basis for the practice of epidural anesthesia. For this study we used three specimens of giant anteater, prepared by the usual techniques in Macroscopic Anatomy, which had three sacral vertebrae and 4. Sendo que a base do cone medular foi registrada ao nível da terceira vértebra lombar (L3, com comprimento variando entre 3,5cm e 4,5cm e ápice localizando-se ao nível da segunda vértebra sacral (S2. These anatomical findings may point out as a safe place to perform epidural anesthesia

CANTAB object recognition and language tests to detect aging cognitive decline: an exploratory comparative study

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Cabral Soares F

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Fernanda Cabral Soares,1 Thaís Cristina Galdino de Oliveira,1 Liliane Dias e Dias de Macedo,1 Alessandra Mendonça Tomás,1 Domingos Luiz Wanderley Picanço-Diniz,2 João Bento-Torres,1,3 Natáli Valim Oliver Bento-Torres,1,3 Cristovam Wanderley Picanço-Diniz1 1Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Investigações em Neurodegeneração e Infecção Belém, Pará, Brazil; 2Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Núcleo Universitário de Oriximiná, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil; 3Faculdade de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, BrazilObjective: The recognition of the limits between normal and pathological aging is essential to start preventive actions. The aim of this paper is to compare the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB and language tests to distinguish subtle differences in cognitive performances in two different age groups, namely young adults and elderly cognitively normal subjects.Method: We selected 29 young adults (29.9±1.06 years and 31 older adults (74.1±1.15 years matched by educational level (years of schooling. All subjects underwent a general assessment and a battery of neuropsychological tests, including the Mini Mental State Examination, visuospatial learning, and memory tasks from CANTAB and language tests. Cluster and discriminant analysis were applied to all neuropsychological test results to distinguish possible subgroups inside each age group.Results: Significant differences in the performance of aged and young adults were detected in both language and visuospatial memory tests. Intragroup cluster and discriminant analysis revealed that CANTAB, as compared to language tests, was able to detect subtle but significant differences between the subjects.Conclusion: Based on these findings, we concluded that, as compared to language tests, large-scale application

Quantification and identification of lightning damage in tropical forests.

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Yanoviak, Stephen P; Gora, Evan M; Burchfield, Jeffrey M; Bitzer, Phillip M; Detto, Matteo

2017-07-01

Accurate estimates of tree mortality are essential for the development of mechanistic forest dynamics models, and for estimating carbon storage and cycling. However, identifying agents of tree mortality is difficult and imprecise. Although lightning kills thousands of trees each year and is an important agent of mortality in some forests, the frequency and distribution of lightning-caused tree death remain unknown for most forests. Moreover, because all evidence regarding the effects of lightning on trees is necessarily anecdotal and post hoc, rigorous tests of hypotheses regarding the ecological effects of lightning are impossible. We developed a combined electronic sensor/camera-based system for the location and characterization of lightning strikes to the forest canopy in near real time and tested the system in the forest of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Cameras mounted on towers provided continuous video recordings of the forest canopy that were analyzed to determine the locations of lightning strikes. We used a preliminary version of this system to record and locate 18 lightning strikes to the forest over a 3-year period. Data from field surveys of known lightning strike locations (obtained from the camera system) enabled us to develop a protocol for reliable, ground-based identification of suspected lightning damage to tropical trees. In all cases, lightning damage was relatively inconspicuous; it would have been overlooked by ground-based observers having no knowledge of the event. We identified three types of evidence that can be used to consistently identify lightning strike damage in tropical forests: (1) localized and directionally biased branch mortality associated with flashover among tree and sapling crowns, (2) mortality of lianas or saplings near lianas, and (3) scorched or wilting epiphytic and hemiepiphytic plants. The longitudinal trunk scars that are typical of lightning-damaged temperate trees were never observed in this study. Given the

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Full Text Available Arizpe, Lourdes, Culturas en movimiento: Interactividad cultural y procesos globales. México, Cámara de los diputados LIX Legislatura, UNAM, CRIM, Editorial Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2006, 368 pp.Páginas 203-206Héctor Vega DeloyaCárcel Ortí, Vicente, La Iglesia y la transición española. Valencia, Edicep C. B., 2003, 342 pp.Páginas 206-207Gonzalo Ruiz BidónChaput, Marie-Claude (éd., De l´anarquisme aux courants alternatifs (XIX-XXIe siècles. Régards 9, París, Publidix, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, 2006, 460 pp.Páginas 208-210Francisco de Paula Villatoro SánchezChuse, Loren, Mujer y flamenco. Sevilla, Signatura Ediciones, 2007, 228 pp.Páginas 210-212Gema León RavinaCores Trasmonte, Baldomero; Luis Porteiro Garea, A Coruña, TresCtres, 2005, 260 pp.Páginas 212-213Israel Sanmartín BarrosDíez Torre, Alejandro R., Trabajan para la eternidad. Colectividades de Trabajo y Ayuda Mutua durante la Guerra Civil en Aragón. Madrid, La Malatesta Editorial, Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2009, 540 pp.Páginas 213-216José Luis Gutiérrez MolinaGonin, Jean Marc; Guez, Olivier, La caída del Muro de Berlín, Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 2009, 367 pp.Páginas 216-217Mª del Rocío Piñeiro ÁlvarezHardy, Jane, Poland´s new capitalism, London, Pluto Press, 2009, 258 pp.Páginas 217-218Daniel Alcalde GüelfoKaplan, Robert D., Por tierra, mar y aire. Las huellas globales del ejército americano. Barcelona, Ediciones B, 2008, 542 pp.Páginas 218-220David Molina RabadánMartínez, Jesús Manuel, Salvador Allende. Oviedo, Ediciones Nobel, 2009, 402 pp.Páginas 220-223Juan Gustavo Núñez OlguínTravaglio, Marco, La scomparsa dei fatti. Milano, Collana Pamphlet, Il Sagiatore, 2006, 316 pp.Páginas 223-225Flavia PascarielloZertal, Idith; Eldar, Akiva, Lords of the Land: The War for Israeli´s Settlements in The Occupied Territories, 1967-2007. Nueva York, Nation Books, 2009, 531 pp.Páginas 225-227Javier Lión Bustillo

Intra- and interspecific variation in tropical tree and liana phenology derived from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle images

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Bohlman, S.; Park, J.; Muller-Landau, H. C.; Rifai, S. W.; Dandois, J. P.

2017-12-01

Phenology is a critical driver of ecosystem processes. There is strong evidence that phenology is shifting in temperate ecosystems in response to climate change, but tropical tree and liana phenology remains poorly quantified and understood. A key challenge is that tropical forests contain hundreds of plant species with a wide variety of phenological patterns. Satellite-based observations, an important source of phenology data in northern latitudes, are hindered by frequent cloud cover in the tropics. To quantify phenology over a large number of individuals and species, we collected bi-weekly images from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the well-studied 50-ha forest inventory plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Between October 2014 and December 2015 and again in May 2015, we collected a total of 35 sets of UAV images, each with continuous coverage of the 50-ha plot, where every tree ≥ 1 cm DBH is mapped. Spectral, texture, and image information was extracted from the UAV images for individual tree crowns, which was then used as inputs for a machine learning algorithm to predict percent leaf and branch cover. We obtained the species identities of 2000 crowns in the images via field mapping. The objectives of this study are to (1) determined if machine learning algorithms, applied to UAV images, can effectively quantify changes in leaf cover, which we term "deciduousness; (2) determine how liana cover effects deciduousness and (3) test how well UAV-derived deciduousness patterns match satellite-derived temporal patterns. Machine learning algorithms trained on a variety of image parameters could effectively determine leaf cover, despite variation in lighting and viewing angles. Crowns with higher liana cover have less overall deciduousness (tree + liana together) than crowns with lower liana cover. Individual crown deciduousness, summed over all crowns measured in the 50-ha plot, showed a similar seasonal pattern as MODIS EVI composited over 10 years. However

Evaluation of the anthelmintic activity and toxicity of an aqueous extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides in goats

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Gisele Dias da Silva

2016-10-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. da Silva G.D., Botura M.B., de Lima H.G., de Oliveira J.V.A., Moreira E.L.T., Santos F.O., de Souza T.S., de Almeida M.A.O. & Batatinha M.J.M. Evaluation of the anthelmintic activity and toxicity of an aqueous extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides in goats. [Avaliação da atividade anti-helmíntica e toxicidade do extrato aquoso de Chenopodium ambrosioides em caprinos.] Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 38(Supl.1:156-162, 2016. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ci- ência Animal nos Trópicos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Av. Ademar de Barros, 500, Ondina, Salvador, BA 40170-110, Brasil. E-mail: mjmb@ufba.br The objective of this study was to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of an aqueous extract (AE from Chenopodium ambrosioides on goat gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs and its toxic effects. The anthelmintic activity in vitro was investigated using the inhibition of egg hatching assay (EHA, while cytotoxicity on Vero cells was evaluated using the MTT test. In vivo, thirty goats that were naturally infected with GINs were divided into three groups: group I, treated with a daily dose of AE C. ambrosioides (700mg/kg for eight days; group II (positive control, treated with a single dose of levamisole phosphate (6.3mg/kg; and Group III, untreated (negative control. Treatment efficacy was assessed on the basis of egg counts (FEC, faecal cultures and post-mortem worm burden counts. Clinical and laboratory evaluations were performed to detect toxic effects associated with treatment. In the EHA, the EC50 and EC90 corresponded to 1.6 and 1.9mg/mL, respectively. The AE promoted a slight reduction in cell viability in the cytotoxicity test. The AE reduced (p <0.05 the number of infective larvae of the genera Haemonchus and Oesophagostomum. The anthelmintic treatment of goats with AE C.ambrosioides resulted in moderate efficacy against infective larvae, but revealed neither ovicidal nor toxic activity towards adult nematodes. No toxic

Beneficial effects of multisensory and cognitive stimulation on age-related cognitive decline in long-term-care institutions

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Oliveira TCG

2014-02-01

Full Text Available Thaís Cristina Galdino De Oliveira,1 Fernanda Cabral Soares,1 Liliane Dias E Dias De Macedo,1 Domingos Luiz Wanderley Picanço Diniz,1 Natáli Valim Oliver Bento-Torres,1,2 Cristovam Wanderley Picanço-Diniz1 1Laboratory of Investigations in Neurodgeneration and Infection, Biological Sciences Institute, University Hospital João de Barros Barreto, 2College of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil Abstract: The aim of the present report was to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of multisensory and cognitive stimulation on improving cognition in elderly persons living in long-term-care institutions (institutionalized [I] or in communities with their families (noninstitutionalized [NI]. We compared neuropsychological performance using language and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE test scores before and after 24 and 48 stimulation sessions. The two groups were matched by age and years of schooling. Small groups of ten or fewer volunteers underwent the stimulation program, twice a week, over 6 months (48 sessions in total. Sessions were based on language and memory exercises, as well as visual, olfactory, auditory, and ludic stimulation, including music, singing, and dance. Both groups were assessed at the beginning (before stimulation, in the middle (after 24 sessions, and at the end (after 48 sessions of the stimulation program. Although the NI group showed higher performance in all tasks in all time windows compared with I subjects, both groups improved their performance after stimulation. In addition, the improvement was significantly higher in the I group than the NI group. Language tests seem to be more efficient than the MMSE to detect early changes in cognitive status. The results suggest the impoverished environment of long-term-care institutions may contribute to lower cognitive scores before stimulation and the higher improvement rate of this group after stimulation. In conclusion

An Application of the Geo-Semantic Micro-services in Seamless Data-Model Integration

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Jiang, P.; Elag, M.; Kumar, P.; Liu, R.; Hu, Y.; Marini, L.; Peckham, S. D.; Hsu, L.

2016-12-01

We are applying machine learning (ML) techniques to continuous acoustic emission (AE) data from laboratory earthquake experiments. Our goal is to apply explicit ML methods to this acoustic datathe AE in order to infer frictional properties of a laboratory fault. The experiment is a double direct shear apparatus comprised of fault blocks surrounding fault gouge comprised of glass beads or quartz powder. Fault characteristics are recorded, including shear stress, applied load (bulk friction = shear stress/normal load) and shear velocity. The raw acoustic signal is continuously recorded. We rely on explicit decision tree approaches (Random Forest and Gradient Boosted Trees) that allow us to identify important features linked to the fault friction. A training procedure that employs both the AE and the recorded shear stress from the experiment is first conducted. Then, testing takes place on data the algorithm has never seen before, using only the continuous AE signal. We find that these methods provide rich information regarding frictional processes during slip (Rouet-Leduc et al., 2017a; Hulbert et al., 2017). In addition, similar machine learning approaches predict failure times, as well as slip magnitudes in some cases. We find that these methods work for both stick slip and slow slip experiments, for periodic slip and for aperiodic slip. We also derive a fundamental relationship between the AE and the friction describing the frictional behavior of any earthquake slip cycle in a given experiment (Rouet-Leduc et al., 2017b). Our goal is to ultimately scale these approaches to Earth geophysical data to probe fault friction. References Rouet-Leduc, B., C. Hulbert, N. Lubbers, K. Barros, C. Humphreys and P. A. Johnson, Machine learning predicts laboratory earthquakes, in review (2017). https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05774Rouet-LeDuc, B. et al., Friction Laws Derived From the Acoustic Emissions of a Laboratory Fault by Machine Learning (2017), AGU Fall Meeting Session S025

A Drone-based Tropical Forest Experiment to Estimate Vegetation Properties

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Henke, D.

2017-12-01

In mid-latitudes, remote sensing technology is intensively used to monitor vegetation properties. However, in the tropics, high cloud-cover and saturation effects of vegetation indices (VI) hamper the reliability of vegetation parameters derived from satellite data. A drone experiment over the Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, with high temporal repetition rates was conducted in spring 2017 to investigate the robustness and stability of remotely sensed vegetation parameters in tropical environments. For this purpose, three 10-day flight windows in February, March and April were selected and drone flights were repeated on daily intervals when weather conditions and equipment allowed it. In total, 18 days were recorded with two different optical cameras on sensefly's eBee drone: one red, green, blue (RGB) camera and one camera with near infra-red (NIR), green and blue channels. When possible, the data were acquired at the same time of day. Pix4D and Agisoft software were used to calculate the Normalized Difference VI (NDVI) and forest structure. In addition, leave samples were collected ones per month from 16 different plant species and the relative water content was measured as ground reference. Further data sources for the analysis are phenocam images (RGB & NIR) on BCI and satellite images of MODIS (NDVI; Enhanced VI EVI) and Sentinel-1 (radar backscatter). The attached figure illustrates the main data collected on BCI. Initial results suggest that the coefficient of determination (R2) is relatively high between ground samples and drone data, Sentinel-1 backscatter and MODIS EVI with R2 values ranging from 0.4 to 0.6; on the contrary, R2 values between ground measurements and MODIS NDVI or phenocam images are below 0.2. As the experiment took place mainly during dry season on BCI, cloud-cover rates are less dominate than during wet season. Under these conditions, MODIS EVI, which is less vulnerable to saturation effects, seems to be more reliable than MODIS

Paracoccidioidomicose: forma crônica cutânea

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Marcos Vinicius da Silva

2016-10-01

Full Text Available Introdução: A paracoccidioidomicose (PCM é uma micose sistêmica freqüente no Continente Americano. A infecção pode ocorrer pela inalação do fungo dimórfico, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, que adquire a forma leveduriforme infectante. A disseminação pode ocorrer com conseqüente instalação de focos quiescentes em diferentes órgãos e sistemas. Objetivos: Apresentar um caso clínico de PCM forma crônica, com ênfase no diagnóstico diferencial e nas peculiaridades no comprometimento cutâneo da doença. Metodologia: O caso foi acompanhado no serviço de Moléstias Infecciosas do Hospital Leonor Mendes de Barros (HLMB de Sorocaba através da análise da evolução diária do paciente. A descrição do relato de caso foi embasada na literatura. Relato de caso: Paciente admitido no HLMB com lesões na face, cabeça e orelhas há 15 dias com piora progressiva. Ao exame físico, as lesões apresentavam-se dolorosas, crostosas, ulceradas, com intenso processo inflamatório e com secreção purulenta localizadas principalmente na hemiface direita, couro cabeludo, pavilhões auriculares e região cervical posterior. Foram estabelecidas as hipóteses diagnósticas iniciais de actinomicose, hanseníase, leishmaniose cutâneo-mucosa e Herpes-Zoster com infecção bacteriana secundária, baseadas nos antecedentes epidemiológicos e manifestações clínicas. Coletada biópsia de pele do bordo de uma das lesões. O resultado do exame anatomopatológico mostrou a presença de dermatite granulomatosa com presença de estruturas morfologicamente sugestivas de paracoccidióides. Conclusão: Na PCM, forma crônica, podemos encontrar lesões cutâneas que não são de fácil caracterização, o que dificulta a realização do diagnóstico e a instituição do tratamento precoce.

Machine Learning of Fault Friction

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Johnson, P. A.; Rouet-Leduc, B.; Hulbert, C.; Marone, C.; Guyer, R. A.

2017-12-01

We are applying machine learning (ML) techniques to continuous acoustic emission (AE) data from laboratory earthquake experiments. Our goal is to apply explicit ML methods to this acoustic datathe AE in order to infer frictional properties of a laboratory fault. The experiment is a double direct shear apparatus comprised of fault blocks surrounding fault gouge comprised of glass beads or quartz powder. Fault characteristics are recorded, including shear stress, applied load (bulk friction = shear stress/normal load) and shear velocity. The raw acoustic signal is continuously recorded. We rely on explicit decision tree approaches (Random Forest and Gradient Boosted Trees) that allow us to identify important features linked to the fault friction. A training procedure that employs both the AE and the recorded shear stress from the experiment is first conducted. Then, testing takes place on data the algorithm has never seen before, using only the continuous AE signal. We find that these methods provide rich information regarding frictional processes during slip (Rouet-Leduc et al., 2017a; Hulbert et al., 2017). In addition, similar machine learning approaches predict failure times, as well as slip magnitudes in some cases. We find that these methods work for both stick slip and slow slip experiments, for periodic slip and for aperiodic slip. We also derive a fundamental relationship between the AE and the friction describing the frictional behavior of any earthquake slip cycle in a given experiment (Rouet-Leduc et al., 2017b). Our goal is to ultimately scale these approaches to Earth geophysical data to probe fault friction. References Rouet-Leduc, B., C. Hulbert, N. Lubbers, K. Barros, C. Humphreys and P. A. Johnson, Machine learning predicts laboratory earthquakes, in review (2017). https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05774Rouet-LeDuc, B. et al., Friction Laws Derived From the Acoustic Emissions of a Laboratory Fault by Machine Learning (2017), AGU Fall Meeting Session S025

Gestión del urbanismo y administración urbana: los pies de barro en el despliegue territorial del neoliberalismo en Chile. / Management planning and urban management: feet of clay in the territorial deployment of neoliberalism in Chile.

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Gaete Feres, Héctor

2003-01-01

Full Text Available En Chile, el abordaje eficiente de los problemas urbanos requiere enfrentar un asunto central pero rezagado de los procesos de modernización impulsados en el marco del modelo económico neoliberal vigente: la ineficiencia en la administración y gestión del desarrollo territorial. Ambas constituyen lastres que afectan el desempeño del sistema económico y el logro de los objetivos del país en calidad de vida para las personas. El artículo busca relevar, revisar el estado del arte y proponer líneas de trabajo hacia soluciones./Management of urbanism and urban administration. The Mud Feet in the Territorial Deployment of the Neoliberalism in Chile.In Chile, the efficient boarding of the urban problems requires to face a central but left behind subject of the impelled processes of modernization in the frame of the effective neoliberal economic model: inefficiency in the administration and management of the territorial development. Both constitute ballasts that affect the performance of the economic system and the profit of the objectives of the country in quality of life for the people. I articulate looks for to release, to review the state-of-the-art and to propose lines of work towards solutions.

Determination of lead in clay enameled by X-ray fluorescence technique in Total reflection and by Scanning Electron Microscopy; Determinacion de plomo en esmaltado de barro por Fluorescencia de rayos X en reflexion total y Microscopia Electronica de Barrido

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Zarazua O, G.; Carapia M, L. [Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, C.P. 52045 Estado de Mexico (Mexico)

2000-07-01

This work has the objective of determining lead free in the glazed commercial stewing pans using the X-ray fluorescence technique in Total reflection (FRX) and the observation and semiquantitative determination of lead by Analytical Scanning Electron Microscopy (ASEM). (Author)

Long-term ecology of euglossine orchid-bees (Apidae: Euglossini) in Panama.

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Roubik, D W; Ackerman, J D

1987-09-01

Abundance patterns during 6-7 years and orchid visitation were determined for 51 species of the 57 local euglossine bees. Male bees were counted at 3 chemical attractants presented in the same manner each month. Sites were separated by 75 km but included wet Atlantic forest at 500 m elevation, moist forest at 180 m near Barro Colorado Island, and cloud forest at 900 m near the Pacific ocean. 1. From 15 to 30 euglossine species of 4 genera were active in each month and site; monthly species number and general bee abundance were positively correlated. Many species had 3 annual abundance peaks (range 1-4) and were active throughout the year, but peak annual abundances rarely occurred during late wet or early dry seasons. In contrast, Eufriesea generally were present as adults only 1-2 months in a year. 2. Euglossine populations were exceptionally stable. Species at each site were more stable than any known insect population, and stability and abundance were positively associated. However, year-to-year population stability and the degree of seasonality were not correlated. Among the three sites, the more diverse (species rich) bee assemblages displayed lower stability; these were the wetter and upland sites. 3. The most abundant bees visited more orchid species. Eg. and El. each visited and average of 4 orchid species (range 0-13); Ex. and Ef. visited 0-3. Stable populations did not visit more or fewer orchid species than did unstable populations. 4. Less than 68% of species at each site visited orchid flowers; less than a few dozen of the 100-800 bees counted in a day carried orchid pollinaria. Over 20% of the euglossine species never were seen with pollinaria at any site and probably seldom visit orchids in central Panama. 5. Most bee species visited 1 or no fragrance orchids in a given habitat. Orchids tended to utilize common pollinators that seldom included more than 1 species, and they utilized stable or unstable, seasonal or aseasonal bees. However, the most

RESEARCH OF COMPETITION IN DEPOSIT MARKET OF UKRAINE BASED ON THE PANZAR-ROSSE MODEL

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Iryna Didenko

2016-11-01

Full Text Available The problem in an adequate assessment of the level of competition in the banking market has prompted researchers to search constantly some new methods. The most famous of them were later successfully adapted to the banking market, are a models of Bresnahan, Panzar-Rosse, Bertrand, Iwat, Monti-Klein-Modesto Barros and others. In Ukraine, the process of assessing the level of competition in the banking sector is very relevant, in line with the recent reforms of particular relevance and distribution. Regarding the domestic deposit market, there is a shortage of qualitative analysis of this issue, unlike foreign practice. Therefore this study we try to solve this problem. The key goal of researchers in this study is in a detailed analysis to identify the important factors which make influence on the allocated markets, in particular on lending and deposit rates. Based on these factors there could be implemented internal adjustment processes taking place in the markets. The purpose of the article is to determine the level of competition in the deposit market of Ukraine in 2006-2015 basing on nonstructural Panzar- Rosse model and identify key factors that affect this level. Methodology. To research the level of competition in the deposit market of Ukraine the Panzar-Rosse model was used, in which separate 11 models were built using the integrated tool “Multiple regression” in the software package of statistics analysis STATISTICA. The input data in the model was presented with the information on financial performance of Ukrainian banks during ten years from 01.01.2005 till 01.01.2015. Results of this research showed that in Ukrainian deposit market there is a monopolistic competition, as proved by the calculated values of H-statistics index. The year of 2008, in the context of the global economic crisis, was marked as an unbalanced period for deposit market of Ukraine. Practical implications. Knowing the current state of competition level in the

Sixteen weeks of resistance training can decrease the risk of metabolic syndrome in healthy postmenopausal women

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Conceição MS

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Miguel Soares Conceição,1 Valéria Bonganha,1 Felipe Cassaro Vechin,2 Ricardo Paes de Barros Berton,1 Manoel Emílio Lixandrão,1 Felipe Romano Damas Nogueira,1 Giovana Vergínia de Souza,1 Mara Patricia Traina Chacon-Mikahil,1 Cleiton Augusto Libardi2 1Exercise Physiology Laboratory, School of Physical Education, State University of Campinas, Campinas, 2Laboratory of Neuromuscular Adaptation to Strength Training, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Background: The postmenopausal phase has been considered an aggravating factor for developing metabolic syndrome. Notwithstanding, no studies have as yet investigated the effects of resistance training on metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Thus, the purpose of this study was to verify whether resistance training could reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Methods: Twenty postmenopausal women were randomly assigned to a resistance training protocol (n = 10, 53.40 ± 3.95 years, 64.58 ± 9.22 kg or a control group (n = 10, 53.0 ± 5.7 years, 64.03 ± 5.03 kg. In the resistance training protocol, ten exercises were performed, with 3 × 8–10 maximal repetitions three times per week, and the load was increased every week. Two-way analysis of variance was used to evaluate specific metabolic syndrome Z-score, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, waist circumference, blood pressure, strength, and body composition. The level of statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. Results: The main results demonstrated a significant decrease of metabolic syndrome Z-score when the postmenopausal women performed resistance training (P = 0.0162. Moreover, we observed decreases in fasting blood glucose for the resistance training group (P = 0.001, and also significant improvements in lean body mass (P = 0.042, 2.46%, reduction of body fat percentage (P = 0.001, −6.75% and noticeable increases in

Postural control in children with typical development and children with profound hearing loss

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Monteiro de Sousa AM

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Aneliza Maria Monteiro de Sousa,1 Jônatas de França Barros,2 Brígido Martins de Sousa Neto31Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; 2Department of Physical Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; 3University Center UNIEURO, Brasilia, Federal District, BrazilPurpose: To describe the behavior of the postural control in children with profound sensorineural hearing loss and compare the results of experimental tests with hearing children aged 7 to 10 years.Patients and methods: This is a cross-sectional study where 100 children were divided into experimental and control groups. We used a force platform, AccuSway Plus, where the tests were conducted under the experimental conditions: open base, eyes open (OBEO; open base, eyes closed (OBEC; closed base, eyes open (CBEO; closed base, eyes closed (CBEC. The body sway velocity (V of the center of pressure, the displacement in the anteroposterior direction (COPap and mediolateral (COPml of the center of pressure were the parameters to evaluate the postural control. For statistical analysis we used the nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test, with a significance level of 5%.Results: In comparisons of variables between the groups, the experimental group outperformed by at least 75% of the control group values. In terms of global trends, the experimental group shows higher values of body oscillations in all experimental conditions and variables evaluated. Children with hearing loss had poorer balance performance compared to the group of hearing. The inferential analysis revealed a statistically significant difference in the balance between deaf and hearing children in the OBEC experimental condition in relation to the COPml parameter (P = 0.04. There were no statistically significant differences in comparisons between the sexes when the groups were analyzed separately. The prevalence of unknown etiology

Perfil nutricional e alimentar de portadores de HIV-1/AIDS internados em um hospital universitário = Nutritional and alimentary profile of HIV-1/AIDS patients admitted in a university hospital

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Kauffmann, Luanny Kaísa de Oliveira

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Avaliar o perfil nutricional e alimentar de portadores de HIV-1, internados em um hospital universitário. Materiais e Métodos: Tratou-se de um estudo transversal, descritivo, no qual a população de estudo foi composta por 54 pacientes internados, de ambos os sexos, adultos, com faixa etária de 20 a 59 anos, acompanhados durante o período de Abril a Outubro de 2014, na Clínica de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias (DIP, do Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto (HUJBB/UFPA. Foi utilizado formulário próprio para o levantamento das características demográficas, socioeconômicas, antropométricas e dietéticas (QFA. Para verificar a as diferenças de médias foi realizada a análise de variância (ANOVA e o grau de associação entre as variáveis foi medido pela correlação de Pearson, estabeleceu-se como significância valor de p<0,05. Resultados: Prevalência do sexo masculino, os pacientes pertencem a um nível econômico baixo, apresentando também uma baixa escolaridade. O perfil nutricional encontrado nos pacientes, de acordo com os métodos de avaliação antropométrica (índice de massa corporal, prega cutânea tricipital, circunferência do braço e circunferência muscular do braço, apresentou predominância de desnutrição (55,5; 92,6; 79,6 e 55,5%; respectivamente, evidenciando déficit de massa magra e gordura corporal. Encontrou-se ainda significativa correlação linear do índice de massa corpórea com as outras medidas antropométricas compartimentadas. Quanto à ingestão dietética, verificou-se expressivo consumo de alimentos energéticos, significativo consumo de alimentos construtores e baixa ingestão de alimentos reguladores quando comparados ao recomendado. Conclusão: Observou-se que a maioria dos pacientes apresentou estado nutricional de desnutrição e o perfil alimentar, de modo geral, se caracterizou por prevalência de hábitos alimentares saudáveis

U-Pb SHRIMP and Sm-Nd geochronology of the paleoproterozoic Silvania magmatic arc in the neoproproterozoic Brasilia Belt, Goias, Central Brazil

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Fischel, D.P.; Pimentel, M.M.; Fuck, R.A; Armstrong, R

2001-01-01

The Brasilia Belt is a large Neoproterozoic orogen formed along the western margin of the Sao Francisco/Congo Craton in central Brazil. It comprises: (i) a thick Meso-Neoproterozoic metasedimentary/sedimentary pile with eastward tectonic vergence; (ii) a large Neoproterozoic juvenile arc in the west (Goias Magmatic Arc); and (iii) a micro-continent (or exotic sialic terrain) formed by Archean rock units (the Crixas -Goias granitegreenstones) and associated Proterozoic formations (Almeida et al. 1981, Fuck et al. 1993,1994, Pimentel et al. 2000a, b). The sialic basement on which the Brasilia Belt sediments were deposited is poorly understood, despite being well exposed in some areas of Goias and Tocantins. Gneiss and volcano-sedimentary units form most of this basement. Early studies have suggested that these rock units are dominantly Archean ( Danni et al. 1982, Marini et al. 1984). However, recent Sm- Nd isotopic studies have indicated that most of them are Paleoproterozoic (Sato 1998, Pimentel et al. 1999a, 2000b). Granite gneiss to the south and east of the Barro Alto mafic-ultramafic layered complex has been dated at 2128+/- 15 Ma (Correia et al. 1997). Calc-alkaline granite gneiss from Almas-Dianopolis is dated at ca. 2.2-2.45 Ga old (U-Pb SHRIMP on zircon and titanite, Cruz et al. 2000). The latter is probably the western extension of Paleoproterozoic rocks which underlie the San Francisco Craton to the east of the northern part of the Brasilia Belt. In central Goias, a large part of the Brasilia Belt is underlain by high-grade metamorphic rocks known as the Anapolis-Itaucu Complex, together with surrounding greenschist to amphibolite facies Mesoto Neoproterozoic cover metasediments of the Araxa group. These rocks represent the main constituent of the internal zone of the Brasilia Belt (Fuck et al. 1994, Pimentel et al. 2000b). Between the Araxa Group, and the easternmost part of the Anapolis-Itaucu Complex a volcano-sedimentary association known as Silvania

Assessment of clinical effects and safety of an oral supplement based on marine protein, vitamin C, grape seed extract, zinc, and tomato extract in the improvement of visible signs of skin aging in men

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2015-06-01

Full Text Available Adilson Costa,1,2 Elisangela Samartin Pegas Pereira,1 Elvira Cancio Assumpção,1 Felipe Borba Calixto dos Santos,1 Fernanda Sayuri Ota,1 Margareth de Oliveira Pereira,1 Maria Carolina Fidelis,1 Raquel Fávaro,1 Stephanie Selma Barros Langen,1 Lúcia Helena Favaro de Arruda,1 Eva Nydal Abildgaard3 1Department of Dermatology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; 2KOLderma Clinical Trials Institute, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; 3Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Nutritional Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark Background: Skin aging is a natural process that may be aggravated by environmental factors. Topical products are the conventional means to combat aging; however, the use of oral supplements is on the rise to assist in the management of aged skin.Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects and safety of an oral supplement containing (per tablet marine protein (105 mg, vitamin C (27 mg, grape seed extract (13.75 mg, zinc (2 mg, and tomato extract (14.38 mg in the improvement of skin aging in men.Methods: This single-center, open-label, quasi-experimental clinical study enrolled 47 male subjects, aged 30–45 years, with phototypes I–IV on the Fitzpatrick scale. Subjects received two tablets of the oral supplement for 180 consecutive days. Each subject served as their own control. Clinical assessments were made by medical personnel and by the subjects, respectively. Objective assessments were carried out through pH measurements, sebumetry, corneometry, ultrasound scanning, skin biopsies, and photographic images.Results: Forty-one subjects (87% completed the study. Clinical improvements on both investigator- and subject-rated outcomes were found for the following parameters: erythema, hydration, radiance, and overall appearance (P<0.05. The objective measurements in the facial skin showed significant improvements from baseline in skin hydration (P<0.05, dermal ultrasound density (P<0.001, and

Bio-based synthesis of silver nanoparticles from orange waste: effects of distinct biomolecule coatings on size, morphology, and antimicrobial activity

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Barros CHN

2018-03-01

Full Text Available Caio Henrique Nasi de Barros, Guilherme Crispim Faria Cruz, Willian Mayrink, Ljubica Tasic Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Organic Chemistry, Instituto de Química da Universidade Estadual de Campinas–Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil Purpose: Despite the numerous reports on biological syntheses of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs, little is known about the composition of their capping agents, protein corona of plant extract-mediated synthesis, and their influence on the properties of AgNPs. Here, orange (Citrus sinensis waste was utilized as a source of an extract for AgNP synthesis (the protein corona composition of which was elucidated, and also as a starting material for hesperidin and nanocellulose extraction, which were used for bio-based AgNP synthesis. A comparison of the results using the two methods of synthesis is presented. Methods: AgNPs were synthesized using orange (C. sinensis peel extract (­Or-AgNPs in a biological route, and using hesperidin (Hsd-AgNPs and nanocellulose (extracted from oranges in a green chemical route. Characterization of nanoparticles was carried out using zeta potential and hydrodynamic size measurements, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Elucidation of proteins from protein corona was performed via ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer experiments. Antimicrobial activity was assessed via minimum inhibitory concentration assays against Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac, the bacterium that causes citric canker in oranges. Results: Or-AgNPs were not completely uniform in morphology, having a size of 48.1±20.5 nm and a zeta potential of −19.0±0.4 mV. Stabilization was performed mainly by three proteins, which were identified by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS experiments. Hsd-AgNPs were smaller (25.4±12.5 nm and had uniform morphology. Nanocellulose provided a strong steric and electrostatic (−28.2±1.0 mV stabilization to the nanoparticles

Marine echinoderms as reservoirs of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

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Catarina Marinho

2014-06-01

(Marinho et al., 2013. Erythromycin and tetracycline are widely used in human therapy, and this may have contributed to the increasing resistance to these antibiotics (Hummel et al., 2007, Barros et al., 2011. It also highlights the lack of antibiotic efficiency in medicine, doing with resistance dissemination. Also, several genes associated with antimicrobial resistance were already found in antimicrobial-resistant enterococci from echinoderms: tet(M/tet(L, erm(A/erm(B, vat(D/vat(E, aac(6’-aph(2'' and aph(3'-IIIa genes were detected in tetracycline, erythromycin, quinupristin-dalfopristin, gentamicin and kanamycin-resistant isolates, respectively (Marinho et al., 2013. Despite of the small number of Escherichia coli isolates from echinoderms samples, they displayed an antibiotic-resistant phenotype to: tetracycline, streptomycin, tobramycin and amoxicillin + clavulanic acid. E. coli isolates from echinoderms tetracycline-resistant had tet(A and tet(B genes present in their genome. Besides, the aadA gene was detected in all E. coli streptomycin-resistant strains isolated from echinoderms (Marinho et al., 2013. According to some results, enterococci and E. coli displaying phenotype and resistance genes to some antibiotics that were already documented in marine animals, humans, wastewaters and numerous wildlife animals (Marinho et al., 2013, Barros et al., 2011, Sousa et al., 2011, Foti et al., 2009. Echinoderms are coastal animals and, consequently, it is possible that sewage discharges at the ocean may represent the main source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria deriving from several habitats. Indirect effects in micro-systems from the antibiotic disturbance are largely unknown; however, it is expected that such disorder might have significant long-term effects on the rate and stability of the ecosystem. Nevertheless, the consumption of exotic food is an example of a potential pathway for human contact with marine echinoderms microbiota, which may contain antibiotic

A revision of the genus Planinasus Cresson (Diptera, Periscelididae

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Wayne Mathis

2012-10-01

Full Text Available The genus Planinasus Cresson is revised and includes 18 extant and one fossil species. We clarify the status of the three previously described species and describe 15 new species as follows (type locality in parenthesis: P. aenigmaticus (Colombia. Bogota: Bogota (04°35.8`N, 74°08.8`W, P. neotropicus (Panama. Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island (09°09.1`N, 79°50.8`W, P. kotrbae (Ecuador. Orellana: Rio Tiputini Biodiversity Station (0°38.2`S, 76°08.9`W, P. miradorus (Brazil. Maranhão: Parque Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina (06°22.2`S, 44°21.8`W, P. tobagoensis (Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago. St. John: Parlatuvier (11°17.9`N, 60°39`W, P. xanthops (Ecuador. Orellana: Rio Tiputini Biodiversity Station (0°38.2`S, 76°8.9`W, P. argentifacies (Peru. Madre de Dios: Río Manu, Pakitza (11°56.6`S, 71°16.9`W; 250 m, P. insulanus (Dominican Republic. La Vega: near Jarabacoa, Salto Guasara (19°04.4`N, 70°42.1`W, 680 m, P. nigritarsus (Guyana. Conservation of Ecological Interactions and Biotic Associations (CEIBA; ca. 40 km S Georgetown; 06°29.9`N, 58°13.1`W, P. atriclypeus (Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Floresta da Tijuca (22°57.6`S, 43°16.4`W, P. atrifrons (Bolivia. Santa Cruz: Ichilo, Buena Vista (4-6 km SSE; Hotel Flora y Fauna; 17°29.95`S, 63°33.15`W; 4-500 m, P. flavicoxalis (West Indies. Dominica. St. David: 1.6 km N of junction of roads to Rosalie and Castle Bruce (15°23.8`N, 61°18.6`W, P. mcalpineorum (Mexico. Chiapas: Cacahoatan (7 km N; 15°04.1`N, 92°07.4`W, P. nigrifacies (Brazil. São Paulo: Mogi das Cruzes, Serra do Itapeti (23°31.5`S, 46°11.2`W, P. obscuripennis (Peru. Madre de Dios: Río Manu, Erika (near Salvación; 12°50.7`S, 71°23.3`W; 550 m. In addition to external characters, we also describe and illustrate structures of the male terminalia and for P. kotrbae sp. n., the internal female reproductive organs. Detailed locality data and distribution maps for all species are provided. For perspective and

A revision of the genus Planinasus Cresson (Diptera, Periscelididae).

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Mathis, Wayne N; Rung, Alessandra; Kotrba, Marion

2012-01-01

The genus Planinasus Cresson is revised and includes 18 extant and one fossil species. We clarify the status of the three previously described species and describe 15 new species as follows (type locality in parenthesis): Planinasus aenigmaticus (Colombia. Bogota: Bogota (04°35.8'N, 74°08.8'W)), Planinasus neotropicus (Panama. Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island (09°09.1'N, 79°50.8'W)), Planinasus kotrbae (Ecuador. Orellana: Rio Tiputini Biodiversity Station (0°38.2'S, 76°08.9'W)), Planinasus miradorus (Brazil. Maranhão: Parque Estadual Mirador, Base da Geraldina (06°22.2'S, 44°21.8'W)), Planinasus tobagoensis (Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago. St. John: Parlatuvier (11°17.9'N, 60°39'W)), Planinasus xanthops (Ecuador. Orellana: Rio Tiputini Biodiversity Station (0°38.2'S, 76°8.9'W)), Planinasus argentifacies (Peru. Madre de Dios: Río Manu, Pakitza (11°56.6'S, 71°16.9'W; 250 m)), Planinasus insulanus (Dominican Republic. La Vega: near Jarabacoa, Salto Guasara (19°04.4'N, 70°42.1'W, 680 m)), Planinasus nigritarsus (Guyana. Conservation of Ecological Interactions and Biotic Associations (CEIBA; ca. 40 km S Georgetown; 06°29.9'N, 58°13.1'W)), Planinasus atriclypeus (Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Floresta da Tijuca (22°57.6'S, 43°16.4'W)), Planinasus atrifrons (Bolivia. Santa Cruz: Ichilo, Buena Vista (4-6 km SSE; Hotel Flora y Fauna; 17°29.95'S, 63°33.15'W; 4-500 m)), P. flavicoxalis (West Indies. Dominica. St. David: 1.6 km N of junction of roads to Rosalie and Castle Bruce (15°23.8'N, 61°18.6'W)), Planinasus mcalpineorum (Mexico. Chiapas: Cacahoatan (7 km N; 15°04.1'N, 92°07.4'W)), Planinasus nigrifacies (Brazil. São Paulo: Mogi das Cruzes, Serra do Itapeti (23°31.5'S, 46°11.2'W)), Planinasus obscuripennis (Peru. Madre de Dios: Río Manu, Erika (near Salvación; 12°50.7'S, 71°23.3'W; 550 m)). In addition to external characters, we also describe and illustrate structures of the male terminalia and for Planinasus kotrbaesp. n., the

Differential count of cells in the milk of cows with subclinical mastitis with the colorations of May-Grünwald Giemsa and Gram

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Ana Paula Lopes Marques

2016-11-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT. Marques A.P.L., Botteon R.C.C.M., Machado C.H., Medeiros B.P., Assis J.D., Barros J.P.N. & Araújo F.L. [Differential count of cells in the milk of cows with subclinical mastitis with the colorations of May-Grünwald Giemsa and Gram.] Contagem diferencial de células no leite de vacas com mastite subclínica com as colorações de May-Grünwald Giemsa e Gram. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 38(Supl.2:123-127, 2016. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Veterinária, Departamento de Medicina e Cirurgia Veterinária, BR 465, Km 7, Seropédica, RJ 23897-970, Brasil. E-mail: marquesapl@ufrrj.br Somatic cell count (SCC determines the amount of leucocytes and epithelial cells present in milk. It is used for monitoring the subclinical mastitis in the herd. Various tests can be used for SCC. For convenience and accuracy there is the electronic counting by flow cytometry. Microscopic slides count is the standard method for the determination of SCC in raw milk with the classic method described by Prescot and Breed (1910. This study aimed to evaluate the differential cell count in milk of cows with subclinical mastitis, by optical microscopy, in slides stained by May Grunwald-Giemsa and Gram. In both staining the cells showed morphological changes. However, the unidentifiable cell percentage did not exceed 10% enhancing the applicability of the differential cell counts, as used in leucocytes in hematologic smears. There were small variations in the counts with the two colorations. There was a predominance of neutrophils (˃60%, followed by lymphocytes (˃25% consistent with the characterization of the samples as coming from rooms with subclinical mastitis. May Grunwald- -Giemsa stain showed similar results to Gram. The main differences between the colorations are based on the amplitude and intensity of staining, the Gram stain which stood out. In Gram

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Joaquín Piñeiro Blanca

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Álvarez Rey, Leandro (Estudio preliminar, recopilación y edición, Diego Martínez Barrio. Palabra de republicano. Sevilla, Ayuntamiento de Sevilla-Instituto de la Cultura y las Artes, 2007, 1.046 pp.Páginas 177-179Joaquín Piñeiro BlancaBancalari Molina, Alejandro, Orbe romano e Imperio Global. La romanización desde Augusto a Caracalla. Santiago de Chile, Editorial Universitaria, 2007, 330 pp.Páginas 179-182Francisco de Paula Villatoro SánchezBernal-Meza, Raúl y Saha, Suranjit (comps., Economía mundial y desarrollo regional. Buenos Aires, GEL, 2005, 403 pp.Páginas 182-184David Molina RabadánDavis, Mike, Planeta de Ciudades Miseria. Madrid, Foca Editorial, 2007, 283 pp.Páginas 184-185Daniel Alcalde GüelfoElguero Olavide, Ignacio, Los niños de los Chiripitifláuticos: retrato generacional de los nacidos en los 60. Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros, 2006, 672 pp.Páginas 185-189Daniel Francisco Álvarez EspinosaEstulin, Daniel, Los secretos del Club Bilderberg. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona, 2006, 304 pp.Páginas 190-191Mª del Rocío Piñeiro ÁlvarezFernández Bessa, Cristina et al., Frontera Sur. Nuevas políticas de gestión y externalización del control de la inmigración en Europa. Bilbao, Virus Editorial, 2008, 272 pp.Páginas 191-192Manuel Baraja EscuderoGonzález Clavero, Mariano; Pelaz Pérez, José Vidal; Pérez López, Pablo, Castilla y León en democracia. Partido, elecciones y personal político. 1977-2007. Salamanca, Junta de Castilla y León, 2007, 345 pp.Páginas 192-194Francisco de Paula Villatoro SánchezKhanna, Parag, El segundo mundo. Barcelona, Paidós, 2008, 570 pp.Páginas 194-196David Molina RabadánSanmartín Barros, Israel, Entre dos siglos. Globalización y pensamiento único. Madrid, Ediciones Akal, 2007, 334 pp.Páginas 196-198Joaquín Piñeiro BlancaToscano Gil, Francisco, Autonomía y potestad normativa local. Granada, Comares. 2007, 202 pp.Páginas 198-200José Joaquín Fernández AllesVV.AA., Ernesto

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Ana Lúcia Enne

2007-10-01

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Prezado leitor,

Antes de mais nada, queremos agradecer o número expressivo de artigos submetidos à avaliação nesta última edição: mais de quarenta. Selecionamos quinze para a edição de outubro, que, com prazer, apresentamos agora. Outros tantos, também avaliados positivamente, serão publicados em nossa última edição de 2007, prevista para fins de dezembro. Por fim, queremos reforçar os agradecimentos aos autores que, a partir das considerações de nossos pareceristas, têm reapresentado seus artigos para nova avaliação e possível publicação. Acreditamos que o volumoso feedback que temos recebido, nesse sentido, atesta a compreensão, por parte dos autores, de nossos cuidados editoriais.

Voltemos, por agora, à edição atual: questões relacionadas à cibercultura são o mote para agruparmos os cinco primeiros artigos, de autoria, respectivamente, de Marcelo Lopes, Filipe Barros, José Cláudio Oliveira, Márcio Padrão e Leonardo Almeida.
Por sua vez, os trabalhos de Laércio Góes e Lucia Santa Cruz oferecem reflexões importantes sobre formas alternativas de Jornalismo.

O cinema é o eixo que aproxima os artigos de Erly Vieira Jr, Pedro Lapera, Fábio Ramalho, Airton De Grande e Cristiane Lima. Os três primeiros trazem instigantes abordagens sobre cinema e política, cabendo aos dois últimos considerações sobre o campo do documentário.

Encerrando a edição, os textos de Felipe Muanis, Sofia Zanforlin e Lílian Moreira têm como foco séries televisivas, a partir de discussões diversas.

Por último, gostaria de agradecer publicamente à equipe editorial que tem

The effects of strength training on cognitive performance in elderly women

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Smolarek AC

2016-06-01

Full Text Available André de Camargo Smolarek,1,2 Luis Henrique Boiko Ferreira,1,2 Luis Paulo Gomes Mascarenhas,1 Steven R McAnulty,3 Karla Daniele Varela,4 Mônica C Dangui,4 Marcelo Paes de Barros,5 Alan C Utter,3 Tácito P Souza-Junior2,3 1Department of Physical Education, Biochemistry of the Exercise Laboratory, Centro Oeste University State, Irati, Parana, 2Research Group on Metabolism, Nutrition and Strength Training, Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; 3Department of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA; 4Physical Education Department, Faculty Guairaca, Guarapuava, Parana, 5Institute of Physical Activity and Sports Science (ICAFE, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Aging is a degenerative process marked by recognized functional, physiological, and metabolic impairments, such as dynapenia and diminished cognitive capacity. Therefore, the search for innovative strategies to prevent/delay these physiological and cognitive disorders is essential to guarantee the independence and life quality of an elderly population. The aim of this work is to verify the effect of a 12-week resistance exercise program on the general physical aptitude and cognitive capacities of elderly and sedentary women. Twenty-nine women (65.87±5.69 years were divided into two groups. The control group was composed of eight elderly women who met the same inclusion criteria of the study and the strength training group was composed of 29 elderly women who were subjected to a resistance exercise program defined by 12 upper and lower limb exercises combined in 3×10 repetitions with 1-minute interval between repetitions and two resting minutes between exercises (three times/week. Weight loads were fixed between 60% and 75% of the apparent 1 repetition maximum, which was estimated by the test of 10 maximum repetitions. The direct curl was performed for upper body strength evaluation with 2

FDI AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR V4 COUNTRIES

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Anastasiya Gural

2017-09-01

Full Text Available The purpose of the paper is to analyze the influence of foreign direct investment (FDI and financial development (qualitative and quantitative changes in the financial system and its components on the dynamics of economic growth in V4 countries. In modern conditions, the financial system is a transfer mechanism of the business cycle and therefore affects the structure and dynamics of foreign direct investment, and especially the efficiency of their assimilation. The subject of the survey is the financial development and the FDI flows impact on economic growth. Methodology. The survey is based on the evaluation of the equation, which is the Barro regression specification. This model helps to find out the impact of the volume and depth of financial system on the dynamics of economic growth. GDP growth per capita is used as an indicator of economic growth. The paper proposes modeling results for the group countries (Hungary, Poland, Slovak and Czech Republic. Static data have been used for the period from 1992 to 2016. Results. FDI has an important role in reforming and developing the national economies of the countries in Visegrad Group. However, today, there is a problem with the stability of FDI inflows and with the efficiency of their development, which negatively affects the dynamics of economic growth. An important factor is the insufficient level of national financial system development of the Visegrad countries. All countries of the group have bank-oriented financial systems that are heavily dependent on foreign capital. At the same time, governments pay particular attention to the stability of banking sectors and set high standards for their sustainability. This holds back the financial development of the national economies of the Visegrad Group. At the same time, regression models for all countries confirm the importance of financial development in economic growth. The most important for V4 countries is to increase the size of the

Análisis de la transmitancia térmica y resistencia al impacto de los muros de quincha

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Cuitiño, G.

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Wattle construction is a mixed technique used on walls and that belong to the frameworks family. It is constructed with a structural frame (wood or bamboo filled in with a mixture of clay mud in a plastic state and vegetable fiber. In this paper thermal transmittance and soft shock resistance had been studied, thermal transmittance had been measured with wattle samples of 0.10 m thickness, and result in 2.64 W/m2K and with the addition of expanded polystyrene sheet of 5 mm thicknees inside the panel, the transmittance was 2.02 W/m2K. These values are batter than a brick wall of 0.20 m thick with a finish plaster on both sides of the wall, whose value is 4.13 W/m2K. For impact resistance, panels were constructed and tested to soft shock, on 1:1 scale. The permanent deformation in all cases was less than 3.6 mm required by the current standard. This implies that there was no appreciable deformations suffered enclosures providing security to a home. It’s concludes that has a good thermal and structural behavior, plus the characteristics of being economical and appropriate for selfconstruction, make feasible to implement as a massive scale.La quincha es una técnica mixta de muros perteneciente a la familia de los entramados. Compuesta de una armazón estructural (madera o bambú rellena con barro en estado plástico con añadido de fibras vegetales. Se determinó que la transmitancia térmica de un panel de quincha de 0,10 m de espesor, dando como resultado 2,64 W/m2K y con el agregado de una placa de poliestireno expandido de 5 mm de espesor en el interior el panel, la transmitancia es 2,02 W/m2K. Estos valores son comparables al de un muro de ladrillo de 0,20 m de espesor y revocado en ambas caras, cuyo valor es 4,13 W/ m2K. Para la resistencia al impacto, se construyeron paneles en escala 1:1 y se ensayaron al choque blando. Las deformaciones permanentes fue en todos los casos menor de 3,6 mm requerido por la Norma vigente. Esto implica que no

Microcristais biliares na pancreatite aguda idiopática: indício para etiologia biliar oculta subjacente

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CHEBLI Júlio Maria Fonseca

2000-01-01

Full Text Available As principais causas de inflamação pancreática no mundo são a litíase biliar e o alcoolismo crônico. Admite-se que 10 a 30% das pancreatites agudas sejam idiopáticas. Sugere-se que parte destas são causadas por microlitíase ou barro biliar, identificados pela presença de microcristais no sedimento biliar. Neste estudo, realizou-se análise microscópica da bile obtida por colangiopancreatografia endoscópica, em pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática, pancreatite aguda biliar e pancreatite crônica alcoólica - 20 em cada grupo. Pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática e microcristais na bile foram submetidos a colecistectomia. Naqueles inaptos à cirurgia efetuou-se esfincterotomia endoscópica ou tratamento com ácido ursodesoxicólico. Pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática sem cristais não receberam tratamento específico. A prevalência de microcristais biliares em pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática (75% e pancreatite aguda biliar (90% foi significativamente maior que naqueles com pancreatite crônica alcoólica (15%. A detecção de microcristais apresentou sensibilidade de 90%, especificidade de 85%, valor preditivo positivo de 85,7%, valor preditivo negativo de 89,4% e acurácia de 87,5% em identificar pancreatite de origem biliar. Nos pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática recurrente, cursando com microcristais, houve redução significante dos episódios de pancreatite após tratamento específico. No seguimento deste grupo durante 23,3 meses, recidiva ocorreu apenas naqueles que apresentavam "fator biliar persistente" (coledocolitíase ou microcristais. Todos os pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática submetidos a colecistectomia apresentavam colecistite crônica, e microlitíase foi observada em um paciente. No seguimento ultra-sonográfico, colelitíase foi detectada em um dos casos. No subgrupo de cinco pacientes com pancreatite aguda idiopática sem microcristais houve uma recidiva. Estudo

Estudio geológico y minero de los depósitos de alabastro en el entorno de Velilla de Ebro y Azaila (Aragon, NE de España

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Díaz Rodríguez, L. A.

1994-04-01

lateral (kilómetros y con potencias medias explotables entre 0,40 y 1 m de espesor. El estudio petrográfico de los cuerpos minerales de alabastro ha puesto de manifiesto tres tipos de microtexturas cuya observación. de techo a muro, teniendo en cuenta la columna estratigráfica general del área estudiada, es como sigue: a alabastrinas de agregados microcristalinos; b porfídico-alabastrinas de extinción no uniforme; y c alabastrinas granoblásticas. El medio sedimentario de los yacimientos es de tipo continental muy somero (playa-lago. en subambientes mixtos entre llanuras de barros y llanuras distales fluviales.

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Redactie KITLV

2008-12-01

Full Text Available David Scott; Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (Shalina Puri Rebecca J. Scott; Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery (Olivia Maria Gomes da Cunha Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (ed.; Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World (Dianne M. Stewart Londa Schiebinger; Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (J.D. La Fleur F. Abiola Irele, Simon Gikandi (eds.;The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature (A. James Arnold Sean X. Goudie; Creole America: The West Indies and the Formation of Literature and Culture in the New Republic (J. Bradford Anderson Doris Garraway; The Libertine Colony: Creolization in the Early French Caribbean (Charles Forsdick Adélékè Adéèkó; The Slave’s Rebellion: Fiction, History, Orature (Owen Robinson J. Brooks Bouson; Jamaica Kincaid: Writing Memory, Writing Back to the Mother (Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert Gary Wilder; The French Imperial Nation-State: Negritude and Colonial Humanism between the Two World Wars (Nick Nesbitt Fernando Picó; History of Puerto Rico: A Panorama of its People (Francisco A. Scarano Peter E. Siegel (ed.; Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico (William F. Keegan Magali Roy-Féquière; Women, Creole Identity, and Intellectual Life in Early Twentieth-Century Puerto Rico (Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel Katherine E. Browne; Creole Economics: Caribbean Cunning under the French Flag (David Beriss Louis A. Pérez, Jr; To Die in Cuba: Suicide and Society (Matt D. Childs John Lawrence Tone; War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 (Gillian McGillivray Frank Argote-Freyre; Fulgencio Batista: From Revolutionary to Strongman (Javier Figueroa-De Cárdenas Juanita de Barros, Audra Diptee, David V. Trotman (eds.; Beyond Fragmentation: Perspectives on Caribbean History (Bernard Moitt Matthew Mulcahy; Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater

Chumbo no sangue de crianças e passivo ambiental de uma fundição de chumbo no Brasil Blood lead levels in children and environmental legacy of a lead foundry in Brazil

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Fernando Martins Carvalho

2003-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Determinar os níveis de chumbo no sangue de crianças que moravam próximo a uma fundição de chumbo desativada na Cidade de Santo Amaro da Purificação, Estado da Bahia, em setembro de 1998; e identificar fatores associados à variação destes níveis. MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal com crianças de 1 a 4 anos de idade que residiam a menos de 1 km da fundição. Mães ou responsáveis por 47 crianças responderam questionários sobre transtornos do hábito alimentar (comer barro, terra, reboco ou outros materiais e outros aspectos epidemiológicos relevantes. A concentração de chumbo no sangue foi determinada por espectrofotometria de absorção atômica. RESULTADOS: O nível médio de chumbo foi de 17,1 ± 7,3 mig/dL. Os níveis de chumbo no sangue foram cerca de 5 mig/dL mais elevados em crianças que tinham transtorno do hábito alimentar, independentemente da idade, presença de escória visível no peridomicílio, situação de emprego do pai, história familiar de intoxicação pelo chumbo e desnutrição. CONCLUSÕES: O passivo ambiental da fundição de chumbo, desativada em 1993, permanece como um fator de risco relevante para elevar os níveis desse metal no sangue de crianças, particularmente aquelas que apresentam transtornos do hábito alimentar.OBJECTIVE: To determine the blood lead levels in children living an inactive lead foundry in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação,state of Bahia, in September of 1998; and to identify factors associated with differences in these levels. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with children between 1 and 4 years of age living within 1 km of the lead foundry. Mothers or guardians of 47 children answered a questionnaire concerning ingestion of clay, soli, plaster and / or other materias (pica,and other relevant epidemiological aspects. The concentration of lead in blood was determined by atermined by atomic absorption espectrophotometry. RESULTS: The mean lead level was 17

Caracterización y consecuencias de un deslizamiento en un área marginal del Pirineo oriental (Cava, Sierra de Cadí, Enero de 1997

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Molina, David

1997-12-01

Full Text Available The rain which took place between November 1996 and January 1997 caused a landslide in the surrounding area of the village of Cava, placed in the basin of the river Segre (Catalan Prepyrenees. The litology and structure of the mobilized materials, and the agrarian works and its further abandonment, as well, have been fundamental features causing the aforementioned erosive process. The study of this phenomena has highlighted the existence of two different parts: a rotational movement in a hillside's sector and a mud flow. The analysis of the space-time cause's of these processes, its inter-relation with similar ones, and its influence on the human activities, constitute an essential feature in order to define planification and prevention strategies.

[es] Las precipitaciones acaecidas entre noviembre de 1996 y enero de 1997 dieron lugar a un deslizamiento de tierras en las inmediaciones del pueblo de Cava, situado en la cuenca del río Segre (Prepirineo Catalán. La litología y la estructura de los materiales movilizados, así como las prácticas de conservación agrícola y su posterior abandono, han sido fundamentales en el desencadenamiento de este proceso erosivo. El estudio del fenómeno ha puesto de relieve dos partes diferenciadas: un movimiento rotacional en un sector de la ladera y una colada de barro originada por los materiales acumulados en la cabecera del torrente por el cual discurrió posteriormente. El análisis de las causas espacio-temporales de estos procesos y su interrelación con otros parecidos, así como la incidencia en las actividades humanas, son un factor esencial para definir estrategias de planificación y prevención.
[fr] Les pluies ayant eu lieu entre novembre 1996 et janvier 1997 ont provoqué un glissement de terres aux alentours du village de Cava, situé dans le bassin de la rivière Segre (Prepyrenées de Catalogne. La lithologie et la structure des matériaux mobilisés, ainsi que les m

Community patterns of tropical tree phenology derived from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle images: intra- and interspecific variation, association with species plant traits, and response to interannual climate variation

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Bohlman, Stephanie; Rifai, Sami; Park, John; Dandois, Jonathan; Muller-Landau, Helene

2017-04-01

Phenology is a key life history trait of plant species and critical driver of ecosystem processes. There is strong evidence that phenology is shifting in temperate ecosystems in response to climate change, but tropical forest phenology remains poorly quantified and understood. A key challenge is that tropical forests contain hundreds of plant species with a wide variety of phenological patterns, which makes it difficult to collect sufficient ground-based field data to characterize individual tropical tree species phenologies. Satellite-based observations, an important source of phenology data in northern latitudes, are hindered by frequent cloud cover in the tropics. To quantify phenology over a large number of individuals and species, we collected bi-weekly images from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the well-studied 50-ha forest inventory plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The objective of this study is to quantify inter- and intra-specific responses of tropical tree leaf phenology to environmental variation over large spatial scales and identify key environmental variables and physiological mechanisms underpinning phenological variation. Between October 2014 and December 2015 and again in May 2015, we collected a total of 35 sets of UAV images, each with continuous coverage of the 50-ha plot, where every tree ≥ 1 cm DBH is mapped. UAV imagery was corrected for exposure, orthorectified, and then processed to extract spectral, texture, and image information for individual tree crowns, which was then used as inputs for a machine learning algorithm that successfully predicted the percentages of leaf, branch, and flower cover for each tree crown (r2=0.76 between observed and predicted percent branch cover for individual tree crowns). We then quantified cumulative annual deciduousness for each crown by fitting a non-parametric curve of flexible shape to its predicted percent branch time series and calculated the area under the curve. We obtained the species

Spectral Gap Energy Transfer in Atmospheric Boundary Layer

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Bhushan, S.; Walters, K.; Barros, A. P.; Nogueira, M.

2012-12-01

. Simulations are also performed using the Advanced Weather and Research Forecasting (WRF-ARW) for moist zonal flow over Gaussian ridge, and the energy spectra close and away from the ground are studied. The energy spectra predicted by WRF-ARW are qualitatively compared with LES results to emphasize the limitations of the currently used turbulence parameterizations. Ongoing validation efforts include: (1) extending the interaction of large scale circulation with wall simulations to finer grids to capture a wider range of wavenumbers; and (2) a coupled 2D-3D simulation is planned to predict the entire atmospheric turbulence spectra at a very low computational expense. The overarching objective of this study to develop turbulence modeling capability based on the energy transfer mechanisms proposed in this study. Such a model will be implemented in WRF-ARW, and applied to atmospheric simulations, for example the prediction of moisture convergence patterns at the meso-scale in the southeast United States (Tao & Barros, 2008).

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2009-12-01

�ngel del Arco BlancoSantana, Juan M., Paradigmas historiográficos contemporáneos. Barquisimeto, Fundación Buria, 2005, 196 pp.Páginas 223-225Israel Sanmartín BarrosSerafí Bernat i Martí, Joan; Gimeno i Bosch, Celestí (ed., Migración e interculturalidad. De lo global a lo local. Castellón de la Plana, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universitat Jaume I, 2006, 281 pp.Páginas 225-227Alejandro Román AntequeraVali, Nasr, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future. New York, W.W. Norton, 2006, 304 pp.Páginas 227-229Carlos L. Yordan

The Siren Song of Economic Diversification: Alberta’s Legacy of Loss

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F.L. Ted Morton

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed is celebrated for his defence of the province and Western Canada during the energy wars of the 1970s, and deservedly so. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was a formidable opponent. He was able and willing to use the full arsenal of federal powers to redirect soaring western energy revenues away from Alberta to Ottawa. For those of us in Western Canada, it is unpleasant to imagine what the outcome of this struggle would have been if a lesser man than Peter Lougheed had been at Alberta’s helm. But there is another aspect of the Lougheed legacy that is less remembered because it is less celebrated—also deservedly so. These were Lougheed’s ambitious economic diversification projects. Between 1973 and 1993 (when Ralph Klein became premier, the Lougheed-Getty “forced-growth” economic diversification projects are conservatively estimated to have cost Albertans $2.2 billion. While former premier Don Getty got most the blame for these losses (as many occurred during his watch, most of these programs began earlier. Lougheed’s push for government-led diversification of the Alberta economy was a policy hallmark of his 1971 electoral breakthrough, and marked a sharp break from three decades of Social Credit laissez-faire policies. The Lougheed-Getty diversification fiascos are of more than just historical interest. While the subsequent Progressive Conservative (PC regime of Premier Ralph Klein (1993–2006 followed an explicit philosophy of “government is not in the business of business,” the more recent Stelmach (2006–11 and Redford (2011-14 governments have not. Both have embraced government-sponsored “value-added” and diversification initiatives, including the North West Redwater Partnership upgrader and two new endowments to provide “funding for social and cultural innovation, and agricultural innovation.”† As Alberta’s fifth premier in the past nine years, Jim Prentice, takes the helm and

Changes in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Abundance and Community Structure in Response to the Long-Term Manipulation of Inorganic Nutrients in a Lowland Tropical Forest

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Sheldrake, Merlin; Rosenstock, Nicholas; Tanner, Ed

2014-05-01

The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is considered primarily mutualistic. In exchange for up to 30% of plants' total photosynthate, AM provide improved access to mineral nutrients. While there is evidence that AM fungi provide nitrogen, potassium and other nutrients to their host plants, most research has focused on their effect on plant phosphorus uptake. Pot experiments have shown, and field experiments have provided further support, that nutrient availability (primarily P, but also N) is inversely correlated with mycorrhizal colonization, indicating plant control over carbon losses to AM fungi. Yet pot experiments have also shown that some fungal species are more mutualistic than others and that AM colonization may cause decreased plant growth, suggesting that plant control is not absolute. AMF communities are diverse, and it is poorly understood how factors such as adaptation to local soil environment, fungal-plant compatibility, and plant nutrient status combine to shape AMF community structure. We conducted a study to examine the relative effects of N, P, and K addition on the AMF community in a plant species rich tropical forest, given the long-held belief that AMF are primarily involved in plant P uptake, particularly on weathered tropical soils. Our study site is the Barro Colorado Nature Monument in Panama. It is a 13 year-old factorial N, P, and K addition experiment (40 m x 40m plots; n=4) in an AMF dominated, old (>200 yr), secondary, tropical forest. Previous research has shown co-limitation by N, P, and K, but the strongest plant growth responses were obtained with K additions. We analyzed the AMF community using 454 pyrosequencing of the ribosomal small subunit (SSU) on both soils and the roots of the 6 dominant AMF tree species. Additionally, we used the AMF-specific neutral lipid fatty acid (NLFA) biomarker as a measure of AMF biomass. Both AMF biomass and community structure were altered by nutrient additions. AMF biomass in soil was reduced

Niveles de plomo en sangre en niños de 8 a 10 años y su relación con la alteración en el sistema visomotor y del equilibrio

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Azcona-Cruz María Isabel

2000-01-01

equilibrio. CONCLUSIONES: La relación negativa entre el plomo y la habilidad visomotora concuerda con los resultados encontrados en niños en otros países. Al parecer las concentraciones de plomo en sangre, que son comunes en los niños de Oaxaca, son suficientes para ocasionar una limitación visomotora de naturaleza sutil. Los resultados de este estudio señalan la necesidad de reforzar la iniciativa de reducir la exposición de los niños a las fuentes de exposición conocidas, en especial barro vidriado y, por lo tanto, reducir los niveles poblacionales de plomo en sangre.

Nesting biology of four species of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae in Chaco Serrano woodland, Central Argentina

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Mariana L Musicante

2010-12-01

orientation of the trap in the field. Spiders in the family Araneidae were the most frequently collected prey. Rev. Biol. Trop. 58 (4: 1177-1188. Epub 2010 December 01.En este trabajo se estudia la biología de la nidificación de cuatro especies de Trypoxylon (Trypargilum recolectadas a partir de 91 nidos-trampa en el Bosque Chaqueño Serrano de Córdoba, Argentina. La arquitectura de los nidos fue similar para las cuatro especies: celdas de cría ubicadas linealmente, una detrás de la otra separadas por tabiques de barro, como es habitual en otras especies del subgénero Trypargilum. El 48% de los nidos presentó celda vestibular, mientras que sólo dos nidos presentaron celdas intercalares. El ancho de los tabiques y el largo de las celdas de cría difirió entre las especies y estuvo relacionado con el tamaño de las avispas que emergieron. Así mismo, el diámetro del nido-trampa estuvo directamente relacionado con el tamaño corporal promedio de las especies de mayor y menor tamaño. La mortalidad debida a parasitoides (Eulophidae; Melittobia sp. fue similar para las cuatro especies, mientras que la causada por cleptoparásitos (Chrysididae fue mayor en T. lactitarse. No fue posible relacionar la presencia de celda vestibular con la mortalidad debida a enemigos naturales para ninguna de las especies. La familia de arañas más frecuentemente utilizada como presa fue Araneidae.

Features of deep cave sediments: their influence on fossil preservation

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Cobo, R.

2003-08-01

Full Text Available We analyse how physical and chemical deep-cave sediment features preserve the morphological and geochemical characteristics of paleontological materials. Detrital sediment chemistry and clast size are fundamental because they provide a soft, impervious and plastic environment in which fossil remains are transported with minimal erosion. Sediment mineralogy provides a carbonate- and phosphate-buffered environment in which molecules of biological origin hydrolyze slower than in open-air environments or even at cave entrance sites. Because permafrost did not develop in the Iberian Peninsula (at least at the altitudes of inhabited caves, sediment desiccation never took place. In addition, sediment -pores were not aerated, which protected fossil remains from air (oxygen-linked weathering. The annual-temperature variation inside sediment was negligible, which contributed to amino acid racemization dating. Collagen amino acid and amino acid racemization analysis of cave bear and man samples from cave sediments dated from different Oxygen Isotope Stages (4": Sidrón, Amutxate, Troskaeta, El Toll, Coro Tracito, Ekain, Lezetxiki, La Pasada, Eirós; 5": Reguerillo and Arrikrutz; 6"-7": Sima de los Huesos demonstrate that important amounts of almost intact collagen still remain in teeth dentine. Fossil DNA search seems to be very promising.En este trabajo se analiza el papel que juegan las características físicas y químicas de los sedimentos de galerías profundas de cuevas en la preservación de los caracteres morfológicos y paleobiomoleculares del material paleontológico incluido en dichos sedimentos. Los aspectos geoquímicos y de tamaño de grano del sedimento son críticos: las características generan un medio blando, plástico e impermeable que permite el transporte -mecánico sin grave deterioro del material (en coladas de barro; las características químicas mineralogía del sediment* proporcionan un ambiente con tampón fosfatado

Edificio industrial, en Kuwait

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Farmer y Dark, Arquitectos

1963-11-01

consecuencia la construcción de grandes centrales eléctricas. La central «A» es uno de los varios edificios que constituyen el grupo suministrador de energía y agua potable a Kuwait; dispone de cuatro turboalternadores, y se ha estudiado, para el interior, una presión y movimiento del aire, suficiente para contrarrestar la acción del exterior e impedir la entrada de la arena que arrastran las tempestades frecuentes. En cuanto al aspecto de sus fachadas, se ha pretendido conseguir que armonicen con los edificios circundantes. La línea arquitectónica es audaz e irregular, buscando variedad de perfiles y diversos juegos de luces y sombras, que recuerden las construcciones indígenas de barro, con formas puras y elementales, pero quebradas y redondeadas por la acción del tiempo. El color en los interiores ha sido estudiado para dar la impresión de frescura; en el exterior sólo se han pintado las zonas que podían reflejar molestamente los rayos solares. El conjunto resulta agradable, dentro de su sencillez, cual corresponde a una instalación de tipo industrial, y no faltan detalles de buen gusto y de preocupación por la gente que ha, de permanecer allí algunas horas del día, como ocurre con el balcón de las oficinas, que mira al mar, y el estanque y zonas verdes del parque de entrada.

Comentario Académico Efraim Otero Ruiz

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Efraim Otero Ruiz

1996-11-01

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Materia y Pobreza = Matter and Poverty

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María Teresa Muñoz

2013-10-01

Full Text Available ResumenLa acumulación material es uno de los signos más identificables de la pobreza. El pobre vive apegado a la tierra, esa es su única posesión y a partir de ella construirá sus refugios, sus habitaciones, sus utensilios. Las construcciones de arcilla, de barro, moldeadas con gran abundancia de materia  se encuentran en los poblados primitivos, pero cualquier situación marcada por la extrema pobreza lo estará también por las acumulaciones de material. Resulta inimaginable una situación de pobreza que no implique la acumulación de materia y esto es particularmente evidente en las sociedades desarrolladas, donde un mendigo es reconocible por su montaña de ropas, calzado o enseres de todo tipo.Resulta, sin embargo, significativo que en los discursos de los ideólogos de la modernidad, la identificación de ésta con el advenimiento de una sociedad sin clases venga acompañada de una apelación a la pobreza, una nueva pobreza fría y sobria, propia de una habitación humana abierta y transparente, casi desnuda, e igualitaria para todos los hombres sin distinción de clases sociales. Así, la pobreza moderna estaría ligada al material, a los nuevos materiales, pero no es una condición impuesta, sino elegida, o al menos aceptada como inevitable por el nuevo hombre.La convivencia entre una pobreza de la acumulación material y una pobreza de ascetismo y renuncia es un hecho tanto en los discursos como en las obras de las vanguardias del siglo XX. La acumulación de materia informe y trabajada manualmente tiene lugar al mismo tiempo que la exhibición de la desnudez y la frialdad de los materiales producidos por la industria.  Y en ambos casos, se apela a la pobreza como última referencia para las obras que tratan de ser una expresión fiel de las aspiraciones de su época.Palabras clavemateria, pobreza, material, acumulación, modernidad, sociedadAbstractAccumulation of matter is one of the most recognizable signs of poverty. The poor

Mineralogical characterization of clays used in the structural ceramic industry in west of S. Paulo State, Brazil Caracterização mineralógica de argilas usadas na indústria de cerâmica estrutural no oeste do estado de S. Paulo, Brasil

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S. R. Teixeira

2001-12-01

Full Text Available Plasticity and the grain-size distribution of the raw material used to make structural bricks and roof tiles are very important to the production process. These two parameters and the mineral composition will define the quality and properties of the final product: color, mechanical resistance, water absorption, cracks, swell and shrink during drying and firing the ceramic pieces etc. In the Brazilian ceramic industry it is very common to mix together two or more different kinds of raw material to achieve the ceramic mass with the desired grain-size distribution. The objective of this work was to characterize the raw material collected at the floodplains of the Paraná and Paranapanema Rivers and the ceramic mass used by the ceramic industry in western São Paulo State, Brazil. Particle size distribution, organic matter and X-ray diffraction were used to study this material. The textural analysis indicates that the raw materials have the clay fraction ranging from 38.2% to 66.3%, the silt from 22.2% to 49.7% and the sand from 3.1% to 34.1%. The results indicate that all mixed raw materials have more clay in its composition than would be necessary. The organic matter ranges from 5 to 7%. All samples have kaolinite and many of them have smectites, HIV and mica. Gibbsite, iron and titanium oxides, and quartz are also identified. One of the samples (yellow is rich in goethite.A plasticidade e a granulometria da massa cerâmica são dois parâmetros importantes para o processo de produção de tijolos e telhas. Estes dois parâmetros e a composição mineralógica definirão a qualidade e propriedades (cor, resistência mecânica, absorção de água, trincas, mudanças nas dimensões durante a secagem e queima, etc. do produto final. Na indústria cerâmica brasileira é comum misturar dois ou mais tipos de "barro" para se obter a massa cerâmica com a granulometria e plasticidade desejada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar a matéria prima

Pareceristas da RBHCS no Triênio 2015-2017

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  Adelar Heinsfeld (UPF Adilson Júnior Ishihara Brito (UFPA Adilson Prizmic Momce (UFMS Alcileide Cabral do Nascimento (UFRPE Alexandre de Oliveira Karsburg (UNISINOS Alfredo Veiga-Neto (UFRGS Ana Carolina de Carvalho Viotti (UNESP Ana Paula Korndörfer (UNISINOS Ana Silvia Volpi Scott (NEPO/Unicamp Anderson Roberti dos Reis (UFMT Andréia Orsato (IFSul Andrés Cobo de Guzmán (Université Grenoble Alpes - França Anita Liberalesso Neri (Unicamp Antônio de Pádua Bosi (UNIOESTE Cacilda da Silva Machado (UFRJ Carina Martiny (UFRGS Carla Monteiro de Souza (UFRR Carlos Almeida Prado Bacellar (USP Carlos Coelho Bezerra (PPGCI/IBICT-UFRJ Carlos Fernando França Mosqueira (UNESPAR Carlos Gregório dos Santos Gianelli (UDESC Carlos Roberto da Rosa Rangel (URI Célia da Graça Arribas (UFJF Célia Pereira Caldas (UERJ Claiton Marcio da Silva (UFFS Clarice Gontarski Speranza (UFPel Cláudio de Sá Machado Júnior (UFPR Cláudio Pereira Elmir (UNISINOS Cristiane Freitas Gutfreind (PUCRS Cristina Donza Cancela (UFPA Daniel Luciano Gevehr (FACCAT Daniel Souza Barroso (USP Edgar Aparecido da Costa (UFSM Eliane Cristina Deckmann Fleck (UNISINOS Eloisa Helena Capovilla da Luz Ramos (UNISINOS Emerson Giumbelli (UFRGS Eunícia Barros Barcelos Fernandes (PUC-RIO Éverton Quevedo (MUHM/UNISINOS Fabiano Quadros Rückert (UFMS Fábio Alexandre dos Santos (UNIFESP Felipe Dartagan Maropo Teixeira de Castro (UFMS Fernanda Bittencourt Ribeiro (PUCRS Flavio Coelho Edler (FIOCRUZ Gabriel Santos Berute (IFRS Gizele Zanotto (UPF Glaucia Vieira Ramos Konrad (UFSM Guilherme Galhegos Felippe (PUCRS Gunter Axt (UFSC Gustavo Alves Alonso Ferreira (UFPE Gustavo Castagna Machado (UFRGS Humberto Amorim Neto (UFRJ Inmaculada Barroso Benítez (Universidad de Jaén – Espanha Isabel Aparecida Bilhão (UNISINOS Jane Felipe Beltrão (UFPA Jeannie da Silva Menezes (UFRPE João Alberto da Costa Pinto (UFG João Alfredo dos Reis Peixoto (ISEG-Lisboa João Carlos Tedesco (UPF João Fábio Bertonha (UEM

Pensar con el ojo, pensar con la mano = Thinking with your eye, thinking with your hand

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Juan Manuel Sánchez de la Chica

2013-10-01

Full Text Available ResumenDefiniendo Asís Cabrero la arquitectura como un arte visual-utilitario, se remonta a los orígenes de la especie para explicar cuáles son elementos de la consciencia que intervienen en la obra del hombre. La táctica de supervivencia humana se basa en una técnica voluntaria, variable, personal e inventiva, en contraste con el instinto de los demás seres de la naturaleza. A este animal rapaz, cuyo pensamiento está determinado por su sentido de la vista, se le añade la inteligencia que proviene de la habilidad de la mano para fabricar herramientas. Este animal de órganos intercambiables es capaz de especializarse con cada una de las herramientas que construye para igualarse a cada uno de los animales especializados. Así, el hombre construye herramientas para hacer frente a una naturaleza variable y cambiante, ya sea un cuchillo, un hacha o un refugio.Siendo la arquitectura causa del sentir óptico, es principalmente el pensamiento útil de la mano el que interviene en la elaboración de la arquitectura. Para Cabrero, la materia se convierte en material a través de la herramienta, para ser aparejado, para poder construir. Son las herramientas las que evolucionan a lo largo de la historia, permaneciendo la materia siempre igual en la naturaleza. Asís Cabrero investiga cinco arquitecturas primitivas relacionadas con cinco materias primeras. Así, estudia la estructura cupular, el dintel, el entramado, la estructura laminar y la estructura desmontable en relación con el uso racional del barro, la piedra, la madera, el ramaje y la piel.La diversa disponibilidad material en la trayectoria profesional de Asís Cabrero, desde el aislamiento de la posguerra a la apertura de los años sesenta, hace que podamos establecer diferentes edades en la obra de Francisco de Asís Cabrero según el material y las herramientas que utiliza.Palabras claveFrancisco Cabrero, arquitectura, instrumentos, material, estructura, herramientas

Práticas de Leitura no Maranhão na Primeira República: entre apropriações e representações

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Samuel Luis Velásquez Castellanos

2014-12-01

interpretar as interpretações expostas por estes produtores de cultura em estudo (LAPASSADE, 1993 apud FINO, 2006; ERICKSON, 1999, BARROS, 2004; MATTOS, 1995. Postula-se uma análise da memória individual e coletiva de homens e mulheres situados em um momento, um espaço e um campo de ação determinado que se perpetuam em identidades locais. Relacionam-se as histórias de vida e suas práticas leitoras em momentos políticos, econômicos, culturais e educacionais diferentes e tendo como categorias diferenciais a priori as questões de gênero, de etnia, de identidade, de extrato social e de localidade geográfica (HALL, 2000; BAUMAN; 1998, ELIAS, 1994; GIDDENS, 2002; SILVA, 2000. Analisam-se e interpretam-se as múltiplas determinações inseridas no processo de apropriação da leitura, expressadas através das concepções, noções e visões dos educadores neste campo de ação e nas suas atividades pedagógicas no contexto escolar, nos permitindo captar as produções culturais dos consumidores de cultura, ligadas aos tipos de relações, interações e atividades desempenhadas no tecido societal, compreendendo seus papéis como leitores, suas práticas educativas como formadores de novos leitores, conjugando-as com os espaços de produção e circulação das materialidades impressas, numainteração direta com o quadro político que, mesmo localizado no Maranhão, expressa um pensar e um sentir nacional.

Un Médico a la Medida de su Comunidad

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José Francisco Socarrás

1994-06-01

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La ciudad de los Santos Reyes
La guerra civil había diezmado las ganaderías de la rica provincia y la población entera pagaba con creces el horrendo pecado de la contienda fratricida. Muchas familias, antes en la holganza arrostraban con estoicismo pobreza vergonzante. Se caía a pedazos la antigua ciudad colonial, cerebro y corazón de extenso territorio. La propia plaza mayor mostraba solares que eran otros tantos estigmas de la situación aflictiva.

Como el techo se había hundido en algo más de la mitad, por la vasta tronera la iglesia parroquial miraba realmente al cielo, exponiendo a la intemperie el muñón acusador de la torre casi a ras de piso. El espectáculo del templo era lastimoso. Los muros aparecían carcomidos por los alisios y las lluvias torrenciales, e igual las altas columnas talladas en troncos de árboles seguramente centenarios. Los altares, obra auténtica de la artesanía nativa, no ostentaban ya el brillo del dorado.

En el piso, de anchas baldosas de barro cocido medio se hundían las lápidas de mármol que contaban el breve tránsito por este mundo de quienes fueran personas influyentes en la región.

En la calle principal, en otros tiempos consagrada al Rey, menudeaban también las ruinas y, siguiendo en dirección al cementerio, podían descubrirse en un buen trecho los cimientos de construcciones desaparecidas, que por su disposición y tamaño proclamaban la fortuna de quienes las habitaran. Los conventos de Franciscanos y Dominicos yacían por tierra, convertidos en informe amontonamiento de escombros, igual que la mayoría de las casas de habitación que los rodeaban.

Las paredes maestras y la fachada de la iglesia de San Francisco, no obstante el deterioro, atestiguaban todavía la vana ilusión de construir para la eternidad que anima a ciertas empresas humanas. La iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, resto intacto de la fundación dominicana, era la

Is the 6-minute pegboard and ring test valid to evaluate upper limb function in hospitalized patients with acute exacerbation of COPD?

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2018-05-01

Full Text Available Rosimeire Marcos Felisberto,1 Cassia Fabiane de Barros,1 Kelly Cristina Albanezi Nucci,1 Andre Luis Pereira de Albuquerque,1 Elaine Paulin,2 Christina May Moran de Brito,1 Wellington Pereira Yamaguti1 1Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil Background: The 6-minute pegboard and ring test (6-PBRT is a useful test for assessing the functional capacity of upper limbs in patients with stable COPD. Although 6-PBRT has been validated in stable patients, the possibility of a high floor effect could compromise the validity of the test in the hospital setting. The aim of this study was to verify the convergent validity of 6-PBRT in hospitalized patients with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital. Patients who were hospitalized due to AECOPD and healthy elderly participants, voluntarily recruited from the community, were considered for inclusion. All participants underwent a 6-PBRT. Isokinetic evaluation to measure the strength and endurance of elbow flexors and extensors, handgrip strength (HGS, spirometry testing, the modified Pulmonary Functional Status Dyspnea Questionnaire (PFSDQ-M, the COPD assessment test (CAT, and symptoms of dyspnea and fatigue were all measured as comparisons for convergent validity. Good convergent validity was considered if >75% of these hypotheses could be confirmed (correlation coefficient>0.50. Results: A total of 17 patients with AECOPD (70.9±5.1 years and forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] of 41.8%±17.9% of predicted and 11 healthy elderly subjects were included. The HGS showed a significant strong correlation with 6-PBRT performance (r=0.70; p=0.002. The performance in 6-PBRT presented a significant moderate correlation with elbow flexor torque peak (r=0.52; p=0.03 and elbow extensor torque peak (r=0.61; p=0.01. The total muscular work of the 15

Editorial L&E, v.9, n.3, 2015

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Rede Conpadre

2015-09-01

Full Text Available É com imensa satisfação que apresentamos mais um número da revista Labor & Engenho, este, o terceiro do seu nono ano: L&E, v.9, n.3, 2015. Cumprindo fielmente sua missão de difundir a engenharia e a ciência aplicadas ao desenvolvimento local sustentável, valorizando o trabalho (labor e a inovação (engenho resultantes da pesquisa acadêmica ou da experiência profissional, este número destaca a importância da gestão de pessoas e da participação da comunidade nos processos produtivos ou culturais que integram os sistemas territoriais através da conexão "Patrimônio, Paisagem e Desenvolvimento Regional”. Assim, 8 trabalhos de autores de 5 nacionalidades (Brasil, Colômbia, Argentina, México e Espanha compõem a presente edição. O artigo de Carlos Alberto Mariottoni (Universidade Estadual de Campinas [Brasil] e Francisco Javier Cárcel Carrasco (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia [Espanha] apresenta uma interessante pesquisa acompanhada de estudos práticos que tratam da gestão do conhecimento na engenharia industrial, particularmente no que se poderia denominar engenharia de manutenção. O artigo intitulado Mejora de la eficiencia industrial por la gestión del conocimiento en la Ingeniería del mantenimiento propugna por uma adequada gestão para se evitar nas empresas a ruptura do binômio informação-conhecimento. Na sequência, os autores Ivan Felipe Silva dos Santos; Geraldo Lucio Tiago Filho; Regina Mambeli Barros e Helmo Lemos, da Universidade Federal de Itajubá, em Minas Gerais [Brasil], salientam que a viabilidade de empreendimentos de geração hidrelétrica deve ser testada antes da construção dos mesmos, e para isto são necessárias estimativas de custo, que normalmente são construídas a partir de dados históricos. No artigo intitulado Ajuste e avaliação dos modelos agregados de estimativas de custo de PCHs no Brasil eles se propõem a analisar e comparar, por meio de gráficos e parâmetros estat

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Márcio Matias

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Prezados Leitores, Nesta edição especial, a Encontros Bibli publica os trabalhos apresentados no 3º Simpósio Brasileiro de Comunicação Científica (SBCC, realizado na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC, em Florianópolis, nos dias 5 e 6 de junho de 2012. É uma grande satisfação estabelecer parceria com este evento, pois o SBCC é um importante fórum que agrupa especialistas, promove discussões e o compartilhamento de informações relacionadas à área de comunicação científica. Nesta edição de 2012, o evento concentrou-senos temas de acesso aberto, acesso livre e preservação digital, com foco em Perspectivas em Acesso Aberto – Cenários para 2020. O trabalho que abre esta edição fundamentou a palestra da professora pesquisadora Elena Maceviciute da Universidade de Boras - Suécia, e também da Universidade Vilnius - Lituânia, e destaca diversos questionamentos e alternativas para a preservação digital. Em seguida, temoso resultado de uma pesquisa sobre a produção científica brasileira relacionada ao tema principal do evento:Mapeamento da produção científica brasileira sobre Acesso Aberto: 2001 A 2011, elaborado por Fábio Mascarenhas Silva, Natanael Vitor Sobral, Guilherme Alves Santana eTatyane Lucia Cruz. Na sequência, são apresentados mais quatro trabalhos focados especificamente em Acesso Aberto: Serviços de difusão de políticas para o acesso aberto: Sherpa/Juliet, Melibea e ROARMAP, de Michelli Costa, Bianca Amaro e Tainá Assis; Acesso aberto à informação científica e direito autoral: ações e contradições, de Maria Naires Alves de Souza, Denyse Maria Borges Paes, Rafael Gomes Fernandes, Francisco Welton Silva Rios; A influência do Open Access nas comunidades Acadêmicas da Área de Biblioteconomia no Nordeste do Brasil, deVirgínia Bárbara Aguiar Alves; e Definição de uma política de acesso aberto para a Universidade Federal da Bahia. Susane Santos Barros, Flávia Goulart Mota

Private adaptation strategies and implementation in flood risk management: why people do nothing?

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Karagiorgos, Konstantinos; Thaler, Thomas; Maris, Fotios; Paparrizos, Spyros; Fuchs, Sven

2015-04-01

implementation. This paper examines the private adaptation capacity and willingness in two different catchments in the Mediterranean. The catchments Evros and Rafina in Greece were affected by flood events during the past 20 years. However, even in case of extreme events, the vulnerability of the (social) system to stress is considerably low due to social networks, economic settings as well as institutional and political factors, and consequently the speed of return to the equilibrium steady state, defined as the prevailing livelihood conditions, is fast. In other words, even if the magnitude of a hazardous event is high, the vulnerability is considerably low due to multiple compensation mechanisms installed in the Greek society, ranging from spreading risk to a larger community to governmental compensation and private donation. Therefore, ex-post recovery following an event is well-organised, and the initial systems state is re-established immediately or with only little delay. Therefore, affected citizens simply do not care much about being affected by floods, will be able to prevent those damages. There are no incentives for the affected population to react pro-active by e.g. investing in local structural protection or any other management strategy. Key words: vulnerability; private adaptation; structural protection; risk management; floods; Greece References: Bohle H-G (2001) Vulnerability and criticality: Perspectives from social geography. IHDP Update 02/2001:3-5 Chambers R (1989) Vulnerability, coping and policy. IDS Bulletin 20 (2):1-7 Field CB, Barros V, Stocker TF, Dahe Q, Dokken DJ, Plattner G-K, Ebi KL, Allen SK, Mastrandrea MD, Tignor M, Mach KJ, Midgley PM (2012) Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation. Special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Fuchs S (2009) Susceptibility versus resilience to mountain hazards in Austria - Paradigms of vulnerability

Characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer in the Chos Malal site (Province of Neuquen)

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Lassig, J; Palese, C

2005-01-01

The site of Chos Malal is located on the north of the Province of Neuquen (Argentina).Cordillera del Viento is a mountain located 30 km northward, it is 90 km long, with average heights of 2800 m and with intense winds.This region has the adequate characteristics to be one of the best zones of the Norpatagonia for the exploitation of wind resources.Nevertheless, the existing wind speed data of the place is disconcerting.The biggest amount of information proceeds from the old weather station of the 'Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderia de la Nacion Argentina' Office and from the National Weather Service 'Servicio Meteorologico Nacional de Argentina' (SMN). Results from this data (1941-1960 period) shows that the mean annual wind speed is only 2.8 m/s.This value is conservative, probably due to the method employed on the measurement, which consisted of the estimation through the Beaufort scale, or the over-estimation error of the calms, as the one detected by Barros for the South of Patagonia.Due to this discordance, it was decided to evaluate the resource with modern instrumental. Afterwards, automatic weather stations were installed (Davis model Monitor II and Wizard) at the airport of Chos Malal (S 37 26 49 ; W 70 13 53 ; 852 m msl) with sensors at 2.5m, 10m and 18m above ground level.With this data (period 2000-2004) this study was oriented to characterize some aspects of the atmospheric boundary layer, the air turbulence and the relation between average wind speed and gusts.The annual average velocity (2000-2004) was 3.78 m/s, 35% greater than meteorological statistics from SMN (1941-1950 and 1951-1960 decades). The maximum velocity was 7.35 m/s, almost twice the average wind speed. With the measured data at 10 m, the Weibull distribution was calculated, using the form factor K = 1.2; and the scale factor C = 3.95. Also the wind rose was calculated, where the maximum frequency was produced at WNW.During 5 days of November of 2001, simultaneous observations at 2

HABITAÇÃO E ENTORNO NA TRAJETÓRIA DO BAIRRO DE CUSTODÓPOLIS

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AZEREDO, V.G.

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Custodópolis é um bairro da cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ estigmatizado por localizar-se do outro lado do Rio Paraíba do Sul. Ocupado por uma população vulnerável ante a pobreza em suas dimensões econômicas, de capital social, capital humano, de proteção e de habitat (BUSSO, 2002, p.12. Estas dimensões conjugadas marcam o bairro de sua origem aos dias atuais. O objetivo é resgatar esse percurso, pela via habitacional e de entorno, nas condições de vulnerabilidade e risco socioambiental. Para o alcance desse objetivo utilizou-se os recursos metodológicos de Observação Direta (com registro em diário de campo e uso de fotografia, Fonte Documental e Entrevistas Semiestruturadas (com antigos e atuais moradores. Os resultados apontaram para trajetória de precarizações. Sobre a origem do bairro não há precisão, mas na memória de antigos moradores, se remete as décadas de vinte ou trinta do século passado. O lugar foi pouco a pouco sendo ocupado por cortadores de cana, que o transformaram em ponto de encontro na espera de caminhões que os levassem para as lavouras da região. Para atendimento a essa demanda foi montada uma vendinha e aos poucos tais trabalhadores se apropriaram do território e improvisaram suas casas no meio do mato com materiais como barro, bambu, folhas de palmeira ou sapé. Na falta de telha usavam palha. Vista do alto parecia uma “Cidade de Palha”, denominação antiga do local. No seu entorno havia brejo e lagoa que cederam espaço para canaviais. Não havia ruas, mas trilhas. Nem luz só lamparina. A água era de cacimba, os muros de gaiolinhas (tipo de planta, as camas de pau, os fogões a lenha. O proprietário das terras era um médico e político chamado Custódio Siqueira que as transformou em lotes para venda e, em sua homenagem, o bairro passou a ser chamado Custodópolis. Na travessia do rural-urbano o bairro experimentou melhorias, através da oferta pública de iluminação, �

BUSCA TERMINOLÓGICA PARA PESQUISA INTERDISCIPLINAR NOS CAMPOS DA GESTÃO, DO DESIGN E DO MARKETING

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2015-12-01

Atendimento, e na imagem positiva que é diferente do que as pessoas estavam acostumadas. De acordo com Camargos e Dias (2003 apud Thompson Jr. e Strickland III, 2000, pode-se definir estratégia como sendo um “conjunto de mudanças competitivas e abordagens comerciais que os gerentes executam para atingir o melhor desempenho da empresa. ” Junto a esse conceito, encontra-se o Marketing, que é utilizado como uma estratégia das empresas para serem bem vistas no mercado e por ele, chamar a atenção de seus clientes. Ele faz a ligação da empresa/produto com o cliente, visando chamar a atenção para o que está sendo oferecido. Podemos observar isso com a observação feita durante II Simpósio de Excelência em Gestão e Tecnologia – SEGeT’2005, onde foi descrito que “O marketing é uma das ferramentas da administração de empresas e dos negócios, e é fortemente conhecido e aplicado, na maioria das vezes, em processos de troca, com o fim de lucro. ” Além da proeminência do Marketing e da necessidade de uma Gestão que seja estratégica, o que veio para ajudar no processo comunicacional denomina-se como Design Gráfico que tem como objetivos: criar e desenvolver projetos tanto empresarial, como social, utilizando os meios gráficos para a resolução de problemas. O termo Design nasceu junto com a revolução industrial que ocorreu na Inglaterra quando houve uma revolução no modo de produção e começou, séculos mais tarde, a dar origem aos produtos com projetos específicos em grande escala (Fordismo. Barros (2013 em seu artigo sobre o que é Design Gráfico, documenta que “A ICOGRADA (Internacional Council of Grafic Design Associations afirma que o Design Gráfico é uma atividade técnica de análise, organização e métodos de apresentação de soluções visuais para problemas de comunicação. ” Com isso pode-se notar que há uma interdisciplinaridade necessária na tríade: Gestão Estratégica, Marketing e Design Gráfico - principalmente

Investigações sobre doenças de Psittacideos

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1932-08-01

course of this study is characterized under the name of Salmonella nocardi. The author believes that in the epizooty from which Nocard isolated his bacterium there was association of the virus-disease inducing the epizooty of that epoch in Paris with the bacterial disease, as must have happened in Argentina, where the disease was transmitted to man, and Santillan, according to Barros, isolated from the sick parrots bacteria of the genus Salmonella. The diseases of the two groups, that due to virus and that due to bacteria, are differentiated: Virus-diseases - Evolution: rapid, nearly always followed by death. Symptoms: sadness, profuse diarrhoea, of whitish stools, at times enterorrhagia, complete inappetency, adynamia, indifference, prolonged coma. Clinical forms: acute and subacute. Lesions: Foci of necrosis in liver and spleen without cellular reaction around the focus, yellow liver, multiple serositis. Presence of protoplasmic or nuclear granulations. Bacteriology: Complete lack or inconstant presence of bacteria in the organs and blood. Infectiousness of the organs and blood after filtration: positive. Bacterial diseases - Varies from one week to a month or more, not always fatal. Sadness, partial inappetency, tremblings, intensive thirst, mucous or mucosanguineous diarrhoea, lack of adynamia (reacts to stimulations and moves well at any time of the disease, though showing little disposition to locomotion, soiling of feathers. Frustrate, acute, subacute and chronic. Hepatic and intestinal cogestion, foci of necrosis in liver, spleen and lung with cellular reaction around the focus. Lack of granulations. Constant presence of bacteria in the organs and blood. Negative. The analysis of the litterature shows that the characteristic features of the diseases in parrots referred to parrot psittacosis, more frequently approach the bacterial diseases here described of these animals, a hypothesis which is reinforced by the observation of the greater frequency of infections...

Niveles de plomo en sangre en niños de 8 a 10 años y su relación con la alteración en el sistema visomotor y del equilibrio Relationship of blood lead levels with visual-motor and equilibrium disturbances in children aged 8 to 10 years

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2000-08-01

equilibrio. CONCLUSIONES: La relación negativa entre el plomo y la habilidad visomotora concuerda con los resultados encontrados en niños en otros países. Al parecer las concentraciones de plomo en sangre, que son comunes en los niños de Oaxaca, son suficientes para ocasionar una limitación visomotora de naturaleza sutil. Los resultados de este estudio señalan la necesidad de reforzar la iniciativa de reducir la exposición de los niños a las fuentes de exposición conocidas, en especial barro vidriado y, por lo tanto, reducir los niveles poblacionales de plomo en sangre.OBJECTIVE: To assess the association betwen blood lead concentrations and visual-motor coordination and equilibrium in school age children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In November-December 1998, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 255 children aged 8-10, who attended public schools in Sector 1 of the Oaxaca State Public Education Institute. Data were collected using the Frostig Evaluation of Visual Perception test and the equilibrium subscale of the Frostig Movement Skills Test Battery. A blood sample was taken to measure lead levels by atomic absorption spectrometry. Socioeconomic data and health histories were collected for use as control variables. Statistical analysis consisted of multiple regression models to test the relationship between blood lead level and the visual-motor and equilibrium tests. We assessed the efect of lead within the model using 1 000 Montecarlo simulations. RESULTS: The geometric mean of blood lead concentrations was 11.5 µg/dl (geometric standard deviation +6.3, -5.2. After adjusting for control variables, the visual-motor integration subscale was significantly related to blood lead concentration (p> 0.042. The visual-motor integration value decreased 1.78 (95% CI -3.51, -0.06 points for each 10 µg/dl increase in blood lead concentration. Among the four sub-tests comprising the visual-motor integration subscale, only eye-hand coordination (p=0.045 and spatial relations

Etnopedologia e transferência de conhecimento: diálogos entre os saberes indígena e técnico na Terra Indígena Malacacheta, Roraima Ethnopedology and knowledge transfer: dialogue between indians and soil scientists in the Malacacheta Indian Territory, Roraima, Amazon

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2007-04-01

Full Text Available O conhecimento indígena sobre a pedodiversidade é o objeto principal da etnopedologia. Nesse sentido, a tradição agrícola e cultural dos índios Uapixana, do tronco lingüístico Aruaque, em Roraima, constitui relevante acervo imaterial de valor etnocientífico, sendo valorizada pela Universidade Federal de Roraima em seus cursos superiores de Educação Indígena no Estado. Neste trabalho confrontou-se a experiência etnopedológica dos índios Uapixana com o Sistema Brasileiro de Classificação de Solos, durante o levantamento de solos da Terra Indígena (TI Malacacheta. O sistema de classificação etnopedológica existente na comunidade indígena Uapixana da TI Malacacheta identifica e separa todos os principais compartimentos ambientais de ocorrência na área, permitindo relacionar aspectos de simples percepção e identificação (cor, textura, profundidade, vegetação com aspectos cognoscíveis (uso, tipo de cultivo, vocação, etc.. Os índios Uapixana identificam e classificam oito tipos básicos de solos, que ocorrem individualmente ou formando associações: Imii Wyzda'u (Terra Amarelada, Imii Wyza'u (Terra Vermelha, Imii Pudiidiu (Terra Preta, Imii Pudiidiza'u (Terra Roxa, Katy Bara Pudiidiu (Barro Arenoso, Imii Kaxidia'u (Estopa Preta, Imii Katy Bara Pudiidiu Naik Baraka'u (Terra Arenosa Preta e Branca e Imii Wyzadaza'u Rik Pudiidiu (Miscelânea de Terra Amarela, Roxa e afloramentos de rocha, abordando características morfológicas, físicas e químicas e as principais limitações quanto ao uso agrícola. Há relação evidente entre a dimensão do saber etnopedológico o saber etnoecológico, em sentido amplo. A experiência etnopedológica representa, assim, a extensão de uma abrangente cadeia de inter-relações homem-meio, dentro do princípio universal da ecologia humana da paisagem. O diálogo etnopedológico travado entre a comunidade indígena e os pedólogos trouxe contribuições muito relevantes e mutuamente

Hanford High-Level Waste Management; Gestion des Dechets de Haute Activite a Hanford; 041e 0411 0420 0410 0411 041e 0422 041a 0410 0412 042b 0421 041e 041a 041e 0420 0410 0414 0418 041e 0410 041a 0422 0418 0412 041d 042b 0425 041e 0422 0425 041e 0414 041e 0412 0412 0425 042d 041d 0424 041e 0420 0414 0415 ; Tratamiento y Evacuacion de Desechos de Elevada Radiactividad en Hanford

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Tomlinson, R. E. [Hanford Laboratories, General Electric Co., Richland, WA (United States)

1963-02-15

. Comme on considere cette operation comme une mesure provisoire, on s'occupe activement de mettre au point une methode permettant de reduire la mobilite des matieres stockees, afin d'etre plus certain de leur confinement a long terme. Dans les reservoirs souterrains existants, on fera evaporer, jusqu'a obtention de tourteaux de sel, les volumes importants de dechets et de gainage, qui, par nature, sont peu susceptibles d'auto-echauffement. Les etudes en laboratoire et les premiers essais effectues avec un reservoir de 5000 gallons montrent que le passage d'un courant d'air chaud a travers la solution, associe a une carbonatation controlee pour transformer Thydroxyde de sodium libre en carbonate de sodium, permet d'eliminer suffisamment d'eau pour former un tourteau de sel non hygroscopique. Les dechets susceptibles d'auto-echauffement seront fractionnes pour permettre d'entreposer separement les emetteurs de chaleur a longue periode dans de petits recipients tres resistants. Etant donne que ces matieres peuvent etre utilisees avec profit, on pourrait en obtenir sur demande. Apres 5 a 10 ans de desintegration des emetteurs de chaleur a courte periode, les dechets salins residuels seront combiries avec les dechets courants de degainage pour evaporation comme il est dit plus haut. Pour pouvoir mener a bien le traitement chimique necessaire, on amenage un ancien batiment a cellules isolees. On recourra probablement a l'extraction par solvant (D2EHPA) pour separer le strontium et le cerium des dechets acides, mais on n'a pas encore decide si la separation du cesium se fera au moyen de l'extraction par solvant, par echanges d'ions ou par precipitation. On prevoit que l'ensemble de l'operation pourra etre realise aux environs de 1966. (author) [Spanish] En los 17 anos que vienen funcionando las instalaciones de Hanford, se ha conseguido un elevado grado de seguridad a un costo razonable almacenando los desechos radioquimicos de elevada actividad en forma de barros alcalinos en

Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in traditional ice cream, Yazd, IRAN (1394 and compared to other studies in different parts of Iran

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Negar Hamidian

2017-07-01

., isolated from the water plant Lemna trisulca of a German fresh water pond. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2012;63:641-7. 12-Barros MA, Nero LA, Silva LC, d’Ovidio L, Monteiro FA, Tamanini R, et al. Listeria monocytogenes: Occurrence in beef and identification of the main contamination points in processing plants. Meat science 2007;76(4:591-6. 13-Lyytikäinen O, Autio T, Maijala R, Ruutu P, Honkanen-Buzalski T, Miettinen M, et al. An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 3a infections from butter in Finland. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2000;181(5:1838-41. 14-McLauchlin J, Mitchell R, Smerdon W, Jewell K. Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis: a review of hazard characterisation for use in microbiological risk assessment of foods. International journal of food microbiology 2004;92(1:15-33. 15-Tirziu E, Nichita I, Cumpanasoiu C, Gros RV, Seres M. Listeria monocytogenes Monographic Study. Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies 2010;43(1:441-6. 16-Adzitey F, Huda N. Listeria monocytogenes in foods: incidences and possible control measures. Afr J Microbiol Res 2010;4(25:2848-55. 17-Amagliani G, Brandi G, Omiccioli E, Casiere A, Bruce I, Magnani M. Direct detection of Listeria monocytogenes from milk by magnetic based DNA isolation and PCR. Food microbiology 2004;21(5:597-603. 18-Administration UsFaD. Draft assessment of the relative risk to public health from foodborne Listeria monocytogenesamong  selected  categories  of  ready to eat  foods 2001. 19-Rahimi E, Behzadnia A, Shakerian A, Momtaz H. Frequency of Listeria species from raw milk, traditional cheese and ice- cream in Shahrekord and Shiraz[persian]. Journal of Microbial World 2010;2(4:243-8. 20-Rahimi E, Ameri M, Momtaz H. Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Listeria species isolated from milk and dairy products in Iran. Food Control 2010;21(11:1448-52. 21-Shamloo E, Jalali M, Mirlohi M, Madani G, Metcalf D, Merasi M. Prevalence of Listeria species

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Johnson, Samuel Y.; Dartnell, Peter; Cochrane, Guy R.; Hartwell, Stephen R.; Golden, Nadine E.; Kvitek, Rikk G.; Davenport, Clifton W.; Johnson, Samuel Y.; Cochran, Susan A.

2018-04-20

, gated community that has no public access.The map area has a long history of petroleum exploration and development. Several offshore gas fields were discovered and were developed by onshore directional drilling in the 1950s and 1960s. Three offshore petroleum platforms were installed in adjacent federal waters in 1976 (platform “Honda”) and 1989 (platforms “Heritage” and “Harmony”). Local offshore and onshore operations were serviced for more than a century by the Gaviota marine terminal, which is currently being decommissioned and will be abandoned in an intended transition to public open space. The Offshore of Gaviota map area lies within the western Santa Barbara Channel region of the Southern California Bight, and it is somewhat protected from large Pacific swells from the north and northwest by Point Conception and from south and southwest swells by offshore islands and banks. Much of the shoreline in the map area is characterized by narrow beaches that have thin sediment cover, backed by low (10- to 20-m-high) cliffs that are capped by a narrow coastal terrace. Beaches are subject to wave erosion during winter storms, followed by gradual sediment recovery or accretion in the late spring, summer, and fall months during the gentler wave climate.The map area lies in the western-central part of the Santa Barbara littoral cell, which is characterized by west-to-east transport of sediment from Point Arguello on the northwest to Hueneme and Mugu Canyons on the southeast. Sediment supply to the western and central part of the littoral cell is mainly from relatively small coastal watersheds. In the map area, sediment sources include Cañada de la Gaviota (52 km2), as well as Cañada de la Llegua, Arroyo el Bulito, Cañada de Santa Anita, Cañada de Alegria, Cañada del Agua Caliente, Cañada del Barro, Cañada del Leon, Cañada San Onofre, and many others. Coastal-watershed discharge and sediment load are highly variable, characterized by brief large events

Epidemiología molecular de la fiebre amarilla en Colombia: análisis filogenético

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Jorge Boshell

2004-03-01

fragmentos de 569 pb correspondiente a la región de unión de los genes E/ NS1, (7,8 los cuales fueron purificados y secuenciados en un secuenciador automático Abiprism 310 (Applied Biosystem; las secuencias generadas se alinearon con el programa CLUSTAL W donde además se generaron los árboles filogenéticos que posteriormente se visualizaron en el programa Treview.

Los análisis preliminares indican un porcentaje de homología cercano al 97% entre las cepas analizadas, lo cual refleja la estabilidad genética del virus a través del tiempo, y nos permite pensar que los brotes recientemente ocurridos obedecen al incremento de la actividad selvática del virus, con el humano como huésped accidental al intervenir con su ecosistema, más que a la reintroducción de nuevas cepas de mayor virulencia (9-12.

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The use of new technologies in Cohort studies

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Carlos Antonio Bruno da Silva

2010-03-01

élites de posicionamento (GPS para a localização de residências, o uso de coletas de DNA para comparações futuras, as bases de dados institucionais e governamentais são fontes de informações que abreviam, minimizam gastos e dão maior confiabilidade aos estudos de muito longa duração.Tem-se visto antigos trabalhos realizados há décadas sendo submetidos a novas avaliações estatísticas com o desenvolvimento de novas teorias e descobertas. Neste número da revista brasileira em promoção da saúde, acompanhamos o nascimento de uma nova coorte(14, que acompanhará a evolução dos determinantes de saúde de população de uma grande comunidade do Nordeste do Brasil.REFERÊNCIAS1. Morabia A, Guthold R. Wilhelm Weinberg’s 1913Large Retrospective Cohort Study: a rediscovery. Am JEpidemiol. 2007;165(7:727-33.2. Doll R. Cohort studies: history of the method. II.Retrospective cohort studies. Soz Praventivmed.2001;46(3:152-60. Erratum in: Soz Praventivmed2002;47(2:90.3. Dawber TR, Meadors GF, Moore Jr. FE. Epidemiologicalapproaches to heart disease: the Framingham Study.Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1951;41(3:279-81.4. Fonseca MGU, Peres F, Firmo JOA, Uchoa E.,Percepção de risco: maneiras de pensar e agirno manejo de agrotóxicos. Ciênc saúde coletiva[periódico na Internet]. 2007 Mar [acesso em 2010Maio 26]; 12(1:39-50. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232007000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso. doi: 10.1590/S1413-81232007000100009.5. Victora CG, Barros FC. Cohort profile: the 1982Pelotas (Brazil birth cohort study. Int J Epidemiol.2006;35(2:237-42.6. Armenian HK (editor. Applications of the case-controlmethod. Epidemiol Rev. 1994;16:1-164.7. Samet JM, Muñoz A. Evolution of the cohort study.Epidemiol Rev. 1998;20(1:1-14.8. Doll R. Cohort studies: history of the method. II.Retrospective cohort studies. Soz Praventivmed.2001;46(3:152-60. Erratum in: Soz Praventivmed2002;47(2:909. Lima-Costa MF, Barreto SM. Tipos de

CBIOS Science Sessions - 2016 - Part I and III National Symposium on Nanoscience and Biomedical Nanotechnology - Proceedings

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L. Monteiro Rodrigues, et al.

2016-05-01

-ACTIVATABLE POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF PROTEINS AND SMALL MOLECULES. A. Jiménez-Balsa, E. Costa and L. Ferreira. P.07 LIGHT CONTROLLED RELEASE OF PROTEINS FROM GOLD NANORODS. M.M. Lino, S. Simões, S. Pinho and L. Ferreira. P.08 PLGA NANOPARTICLES WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS OBTAINED FROM PLECTRANTHUS PLANTS. J. Marçalo, B. Mourato, M. Nicolai, C.P. Reis, C. Faustino and P. Rijo. P.09 TABLETING NLC FOR ORAL DRUG DELIVERY. M. Mendes, M.B. Vaz, H.T. Soares, J.J. Sousa, A.A.C.C. Pais and C. Vitorino. P.010 NEW FORMULATION OF ORAL INSULIN. J. Moreira, I.V. Figueiredo, M. Silveira, P. Gonçalves, M. Nicolai, T. Almeida, N. Saraiva, M. Eduardo-Figueira, P. Faísca, I. Correia, L. Ascensão, P. Rijo and C.P. Reis. P.011 SELF MICROEMULSIFYING DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS (SMEDDS OF S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE (GSNO/ SMEDDS OF GSNO. A.H. Mota, M. Socha and P. Maincent. P.012 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF NOVEL ABIETANES CATIONIC AMPHIPHILES ENCAPSULATED IN ALGINATE MICROSPHERES. I. Neto, C.P. Reis, C. Faustino and P. Rijo. P.013 DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SUNFLOWER OIL NANOSTRUCTURED LIPID CARRIERS FOR RETINYL PALMITATE DELIVERY. F. Pinto, D.P.C. Barros and L.P. Fonseca. P.014 BIOCOMPATIBLE ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE CONJUGATED GOLD NANOPARTICLES WITH ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY A SYSTEMIC INFECTION MODEL. A. Rai, S. Pinto, T. Velho, A. Ferreira, C. Moita, U. Trivedi, M. Evangelista, M. Comune, K. Rumbaugh, P.N. Simoes, L. Moita and L. Ferreira. P.015 INNOVATIVE ANTIMICROBIAL METALLIC-BASED NANOFORMULATION CONTAINING HERBAL EXTRACTS. L. Roque, A. Cândido, F. Rodrigues, I. Gomes, N. Cristo, R. Duarte, P. Rijo and C.P. Reis. P.016 INNOVATIVE NANOCARRIER-BASED TOPICAL FORMULATIONS FOR ALOPECIA TREATMENT. L. Roque, I. Dias, L. Palma, P. Rijo, A. Roberto and C.P. Reis. P.017 NEW FORMULATION FOR ONYCHOMYCOSIS TREATMENT. L. Roque, A. Pereira, A. Santos, M. Simões, V. Demchenko, P. Rijo and C.P. Reis. P.018 NOVEL GEL FORMULATION FOR FUNGAL INFECTIONS. L. Roque, A. Pereira, A. Santos, M. Sim

Convergência de saberes e conhecimentos de enfermagem no cuidado à família Convergencia de saberes y conocimientos de enfermería en el cuidado a la familia Convergence of nursing beliefs and knowledge in the family care

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Lígia Barros Costa

2006-08-01

ções para leitura dirigida por um roteiro estruturado. Para segunda etapa, empregou-se a técnica de painel interativo, tendo sido validados os marcos conceituais do cuidado com famílias em atenção primária. A convergência dos saberes foi apresentada segundo os padrões de conhecimento - empírico, ético, pessoal e estético, de Chinn e Kramer¹, e - sócio-político, de White². Os padrões de conhecimento ético e estético encontraram-se exíguos, em relação a uma declaração explícita deles, pelos pesquisadores participantes do estudo. Uma vez que o padrão ético esteve presente em apenas dois dos sete trabalhos analisados, oferece, portanto, uma lacuna para estudos posteriores, por se tratar do componente moral de tomada de decisões pelo enfermeiro. Como propósito, construiu-se um guia prático para utilização no cuidado com famílias em atenção primária, na perspectiva de sugerir a enfermeiros e estudantes da Enfermagem uma ferramenta para adoção de uma postura reflexivo-crítica diante do cuidado humano. Considerou-se que o saber popular e o conhecimento acadêmico são convergentes, estão integrados e integrando o cuidado de Enfermagem e respondem a demanda de atenção primária de saúde das famílias.La familia ha sido priorizada por medio de programas sociales, en especial, con la descentralización de las acciones de salud. En detrimento de los cambios ocurridos, sin embargo, esta visión se Lígia Barros Costa se vuelve para el grupo familiar continúa asociada a un paradigma biologicista centrado en la patología, alimentando el sistema con datos epidemiológicos, poco substanciales en el tocante a las necesidades, condiciones de vida y salud de las familias. El presente estudio emergió de la necesidad de desarrollarse y compartir conocimientos que orienten para la actuación de los profesionales en atención primaria de salud, con la familia ocupando la función de sujeto activo en la búsqueda de resolución de problemas, en una

Selected Abstracts of the 2nd Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2017; Venice (Italy; October 31-November 4, 2017; Session "Neurology and Follow-up"

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SPECTROSCOPY IN COOLED ASPHYXIATED NEWBORNS • H. Barta, A. Jermendy, M. Kolossvary, L.R. Kozak, A. Lakatos, U. Meder, G. Rudas, M. SzaboABS 81. CYTOKINES TRAJECTORIES IN NEWBORNS WITH HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY: THE ROLE OF HYPOTHERMIA • S. Perrone, S. Cornacchione, M.D. Weiss, R. Candace, M. Longini, F. Proietti, M. Calderisi, G. BuonocoreABS 82. COLD-INDUCIBLE RBM3 AUGMENTS IGF2 EXPRESSION IN NEURAL STEM CELLS BY INTERACTING WITH IMP2 IN AN RNA-DEPENDENT MANNER • J. Yan, X. Zhu, A. Zelmer, J. Kapfhammer, S. WellmannABS 83. EARLY POSTOPERATIVE AMPLITUDE-INTEGRATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY: BIOMARKER OF NEW BRAIN INJURY IN NEONATES WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE • N.H.P. Claessens, L. Noorlag, L. Weeke, M. Toet, J.M.P.J. Breur, M.J.N.L. Benders, F. Groenendaal, N.J.G. Jansen, L.S. de VriesABS 84. STABILITY OF AUTISM DIAGNOSIS IN CHILDREN BORN VERY-PRETERM FROM AGE 2 TO 4 YEARS • M. Pritchard, H. Haydon, T. de Dassel, E. Beller, F. Bogossian, L. Johnston, J. Paynter, S. Russo, J.G. ScottABS 85. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TRANSIENT NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA AND ADVERSE NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AT 2-6 YEARS OF AGE • R. Wickström, B. Skiöld, G. Petersson, O. Stephansson, M. AltmanABS 86. PERINATAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH BRAIN GROWTH EVALUATED BY SEQUENTIAL CRANIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN VERY PRETERM INFANTS • R. Cuzzilla, A.J. Spittle, K.J. Lee, S. Rogerson, F.M. Cowan, L.W. Doyle, J.L.Y. CheongABS 87. NEUROFILAMENT SERUM LEVELS AS BIOMARKER OF NEURONAL INJURY IN VERY PRETERM BORN INFANTS • A. Depoorter, C. Barro, R. Neumann, J. Kuhle, S. WellmannABS 88. PREDICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CEREBRAL PALSY: A COMPARISON BETWEEN DTI-MRI AND EARLY HAND ASSESSMENT IN INFANTS WITH UNILATERAL PERINATAL BRAIN INJURY • B. van Gasselt, N. Wagenaar, C. Verhage, M. Benders, F. Groenendaal, L. de Vries, N. van der AaABS 89. MICRORNA PANEL VALIDATION IN HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY • M.P. O’Sullivan, A.M. Looney, G. Moloney, B. Hallberg, G. Clarke, G.B. Boylan, D.M. MurrayABS 90. OUTBORN

Resumos dos Trabalhos Apresentados em Painéis no Workshop Baía de Guanabara, IGEO/UFRJ - 2002

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matéria orgânica, estando a mesma, intercalada por lentes de areia, sobre um solo residual sobreposto ao embasamento cristalino. Conclui-se então, que os solos estudados, constitui-se de uma argila orgânica que apresenta um alto poder de sorção, o que viabiliza o processo de remediação natural. Agradecimentos: Petroflex Ind. & Com. S.A. Registros Palinológicos em Depósitos Quaternários da Praia Vermelha, Urca-RJ Robson Lucas Bartholomeu, Dept. Geologia UFRJ Ortrud Monika Barth, FIOCRUZ Marcia Aguiar de Barros, Dept. Geologia UFRJ Claudia Gutteres Vilela, Dept. Geologia UFRJ Laboratório de Palinologia, Departamento de Geologia, IGEO/UFRJ. Prédio CCMN, Bloco J, Sala J2-019, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, CEP 21.949-900. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. E-mail: rlucasbr@yahoo.com.br O presente trabalho tem como objetivo conhecer a evolução da vegetação e do meio ambiente na Praia Vermelha, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, evidenciando as modificações na paisagem através da identificação de tipos polínicos caracterizadores de formações vegetais e ambientes. 144 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 26 / 2003 Foram selecionados sedimentos provenientes de um perfil estratigráfico obtido através de uma trincheira aberta no pós-praia, em trecho da Praia Vermelha, Urca, RJ, datados na base em 4520 +/- 80 anos antes do presente (A.P. Os sedimentos foram coletados com o auxílio de canaletas, com 45 cm de comprimento, 2,5 cm de largura e 2 cm de profundidade e blocos indeformados, utilizados nas análises sedimentológicas. Os resultados das análises palinológicas indicam na base do depósito o domínio da vegetação de Mata Atlântica, que gradualmente foi substituída por uma vegetação mais aberta, de campo. Os níveis da turfa inferior apresentam o predomínio dos tipos polínicos Schinus e Alchornea, característicos de Mata Atlântica e/ou de várzeas úmidas de formações secundárias. Os níveis da areia lamosa apresentam o domínio de

Climate forcing growth rates: doubling down on our Faustian bargain

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and Lo K 2010 Global surface temperature change Rev. Geophys. 48 RG4004 Hansen J and Sato M 2004 Greenhouse gas growth rates Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 101 16109-14 Hansen J, Sato M, Kharecha P and von Schuckmann K 2011 Earth's energy imbalance and implications Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 13421-49 Hansen J, Sato M, Ruedy R, Lacis A and Oinas V 2000 Global warming in the twenty-first century: an alternative scenario Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 97 9875-80 Hansen J et al 2007 Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7 2287-312 Hansen J et al 2008 Target atmospheric CO2: where should humanity aim? Open Atmos. Sci. 2 217-31 Harris N L et al 2012 Baseline map of carbon emissions from deforestation in tropical regions Science 336 1573-6 Heimann M and Reichstein M 2008 Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks Nature 451 289-92 Hofmann D, Barnes J, O'Niel M, Trudeau M and Neely R 2009 Increase in background stratospheric aerosol observed with lidar at Mauna Loa Observatory and Boulder, Colorado Geophys. Res. Lett. 36 L15808 Holton J R et al 1995 Stratosphere-troposphere exchange Rev. Geophys. 33 403-39 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2000 Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) ed N Nakicenovic et al (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p 599 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2001 Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis ed J T Houghton et al (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p 881 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2007 Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis ed S Solomon et al (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p 996 Keeling C D, Whorf T P, Wahlen M and van der Plicht J 1973 Interannual extremes in the rate of rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1980 Nature 375 666-70 Knorr W 2009 Is the airborne fraction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions increasing? Geophys. Res. Lett. 36 L21710 Koven C D et al 2011 Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerte global

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mais graves problemas urbanos, sendo um dos principais responsáveis pelo comprometimento da qualidade ambiental em diversas áreas densamente ocupadas. Conforme os espaços urbanos são edificados sem um planejamento que considere a manutenção e/ou criação de mecanismos que gerem amenidades ambientais (por exemplo, áreas verdes e estabelecimento de padrões de ocupação do solo que favoreçam a circulação intra-urbana do ar, mais a população desses locais estará exposta à situações que causem prejuízos a sua saúde. Contudo, propor alternativas é assumir a necessidade de romper não somente com modelos produtivos impactantes, como também com estilos de vida. Costuma-se destacar como um dos grandes desafios para implementação de medidas que visam a melhoria da qualidade ambiental em áreas urbanas, o fato de que por 201 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 25 / 2002 ser um espaço construído, intervenções seriam extremamente difíceis de serem realizadas. Todavia, esse argumento possui falhas, pois o espaço urbano não é estático, principalmente nas grandes metrópoles. O dinamismo do desenho urbano é uma característica do próprio sistema capitalista que na sua busca pela ampliação acumulada de capital, modifica formas e funções de espaços, gerando fluxos e criando condições de vida diferenciadas de acordo com a situação econômica de cada grupo. É dentro desse contexto socialmente complexo, caracterizado por choques de interesses, que se analisa no presente estudo a qualidade do ar no Município do Rio de Janeiro, ressaltando todas as suas implicações na saúde da população carioca e identificando os principais fatores geoecológicos responsáveis pela distribuição das concentrações de material particulado. Autor: Rafael Silva de Barros Orientador: Carla Bernadete Madureira Título: Estimativa de parâmetros físicos-químicos da água com suporte de sensoriamento remoto – estudo de caso: Baía de

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interpretação leva à ocorrência de episódios de inundação prolongada da planície fluvial entrelaçada, provavelmente gerados por barramentos tectônicos da paleodrenagem. Os leques aluviais desenvolvidos na periferia do maciço do Morro Redondo, bem como a localização do sistema fluvial "Acácias" junto à borda sul da bacia, sugerem o início de um processo de perda de assimetria do hemi-gráben, proporcionado por atividade tectônica mais vigorosa na borda sul, que teria gerado a elevação do Morro Redondo e a subsidência da região onde fluía aquele sistema fluvial. Este processo de perda de assimetria do hemi-gráben não teria chegado a evoluir significativamente, visto que a próxima etapa da evolução da bacia foi representada pela implantação de um sistema fluvial meandrante (Associação de Fácies 6, cujos depósitos foram aqui incluídos na Formação Floriano. Esse sistema fluvial representou o preenchimento final da bacia de Resende, tendo este se desenvolvido tanto sobre a Formação Resende, como sobre o embasamento cristalino do alto estrutural de Resende. Autor: Márcia Aguiar de Barros de Assumpção Orientadores: Claudio Limeira Mello e Ortrud Monika Barth Schatzmayr Título: Pleistoceno tardio e transição pleistoceno/holoceno, médio Vale do Rio Paraíba do Sul (SP/RJ: uma abordagem palinológica - 205 p. 185 Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ Volume 26 / 2003 Resumo Análises palinológicas foram realizadas em sedimentos quaternários provenientes de três localidades situadas no médio vale do rio Paraíba do Sul, abrangendo um intervalo de tempo entre cerca de 31.000 - 9.000 anos 14C AP. Os resultados obtidos indicam que durante o pré-último máximo glacial (cerca de 31.000 - 27.000 anos 14C AP e o ultimo máximo glacial (cerca de 27.000 - 13.000? anos 14C AP, a vegetação encontrada na região de estudo era composta de um mosaico floresta/savana, com a flora arbórea apresentando elementos de floresta temperada e