Dark Energy Camera for Blanco

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Binder, Gary A.; /Caltech /SLAC

2010-08-25

In order to make accurate measurements of dark energy, a system is needed to monitor the focus and alignment of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) to be located on the Blanco 4m Telescope for the upcoming Dark Energy Survey. One new approach under development is to fit out-of-focus star images to a point spread function from which information about the focus and tilt of the camera can be obtained. As a first test of a new algorithm using this idea, simulated star images produced from a model of DECam in the optics software Zemax were fitted. Then, real images from the Mosaic II imager currently installed on the Blanco telescope were used to investigate the algorithm's capabilities. A number of problems with the algorithm were found, and more work is needed to understand its limitations and improve its capabilities so it can reliably predict camera alignment and focus.

A detailed spectroscopic study of an Italian fresco

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Barilaro, Donatella; Crupi, Vincenza; Majolino, Domenico; Barone, Germana; Ponterio, Rosina

2005-01-01

In the present work we characterized samples of plasters and pictorial layers taken from a fresco in the Acireale Cathedral. The fresco represents the Coronation of Saint Venera, patron saint of this Ionian town. By performing a detailed spectroscopic analysis of the plaster preparation layer by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction (XRD), and of the painting layer by FTIR and confocal Raman microspectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy+energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and XRD, we were able to identify the pigments and the binders present. In particular, Raman investigation was crucial to the characterization of the pigments thanks to the high resolution of the confocal apparatus used. It is worth stressing that the simultaneous use of complementary techniques was able to provide more complete information for the conservation of the artifact we studied

Heating effects in Rio Blanco rock

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Taylor, R.W.; Bowen, D.W.; Rossler, P.E.

1975-01-01

Samples of ''sandstone'' from near the site of the upper Rio Blanco nuclear explosion were heated in the laboratory at temperatures between 600 and 900 0 C. The composition and amount of noncondensable (dry) gas released were measured and compared to the amount and composition of gas found underground following the explosion. The gas released from the rock heated in the laboratory contained approximately 80 percent CO 2 and 10 percent H 2 ; the balance was CO and CH 4 . With increasing temperature, the amounts of CO 2 , CO, and H 2 released increased. The composition of gas released by heating Rio Blanco rock in the laboratory is similar to the composition of gas found after the nuclear explosion except that it contains less natural gas (CH 4 , C 2 H 6 . . .). The amount of noncondensable gas released by heating the rock increases from approximately 0.1 mole/kg of rock at 600 0 C to 0.9 mole/kg at 900 0 C. Over 90 percent of the volatile components of the rock are released in less than 10 h at 900 0 C. A comparison of the amount of gas released by heating rock in the laboratory to the amount of gas released by the heat of the Rio Blanco nuclear explosion suggests that the explosion released the volatile material from about 0.42 mg of rock per joule of explosive energy (1700 to 1800 tonnes per kt). (auth)

El destierro infinito de Blanco White en la mirada de Juan Goytisolo

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Durán López, Fernando

2010-06-01

Full Text Available In the years 1970-1972, the novelist Juan Goytisolo published several studies and translations on the work of José María Blanco White, which represent a key moment in the recovery of that forgotten writer for the modern Spanish culture. The argument made in this essay is that the consciously identifying strategy applied by Goytisolo on Blanco White, in order to define a Spanish intellectual tradition throughout the centuries, marked by exile and dissent, is in fact a deformation of the figure and thought of the writer from Seville. Blanco White’s reception in Spain, however, has been conditioned by that reading.En torno a los años 1970-1972 el novelista Juan Goytisolo publica varios estudios y traducciones sobre la obra de José María Blanco White, que suponen un momento clave en la recuperación de ese olvidado escritor para la moderna cultura española. La tesis formulada en el presente artículo es que la estrategia conscientemente identificadora que aplica Goytisolo sobre Blanco White, a fin de definir una tradición intelectual española a lo largo de los siglos marcada por el exilio y la disidencia, supone de hecho una deformación de la figura y el pensamiento del escritor sevillano. La recepción de Blanco White en España ha quedado, sin embargo, condicionada por esa lectura.

Segurança alimentar de suplementos comercializados no Brasil

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Silva,Luiz Fernando Miranda da; Ferreira,Karla Silva

2014-01-01

INTRODUÇÃO: A ingestão de suplementos deve ser seguro à saúde.OBJETIVO: Avaliar a segurança alimentar de suplementos dietéticos no Brasil.MÉTODOS: Os produtos foram pesquisados em 36 websites dos mais relevantes em venda de suplementos no Brasil. Para a verificação da situação legal dos produtos e seus fabricantes, consultou-se a legislação brasileira e o banco de dados do Ministério da Saúde.RESULTADOS: Identificou-se 3526 suplementos, sendo 63% comercializados para fins de emagrecimento e h...

Hi-tech restoration by two steps biocleaning process of Triumph of Death fresco at the Camposanto Monumental Cemetery (Pisa, Italy).

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Ranalli, Giancarlo; Zanardini, Elisabetta; Andreotti, Alessia; Colombini, Maria Perla; Corti, Cristina; Bosch-Roig, Pilar; De Nuntiis, Paola; Lustrato, Giuseppe; Mandrioli, Paolo; Rampazzi, Laura; Giantomassi, Carlo; Zari, Donatella

2018-05-13

In this work, the "hi-tech" complex biocleaning and restoration of the 14th-century fresco Triumph of Death (5.6x15.0 m) at the Camposanto Monumental Cemetery (Pisa, Italy) is reported. Since 2000, the restoration based on the biological cleaning of noble medieval frescoes, has been successfully utilized in this site. The novelty of this study is the 2-steps biocleaning process using Pseudomonas stutzeri A29 viable cells, previously applied for recovering other valuable frescoes. In this case, after the fresco detachment from the asbestos-cement support (eternity), both the animal glue and the residues of calcium caseinate were biologically removed respectively from the front and from the back of the fresco in 3 hours as indicated by GC-MS and PY/GC-MS analyses. The data obtained during the monitoring of the bio-restoration process confirmed that the adopted procedure does not leave residual cells on the fresco surfaces as showed by plate count method, ATP determination and also SEM observation. In addition, to avoid the risk of condensation phenomena after the relocation of the restored fresco sections onto the original walls, the use of a new support has been set up together with the design of a control system that allows a continuous monitoring of environmental parameters for prevention and conservation purposes. This large-scale biorestoration work clearly shows and confirms that this biotechnology is highly efficient, safe, non-invasive, risk-free and very competitive compared to the traditional cleaning methods, offering an unusual "resurrection" of the degraded artworks also in very complicated and delicate conditions such as the Triumph of Death fresco, defined for its dimension and artistic importance the 'Pisa's Sistina frescoes'. These findings can be of significant importance for other future new restoration activities and they are crucial for determining preservation strategies in this field. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

Cytotoxicity and Apoptotic Activity of Ficus pseudopalma Blanco ...

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Blanco Leaf Extracts Against Human Prostate Cancer Cell. Lines ... Keywords: Ficus pseudopalma, Cytotoxicity, Apopotic, human prostate PRST2 cancer cell, Lupeol,. Quercetin. ..... apoptosis through Fas-receptor mediated pathway in a ...

The fresco of the Virgin Hodegetria in the church of the Transfiguration in Ilyina street, Novgorod, and its artistic sources

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Carevskaja Tat'jana Ju.

2010-01-01

Full Text Available The paper examines the iconography and style of the fresco-icon on the faüade of the Church of the Transfiguration in Ilyina Street. The fresco is considered to be one of the crucial artworks of Novgorod from the second half of the fourteenth century, and, is probably connected with the work of a southern Slav artist. The possible explanation for the co-existence of the fresco-icon, which was originally part of the decoration of the church's western narthex, and the decoration from 1378, the author of which was Theophanes the Greek, as well as the stylistic and colouristic differences between the fresco-icon and the decoration of the core part of the church, may lie in the circumstances caused by a fire in 1385. Those circumstances led to the renewal of the damaged fresco by artists who appeared in Novgorod during the final decade of the fourteenth century, when Theophanes the Greek had, most likely, already left the city.

Project Rio Blanco: site restoration. Final report

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1978-01-01

Project Rio Blanco was a joint Government-industry experiment using nuclear explosives to stimulate the flow of natural gas from low permeability formations which could not be economically produced through conventional methods. The project consisted of the simultaneous detonation of three nuclear explosives on May 17, 1973, in a 7,000 foot well in northwestern Colorado. Gas production testing and project evaluation continued through June 1976. The site cleanup and restoration planning phase began in December 1975 and was concluded with the issuance of an operational plan, Project Rio Blanco Site Cleanup and Restoration Plan, NVO-173, in May 1976. Actual site restoration activities were conducted during the period from July to November 1976. The activities throughout the restoration period are summarized and the final site status, including the disposition of all project facilities and the status of all project related wells after plug and abandonment and recompletion work are described

Blanco sobre blanco : la arquitectura y el cambio cromático

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Jesús Marina Barba

2006-01-01

Full Text Available El color tiene un impacto considerable en la percepción general del paisaje urbano. La luz resalta las superficies, la textura subraya los materiales. Cuando en un paisaje se realiza cualquier intervención, ésta se convierte en atracción visual en relación a su contexto, siendo necesario considerar los factores determinantes de esta nueva relación. El empleo del blanco brillante supone introducir un elemento perceptivo fuerte. Paradójicamente, es el color más agresivo. Los materiales naturales, como la propia naturaleza, tienden a ser complejos en su textura y en sus tonos. El uso generalizado de productos industriales está conduciendo a un empobrecimiento cromático de los paisajes urbanos. El futuro del color blanco pasa por un cambio en su concepción de elemento decorativo hasta convertirlo en fundamento del proyecto, aprovechando sus cualidades de gradación tonal, contraste, expansión espacial y composición de escalas y formas.The colour has a significant impact on the overall perception of an urban environment. Light plays on surfaces, the texture of materials are noticed. Since any object introduced into the environment becomes a visual target in relation to its context, it is necessary to considerer the factors determining that relationship. Brilliant white forms a visual target that attracts the eye. Paradoxically, is the most intrusive colour. Natural materials, like nature itself, tend to be richly textured and subtly coloured. Widely use of industrial products is leading to a chromatic impoverishment on the urbanscape. The future of white is going through a change in its conception as decorative element, until it is turned to project foundation thanks to its qualities of tonal gradation, contrast, spatial expansion and composition of scales and forms.

Antimicrobial treatments to control Listeria monocytogenes in queso fresco.

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Lourenço, António; Kamnetz, Mary B; Gadotti, Camila; Diez-Gonzalez, Francisco

2017-06-01

Queso fresco, is a Hispanic non-fermented cheese highly susceptible to contamination with L. monocytogenes. This research was aimed to determine the effect of GRAS antimicrobial ingredients to control L. monocytogenes. Antimicrobials included caprylic acid (CA), Nisaplin ® (N, 2.5% nisin), a mixture of sodium lactate and sodium diacetate (SL/SD), Lactococcus lactis sbp. lactis DPC 3147, monolaurin, and lactic acid (LA). Batches of queso fresco curds were inoculated with 10 4  CFU/g and stored at 4 °C for three weeks. During storage the count of L. monocytogenes reached 7 to 8 Log CFU/g in control samples. Most individual antimicrobial treatments resulted in less than 1 Log CFU/g reductions in final counts, with the exception of N (0.5 g/kg) and CA (2.9 g/kg) that caused more than 3 and 5 Log CFU/g differences with controls, respectively. Mixtures of ingredients were more effective in inhibiting L. monocytogenes growth, and treatments with N and CA consistently delivered 6 Log CFU/g less counts than controls. Supplementation of 12 g/kg LA to treatments with SL/SD (3%/0.22%) caused differences of more than 4 Log CFU/g in final Listeria populations. Samples treated with the binary mixtures of N and CA (0.5 and 0.7 g/kg, respectively) were evaluated in a consumer panel (n = 67). Panelists slightly preferred control and commercial over treated samples, but all samples were in average rated between "slightly liking" and "moderately liking." These experiments indicated that combined use of antimicrobial ingredients may be an effective way to control the population of Listeria monocytogenes in queso fresco. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Project Rio Blanco: detonation related activities. Final report

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1975-01-01

Project Rio Blanco is described in relation to detonation, its history, execution, and results. Topics discussed include generalized site activities, emplacement well, explosive services and operations, operational safety, environmental protection program, seismic effects and damage claims, and add-on programs. (U.S.)

Environmental impacts associated with Project Rio Blanco

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Alldredge, A.W.; Whicker, F.W.; Hanson, W.C.

Project Rio Blanco, an experiment involving deep underground detonation of three 30-kton nuclear explosives designed to stimulate natural gas flow in geologic formations of low permeability, was conducted in western Colorado on 17 May 1973. Environmental impacts associated with this experiment were divided into three categories: radiation, ground motion, and conventional physical activities. Radiation and ground motion are unique to this type experiment while conventional activities would be associated with any type of resource development. The objective of observations made at Rio Blanco was to qualitatively and, where possible, quantitatively ascertain environmental impacts associated with the project. Observations indicated that ground motion and conventional activities appeared to cause the greatest impacts. Ground motion impacts were most severe within 2.4 km of the emplacement well (EW) and were predominantly associated with steep ravine and stream banks and rocky cliffs. Following the detonation, flow and turbidity had increased in a small stream adjacent to the EW. Animals receiving deleterious impacts were those associated with stream banks, cliffs and burrows. No mortality or injury was observed in any large animals. (U.S.)

Hagiographical and iconic-narrative frescoes in the church of San Lorenzo at Pistoia

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Nicoletta Matteuzzi

2016-11-01

Full Text Available In the almost ruined Augustinian church of San Lorenzo in Pistoia many frescoes are preserved, although in a poor state of conservation. Many of them are arranged in little narrative scenes set around a central standing saint, which is the main character of the hagiographical cycle, as in Vita-Icon panels. This is a common type of decoration in Tuscany during the 14th and 15th centuries, but the frescoes in San Lorenzo show some peculiarities in the disposition of the scenes and in the themes of the representation: for instance the mural painting with Mary and Eve’s stories, or the one dedicated to Saint Catherine, or the gigantic Saint Christopher.

Viability of probiotic (Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei) and nonprobiotic microflora in Argentinian Fresco cheese.

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Vinderola, C G; Prosello, W; Ghiberto, T D; Reinheimer, J A

2000-09-01

We evaluated the suitability of Argentinian Fresco cheese as a food carrier of probiotic cultures. We used cultures of Bifidobacterium bifidum (two strains), Bifidobacterium longum (two strains), Bifidobacterium sp. (one strain), Lactobacillus acidophilus (two strains), and Lactobacillus casei (two strains) in different combinations, as probiotic adjuncts. Probiotic, lactic starter (Lactococcus lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus), and contaminant (coliforms, yeasts, and molds) organisms were counted at 0, 30, and 60 d of refrigerated storage. Furthermore, the acid resistance of probiotic and starter bacteria was determined from hydrochloric solutions (pH 2 and 3) of Fresco cheese. The results showed that nine different combinations of bifidobacteria and L. acidophilus had a satisfactory viability (count decreases in 60 d casei cultures assayed also showed a satisfactory survival (counts decreased casei). On the other hand, the three combinations of bifidobacteria, L. acidophilus, and L. casei tested adapted well to the Fresco cheese environment. When a cheese homogenate at pH 3 was used to partially simulate the acidic conditions in the stomach, the probiotic cultures had an excellent ability to remain viable up to 3 h. At pH 2, the cell viability was more affected; B. bifidum was the most resistant organism. This study showed that the Argentinian Fresco cheese could be used as an adequate carrier of probiotic bacteria.

Produtos e subprodutos da medicina popular comercializados na cidade de Boa Vista, Roraima

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PINTO,Angélica Auxiliadora da Costa; MADURO,Cice Batalha

2003-01-01

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar produtos e subprodutos de origem animal e vegetal utilizados na medicina popular que são comercializados na cidade de Boa Vista, Estado de Roraima, traçando um perfil preliminar de sua forma de comercialização. Foram identificados 117 produtos : 100 (85,5 %) de origem vegetal e 17 (14,5 %) de origem animal. Os produtos de origem vegetal de maior destaque foram o Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril), o Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron ads...

Modification of the colony tower for the Rio Blanco detonation

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Blume, J.A.; Freeman, S.A.; Honda, K.K.; Lee, L.A.

1975-01-01

Supplemental structural bracing was designed and installed for the 180-ft-tall Colony Tower, an experimental oil shale processing retort structure, in anticipation of its lateral response to the Rio Blanco detonation. The tower is a steel structure with both horizontal and vertical diagonal bracing. Data obtained from the earlier Project Rulison detonation indicated that an evaluation study was necessary. Design criteria that would provide an adequate margin of safety were developed based on predicted Rio Blanco ground motion. The evaluation of the unmodified structure showed that several bracing members would be subjected to forces exceeding their yield strength, and some would reach a level at which failure could occur. Further analyses were made with assumed modified bracing members. A final scheme for modified vertical bracing was established and installed. After modification, the response of the tower during the Rio Blanco detonation was measured by instruments on the ground and at various locations on the tower, and no evidence of damage was discovered. The modification of the Colony Tower and the procedures used to determine these modifications show the usefulness of current ground motion and structural response prediction technology for forecasting dynamic behavior of important structures subjected to ground motion from underground nuclear explosions. (auth)

Frescoed Vaults: Accuracy Controlled Simplified Methodology for Planar Development of Three-Dimensional Textured Models

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Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua

2016-03-01

Full Text Available In the field of documentation and preservation of cultural heritage, there is keen interest in 3D metric viewing and rendering of architecture for both formal appearance and color. On the other hand, operative steps of restoration interventions still require full-scale, 2D metric surface representations. The transition from 3D to 2D representation, with the related geometric transformations, has not yet been fully formalized for planar development of frescoed vaults. Methodologies proposed so far on this subject provide transitioning from point cloud models to ideal mathematical surfaces and projecting textures using software tools. The methodology used for geometry and texture development in the present work does not require any dedicated software. The different processing steps can be individually checked for any error introduced, which can be then quantified. A direct accuracy check of the planar development of the frescoed surface has been carried out by qualified restorers, yielding a result of 3 mm. The proposed methodology, although requiring further studies to improve automation of the different processing steps, allowed extracting 2D drafts fully usable by operators restoring the vault frescoes.

Produtos e subprodutos da medicina popular comercializados na cidade de Boa Vista, Roraima

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PINTO, Angélica Auxiliadora da Costa; MADURO, Cice Batalha

2003-01-01

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar produtos e subprodutos de origem animal e vegetal utilizados na medicina popular que são comercializados na cidade de Boa Vista, Estado de Roraima, traçando um perfil preliminar de sua forma de comercialização. Foram identificados 117 produtos : 100 (85,5 %) de origem vegetal e 17 (14,5 %) de origem animal. Os produtos de origem vegetal de maior destaque foram o Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril), o Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstrinfens), a Sucuba (Himatanth...

FRESCO, a simplified code for cost analysis of fusion power plants

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Bustreo, C.; Casini, G.; Zollino, G.; Bolzonella, T.; Piovan, R.

2013-01-01

Highlights: • FRESCO is a code for rapid evaluation of the cost of electricity of a fusion power plant. • Parameters of the basic machine and unitary costs of components derived from ITER. • Power production components and plant power balance are extrapolated from PPCS. • A special effort is made in the investigation of the pulsed operation scenarios. • Technical and economical FRESCO results are compared with those of two PPCS models. -- Abstract: FRESCO (Fusion REactor Simplified COsts) is a code based on simplified models of physics, engineering and economical aspects of a TOKAMAK-like pulsed or steady-state fusion power plant. The experience coming from various aspects of ITER design, including selection of materials and operating scenarios, is exploited as much as possible. Energy production and plant power balance, including the recirculation requirements, are derived from two models of the PPCS European study, the helium cooled lithium/lead blanket model reactor (model AB) and the helium cooled ceramic one (model B). A detailed study of the availability of the power plant due, among others, to the replacement of plasma facing components, is also included in the code. The economics of the fusion power plant is evaluated through the levelized cost approach. Costs of the basic components are scaled from the corresponding values of the ITER project, the ARIES studies and SCAN model. The costs of plant auxiliaries, including those of the magnetic and electric systems, tritium plants, instrumentation, buildings and thermal energy storage if any, are recovered from ITER values and from those of other power plants. Finally, the PPCS models AB and B are simulated and the main results are reported in this paper

Investigation on water content in fresco mock-ups in the microwave and near-IR spectral regions

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Magrini, Donata; Riminesi, Cristiano; Cucci, Costanza; Olmi, Roberto; Picollo, Marcello

2017-01-01

Water diffusion inside masonry is responsible for the majority of the decay phenomena observed in wall paintings and frescos. Thus, the diagnostics of moisture and water content and their monitoring represent a key issue. In order to preserve the integrity of surfaces of artistic interest, investigations by means of non-destructive techniques (NDT) are preferred over others. The aim of this research is to determine methodologies to quantify the moisture content (MC) of frescos by means of the integrated use of two non-invasive techniques, namely fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) in the near-IR region and evanescent field dielectrometry (EFD) in the microwave range. The FORS technique has been employed in order to assess the amount of water adsorbed from the surface by means of an analysis of the reflectance spectra in the Vis–NIR (350-2200 nm) range. This technique investigates the electronic and vibrational transitions that are characteristic of each compound and enables their identification. The water content is evaluated on the basis of the 1920 nm and 1450 nm absorption bands. The EFD system consists of a resonant probe connected to a network analyzer. The resonance frequency of the cavity under different moisture-content conditions of frescos is in the 1.0–1.5 GHz range. The device makes it possible to compute, in real time, the MC from a measurement of the transmission coefficient (amplitude versus frequency) through the probe. Fresco mock-ups have been prepared in collaboration with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in order to recreate most of the possible chromatic shades obtained by mixing iron oxides and hydroxide-based pigments. Measurements were performed by employing both techniques on fresco models after wet-dry cycles obtained by means of poultices with a known water content. The results obtained with these two techniques were compared, and cross relationships between the EFD and FORS data were defined. (paper)

Monitoring of historical frescoes by timed infrared imaging analysis

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Cadelano, G.; Bison, P.; Bortolin, A.; Ferrarini, G.; Peron, F.; Girotto, M.; Volinia, M.

2015-03-01

The subflorescence and efflorescence phenomena are widely acknowledged as the major causes of permanent damage to fresco wall paintings. They are related to the occurrence of cycles of dry/wet conditions inside the walls. Therefore, it is essential to identify the presence of water on the decorated surfaces and inside the walls. Nondestructive testing in industrial applications have confirmed that active infrared thermography with continuous timed images acquisition can improve the outcomes of thermal analysis aimed to moisture identification. In spite of that, in cultural heritage investigations these techniques have not been yet used extensively on a regular basis. This paper illustrates an application of these principles in order to evaluate the decay of fresco mural paintings in a medieval chapel located in North-West of Italy. One important feature of this study is the use of a robotic system called aIRview that can be utilized to automatically acquire and process thermal images. Multiple accurate thermal views of the inside walls of the building have been produced in a survey that lasted several days. Signal processing algorithms based on Fast Fourier Transform analysis have been applied to the acquired data in order to formulate trustworthy hypotheses about the deterioration mechanisms.

Some environmental impacts associated with project Rio Blanco

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Alldredge, A.W.; Whicker, F.W.; Hanson, W.C.

1976-01-01

Project Rio Blanco, an experiment involving deep underground detonation of three 30-kiloton nuclear explosives designed to stimulate natural gas flow in geologic formations of low permeability, was conducted in western Colorado on 17 May 1973. Environmental impacts associated with this experiment were divided into three categories: radiation, ground motion, and conventional physical activities. The objective of observations made at Rio Blanco was to qualitatively and, where possible, quantitatively ascertain environmental impacts associated with the project. Observations indicated that ground motion and conventional activities appeared to cause the greatest impacts. Ground motion impacts were most severe within 2.4 km of the emplacement well (EW) and were predominantly associated with steep ravine and stream banks and rocky cliffs. Following the detonation, flow and turbidity had increased in a small stream adjacent to the EW. Animals receiving deleterious impacts were those associated with stream banks, cliffs and burrows. No mortality or injury was observed in any large animals. Based on overall results it appears important to give adequate attention to environmental effects resulting from nuclear fracturing experiments

Evolución y tendencias de la industria española de procesado mínimo en fresco de frutas y hortalizas

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Artés Calero, Francisco; Artés Hernández, Francisco de Asís; Aguayo Giménez, Encarnación Pilar

2004-01-01

La industria de productos mínimamente procesados en fresco o de la cuarta gama surgió para atender una creciente demanda por los consumidores de alimentos frescos, naturales, sin aditivos, preparados para consumo inmediato y fácil de consumir sin generar residuos.

Study of water mass transfer dynamics in frescoes by dielectric spectroscopy

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Olmi, R.; Riminesi, C.

2008-01-01

The knowledge of moisture content (M C) is essential for determining the state of preservation of various types of hand-work: from building materials such as bricks and concrete, to objects of artistic value, in particular frescoes and mural paintings. In all above, moisture is the primary source of damages, as it affects the durability of porous materials. Dielectric properties of porous materials are strongly affected by the presence of water, suggesting dielectric spectroscopy as a suitable non-invasive diagnostic technique. The development of a quantitative relationship between M C and permittivity requires to investigate the dynamics of water mass transfer in porous media, and to determine its effect on the dielectric properties. In this paper a coupled mass transfer/dielectric problem is introduced and solved numerically, based on a finite element model. Results are compared to experimental dielectric measurements performed on plaster samples by the open coaxial method. The application of the dielectric technique to frescoes monitoring is proposed, showing the results obtained is an on-site study.

Nevus blanco esponjoso familiar

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Mônica Andrade Lotufo

2010-06-01

Full Text Available El nevus blanco esponjoso (NBE es una rara condición autosómica dominante, caracterizada por placas blancas bilaterales en la mucosa, de aspecto esponjoso, blandas a la palpación y que pueden escamarse. Los tratamientos son paliativos; y el uso de antibióticos, en especial la tetraciclina, ha demostrando buenos resultados en su control. Este trabajo presenta tres casos clínicos de una familia afectada por NBE, donde se discuten los posibles diagnósticos diferenciales y conductas terapéuticas indicadas. Un paciente masculino de 52 años de edad acudió a la clínica aquejado de lesiones blancas bilaterales. El paciente notó las lesiones 30 años antes, sin lograr un diagnóstico final de las mismas. Después de la anamnesis y del examen clínico fue realizada una biopsia incisional. La reunión de los datos clínicos e histopatológicos llevó al diagnóstico de NBE. Se le solicitó al paciente que indagase entre sus familiares con respecto a lesiones semejantes. Se detectó que el hijo de 19 años y la hija de 25 eran portadores de placas blancas en la mucosa yugal. Como no había afectación estética, se optó por no intervenir en las lesiones. El nevus blanco esponjoso es una lesión genética que debe ser diferenciada de otras patologías localizadas y sistémicas importantes, que tienen repercusiones serias para el individuo. Como no hay un tratamiento curativo para el NBE, el papel del cirujano dentista es diagnosticar esta lesión, aclarar al paciente sobre la naturaleza benigna y autolimitante del NBE y si fuera necesario desde el punto de vista estético, aplicar diferentes modalidades terapéuticas.

QUALIDADE MICROBIOLÓGICA DE SALAMES E QUEIJOS COLONIAIS PRODUZIDOS E COMERCIALIZADOS NA REGIÃO SUDOESTE DO PARANÁ

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Kérley Braga Pereira Bento Casaril

2017-06-01

e uma amostra com Salmonella spp. tornando-os queijos impróprios para o consumo. Os resultados obtidos indicam que os salames e os queijos coloniais produzidos e comercializados na região sudoeste do Paraná devem merecer atenção dos órgãos de saúde pública, pois representam um risco potencial para a saúde do consumidor.

Short communication: Potential of Fresco-style cheese whey as a source of protein fractions with antioxidant and angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory activities.

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Tarango-Hernández, S; Alarcón-Rojo, A D; Robles-Sánchez, M; Gutiérrez-Méndez, N; Rodríguez-Figueroa, J C

2015-11-01

Recently, traditional Mexican Fresco-style cheese production has been increasing, and the volume of cheese whey generated represents a problem. In this study, we investigated the chemical composition of Fresco-style cheese wheys and their potential as a source of protein fractions with antioxidant and angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory activities. Three samples from Fresco, Panela, and Ranchero cheeses whey were physicochemically characterized. Water-soluble extracts were fractionated to obtain whey fractions with different molecular weights: 10-5, 5-3, 3-1 and wheys. All whey fractions had antioxidant and ACE-inhibitory activities. The 10-5 kDa whey fraction of Ranchero cheese had the highest Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (0.62 ± 0.00 mM), and the 3-1 kDa Panela and Fresco cheese whey fractions showed the highest ACE-inhibitory activity (0.57 ± 0.02 and 0.59 ± 0.04 μg/mL 50%-inhibitory concentration values, respectively). These results suggest that Fresco-style cheese wheys may be a source of protein fractions with bioactivity, and thus could be useful ingredients in the manufacture of functional foods with increased nutritional value. Copyright © 2015 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Detection of detachments and inhomogeneities in frescos by Compton scattering

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Castellano, A.; Cesareo, R.; Buccolieri, G.; Donativi, M.; Palama, F.; Quarta, S.; De Nunzio, G.; Brunetti, A.; Marabelli, M.; Santamaria, U.

2005-01-01

A mobile instrument has been developed for the detection and mapping of detachments in frescos by using Compton back scattered photons. The instrument is mainly composed of a high energy X-ray tube, an X-ray detection system and a translation table. The instrument was first applied to samples simulating various detachment situations, and then transferred to the Vatican Museum to detect detachments and inhomogeneities in the stanza di Eliodoro, one of the 'Raphael's stanze'

Un código de prácticas recomendadas para el procesamiento de productos pesqueros frescos y congelados

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Goulding, I.; Barcia, M.

1988-01-01

Este código de práctica contiene los requerimientos mínimos con que deberán cumplir las plantas industriales que se dedican al procesamiento de pescado fresco y congelado. El objeto del presente código es ayudar a todos cuantos se ocupan del procesamiento de pescado, del almacenamiento, distribución, exportación, importación y venta de pescado fresco y congelado, para lograr productos de la mejor calidad posible. El presente código, ofrece normas de procesamiento, manejo y reglamentos de cont...

Detection of detachments and inhomogeneities in frescos by Compton scattering

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Castellano, A. [Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce (Italy); INFN, Sezione di Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce (Italy); Cesareo, R. [Istituto di Matematica e Fisica, Universita di Sassari, 07100 Sassari (Italy) and INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Cagliari (Italy)]. E-mail: cesareo@uniss.it; Buccolieri, G. [Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce (Italy); INFN, Sezione di Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce (Italy); Donativi, M. [Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce (Italy); Palama, F. [Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce (Italy); INFN, Sezione di Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce (Italy); Quarta, S. [Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce (Italy); INFN, Sezione di Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce (Italy); De Nunzio, G. [Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce (Italy); INFN, Sezione di Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce (Italy); Brunetti, A. [Istituto di Matematica e Fisica, Universita di Sassari, 07100 Sassari (Italy); INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Cagliari (Italy); Marabelli, M. [Istituto Centrale del Restauro, P.zza S. Francesco di Paola, 00184 Rome (Italy); Santamaria, U. [Laboratori dei Musei Vaticani, Citta del Vaticano, Rome (Italy)

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A mobile instrument has been developed for the detection and mapping of detachments in frescos by using Compton back scattered photons. The instrument is mainly composed of a high energy X-ray tube, an X-ray detection system and a translation table. The instrument was first applied to samples simulating various detachment situations, and then transferred to the Vatican Museum to detect detachments and inhomogeneities in the stanza di Eliodoro, one of the 'Raphael's stanze'.

Ácidos grasos, vitamina E y rotulado nutricional de margarinas y esparcibles comercializados en Bogotá, Colombia

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Lorena A. Bolívar C.

2010-05-01

Conclusiones: 91% de las margarinas y esparcibles más comercializados en cinco localidades de Bogotá en agosto de 2008 es libre de ácidos grasos trans (< 0,5 g/porción y en promedio aportan 13% de la RDA de vitamina E/porción. Sólo 40% de los productos analizados declara todos los nutrientes de carácter obligatorio según la Resolución 0288 de 2008.

High-pressure homogenization of raw and pasteurized milk modifies the yield, composition, and texture of queso fresco cheese.

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Escobar, D; Clark, S; Ganesan, V; Repiso, L; Waller, J; Harte, F

2011-03-01

High-pressure homogenization (HPH) of milk was studied as an alternative processing operation in the manufacturing of queso fresco cheese. Raw and pasteurized (65°C for 30 min) milks were subjected to HPH at 0, 100, 200, and 300 MPa and then used to manufacture queso fresco. The cheeses were evaluated for yield, moisture content, titratable acidity, nitrogen content, whey protein content, yield force, yield strain, and tactile texture by instrumental or trained panel analyses. The combination of HPH and thermal processing of milk resulted in cheeses with increased yield and moisture content. The net amount of protein transferred to the cheese per kilogram of milk remained constant for all treatments except raw milk processed at 300 MPa. The highest cheese yield, moisture content, and crumbliness were obtained for thermally processed milk subjected to HPH at 300 MPa. The principal component analysis of all measured variables showed that the variables yield, moisture content, and crumbliness were strongly correlated to each other and negatively correlated to the variables yield strain, protein content (wet basis), and sensory cohesiveness. It is suggested that the combination of thermal processing and HPH promotes thermally induced denaturation of whey protein, together with homogenization-induced dissociation of casein micelles. The combined effect results in queso fresco containing a thin casein-whey matrix that is able to better retain sweet whey. These results indicate that HPH has a strong potential for the manufacture of queso fresco with excellent yield and textural properties. Copyright © 2011 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Factores edafológicos que determinan la presencia y diseminación del hongo Sclerotium cepivorum en el cultivo de cebolla de ulbo (Allium cepa) en Tibasosa, Boyacá

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Piraneque Gambasica, Nelson Virgilio

2008-01-01

La cebolla es una de las hortalizas más importantes en Colombia, tanto por volumen comercializado como por el valor económico agregado. El mal blanco (Sclerotium cepivorum), es a nivel mundial la enfermedad más limitante del género Allium. En Boyacá, principal departamento productor de cebolla de bulbo, causa pérdidas en cultivo, cosecha y postcosecha. A pesar del manejo fitosanitario, el problema persiste y tiende a aumentar con la consecuente reducción de rendimientos. Pretendiendo resolver...

Estudo Bioquímico de Qualidade do Mel de Abelha Comercializado no Municipio de Caraúbas - RN

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Lucas de Souza Barbosa

2014-06-01

Full Text Available O mel é uma substância que vem sendo utilizada pelo homem como alimento, é um produto natural elaborado pelas abelhas a partir do néctar das flores, possui propriedades nutritivas e terapêuticas. O mel de abelhas é um produto alimentício muito apreciado, porém pode ser facilmente adulterado com a adição de açúcares ou xaropes. Desta forma, é necessário fiscalizar sua qualidade através de análises físico-químicas com a finalidade de conhecer a composição química do mel de abelha comercializado além de contribuir para a identificação de fraudes e mudanças físico-químicas indesejáveis. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade físico-química do mel de abelha comercializado no município de Caraúbas – RN e sua adequação quanto aos padrões de identidade e qualidade estipulados pela legislação brasileira. As amostras de mel foram adquiridas no comércio do município de Caraubas – RN, sendo estas transportadas até o laboratório de Tecnologia de Alimentos, da UFERSA e UFCG, onde foram armazenadas para posteriores análises. Foram analisadas 6 amostras de diferentes produtores e marcas sendo os ensaios conduzidos com um numero mínimo de três repetições. No tocante às análises microscópicas, todas as amostras de mel estavam de acordo à legislação em vigor, não apresentando sujidades, fragmentos ou larvas de insetos, os testes bioquímicos demonstraram resultados de acordo com os índices estipulados pela legislação demonstrando uma boa qualidade dos méis analisados dentro dos Padrões de Identidade e Qualidade do mel de abelha, vigentes e estipulados pela legislação brasileira. Sugeri-se, portanto como forma de assegurar à qualidade do mel de abelha comercializado a adoção dos princípios das Boas Práticas Apícolas nas unidades produtoras.

Characterisation of early medieval frescoes by μ-PIXE, SEM and Raman spectroscopy

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Zucchiatti, A.; Prati, P.; Bouquillon, A.; Giuntini, L.; Massi, M.; Migliori, A.; Cagnana, A.; Roascio, S.

2004-01-01

We have studied the VIII-IX century frescoes of the Longobard temple of Cividale del Friuli in Italy with noninvasive sampling and, for the first time in such a context, with high chemical and spatial sensitivity techniques (PIXE, SEM and Raman). Results demonstrate richness of manufacturing details and integrate in a substantial way the historic and artistic framework of this early medieval monument

Characterisation of early medieval frescoes by {mu}-PIXE, SEM and Raman spectroscopy

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Zucchiatti, A. E-mail: zucc@ge.infn.it; Prati, P.; Bouquillon, A.; Giuntini, L.; Massi, M.; Migliori, A.; Cagnana, A.; Roascio, S

2004-06-01

We have studied the VIII-IX century frescoes of the Longobard temple of Cividale del Friuli in Italy with noninvasive sampling and, for the first time in such a context, with high chemical and spatial sensitivity techniques (PIXE, SEM and Raman). Results demonstrate richness of manufacturing details and integrate in a substantial way the historic and artistic framework of this early medieval monument.

Removal of chemical alterations produced by environmental pollution on 16. century frescoed mortars

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Campanella, L.; Marinucci, F.; Tomassetti, M.

1999-01-01

The paper describes and discusses the results obtained by analyzing the materials and pigments used to paint three important frescoes in Vatican palace (Rome, Italy), using several instrumental and mineralogical techniques and microchemical assays. The results obtained are also discussed with special reference to the effectiveness of the various cleaning solutions used [it

Effect of high pressure processing on reduction of Listeria monocytogenes in packaged Queso Fresco

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The effect of high hydrostatic pressure processing (HPP) on the survival of a five-strain rifampicin-resistant cocktail of Listeria monocytogenes in Queso Fresco (QF) was evaluated as a post-packaging intervention. QF was made using pasteurized, homogenized milk, was starter-free and was not pressed...

quebracho-blanco Schlecht

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E. O. Sanabria

2007-01-01

Full Text Available La especie Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Schlecht es la más abundante del Parque Chaqueño y no es utilizada en la producción de bienes de alto valor agregado debido a la inestabilidad dimensional de su madera. Una de las maneras de mejorar la estabilidad dimensional es el engrosado de la pared celular con polietilenglicol (PEG. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar el efecto del PEG de peso molecular 300 y 600 en la estabilidad dimensional, utilizando como parámetro de control el coeficiente de retractabilidad de la madera citada. Las muestras se impregnaron en una Planta Piloto con PEG, a través del proceso Bethell, según Norma IRAM Núm. 9511. Posteriormente se secaron hasta un contenido de humedad (CH del 10 %. Los mejores resultados se lograron impregnando la madera con PEG 600, a una concentración del 50 % en solución acuosa, a una presión de 12 kg·cm-2 durante 120 minutos, lo que permitió disminuir el coeficiente de retractabilidad de esta madera en 58.2 %.

Andromeda's Liberation in Monastery. Kosmas Damian Asam’s Fresco Painting at Břevnov (1726) Revisited

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Bažant, Jan

2010-01-01

Roč. 46, č. 46 (2010), s. 234-249 ISSN 0046-1628 R&D Projects: GA AV ČR(CZ) IAA800090902 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514 Keywords : frescoes * ancient mythology * monastery * Baroque Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

IDENTIFICATION OF THE LITHIUM DEPLETION BOUNDARY AND AGE OF THE SOUTHERN OPEN CLUSTER BLANCO 1

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Cargile, P. A.; James, D. J.; Jeffries, R. D.

2010-01-01

We present results from a spectroscopic study of the very low mass members of the Southern open cluster Blanco 1 using the Gemini-N telescope. We obtained intermediate resolution (R ∼ 4400) GMOS spectra for 15 cluster candidate members with I ∼ 14-20 mag, and employed a series of membership criteria-proximity to the cluster's sequence in an I/I - K s color-magnitude diagram (CMD), kinematics agreeing with the cluster systemic motion, magnetic activity as a youth indicator-to classify 10 of these objects as probable cluster members. For these objects, we searched for the presence of the Li I 6708 A feature to identify the lithium depletion boundary (LDB) in Blanco 1. The I/I - K s CMD shows a clear mass segregation in the Li distribution along the cluster sequence; namely, all higher mass stars are found to be Li poor, while lower mass stars are found to be Li rich. The division between Li-poor and Li-rich (i.e., the LDB) in Blanco 1 is found at I = 18.78 ± 0.24 and I - K s = 3.05 ± 0.10. Using current pre-main-sequence evolutionary models, we determine an LDB age of 132 ± 24 Myr. Comparing our derived LDB age to upper-main-sequence isochrone ages for Blanco 1, as well as for other open clusters with identified LDBs, we find good chronometric consistency when using stellar evolution models that incorporate a moderate degree of convective core overshoot.

Acumulación/eliminación de oxitetraciclina en el camarón blanco, lv y su residualidad en dietas artificiales

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Montoya, Nelson; Reyes, Eduardo

2002-01-01

Acumulación/eliminación de oxitetraciclina en el camarón blanco, LV y su residualidad en dietas artificiales Acumulación/eliminación de oxitetraciclina en el camarón blanco, LV y su residualidad en dietas artificiales

Impact of curd milling on the quality traits of starter-free pasteurized Queso Fresco

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Manufacture of Queso Fresco (QF), a high moisture fresh Hispanic-style cheese that is very popular in the Americas, varies from country to country with many manufacturers fine milling the curd prior to forming the cheese block to ensure its crumbly nature. As this traditional step increases the ris...

Rio Blanco gas composition: preproduction testing of the RBE-01 wellhead

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Smith, C.F.; Fontanilla, J.E.

1976-01-01

The chemical composition and radionuclide concentration of Rio Blanco gas samples collected prior to the production testing of the RBE-01 well and analyzed at LLL are presented. The analytical procedures and their uncertainties are briefly summarized. Information that associates the analytical data with the field operations is included

ANÁLISIS COMPARATIVO DE PERFILES DE TEXTURA DE QUESOS FRESCOS DE LECHE DE CABRA Y VACA

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LUIS ENRIQUE GUZMAN C

Full Text Available Pese a la existencia de varios estudios sobre diversos aspectos de los quesos de vaca y cabra, hay una escasa información sobre sus propiedades texturales. El estudio de las propiedades reológicas en los quesos es importante porque determina el cuerpo y textura característicos. La presente investigación se realizó con el fin de comparar el perfil de textura de los quesos frescos pasteurizados elaborados a partir de leche de cabra y de vaca y con contenidos de grasa de 30, 50 y 70%; los cuales fueron almacenados en refrigeración a 4°C y analizados los días 1, 6, 12, y 18 respectivamente. Los parámetros texturales de dureza, adhesividad, cohesividad, elasticidad, gomosidad y masticabilidad, se determinaron utilizando un texturómetro EZ-TEST SERIES S. Se concluye que los valores de dureza y adhesividad aumentaron durante el tiempo de almacenamiento, contrario a la elasticidad y cohesividad. Además, el aumento del contenido graso influye en el incremento de estos parámetros a excepción de la dureza. Así mismo, la gomosidad y masticabilidad varían con respecto a la dureza, cohesividad y elasticidad. Los quesos frescos de cabra presentaron mayor adhesividad, cohesividad y elasticidad, con respecto a los quesos frescos de vaca, en los cuales los valores de dureza fueron mayores.

Revisão: alimentos frescos minimamente processados embalados em atmosfera modificada Review: fresh, minimally processed foods packaged under modified atmosphere

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Joana Silva Santos

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Os alimentos frescos, minimamente processados e embalados sob atmosfera modificada atraem os consumidores que procuram produtos frescos e saudáveis, e que, ao mesmo tempo, são fáceis de transportar e preparar. A atmosfera no interior das embalagens consiste numa mistura de gases que está otimizada para cada alimento, de modo a preservar as suas qualidades durante mais tempo. A manutenção da temperatura de refrigeração durante o processamento, o armazenamento, a distribuição e a comercialização é essencial, por causa da natureza perecível dos produtos frescos minimamente processados. Este trabalho discute o estado de arte dos alimentos frescos minimamente processados (frutas, vegetais, carnes e pescados embalados em atmosfera modificada, com uma descrição pormenorizada dos últimos desenvolvimentos nesse campo.Fresh, minimally processed foods packaged under modified atmospheres are attractive to consumers searching for fresh healthy products that are also easy to transport and prepare. The atmosphere inside the package is a blend of gases optimized for each type of food, such that the quality characteristics are preserved for longer. However, due to the perishable nature of minimally processed fresh foods, maintenance at refrigeration temperatures is essential during processing, storage, distribution and commercialization. This paper discusses the state of art of minimally processed fresh foods (fruit and vegetables, meat and fish packaged under modified atmosphere, with a detailed description of the latest developments in this field.

BLANCO MOUNTAIN AND BLACK CANYON ROADLESS AREAS, CALIFORNIA.

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Diggles, Michael F.; Rains, Richard L.

1984-01-01

The mineral survey of the Blanco Mountain and Black Canyon Roadless Areas, California indicated that areas of probable and substantiated mineral-resource potential exist only in the Black Canyon Roadless Area. Gold with moderate amounts of lead, silver, zinc, and tungsten, occurs in vein deposits and in tactite. The nature of the geological terrain indicates little likelihood for the occurrence of energy resources in the roadless areas. Detailed geologic mapping might better define the extent of gold mineralization. Detailed stream-sediment sampling and analysis of heavy-mineral concentrations could better define tungsten resource potential.

Long-Term Monitoring of Fresco Paintings in the Cathedral of Valencia (Spain) Through Humidity and Temperature Sensors in Various Locations for Preventive Conservation

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Zarzo, Manuel; Fernández-Navajas, Angel; García-Diego, Fernando-Juan

2011-01-01

We describe the performance of a microclimate monitoring system that was implemented for the preventive conservation of the Renaissance frescoes in the apse vault of the Cathedral of Valencia, that were restored in 2006. This system comprises 29 relative humidity (RH) and temperature sensors: 10 of them inserted into the plaster layer supporting the fresco paintings, 10 sensors in the walls close to the frescoes and nine sensors measuring the indoor microclimate at different points of the vault. Principal component analysis was applied to RH data recorded in 2007. The analysis was repeated with data collected in 2008 and 2010. The resulting loading plots revealed that the similarities and dissimilarities among sensors were approximately maintained along the three years. A physical interpretation was provided for the first and second principal components. Interestingly, sensors recording the highest RH values correspond to zones where humidity problems are causing formation of efflorescence. Recorded data of RH and temperature are discussed according to Italian Standard UNI 10829 (1999). PMID:22164100

Long-Term Monitoring of Fresco Paintings in the Cathedral of Valencia (Spain Through Humidity and Temperature Sensors in Various Locations for Preventive Conservation

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Angel Fernández-Navajas

2011-09-01

Full Text Available We describe the performance of a microclimate monitoring system that was implemented for the preventive conservation of the Renaissance frescoes in the apse vault of the Cathedral of Valencia, that were restored in 2006. This system comprises 29 relative humidity (RH and temperature sensors: 10 of them inserted into the plaster layer supporting the fresco paintings, 10 sensors in the walls close to the frescoes and nine sensors measuring the indoor microclimate at different points of the vault. Principal component analysis was applied to RH data recorded in 2007. The analysis was repeated with data collected in 2008 and 2010. The resulting loading plots revealed that the similarities and dissimilarities among sensors were approximately maintained along the three years. A physical interpretation was provided for the first and second principal components. Interestingly, sensors recording the highest RH values correspond to zones where humidity problems are causing formation of efflorescence. Recorded data of RH and temperature are discussed according to Italian Standard UNI 10829 (1999.

Project Rio Blanco definition plan. Additional formation evaluation and production testing

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1975-09-01

Since the multiple Rio Blanco detonation three reentry wells have been drilled for test purposes: RB-E-01 (Emplacement Well); RB-AR-2 (Alternate Reentry Well); and RB-U-4 (Formation Evaluation Well). Additional testing in all these wells is now required to resolve some remaining technical questions. A plan describing the procedures, methods, responsibilities, and scheduling of the field operations is presented

Effects of high pressure processing on the composition, functional and rheological properties of fresh Queso Fresco

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Although Queso Fresco (QF), a popular high moisture Hispanic-style cheese sold in the U.S., is made from pasteurized milk it is subject to post pasteurization bacterial contamination. High pressure processing (HPP) of cheese is being considered because of its lethality to bacteria and potential to ...

Police aspects of the forensic methods of the study of percentage of water content of the determine the age of the frescoes

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Zorić Vojkan M.

2015-01-01

Full Text Available The novels of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC Republic of Serbia have introduced the concept of prosecutorial investigation in relation to that of evidence, special evidentiary actions and other software for the operation of the criminal prosecution. The meaning of novels is to conduct harmonization of standards with solutions of modern criminal law practice, particularly with regard to EU standards Serbia applying for membership in the Union. Preventing the most serious forms of crime is the focus of authorized bodies Serbia and in this context combating and preventing all forms of forgery, as is the case with forgeries frescoes and selling them on the world market. In exposed paper the method determining age of the frescoes is proposed. It is based on the use of closed Markov’s graphs with three cells. The measurements of contents of water molecules in surrounding area can be done only for the space in which the frescoes is located. This means that followed exposed method is non destructive.[Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR34019

2015 Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program Sampling and Analysis Results at Rio Blanco, Colorado

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Findlay, Rick [Nararro Research and Engineering, Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Kautsky, Mark [US Department of Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Legacy Management

2015-12-01

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management conducted annual sampling at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, Site for the Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program (LTHMP) on May 20–21, 2015. This report documents the analytical results of the Rio Blanco annual monitoring event, the trip report, and the data validation package. The groundwater and surface water monitoring samples were shipped to the GEL Group Inc. laboratories for conventional analysis of tritium and analysis of gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectrometry. A subset of water samples collected from wells near the Rio Blanco site was also sent to GEL Group Inc. for enriched tritium analysis. All requested analyses were successfully completed. Samples were collected from a total of four onsite wells, including two that are privately owned. Samples were also collected from two additional private wells at nearby locations and from nine surface water locations. Samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectrometry, and they were analyzed for tritium using the conventional method with a detection limit on the order of 400 picocuries per liter (pCi/L). Four locations (one well and three surface locations) were analyzed using the enriched tritium method, which has a detection limit on the order of 3 pCi/L. The enriched locations included the well at the Brennan Windmill and surface locations at CER-1, CER-4, and Fawn Creek 500 feet upstream.

May 2012 Groundwater and Surface Water Sampling at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, Site (Data Validation Package)

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2012-01-01

Annual sampling was conducted at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, site for the Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program May 9-10, 2012, to monitor groundwater and surface water for potential radionuclide contamination. Sampling and analyses were conducted as specified in Sampling and Analysis Plan for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Sites (LMS/PRO/S04351, continually updated). A duplicate sample was collected from location Johnson Artesian WL. Samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectrometry and for tritium using the conventional and enrichment methods. Results of this monitoring at the Rio Blanco site demonstrate that groundwater and surface water outside the site boundaries have not been affected by project-related contaminants.

Michelangelo Buonarroti: Restoration of the Frescoes on the Vaulted Ceiling and the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel

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Gianluigi Colalucci

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Full Text Available The last restoration of Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel was directed and conducted by the internal staff of the Vatican Museums, in the period from June 1980 to April 1994. The historical importance of this restoration is found in the recovery of the unexpected chromatic tones used by Michelangelo and hidden for centuries by the dust, black smoke and grease produced by candles and braziers, and by the animal glue, gum resin and ox bile used by restorers in the past to revive the colors. The important result was obtained without any risk, thanks to developments in the field of methods and materials, the progress made in diagnostics, and the elaboration of a theory of restoration (Brandi C. 1950 which still acts as a support to the scientific and technical guidelines used in restoration today. The good preservation of the frescoes in the Chapel is entrusted to a filter and air conditioning system which was renewed and upgraded in 2015, and to modern LED lighting installed in the same year. The cleaning of the frescoes, which were almost perfectly preserved thanks to Michelangelo’s technique, allowed us to study the artist’s painting technique and to learn that some of the techniques he employed in marble sculpting were applied to his painting, and that he introduced novel methods, such as the technique used to give three-dimensionality to figures or his particular brushstrokes, which anticipated divisionism and pointillism.

Irradiation effect on α- and β-caseins of milk and Queso Blanco cheese determined by capillary electrophoresis

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Ham, J.S.; Jeong, S.G.; Lee, S.G.; Han, G.S.; Chae, H.S.; Yoo, Y.M.; Kim, D.H.; Lee, W.K.; Jo, C.

2009-01-01

Milk and Queso Blanco cheese were exposed to irradiation with doses of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 kGy to investigate the irradiation effect on α- and β-casein using a capillary electrophoresis. α S1 -Casein to total protein ratio in raw milk was decreased from 19.63% to 8.64% by 10 kGy of gamma irradiation. The ratio of α S1 - to α S0 -casein was also decreased from 1.38 to 0.53, which showed α S1 -casein is more susceptible to gamma irradiation than α S0 -casein. Similarly, α S1 -casein to total protein ratio in Queso Blanco cheese was decreased from 17.48% to 7.82% and the ratio of α S1 - to α S0 -casein was decreased from 1.16 to 0.43 by 10 kGy of gamma irradiation. Dose-dependent reduction of β A1 -casein was also found. β A1 -Casein to total protein ratios in raw milk and Queso Blanco cheese were decreased from 22.00% to 14.16% and from 21.96% to 13.89% after 10 kGy, respectively. The ratios of β A1 - to β A2 -casein were from 1.10 to 0.64 and 0.93 to 0.57 in milk and Queso Blanco cheese, respectively. However, α S0 -, β B -, and β A3 -casein increased by irradiation at 10 kGy. The results suggest that α S1 -casein and β A1 -casein were more susceptible to gamma irradiation, and may be related to the reduction of milk allergenicity caused by gamma irradiation

Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of citrus jambhiri lush and citrus reticulata blanco essential oils

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Sadaf, S.; Shahid, M.; Iqbal, Z.

2009-01-01

The aim of this study was to investigate the time interval in which we can get maximum concentration of essential oil from the peels of Citrus jambhiri Lush and Citrus reticulata Blanco, to determine the composition of peel oils and to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of extracted oils. It was observed that in case of Citrus jambhiri Lush maximum oil yield (I %) was obtained when fruits were immature (during October). As the fruit samples got matured, the oil yield decreased. In December the oil yield decreased to 0.2 %. In case of Citrus reticulata Blanco maximum oil yield (0.189 %) was obtained during the last week of January. Chemical analysis of essential oils showed that limonene was the most abundant compound (86 %-93 %) followed by alpha terpinene (2 %-4.5 %), beta-pinene(1 0/0-2 %) and nerol (0.5 %-1.5 %). The radical scavenging and antioxidant activities of essential oils were determined by DPPH and linoleic acid test. The essential oil of Citrus jambhiri Lush inhibited the oxidation of linoleic acid by 54.98 % and that of Citrus reticulata Blanco inhibited by 49.98 %. Moreover, the essential oils also showed antimicrobial activities against the tested microorganisms. (author)

Range and Image Based Modelling: a way for Frescoed Vault Texturing Optimization

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Caroti, G.; Martínez-Espejo Zaragoza, I.; Piemonte, A.

2015-02-01

In the restoration of the frescoed vaults it is not only important to know the geometric shape of the painted surface, but it is essential to document its chromatic characterization and conservation status. The new techniques of range-based and image-based modelling, each with its limitations and advantages, offer a wide range of methods to obtain the geometric shape. In fact, several studies widely document that laser scanning enable obtaining three-dimensional models with high morphological precision. However, the quality level of the colour obtained with built-in laser scanner cameras is not comparable to that obtained for the shape. It is possible to improve the texture quality by means of a dedicated photographic campaign. This procedure, however, requires to calculate the external orientation of each image identifying the control points on it and on the model through a costly step of post processing. With image-based modelling techniques it is possible to obtain models that maintain the colour quality of the original images, but with variable geometric precision, locally lower than the laser scanning model. This paper presents a methodology that uses the camera external orientation parameters calculated by image based modelling techniques to project the same image on the model obtained from the laser scan. This methodology is tested on an Italian mirror (a schifo) frescoed vault. In the paper the different models, the analysis of precision and the efficiency evaluation of proposed methodology are presented.

High pressure processing of Queso Fresco: effects on textural and rheological properties over 12 weeks of storage

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High pressure processing (HPP) is a non-thermal post-packaging process with the potential to improve cheese safety and shelf life because of its lethality to bacteria (spoilage and pathogens) and ability to inactivate many enzymes. Queso Fresco (QF), a high moisture Hispanic-style cheese popular in ...

Análise microbiológica e química de iogurtes comercializados em Lavras - MG

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MOREIRA Silvia Regina

1999-01-01

Full Text Available Considerando a crescente importância que o iogurte vem assumindo no mercado nacional, inúmeras pesquisas têm sido executadas para melhoria da sua qualidade e outros produtos fermentados. A presença de contaminantes constitui, hoje, um dos grandes problemas para a indústria, causando a perda do produto em função das alterações de sabor, cor e também estufamento de embalagens nas prateleiras refrigeradas de comercialização. O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar levantamento das características microbiológicas dos iogurtes, por meio da enumeração de fungos e leveduras encontrados, relacionando-os com a vida-de-prateleira do iogurte de diferentes marcas. Setenta e duas amostras de iogurtes comercializados foram submetidos à análise microbiológica da população de Lactobacillus/Streptococcus, contagem de leveduras e fungos e análises químicas (pH, % ácido láctico. Os iogurtes foram produzidos por 4 produtores diferentes e comercializados de Lavras - MG, Brasil. Lactobacillus delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus e Streptococcus thermophilus foram encontrados na proporção de 1:2, respectivamente, em 80% das amostras analisadas. Não foi encontrada diferença significativa no valor de pH e na concentração de ácido láctico nas amostras. Em 28% das amostras foi encontrada população de leveduras acima de 100 UFC/g, enquanto em 7% foram obtidas contagens de leveduras maiores que 1000 UFC/g. Os resultados indicam que, apesar de todas as inovações técnicas e cuidados durante e depois da fabricação do iogurte, o produto ainda pode estar sujeito à contaminação microbiana, quando não atendidas às condições de higiene e sanidade.

CARACTERIZACIÓN COLORIMÉTRICA DEL MANJAR BLANCO DEL VALLE CARACTERIZAÇÃO COLORIMÉTRICA DE MANJAR BRANCO DEL VALLE COLORIMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MANJAR BLANCO DEL VALLE

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DIEGO FABIÁN NOVOA

2012-12-01

Full Text Available El Manjar Blanco del Valle originario de la región del Valle del Cauca en Colombia es considerado como símbolo gastronómico y cultural; es un tipo de dulce de leche con adición de almidón. El color es uno de los atributos más importantes en los alimentos. La medición del color tiene aplicaciones en el control de calidad y el desarrollo de nuevos productos. En esta investigación se caracteriza el color instrumental (escala CIE-L*a*b* del manjar blanco del Valle elaborado por empresas representativas y tradicionales de la región, mediante la determinación de los parámetros de color (L*, a*, b* de tres lotes de cada una de las marcas comerciales. También se caracterizó físicamente las muestras, encontrando pH entre 5,73 y 6,02 y grados Brix entre 65,16 y 76,47. Los valores promedio de los parámetros de color determinados experimentalmente para el manjar blanco fueron: L* 43,60, a* 14,58 y b* 34,67. De los datos reportados en este trabajo se concluye que existe una variabilidad considerable en el color entre lotes y marcas comerciales, lo que evidencia la necesidad de establecer procedimientos de estandarización en la producción y en la materia prima, con el fin de lograr un producto con características similares.O Manjar Branco Del Valle originário da região do Vale de Cauca na Colômbia é considerado um símbolo gastronômico e cultural; é um tipo de doce de leite com adição de amido. A coloração é um dos atributos mais importantes nos alimentos. A determinação da cor tem aplicações no controle de qualidade e no desenvolvimento de novos produtos. Neste estudo se caracterizou a cor instrumental (Sistema CIE-L*a*b* do Manjar Branco Del Valle produzido por empresas representativas e tradicionais da região, mediante a determinação dos parâmetros de cor (L*, a*, b* de três lotes de cada uma das marcas comerciais. Também se caracterizou fisicamente as amostras, encontrando pH entre 5,73 e 6,02 e graus Brix entre 65

El viaje al norte y el peso de la historia. Las identidades de Blanco White en sus Letters from Spain (1822 = The Journey to the North and the Importance of History. Blanco White’s Identities in Letters from Spain (1822

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Xavier Andreu Miralles

2016-12-01

Full Text Available ResumenEn las primeras décadas del siglo XIX, José María Blanco White reescribió y reconstruyó sus múltiples identidades, individuales y colectivas, e intentó fijar en relación con ellas un relato de su vida, siempre inestable. Este texto sitúa su obra y, en particular, sus Letters from Spain (1822, en el marco del debate europeo sobre los caracteres nacionales. Un debate que descansaba, en buena medida, en esa concepción escindida de Europa en la que el Sur mediterráneo «atrasado» funcionaba como una contrapartida especular del Norte «moderno». La obra de Blanco White nos permite analizar cómo dicha concepción influyó en cómo se pensaron y construyeron las identidades en la Europa de principios del siglo XIX.AbstractAt the beginning of the nineteenth-century, José María Blanco White rewrote and reconstructed his multiple identities, individual as much as collective. He tried to lay down the tale of his life, a tale that was always unsteady. This article connects his work, and especially his Letters from Spain (1822, with the European debate on national characters. To a large extent, this debate was based on an understanding of Europe in which the Mediterranean backward South worked as an opposite mirror for the modern North. Through the work of Blanco White we can analyse how this understanding influenced the way in which identities were designed and constructed in the Europe of the first decades of the nineteenth century.

Elaboración del queso fresco “cuajada” con dos tipos de cuajos comerciales: impacto sobre las reacciones de preferencia de los consumidores

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Gema López Guzmán

2012-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de esta investigación fue la obtención de información acerca de las diferencias sensoriales que impacten en la preferencia de los consumidores de queso tipo “cuajada” elaborado con dos diferentes cuajos comerciales. Se elaboraron ocho formulaciones de queso fresco usando dos diferentes tipos de cuajos comerciales. La caracterización sensorial se realizó mediante el análisis descriptivo cuantitativo. La preferencia fue evaluada mediante un grupo de consumidores (n = 150. Se aplicó la Clasificación Jerárquica Ascendente para la agrupación de consumidores, posteriormente las clases de consumidores fueron visualizados en el espacio de la preferencia a través de la técnica del mapa externo de preferencias y la regresión de Mínimos Cuadrados Parciales. Fueron identificados cuatro clases de consumidores clase 1 (n = 39, clase 2 (n = 50, clase 3 (n = 18 y clase 4 (n = 43. El mapa externo de preferencias reveló que los consumidores de la clase 3 presentaron un punto ideal negativo por una muestra de queso. La regresión de Mínimos Cuadrados Parciales demostró que los atributos color blanco, grumoso en vista, textura granulosa al tacto, suave al tacto y presencia de suero tuvieron un impacto positivo sobre la preferencia de los consumidores de la clase 2, 3 y 4. Sin embargo, tanto el mapa externo de preferencias como la regresión de Mínimos Cuadrados Parciales no pudieron explicar la preferencia de los consumidores de la clase 1. En conclusión la información generada en la presente investigación puede ser importante para la predicción y explicación de las reacciones de preferencia en este tipo de producto, así como para el establecimiento de programas de control de calidad.

Irradiation effect on {alpha}- and {beta}-caseins of milk and Queso Blanco cheese determined by capillary electrophoresis

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Ham, J.S.; Jeong, S.G.; Lee, S.G.; Han, G.S.; Chae, H.S.; Yoo, Y.M.; Kim, D.H. [Animal Food Processing Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Suwon 441-706 (Korea, Republic of); Lee, W.K. [College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763 (Korea, Republic of); Jo, C. [Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764 (Korea, Republic of)], E-mail: cheorun@cnu.ac.kr

2009-02-15

Milk and Queso Blanco cheese were exposed to irradiation with doses of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 kGy to investigate the irradiation effect on {alpha}- and {beta}-casein using a capillary electrophoresis. {alpha}{sub S1}-Casein to total protein ratio in raw milk was decreased from 19.63% to 8.64% by 10 kGy of gamma irradiation. The ratio of {alpha}{sub S1}- to {alpha}{sub S0}-casein was also decreased from 1.38 to 0.53, which showed {alpha}{sub S1}-casein is more susceptible to gamma irradiation than {alpha}{sub S0}-casein. Similarly, {alpha}{sub S1}-casein to total protein ratio in Queso Blanco cheese was decreased from 17.48% to 7.82% and the ratio of {alpha}{sub S1}- to {alpha}{sub S0}-casein was decreased from 1.16 to 0.43 by 10 kGy of gamma irradiation. Dose-dependent reduction of {beta}{sub A1}-casein was also found. {beta}{sub A1}-Casein to total protein ratios in raw milk and Queso Blanco cheese were decreased from 22.00% to 14.16% and from 21.96% to 13.89% after 10 kGy, respectively. The ratios of {beta}{sub A1}- to {beta}{sub A2}-casein were from 1.10 to 0.64 and 0.93 to 0.57 in milk and Queso Blanco cheese, respectively. However, {alpha}{sub S0}-, {beta}{sub B}-, and {beta}{sub A3}-casein increased by irradiation at 10 kGy. The results suggest that {alpha}{sub S1}-casein and {beta}{sub A1}-casein were more susceptible to gamma irradiation, and may be related to the reduction of milk allergenicity caused by gamma irradiation.

Los sindicatos blancos de Monterrey (1931-2009

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Miguel Ángel Ramírez Sánchez

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Los sindicatos blancos son el equivalente mexicano a los sindicatos amarillos de Francia y España y a los planes de representación del empleado de Estados Unidos y Canadá. De ellos se dice que son organismos obreros sometidos a la voluntad de los patrones, que los crean y dirigen. En México, esta clase de sindicatos eran hasta hace poco un fenómeno regional, restringido a la ciudad de Monterrey, donde han tenido su mayor desarrollo. Sin embargo, coincidiendo con la crisis y reorganización del sindicalismo mexicano y la apertura del sistema político nacional, han crecido en número e influencia política. En este artículo se ofrece un resumen histórico de este movimiento.

Geologic framework, hydrostratigraphy, and ichnology of the Blanco, Payton, and Rough Hollow 7.5-minute quadrangles, Blanco, Comal, Hays, and Kendall Counties, Texas

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Clark, Allan K.; Golab, James A.; Morris, Robert E.

2016-09-13

This report presents the geologic framework, hydro­stratigraphy, and ichnology of the Trinity and Edwards Groups in the Blanco, Payton, and Rough Hollow 7.5-minute quad­rangles in Blanco, Comal, Hays, and Kendall Counties, Texas. Rocks exposed in the study area are of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group and lower part of the Fort Terrett Formation of the Lower Cretaceous Edwards Group. The mapped units in the study area are the Hammett Shale, Cow Creek Limestone, Hensell Sand, and Glen Rose Limestone of the Trinity Group and the lower portion of the Fort Terrett Formation of the Edwards Group. The Glen Rose Limestone is composed of the Lower and Upper Members. These Trinity Group rocks con­tain the upper and middle Trinity aquifers. The only remaining outcrops of the Edwards Group are the basal nodular member of the Fort Terrett Formation, which caps several hills in the northern portion of the study area. These rocks were deposited in an open marine to supratidal flats environment. The faulting and fracturing in the study area are part of the Balcones fault zone, an extensional system of faults that generally trends southwest to northeast in south-central Texas.The hydrostratigraphic units of the Edwards and Trinity aquifers were mapped and described using a classification system based on fabric-selective or not-fabric-selective poros­ity types. The only hydrostratigraphic unit of the Edwards aquifer present in the study area is hydrostratigraphic unit VIII. The mapped hydrostratigraphic units of the upper Trinity aquifer are (from top to bottom) the Camp Bullis, upper evaporite, fossiliferous, and lower evaporite which are interval equivalent to the Upper Member of the Glen Rose Limestone. The middle Trinity aquifer encompasses (from top to bottom) the Lower Member of the Glen Rose Limestone, the Hensell Sand Member, and the Cow Creek Limestone Member of the Pearsall Formation. The Lower Member of the Glen Rose Limestone is subdivided into six informal hydro

DURABILIDAD DEL CEMENTO PORTLAND BLANCO ADICIONADO CON PIGMENTO AZUL ULTRAMAR

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CAROLINA GIRALDO

2010-01-01

Full Text Available El pigmento Azul Ultramar (AU es un aluminosilicato polisulfurado de sodio que reacciona con el aluminato tricálcico (C3A y con el óxido de calcio (CaO del cemento Pórtland blanco en presencia de agua, generando cantidades considerables de etringita a edad temprana y en menor proporción de tobermorita. Esta etringita primaria se presenta en forma de fibras no orientadas mejorando el desempeño mecánico de los morteros, y al mismo tiempo dejando pocas cantidades de C3A disponible para la formación de etringita secundaria. En esta investigación se evalúa la durabilidad a diferentes edades de curado en morteros de cemento Portland blanco sustituidos por 0%, 10% y 20% de AU en peso, mediante pruebas de succión capilar y evaluación del cambio longitudinal de morteros expuestos a una solución de sulfato de sodio con una concentración del 5% (ASTM C1012. Los resultados evidencian una mayor resistencia a compresión y a flexión, una significativa disminución de la expansión y una reducción hasta del 800% de la absorción de agua en morteros con AU. Todo esto debido a la formación de las fases minerales adicionales (etringita primaria y tobermorita, las cuales fueron identificadas mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido (SEM.

Análise microbiológica do leite bovino não industrializado comercializado na cidade de Cajazeiras, Paraíba

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Dandara Dias Cavalcante Abreu

2017-07-01

Full Text Available Entende-se por leite o produto proveniente da ordenha completa e ininterrupta, em condições de higiene, de vacas sadias, bem alimentadas e descansadas. É o mais nobre dos produtos de origem animal, caracterizado como sendo um líquido branco e opaco, mais viscoso que a água, de sabor ligeiramente adocicado e odor pouco acentuado. Pelo fato de possuir um alto valor nutritivo, é um alimento largamente consumido pelo homem, principalmente na dieta das crianças. Por ser tão rico em termos nutricionais, torna-se também um excelente meio de crescimento e proliferação de microrganismos. O presente estudo objetivou identificar a presença de bactérias que podem ser encontradas no leite bovino comercializado na cidade de Cajazeiras, Paraíba. Foram analisadas 10 amostras de leite bovino in natura. Alçadas das amostras foram inoculadas em Caldo de Infusão Cérebro-Coração e incubadas em estufa bacteriológica a 37ºC por 24 horas. Em seguida foram semeadas em meio de cultura cromogênico, novamente incubadas durante 24 horas. As bactérias crescidas foram identificadas pela aparência das colônias através das colorações e confirmadas através da identificação bioquímica. Identificou-se a presença de Klebsiella spp. e Escherichia coli. Concluiu-se, que o leite in natura comercializado na cidade de Cajazeiras, Paraíba apresenta elevada carga bacteriana.Entende-se por leite o produto proveniente da ordenha completa e ininterrupta, em condições de higiene, de vacas sadias, bem alimentadas e descansadas. É o mais nobre dos produtos de origem animal, caracterizado como sendo um líquido branco e opaco, mais viscoso que a água, de sabor ligeiramente adocicado e odor pouco acentuado. Pelo fato de possuir um alto valor nutritivo, é um alimento largamente consumido pelo homem, principalmente na dieta das crianças. Por ser tão rico em termos nutricionais, torna-se também um excelente meio de crescimento e proliferação de

Preferencias en la compra de pescado fresco en los supermercados de Heredia

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Zúñiga Bermúdez, Ana Yanci; Villalobos Hernández, María Eugenia; Víquez Chaves, Karen V.

2002-01-01

El presente trabajo describe las preferencias en la compra de pescado fresco los días sábados en cinco supermercados del Distrito Nº 1 del Cantón Central de Heredia, durante la mitad de enero y principios de febrero del 2001. La metodología utilizada para la investigación fue de tipo descriptivo - transversal. La población estuvo constituida por 125 compradores de carne que se acercaron a la sección de carne de los cinco supermercados. Para la recolección de los datos se utilizó la entrevista...

PERFIL DE CONSUMIDORES DO PESCADO COMERCIALIZADO EM MERCADOS DO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO LUÍS, MARANHÃO, BRASIL

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Silva, Iran Alves da; Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA; Lima, Maria de Fátima Viégas; Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA; Brandão, Vivian Magalhães; Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA; Dias, Isabel Cristina Lopes; Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA; Silva, Maria Inez Santos; Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA; Lacerda, Lenka de Morais; Universidade Estadual do Maranhão - UEMA

2012-01-01

Este trabalho objetivou traçar o perfil de consumidores do pescado comercializado em São Luís, bem como avaliar os fatores que influenciam no momento da compra. Realizou-se 50 entrevistas direcionadas aos consumidores em mercados do município de São Luís-MA através de inquérito investigativo com 16 questões fechadas e abertas sobre o perfil, hábitos de consumo/preferências, prováveis fatores que afetam a decisão de compra/consumo e as características ou atributos desejáveis no produto. Verifi...

Influencia del citoplasma sobre la expresión del centro blanco y temperatura de gelatinización en arroz (Oryza sativa. L.

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1995-12-01

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La investigación se adelantó en el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT durante 1989-1991. No hubo influencia del citoplasma en la expresión del centro blanco y temperatura de gelatinización. El orden de dominancia El orden de dominancia de los progenitores para el carácter ausencia de centro blanco fue Colombia 1 > 1R5 = L6850 > IRAT8. El cultivo in vitro influyó sobre la expresión del centro blanco y la temperatura de gelatinización en los progenitores y posiblemente en las poblaciones segregantes. El medio ambiente influyó más sobre los progenitores LR5y L6850 (y sus progenies. La selección hacia centro blanco bajo parece no ser eficiente en generaciones tempranas, especialmente en el caso de L6850 e IRAT8, en contraste con la mayor eficiencia de la selección por temperatura de gelatinización (heredabilidad alta. Se encontró un alto índice de concordancia (79%, entre la escala 0 a 5 utilizada para calificación subjetiva de centro blanco y el área del grano afectada por centro blanco, (lectura hecha en esteroscopio con micrómetro.

A research work was undertaken at the Centro International de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT, during 1989-91. There was no maternal effect on the express ion of white center and gelatinization temperature but rather different degrees of dominance, the order of dominance was Colombia 1 > IR5 = L6850 > LRAT8; the in vitro culture influenced the express ion of white belly and the gelatinization temperature in the parents and possibly in their progenies; the influence of the environment was greater on IRAT8 and L6850 (and its progenies; selection for low white belly seemed to be not efficient in early generations; but selection for the desired gelatinization temperature is more efficient (high heritability. With the F3 samples, a subjective evaluation was carried out (zero: endosperm without white belly, and five: completely chalky, There was found a high index of concordance (79

NUEVAS VÍAS DE PERMEABILIDAD Y REGULACIÓN DEL pH INTRACELULAR COMO POSIBLES BLANCOS TERAPÉUTICOS EN Plasmodium falciparum

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MARY LUZ LÓPEZ

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Full Text Available Actualmente, existe una necesidad sentida para el desarrollo de nuevos fármacos antimaláricos o de compuestos conocidos dirigidos contra blancos terapéuticos diferentes a los afectados por los medicamentos usuales. Son diversos los blancos que pueden ser aprovechados en Plasmodium, y la alteración de parámetros fisiológicos como el pH y el transporte de solutos pueden explicar la muerte del parásito cuando se usan compuestos antiplasmodiales, lo que representa una opción para el desarrollo de nuevas alternativas antiparasitarias. El propósito de esta revisión es por tanto, proporcionar una visión general de los efectos causados por esteroides, discutiendo el caso específico de los esteroides antiplasmodiales aislados de Solanum nudum y revisar dos procesos fisiológicos importantes en el parásito como posibles blancos terapéuticos, la modificación de permeabilidad del eritrocito infectado y el mantenimiento del pH intracelular de Plasmodium.

Evaluation of phytochemical and pharmacological properties of Aegiceras corniculatum Blanco (Myrsinaceae) bark

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The methanol extract of the dried barks of Aegiceras corniculatum Blanco (Myrsinaceae) was investigated for its possible antinociceptive, cytotoxic and antidiarrhoeal activities in animal models. The preliminary studies of A. corniculatum bark showed the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, flavonoids, saponins and tannins. The extract produced significant writhing inhibition in acetic acid-induced writhing in mice at the oral dose of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight (P < 0.001) comp...

Effect of hydrostatic high-pressure processing on the chemical, functional, and rheological properties of starter-free Queso Fresco

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Queso Fresco (QF), a popular high-moisture, high-pH Hispanic-style cheese sold in the U.S., underwent high-pressure processing (HPP), which has the potential to improve the safety of cheese, to determine the effects of this process on quality traits of the cheese. Starter-free rennet-set QF (manufa...

Insectos asociados a fenómenos de descomposición cadavérica en cerdo blanco ( Sus scrofa en el municipio de Mosquera (Cundinamarca

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María Fernanda Ospina Fonseca

2002-07-01

Full Text Available El estudio tuvo como objeto iniciar la investigación de los insectos asociados a fenómenos dedescomposición en una zona alta, específicamente en el municipio de Mosquera (Cundina-marca. Para lograrlo se usó como biomodelo cerdo blanco (Sus scrofa por su similitud conlos humanos, éste se sacrificó y se dejó al aire libre durante ocho meses. El proceso de des-composición se dividió en cinco fases: fresco (2 días, hinchado (13 días, descomposiciónactiva (15 días, descomposición avanzada (31 días y restos secos (160 días. Durante esteperiodo se recogieron 3.539 individuos, el 86.69% pertenecientes a Diptera y el 8.36% aColeoptera. Las familias más numerosas de Diptera fueron Muscidae (62.08% y Calliphoridae(14.44%, mientras que en Coleoptera fueron Silphidae (68.58% y Staphylinidae (14.86%.Se pudo observar la participación de los géneros Calliphora, Paralucilia y Chloroprocta, estosgéneros no aparecen en zonas bajas y podrían ser propios de zonas altas. No se presentarongrupos exclusivos para cada fase del proceso, aunque la presencia y abundancia de Diptera fuemayor al inicio de la descomposición, mientras que Coleoptera (exceptuando Silphidae fuemás abundante y activo al final del proceso. La lluvia ocasionó una "regresión" en la sucesiónde insectos. El presente trabajo no constituye una herramienta de carácter legal pero es elprimer trabajo sobre entomología forense realizado en la Sabana de Bogotá y es base paratrabajos posteriores en la zona.

Fiebre del oro blanco: la cocaína

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Iván Marín Argüello

1999-12-01

Full Text Available La planta de coca, Erythroxylon coca es cultivada en la zona occidental de América del Sur exigiendo condiciones de suelo muy particulares. La mezcla de las hojas de cocaína con sustancias químicas origina un polvo cristalino blanco, conocido comúnmente como cocaína. Al producto obtenido del tratamiento de la cocaína con solventes se le denomina crack. El consumo de cocaína, las formas de administración más diversas y el estado fisiológico logrado por los usuarios, es denominado flash 0 high Los efectos neuro-fisiológicos son muy variados, provocando sobre todo un fuerte estímulo al Sistema Nervioso Central (SNC, producto de la liberación de dopamina en las terminaciones nerviosas.

RESISTÊNCIA À FLEXÃO ESTÁTICA DE ALGUNS PAINÉIS AGLOMERADOS COMERCIALIZADOS NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

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Clovis Roberto Haselein

2000-12-01

Full Text Available Foram testados em flexão estática sete tipos de painéis aglomerados comercializados no RS. De cada tipo, foram retirados ao acaso cinco painéis e de cada um destes cortados três corpos de prova para os ensaios de flexão segundo a norma ASTM D1037-93 (1995. Os resultados indicam que os painéis enquadram-se nos critérios das normas norte-americanas de padronização. Para alguns tipos de painéis foi possível estabelecer modelos matemáticos relacionando módulos de elasticidade e de ruptura à massa específica.

Problemática de los alimentos vegetales mínimamente procesados en fresco

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Gómez, P.; Artés Hernández, Francisco de Asís; Aguayo Giménez, Encarnación Pilar; Escalona Contreras, Víctor Hugo; Artés Calero, Francisco

2007-01-01

Durante los últimos años se ha notado un cambio notable en los hábitos alimentarios de la población. No sólo se espera satisfacción de la comida, sino tambien que contribuya a mejorar nuestra salud y bienestar. Además, cada vez es más escaso el tiempo para su preparación. Debido a esto, las frutas y hortalizas mínimamente procesadas en fresco constituyen un sector de rápido crecimiento en la industria de los alimentos. Tratandose de productos muy perecederos, deben ser manipulados siguiendo e...

[The activities of Santa Maria Della Scala through 1318 status and its frescoes].

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Pinault, Claire

2002-01-01

Siena's Hospital was created in the 10th or 11th century, and still owns a rich documentation of his history, stored at the city's state Archives the general organization of the Hospital in the 14th century is accurately described in the 1318 statue. Moreover, during the 15th century frescoes representing its activities were commissioned by the Hospital. They decorated the Pellegrinaio, the main room and the infirmary. The comparison of these two sources from different periods enables us to ask ourselves why the hospital felt compelled to issue what could appear as redundant illustration of the hospital activities.

Removal of chemical alterations produced by environmental pollution on 16. century frescoed mortars

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Campanella, L.; Marinucci, F.; Tomassetti, M. [Rome Univ. La Sapienza, Rome (Italy). Dipt. di Chimica

1999-10-01

The paper describes and discusses the results obtained by analyzing the materials and pigments used to paint three important frescoes in Vatican palace (Rome, Italy), using several instrumental and mineralogical techniques and microchemical assays. The results obtained are also discussed with special reference to the effectiveness of the various cleaning solutions used. [Italian] Vengono descritti e discussi i risultati ottenuti analizzando i materiali e i pigmenti utilizzati negli affreschi delle antiche Stanze del Vaticano (Roma), adoperando alcune moderne tecniche strumentali e mineralogiche e saggi microchimici. E' stata anche valutata la diversa efficienza delle differenti soluzioni impiegate nell'operazione di pulitura.

Propriedades tensiométricas do peritônio da paca (Cuniculus paca a fresco e conservado em glicerina 98%

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Angela Daniele de Camargo

2014-02-01

Full Text Available Na busca constante, tanto de material biológico alternativo para a realização de implantes, quanto de novas opções de modelos de experimentação animal, o objetivo desta investigação foi descrever o comportamento mecânico do peritônio da paca (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766 a fresco e conservado em glicerina a 98%. Amostras frescas e conservadas em glicerina por períodos de 30, 60 e 90 dias foram submetidas a testes mecânicos de tração. Quatro animais adultos, três machos e uma fêmeas, com peso corporal médio de oito quilogramas, foram utilizados para colheita das amostras de peritônio. Todos os tecidos conservados em glicerina a 98% apresentaram diminuição na rigidez e aumento na ductibilidade e tenacidade. Considerando-se a força máxima aplicada ao peritônio, evidenciou-se aumento significativo nos valores (p<0,01 das amostras conservadas por 60 e 90 dias, quando comparado ao material a fresco. Com relação a variável alongamento, notou-se aumento nos valores relativos aos materiais em glicerina em todos os tempos de conservação, verificando-se diferença significativa (p<0,01 entre os valores das amostras a fresco. A variável área também se apresentou significativa (p<0,01 entre os valores das amostras a fresco (5,40 mm² e os preservados em glicerina pelos períodos de 30 dias (4,50 mm², 60 dias (9,00 mm² e 90 dias (7,20 mm², indicando assim, que a área desta membrana aumentou em 0,033 mm² por dia. Mediante os resultados observados, concluiu-se que a glicerina 98% é uma substância eficiente para a conservação do peritônio da paca, pois melhorou suas propriedades mecânicas permitindo que as membranas suportem maiores forças de deformação. Assim, os resultados obtidos nos ensaios mecânicos do peritônio da paca sugerem sua utilização como mais uma opção de material biológico.

Unapal-Dorado, nuevo cultivar de zapallo con alto contenido de materia seca para consumo en fresco

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Vallejo Cabrera Franco Alirio

2010-06-01

Full Text Available A partir de tres cruzamientos dialélicos entre poblaciones con diferente grado de endocría (S0 x S0; S1 x S1; S2 x S2 se seleccionaron 11 familias promisorias teniendo en cuenta el contenido de materia seca, producción por planta y calidad de fruto para consumo en fresco. Se realizaron dos ciclos de recombinación genética y selección ínter e intrapoblacional. Se escogieron cuatro familias las cuales fueron evaluadas en un ensayo de rendimiento en el Centro Experimental de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira (Ceunp. La familia de mejor desempeño se evaluó comparativamente con otras seis, incluyendo el testigo comercial Unapal Bolo Verde, en pruebas regionales, en tres localidades del Valle del Cauca, durante dos semestres consecutivos (2008 B- 2009A. Por su excelente comportamiento en producción (15 kg/planta, contenido de materia seca (> 16%, 3.5 kg/fruto y 5 frutos/planta y calidad de fruto para consumo en fresco, esta familia originó la nueva variedad de zapallo, conocida con el nombre comercial Unapal-Dorado.

Archbishop Danilo I: The donor of the frescoes in the prothesis of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Peć

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Petković Sreten

2004-01-01

Full Text Available The frescoes in the prothesis of the Church of the Holy Apostles in the Patriarchate of Peć in Kosovo, date from around 1260. They are in poor condition and little has been written about them. Only the portraits of the Serbian hierarchs and saints in the apsis, Sava and Arsenije, have drawn attention, chiefly because the image of the second Serbian archbishop Arsenije - is believed to have been painted during his lifetime. The scenes of the prophet Daniel and the composition The Penitence of King David, are considered to have been painted for their symbolic meaning, primarily regarding to the Holy Communion. Among the compositions, one can see that besides The David rebuked by Nathan, all of them are linked with the life and visions of the prophet Daniel [Daniel in the Lions' Den, The Prophet's Vision of the Kingdom of Heaven (Daniel 7, 1-28. The Archangel Gabriel Foretells Future Events to the Prophet Daniel (Daniel 8, 3; 8, 16-27 and perhaps, The Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace. The small, painted area in the interior (2 *3.70 meters, mostly with scenes devoted to the prophet Daniel, clearly indicates that the prothesis was dedicated to this Old Testament character. In Byzantine churches, the lateral sections of the altar area, the prothesis and the diakonikon - like the parecclesion - were dedicated to the Mother of God and the saints, in most cases, St. Nikolas and St. John the Forerunner. The choice of the prophet Daniel, as the patron of the Peć prothesis was quite unusual. This was obviously done according to the wishes of the Serbian archbishop, Danilo, who thereby wished to pay tribute to his Old Testament namesake. There are several instances in medieval times when Serbian donors dedicated churches to the saints, who were their namesakes. The donor ship of archbishop Danilo 1 also determines mi-date when the frescoes in the prothesis came into being. As he administered the Serbian church for a brief period of less than two years

Rio Blanco: nuclear operations and chimney reentry

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Woodruff, W.R.; Guido, R.S.

1975-01-01

Rio Blanco was the third experiment in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Plowshare Program to develop technology to stimulate gas production from geologic formations not conducive to production by conventional means. The project was sponsored by CER Geonuclear Corporation, with the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory providing the explosives and several technical programs, such as spall measurement. Three nuclear explosives specifically designed for this application were detonated simultaneously in a minimum-diameter emplacement well using many commercially available but established-reliability components. The explosive system performed properly under extreme temperature and pressure conditions. Emplacement and stemming operations were designed with the aim of simplifying both the emplacement and reentry and fully containing the detonation products. An integrated command and control system was used with communication to all three explosives through a single coaxial cable. Reentry and the initial production testing are completed. To date 98 million standard ft 3 of chimney gas have been produced. (auth)

May 2011 Groundwater and Surface Water Sampling at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, Site (Data Validation Package)

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2011-01-01

Annual sampling was conducted at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, site for the Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program May 16-17, 2011, to monitor groundwater and surface water for potential radionuclide contamination. Sampling and analyses were conducted as specified in Sampling and Analysis Plan for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Sites (LMS/PRO/S04351, continually updated). A duplicate sample was collected from location Johnson Artesian WL. Samples were analyzed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiation&Indoor Environments National Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectrometry, and for tritium using the conventional method. Tritium was not measured using the enrichment method because the EPA laboratory no longer offers that service. Results of this monitoring at the Rio Blanco site demonstrate that groundwater and surface water outside the boundaries have not been affected by project-related contaminants.

Membership, binarity, and rotation of F-G-K stars in the open cluster Blanco 1

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Mermilliod, J.-C.; Platais, I.; James, D. J.; Grenon, M.; Cargile, P. A.

2008-07-01

Context: The nearby open cluster Blanco 1 is of considerable astrophysical interest for formation and evolution studies of open clusters because it is the third highest Galactic latitude cluster known. It has been observed often, but so far no definitive and comprehensive membership determination is readily available. Aims: An observing programme was carried out to study the stellar population of Blanco 1, and especially the membership and binary frequency of the F5-K0 dwarfs. Methods: We obtained radial-velocities with the CORAVEL spectrograph in the field of Blanco 1 for a sample of 148 F-G-K candidate stars in the magnitude range 10 rate reaches 40% (27/68) if one includes the photometric binaries. The cluster mean heliocentric radial velocity is +5.53 ± 0.11 km s-1 based on the most reliable 49 members. The V sin i distribution is similar to that of the Pleiades, confirming the age similarities between the two clusters. Conclusions: This study clearly demonstrates that, in spite of the cluster's high Galactic latitude, three membership criteria - radial velocity, proper motion, and photometry - are necessary for performing a reliable membership selection. Furthermore, even with accurate and extensive data, ambiguous cases still remain. Based on observations collected with the Danish 1.54-m and the Swiss telescopes at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile, and with the old YALO 1-m telescope at the Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory, Chile. Table [see full textsee full textsee full textsee full textsee full textsee full text] is also available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/485/95

Modificaciones en la grasa del atún blanco (Thunnus alalunga debidas a la fabricación y almacenamiento de su conserva

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Navarro, María P.

1991-06-01

en grasa, se observaron estos cambios pero más atenuada la pérdida de los poliinsaturados propios, así como la clara ganancia de C18:1, C18:2 y C18:3, que se acentuó aún más tras el año de almacenamiento. Se discute la conveniencia de utilizar para la conserva de atún blanco un aceite menos rico en poliinsaturados que mantenga mejor la relación n-3/n-6 originaria del pescado fresco.

XRF analyses for the study of painting technique and degradation on frescoes by Beato Angelico: first results

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Mazzinghi, A.

2014-01-01

Beato Angelico is one of the most important Italian painters of the Renaissance period, in particular he was a master of the so-called 'Buon fresco' technique for mural paintings. A wide diagnostic campaign with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyses has been carried out on three masterworks painted by Beato Angelico in the San Marco monastery in Florence: the Crocifissione con Santi, the 'Annunciazione' and the 'Madonna delle Ombre'. The latter is painted by mixing fresco and secco techniques, which makes it of particular interest for the study of two different paintings techniques of the same artist. Then the aim of the study was focused on the characterization of the painting palette, and therefore the painting techniques, used by Beato Angelico. Moreover, the conservators were interested in the study of degradation processes and old restoration treatments. Our analyses have been carried out by means of the XRF spectrometer developed at LABEC laboratory at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Florence (Italy). XRF is indeed especially suited for such a kind of study, allowing for multi-elemental, nondestructive, non-invasive analyses in a short time, with portable instruments. In this paper the first results concerning the XRF analysis are presented.

Diseño de procesos e instalaciones de una nave industrial para la manipulación al fresco de frutas y hortalizas

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Selma Ruiz, María Concepción

2013-01-01

El objeto de este PFC es el diseño de procesos e instalaciones de una nave industrial para la manipulación al fresco de frutas y hortalizas Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Radionuclide Migration at the Rio Blanco Site, A Nuclear-stimulated Low-permeability Natural Gas Reservoir

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Clay A. Cooper; Ming Ye; Jenny Chapman; Craig Shirley

2005-10-01

The U.S. Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies conducted a program in the 1960s and 1970s that evaluated technology for the nuclear stimulation of low-permeability gas reservoirs. The third and final project in the program, Project Rio Blanco, was conducted in Rio Blanco County, in northwestern Colorado. In this experiment, three 33-kiloton nuclear explosives were simultaneously detonated in a single emplacement well in the Mesaverde Group and Fort Union Formation, at depths of 1,780, 1,899, and 2,039 m below land surface on May 17, 1973. The objective of this work is to estimate lateral distances that tritium released from the detonations may have traveled in the subsurface and evaluate the possible effect of postulated natural-gas development on radionuclide migration. Other radionuclides were considered in the analysis, but the majority occur in relatively immobile forms (such as nuclear melt glass). Of the radionuclides present in the gas phase, tritium dominates in terms of quantity of radioactivity in the long term and contribution to possible whole body exposure. One simulation is performed for {sup 85}Kr, the second most abundant gaseous radionuclide produced after tritium.

Rio Blanco, Colorado, Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program Sampling and Analysis Results for 2009

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2009-01-01

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management conducted annual sampling at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, Site, for the Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program (LTHMP) on May 13 and 14, 2009. Samples were analyzed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiation&Indoor Environments National Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectroscopy and tritium using the conventional and enriched methods.

Cantharellus gallaecicus (Blanco-Dios Olariaga, comb. & stat. nov (Cantharellaceae

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Olariaga, Ibai

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Cantharellus gallaecicus comb. & stat. nov. is proposed, after the examination of its holotype and additional material. Based on the characters observed in all the studied material (i.e., thinwalled hyphae of the pileipelis, minute basidiomata with white to grey pileus, and surface that turns yellow when bruised it is considered that C. gallaecicus is more closely related to C. romagnesianus than to C. cibarius.Se propone Cantharellus gallaecicus comb. & stat. nov. tras revisar su holótipo y material adicional disponible. Dado que todo el material examinado posee hifas del pileipelis de pared delgada, basidiomas pequeños con píleo de blanco a gris, y superficie que vira a amarillo al roce, se considera que C. gallaecicus es una especie más estrechamente relacionada con C. romagnesianus que con C. cibarius.

PROPAGACIÓN DE Tabebuia Donnell-Smithii Rose (GUAYACÁN BLANCO UTILIZANDO HORMONAS DE ENRAIZAMIENTO

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Mercedes Susana Carranza Patiño

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Full Text Available Resumen La amplia distribución y abundancia natural de Tabebuia donnell-smithii (guayacán blanco se ha visto reducida por la tala excesiva de los árboles, lo que ha ocasionado la desaparición de genotipos valiosos así como disminución de las poblaciones naturales, existiendo además carencia de alternativas de producción de plantas a gran escala. Se hace por tanto necesario orientar la investigación a establecer una técnica para la propagación vegetativa de guayacán blanco utilizando fitorreguladores. La metodología se basó en el uso de las hormonas de enraizamiento ácido naftalenacético (ANA y ácido indolbutírico (AIB, en concentraciones de 0, 1,500 y 2,000 mg kg-1 en sustratos turba y arena. Las yemas apicales fueron colocadas en una cámara húmeda en condiciones de invernadero. Se aplicó un Diseño Completamente al Azar (DCA en un arreglo factorial 2 sustratos x 3 dosis de hormona ANA x 3 dosis de hormona AIB, con cuatro repeticiones y cuatro unidades de observación. A los 45 días se evaluó el porcentaje de sobrevivencia y el enraizamiento, el número de raíces, la longitud de la raíz mayor, el número de brotes, la longitud de brotes, y el vigor. Los resultados no mostraron diferencias significativas entre los distintos tratamientos para todas las variables, sin embargo para el efecto simple e interacciones se observó diferencias para las variables evaluadas, siendo el mejor sustrato turba y las concentraciones óptimas de auxinas de 0 a 1,500 mg Kg-1. Se concluye que el guayacán blanco es una especie de fácil enraizamiento, ya que con y sin la aplicación de hormonas enraizadoras en el sustrato turba y arena se logró la obtención de clones, disminuyendo el tiempo de obtención de nuevas plantas.

Wide-band IR imaging in the NIR-MIR-FIR regions for in situ analysis of frescoes

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Daffara, C.; Pezzati, L.; Ambrosini, D.; Paoletti, D.; Di Biase, R.; Mariotti, P. I.; Frosinini, C.

2011-06-01

Imaging methods offer several advantages in the field of conservation allowing to perform non-invasive inspection of works of art. In particular, non-invasive techniques based on imaging in different infrared (IR) regions are widely used for the investigation of paintings. Using radiation beyond the visible range, different characteristics of the inspected artwork may be revealed according to the bandwidth acquired. In this paper we present the recent results of a joint project among the two research institutes DIMEG and CNR-INO, and the restoration facility Opificio delle Pietre Dure, concerning the wide-band integration of IR imaging techniques, in the spectral ranges NIR 0.8-2.5 μm, MIR 3-5 μm, and FIR 8-12 μm, for in situ analysis of artworks. A joint, multi-mode use of reflection and thermal bands is proposed for the diagnostics of mural paintings, and it is demonstrated to be an effective tool in inspecting the layered structure. High resolution IR reflectography and, to a greater extent, IR imaging in the 3-5 μm band, are effectively used to characterize the superficial layer of the fresco and to analyze the stratigraphy of different pictorial layers. IR thermography in the 8-12 μm band is used to characterize the support deep structure. The integration of all the data provides a multi- layered and multi-spectral representation of the fresco that yields a comprehensive analysis.

Segurança alimentar de suplementos comercializados no Brasil

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Luiz Fernando Miranda da Silva

2014-10-01

Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: A ingestão de suplementos deve ser seguro à saúde.OBJETIVO: Avaliar a segurança alimentar de suplementos dietéticos no Brasil.MÉTODOS: Os produtos foram pesquisados em 36 websites dos mais relevantes em venda de suplementos no Brasil. Para a verificação da situação legal dos produtos e seus fabricantes, consultou-se a legislação brasileira e o banco de dados do Ministério da Saúde.RESULTADOS: Identificou-se 3526 suplementos, sendo 63% comercializados para fins de emagrecimento e hipertrofia muscular. Dentre os 3526 produtos, 68,7% possuíam obrigatoriedade de registro no Ministério da Saúde, sendo a maioria registrada como "Alimentos para atletas" (49%, n=1189. Constatou-se que 70,7% dos fabricantes de 2425 suplementos estavam ou comercializavam produtos em situação irregular. Dentre os 100 suplementos destinados ao emagrecimento e hipertrofia líderes de venda na internet, 40% eram vendidos ilegalmente. Todos os produtos regularizados vendidos para emagrecimento e 22% para hipertrofia estavam registrados em categorias incompatíveis aos fins comerciais. Todos os websites ofertavam alimentos funcionais como fitoterápicos e vice-versa, e 27% vendiam alimentos de origem animal como fitoterápicos. Dentre os suplementos registrados para nutrição enteral (n=91, 45% eram vendidos para fins estéticos e explosão muscular.CONCLUSÃO: Suplementos para hipertrofia muscular e emagrecimento podem constituir tendência de mercado no Brasil. A decisão do Ministério da Saúde de isentar categorias de alimentos para atletas, e outros fins específicos da obrigatoriedade de registro, pode aumentar os riscos à saúde dos consumidores.

Desenvolvimento de tomate de mesa, com o uso do método QFD (Desdobramento da Função Qualidade, comercializado em um supermercado

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Marcos Sissi K.

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Para atender as exigências do consumidor, relativas ao tomate de mesa, oferecendo um produto de qualidade, e reduzir as perdas pós-colheita, aplicou-se o método QFD ao tomate comercializado em um supermercado. Avaliou-se o potencial de uso dessa ferramenta, bem como sua aplicabilidade a um produto hortícola, tendo-se realizado o desdobramento da qualidade, com o trabalho conduzido na loja Carrefour D.Pedro, em Campinas. Desenvolveu-se um produto a partir das características exigidas pelo consumidor, estabelecendo-se como concorrente o tomate 'Carmem'. A cada etapa do método, as decisões foram tomadas após discussões norteadas pelas características inerentes ao produto e suas relações com a metodologia. O lote piloto, com as características exigidas pelos clientes e condizentes com as estratégias da empresa (supermercado, foi avaliado junto aos consumidores e atingiu as metas estabelecidas para a qualidade planejada, bem como o objetivo relativo a perdas, tendo-se alcançado o valor de 0% de perdas. No teste de preferência, em que se comparou o produto desenvolvido com o tomate 'Carmem', através de análise sensorial, o tomate desenvolvido através do método QFD foi o preferido ao nível de 0,1% de significância. Os resultados obtidos comprovaram a aplicabilidade do método QFD a produtos agrícolas comercializados in natura, tendo-se alcançado os benefícios esperados.

Ghirlandaio, Ficino and Hermes Trismegistus: the Prisca Theologia in the Tornabuoni Frescoes

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Agata Anna Chrzanowska

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Full Text Available The study offers a Neoplatonic reading of certain iconographic elements of Domenico Ghirlandaio’s frescoes in the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence. It focuses on the nude figure sitting on the steps in the “Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple” as well as the group of four listeners gathered on the right in the “Preaching of St. John the Baptist”. Following an investigation of the relationship between these figures and Marsilio Ficino’s philosophical ideas and the apocryphal gospels the author suggests that the nude represents Saturn and that the four men are Ficino’s famiglia filosofica: Hermes Trismegistus, Moses, Aristotle and Plato. This analysis therefore attempts to show that the decoration not only expresses the political supremacy of the Medicean faction but also conveys Ficino’s ideas about the prisca theologia.

Antitubercular constituents from Premna odorata Blanco.

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Lirio, Stephen B; Macabeo, Allan Patrick G; Paragas, Erickson M; Knorn, Matthias; Kohls, Paul; Franzblau, Scott G; Wang, Yuehong; Aguinaldo, Ma Alicia M

2014-06-11

Premna odorata Blanco (Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant traditionally used in Albay Province, in southeastern Luzon, Philippines to treat tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine the antitubercular property of the crude extract and sub-extracts of the leaves, and to isolate the bioactive principles from the active fractions. Through extraction, solvent polarity-based fractionation and silica gel chromatography purification of the DCM sub-extract, compound mixtures from the bioactive fractions were isolated and screened for their in vitro antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv using the colorimetric Microplate Alamar Blue assay (MABA). The crude methanolic extract and sub-extracts showed poor inhibitory activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MIC≥128µg/mL). However, increased inhibitory potency was observed for fractions eluted from the DCM sub-extract (MIC=54 to 120µg/mL). Further purification of the most active fraction (MIC=54µg/mL) led to the isolation of a 1-heneicosyl formate (1), 4:1 mixture of β-sitosterol (2), stigmasterol (3) and diosmetin (4), which were identified through GC-MS analysis (with dereplication) and NMR experiments. The MIC of compound 1 was 8µg/mL. The results of this study provide scientific basis for the traditional use of Premna odorata as treatment for tuberculosis. Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.

Mineral resource potential map of the Blanco Mountain and Black Canyon roadless areas, Inyo and Mono counties, California

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Diggles, Michael F.; Blakely, Richard J.; Rains, Richard L.; Schmauch, Steven W.

1983-01-01

On the basis of geologic, geochemical, and geophysical investigations and a survey of mines and prospects, the mineral resource potential for gold, silver, lead, zinc, tungsten, and barite of the Blanco Mountain and Black Canyon Roadless Areas is judged to be low to moderate, except for one local area that has high potential for gold and tungsten resources.

Rio Blanco massive hydraulic fracture: project definition

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1976-01-01

A recent Federal Power Commission feasibility study assessed the possibility of economically producing gas from three Rocky Mountain basins. These basins have potentially productive horizons 2,000 to 4,000 feet thick containing an estimated total of 600 trillion cubic feet of gas in place. However, the producing sands are of such low permeability and heterogeneity that conventional methods have failed to develop these basins economically. The Natural Gas Technology Task Force, responsible for preparing the referenced feasibility study, determined that, if effective well stimulation methods for these basins can be developed, it might be possible to recover 40 to 50 percent of the gas in place. The Task Force pointed out two possible underground fracturing methods: Nuclear explosive fracturing, and massive hydraulic fracturing. They argued that once technical viability has been demonstrated, and with adequate economic incentives, there should be no reason why one or even both of these approaches could not be employed, thus making a major contribution toward correcting the energy deficiency of the Nation. A joint Government-industry demonstration program has been proposed to test the relative effectiveness of massive hydraulic fracturing of the same formation and producing horizons that were stimulated by the Rio Blanco nuclear project

Las mujeres embarazadas deben saber que la Listeria algunas veces contamina el queso fresco y otros tipos de quesos blandos consumidos en la comunidad hispana (Pregnant women should know that Listeria can sometimes contaminate queso fresco and other soft cheeses consumed in the Hispanic community)

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La epidemióloga Ruth Luna-Gierke, de la División de Enfermedades Transmitidas por los Alimentos, el Agua y el Ambiente de los CDC, habla sobre los peligros de la infección por Listeria o listeriosis durante el embarazo, y sobre cómo el queso fresco y otros tipos de quesos blandos consumidos en la comunidad hispana a veces pueden estar contaminados con Listeria.

Determinación de Listeria monocytogenes en quesos frescos de producción artesanal que se expenden en los mercados del distrito de Ica, enero - marzo 2003

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Ana Espinoza M

2004-04-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Determinar la presencia de L. monocytogenes en quesos frescos de producción artesanal expendidos en los mercados de Ica durante el periodo enero - marzo de 2003. Material y Métodos: De la totalidad de los puestos que expenden queso fresco artesanal en los mercados Santo Domingo, Alejandro Toledo, San Antonio y Modelo, se evaluaron 74 muestras teniendo como unidad muestral 200 g según la Norma Técnica Peruana ISO 28329-1. El procesamiento, aislamiento e identificación se realizó de acuerdo con la metodología recomendada por el manual de bacteriología analítica de la Food and Drug Administration (FDA. Resultados: De las 74 muestras, 3 (4,05% presentaban L. monocytogenes, y de ellas, una muestra correspondió al mercado Alejandro Toledo y 2 muestras al mercado Modelo. Se logró aislar 28 cepas de las cuales 6 (21,4% correspondieron a L. monocytogenes, y 22 (78,6% a otros microorganismos como Lactococcus lactis ss lactis, Enterococcus spp. y Bacillus spp. No se logró aislar L. monocytogenes en los mercados Santo Domingo y San Antonio; sin embargo, en el mercado Alejandro Toledo se aisló una cepa y en el mercado Modelo, se aislaron 5 cepas, lo cual demuestra la presencia significativa de L. monocytogenes sólo en el mercado Modelo. Conclusiones: Existe L. monocytogenes en quesos frescos de producción artesanal, representando un riesgo potencial para la población consumidora.

Importación de espárragos verdes frescos de Perú a España

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Canto Cabeza de, Bartolomé; Hurtado Chorrillos, Edda Yrina; Wenxing Ma , Estrella; Chunliang Wang , Manuel; Ni Wang, Nebita

2008-01-01

El presente proyecto es la conclusión del XIV Máster en Comercio Internacional, impartido por la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Su objetivo es servir de guía a la realización de operaciones de importación de espárragos frescos verdes de origen y procedencia Perú a España. La parte de financiación es una de las más sensibles del proyecto, en su elaboración se considero los temas de negociación, contratación, análisis de coste beneficio y...

LIF characterization of ancient umber ceramics and frescos; Applicazione della tecnica LIF alle antiche ceramiche umbre e agli affreschi

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Fantoni, R.; Palucci, A.; Ribezzo, S. [ENEA, Centro Ricerche Frascati, Rome (Italy). Dipt. Innovazione; Borgia, I. [Perugia Univ., Perugia (Italy)

1999-07-01

The report shows the result carried out by the LIF (layer induced fluorescence) system developed for pigment analysis at ENEA (National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment) Frascati research centre (Rome) . The frescos and ceramics by Umbria region (Italy) are analysed. [Italian] Vengono riportati i risultati ottenuti dall'indagine della fluorescenza indotta da laser su antiche ceramiche umbre e su affreschi. La tecnica e' stata anche utilizzata per determinare la fluorescenza dei pigmenti contenuti in campioni di affresco.

El fresco de la casa de Iulia Felix : anatomía de una scho

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Milagros Moro Ipola

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Antes del contacto de Roma con las ciudades griegas del sur de Italia durante la Guerra contra Pirro en el siglo III a.C., el tipo de educación que recibían los jóvenes romanos era el reflejo de la sociedad agraria que era por entonces Roma. Los hijos estaban bajo la tutela de la madre o del aya hasta los siete años, aproximadamente, cuando el padre se hacía cargo de su formación. La relación con Grecia y su cultura revolucionó el sistema educativo tradicional y la enseñanza casera y honorable, como decía Plutarco (Quest. Rom. LIX pues «la gente enseñaba sólo a sus amigos y familiares», a cargo del paterfamilias dejó paso a una otra peor valorada impartida por maestros y profesores. El conocido fresco escolar encontrado en la casa de Iulia Felix en Pomeya nos sirve de guía para descubrir ese mundo a través de una imagen.Before the contact with the Greek cities in southern Italy during the war against Pyrrhus in the IIIrd century b.C., the young Romans had a kind of upbringing that was a reflection of the agrarian society Rome was at that time. Children were a guard of the mother or the governess until they were around seven. Then, the father took charge of their training. The relationship with Greece and its culture revolutionized the traditional education system and the home and honorable upbringing in the charge of the paterfamilias, as Plutarch said, (Quest. Rom. LIX because «people only taught the friends and the relatives», gave way to another one, given by teachers and not valued by society at all. The known school fresco found in the House of Iulia Felix, in Pompeii, can serve a guide in order to discover this world through an image.

Ácidos grasos, vitamina e y rotulado nutricional de margarinas y esparcibles comercializados en Bogotá, Colombia Fatty acids, vitamin E and nutritional labeling of margarines and spreads commercialized in Bogota, Colombia

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Lorena A Bolívar C

2010-06-01

Full Text Available INTRODUCCIÓN: en Colombia es escasa la información sobre el contenido de ácidos grasos y vitaminas en margarinas y esparcibles comercializados en el ámbito local. OBJETIVO: analizar el perfil de ácidos grasos y de vitamina E de las margarinas y esparcibles más comercializados en Bogotá, Colombia, y su situación actual de rotulado nutricional según la Resolución 0288 de 2008. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: en 2008 se realizó un conteo de caras de las margarinas y esparcibles más comercializados en supermercados de cadena de cinco localidades de Bogotá que incluyeron diferentes estratos socioeconómicos, y se escogieron las primeras diecisiete marcas comerciales y tres marcas propias para el estudio. De cada producto se tomaron y analizaron cinco repeticiones, una por localidad, entre agosto y noviembre de 2008. RESULTADOS: los ácidos grasos mayoritarios son palmítico, oleico y linoleico, y cuatro productos son fuente de ácidos grasos trans (4,4 g y 6,9 g/100 g. El contenido de vitamina E varía de 2,3 mg a 39,9 mg/100 g de producto. De 74,3% a 96,2% de los nutrientes de declaración obligatoria son efectivamente declarados en la etiqueta de los productos analizados. RESULTADOS: 91% de las margarinas y esparcibles más comercializados en cinco localidades de Bogotá en agosto de 2008 es libre de ácidos grasos trans (INTRODUCTION: information on the content of fatty acids and vitamins in margarines and spreads locally commercialized in Colombia is scarse. OBJECTIVE: analyze the fatty acids and vitamin E profile in margarines and spreads most commercialized in Bogotá, Colombia and its current nutritional labeling under Resolution 0288 of 2008. MATERIALS AND METHODS: a counting of labels of margarines and spreads most commercialized in chain supermarkets of five localities in Bogotá that included different socio-economical strata, was made. The first seventeen trademarks and three study brand marks were chosen for the study. Five samples

Views of Oedipus in the Play Tebas Land: From Sophocles to Sergio Blanco

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José Luis García Barrientos

2015-04-01

Full Text Available The relationship between myth and gaze is particularly paradoxical in the theatre, and has been so since the time of Ancient Greek theatre to the present. After all, it pertains, on the one hand, to the most substantial trait of this mode of imitation (Aristotle, which is directly linked to the stage, whereas the second means, narrative, is always mediated by a voice (the narrator or a gaze (the eye of the camera; and yet on the other hand the theatre is, even etymologically, a theatre par excellence: the fictive world is placed before the eyes of the spectator in a direct and effective manner. Since the gaze is of paramount importance to the very heart of the myth of Oedipus (from that of his parents, Laius and Jocasta, to the first-born, to the enemy-assassin, and finally to the saviour-king-spouse, and up to the unbearable one of anagnorisis, from which the only solution is blindness, in Greek tragedy, and its summit of Oedipus Rex, the impossible gaze finds substitutes in that of the choir and that of the playwright. On these bases, this paper examines the views of Oedipus which are intertwined in one of its most  recent scenic avatars, namely,  in Sergio Blanco's Tebas  Land (2013, where the protagonist, called à la Kafka “S”, encompasses at the same time the functions of the playwright and of the chorus in a perverse meta-theatrical play, while also embodying the various historical interpretations and views of the myth that exist between Sophocles and Blanco, especially that of Sigmund Freud, the third vertex of the hermeneutical triangle, or the third eye of “S”.

FRESCO: Referential compression of highly similar sequences.

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Wandelt, Sebastian; Leser, Ulf

2013-01-01

In many applications, sets of similar texts or sequences are of high importance. Prominent examples are revision histories of documents or genomic sequences. Modern high-throughput sequencing technologies are able to generate DNA sequences at an ever-increasing rate. In parallel to the decreasing experimental time and cost necessary to produce DNA sequences, computational requirements for analysis and storage of the sequences are steeply increasing. Compression is a key technology to deal with this challenge. Recently, referential compression schemes, storing only the differences between a to-be-compressed input and a known reference sequence, gained a lot of interest in this field. In this paper, we propose a general open-source framework to compress large amounts of biological sequence data called Framework for REferential Sequence COmpression (FRESCO). Our basic compression algorithm is shown to be one to two orders of magnitudes faster than comparable related work, while achieving similar compression ratios. We also propose several techniques to further increase compression ratios, while still retaining the advantage in speed: 1) selecting a good reference sequence; and 2) rewriting a reference sequence to allow for better compression. In addition,we propose a new way of further boosting the compression ratios by applying referential compression to already referentially compressed files (second-order compression). This technique allows for compression ratios way beyond state of the art, for instance,4,000:1 and higher for human genomes. We evaluate our algorithms on a large data set from three different species (more than 1,000 genomes, more than 3 TB) and on a collection of versions of Wikipedia pages. Our results show that real-time compression of highly similar sequences at high compression ratios is possible on modern hardware.

The Vatican museum and the organic natural products. The Raphael's frescoes and the "Last Judgment" by Nicolò and Giovanni.

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Gabrielli, Nazzareno; Guiso, Marcella; Bianco, Armandodoriano

2017-05-25

In the second half of the 90s, alongside the restoration works of the Quattrocentisti (fifteenth century painters) in the Sistine Chapel, it also carried out the restoration of the frescoes of the Stanze di Raffaello. The results of scientific investigations conducted by the Scientific Research Laboratory of the Vatican Museums, previously presented in some assays of study, are summarised and presented in this letter to the Editor for the special issue of Natural Product Research: Natural Products in Cultural Heritage.

Critérios técnicos para a seleção de pulverizadores autopropelidos comercializados no mercado brasileiro

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Marcelo Silveira de Farias

2015-05-01

Full Text Available Nos últimos anos, a oferta de pulverizadores autopropelidos no mercado brasileiro aumentou, principalmente para suprir a demanda de agricultores que possuem grandes extensões de áreas, nas quais se requer um alto ritmo operacional. Neste trabalho, foram avaliados, em função da potência nominal do motor, os diferentes tipos de transmissões, a capacidade do reservatório de calda, tamanho das barras e vão livre, considerados critérios técnicos importantes para a seleção dessas máquinas. Para tanto, utilizaram-se informações técnicas de 41 modelos de pulverizadores autopropelidos comercializados no mercado brasileiro. Como resultado, classificaram-se os pulverizadores em cinco classes, segundo a potência do motor. Verificou-se que, com o aumento da potência, os pulverizadores são equipados com transmissão hidrostática e a capacidade dos reservatórios de calda são maiores.

Non-destructive EDXRF-analysis of the golden haloes of Giotto's frescos in the Chapel of the Scrovegni in Padua

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Cesareo, Roberto

2003-01-01

The famous frescos by Giotto in the 'Chapel of the Scrovegni in Padua' were systematically analysed in more than 300 points with various types of portable equipments based on energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence. A large number of golden haloes in particular were analysed, several black haloes where a golden leaf had come off, as well as several black haloes with no gold. From the measurements it could be deduced that the golden leaf is composed of pure gold, with a mean thickness of about 1.6 μm

Epidemiología de la enfermedad de Chagas en el municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Lara, Venezuela: infestación triatomínica y seroprevalencia en humanos Epidemiology of Chagas disease in Andrés Eloy Blanco, Lara, Venezuela: triatomine infestation and human seroprevalence

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Claudina Rodríguez-Bonfante

2007-05-01

Full Text Available Se realizó un despistaje serológico y recolección de vectores en cuatro comunidades rurales del municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Estado Lara, Venezuela. La muestra fue escogida en forma sistemática y aleatoria basada en conglomerados familiares. Se muestrearon 869 habitantes para determinar anticuerpos anti-Trypanosoma cruzi y anti-Leishmania sp. por inmunofluorescencia indirecta, aceptando como positivo diluciones > a 1:32 para anticuerpos anti-T. cruzi no reactivos para antígenos de Leishmania sp., obteniendo una frecuencia de anticuerpos en la muestra de 6,9% (n = 60; de los cuales 46,66% son femeninos, 53,33% masculinos y 60% mayores de 40 años. Se observó que 5 (8,33% de los seropositivos eran menores de 10 años y 10 (16,66% menores de 20 años. Rhodnius prolixus y Panstrongylus geniculatus fueron los triatominos capturados, con índice de infestación de 1,9 y 10,54%, índice de colonización, del 0 y 18,18% en las viviendas infestadas e índice de infección a T. cruzi del 20 y 5,07%, respectivamente. Los resultados sugieren que existe una transmisión activa de la enfermedad de Chagas en el Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco en las últimas dos décadas y que P. geniculatus está substituyendo a R. prolixus como vector de la enfermedad de Chagas.A seroepidemiological survey and vector captures were performed in four rural communities in Andrés Eloy Blanco, Lara State, Venezuela. Systematic random sampling was based on family clusters, with samples drawn from 869 individuals to determine anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and anti-Leishmania sp. antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence. Positive individuals were defined as > 1:32 for anti-T. cruzi antibody and non-reactive to Leishmania sp. antigen, revealing an antibody frequency of 6.9% (n = 60, of whom 46.66% were females and 53.33% males and 60% were over 39 years of age. Some 5 (8.33% seropositive individuals were under 10 years of age and 10 (16.66% under 20 years. Rhodnius prolixus and

Efecto de tres tipos de presas vivas en la larvicultura de bagre blanco (Sorubim cuspicaudus

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Martha Prieto-Guevara

2013-11-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Evaluar el efecto de diferentes presas vivas en la larvicultura de bagre blanco (Sorubim cuspicaudus. Materiales y métodos. Al inicio de la alimentación exógena de Sorubim cuspicaudus, se ofreció zooplancton producido en mesocosmos (T1, zooplancton silvestre (T2 y nauplios de Artemia (T3, en concentración de 10.000 zoop/L, dos veces al día, durante seis días. Se utilizaron 18 acuarios de cinco litros de volumen útil, con densidad de 25 Larvas/L, seis réplicas por tratamiento en un diseño al azar. Se estimaron la ganancia en peso (Gp y longitud (Gl, tasa de crecimiento específico (G, sobrevivencia (S, resistencia al estrés (Re, mortalidad acumulada (Ma y mortalidad por canibalismo (Mc. Resultados. Las larvas alimentadas con mesocosmos presentaron la mayor sobrevivencia (81.3±15.9%; aunque el mejor crecimiento lo presentaron las larvas alimentadas con zooplancton silvestre (T2 las cuales presentaron la mayor mortalidad (42.0±10.7% y la menor resistencia al estrés (30.0±33.0%. El canibalismo se observó en todos los tratamientos, oscilando entre 4.0 (T2 y 14.3% (T1 sin diferencias significativas entre estos valores (p>0.05. Conclusiones. El uso de zooplancton producido bajo condiciones controladas permitió una alta sobrevivencia, adecuado desempeño y resistencia de las larvas, perfilándose como alternativa viable en la primera alimentación de bagre blanco.

Parâmetros psicométricos: uma análise de testes psicológicos comercializados no Brasil

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Ana Paula Porto Noronha

Full Text Available As técnicas utilizadas na avaliação psicológica têm provocado questionamentos nas comunidades científicas e profissionais brasileiras, tanto no que se refere à qualidade dos instrumentos, de maneira geral, ao uso que os psicólogos fazem dos instrumentos, bem como em relação à validade geral dos resultados da avaliação psicológica. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo identificar as principais informações psicométricas a respeito dos instrumentos psicológicos presentes em seus manuais, tais como editora, data de publicação, variável medida, padronização, validade e precisão. Foram consultados 146 instrumentos de avaliação comercializados no Brasil por onze editoras. Os resultados indicaram que somente 28,8% desses instrumentos relatam estudos de precisão, validade e padronização. Esses resultados sugerem que a Psicologia brasileira tem-se caracterizado por despender pouca atenção aos fundamentos científicos de sua prática profissional.

May 2013 Groundwater and Surface Water Sampling at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, Site (Data Validation Package)

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Hutton, Rick [S.M. Stoller Corporation, Broomfield, CO (United States)

2013-10-01

Annual sampling was conducted at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, site for the Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program May 14-16, 2013, to monitor groundwater and surface water for potential radionuclide contamination. Sampling and analyses were conducted as specified in Sampling and Analysis Plan for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Sites (LMS/PRO/S04351, continually updated). A duplicate sample was collected from location CER #1 Black Sulphur. Samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectrometry and for tritium using the conventional and enrichment methods.

Viabilidad de Saccharomyces boullardii en queso fresco bajo condiciones de acidez “in vitro”

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Rafael Zamora-Vega

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Un alimento funcional contiene en su formulación una o más sustancias que generan bienestar a la salud humana como son probióticos, prebióticos y ácidos grasos, entre otros. En los alimentos funcionales los microorganismos probióticos deben permanecer viables y activos en el alimento y durante el pasaje gastrointestinal, para garantizar su potencial efecto benéfico en el huésped. En el presente estudio se evaluó la viabilidad de la levadura probiótica Saccharomyces boulardii tanto de forma libre como encapsulada bajo condiciones de acidez, adaptada a un queso fresco. Método: La levadura fue expuesta en el alimento tanto en forma libre como encapsulada. Los materiales usados para encapsular fueron una mezcla de alginato de sodio, inulina y mucílago de nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica. Para la liberación del microorganismo, el estudio se realizó a pH de 2.0 y 6.5, simulándose las condiciones de acidez de estómago y colon respectivamente, a diferentes tiempos de exposición de 0, 60, 120 y 180 min. Resultados: A pH de 2.0 se observó mayor pérdida en la viabilidad del probiótico en forma libre, la cual fue de 23.72, 27.03 y 33.02 % respectivamente, con respecto a la viabilidad inicial; cuando el microorganismo se adicionó al queso en forma encapsulada, su pérdida de viabilidad a los mismos tiempos de exposición fue de 5.74, 14.24 y 18.81%, manteniendo mayor supervivencia. Por otra parte, a pH de 6.5 el probiótico libre en el alimento mostró una pérdida de viabilidad de 2.23, 3.50 y 5.94%, en cambio de forma encapsulada la pérdida de viabilidad fue de 0.95, 2.20 y 3.03%, respectivamente, observándose mayor supervivencia que en estado libre. Conclusión: El queso fresco mantuvo viable el nivel de supervivencia de Saccharomyces boulardii, particularmente cuando fue adicionado en forma encapsulada comparado a cuando fue incorporado en estado libre.

GC–MS analysis of bioactive compounds present in different extracts of an endemic plant Broussonetia luzonica (Blanco) (Moraceae) leaves

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Franelyne Pataueg Casuga; Agnes Llamasares Castillo; Mary Jho-Anne Tolentino Corpuz

2016-01-01

Objective: To investigate and characterize the chemical composition of the different crude extracts from the leaves of Broussonetia luzonica (Blanco) (Moraceae) (B. luzonica), an endemic plant in the Philippines. Methods: The air dried leaves were powdered and subjected to selective sequential extraction using solvents of increasing polarity through percolation, namely, n-hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol to obtain three different extracts. Then, each of the extracts was further subjected...

Utilización de lactosuero de queso fresco en la elaboración de una bebida fermentada con adición de pulpa maracuyá (passiflora edulis) variedad púrpura y carbóximetil celulosa (cmc), enriquecida con vitaminas A y D.

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Sepúlveda Valencia José Uriel; Flórez Flórez Luis Eduardo; Peña Álvarez Claudia Milena

2002-01-01

Se puede obtener una bebida con características especiales a partir de la fermentación de suero de queso fresco, en presencia de Streptococcus thermophillus y Lactobacillus bulgaricus, comparable con un yogur tradicional. Se utilizaron 150 kg de lactosuero de queso fresco, a cada muestra de 50 kg se le aplicó un tratamiento con estabilizantes comerciales cuya base es carboximetilcelulosa (CMC 27 FG, CMC 28FG y CMC 29FG), cuya función es conferir viscosidad. La bebida que se desarrolló a...

Modelación del módulo de la resistencia a la flexión de un material compuesto cementicio a partir de propiedades en estado fresco

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Fernando Toro

2014-01-01

Full Text Available En la presente investigación se estudió la relación entre las propiedades del estado fresco y el estado endurecido de un material compuesto formado por una matriz de cemento Pórtland reforzado con fibra de fique dispuestas al azar, las propiedades evaluadas en estado fresco fueron: ondulabilidad, fluidez, drenabilidad y en estado endurecido el módulo de la resistencia a la flexión. Las muestras se prepararon con diferentes materias primas (Fibra de fique, Bentonita, Pulpa, Humo de Sílice y Acronal, las componentes se agregaron a una mezcladora a velocidad constante, luego se vertió la mezcla en una cámara de drenado donde se extrajo el agua y se conformó la lámina con dimensiones de 130x50x6 mm, luego se sumergió en una piscina de curado por 28 días para ser evaluado el módulo de la resistencia a la flexión. El modelo de regresión lineal que se propuso para predecir el módulo de la resistencia a la flexión, en función de las propiedades en estado fresco, se realizó a través del análisis de las interacciones entre las variables de la formulación de la mezcla utilizada. Como resultado del modelo de regresión se obtuvo que existe una clara correlación entre el módulo de la resistencia a la flexión y las propiedades predictoras ondulabilidad, fluidez y drenabilidad, además estas tienen un efecto negativo sobre el módulo de la resistencia a la flexión.

El rol de las ONG de España en el internacionalización de la causa de las Damas de Blanco. Estudio de caso: Solidaridad Española con Cuba (2005-2012)

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Tenjo Montes, Jineth Milena

2014-01-01

El interés de este estudio de caso es demostrar el rol de la ONG Solidaridad Española con Cuba en la creación de una red transnacional de defensa de las Damas de Blanco, un movimiento social cubano disidente. Esto, tras reconocer que el apoyo por parte de ésta y otras organizaciones e instituciones internacionales es de gran importancia para lograr las reivindicaciones sociales propuestas por las Damas de Blanco, a partir de los hechos ocurridos en la Primavera Negra en el año 2003. Tanto las...

El Nopal fresco como fuente de fibra y calcio en panqués El Nopal fresco como fuente de fibra y calcio en panqués

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José Eleazar Barboza- Corona

2012-02-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo fue utilizar nopal fresco en la formulación de panqués para incrementar su contenido de fibra dietética y calcio. Se desarrollaron cinco formulaciones de panqués utilizando nopal fresco (Opuntia amyclaea Tenore, 4 con sucralosa (una testigo sin nopal y una con azúcar y nopal. Se evaluaron sensorialmente por 60 jueces no entrenados mediante la prueba de preferencia, utilizando una escala hedónica del 1 al 9. Se les determinó el contenido de proteína (Nx6.25, humedad, cenizas, lípidos, hidratos de carbono, fibra dietética total, calcio y fósforo por los métodos de la AOAC, (1990. Los resultados revelaron contenidos de proteínas (Nx6.25 entre 9.54 y 10.08, de humedad entre 35.75 y 40.00, de cenizas, 2.29 g/100 g y 2.44 g/100 g peso húmedo. La evaluación sensorial mostró una buena aceptación, los contenidos de fibra dietética total estuvieron entre 8.27 % y 10.43 % y los de calcio entre 0.27 y 0.375 g/100 g. El valor calórico fue de 216.02 kcal a 225.68 kcal kJ/100 g de panqué, aproximadamente 50 % menos que los que se ofrecen en el mercado. Por su alto contenido de fibra y calcio, ausencia de azúcar y bajo valor calórico estos productos podrían ser una opción saludable para personas diabéticas y obesas.The aim of this work was to utilize fresh cactus as a source of dietary fiber and calciumin pound cake formulations. Five pound cake formulations using fresh cactus (Opuntiaamyclaea Tenore were developed (four with sucralosa, one of them without cactus andone with sugar cane and cactus. Sensory evaluation was performed by 60 untrained judgesand based on a preference assay with a hedonic scale from 1 to 9. Protein (Nx6.25,lipids, ashes, carbohydrates, total dietary fiber, calcium and phosphorus were determinedaccording to the methods of the AOAC, (1990. The results showed protein contentsfrom 9.54 to 10.08, moisture from 35.75 to 40.00, lipids from 2.29 g/100 g y 2.44 g/100g fresh weight. The

Geologic and hydrostratigraphic map of the Anhalt, Fischer, and Spring Branch 7.5-minute quadrangles, Blanco, Comal, and Kendall Counties, Texas

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Clark, Allan K.; Robert R. Morris,

2015-01-01

This report describes the geology and hydrostratigraphy of the Edwards and Trinity Groups in the Anhalt, Fischer, and Spring Branch 7.5-minute quadrangles, Blanco, Comal, and Kendall Counties, Texas. The hydrostratigraphy was defined based on variations in the amount and type of porosity of each lithostratigraphic unit, which varies depending on the unit’s original depositional environment, lithology, structural history, and diagenesis.

Utilización de lactosuero de queso fresco en la elaboración de una bebida fermentada con adición de pulpa maracuyá (passiflora edulis) variedad púrpura y carbóximetil celulosa (cmc), enriquecida con vitaminas a y d.

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Sepúlveda Valencia, José Uriel; Flórez Flórez, Luis Eduardo; Peña Álvarez, Claudia Milena

2011-01-01

Se puede obtener una bebida con características especiales a partir de la fermentación de suero de queso fresco, en presencia de Streptococcus thermophillus y Lactobacillus bulgaricus, comparable con un yogur tradicional. Se utilizaron 150 kg de lactosuero de queso fresco, a cada muestra de 50 kg se le aplicó un tratamiento con estabilizantes comerciales cuya base es carboximetilcelulosa (CMC 27 FG, CMC 28FG y CMC 29FG), cuya función es conferir viscosidad. La bebida que se desarrolló a p...

Nevus blanco esponjoso familiar Family nevus spongiosus albus

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Mônica Andrade Lotufo

2010-06-01

Full Text Available El nevus blanco esponjoso (NBE es una rara condición autosómica dominante, caracterizada por placas blancas bilaterales en la mucosa, de aspecto esponjoso, blandas a la palpación y que pueden escamarse. Los tratamientos son paliativos; y el uso de antibióticos, en especial la tetraciclina, ha demostrando buenos resultados en su control. Este trabajo presenta tres casos clínicos de una familia afectada por NBE, donde se discuten los posibles diagnósticos diferenciales y conductas terapéuticas indicadas. Un paciente masculino de 52 años de edad acudió a la clínica aquejado de lesiones blancas bilaterales. El paciente notó las lesiones 30 años antes, sin lograr un diagnóstico final de las mismas. Después de la anamnesis y del examen clínico fue realizada una biopsia incisional. La reunión de los datos clínicos e histopatológicos llevó al diagnóstico de NBE. Se le solicitó al paciente que indagase entre sus familiares con respecto a lesiones semejantes. Se detectó que el hijo de 19 años y la hija de 25 eran portadores de placas blancas en la mucosa yugal. Como no había afectación estética, se optó por no intervenir en las lesiones. El nevus blanco esponjoso es una lesión genética que debe ser diferenciada de otras patologías localizadas y sistémicas importantes, que tienen repercusiones serias para el individuo. Como no hay un tratamiento curativo para el NBE, el papel del cirujano dentista es diagnosticar esta lesión, aclarar al paciente sobre la naturaleza benigna y autolimitante del NBE y si fuera necesario desde el punto de vista estético, aplicar diferentes modalidades terapéuticas.The aim of present paper is to introduce three clinical cases from a family affected from nevus spongiosus albus (NSA and also to discuss the possible differential diagnoses as well as the therapeutical behaviors to be adopted. Clinical case: A man aged 52 seen in our clinic due to bilateral white lesions noted 30 years ago without

An aerial radiological survey of the project Rio Blanco and surrounding area

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Singman, L.V.

1994-11-01

A team from the Remote Sensing Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada, conducted an aerial radiation survey of the area surrounding ground zero of Project Rio Blanco in the northwestern section of Colorado in June 1993. The object of the survey was to determine if there were man-made radioisotopes on or near the surface resulting from a nuclear explosion in 1972. No indications of surface contamination were found. A search for the cesium-137 radioisotope was negative. The Minimum Detectable Activity for cesium-137 is presented for several detection probabilities. The natural terrestrial exposure rates in units of Roentgens per hour were mapped and are presented in the form of a contour map over-laid on an aerial photograph. A second team made independent ground-based measurements in four places within the survey area. The average agreement of the ground-based with aerial measurements was six percent

FRESCO-II: A computer program for analysis of fission product release from spherical HTGR-fuel elements in irradiation and annealing experiments

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Krohn, H.; Finken, R.

1983-06-01

The modular computer code FRESCO has been developed to describe the mechanism of fission product release from a HTGR-Core under accident conditions. By changing some program modules it has been extended to take into account the transport phenomena (i.e. recoil) too, which only occur under reactor operating conditions and during the irradiation experiments. For this report, the release of cesium and strontium from three HTGR-fuel elements has been evaluated and compared with the experimental data. The results show that the measured release can be described by the considered models. (orig.) [de

Qualidade química e microbiológica de camarão-rosa comercializado em São Paulo Chemical and microbiological quality of pink shrimp sold in São Paulo

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Andréa Figueiredo Procópio de Moura

2003-06-01

Full Text Available Durante as etapas de captura, manipulação e distribuição, o camarão precisa receber tratamentos adequados visando à manutenção das condições apropriadas de consumo. Com o intuito de avaliar a qualidade de camarão-rosa comercializado no município de São Paulo, amostras do crustáceo foram submetidas a testes de bases voláteis totais (BVT, substâncias reativas ao ácido tiobarbitúrico (TBARs, pH e análises microbiológicas (contagens totais de mesófilos e psicrotróficos. Estas provas, analisadas em conjunto, são consideradas parâmetros adequados no reconhecimento da qualidade do pescado. As amostras analisadas apresentaram valores de pH de 7,09 a 8,10, BVT entre 27,6 e 73 mgN/100 g, TBARs de 0,17 a 2,12 mg aldeído malônico/kg, contagem total de mesófilos de 2,5 x 10³ a 1,7 x 10(7 UFC/g e contagem total de psicrotróficos variando de 1,1 x 10(4 a 3,0 x 10(7 UFC/g. Os resultados obtidos sugerem qualidade química insatisfatória para o camarão-rosa analisado, incompatível para um produto considerado comercialmente como fresco.It is necessary to take special care when catching, handling and distributing shrimps in order to keep them in adequate conditions for future consumption. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of pink shrimp sold in São Paulo, Brazil. Samples of this crustacean were submitted to VBN (Volatile Basic Nitrogen, TBARS (Thiobarbituric Acid-Reactive Substances, pH and microbial analyses (Mesophilic and Psychrotrophic Plate Counts. These tests together are suitable parameters to evaluate the fish quality. The analyses of the samples showed the following results: the pH values ranged from 7.09 to 8.10, the VBN values ranged from 27.6 to 73 mgN/100 g, the TBARS values ranged from 0.17 to 2.12 mg malonaldehyde/kg, the Mesophilic Plate Counts ranged from 2.5 x 10³ to 1.7 x 10(7 UFC/g, and the Psychrotrophic Plate Counts ranged from 1.1 x 10(4 to 3.0 x 10(7 UFC/g. The results suggest that the

Propriedades tensiométricas do peritônio da paca (Cuniculus paca) a fresco e conservado em glicerina 98%

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Angela Daniele de Camargo; Paulo César de Camargo; Leonardo Martins Leal; Sérgio Pinter Garcia Filho; Leandro Luís Martins; Antônio Carlos Shimano; Márcia Rita Fernandes Machado

2014-01-01

Na busca constante, tanto de material biológico alternativo para a realização de implantes, quanto de novas opções de modelos de experimentação animal, o objetivo desta investigação foi descrever o comportamento mecânico do peritônio da paca (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766) a fresco e conservado em glicerina a 98%. Amostras frescas e conservadas em glicerina por períodos de 30, 60 e 90 dias foram submetidas a testes mecânicos de tração. Quatro animais adultos, três machos e uma fêmeas, com pes...

Geology and metallogeny of the volcanic complex of Rio Blanco Ullum. Province of San Juan. Republica Argentina

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Mendoza, N.; Weidmann, N.; Puigdomenech, H.; Weidmann, R.

2007-01-01

Preliminary results of a research carried out at the Complejo Rio Blanco de Ullum, San Juan. Argentina are summarized in the present paper. These studies are focused on geological and metallogenic features o f this unit. The study area is located 20 km. WNW of San Juan city with geographic coordinates of 31grades 30' South latitude and 68 grades 52' West longitude. The older rocks aotcroping in the area correspond to limestones of Ordovician San Juan Formation, the chronologic succession continues with sales and siltstones of Silurian Tambolar Formation, pelites and subgraywackes of Devonian Punta Negra Formation and finally a 1500 m thick package of piroclastics and sediments of Albarracin Formation of Tertiary age. Albarracin Formation is composed pf a Basal Member (sandstones and stilstones), a Tuffaceous Member (tuffs, tuffites and oligomictic breccia s with conglomerate interbed dings in the upper part) and a Conglomeratic Member (polimictic para conglomerates). According to piroclastics facies, relationships and spreading area of piroclastics deposits a c olapsed dome and avalanche model is proposed to be the main process for the piroclastics package outcropping in the area.Sedimentary and piroclastics rocks are intruded by five sub volcanic units as noted by Leveratto (1968) which are composed by different lithologies such as: Altered Da cite - Rhyolite, Ullum Da cite, Cerro Blanco de Zonda Andesite, Ullum Andesite and Hybrid Andesite.Detailed work on alteration assemblages and metallogenic features in the southwestern sector of the Complejo resulted in the identification of three alteration zones with characteric features of potassic, argillic and propyllitic signature. (author)

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.

Comparison of predicted and observed pore pressure increases on Rio Blanco

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Banister, J.R.; Ellett, D.M.; Pyke, R.; Winters, L.

1976-01-01

The RIO BLANCO event presented the opportunity to monitor, under controlled conditions in the field, the increase in pore pressures resulting from ground motion similar to an earthquake. In situ measurements of pore pressure changes were made by Sandia Laboratories and Dames and Moore. This report contains the results of laboratory tests believed to be indicative in assessing the magnitude of pore pressure increases and probability of soil liquefaction. These include triaxial load tests, gradation of grain size, and relative density. No liquefaction was observed in the field, and the increase of in situ pore pressures were much less than expected from laboratory measurements. Allied subjects presented in this report are pore pressure propagation and dissipation profiles, the previously unpublished pore pressure measurements made by Dames and Moore, and the boring logs for the various sites where measurements were taken. It is concluded that methods used to predict pore pressure increases and liquefaction potential are overly conservative, at least for these alluvial and colluvial soils found in Colorado

Characterization of hydrology and water quality of Piceance Creek in the Alkali Flat area, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, March 2012

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Thomas, Judith C.

2015-12-07

Previous studies by the U.S. Geological Survey identified Alkali Flat as an area of groundwater upwelling, with increases in concentrations of total dissolved solids, and streamflow loss, but additional study was needed to better characterize these observations. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, White River Field Office, conducted a study to characterize the hydrology and water quality of Piceance Creek in the Alkali Flat area of Rio Blanco County, Colorado.

Physical Analysis of the Complex Rye (Secale cereale L.) Alt4 Aluminium (Aluminum) Tolerance Locus Using a Whole-Genome BAC Library of Rye cv. Blanco

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Rye is a diploid crop species with many outstanding qualities, and is also important as a source of new traits for wheat and triticale improvement. Here we describe a BAC library of rye cv. Blanco, representing a valuable resource for rye molecular genetic studies. The library provides a 6 × genome ...

Primeros registros del ibis blanco (Eudocimus albus en el Altiplano de San Luis Potosí, México

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Natalia de Gortari-Ludlow

2012-07-01

Full Text Available Reportamos dos observaciones visuales del ibis blanco (Eudocimus albus de la Laguna de Los Coyotes, un afluente natural del manantial la Media Luna que se localiza en el municipio de Rioverde, San Luis Potosí, México. Los avistamientos ocurrieron en septiembre de 2011 y febrero de 2012. Este es el primer reporte de la presencia de esta ave en dicha localidad, y es importante porque la especie ha sido escasamente encontrada en ambientes no ribereños del Altiplano Mexicano.

CARACTERÍSTICAS MICROBIOLÓGICAS E FÍSICO-QUÍMICAS DE SORVETES ARTESANAIS E INDUSTRIAIS COMERCIALIZADOS NA REGIÃO DE ARAPONGAS-PR

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Laíse Pazianotti

2010-12-01

Full Text Available O sorvete é um alimento consumido em todas as faixas etárias, devido suas características sensoriais e alto valor nutricional. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade dos sorvetes industriais e artesanais comercializados na região de Arapongas-PR. Três marcas de sorvetes artesanais e quatro de sorvetes industriais foram avaliadas, sendo 3 lotes diferentes de cada marca, quanto as suas características microbiológicas (pesquisa de Salmonella e contagens de estafilococos coagulase-positivo, coliformes totais e coliformes termotolerantes , e fí sico-químicas (pH, acidez titulável e composição centesimal. As amostras atenderam os padrões físico-químicos exigidos pela legislação brasileira. Não foi observada a presença de Salmonella e estafilococos coagulase-positivo. Porém, as contagens de coliformes totais e de termotolerantes estavam acima do limite estabelecido em todas as amostras, apresentando-se, portanto, impróprias para o consumo.

El abastecimiento de pescado fresco en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria a fines del siglo XVIII

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Antonio de BETHENCOURT MASSIEU

2009-12-01

Full Text Available En el transcurso del setecientos, particularmente en su segunda mitad, cruza sobre España, al igual que sobre el resto de Occidente, una polémica sobre las ventajas que reportaría la libertad de precio de los productos —su valor regulado por la ley de oferta y la demanda—, motor del desarrollo económico.No es ahora mi objeto detenerme en el análisis de la penetración de las doctrinas fisiocráticas y del librecambismo smithsoniano. Mi interés se reduce a cosa mucho más simple. Mostrar como también la polémica alcanzó a Canarias. Veremos la lucha que sostuvo la Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Las Palmas en pro de la abolición de la tasa del pescado fresco que consumía la población.

Evaluación de pérdidas postcosecha del lulo (Solanum quitoense lam., comercializado en un empaque tradicional

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Juan Carlos Muñoz

1999-05-01

Full Text Available Con el fin de evaluar la incidencia del empaque tradicional colombiano sobre la calidad del lulo, se llevó a cabo el estudio de las causas del deterioro postcosecha y la cuantificación de las pérdidas por factores de manejo, empaque y condiciones de transporte, entre fincas ubicadas en el departamento del Huila y la Corporación de Abastos de Bogotá, CORABASTOS. Para ello se identificaron los diferentes empaques regionales comercializados en la central y se caracterizó el más común, así como la calidad de la fruta en ellos contenida, determinando el porcentaje de daños de precosecha y mecánicos postcosecha. También se cuantificó el daño causado por la profundidad de llenado. Se encontró que el empaque tradicional más utilizado en el país es el guacal de dimensiones 40 cm x 45 cm x 50 cm, y capacidad promedia de 28 kg, teniendo como única ventaja la resistencia al manipuleo y como desventajas, el ser desechable, de alta relación de peso, RP, empaque/producto y alto daño mecánico por compresión. El lulo se caracterizó físicamente como una fruta liviana, con pesos entre 55 g Y70 g, redondez de 0,95, esfericidad de 0,96, diámetro promedio de 4,9 cm y área superficial de 76 cm2, La madurez del lulo en el guacal fue: maduro 43,2%, pintón 37,3% y sobremaduro 13,6%. La calidad varió de producto bueno en 27,1% (fondo a 67,9% (capa superior, en lulos pintones y maduros. El porcentaje promedio de daños precosecha fue de 12,7% del total, con una intensidad del 1,8% del área superficial. El daño mecánico aumentó de la superficie al fondo del empaque. La evaluación global del empaque a los tres días de cosecha mostró un producto con elevado daño (53,9%, del cual el 42% por mal manejo y empaque, valor duplicado a los 11 días, con 91,08% de los lulos solo con el daño mecánico, 5,69% con daños de precosecha y solo el 3,39% con lulos buenos. Se concluyo que el guacal no protege la calidad ni la integridad física del

Fidedignidade de rótulos de alimentos comercializados no município de São Paulo, SP Fidedignidad de rótulos de alimentos comercializados en municipio de Sao Paulo, Sureste de Brasil Reliability of food labels from products marketed in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil

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Cássia Maria Lobanco

2009-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Avaliar a fidedignidade das informações sobre dados nutricionais declarados em rótulos de alimentos comercializados. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 153 alimentos industrializados habitualmente consumidos por crianças e adolescentes, comercializados no município de São Paulo (SP entre os anos de 2001 e 2005. Os teores de nutrientes informados pelos rótulos foram confrontados com os resultados obtidos por métodos analíticos (físico-químicos oficiais, considerando a variabilidade de 20% tolerada pela legislação vigente, para aprovar ou condenar as amostras. Foram calculadas médias, desvios-padrão e intervalos com 95% de confiança para os nutrientes analisados, assim como a distribuição da freqüência percentual de amostras condenadas. RESULTADOS: Todos os produtos salgados analisados apresentaram inconformidades relativamente ao conteúdo de fibra alimentar, sódio ou de gorduras saturadas. Os produtos doces apresentaram variação de zero a 36% de condenação relativamente ao teor de fibra alimentar. Mais da metade (52% dos biscoitos recheados foram condenados quanto à quantidade de gorduras saturadas. Os nutrientes implicados com a obesidade e suas complicações para a saúde foram aqueles que apresentaram maiores proporções de inconformidade. A falta de fidedignidade das informações de rótulos nas amostras analisadas viola as disposições da Resolução da Diretoria Colegiada 360/03 da ANVISA e os direitos garantidos pela lei de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional e pelo Código de Defesa do Consumidor. CONCLUSÕES: Foram encontrados altos índices de não conformidade dos dados nutricionais nos rótulos de alimentos destinados ao público adolescente e infantil, indicando a urgência de ações de fiscalização e de outras medidas de rotulagem nutricional.OBJETIVO: Evaluar la fidedignidad de las informaciones sobre datos nutricionales declarados en rótulos de alimentos comercializados. MÉTODOS: Se evaluaron

Las mujeres embarazadas deben saber que la listeria algunas veces contamina el queso fresco y otros tipos de quesos blandos consumidos en la comunidad hispana

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La epidemióloga Ruth Luna-Gierke, de la División de Enfermedades Transmitidas por los Alimentos, el Agua y el Ambiente de los CDC, habla sobre los peligros de la infección por Listeria o listeriosis durante el embarazo, y sobre cómo el queso fresco y otros tipos de quesos blandos consumidos en la comunidad hispana a veces pueden estar contaminados con Listeria.  Created: 10/28/2013 by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID).   Date Released: 10/28/2013.

Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer for the selective extraction of hesperetin from the dried pericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco.

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Wang, Dan-Dan; Gao, Die; Xu, Wan-Jun; Li, Fan; Yin, Man-Ni; Fu, Qi-Feng; Xia, Zhi-Ning

2018-07-01

In present study, novel magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers for hesperetin were successfully prepared by surface molecular imprinting method using functionalized Fe 3 O 4 particles as the magnetic cores. Hesperetin as the template, N-Isopropylacrylamide as the functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethyl acrylate as the crosslinker, 2,2-azobisisobutyonnitrile as initiator and acetonitrile-methanol (3:1, v/v) as the porogen were applied in the preparation process. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope, x-ray diffraction and vibrating sample magnetometry were applied to characterize the magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers. The adsorption experiments indicated that the magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers performed high selective recognition property to hesperetin. The selectivity experiment indicated that the adsorption capacity and selectivity of polymers to hesperetin was higher than that of luteolin, baicalein and ombuin. Furthermore, the magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers were employed as adsorbents for extraction and enrichment of hesperetin from the dried pericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco. The recoveries of hesperetin in the dried pericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco ranged from 90.5% to 96.9%. The linear range of 0.15-110.72 µg/mL was obtained with correlation coefficient of greater than 0.9991. The limit of detection and quantification of the proposed method was 0.06 µg/mL and 0.15 µg/mL, respectively. Based on three replicate measurements, intra-day RSD was 0.71% and inter-day RSD was 2.31%. These results demonstrated that the prepared magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers were proven to be an effective material for the selective adsorption and enrichment of hesperetin from natural medicines, fruits and et al. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Evaluación del empleo de hollejo fresco o conservado en dietas para la ceba de toros Evaluation of the use of fresh or preserved citrus pulp in diets for bull fattening

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2010-06-01

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de evaluar las ganancias de peso en toros que consumían hollejo de cítrico fresco o conservado, se realizó un estudio durante 120 días en dos cebaderos de la Empresa Citrícola «Victoria de Girón», en Jagüey Grande, Matanzas. Ambas unidades disponían de 400 animales y la raza predominante era Cebú comercial. El manejo consistió en pastoreo restringido (cuatro horas y estabulación (20 horas. La disponibilidad de pasto fue de 5 y 3 kg de MS/animal/día para la lluvia y la seca, respectivamente. Las dietas consistieron en forraje verde y hollejo de cítrico fresco o ensilado a voluntad. Además se suplementó con 0,5; 1,0; 1,1 y 0,05 kg/animal/día de heno, residuos fermentados de maíz, afrecho de trigo y sal mineral, respectivamente; la urea se ofreció según los balances alimentarios. Se midió el consumo de los alimentos voluminosos y la ganancia de peso vivo. Se efectuaron balances alimentarios previos y retrospectivos al finalizar el estudio. La mayor ingestión de forraje (8,1 vs 7,7 kg/animal/día se obtuvo en la dieta de hollejo fresco. Las ganancias fueron de 0,641 vs 0,633 kg/animal/día para los animales que consumían hollejo fresco y ensilaje, respectivamente. La conversión alimentaria fue alta (11,4 y 11,6 para los animales que disponían de hollejo fresco y ensilado, respectivamente. Esta evaluación demostró que en igualdad de condiciones, no hubo grandes diferencias productivas al emplear cualquiera de las dos formas de suministro.With the objective of evaluating the weight gains in bulls that consumed fresh or preserved citrus pulp, a study was conducted for 120 days in two fattening farms of the Citrus Fruit Firm «Victoria de Girón», in Jagüey Grande, Matanzas. Both units had 400 animals and the prevailing breed was commercial Zebu. The management consisted in restricted grazing (four hours and confinement (20 hours. Pasture availability was 5 and 3 kg DM/animal/day for the rainy and dry

DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO PARA ELABORAR VINO BLANCO COMÚN EN MISIONES, CON EVALUACIÓN ECONÓMICA A ESCALA INDUSTRIAL

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Miño Valdés , Juan Esteban

2013-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo fue desarrollar una tecnología sustentable a escala industrial para elaborar vino blanco común, con uvas no viníferas cultivadas en Misiones. Este proyecto tecnológico se inició a escala laboratorio, continuó en planta piloto y proyectó a escala industrial. Se consideró como unidad productiva a 12 familias rurales con 27 ha de viñedo cada una. Las 8 etapas seguidas con metodología inductiva y deductiva fueron: La elaboración de vino blanco seco a escala laboratorio. La evaluación de las variables del proceso en las vinificaciones. El modelo matemático de la fermentación alcohólica en condiciones enológicas. La valoración de la aptitud de los vinos para el consumo humano. El establecimiento de un procedimiento tecnológico para la vinificación en planta piloto. La evaluación en planta piloto del procedimiento tecnológico establecido. El cálculo y la selección del equipamiento industrial. La estimación de los costos y la rentabilidad del proceso tecnológico industrial. Se alcanzó una tecnología para una capacidad de producción de 5.834 L (litros día-1, con indicadores económicos dinámicos cuyos valores fueron: valor actualizado neto de 6.602.666 U$D, una taza interna de retorno del 60 % para un período de recuperación de inversión a valor actualizado neto de 3 años.

The largest Fresco in Europe on cooling tower of nuclear power station of Cruas Meysse in Ardeche, France

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Di Mayo, J.L.

1993-01-01

The Nuclear Power Station Cruas Meysse is on the most important communication way of France, in the Rhone Valley, between the Rhin and the Mediterranean Sea. In the South of the Rhone Valley, the Nuclear Power Plant is situated near the very important site of 'Tricastin', the largest nuclear area in France. Cruas Meysse has a very good integration to the economy, social, and cultural scheme ; that's why EDF and the Ardeche Department had enter into partnership to associate art and technology of our time, and offer a work for everybody - 'Le Verseau' is the largest fresco in Europe - It gives a gigantic signalling system to the Ardeche Department, because the Nuclear Power Station has a very interesting position, close the motor way A7, the National 7 road, and the way of high speed train (TGV) an another symbol of the high French technology

Achieving continuous improvement in reductions in foodborne listeriosis: A risk-based approach

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Gram, Lone

2005-01-01

likely due to consumption of contaminated soft cheeses such as queso fresco and queso blanco. The International Life Sciences Institute Risk Science Institute Expert Panel concluded that certain foods pose a high risk for causing listeriosis. High-risk foods have all of the following properties: (1) have...... the potential for contamination with L. monocytogenes; (2) support the growth of L. monocytogenes to high numbers; (3) are ready to eat; (4) require refrigeration; and (5) are stored for an extended period of time. Control strategies are needed in the food chain from preharvest through consumption to minimize...... the likelihood that food will become contaminated by L. monocytogenes and to prevent the growth of the organism to high numbers. The Expert Panel identified three main strategies for ensuring continuous improvement in reducing foodborne listeriosis: (1) preventing contamination of foods with L. monocytogenes; (2...

La cerámica Blanco sobre Rojo en el valle de Chancay y sus relaciones con el estilo Lima

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2003-01-01

, realizadas en 1997. Este es uno de los pocos sitios conocidos con arquitectura monumental pública asignada a las fases iniciales del Período Intermedio Temprano y relacionada con la tradición cerámica Blanco sobre Rojo. Nuestro interés principal fue refinar la cronología del Blanco sobre Rojo en el valle bajo de Chancay mediante información estratigráfica y compararla con otros esquemas cronológicos para la costa central. Como resultado, definimos una secuencia arquitectónica de seis fases que implicaban cambios funcionales. Las tres primeras fases son de uso doméstico, con alto contenido de restos culturales. Las fases siguientes se caracterizan por la construcción de grandes muros para plataformas hechos de adobe plano-convexo. Respecto a la cerámica, tenemos una secuencia de cuatro fases netamente Blanco sobre Rojo, que guardan íntima relación con el desarrollo arquitectónico. Esta cronología puede ser correlacionada con la de Miramar, propuesta por Patterson (1961-1966. Finalmente, otro aspecto interesante era el momento de transición entre Blanco sobre Rojo y Lima. Considerando que las evidencias de ocupación Lima en Baños de Boza son escasas, revisamos la información estratigráfica de Cerro Trinidad y Playa Grande. De esta manera, observando las claras diferencias entre el Blanco sobre Rojo y Lima, suponemos que, al menos en el valle de Chancay, Lima no deriva estilísticamente del Blanco sobre Rojo sino que es un elemento foráneo. Además, ambos estilos coexisten durante un cierto período. THE WHITE-ON-RED POTTERY SEQUENCE IN THE CHANCAY VALLEY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIMA STYLE. In the present article, we present the results of the archaeological investigations at Baños de Boza, Chancay Valley, made in 1997. This one of the few known sites with public monumental architecture ascribed to the initial phases of Early Intermediate Period that are characterized by the White-on-Red pottery tradition. Our main interest was to investigate the

Avaliação da reologia, da RAA e das propriedades de argamassas no estado fresco utilizando cinza de eucalipto como substituição parcial ao cimento Portland

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Débhora Flávia Soto França

Full Text Available Resumo De acordo com o Balanço Energético Nacional (ano-base 2013, o consumo nacional de lenha foi de 79,29 milhões de toneladas. Estima-se uma geração de cinza na ordem de 3% durante esse processo, o que ocasiona problemas de armazenamento e de descarte. Sendo assim, a potencial transformação desses resíduos em matéria-prima para elementos construtivos apresenta-se como uma oportunidade para a preservação do meio ambiente e para a redução do custo de materiais da construção civil. O presente trabalho objetiva, portanto, avaliar a viabilidade desse reaproveitamento por meio da análise das propriedades das argamassas no estado fresco, incluindo a reologia, além da reatividade potencial (RAA, utilizando cinza proveniente da queima de cavacos de eucalipto com teores de 10%, 20% e 30% de substituição, em massa, ao cimento Portland. Através dos ensaios realizados verificou-se que a utilização da cinza de eucalipto como substituição parcial ao cimento não altera significativamente as propriedades de argamassas no estado fresco e não apresenta reatividade significativa, apresentando-se como uma alternativa de uso tecnicamente viável.

Avaliação da qualidade do leite cru comercializado informalmente em feiras livres no município de Santa Maria-RS / Quality assessment of raw milk informally commercialized in street markets in the city of Santa Maria-RS

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Márcia Liliane Rippel Silveira

2014-05-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade do leite cru comercializado informalmente em feiras livres no município de Santa Maria, RS. Amostras de leite cru foram adquiridas diretamente dos feirantes em feiras livres e a avaliação da qualidade do leite foi realizada por meio de análises físico-químicas e microbiológicas. Dez amostras de leite cru informal foram analisadas, mas apenas duas não apresentaram alterações em relação à acidez titulável. Dessas duas amostras, os parâmetros de densidade e gordura apresentaram resultado satisfatório, ao contrário do índice crioscópico, teor de proteína e extrato seco desengordurado, que apresentaram valores em desacordo com os padrões estabelecidos. Em relação às análises microbiológicas, 30% das amostras apresentaram contagem de micro-organismos mesófilos superior a 6,0x105 UFC/mL e a presença de coliformes termotolerantes foi confirmada em todas as amostras de leite cru, porém nenhuma apresentava contaminação por Salmonella sp. Considerando que este produto é comercializado de forma clandestina, os resultados obtidos evidenciam a precariedade higiênica do leite comercializado nas feiras livres. O consumo do leite cru sem qualquer tipo de controle higiênico-sanitário expõe a saúde do consumidor a riscos. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The objective of this paper was to evaluate the quality of raw milk informally commercialized in street markets in the city of Santa Maria, RS. Samples of raw milk were purchased directly from merchants in street markets and the milk quality evaluation was performed through physical-chemical and microbiological analysis. Ten samples of informal raw milk were analyzed, but only two showed no variation from the titrable acidity. In these two samples, the parameters of density and fat showed satisfactory results, in opposition to the cryoscopic index, protein and fat dry extract that

A new Cassegrain calibration lamp unit for the Blanco Telescope

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Points, S. D.; James, D. J.; Tighe, R.; Montané, A.; David, N.; Martínez, M.

2016-08-01

The f/8 RC-Cassegrain Focus of the Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, hosts two new instruments: COSMOS, a multi-object spectrograph in the visible wavelength range (350 - 1030nm), and ARCoIRIS, a NIR cross-dispersed spectrograph featuring 6 spectral orders spanning 0.8 - 2.45μm. Here we describe a calibration lamp unit designed to deliver the required illumination at the telescope focal plane for both instruments. These requirements are: (1) an f/8 beam of light covering a spot of 92mm diameter (or 10 arcmin) for a wavelength range of 0.35μm through 2.5μm and (2) no saturation of flat-field calibrations for the minimal exposure times permitted by each instrument, and (3) few saturated spectral lines when using the wavelength calibration lamps for the instruments. To meet these requirements this unit contains an adjustable quartz halogen lamp for flat-field calibrations, and one hollow cathode lamp and four penray lamps for wavelength calibrations. The wavelength calibration lamps are selected to provide optimal spectral coverage for the instrument mounted and can be used individually or in sets. The device designed is based on an 8-inch diameter integrating sphere, the output of which is optimized to match the f/8 calibration input delivery system which is a refractive system based on fused-silica lenses. We describe the optical design, the opto-mechanical design, the electronic control and give results of the performance of the system.

Large wood budget assessment along a gravel bed river affected by volcanic eruption: the Rio Blanco study case (Chile).

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Oss-Cazzador, Daniele; Iroume, Andres; Lenzi, Mario; Picco, Lorenzo

2016-04-01

Wood in riverine environments exerts different functions on ecological and geomorphic settings, influencing morphological processes, and increasing risks for sensitive structures. Large wood (LW) is defined as wood material, dead or alive, larger than 10 cm in diameter and 1 m in length. Natural hazards can strongly increase the presence of LW in waterways and flood events can transport it affecting the ecosystem and landscape. This study aims to increase the knowledge of wood budget, considering the effects of two subsequent slight flood events along a sub-reach of the Rio Blanco gravel bed river , in Chilean Patagonia, strongly affected by the eruption of Chaiten volcano in 2008. The volcanic eruption affected almost 3,5 km 2 of evergreen forest on the southern (left) bank, because of primary direct effects from pyroclastic density currents and lahar-floods that caused deposition up to 8 m of reworked tephra, alluvium, and wood on floodplains and terrace along the Rio Blanco. After the eruption, there was a considerable increase of LW into the main channel: into the bankfull channel, volume exceeds 100 m 3 /ha. Field surveys were carried out in January and March 2015, before and after two slight flood events (Recurrence Intervals lower than 1 year). The pre-event phase permitted to detect and analyze the presence of LW into the study area, along a 80 m-long reach of Rio Blanco (7500 m 2 . Every LW element was manually measured and described, a numbered metal tag was installed, and the position was recorded by GPS device. In January, there was a total amount of 113 m 3 /ha, 90% accumulated in LW jams (WJ) and 10% as single logs. The LW was characterized by mean dimensions of 3,36 m height, 0,25 m diameter and 0,26 m 3 volume, respectively. The WJ are characterized by wide range of dimension: volume varies from 0,28 m 3 to 672 m 3 , length from 1,20 m to 56 m, width from 0,40 m to 8,70 m and height from 0,20 m to 3 m, respectively. After the flood events, field

Efeito do transporte no desenvolvimento de embriões bovinos cultivados in vitro a fresco ou reaquecidos após vitrificação Effect of transportation on development of fresh or vitrified-warmed bovine embryos

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Alessandra de Almeida Ramos

2006-12-01

Full Text Available Avaliou-se a viabilidade de embriões bovinos cultivados in vitro, a fresco ou reaquecidos após vitrificação, depois de transportados por 6 ou 12 horas. Oócitos obtidos de folículos de ovários coletados em matadouro foram maturados, fecundados e cultivados in vitro. Após sete dias de cultivo, blastocistos com grau de qualidade I e II (segundo o manual da IETS-1998 foram selecionados, envasados em OPS (open pulled straws e vitrificados em nitrogênio líquido. O reaquecimento foi realizado a 39ºC pela passagem em soluções de HM com concentrações decrescentes de sacarose (0,25M - 0,15M por cinco minutos em cada solução. Foram avaliados três tratamentos - V0: embriões vitrificados, reaquecidos e cultivados in vitro (n=25; V6: embriões vitrificados, transportados por 6 horas (simulação em palhetas, reaquecidos e cultivados in vitro (n=29; e V12: embriões vitrificados, transportados por 12 horas, reaquecidos e cultivados in vitro - comparados, cada um, a um tratamento controle, com embriões a fresco-C0: embriões a fresco cultivados in vitro (n=26; C6: embriões a fresco cultivados in vitro após 6 horas de transporte (n=30; e C12: embriões a fresco cultivados in vitro após 12 horas de transporte (n=30. Os embriões foram co-cultivados com células da granulosa em microgotas de TCM 199 acrescido de SFB. Foram avaliadas as taxas de re-expansão e eclosão após 48 horas de cultivo. A análise foi realizada pelo teste do qui-quadrado. As taxas de re-expansão entre os grupos V0, V6 e V12 não diferiram, assim como as taxas de eclosão entre os embriões vitrificados e os controles. As taxas de eclosão, no entanto, diferiram entre os embriões submetidos à vitrificação e os controles. Embriões bovinos produzidos in vitro podem ser transportados a fresco ou vitrificados por períodos de até 12 horas, pois possibilitam taxas de eclosão satisfatórias.The aim of this study was to evaluate the viability of in vitro produced

Characterization of starter-free Queso Fresco made with sodium-potassium salt blends over 12 weeks of 4°C storage.

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Van Hekken, D L; Tunick, M H; Renye, J A; Tomasula, P M

2017-07-01

Development of reduced-sodium cheese to meet the demands of consumers concerned about sodium levels in their diet is challenging when a high-moisture, higher pH, fresh cheese, such as Queso Fresco (QF), depends on its NaCl salt content to obtain its signature flavor and quality traits. This study evaluated the effects of different Na-K salt blends on the compositional, sensorial, microbial, functional, and rheological properties of QF stored for up to 12 wk at 4°C. Queso Fresco curd from each vat was divided into 6 portions and salted with different blends of NaCl-KCl (Na-K, %): 0.75-0.75, 1.0-0.5, 1.0-1.0, 1.0-1.3, 1.0-1.5, and 2.0-0 (control). Within this narrow salt range (1.5 to 2.5% total salt), the moisture, protein, fat, and lactose levels; water activity; pH; and the textural and rheological properties were not affected by salt treatment or aging. The total salt, sodium, potassium, and ash contents reflected the different Na-K ratios added to the QF. Total aerobic microbial count, overall proteolysis, the release of casein phosphopeptides, and the level of volatile compounds were affected by aging but not by the salt treatment. Only the 1.0-1.3 and 1.0-1.5 Na-K cheeses had sensory saltiness scores similar to that of the 2.0-0 Na-K control QF. Loss of free serum from the cheese matrix increased steadily over the 12 wk, with higher losses found in QF containing 1.5% total salt compared with the higher Na-K blends. In conclusion, KCl substitution is a viable means for reduction of sodium in QF resulting in only minor differences in the quality traits, and levels of 1.0-1.3 and 1.0-1.5 Na-K are recommended to match the saltiness intensity of the 2.0-0 Na-K control. The findings from this study will aid cheese producers in creating reduced-sodium QF for health-conscious consumers. Copyright © 2017 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Citrus Essential Oil of Nigeria Part IV: Volatile Constituents of Leaf Oils of Mandarins (Citrus Reticulata Blanco From Nigeria

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Adeleke A. Kasali

2010-07-01

Full Text Available The chemical composition of hydrodistilled oils obtained from the leaves of six Citrus reticulata Blanco (mandarin cultivars grown in Nigeria were examined by GC and GC/MS, the result of their chemical composition were further submitted to cluster analysis. Fifty seven constituents were characterized accounting for 88.2 - 96.7% of the total oils. Sabinene, g -terpinene, P-cymene, d -3-carene and (E- b -ocimene were observed in great variability in all the oils. Other constituents include linalool, myrcene, terpinen-4-ol and cis-sabinenehydrate. In addition, limonene, terpinolene, b -pinene, and a -pinene were also detected in appreciable concentrations. b -sinensal and a -sinensal were isolated by preparative GC and characterized by one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques.

Cantinas escolares de Florianópolis: existência e produtos comercializados após a instituição da Lei de Regulamentação School canteens of Florianópolis: existence and foods for sale after the institution of the law of regulation

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Cristine Garcia Gabriel

2010-04-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Realizar um diagnóstico da existência das cantinas em Florianópolis, verificando os alimentos e bebidas comercializados, após a instituição da Lei Estadual de Regulamentação das Cantinas. MÉTODOS: Questionário estruturado foi aplicado por telefone com os diretores ou responsáveis pelas cantinas do universo de escolas de ensino fundamental das redes municipal, estadual e particular de Florianópolis. Os dados foram processados e analisados utilizando-se o software SPSS versão 10.0. RESULTADOS: Das 117 instituições do município em 2006, 89,7% aceitaram participar. Dessas, 53,3% possuem cantina, sendo 31 particulares, 22 estaduais e apenas 3 municipais. Os principais motivos referidos para a ausência de cantinas nas escolas públicas consistiram na existência do Programa de Alimentação Escolar e nas exigências para sua adequação à Lei. Dentre os alimentos proibidos pela Lei, salienta-se que os salgados fritos e industrializados não são mais comercializados pelas escolas, e a maioria não comercializa mais refrigerantes (98,2% e pipocas industrializadas (92,9%. Ressalta-se, também, que os sucos naturais e os salgados assados são comercializados por 75,0% e 98,2% das escolas, respectivamente. Por outro lado, 60,7% das escolas comercializam sucos artificiais. Ainda de acordo com a Lei, as cantinas deverão disponibilizar dois tipos de frutas sazonais. No entanto 60,7% dos estabelecimentos não disponibilizam frutas ou salada de frutas. CONCLUSÃO: Itens proibidos pela Lei foram fortemente reduzidos ou retirados de comercialização, porém alimentos considerados inadequados continuam sendo comercializados em muitas escolas. A fiscalização desses estabelecimentos é necessária, juntamente com ações educativas destinadas aos proprietários das cantinas, escolares, pais e professores.OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to verify the existence of canteens in Florianópolis and the foods and beverages that

Comparative transcriptional survey between self-incompatibility and self-compatibility in Citrus reticulata Blanco.

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Ma, Yuewen; Li, Qiulei; Hu, Guibing; Qin, Yonghua

2017-04-20

Seedlessness is an excellent economical trait, and self-incompatibility (SI) is one of important factors resulting in seedless fruit in Citrus. However, SI molecular mechanism in Citrus is still unclear. In this study, RNA-Seq technology was used to identify differentially expressed genes related to SI reaction of 'Wuzishatangju' (Citrus reticulata Blanco). A total of 35.67GB raw RNA-Seq data was generated and was de novo assembled into 50,364 unigenes with an average length of 897bp and N50 value of 1549. Twenty-three candidate unigenes related to SI were analyzed using qPCR at different tissues and stages after self- and cross-pollination. Seven pollen S genes (Unigene0050323, Unigene0001060, Unigene0004230, Unigene0004222, Unigene0012037, Unigene0048889 and Unigene0004272), three pistil S genes (Unigene0019191, Unigene0040115, Unigene0036542) and three genes (Unigene0038751, Unigene0031435 and Unigene0029897) associated with the pathway of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis were identified. Unigene0031435, Unigene0038751 and Unigene0029897 are probably involved in SI reaction of 'Wuzishatangju' based on expression analyses. The present study provides a new insight into the molecular mechanism of SI in Citrus at the transcriptional level. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

CARACTERIZAÇÃO QUÍMICA DE DOCES DE LEITE COMERCIALIZADOS A GRANEL EM LAVRAS/MG

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Roseane Maria Evangelista Oliveira

2010-12-01

Full Text Available O doce de leite é um alimento latino america no, produzido princi palmente na Argentina e no Brasil , sendo mui to a preciado pelos consumidor es. O potencial de expor tação desse produto é muito gr ande, pois os Estados Unidos e a Europa não o produzem. Os inconvenientes a exportação é a falta de padronização da tecnologia e a falta de variedade desta sobremesa. Nesse sentido, essa pesquisa teve como objetivo anali sar a composição química de doces de leite pastoso comercializado a granel no comércio local do Município de Lavras/MG (n = 6. Além das análises de teores de umidade; proteína; lipídeos; açúcares totais e cinzas, determinou-se também a cor; pH e acidez titulável das amostras. De acordo com a legislação para doce de leite, houve não conformidade para umidade em 50% e para os teores de lipídeos em 100% das amost ras anali sadas. Já em relação a análi se da cor usando os padrões CIElab, para os valores de a* e b* pode-se afirmar que as amostras de doce de leite tenderam às cores vermelho e amarelo, exceto a amostra AM1 e AM6 que tenderam para o verde e amarela e quanto ao valor L* apresentaram claridade intermediária crescente. Em relação ao pH e a acidez titulável houve diferenças significativas, mas se encontram de acordo com a literatura. As variações encontradas nas amostras de doces de leite pastoso se justificam devido à falta de padronização da tecnologia.

Site evaluation for U.S. Bureau of Mines experimental oil-shale mine, Piceance Creek basin, Rio Blanco County, Colorado

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Ege, John R.; Leavesley, G.H.; Steele, G.S.; Weeks, J.B.

1978-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey is cooperating with the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the selection of a site for a shaft and experimental mine to be constructed in the Piceance Creek basin, Rio Blanco County, Colo. The Piceance Creek basin, an asymmetric, northwest-trending large structural downwarp, is located approximately 40 km (25 mi) west of the town of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, Colo. The oil-shale, dawsonite, nahcolite, and halite deposits of the Piceance Creek basin occur in the lacustrine Green River Formation of Eocene age. In the basin the Green River Formation comprises three members. In ascending order, they are the Douglas Creek, the Garden Gulch, and the Parachute Creek Members, Four sites are presented for consideration and evaluated on geology and hydrology with respect to shale-oil economics. Evaluated criteria include: (1) stratigraphy, (2) size of site, (3) oil-shale yield, (4) representative quantities of the saline minerals dawsonite and nahcolite, which must be present with a minimum amount of halite, (5) thickness of a 'leached' saline zone, (6) geologic structure, (7) engineering characteristics of rock, (8) representative surface and ground-water conditions, with emphasis on waste disposal and dewatering, and (9) environmental considerations. Serious construction and support problems are anticipated in sinking a deep shaft in the Piceance Creek basin. The two major concerns will be dealing with incompetent rock and large inflow of saline ground water, particularly in the leached zone. Engineering support problems will include stabilizing and hardening the rock from which a certain amount of ground water has been removed. The relative suitability of the four potential oil-shale experimental shaft sites in the Piceance Creek basin has been considered on the basis of all available geologic, hydrologic, and engineering data; site 2 is preferred to sites 1, 3, and 4, The units in this report are presented in the form: metric (English). Both units of

Detection of and response to a probable volcanogenic T-wave event swarm on the western Blanco Transform Fault Zone

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Dziak, R.P.; Fox, C.G.; Embley, R.W.; Lupton, J.E.; Johnson, G.C.; Chadwick, W.W.; Koski, R.A.

1996-01-01

The East Blanco Depression (EBD), a pull-apart basin within the western Blanco Transform Fault Zone (BTFZ), was the site of an intense earthquake T-wave swarm that began at 1317Z on January 9, 1994. Although tectonically generated earthquakes occur frequently along the BTFZ, this swarm was unusual in that it was preceded and accompanied by periodic, low-frequency, long-duration acoustic signals, that originated from near the swarm epicenters. These tremor-like signals were very similar in character to acoustic energy produced by a shallow-submarine eruption near Socorro Island, a seamount several hundred km west of Baja, California. The ???69 earthquakes and ???400 tremor-like events at the EBD occurred sporadically, with two periods of peak activity occurring between January 5-16 and 27-31. The swarm-like character of the earthquakes and the similarity of the tremor activity to the Socorro eruption indicated that the EBD was undergoing an intrusion or eruption episode. On January 27, six CTD/rosette casts were conducted at the site. Water samples from two of the stations yielded anomalous 3He concentrations, with maxima at ???2800 m depth over the main basin. In June 1994 two camera tows within the basin yielded evidence of pillow-lava volcanism and hydrothermal deposits, but no conclusive evidence of a recent seafloor eruption. In September 1994, deployments of the U.S. Navy's Advanced Tethered Vehicle resulted in the discovery of an active hydrothermal mound on the flanks of a pillow-lava volcano. The hydrothermal mound consists of Fe-rich hydrothermal precipitate and bacterial mats. Temperatures to 60??C were measured 30 cm below the surface. This is the first discovery of active hydrothermal vents along an oceanic fracture zone. Although no conclusive evidence of volcanic activity associated with the T-wave event swarm was found during these response efforts, the EBD has been the site of recent seafloor eruptions. Copyright 1996 by the American Geophysical

[Biotic and abiotic factors that affect the quality of Schinopsis balansae Engl. and Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Schltdl. seeds].

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Alzugaray, Claudia; Carnevale, Nélida J; Salinas, Adriana R; Pioli, Rosanna

2007-06-01

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (white quebracho) and Schinopsis balansae (red quebracho) are distinctive trees of the South American Park in Argentina. Quebrachos are found in forests that have been exploited very intensively. The object of this work was the identification of biotic and abiotic factors specially fungal pathogen that affect the quality of both species and its relation with germination. Seeds where evaluated through germination test and the percentage of the incidence of fungal agents in two different years of harvest was determined. In S. balansae the germination rate was 77% and of 27% in 2000 and 2001 harvests, respectively. Associations fungi-germination were found in 2001 for Alternaria spp., Curvularia spp., and Fusarium spp., showing an coefficient of correlation = -0.84; -0.85 and -0.73 (p fruits. The incidence of pathogens was low and did not have association to germination.

Polymethoxylated flavones, flavanone glycosides, carotenoids, and antioxidants in different cultivation types of tangerines ( Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Sainampueng) from Northern Thailand.

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Stuetz, Wolfgang; Prapamontol, Tippawan; Hongsibsong, Surat; Biesalski, Hans-Konrad

2010-05-26

Polymethoxylated flavones (PMFs) and flavanone glycosides (FGs) were analyzed in hand-pressed juice and the peeled fruit of 'Sainampueng' tangerines ( Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Sainampueng) grown in northern Thailand. The tangerines were collected from a citrus cluster of small orchard farmers and were cultivated as either agrochemical-based (AB), agrochemical-safe (AS), or organic grown fruits. Juice samples were also measured on contents of carotenoids, ascorbic acid, and tocopherols. The peel-deriving PMFs tangeretin, nobiletin, and sinensetin were found with high concentrations in juice as a result of simple squeezing, whereas amounts of those PMFs were negligibly low in peeled tangerine fruit. In contrast, the mean concentrations of the FGs narirutin, hesperidin, and didymin were several fold higher in peeled fruit than in tangerine juice and significantly higher in organic than AS and AB tangerines. Narirutin and hesperidin in juice from organic produces as well as narirutin in juice from AS produces were significantly higher than respective mean concentrations in juice from AB produces. beta-Cryptroxanthin was the predominant carotenoid beside zeaxanthin, lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene in tangerine juice. Ascorbic acid concentrations were not predicted by the type of cultivation, whereas alpha-tocopherol was significantly higher in juice from organic than AS produces. In summary, hand-pressed juice of C. reticulata Blanco cv. Sainampueng serves as a rich source of PMFs, FGs, carotenoids, and antioxidants: 4-5 tangerine fruits ( approximately 80 g of each fruit) giving one glass of 200 mL hand-pressed juice would provide more than 5 mg of nobiletin and tangeretin and 36 mg of hesperidin, narirutin, and didymin, as well as 30 mg of ascorbic acid, >1 mg of provitamin A active beta-cryptoxanthin, and 200 microg of alpha-tocopherol.

Influência da variação da velocidade de rotação e do tipo de cimento nas propriedades de argamassas de revestimento nos estados fresco e endurecido

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D. R. Torres

Full Text Available Resumo A etapa de mistura influencia as condições de execução do revestimento de argamassa, visto que desde o primeiro contato dos materiais sólidos com água uma série de eventos de aglomeração e desaglomeração no sistema é verificada. Acontece que durante o processamento das argamassas em obra a utilização de equipamentos com distintos mecanismos de mistura pode modificar o desempenho do sistema de revestimento. Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de avaliar a influência da condição de mistura durante o processamento de argamassas aditivadas com incorporador de ar e formuladas com diferentes tipos de cimento. As misturas foram realizadas em um reômetro rotacional variando-se a velocidade de rotação, porém mantendo-se o tempo total de batimento. Reometria de mistura, ciclo de cisalhamento e teor de ar incorporado foram as propriedades avaliadas no estado fresco, enquanto porosidade, resistência mecânica, módulo de elasticidade e permeabilidade ao ar foram utilizados para avaliação do estado endurecido. Com base nos resultados obtidos pôde-se afirmar que a variação da velocidade de rotação e o tipo de cimento utilizado impactaram as propriedades das composições nos estados fresco e endurecido.

El día más blanco o el país de la memoria de Raúl Zurita

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María Luisa Fischer

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Estudio la adscripción genérica de El día más blanco del poeta chileno Raúl Zurita, así como la significación de los epígrafes, otra forma de enmarcación del volumen. Entre la novela y la autobiografía, el libro se propone cubrir la grieta que existe entre la memoria personal y la memoria traumática del país. Describo la especial calidad visual de las imágenes del texto y su relación con las dificultades de construir una versión de la historia subjetiva y personal que se aúne a la historia del país, cuando ambas están quebradas.

Control de Calidad de Discos de Calidad de Sensibilidad antibiótica comercializados en el Mercado Peruano (1998-1999

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George Obregón B

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Se realizó el control de calidad de los discos utilizados en la evaluación de la sensibilidad de microorganismos patógenos frente a los antibióticos. Materiales y métodos: Se evaluó la calidad de 36 lotes de discos de sensibilidad antibiótica de cinco marcas de diverso origen de fabricación, comercializadas en el mercado peruano, empleando la norma M2A5, Suplemento M100-S7 del NCCL-S (método de Kirby-Bauer. Se evaluaron lotes de discos de amicacina, amoxicilina/ácido clavulánico, ampicilina, ceftazidima, cefuroxima, cloranfenicol, eritromicina, estreptomicina, gentamicina y penicilina. Los resultados fueron comparados con los valores indicados en la norma, utilizando para ello la prueba de límites de confianza (t0,05. Resultados: 41,7% del total de lotes de discos evaluados cumplieron los requisitos de la norma; 48,3% de los lotes de discos de fabricación extranjera evaluados cumplieron con dichos requisitos, a diferencia de los discos nacionales, los cuales no cumplieron con los parámetros de la norma en ninguno de los casos. Conclusiones: La elevada proporción de discos no conformes sugiere que la calidad de los discos de sensibilidad antibiótica comercializados en el Perú no es la óptima, por lo que es necesario realizar monitoreos y controles periódicos a fin de asegurar la calidad de este producto en el mercado peruano.

Condições higiênico-sanitárias de sorvetes do tipo italiano (soft, comercializados em Pombal, Paraíba

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Yaroslávia Ferreira Paiva

2016-08-01

Full Text Available No mercado alimentício novas tecnologias são lançadas em busca de maior praticidade para população, um exemplo é a máquina de sorvete italiano (soft que pode ser inserida em locais com grandes fluxos de pessoas, ocupando espaços pequenos e servindo os produtos com uma maior rapidez. No entanto, a forma como são comercializados pode representar riscos à saúde do consumidor, portanto, objetivou-se avaliar as condições higiênico-sanitárias desses produtos, comercializados em Pombal, Paraíba. Foram coletadas amostras de sorvetes do tipo italiano, sabor “misto”, diariamente durante cinco dias, em três diferentes estabelecimentos, sendo submetidos a análises de Coliformes a 35º e 45ºC, Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp, Staphylococcus spp, Contagem total de Bactérias aeróbias Mesófilas e Psicrotróficas. Os resultados obtidos para coliformes a 45ºC nos três pontos de venda SP1, SP2 e SP3 tiveram valores médios de 0,72 NMP/g, 1,3 NMP/g e 9,8 NMP/g, respectivamente. Para Staphylococcus spp. os resultados encontrados foram 3,266 x10³ UFC/g, 1,931 x10³ UFC/g e 0,114 x10³ UFC/g nas amostras respectivamente. Escherichia Coli e Psicotróficos não foram identificados nas amostras. Os resultados de Salmonella sp. apontam presença em todos os estabelecimentos. Apesar das respostas para os demais microrganismos apresentarem bons resultados, a presença de Salmonella sp. e Staphylococcus spp. demonstram que todos os pontos de vendas estão inaptos à comercialização dos produtos, funcionando em condições higiênico-sanitárias não satisfatórias.Hygienic and sanitary conditions of the ice creams type Italian (soft marketed in Pombal, ParaíbaAbstract: In the food market new technologies are launched in search of greater convenience for people , an example is the Italian ice cream machine (soft that can be inserted in places with large flows of people , occupying small spaces and serving products with greater speed. However

FRONTERAS DIFUSAS Y ACTORES SOCIALES MESTIZOS: DEBATES CONCEPTUALES Y DESARROLLOS ANALÍTICOS EN TORNO A LOS ESPACIOS DE FRONTERA Y SUS VINCULACIONES CON LOS INDIOS-BLANCOS EN LA REGIÓN DEL CHACO DURANTE LA SEGUNDA MITAD DEL SIGLO XIX

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Julio César Spota

2010-12-01

Full Text Available En la frontera establecida entre el Estado argentino y las distintas parcialidades aborígenes de la región del Chaco durante la segunda parte del siglo XIX, se configuraron identidades étnicas mestizas que escapaban a la simple esquematización de blancos e indios, civilizados y salvajes. La praxis histórica de los actores sociales como los indios-blancos (soldados desertores, criminales fugitivos de la ley, perseguidos y refugiados políticos y comerciantes que fueron incorporados dentro de los grupos indígenas proporciona un espacio privilegiado de reflexión antropológica poco explorado hasta el momento. En el presente artículo nos proponemos determinar las causas históricas que motivaron la migración de los criollos y recuperar la perspectiva de los actores sociales que protagonizaron los hechos estudiados.

Rho GTPasas como blancos terapéuticos relevantes en cáncer y otras enfermedades humanas

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Pablo Lorenzano Menna

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Las Rho GTPasas son una familia de proteínas clave en la transmisión de señales provenientes del exterior celular hacia efectores intracelulares tanto citoplasmáticos como nucleares. En los últimos año ha habido un desarrollo vertiginoso de múltiples herramientas genéticas y farmacológicas, lo que ha permitido establecer de manera mucho más precisa las funciones específicas de estas proteínas. El objetivo de la presente revisión es hacer foco en las múltiples funciones celulares reguladas por las Rho GTPasas, describiendo en detalle el mecanismo molecular involucrado. Se discute además la participación de estas proteínas en diversas enfermedades humanas haciendo énfasis en su vinculación con el cáncer. Por último, se hace una actualización detallada sobre las estrategias terapéuticas en experimentación que tienen a las Rho GTPasas como blancos moleculares.

Clement’s New Clothes. The Destruction of Old S. Clemente in Rome, the Eleventh-Century Frescoes, and the Cult of (AntiPope Clement III

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Lila Yawn

2012-04-01

Full Text Available In the early 1100s, the fifth-century church of S. Clemente in Rome was buried beneath an entirely new basilica.  Inspired by suggestions published by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri (1998 and Valentino Pace (2007, the present article considers the possibility that this radical intervention constituted an act of damnatio memoriae or, better, of deletio memoriae, an obliteration of memory prompted by the nascent cult of miracles associated with Pope Paschal II’s enemy and rival, (antipope Clement III.  Clement III (Wibert of Ravenna died in 1100, not long after the execution of an extensive fresco cycle in the early Christian basilica celebrating the miracles and cult of the first-century pope and martyr St. Clement I of Rome.  Resonances between these images and the prodigia attributed to Clement III may have invited analogies between the two Clements, especially during the turbulent early years of Paschal II’s pontificate, when Paschal, alarmed by reports of his adversary’s miracles, had Clement III’s corpse exhumed and thrown into the Tiber. The perceived correspondences between the first-century pope and his eleventh-century namesake may have extended to their postmortem resting places – Clement I was martyred by being thrown into the Black Sea – as well as to their shared attributes, particularly the pontifical vestments and white hair prominently displayed in the frescoes. These attributes disappear in the early twelfth-century mosaic of Clement I on the apsidal arch of the new, upper church, where the saint is instead represented as a young man with dark hair, a dark beard, and an apostle’s clothing.  This extreme makeover in a work securely associable with Roman reform-party sponsorship effectively dissociated Clement I from the painted images in the earlier church and, very probably, from his eleventh-century namesake in the Tiber.

Identification of protoplast-isolation responsive microRNAs in Citrus reticulata Blanco by high-throughput sequencing.

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Xu, Xiaoyong; Xu, Xiaoling; Zhou, Yipeng; Zeng, Shaohua; Kong, Weiwen

2017-01-01

Protoplast isolation is a stress-inducing process, during which a variety of physiological and molecular alterations take place. Such stress response affects the expression of totipotency of cultured protoplasts. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in plant growth, development and stress responses. However, the underlying mechanism of miRNAs involved in the protoplast totipotency remains unclear. In this study, high-throughput sequencing technology was used to sequence two populations of small RNA from calli and callus-derived protoplasts in Citrus reticulata Blanco. A total of 67 known miRNAs from 35 families and 277 novel miRNAs were identified. Among these miRNAs, 18 known miRNAs and 64 novel miRNAs were identified by differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) analysis. The expression patterns of the eight DEMs were verified by qRT-PCR. Target prediction showed most targets of the miRNAs were transcription factors. The expression levels of half targets showed a negative correlation to those of the miRNAs. Furthermore, the physiological analysis showed high levels of antioxidant activities in isolated protoplasts. In short, our results indicated that miRNAs may play important roles in protoplast-isolation response.

Propriedades morfológicas do peritônio da paca (Cuniculus paca, L. 1766 a fresco e conservados em glicerina 98%

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Angela Daniele De Camargo

2012-09-01

Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n4p185   Objetivou-se, com este estudo, descrever as características morfológicas de amostras de peritônio a fresco e conservadas em glicerina a 98%, por períodos de 30, 60 e 90 dias, de quatro pacas adultas. As amostras foram analisadas por meio da microscopia de luz e microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Verificou-se um evidente arranjo entre o tecido conjuntivo denso modelado e o tecido conjuntivo denso não modelado, além de insignificante modificação na integridade tecidual do peritônio da paca, quando submetida a ação da glicerina nos diferentes períodos. Conclui-se que o peritônio da paca pode ser utilizado como mais uma opção de material biológico.

ESTABILIZACIÓN DEL PIGMENTO AZUL ULTRAMAR EN CEMENTO PÓRTLAND BLANCO

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JUAN GUILLERMO MORALES RENDÓN

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Se prepararon muestras de cemento azul a partir de cemento Pórtland Blanco Tipo III, según Normas Técnicas Colombianas NTC y pigmento Azul Ultramar U-601 adicionado en un 2% en peso del cemento. El cemento se caracterizó químicamente por fluorescencia de rayos X, y físicamente mediante los ensayos típicos según las NTC. Al pigmento y al cemento se les determinaron sus coordenadas cromáticas por espectrofotometría mediante el sistema CIELAB. Se eligieron varios aditivos y adiciones (entre orgánicos, inorgánicos y minerales para ser adicionados al cemento azul en diferentes dosificaciones en peso. Tanto a las muestras de cemento azul sin aditivo como a aquellas con las diferentes dosificaciones de aditivos, se les determinaron sus características físicas de desempeño y coordenadas cromáticas a diferentes edades de curado en agua saturada con cal (1, 3, 7 y 28 días. Adicionalmente se les determinó el color en las mismas edades a especimenes curados a las condiciones ambientales del laboratorio. Se presentó decoloración total en todos aquellos cementos adicionados con aditivos orgánicos, y decoloración parcial en los cementos adicionados con algunos de los aditivos inorgánicos y ciertas adiciones minerales. Tanto los tiempos de fraguado, como las resistencias a la compresión y demás variables de desempeño experimentaron cambios significativos, en algunos casos positivos y en otros negativos, como consecuencia y efecto de las diferentes dosificaciones utilizadas de cada uno de los aditivos.

Hábitos alimenticios y migratorios del tiburón blanco Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae de Isla Guadalupe inferidos por el análisis de isótopos estables de δ15N and δ13C

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Mario Jaime-Rivera

2014-08-01

Full Text Available La composición isotópica de los tejidos de los depredadores tope en el ambiente marino provee información sobre su ecología trófica y su comportamiento migratorio. Estudios previos han mostrado que el tejido dérmico puede registrar patrones largos de movimiento y caza. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir los hábitos tróficos y migratorios de los tiburones blancos de Isla Guadalupe realizando un análisis de isótopos estables de su tejido dérmico. Consideramos un pequeño grupo de muchos posibles taxa que los tiburones pudieron haber comido a lo largo de su migración: pinípedos, calamares y atunes. Estas presas fueron agrupadas en cinco áreas focales: Golfo de California, Isla Guadalupe, Costa de California, SOFA y Hawái. Realizamos un modelo de mezcla bayesiano para estudiar la ecología trófica de este depredador tope. Los promedios del valor isotópico de la dermis del tiburón blanco fueron δ13C (-14.5‰ y δ15N (19.1‰. Los promedios del valor isotópico de la dermis transformada para semejar músculo fueron δ13C (-16.6 ‰ y δ15N (21.2‰. El modelo de mezcla mostró una probable depredación de los tiburones en áreas oceánicas como el SOFA y confirmó la importancia de los pinnípedos como presa principal del tiburón blanco en Isla Guadalupe.

Epidemiología de la enfermedad de Chagas en el municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Lara, Venezuela: infestación triatomínica y seroprevalencia en humanos

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Rodríguez-Bonfante,Claudina; Amaro,Aned; García,María; Mejías Wohlert,Ligia Elena; Guillen,Pamela; Antonio García,Rafael; Álvarez,Naysan; Díaz,Marialejandra; Cárdenas,Elsys; Castillo,Silvia; Bonfante-Garrido,Rafael; Bonfante-Cabarcas,Rafael

2007-01-01

Se realizó un despistaje serológico y recolección de vectores en cuatro comunidades rurales del municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Estado Lara, Venezuela. La muestra fue escogida en forma sistemática y aleatoria basada en conglomerados familiares. Se muestrearon 869 habitantes para determinar anticuerpos anti-Trypanosoma cruzi y anti-Leishmania sp. por inmunofluorescencia indirecta, aceptando como positivo diluciones > a 1:32 para anticuerpos anti-T. cruzi no reactivos para antígenos de Leishmania...

Multiplicación in vitro de segmentos nodales del clon de ñame Blanco de Guinea (Dioscorea cayenensis - D. rotundata ) en sistemas de cultivo semiautomatizado

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Manuel Cabrera Jova; Rafael Gómez Kosky; Sergio Rodríguez Morales; Jorge López Torres; Aymé Rayas Cabrera; Milagros Basail Pérez; Arletys Santos Pino; Víctor Medero Vega; Germán Rodríguez Rodríguez

2009-01-01

Con el empleo del sistema de inmersión temporal fue posible incrementar la multiplicación in vitro de los segmentos nodales en el clon de ñame Blanco de Guinea. Con este tipo de sistema de cultivo se obtuvieron los más altos valores para la altura de la planta, número de entrenudos por planta, así como para la masa fresca y seca de las mismas. Las condiciones de cultivo creadas en el sistema de inmersión temporal para la multiplicación in vitro de los segmentos nodales lograron el más alto co...

Bacterias ácido lácticas con capacidad antagónica y actividad bacteriocinogénica aisladas de quesos frescos

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Cástulo I. Martín del Campo M.

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Se aislaron 350 cepas de bacterias ácido lácticas (BAL, a partir de 35 muestras de quesos frescos, fueron probadas en contra de cuatro microorganismos patógenos, tres Gram+ (Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes y un Gram- (Salmonella agona. Sólo 25 cepas mostraron capacidad antagónica, el mayor efecto inhibidor fue debido al pH, por la producción de ácidos orgánicos. 8 de ellas, mostraron un efecto inhibidor diferente al pH, Todas las cepas mostraron actividad antagónica en contra de bacterias Gram+. S. agona, no fue inhibida en su desarrollo, por ninguna de las cepas de bacterias ácido lácticas. Tres cepas que mostraron inhibición con el sobrenadante, se trataron con enzimas proteolíticas, y se determinó que el factor inhibidor es de origen proteico. 16 cepas mostraron que es necesaria la presencia de las BAL para inhibir a los patógenos, al probar el sobrenadante libre de BAL, el efecto inhibidor no se manifestó.

Aplicação de ácido giberélico (GA3 em précolheita de tangerina ‘Poncã’ (Citrus reticulata blanco = Application of Gibberelic acid (GA3 on preharvest of ‘Ponkan’ mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco fruit

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Júnior Cesar Modesto

2006-01-01

Full Text Available O experimento foi instalado em pomar comercial de tangerineira ‘Poncã’ (Citrus reticulata Blanco, enxertadas sobre tangerineira ‘Cleópatra’ (Citrus reshni Hort. ex Tan., em Pratânia, Estado de S��o Paulo, Brasil. Adotouse o delineamento experimental em blocoscasualizados com 4 repetições. Os tratamentos empregados foram: 0 (controle, 5, 10, 15 e 20 mg L1 de ácido giberélico (GA3. A aplicação dos tratamentos foi realizada com atomizador tratorizado. Na mudança de coloração dos frutos, utilizaramse 5,9 litros de solução por planta, com adição de 0,03% de surfatante não iônico com 25% de Alquil fenol poliglicoléter. As análises da qualidade dos frutos foram realizadas aos 13, 45, 75 e 111 dias após a aplicação dos tratamentos (DAT. Não se verificou influência da aplicação de GA3 na massa fresca dos frutos, no conteúdo de sólidos solúveis totais, na acidez total titulável e “ratio”. No entanto foi observado atraso na colheita de frutos, induzido pelo efeito fisiológico do ácido giberélico. The experiment was carried out in a commercial orchard of ‘Ponkan’ mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco, grafted on ‘Cleopatra’ mandarin (Citrus reshni Hort. ex Tan., in Pratânia, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The utilized experimental design was composed of randomized blocks of four replications. The treatments consisted of: 0 (control,5, 10, 15 and 20 mg L1 of Gibberellic acid (GA3. Atomizer equipment was utilized for the application of the treatments. Each plant received 5.9 liters of solution, in which 0.03% of nonionic surfactant with 25% of alkylphenol ethoxylate was added, in order to change fruit coloration. The analyses of fruit quality were developed on the 13th, 45th, 75th and 111th days after the application of the treatments (DAT. Results showed that the application of GA3 did not affect fruit fresh mass, total soluble solids content, total titulable acidity and ratio. However, a delay in fruit

Prevalence and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from small Mexican retail markets of queso fresco.

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Soto Beltran, Marcela; Gerba, Charles P; Porto Fett, Anna; Luchansky, John B; Chaidez, Cristobal

2015-01-01

Queso fresco (QF) is a handmade cheese consumed and produced in Latin America. In Mexico, QF production is associated with a microbiological risk. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in QF from retail markets of the north-western State of Sinaloa, Mexico, and to assess the effect of physicochemical parameters on Listeria presence. A total of 75 QF samples were obtained. L. monocytogenes, E. coli, and coliforms were detected in 9.3, 94, and 100%, respectively. Salmonella was not detected. STEC isolates showed virulence genes. Microbial loads were above the maximum values recommended by the Official Mexican Standards. Physicochemical parameters such as water activity (aw), moisture content, pH, and salinity played a role in Listeria prevalence in QF. Rigorous control in QF made in Culiacan, Mexico is needed to reduce the risk of foodborne pathogens.

A Hanged From the Past: Medical Consideration on the Judas Iscariot Fresco-Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines, La Brigue (15th Century).

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Gaeta, Raffaele; Fornaciari, Antonio

2016-09-01

The medieval chapel of Notre Dame-des-Fontaines (Our Lady of the Fountains), in the French Maritime Alps, is entirely covered by the fresco cycle of the Passion (15th century) that depicts the last days of Jesus from the Last Supper to the Resurrection. Under a small window, there is the brutal representation of the suicide of Judas Iscariot, hanging from a tree, with the abdomen quartered from which his soul, represented by a small man, is kidnapped by a devil. The author, Giovanni Canavesio, represented the traitor's death with very detailed anatomical structures, differently thus from other paintings of the same subject; it is therefore possible to assume that the artist had become familiar with the human anatomy. In particular, the realism of the hanged man's posture, neck bent in an unnatural way, allows us to hypothesize that it probably comes from direct observation of the executions of capital punishment, not infrequently imposed by the public authorities in low medieval Italy.

Calidad de vida en el trabajo: Profesionales de la salud de Clínica Río Blanco y Centro de Especialidades Médicas Quality of life at work: Health Professionals Clinica Rio Blanco and Center Especialidades Médicas

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Diemen Delgado García

2012-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Identificar un constructo sobre la calidad de vida en el trabajo de los médicos/as y enfermeros/as de Clínica Río Blanco y Centro de Especialidades Médicas. Métodos y Materiales: Estudio transversal y analítico. Se aplicó un cuestionario de datos socio-laborales integrados por 10 ítems y el instrumento CVT-GOHISALO, el cual consta de 74 ítems y mide la calidad de vida en el trabajo en siete dimensiones Resultados: En un grupo de 20 trabajadores entre médicos/as y enfermeros/as, el 40 % cuenta con dos trabajos, el 20 % reporta ausentismo por enfermedad el año previo. El 60 % se desempeñan principalmente en turno mixto. El 40 % tiene una antigüedad de dos a cinco años y el 30 % menos de dos años. El número de horas semanales que dedican al descanso es menor a 20 horas en un 50 % de los trabajadores. Las siete dimensiones evaluadas: soporte institucional para el trabajo, seguridad en el trabajo, integración al puesto de trabajo, satisfacción por el trabajo, bienestar a través del trabajo, desarrollo personal y administración del tiempo libre, reflejan grados de insatisfacción en la calidad de vida en el trabajo. Conclusiones: Los trabajadores de la salud evaluados muestran una serie de percepciones subjetivas que reflejan una realidad de su medio laboral.Objective: To identify a construct on quality of life in the work of doctors and nurses Clínica Río Blanco and Center Especialidades Médicas. Methods and Materials: Cross-sectional and analytical. A questionnaire was social and labor data consisting of 10 question and CVT-GOHISALO instrument, which consists of 74 question and measures the quality of life at work in seven dimensions. Results: In a group of 20 workers among doctors and nurses, 40 % have two jobs, 20 % reported absenteeism due to illness the previous year. 60 % work mainly in mixed shift. 40 % have a length of two to five years and 30 % less than two years. The number of hours per week devoted to rest

Gorduras em pães comercializados em Florianópolis (SC | Fats in bread products sold in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Elinete E. de Lima

2015-11-01

Full Text Available O tipo de óleo/gordura utilizado na fabricação de pães interfere nas suas propriedades sensoriais e nutricionais. Assim, objetivou-se identificar os tipos de óleos/gorduras declarados nos rótulos dos pães (n = 320 comercializados em padarias e supermercados (n = 23 da região central de Florianópolis (SC. Para a análise dos dados utilizou-se o teste qui-quadrado (x². Aproximadamente 20% dos pães estavam sendo comercializados sem rótulo, todos de fabricação própria. Na avaliação das listas dos ingredientes os óleos/gorduras mais frequentes foram: gorduras vegetais (possíveis fontes de gordura trans (32%, óleos vegetais (25% e gordura de palma (18%. No entanto, apenas 5,6% dos pães apresentaram em seus rótulos gordura trans na porção. Os pães com maior ocorrência de gordura vegetal foram: hambúrguer/hot dog (92%, bisnaguinha (92% e de forma (82%. Já o grupo de pão integral industrial se destacou por conter principalmente óleos vegetais (88%. O grupo pão doce (100%, fabricado com gordura animal e gordura vegetal hidrogenada, apresentou maiores quantidades de gordura total. Conclui-se que há necessidade de melhorias com relação à rotulagem de pães; que pães industriais, especialmente os integrais, contêm gorduras mais saudáveis discriminadas em seus rótulos; pães hambúrguer/hot dog, bisnaguinha, de forma e doce, as menos saudáveis. =============================================== The type of oils/fats used in bread manufacturing affects the sensory and nutritional properties of bread products. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the types of oils/fats described on the labels of bread products (n = 320 sold in bakeries and supermarkets (n = 23 in the central region of Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The chi-squared test (χ² was used to analyze the data. Approximately 20% of the bread products available were not labeled. These products were made at the in-store bakeries

Study of the effects of low-fluence laser irradiation on wall paintings: Test measurements on fresco model samples

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Raimondi, Valentina; Cucci, Costanza; Cuzman, Oana; Fornacelli, Cristina; Galeotti, Monica; Gomoiu, Ioana; Lognoli, David; Mohanu, Dan; Palombi, Lorenzo; Picollo, Marcello; Tiano, Piero

2013-11-01

Laser-induced fluorescence is widely applied in several fields as a diagnostic tool to characterise organic and inorganic materials and could be also exploited for non-invasive remote investigation of wall paintings using the fluorescence lidar technique. The latter relies on the use of a low-fluence pulsed UV laser and a telescope to carry out remote spectroscopy on a given target. A first step to investigate the applicability of this technique is to assess the effects of low-fluence laser radiation on wall paintings. This paper presents a study devoted to investigate the effects of pulsed UV laser radiation on a set of fresco model samples prepared using different pigments. To irradiate the samples we used a tripled-frequency Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (emission wavelength: 355 nm; pulse width: 5 ns). We varied the laser fluence from 0.1 mJ/cm2 to 1 mJ/cm2 and the number of laser pulses from 1 to 500 shots. We characterised the investigated materials using several diagnostic and analytical techniques (colorimetry, optical microscopy, fibre optical reflectance spectroscopy and ATR-FT-IR microscopy) to compare the surface texture and their composition before and after laser irradiation. Results open good prospects for a non-invasive investigation of wall paintings using the fluorescence lidar technique.

Study of the effects of low-fluence laser irradiation on wall paintings: Test measurements on fresco model samples

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Raimondi, Valentina; Cucci, Costanza; Cuzman, Oana; Fornacelli, Cristina; Galeotti, Monica; Gomoiu, Ioana; Lognoli, David; Mohanu, Dan; Palombi, Lorenzo; Picollo, Marcello; Tiano, Piero

2013-01-01

Laser-induced fluorescence is widely applied in several fields as a diagnostic tool to characterise organic and inorganic materials and could be also exploited for non-invasive remote investigation of wall paintings using the fluorescence lidar technique. The latter relies on the use of a low-fluence pulsed UV laser and a telescope to carry out remote spectroscopy on a given target. A first step to investigate the applicability of this technique is to assess the effects of low-fluence laser radiation on wall paintings. This paper presents a study devoted to investigate the effects of pulsed UV laser radiation on a set of fresco model samples prepared using different pigments. To irradiate the samples we used a tripled-frequency Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (emission wavelength: 355 nm; pulse width: 5 ns). We varied the laser fluence from 0.1 mJ/cm 2 to 1 mJ/cm 2 and the number of laser pulses from 1 to 500 shots. We characterised the investigated materials using several diagnostic and analytical techniques (colorimetry, optical microscopy, fibre optical reflectance spectroscopy and ATR-FT-IR microscopy) to compare the surface texture and their composition before and after laser irradiation. Results open good prospects for a non-invasive investigation of wall paintings using the fluorescence lidar technique.

Analysis of the effects of Zimbabwean white farmers on small scale farming in Nigeria Análisis de los efectos de la presencia de agricultores blancos de Zimbabwe en la agricultura a pequeña escala en Nigeria

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Matthew Olaniyi Adewumi

2013-05-01

migrantes extranjeros en los sistemas de agricultura a pequeña escala prevale­cientes en Nigeria. El Proyecto de Desarrollo de la Agricultura Zona D, en el cual los agricul­tores blancos se establecieron en el estado de Kwara, fue utilizado como caso de estudio. La información primaria fue obtenida de agricultores blancos así como de agricultores locales considerando su situación pre y post la llegada de los agricultores blancos. Las estadísticas descriptivas y el análisis del presupuesto de cada parcela fueron utilizados para evaluar la información. La mayoría de los agricultores locales (98.63% han transitado hacia el monocultivo desde la llegada de los agricultores blancos a la región. Se ha observado un incremento significativo en la tasa de uso de semillas, el uso de fertilizantes y otros agro­químicos, así como en el trabajo humano por agricultor en el área en comparación con la situación prevaleciente antes de la llegada de los agricultores blancos. El tamaño promedio de sus tierras, la distancia de estas con respecto de sus hogares y uso de tractores se ha reducido de forma importante, mientras que la producción por agricultor se ha incrementa­do. La búsqueda de políticas que tranquilicen a los agricultores locales quienes en ocasio­nes manifiestan su insatisfacción por la forma en que los agricultores blancos han llegado a establecerse en estas tierras resulta imperativa. Esto permitirá lograr un desarrollo positivo y sustentable. Estas políticas pueden ser desarrolladas a través de un enfoque participativo en el desarrollo de la agricultura en el área. Este enfoque también podría resultar relevante en otras regiones del mundo que presentan situaciones similares.

Gino Germani y la historia de la sociología en Argentina. Entrevista al sociólogo Alejandro Blanco

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Jaime Eduardo Jaramillo Jiménez

2011-07-01

Full Text Available En la entrevista realizada a Alejandro Blanco, quien ha venido trabajando en una sociología y una historia de la sociología en América Latina, y particularmente en Argentina, se exploran, en un primer momento, algunas sincronías en el proceso de institucionalización de la sociología, en Argentina y Colombia, así como en otros países de la región. Posteriormente, la entrevista se enfoca en el papel y la figura de Gino Germani en la fundación de la Carrera de Sociología en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, ubicándolo en las discusiones y trayectoria del campo intelectual de su época. Por último, el entrevistado alude a los años sesenta en la sociología argentina, explorando el papel de algunas revistas e instituciones, nacionales e internacionales, en sus procesos de inicial consolidación y legitimación.

Influence of root-knot nematode infestation on antioxidant enzymes, chlorophyll content and growth in Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.

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Bhau, B S; Borah, Bitupon; Ahmed, Reshma; Phukon, P; Gogoi, Barbi; Sarmah, D K; Lal, M; Wann, S B

2016-04-01

Plants adapt themselves to overcome adverse environmental conditions, and this involves a plethora of concurrent cellular activities. Physiological experiments or metabolic profiling can quantify this response. Among several diseases of Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. (Patchouli), root-knot nematode infection caused by Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood causes severe damage to the plant and hence, the oil production. In the present study, we identified M. incognita morphologically and at molecular level using sequenced characterized amplified region marker (SCAR). M. incognita was artificially inoculated at different levels of second stage juveniles (J₂) to examine the effect on Patchouli plant growth parameters. Peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase enzyme activity and changes in the total phenol and chlorophyll contents in M. incognita was also evaluated in response to infection. The results have demonstrated that nematode infestation leads to increased peroxidase activities in the leaves of the patchouli plants and thereby, increase in phenolic content as a means of defence against nematode infestation. Chlorophyll content was also found decreased but no changes in polyphenol oxidase enzyme activity.

Change of mitotic behavior and ultra structure of 'Fuju' (Citrus reticulata Blanco) stem-apex clones after space flight

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Wu Rujian; Huang Jinghao; Wen Shouxing; Cai Zijian; Luo Tuyan; Chen Liangfeng; Wang Zhouwen

2011-01-01

By using conventional squash stain technique and ultrathin sectioning technique, the effects of space flight on mitotic behavior and ultrastructure were studied in the shoot apical meristem of 'Fuju' (Citrus reticulata Blanco), which had been carried by China's seed-breeding satellite, Shijian-8. The results showed that space flight had effect on the mutagenesis of stem-apical meristem. Abnormal mitosis with various degrees had been detected in 13 mutant clones, of which mitotic aberrations in clone '08004' were significantly higher than the others. The aberration rate of numerical abnormalities of chromosomes at metaphase, lagging chromosome, micronucleus, C-spindle, S-spindle and polyarch spindle in the clone '08004' was 0.34%, 0.669%, 0.86%, 0.17%, 1.20% and 1.03%, respectively. The ultrastructure of mesophyll cell in most clones was unchanged, but nucleus chromatin agglutination, chloroplast thylakoid disintegrated, autophagosome appeared, cell vacuolated, plasmolysis and the formation of apoptotic body were found in the clone '08004', suggesting that programmed cell death (PCD) Nevertheless, no change in the mitochondrial structure was observed until terminal phase of PCD. (authors)

Variação do peso fresco em Cornops aquaticum (Bruner (Orthoptera, Acrididae associado a Eichhornia azurea (Sw Kunth (Pontederiaceae em uma baía no Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso Variation of the fresh weight in Cornops aquaticum (Bruner (Orthoptera, Acrididae associated with Eichhornia azurea (Sw Kunth (Pontederiaceae in a bay in the Pantanal of Poconé, Mato Grosso

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Fatima R. Jaloretto da Silva

2010-03-01

Full Text Available Variação do peso fresco em Cornops aquaticum (Bruner (Orthoptera, Acrididae associado a Eichhornia azurea (Sw Kunth (Pontederiaceae em uma baía no Pantanal de Poconé, Mato Grosso. Cornops aquaticum (Bruner, 1906 (Orthoptera, Acrididae desenvolve seu ciclo de vida sobre macrófitas aquáticas da família Pontederiaceae. Como os gafanhotos são capazes de responder às mudanças sazonais, a alternância de períodos que ocorre no Pantanal pode refletir em sua biologia. Este estudo foi desenvolvido no Pantanal de Poconé - MT, com o objetivo de avaliar possíveis variações no peso fresco dos adultos e ninfas de C. aquaticum. Durante o período de março/2006 a fevereiro/2007 coletaram-se mensalmente, 50 indivíduos de C. aquaticum. Um total de 600 indivíduos foi avaliado, sendo 43,5 % adultos e 56,5 % ninfas. Os maiores valores de peso fresco total ocorreram nos meses de setembro (9,106g; 0,182g/indivíduo e outubro/2006 (8,865g; 0,177g/indivíduo e os menores em março/2006 (3,413g; 0,068g/indivíduo. Nos indivíduos adultos os maiores pesos frescos foram registrados em setembro/2006 (8,680g; 0,223g/indivíduo e outubro/2006 (8,654g; 0,234g/indivíduo, no final do período de seca, e o menor em março/2006 (1,792g; 0,138g/indivíduo, durante o período de cheia. As ninfas tiveram o maior peso fresco em abril/2006 (2,913g; 0,076g/indivíduo início da vazante, enquanto o menor peso fresco ocorreu em outubro/2006 (0,211g; 0,016g/indivíduo início da enchente. Apenas a variação no peso fresco médio das fêmeas foi significativa (f = 6,43; p = 0,001, com os maiores registros durante o período de enchente, o que pode evidenciar uma estratégia reprodutiva.Cornops aquaticum (Bruner, 1906 (Orthoptera, Acrididae develops its life cycle on aquatic macrophyte of the Pontederiaceae family. As grasshoppers are able to respond to the seasonal changes, the alternation of periods that occurs in the Pantanal may reflect in their biology. This study

Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, salinity and other variables collected from Surface underway observations using Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments from RIO BLANCO in the English Channel, Mediterranean Sea and others from 2009-12-13 to 2010-12-14 (NODC Accession 0117291)

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Effects of Combined Heat and Preservative Treatment on Storability of Ponkan Fruit (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Ponkan during Postharvest Storage

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Dandan Tang

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Heat treatment and preservative application have been widely used during postharvest storage of many fresh products, but the effect of their combination on citrus storage has rarely been investigated. In this study, the optimal heat treatment (HT conditions and HT combined with preservative treatment were investigated for Ponkan fruit (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Ponkan storage. Results indicated that HT at 55°C for 20 s can significantly reduce the decay rate of Ponkan fruit, and a combination of HT and 25% of the preservative dosage used in production of iminoctadine tris (albesilate, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and imazalil significantly reduced the decay rate without affecting fruit quality. In addition, the increased fiber contents in fruit receiving the HT combined with preservative treatments may be a response preventing fungus infection and enhancing fruit storability and resistance. The above results suggested that the combination of HT and 25% of the preservative production dosage was optimal for controlling Ponkan fruit decay during storage.

Study of the effects of low-fluence laser irradiation on wall paintings: Test measurements on fresco model samples

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Raimondi, Valentina, E-mail: v.raimondi@ifac.cnr.it [‘Nello Carrara’Applied Physics Institute-National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFAC), Firenze (Italy); Cucci, Costanza [‘Nello Carrara’Applied Physics Institute-National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFAC), Firenze (Italy); Cuzman, Oana [Institute for the Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage-National Research Council (CNR-ICVBC), Firenze (Italy); Fornacelli, Cristina [‘Nello Carrara’Applied Physics Institute-National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFAC), Firenze (Italy); Galeotti, Monica [Opificio delle Pietre Dure (OPD), Firenze (Italy); Gomoiu, Ioana [National University of Art, Bucharest (Romania); Lognoli, David [‘Nello Carrara’Applied Physics Institute-National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFAC), Firenze (Italy); Mohanu, Dan [National University of Art, Bucharest (Romania); Palombi, Lorenzo; Picollo, Marcello [‘Nello Carrara’Applied Physics Institute-National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IFAC), Firenze (Italy); Tiano, Piero [Institute for the Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage-National Research Council (CNR-ICVBC), Firenze (Italy)

2013-11-01

Laser-induced fluorescence is widely applied in several fields as a diagnostic tool to characterise organic and inorganic materials and could be also exploited for non-invasive remote investigation of wall paintings using the fluorescence lidar technique. The latter relies on the use of a low-fluence pulsed UV laser and a telescope to carry out remote spectroscopy on a given target. A first step to investigate the applicability of this technique is to assess the effects of low-fluence laser radiation on wall paintings. This paper presents a study devoted to investigate the effects of pulsed UV laser radiation on a set of fresco model samples prepared using different pigments. To irradiate the samples we used a tripled-frequency Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (emission wavelength: 355 nm; pulse width: 5 ns). We varied the laser fluence from 0.1 mJ/cm{sup 2} to 1 mJ/cm{sup 2} and the number of laser pulses from 1 to 500 shots. We characterised the investigated materials using several diagnostic and analytical techniques (colorimetry, optical microscopy, fibre optical reflectance spectroscopy and ATR-FT-IR microscopy) to compare the surface texture and their composition before and after laser irradiation. Results open good prospects for a non-invasive investigation of wall paintings using the fluorescence lidar technique.

Validación de un modelo empírico para calcular, mediante laser y fotodiodo, la potencia en función de la distancia para un blanco difusor

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Blázquez Campo, Pablo

2012-01-01

Este proyecto fin de carrera se centra en un estudio teórico y experimental de un sistema de emisión/recepción, formado por láser y fotodiodo, con el objetivo de validar un modelo empírico que describa el comportamiento de un blanco difusor iluminado con un haz colimado y describa la potencia recibida en función de la distancia con el punto de reflexión. A partir de los resultados experimentales, obtenidos y procesados mediante un software de aplicación general (Matlab) hallaremos la ecuación...

Utilización de lactosuero de queso fresco en la elaboración de una bebida fermentada con adición de pulpa maracuyá (passiflora edulis variedad púrpura y carbóximetil celulosa (cmc, enriquecida con vitaminas A y D.

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Sepúlveda Valencia José Uriel

2002-12-01

Full Text Available Se puede obtener una bebida con características especiales a partir de la fermentación de suero de queso fresco, en presencia de Streptococcus thermophillus y Lactobacillus bulgaricus, comparable con un yogur tradicional. Se utilizaron 150 kg de lactosuero de queso fresco, a cada muestra de 50 kg se le aplicó un tratamiento con estabilizantes comerciales cuya base es carboximetilcelulosa (CMC 27 FG, CMC 28FG y CMC 29FG, cuya función es conferir viscosidad. La bebida que se desarrolló a partir del gel formado durante el proces, se saborizó con pulpa de maracuyá (Pasiflora edulis var. púrpura, y se enriqueció con vitaminas A y D. La bebida con el tratamiento CMC 28FG demostró las mejores características sensoriales, el producto se mantuvo homogéneo por 24 días de almacenamiento a una temperatura de 6°C, durante este tiempo no se presentaron fenómenos de histéresis, gomosidad o grumosidad al tacto, sin embargo se observó un aumento en la acidez y una disminución de la viscosidad en el tiempo, ambos aspectos no fueron ampliamente percibidos por los jueces hasta la cuarta semana.

DESENVOLVIMENTO DE FERRAMENTA DE CÁLCULO DA INFORMAÇÃO NUTRICIONAL PARA ROTULAGEM DE PRODUTOS ALIMENTÍCIOS COMERCIALIZADOS NA FEIRA DO AGRICULTOR DE LARANJEIRAS DO SUL-PR

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Marcela Heloisa Andretta

2016-08-01

Full Text Available A Feira do Agricultor fornece uma importante fonte de renda para a agricultura familiar do município de Laranjeiras do Sul, na qual são comercializados principalmente hortaliças, produtos de panificação, massas alimentícias, doces e derivados do leite. O presente projeto de extensão universitária teve como objetivo a elaboração de uma ferramenta de cálculo de informação nutricional de produtos alimentícios. A partir de uma pesquisa exploratória, foi verificado que poucos produtores possuíam produtos alimentícios com rótulos e os mesmos tinham interesse na obtenção dos rótulos para se adequarem às normas municipal e federal. Para isso, uma ferramenta de cálculo foi desenvolvida em planilha eletrônica baseada na metodologia proposta pela Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA e em tabelas de composição de alimentos (TACO. Os feirantes foram conscientizados da importância de obter produtos alimentícios portando rótulos, e um levantamento da situação atual da feira foi realizado. Com o processo de rotulagem dos alimentos, as receitas tiveram que ser padronizadas, e o rendimento da produção foi medido. O serviço de confecção dos rótulos foi oferecido para os produtores que comercializavam os seus alimentos na feira e depois estendido para a comunidade. Palavras-chave: Composição dos Alimentos, Rótulos, Feiras Livres, Extensão Universitária.   Development of a nutritional information calculation tool for labeling the food products sold at the Farmer’s Market from Laranjeiras do Sul-PR Abstract: The Farmer’s Market provides an important income source for family farming in the city of Laranjeiras do Sul,he  where vegetables, bakery products, pasta, sweets and milk-based foods are the main products for sale. This university extension project was aimed at developing a nutritional information calculation tool for the food products. From an exploratory study, it was found that only a few producers

Qualidades físicas e químicas do abacaxi comercializado na CEAGESP São Paulo Physico chemical quality of pineapple commercialized in the CEAGESP-São Paulo

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Fábio José Bengozi

2007-01-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho buscou conhecer a variação das características físicas e químicas do abacaxi comercializado no Entreposto Terminal de São Paulo (ETSP, da Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais de São Paulo (CEAGESP, no período de setembro de 2005 a março de 2006. As avaliações foram realizadas na CEAGESP e nos laboratórios do Departamento de Agroindústria, Alimentos e Nutrição da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" - ESALQ/USP. Foram realizadas coletas em intervalos de duas semanas, em três atacadistas, com as amostras recolhidas de forma aleatória, padronizadas em frutos tipo 10 (caixa contendo 10 frutos, compostas de dez frutos por atacadista/origem. As amostras foram coletadas nos lotes oferecidos para comercialização pelos atacadistas. Foram avaliadas as seguintes características físicas e químicas: peso do fruto inteiro, peso da coroa, avaliação visual da coloração da casca, densidade, coloração da polpa, pH, teor de sólidos solúveis (SS, acidez titulável (AT, além da relação SS/AT. Para a análise estatística, foi utilizado o Programa SAS. Pelos resultados, observou-se que, dentre as regiões produtoras de abacaxi, destacaram-se, com relação à regularidade de oferta para os três atacadistas, os pólos de Canápolis ('Smooth Cayenne', Sapé e Miracema do Tocantins ('Pérola'. As diferentes regiões produtoras de abacaxi 'Pérola' apresentaram uma grande variação em relação ao peso médio dos frutos comercializados, indicando diferenças na tecnologia de produção adotada. Dentre as regiões produtoras de abacaxi, houve variação estatística no teor de sólidos solúveis ao longo do período analisado nos pólos de Canápolis ('Smooth Cayenne' e Itaberaba, Sapé e Miracema do Tocantins ('Pérola'. Dentre os parâmetros químicos analisados, a determinação do teor de sólidos solúveis por amostragem com uso do refratômetro manual, associado à maturação aparente (cor da

Factores que influyen en la producción de planta de Pinus cooperi blanco en vivero

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J. Á. Prieto Ruíz

2004-01-01

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de tres factores en el crecimiento y supervivencia de Pinus cooperi Blanco en vivero, se realizó un experimento en el Campo Experimental Valle del Guadiana-INIFAP, Durango, Dgo., México. Los tratamientos se distribuyeron en un diseño experimental de bloques al azar con un arreglo en parcelas subdivididas y consistieron en: a dos tamaños de envase: 80 y 170 cm3 de volumen, b tres rutinas de fertilización, con diferentes proporciones de nitrógeno (N, fósforo (P y potasio (K, con dosis que variaron en las tres fases de crecimiento de las plantas y c tres frecuencias de riego aplicadas cada 48, 96 y 168 horas durante la fase de preacondicionamiento. A los ocho meses de edad se encontró que la planta producida en el envase de 170 cm3 fue estadísticamente superior en las variables altura, diámetro y producción de fitomasa. En cambio, las rutinas de fertilización no tuvieron efectos significativos en las variables estudiadas. El riego cada 48 horas en la fase de preacondicionamiento también influyó significativamente en las variables medidas. La supervivencia no mostró diferencias significativas a las fuentes de variación estudiadas.

PROPAGACIÓN POR ESTACAS JUVENILES DEL BALSO BLANCO (Heliocarpus americanus L. Sin. H. popayanensis UTILIZANDO PROPAGADORES DE SUBIRRIGACIÓN PROPAGATION OF WHITE BALSUM (Heliocarpus americanus L. Sin. H. popayanensis CUTTINGS USING NONMIST PROPAGATORS

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Carolina Vásquez Restrepo

2006-12-01

Full Text Available El mercado mundial de edulcorantes orgánicos es una oportunidad para la panela, producto básico de la canasta familiar que representa ingresos importantes para la población rural colombiana. El balso blanco (Heliocarpus americanus L. Sin. H. popayanensis Hook & Arn. es la especie más usada en procesos de clarificación de la panela en Antioquia y las zonas cañeras húmedas colombianas. Pero la extracción de la corteza de árboles obtenidos de la regeneración natural comienza a ser insostenible, por el daño causado a los individuos y la presión creciente a este recurso. La prohibición del uso de sustancias químicas en procesos de clarificación de panela ha aumentado la demanda de la corteza del balso blanco. En este trabajo se estimó el enraizamiento de estacas juveniles de balso blanco, por propagadores de subirrigación. Se realizaron dos experimentos, utilizando ácido anaftalenacético (ANA. En el primero se evaluó el efecto del transporte, cicatrizante y sustrato sobre el enraizamiento de las estacas de balso blanco. El mejor medio de transporte fue en cristales de hidrogel para mantener la humedad de las estacas, sin utilizar cicatrizante y sembrándolas en el sustrato tierra (55 % de enraizamiento. En el segundo se analizó la influencia de la intensidad lumínica y el área foliar en el porcentaje de enraizamiento de las estacas. El más alto enraizamiento se obtuvo con el tratamiento de doble sombra y un área foliar de 20 cm² (25 % de enraizamiento. Aunque los mejores resultados indican un relativo éxito en el uso de medios de enraizamiento, es una primera aproximación para propagar esta especie que necesita ser protegida.The world market of organic edulcorants is an opportunity for “panela”, a basic domestic consumption product that provides important income to rural population. White balsum (Heliocarpus americanus L. Sin. H. popayanensis Hook & Arn. is the most used species in the panela clarification processes in

Proyecto MercadoFRESCO: a multi-level, community-engaged corner store intervention in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights.

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Ortega, Alexander N; Albert, Stephanie L; Sharif, Mienah Z; Langellier, Brent A; Garcia, Rosa Elena; Glik, Deborah C; Brookmeyer, Ron; Chan-Golston, Alec M; Friedlander, Scott; Prelip, Michael L

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Urban food swamps are typically situated in low-income, minority communities and contribute to overweight and obesity. Changing the food landscape in low income and underserved communities is one strategy to combat the negative health consequences associated with the lack of access to healthy food resources and an abundance of unhealthy food venues. In this paper, we describe Proyecto MercadoFRESCO (Fresh Market Project), a corner store intervention project in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights in California that used a multi-level approach with a broad range of community, business, and academic partners. These are two neighboring, predominantly Latino communities that have high rates of overweight and obesity. Located in these two communities are approximately 150 corner stores. The project used a community-engaged approach to select, recruit, and convert four corner stores, so that they could become healthy community assets in order to improve residents' access to and awareness of fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables in their immediate neighborhoods. We describe the study framework for the multi-level intervention, which includes having multiple stakeholders, expertise in corner store operations, community and youth engagement strategies, and social marketing campaigns. We also describe the evaluation and survey methodology to determine community and patron impact of the intervention. This paper provides a framework useful to a variety of public health stakeholders for implementing a community-engaged corner store conversion, particularly in an urban food swamp.

CrWSKP1, an SKP1-like Gene, Is Involved in the Self-Incompatibility Reaction of "Wuzishatangju" (Citrus reticulata Blanco).

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Li, Peng; Miao, Hongxia; Ma, Yuewen; Wang, Lu; Hu, Guibing; Ye, Zixing; Zhao, Jietang; Qin, Yonghua

2015-09-09

Plant S-phase kinase-associated protein 1 (SKP1) genes play crucial roles in plant development and differentiation. However, the role of SKP1 in citrus is unclear. Herein, we described a novel SKP1-like gene, designated as CrWSKP1, from "Wuzishatangju" (Citrus reticulata Blanco). The cDNA sequence of CrWSKP1 is 779 base pairs (bp) and contains an open reading frame (ORF) of 477 bp. The genomic sequence of the CrWSKP1 gene is 1296 bp with two exons and one intron. CrWSKP1 has high identity with SKP1-like genes from other plant species within two conserved regions. Approximately 85% of pollen tubes of self-pollinated CrWSKP1 transgenic tobaccos became twisted at four days after self-pollination. Pollen tube numbers of self-pollinated CrWSKP1 transformants entering into ovules were significantly fewer than that of the control. Seed number of self-pollinated CrWSKP1 transformants was significantly reduced. These results suggested that the CrWSKP1 is involved in the self-incompatibility (SI) reaction of "Wuzishatangju".

GEOARQUEOLOGÍA, RADIOCARBONO Y CRONOESTRATIGRAFÍA DEL YACIMIENTO SOLUTRENSE DE LA CUEVA DE AMBROSIO (VÉLEZ-BLANCO, ALMERÍA, ESPAÑA

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Jesús F. Jordá Pardo

2013-09-01

Full Text Available La Cueva de Ambrosio (Vélez-Blanco, Almería, España es un yacimiento situado en el extremo SE de la Península Ibérica que presenta una secuencia estratigráfica en la que se han excavado tres unidades sedimentarias con materiales del Solutrense. En este trabajo estudiamos la secuencia desde la perspectiva geoarqueológica y cronoestratigráfica. El estudio geoarqueológico ha permitido distinguir dos unidades litoestratigráficas con diferente significado, una inferior generada por una colada de fango y otra superior formada por procesos de gelifracción que contiene las ocupaciones solutrenses. Las últimas dataciones radiocarbónicas obtenidas permiten clarificar la posición de la secuencia en la escala cronoestratigráfica del Pleistoceno superior. La calibración de las nuevas fechas 14C del nivel IV (Solutrense superior y del nivel II (Solutrense superior evolucionado permiten situar estos momentos entre el final del GS 3 (final del OIS 3 y el final del GI 2, con una importante ocupación (nivel II al final del evento H-2, coincidiendo con el interestadial que precede al último Máximo Glacial (GS 2.La Cueva de Ambrosio (Vélez-Blanco, Almería, Spain is located in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is a karstic cavity with rock shelter morphology that contains a stratigraphic sequence composed of three sedimentary units with Solutrean materials. In this work we study the sequence from the geoarchaeological and chronostratigraphical perspective. The geoarchaeological study has allowed us to distinguish two litostratigraphic units, the lower generated by a mud flow and the upper formed by gelifraction processes which contains the Solutrean occupations. The last radiocarbon dates from the Solutrean of La Cueva de Ambrosio allow the clarification of its position in the Upper Pleistocene chronostratigraphic scale. The calibration of the new 14C dates from the level IV (Upper Solutrean and the level II (Upper Evolved Solutrean

Caracterización bioquímica de la enzima bifuncional dihidrofolato reductasa-timidilato sintasa de Leishmania (Viannia y su evaluación como blanco molecular

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Edison Osorio

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Introducción. La dihidrofolato reductasa (DHFR se ha utilizado como blanco molecular en tratamientos antibacterianos, anticancerígenos y antipalúdicos. También, actúa como blanco molecular en Leishmania; sin embargo, no existen reportes de la enzima bifuncional en especies de Leishmania (Viannia. Materiales y métodos. Se ha aislado y expresado en Escherichia coli el gen que codifica para la enzima bifuncional DHFR y la timidilato-sintasa (TS de Leishmania braziliensis. La enzima recombinante se purificó y caracterizó, y se evaluó el efecto inhibitorio de algunos antifolatos, así como de cuatro alcaloides aporfínicos. Resultados. El gen se compone de aproximadamente 1.560 pb y codifica un péptido de 58 kDa que contiene los dominios DHFR y TS ligados en una sola cadena polipeptídica. La enzima recombinante DHFR-TS, utilizando el dihidrofolato (H2F como sustrato, presentó valores de Km y Vmax de 55,35± 4,02 (media ± el error estándar de la media y de 0,02 ± 5,34 x 10-4, respectivamente. La enzimar DHFR-TS de L. braziliensis presentó valores de Ki para los antifolatos en el rango de micras. El metotrexato fue el inhibidor más potente de la actividad enzimática (Ki=22,0 mM en comparación del trimetoprim (Ki=33 mM y la pirimetamina (Ki=68 mM. Estos valores de Ki son significativamente más bajos en comparación con los obtenidos para los alcaloides aporfínicos. Conclusión. Los resultados muestran el efecto inhibitorio de los antifolatos sobre la actividad enzimática, lo cual indica que la rDHFR-TS de L. braziliensis podría ser un modelo para estudiar moléculas antiprotozoarias potenciales. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v33i3.1434

Qualidade do leite cru comercializado informalmente no município de Itaqui-RS | Quality of raw milk informally sold in the city of Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Carlos Henrique Almeida Molina

2015-11-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade do leite cru comercializado informalmente no município de Itaqui-RS. Foram coletadas 21 amostras de leite de diferentes produtores, as quais foram identificadas e investigadas quanto à presença de substâncias fraudulentas (cloro e hipocloritos, peróxido de hidrogênio, formol, neutralizantes de acidez, amido, urina e sacarose, análises físico-químicas (densidade, gordura, extrato seco total (EST, extrato seco desengordurado (ESD, proteínas e acidez titulável, microbiológicas, resíduos de antibióticos e contagem de células somáticas (CCS. Os resultados obtidos indicaram a presença de neutralizantes de acidez somente na amostra do produtor 8, e apenas as amostras 7 e 15 estavam com valores de densidade em desacordo com a legislação. Para o conteúdo de gordura, 33,3% das amostras não atenderam aos requisitos da Instrução Normativa nº 62/2011, assim como 57,1%, 61,9% e 61,9% das amostras avaliadas quanto à CCS, ao ESD e à acidez, respectivamente. Considerando a contagem total de micro-organismos, 61,9% das amostras de leite apresentaram contagem superior ao estabelecido pela legislação. Além disso, constatou-se que 23,8% continham resíduos de antibióticos. Portanto, observou-se que todo o leite comercializado apresentou pelo menos um dos parâmetros de qualidade fora dos padrões da legislação brasileira. =============================================== The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality of informally commercialized raw milk in the city of Itaqui, RS. Various producers provided a total of 21 samples of milk, which were then identified and investigated for fraudulent compounds (chlorine, hypochlorites, hydrogen peroxide, formaldehyde, acid neutralizers, starch, urine, and sucrose, physical-chemical analysis [density, fat content, total dry extract, solids-non-fat, protein content, and titratable acidity], microbiological analysis, antibiotic residues

Avaliação da qualidade de méis de abelha produzidos e comercializados em Vitória da Conquista, Bahia

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Manoel Nelson de Castro Filho

2017-10-01

Full Text Available O mel é um produto elaborado pelas abelhas, a partir do néctar das flores ou de secreções procedentes de partes vivas das plantas, que as abelhas recolhem, transformam e combinam com substâncias específicas próprias. Este alimento é nutritivo e energético, sendo apreciado, entre outros fatores, por suas propriedades terapêuticas. Açúcares, água, vitaminas, ácidos orgânicos e sais minerais são os principais constituintes do mel. Nesse sentido, as análises laboratoriais são utilizadas para inspeção, com o objetivo de conhecer a composição química do mel, identificando a qualidade do produto. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade dos méis produzidos e comercializados na cidade de Vitória da Conquista - BA e sua adequabilidade em relação à identidade e qualidade padronizadas pela legislação brasileira. As amostras foram obtidas da Casa do Mel da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, em Vitória da Conquista, e analisadas no laboratório de Química Analítica e Ambiental da mesma instituição. Foram analisados teor de umidade, acidez livre, açúcares redutores e não redutores, hidroximetilfurfural, sólidos solúveis totais, pH e reação de Fiehe e Lund  em 18 amostras de méis. Das amostras avaliadas, 66,67% apresentaram valores de HMF superiores aos aceitáveis pela legislação, 11,11% para acidez e 27,78% para o teste Fiehe. O resultado das demais análises apresentaram-se dentro dos valores permitidos.

OCORRÊNCIA DE ENTEROPARASITAS EM COLORÍFICO COMERCIALIZADO EM VITÓRIA DA CONQUISTA – BAHIA

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REGINA MáRCIA AMORIM DE SOUZA

2009-12-01

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Os métodos caseiros de produção do colorífico e sua comercialização sem condições higiênico-sanitária podem representar importante fonte de contaminação e disseminação de enteroparasitas. Dessa forma a identifi cação laboratorial de protozoários e helmintos em colorífi co é de grande importância para a saúde pública, pois analisa as condições higiênicas envolvidas na sua produção, armazenamento, transporte, manipulação e comercialização. O presente trabalho objetivou identifi car a ocorrência de estruturas parasitárias em colorífi co caseiro e industrial comercializados em feiras livres e em supermercados de Vitória da Conquista-Bahia. Para tanto foram coletadas no período de junho e julho 105 amostras de colorífi co em estabelecimentos comerciais localizados na cidade. As amostras do pigmento em estudo foram submetidas a análises para pesquisa de enteroparasitas no Laboratório de Parasitologia da UESB, através dos métodos de Sedimentação Espontânea e de Carvalho et al.3 Resultados negativos para enteroparasitas foram obtidos em todas as amostras. De acordo com a Resolução da ANVISA RDC n°276,2 de 22 de setembro de 2005, as amostras de colorífi co artesanal e industrial apresentam condições sanitárias satisfatórias de acordo a legislação vigente para parasitos e larvas.

Unapal-Dorado, nuevo cultivar de zapallo con alto contenido de materia seca para consumo en fresco Unapal- Dorado, pumpkin new cultivar with high dry matter for fresh consumption

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Franco Alirio Vallejo C

2010-04-01

Full Text Available A partir de tres cruzamientos dialélicos entre poblaciones con diferente grado de endocría (S0 x S0; S1 x S1; S2 x S2 se seleccionaron 11 familias promisorias teniendo en cuenta el contenido de materia seca, producción por planta y calidad de fruto para consumo en fresco. Se realizaron dos ciclos de recombinación genética y selección ínter e intrapoblacional. Se escogieron cuatro familias las cuales fueron evaluadas en un ensayo de rendimiento en el Centro Experimental de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira (Ceunp. La familia de mejor desempeño se evaluó comparativamente con otras seis, incluyendo el testigo comercial Unapal Bolo Verde, en pruebas regionales, en tres localidades del Valle del Cauca, durante dos semestres consecutivos (2008 B- 2009A. Por su excelente comportamiento en producción (15 kg/planta, contenido de materia seca (> 16%, 3.5 kg/fruto y 5 frutos/planta y calidad de fruto para consumo en fresco, esta familia originó la nueva variedad de zapallo, conocida con el nombre comercial Unapal-Dorado.From three diallelic crossings, among populations with different degree of inbreeding (S0 x S0; S1 x S1; S2 x S2, 11 family with high dry matter, production by plant and fruit quality for consumption in fresh were selected. Two cycles of genetic recombination and selection were carried out. Four selected genotypes were evaluated the Centro Experimental de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira (CEUNP. The genotype of better performance was evaluated comparatively with others six families, including the control Unapal Bolo Verde, in regional tests, in three localities of the Valle del Cauca, during two consecutive semesters (2008 B - 2009A. By its excellent behavior in production (15 kg/planta, content of dry matter (higher than 16%, 3,5 kg by fruit, and five fruits by plant, quality of fruit for consumption in fresh, this family of better performance originated the pumpkin new cultivar, with the

Antimicrobial behavior of phage endolysin PlyP100 and its synergy with nisin to control Listeria monocytogenes in Queso Fresco.

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Ibarra-Sánchez, Luis A; Van Tassell, Maxwell L; Miller, Michael J

2018-06-01

Hispanic-style fresh cheeses, such as Queso Fresco (QF), have been linked to numerous listeriosis outbreaks in the United States. In this work, we have studied the antilisterial behavior and effectiveness of the Listeria phage endolysin PlyP100 in QF, as well as the potential synergy between PlyP100 and nisin. PlyP100 showed similar bacterial reduction regardless of varying L. monocytogenes inoculum size in QF, and when the inoculation size was 1 Log CFU/g, no pathogen recovery after cheese enrichment was observed. PlyP100 was stable in QF for up to 28 days of cold storage exhibiting similar antilisterial activity regardless of when contamination with L. monocytogenes occurred. PlyP100 alone exhibited a strong listeriostatic effect in QF, on the contrary, nisin alone was not effective to control the pathogen in QF during cold storage. The combination of nisin and PlyP100 showed a strong synergy in QF with non-enumerable levels of L. monocytogenes after 4 weeks of refrigerated storage. Moreover, L. monocytogenes isolates from cheeses treated with nisin, PlyP100, and their combination did not develop resistance to nisin or PlyP100. Our results support the use of PlyP100 combined with nisin as an efficient L. monocytogenes control measure in QF. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Indios, blancos y negros. Relaciones interétnicas en la frontera de Chiquitos con Mato Grosso, siglo XVIII

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Cecilia Martínez

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Este artículo describe la situación de la frontera entre los imperios español y portugués en el alto río Paraguay en las épocas jesuítica y colonial tardía (siglo XVIII. Señala las transformaciones en la cartografía étnica que tuvieron lugar a partir de la tardía conquista y colonización de la región. Se tienen en cuenta procesos sociohistóricos como las incursiones esclavistas de los bandeirantes portugueses, la guerra chiquito-guaycurú, la disputa territorial entre ambas coronas ibéricas, y los cambios en la administración de la provincia de Chiquitos después de la expulsión de los jesuitas. Se analizan los cambios socioculturales y en las relaciones interétnicas, provocados por esos procesos históricos, prestando especial atención en la incidencia que tuvieron entre los grupos indígenas que poblaban las zonas aledañas al río, así como también en la vinculación de éstos con otros actores sociales blancos y negros, provenientes del reino de Portugal.

Bacterial ecology of tilapia fresh fillets and some factors that can influence their microbial quality Ecologia bacteriana de filés frescos de tilápia e de pontos capazes de influenciar a sua qualidade microbiológica

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Cleube Andrade Boari

2008-12-01

Full Text Available The purpose of research was to investigate the bacterial ecology of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus fresh fillets and some factors that can influence its microbial quality. Samples of fish cultivation water (n = 20, tilapia tegument and gut (n = 20 and fresh fillets (n = 20 were collected in an experimental tilapia aquaculture located in the city of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Staphylococcus spp., Aeromonas spp., Enterococcus spp. and Enterobacteriaceae were quantified using selective plating. For the enumeration of Pseudomonas spp., the most probable number technique (MPN was utilized. Bacterial colonies (n = 198 were identified by Gram strain and biochemical tests. Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas spp., Enterococcus spp. and Enterobacteriaceae were found in the cultivation water (water from a fishpond cultivation, tegument, gut, and fresh fillets. Staphylococcus spp. was not isolated in the cultivation water. Salmonella spp. was not detected. The count variable of 10 to 10³ CFU or MPN.(g or mL-1. Associated to freshwater tilapia fillet processing, there is a large variety of microorganisms related to foodborne illnesses and fish products deterioration.A presente pesquisa foi conduzida com o objetivo de se investigar a ecologia microbiana de filés frescos de tilápia (Oreochromis niloticus e de pontos capazes de influenciar em sua qualidade microbiológica. Para sua condução, amostras de água de cultivo (n = 20, tegumento e trato gastrintestinal (n = 20 e filés frescos (n = 20 foram coletados em um sistema de produção aqüícola de água doce localizado em Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Staphylococcus spp., Aeromonas spp., Enterococcus spp., Enterobacteriaceae foram quantificados através de plaqueamento seletivo. Pseudomonas spp. foi enumerada através da técnica do número mais provável. Colônias (n = 198 foram identificadas por coloração de Gram e testes bioquímicos. Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas spp., Enterococcus spp. e

Níveis de mercúrio em atum sólido enlatado comercializado na cidade do Rio de Janeiro Total mercury levels in canned tuna fish commercialized at the Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil

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Allegra YALLOUZ

2001-01-01

Full Text Available No presente trabalho, estudou-se o nível de mercúrio em atum sólido enlatado, comercializado na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Foram analisadas 39 amostras, pertencente a 5 marcas e lotes distintos, utilizando-se a espectrometria de absorção atômica pela técnica de vapor-frio. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que 53% das amostras apresentaram um teor acima do máximo recomendado, sendo que somente uma entre as cinco marcas estudadas apresentou todas as amostras com níveis dentro dos limites tolerados. Tais resultados demonstram a necessidade de um maior controle da qualidade destes produtos.The present study investigated the mercury levels in canned tuna fish, commercialized in the Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. Thirty nine samples from five different makers were analyzed by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. The results showed that 53% of the samples presented levels above the WHO (World Health Organization recommended value, and only one from the five suppliers presented all their samples below this level. Such results indicate that it urges a better quality control for this food.

Polyphenolic glycosides isolated from Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. as novel influenza neuraminidase inhibitors.

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Liu, Fang; Cao, Wei; Deng, Chao; Wu, Zhaoquan; Zeng, Guangyao; Zhou, Yingjun

2016-01-01

Influenza is historically an ancient disease that causes annual epidemics and, at irregular intervals, pandemics. At present, the first-line drugs (oseltamivir and zanamivir) don't seem to be optimistic due to the spontaneously arising and spreading of oseltamivir resistance among influenza virus. Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. (P. cablin) is an important traditional Chinese medicine herb that has been widely used for treatment on common cold, nausea and fever. In our previous study, we have identified an extract derived from P. cablin as a novel selective neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor. A series of polyphenolic compounds were isolated from P. cablin for their potential ability to inhibit neuraminidase of influenza A virus. Two new octaketides (1, 2), together with other twenty compounds were isolated from P. cablin. These compounds showed better inhibitory activity against NA. The significant potent compounds of this series were compounds 2 (IC50 = 3.87 ± 0.19 μ mol/ml), 11, 12, 14, 15, 19 and 20 (IC50 was in 2.12 to 3.87 μ mol/ml), which were about fourfold to doubled less potent than zanamivir and could be used to design novel influenza NA inhibitors, especially compound 2, that exhibit increased activity based on these compounds. With the help of molecular docking, we had a preliminary understanding of the mechanism of the two new compounds (1-2)' NA inhibitory activity. Fractions 6 and polyphenolic compounds isolated from fractions 6 showed higher NA inhibition than that of the initial plant exacts. The findings of this study indicate that polyphenolic compounds and fractions 6 derived from P. cablin are potential NA inhibitors. This work is one of the evidence that P. cablin has better inhibitory activity against influenza, which not only enriches the compound library of P. cablin, but also facilitates further development and promises its therapeutic potential for the rising challenge of influenza diseases.

EL ARTE RUPESTRE PALEOLÍTICO DE LA CUEVA DE AMBROSIO (VÉLEZ-BLANCO, ALMERÍA, ESPAÑA. UNA VISIÓN VEINTE AÑOS DESPUÉS

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Sergio Ripoll López

2013-11-01

Full Text Available Durante las campañas de 1992 y 1994 se encontraron en el yacimiento solutrense de La Cueva de Ambrosio (Vélez-Blanco, Almería, España un conjunto de representaciones artísticas parietales pintadas y grabadas del Paleolítico superior. Entre los grabados del panel I, se ha descifrado una excelente silueta de caballo, una representación de ave, unos protomos de bóvido y de caballo, así como otros trazos todavía no interpretados. En la parte inferior del panel existen pinturas, poco visibles a causa de una colada calcítica y de momento no es posible interpretar ninguna representación figurativa. En el panel II se han identificado un total de 25 figuras tanto grabadas como pintadas. La excepcionalidad del hallazgo reside en el hecho de poder interrelacionar perfectamente estas muestras de arte con los niveles arqueológicos claramente definidos desde el punto de vista cultural y cronoestratigráfico (ca. 20000 BP Solutrense medio y Solutrense superior del mismo yacimiento.In the solutrean site of La Cueva de Ambrosio (Vélez-Blanco, Almería, Spain several engraved and painted figures dated on the Upper Palaeolithic, have been found during the field works of 1992 and 1994. In The panel I we have identified an excellent representation of a horse, a bird, one bovidae and another protome of a horse. Below this surface there are many red ochre wall paintings covered by a calcitic speleotheme and for the time being we are unable to give any interpretation for it. In the second panel we have discovered more tone splendid red painted horse, two more enngraved horses and a little head of one other black painted horse. There are many engraved lines and pictural rests that must be studied in the future. The exceptionality of this discovery is that we can interrelate perfectly these rock art paintings with the archaeological levels clearly defined chronologically and culturally (ca. 20000 BP, Middle Solutrean and Upper Solutrean from the same site.

Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, salinity and other variables collected from Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement and other instruments from the MONTE OLIVIA and Rio Blanco in the English Channel, North Atlantic Ocean and others from 2009-01-18 to 2009-12-23 (NODC Accession 0117337)

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Estandarización del método de extracción de ácidos nucleicos en muestras comerciales enlatadas de atún (Thunnus sp.

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Amarys Aguilar

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Tradicionalmente, los países consumían productos pesqueros capturados por su propia flota en sus aguas territoriales. Hoy en día, el proceso de industrialización y la globalización de los mercados dificultan controlar el procesamiento de los alimentos, facilitando la posible sustitución fraudulenta de especies de pescado por otras de características similares. La genética molecular ofrece herramientas que permiten solventar estas dificultades, de manera confiable y rápida, permitiendo identificar especies pesqueras y sus productos, utilizando el ADN y no por un etiquetado. El objetivo del presente estudio fue estandarizar una metodología para la efectiva extracción de material genómico en muestras de atunes, frescos y enlatados, comercializados en Venezuela. Se ensayaron diferentes metodologías de lisis celular y aislamiento y purificación de ácidos nucleicos, y los resultados indicaron que las modificaciones realizadas a métodos previamente informados permitieron un aislamiento exitoso del material genético, aún cuando se observó material degradado en algunos de los productos analizados. El uso de estas metodologías se está extendiendo rápidamente en otros países y los resultados del presente trabajo representan el primer informe nacional para la estandarización de los métodos moleculares para la futura trazabilidad molecular en Venezuela.

Estandarización del método de extracción de ácidos nucleicos en muestras comerciales enlatadas de atún (Thunnus sp.

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Marinela Barrero

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Tradicionalmente, los países consumían productos pesqueros capturados por su propia flota en sus aguas territoriales. Hoy en día, el proceso de industrialización y la globalización de los mercados dificultan controlar el procesamiento de los alimentos, facilitando la posible sustitución fraudulenta de especies de pescado por otras de características similares. La genética molecular ofrece herramientas que permiten solventar estas dificultades, de manera confiable y rápida, permitiendo identificar especies pesqueras y sus productos, utilizando el ADN y no por un etiquetado. El objetivo del presente estudio fue estandarizar una metodología para la efectiva extracción de material genómico en muestras de atunes, frescos y enlatados, comercializados en Venezuela. Se ensayaron diferentes metodologías de lisis celular y aislamiento y purificación de ácidos nucleicos, y los resultados indicaron que las modificaciones realizadas a métodos previamente informados permitieron un aislamiento exitoso del material genético, aún cuando se observó material degradado en algunos de los productos analizados. El uso de estas metodologías se está extendiendo rápidamente en otros países y los resultados del presente trabajo representan el primer informe nacional para la estandarización de los métodos moleculares para la futura trazabilidad molecular en Venezuela.

Assessment of hydrologic transport of radionuclides from the Rio Blanco underground nuclear test site, Colorado

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Chapman, J.; Earman, S.; Andricevic, R.

1996-10-01

DOE is operating an environmental restoration program to characterize, remediate, and close non-Nevada Test Site locations used for nuclear testing. Evaluation of radionuclide transport by groundwater is part of preliminary risk analysis. These evaluations allow prioritization of test areas in terms of risk, provide a basis for discussions with regulators and the public about future work, and provide a framework for assessing site characterization data needs. The Rio Blanco site in Colorado was the location of the simultaneous detonation of three 30-kiloton nuclear devices. The devices were located 1780, 1899, and 2039 below ground surface in the Fort Union and Mesaverde formations. Although all the bedrock formations at the site are thought to contain water, those below the Green River Formation (below 1000 in depth) are also gas-bearing, and have very low permeabilities. The transport scenario evaluated was the migration of radionuclides from the blast-created cavity through the Fort Union Formation. Transport calculations were performed using the solute flux method, with input based on the limited data available for the site. Model results suggest that radionuclides from the test are contained entirely within the area currently administered by DOE. This modeling was performed to investigate how the uncertainty in various physical parameters affect radionuclide transport at the site, and to serve as a starting point for discussion regarding further investigation; it was not intended to be a definitive simulation of migration pathways or radionuclide concentration values. Given the sparse data, the modeling results may differ significantly from reality. Confidence in transport predictions can be increased by obtaining more site data, including the amount of radionuclides which would have been available for transport (i.e., not trapped in melt glass or vented during gas flow testing), and the hydraulic properties of the formation. 38 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab

ESTIMACIÓN DE PARÁMETROS GENÉTICOS PARA PESO AL DESTETE EN GANADO BLANCO OREJINEGRO (BON EN EL NOROCCIDENTE COLOMBIANO

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Jhon Cañas Á

2008-04-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Estimar los componentes de varianza genético aditivo directo y materno para peso al destete en ganado criollo Blanco Orejinegro (BON. Materiales y métodos. Se utilizaron 356 registros entre los años 1988 al 2007, del núcleo de animales BON puro de la hacienda Vegas de la Clara de la Universidad de Antioquia. El análisis fue realizado utilizando un modelo animal incluyendo los efectos fijos de sexo y época de destete, y como covariable la edad al destete y los efectos aleatorios genético directo, genético materno, ambiente permanente y residual. Resultados. El peso promedio al destete fue de 196.3 ± 31.4 kg, a una edad promedio de 271.8 ± 13.5 días. Se encontraron 21 animales endogámicos con un coeficiente de endogamia de 24.5%. La heredabilidad directa y materna fueron de 0.63 ± 0.36 y 0.22 ± 0.19 con una correlación entre el efecto directo y el materno de -0.78 ± 0.21. Conclusión. De acuerdo a los resultados, existe variabilidad genética en el núcleo BON para esta característica.

Application of Edible Films Containing Oregano (Origanum vulgare) Essential Oil on Queso Blanco Cheese Prepared with Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) Oil.

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Gurdian, Cristhiam; Chouljenko, Alexander; Solval, Kevin Mis; Boeneke, Charles; King, Joan M; Sathivel, Subramaniam

2017-06-01

Fortification of queso blanco (QB) with flaxseed oil (FO) containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may provide a functional food with health benefits such as improved cell, brain, and retina functionality, and protection against cardiovascular and immune-inflammatory diseases. However, QB experiences a short shelf life because of the early development of yeasts and molds and addition of FO may increase susceptibility to lipid oxidation. Oregano essential oil (OEO) is known for its antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, but due to its intense flavor compounds it may not be suitable for direct incorporation into QB. Thus, incorporation of OEO into an edible film prepared with whey protein isolate (WPI) may improve the shelf life of QB. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs revealed that FO was successfully retained by the cheese after homogenization. The thiobarbituric-acid-reactive-substances (TBARS) and yeast and mold counts (YMC) of the wrapped cheeses were analyzed during 60 d of refrigerated storage. The oxidation rate increased significantly for nonwrapped QB containing FO (QBFO) during storage, however wrapping with WPI edible films containing OEO (WOF) significantly limited lipid oxidation and prevented growth of yeasts and molds. This study demonstrated the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of WOF for preservation of QBFO during refrigerated storage. © 2017 Institute of Food Technologists®.

Veiculação de Campylobacter spp. através de carne e miúdos de frangos comercializados no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil | Transmission of Campylobacter spp. through chicken meat and organs sold in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Thais Martins Campos

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Full Text Available O consumo da carne de frango é comum no Brasil por ser um alimento proteico de alto valor biológico e baixo custo, sendo acessível a toda população. Uma causa comum de infecções alimentares tem sido a ingestão de produtos avícolas contaminados, crus ou insuficientemente cozidos, fazendo da contaminação de cortes de frango fontes potenciais de Campylobacter spp. para o homem. O objetivo deste estudo foi detectar a presença de Campylobacter e verificar a possível veiculação da campilobacteriose através de cortes e miúdos de frangos resfriados e comercializados para consumo em supermercados de grande porte no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Para isso, foram coletadas 40 amostras resfriadas de frango, das quais 19 foram embaladas pela indústria e 21 manipuladas pelos supermercados, submetendo-as a três metodologias distintas denominadas: in natura, enriquecimento e incubação da água de lavagem. Os resultados obtidos revelaram a presença de espécies de Campylobacter zoonóticas resistentes a antimicrobianos em cortes de frango comercializados para consumo humano, indicando que pedaços e miúdos de frango crus ou insuficientemente cozidos são fontes potenciais de campilobacteriose para a população. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The consumption of chicken meat is common in Brazil because this protein-rich food is low cost, has high nutritional value, and is accessible to the entire population. A common cause of foodborne illness has been the ingestion of contaminated, raw, or undercooked poultry products, making contaminated chicken meat a potential source of Campylobacter spp. to humans. The objective of this study was to detect the presence of Campylobacter and assess the potential transmission of campylobacteriosis through refrigerated chicken meat and organs sold for consumption in large supermarkets in the state of Rio de Janeiro. For this purpose, 40 samples of

Ceba de toros con dietas basadas en hollejos de cítrico frescos o conservados Bull fattening with diets based on fresh or preserved citrus pulp

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Full Text Available En la Empresa Citrícola "Victoria de Girón", provincia de Matanzas, Cuba, se realizó durante 138 días una investigación con 433 toros de genotipos mestizos de razas lecheras (Holstein x Cebú, en la que se evaluó una dieta basada en pastoreo restringido (cuatro horas en la mañana, forraje verde y hollejo de cítrico a voluntad, suplementados con heno de gramíneas, sal mineral y North gold. El hollejo de cítricos se ofreció en forma de ensilaje desde el 8 de agosto hasta el 31 de octubre, y en forma fresca desde el 1ro de noviembre hasta el 24 de diciembre. Este último se enriqueció con urea, a razón de 0,04 kg por cada 5 kg de hollejo. En el periodo lluvioso, el forraje presentó los menores porcentajes de MS y los mayores valores de EM y PDIN, con poca variación entre periodos para el PDIE. Los hollejos frescos y ensilados mantuvieron valores análogos a los de otros estudios; el heno tenía baja calidad, y el consumo de forraje fue similar en ambos períodos; los hollejos conservados fueron menos consumidos que los frescos. La ganancia fue mayor con los hollejos conservados (0,593 vs. 0,556 kg/animal/día. Los balances nutricionales indicaron que se cubrieron los requerimientos de MS y EM, aunque en los compuestos nitrogenados se realizó un uso ineficiente debido a que hubo un exceso de PDIE, que no fue corregido mediante la incorporación de urea. En ambos períodos, los mayores porcentajes de aportes de nutrimentos correspondieron al forraje y al hollejo de cítrico en sus dos modalidades. Los índices de conversión tuvieron una mejor respuesta con el ensilaje (13,3 vs. 15,5 kg de MS/kg de ganancia. Se concluye que es factible utilizar los hollejos de cítrico frescos o ensilados; aunque, para incrementar las ganancias y la conversión alimentaria, es necesario aumentar la suplementación proteínica y disponer de alimentos que equilibren las cantidades de PDIN y PDIE en las dietas.At the "Victoria de Girón" Citrus Fruit

Caracterização epidemiológica e fatores de risco associados às lentiviroses em pequenos ruminantes comercializados em feira de animais no Sertão de Pernambuco, semiárido brasileiro

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José Romero Alexandre Alves

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Full Text Available Aglomerações de animais em eventos comerciais do tipo feiras de negócios representam um importante elo na transmissão de doenças infecciosas, resultando na importância do conhecimento acerca da epidemiologia das doenças de pequenos ruminantes. Desta forma, o objetivo desse estudo foi determinar a presença das lentiviroses em caprinos e ovinos comercializados na feira de animais da cidade de Tabira, Sertão de Pernambuco, bem como a identificação de possíveis fatores de risco associados à enfermidade. Foram coletadas amostras de soro de 233 caprinos e 119 ovinos, sem raça definida, pertencentes a doze proprietários, na feira de animais vivos do município no período de novembro de 2014 a junho de 2015. Foi aplicado questionário epidemiológico para análise dos fatores de risco. O diagnóstico da infecção por Lentivirus de Pequenos Ruminantes (LVPR nas espécies foi realizado pela Imunodifusão em ágar-gel (IDGA e Western Blotting (WB. Na IDGA foram utilizados antígenos de Vírus Maedi-visna (MVV para ovinos e de vírus da Artrite-Encefalite Caprina (CAEV, cepa CAEV- Cork para caprinos, e no WB foi utilizado a cepa CAEV- Cork como antígeno para ambas espécies. As variáveis obtidas no questionário foram submetidas a análises estatísticas univariada e multivariada. Pela técnica de IDGA foi possível identificar um caprino soropositivo. Não foi detectada positividade nos ovinos. No WB 15/233 (6,44%; IC95% = 3,94 - 10,35% caprinos e 8/119 (6,72%; IC95% = 3,45 - 12,71% ovinos foram soropositivos, totalizando 23/352 (6,53%; IC95% = 4,39 - 9,61% animais reagentes. Os doze rebanhos estudados apresentaram animais soropositivos. Vermifugar os animais anualmente (odds ratio = 5,9; IC 95% = 1,7 - 19,8; p = 0,04 foi identificado como fator de risco para enfermidade em caprinos. Não foram identificadas variáveis associadas ao risco de infecção em ovinos. Concluiu-se que os LVPR estão presentes em caprinos e ovinos

Hábitos alimenticios y migratorios del tiburón blanco Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) de Isla Guadalupe inferidos por el análisis de isótopos estables de δ15N and δ13C

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Mario Jaime-Rivera; Javier Caraveo-Patiño; Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla; Felipe Galván-Magaña

2014-01-01

La composición isotópica de los tejidos de los depredadores tope en el ambiente marino provee información sobre su ecología trófica y su comportamiento migratorio. Estudios previos han mostrado que el tejido dérmico puede registrar patrones largos de movimiento y caza. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir los hábitos tróficos y migratorios de los tiburones blancos de Isla Guadalupe realizando un análisis de isótopos estables de su tejido dérmico. Consideramos un pequeño grupo de muchos p...

Risco à saúde representado pelo consumo de leite cru comercializado clandestinamente Health risk due to the consumption of raw milk commercialized without due authorization

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Kathia Brienza Badini

1996-12-01

Full Text Available Foram submetidas às contagens de microrganismos mesófilos, Staphylococccus coagulase positiva, e às determinações do número mais provável (NMP de coliformes totais e de coliformes fecais, 60 amostras de leite cru comercializado clandestinamente nos Municípios de Botucatu e de São Manuel, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram a ocorrência de 41 (68,3% e 50 (83,3% amostras com contagens de microrganismos mesófilos e de coliformes totais, respectivamente, acima dos limites máximos estabelecidos pelo Ministério da Saúde para o leite pasteurizado tipo C. Evidenciaram, ainda, a presença de 30 (50,0% e 11 (18,3% amostras contaminadas por cepas de Staphylococcus coagulase positiva e por coliformes fecais, respectivamente. Apenas 5 (8,3% amostras mostraram-se dentro dos referidos padrões legais.Sixty raw milk samples commercialized without due authorization in the counties of Botucatu and S. Manuel, State of S. Paulo (Brazil, were submitted to mesophilic microorganism and coagulase-positive Staphylococcus and most probable number of total coliform and fecal coliform counts. Forty-one (68.3% and 50 (83.3% of the samples were found, respectively to contain mesophilic microorganisms and total coliforms above the maximum limits established by the Health Ministry for type C pasteurized milk. Thirty (50.0% and 11 (18.3% of the samples were found, respectively, to the contaminated by coagulase-positive Staphylococcus and fecal coliforms. Only 5 (8.3% samples were found to comply with the required legal standards. The results showed the unsatisfactory hygienic and sanitary conditions of the raw milk and suggest the existence of great risk to the health of the consumers, especially when the product is taken without being boiled.

La Preparación Física Profesional en tabaqueros de la Fábrica Serafín Sánchez Valdivia en Arroyo Blanco.

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Luis Bécquer Quesada

2009-10-01

Full Text Available La preparación física profesional es un proceso especializado y dirigido al desarrollo de las capacidades físicas, psíquicas y de hábitos motores en los trabajadores, lo que resulta imprescindible para elevar la efectividad y la capacidad de trabajo. Para el presente trabajo se elaboró un sistema de ejercicios (contracción muscular, flexibilidad para contribuir al mejoramiento de la preparación física profesional en los tabaqueros, de la fábrica Serafín Sánchez Valdivia en Arroyo Blanco. En esta investigación se tomó una población integrada por los 39 tabaqueros de la entidad y como muestra 10 de ellos, lo que representa el (25.64%. El Objeto de estudio de esta investigación es el Proceso de Preparación para la Salud de los Tabaqueros y como métodos se utilizó el Teórico (análisis-síntesis, histórico-lógico, inductivo-deductivo y Enfoque de sistema, Empíricos: la observación, encuesta, entrevista y Validación mediante consulta a especialistas.

Qualidade bacteriológica do leite integral (tipo C comercializado em Salvador - Bahia.

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P. N. Assis

2005-03-01

Full Text Available RESUMO: O leite é um dos alimentos mais completos da natureza e sua importância é baseada em seu elevado valor nutritivo, como riqueza de proteínas, vitaminas, gordura, sais minerais e a alta digestibilidade. Esses fatores são relevantes para considera-lo um excelente meio de cultura para a maioria dos microrganismos. A pasteurização é necessária e tem a finalidade de diminuir ao máximo o número de microrganismos, mas alguns deles ainda podem sobreviver ao calor aplicado. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade microbiológica do leite integral (tipo C através da enumeração de bactérias aeróbias mesófilas, estafilococos coagulase positiva, determinação do Numero Mais Provável (NMP de coliformes totais e fecais e pesquisa de Salmonella spp. em 20 amostras de leite comercializados em Salvador-BA. As análises seguiram a metodologia preconizada pelo American Public Health Association-APHA (1992. Os resultados mostraram que 13 amostras apresentaram um número de bactérias aeróbias mesófilas variando de 102 a 106 UFC/mL e 13 amostras com coliformes totais em NMP, variando de 4 a £ 2400/mL, sendo que dentre essas, 11 (55% encontravam com valores acima do limite aceitável. Para os coliformes fecais, apenas 7 amostras apresentaram NMP variando de 9 a £ 2400/mL, estando portanto, em condições inaceitáveis segundo a legislação vigente. Não foram encontradas amostras contaminadas com Salmonella spp. e estafilococos coagulase positiva. Os resultados foram indicativos de prováveis falhas do binômio tempo/temperatura durante a pasteurização ou sanificação deficiente das linhas de produção ou contaminação pós-pasteurização. PALAVRAS CHAVE: leite pasteurizado integral, coliformes, aeróbias mesófilas SUMMARY: The milk is one of most important food of the nature. Its importance is based on its high

Chemistry and age of groundwater in bedrock aquifers of the Piceance and Yellow Creek watersheds, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, 2010-12

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McMahon, P.B.; Thomas, J.C.; Hunt, A.G.

2013-01-01

Fourteen monitoring wells completed in the Uinta and Green River Formations in the Piceance Creek and Yellow Creek watersheds in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, were sampled for chemical, isotopic, and groundwater-age tracers to provide information on the overall groundwater quality, the occurrence and distribution of chemicals that could be related to the development of underlying natural-gas reservoirs, and to better understand groundwater residence times in the flow system. Methane concentrations in groundwater ranged from less than 0.0005 to 387 milligrams per liter. The methane was predominantly biogenic in origin, although the biogenic methane was mixed with thermogenic methane in water from seven wells. Three BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene) were detected in water from six of the wells, but none of the concentrations exceeded Federal drinking-water standards. The presence of thermogenic methane in the aquifers indicates a connection and vulnerability to chemicals in deeper geologic units. Helium-4 data indicate that groundwater had ages ranging from less than 1,000 years to greater than 50,000 years. The presence of old groundwater in parts of the aquifers indicates that these aquifers may not be useful for large-scale water supply because of low recharge rates.

The fresco at the entrance to Danilo II church of the Mother of God at Peć

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Milanović Vesna

2004-01-01

Full Text Available Painted around 1330, this fresco is located on a large section of the western façade of the church of the Mother of God Hodegetria at Peć above the entrance that leads from the monumental narthex into the interior of the building. It is a composition, joining the unusual image of the holy patroness of Archbishop Danilo II's ecclesiastical endowment, accompanied by two figures of angels in adoration, to create an iconographic whole with a twin presentation of the archpriests, St. Nicolas and Danilo II himself bowing in prayer. After giving a careful and detailed description of the entire content and setting of the painting, first of all, the paper discusses the content and message conveyed in the choice of the image of the Mother of God with Child, which, in the given assembly of figures, is distinguished by its central position and enlarged proportions. A perception of the views maintained so far, regarding the interpretation of this composition, and the specific points related to the choice of the central figure, when attempting to decipher its meaning, leads to considering that in a certain reinterpretation of the aforesaid, quite specific representation of the patroness of the Serbian archbishop's church endowment, there also lies the key for the explanation of the twin presentation of the two hierarchs in prayer, as well as for shedding light on the inter-relationship of all the figures involved in the painting, i.e. for perceiving the logic of uniting them in one composition. Even though a new attempt at comprehending the content and the subtle message of the fresco largely rests upon the examination and thorough research of comparative material that previous research workers have already noted as being significant for the examination of the given solution, this does not hold for the conclusions arising from the observation of that material. There is a critical review particularly of the previous conclusions that remain within the

Project Rio Blanco: project scientist's summary report of production test data and preliminary analysis of top chimney/cavity

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Toman, J.

1975-03-01

The reentry drilling established communication with the top Rio Blanco detonation region at a depth of 1704 meters, or about 76 meters above the top detonation center. A total of 2.8 x 10 6 m 3 of dry gas at standard conditions has now been produced during two separate test periods. Radioactive and chemical analysis of this gas and the modeling of the stimulated reservoir shows the following main results: (1) No permeable connection exists between the top and the middle detonation regions, since no significant amount of the tracer incorporated in the center explosive canister was detected in the produced gas. As a consequence, results for the top detonation region only are available at this time. (2) The initial cavity radius is deduced to be 20 m or well within expectations. (3) Integration of the 85 Kr produced indicates a yield of 34 +- 3 kt for the top explosive. (4) Of the approximately 1000 Ci of tritium produced in the top explosion region, about 5 percent is incorporated in the gas phase. (5) Pressure drawdown and buildup data are best reproduced by a two-layer reservoir model showing stimulated permeabilities about 10 and 30 times original formation permeabilities, and extending to a distance of about three cavity radii from the wellbore. (6) The capacity of the reservoir intercepted by the top explosive is deduced to be about 0.2 millidarcy-meters, as contrasted with preshot estimates ranging from 1.3 md-m to 2.3 md-m. (U.S.)

Evaluación de la integridad funcional de la membrana plasmática de espermatozoides bovinos mediante el test hipoosmótico (HOST.

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Bedoya Echeverry Natalia Andrea

2003-12-01

Full Text Available Con el objetivo de implementar el test de hipoosmótico como prueba complementaria en la evaluación del semen bovino pre y postdescongelación, se evaluaron dos soluciones hipoosmóticas en concentraciones de 100 y 150 mOsmol/L, en el semen de dos toros Blancos Orejinegro del Centro de inseminación artificial San Pablo de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín. Los resultados mostraron que la proporción de espermas vivos (73.5% fue superior a la de espermas que reaccionaron al test hipoosmótico (53.4%, evidenciando que no todos los espermatozoides vivos poseen una membrana bioquímicamente activa y capacitada para soportar un hinchamiento osmosis. Se concluye que los espermas bovinos frescos y postdescongelados presentaron un máximo de reacción a la solución hipoosmótica de 100 mOsmol/ L y que el porcentaje de espermas que respondieron al test con hinchamiento fue 20% menos que el porcentaje de espermas teñidos con el colorante supravital, siendo el test hipoosmótico una prueba complementaria de utilidad en la evaluación del semen bovino pre y postdescongelación.

Crecimiento en pastoreo rotacional de toretes de razas criollas Romosinuano y Blanco Orejinegro en Colombia

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Jaime Quiceno A.

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Evaluar el crecimiento de toretes de las razas Romosinuno (ROMO y Blanco Orejinegro (BON en una prueba de comportamiento en pastoreo rotacional. Materiales y métodos. La prueba fue desarrollada en la Estación Experimental El Nus, en la Región Andina Colombiana, donde se evaluaron 20 toretes BON y 16 ROMO provenientes de quince ganaderías comerciales, los cuales fueron mantenidos en un solo grupo durante 221 días en pastoreo rotacional en franjas con periodos cortos de ocupación, de los cuales 56 días fueron en pastoreo no suplementado y 165 días bajo tres diferentes fases de pastoreo suplementado en el potrero. Se realizaron pesajes cada 28 días y se evaluaron variables como: la evolución en peso, la ganancia total y diaria, la diferencia entre pesajes, la relación consumo peso vivo y la tasa de consumo. Resultados. El peso inicial en la raza BON fue 180.4±36.9 kilos con 9.6±1.74 meses de edad y en la raza ROMO fue de 171.8±32.6 kilos con 10.1±3.2 meses de edad. El incremento general de los individuos entre pesajes fue 0.497 kilos por día para los individuos de raza BON, y 0.366 kilos por día para la raza ROMO. En la prueba de eficiencia la tasa de consumo de suplemento alcanzada fue 64.8% y 71% para BON y ROMO respectivamente, equivalentes a una ingestión de materia seca de 0.47% y 0.53% con relación al peso vivo. Conclusiones. Este trabajo evidencia un mayor desempeño de los individuos de la raza BON comparados con los animales de la raza ROMO e indica una alta variabilidad en la respuesta a un manejo semi-intensivo en las poblaciones en evaluación.

Influência do emprego de areia de fundição residual nas propriedades no estado fresco e endurecido de misturas cimentícias

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W. R. L da Silva

Full Text Available A areia de fundição residual (AFR consiste em um resíduo arenoso proveniente dos moldes utilizados no processo de fundição de metais. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de avaliar a influência do uso da AFR nas propriedades concreto. Para tanto, utilizou-se cimento CPV-ARI RS, aditivo plastificante, AFR e areias fina, média natural e de britagem. As propriedades no estado fresco foram avaliadas através da determinação da consistência e teor de ar incorporado. No estado endurecido avaliou-se a resistência à compressão axial. Os resultados indicaram que o uso da AFR resulta no aumento do teor de ar incorporado, fissuração por reações expansivas e conseqüente redução de resistência. Visando investigar a origem das tendências observadas, realizou-se um estudo complementar empregando AFR de diferentes composições. Todavia, independente da composição utilizada, os resultados indicaram tendência semelhante à observada anteriormente. Por fim, considerando os materiais empregados nesta pesquisa, conclui-se que a utilização da AFR em concreto é inadequada, pois prejudica não apenas a resistência mecânica, mas também a durabilidade do material.

FRONTERAS DIFUSAS Y ACTORES SOCIALES MESTIZOS: DEBATES CONCEPTUALES Y DESARROLLOS ANALÍTICOS EN TORNO A LOS ESPACIOS DE FRONTERA Y SUS VINCULACIONES CON LOS INDIOS-BLANCOS EN LA REGIÓN DEL CHACO DURANTE LA SEGUNDA MITAD DEL SIGLO XIX

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Julio César Spota

2010-12-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT: In the frontier drawn between the Argentine State and the different aborigine groups of the Chaco region during the second half of the XIX century, different half-breed social identities that escape simple dichotomies between whites and Indians, civilized people and savage people were formed. The historical practice of considering social actors as white Indians (deserting soldiers, fugitive criminals, political exiles and refugees, as well asmerchants who were incorporated to the Indian groups provides a privileged space for anthropological observation which has been relatively little explored until now. This paper investigates the historical reasons that motivated the migration of Creoles and recovers the perspective of social actors who took a leading role in the facts studied.RESUMEN: En la frontera establecida entre el Estado argentino y las distintas parcialidades aborígenes de la región del Chaco durante la segunda parte del siglo XIX, se configuraron identidades étnicas mestizas que escapaban a la simple esquematización de blancos e indios, civilizados y salvajes. La praxis histórica de los actores sociales como los indios-blancos (soldados desertores, criminales fugitivos de la ley, perseguidos y refugiados políticos ycomerciantes que fueron incorporados dentro de los grupos indígenas proporciona un espacio privilegiado de reflexión antropológica poco explorado hasta el momento. En el presente artículo nos proponemos determinar las causas históricas que motivaron la migración de loscriollos y recuperar la perspectiva de los actores sociales que protagonizaron los hechos estudiados.

PERFIL DE RIESGOS DE CONTAMINACIÓN MICROBIOLÓGICA Y QUÍMICA EN LA CADENA DE PRODUCCIÓN DE NUEVE PRODUCTOS HORTÍCOLAS PARA CONSUMO FRESCO, DE UN GRUPO DE EMPRESAS AGRÍCOLAS DEL VALLE CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA

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Guillermo Vargas-Hernández

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Se determinó el riesgo de contaminación microbiológica o química en cada uno de los procesos de los sistemas de producción de hortalizas de consumo fresco, en una población de 164 empresas agrícolas del Valle Central de Costa Rica. La cuantificación del riesgo se calculó por medio de una encuesta de 46 ítems realizada a los gerentes de las empresas incluidas en el estudio. Las respuestas de los 46 ítems fueron agrupadas según el proceso de producción; se utilizó la fórmula para el cálculo del riesgo de contaminación validada por los autores en otra investigación y se obtuvo el valor de riesgo por proceso. Se calcularon los resultados del riesgo de contaminación microbiológica o química para el proceso de preparación de terreno y siembra, manejo cultural del cultivo, factor humano que realiza el manejo cultural del cultivo, control fitosanitario, cosecha, empaque y para el factor humano ligado al empaque. Los resultados del análisis de riesgo indican que el factor humano que participa en el empaque obtiene la calificación de riesgo más alta, seguido por el proceso de manejo cultural del cultivo; luego aparece el proceso de cosecha. En todos los procesos donde se cuantificó el riesgo, los resultados presentan valores cercanos o superiores a 50 en una escala de riesgo de 0 a 100. Estos resultados deben alertar a los productores y consumidores de hortalizas para consumo fresco de la población analizada. Se observó además el efecto del comprador sobre los valores de riesgo en el empaque; cuando el productor es proveedor de una cadena de supermercados, los valores de riesgo disminuyen al compararlos con productores que no son proveedores de esas cadenas.

Adaptación de Cultivares de Ajo Morado y Blanco (Allium sativum L. en Acatlán, Guerrero, México. Adaptación de Cultivares de Ajo Morado y Blanco (Allium sativum L. en Acatlán, Guerrero, México

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Efrén Cevallos Ruiz

2012-02-01

Full Text Available En el estado de Guerrero, México, el ajo se cultiva en la región Centro, en los municipios de Chilapa y Zitlala, donde los productores acostumbran sembrar el genotipo criollo adaptado a las condiciones climáticas de la región. El objetivo fue estudiar la adaptación del cultivo del ajo de los tipos morado y blanco a la región Centro de Guerrero por su rendimiento y calidad, ya sea para el mercado nacional o el de exportación. La investigación se llevó a cabo durante el ciclo otoño-invierno 2000-2001 en la comunidad de Acatlán, municipio de Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero. Se evaluaron 13 materiales de ajo, bajo un diseño experimental de bloques completos al azar con cuatro repeticiones; se hizo la separación de medias por medio de la prueba de Tukey P In the state of Guerrero, Mexico, garlic is cultivated in the Central region, at Chilapa and Zitlala municipalities, where the growers cultivate Criollo Regional genotype adapted to the climatic conditions of the region. The object of this investigation was to study the adaptability of the cultivars of the purple and the white garlic in Guerrero’s central region, considering both their yield and quality for the domestic and/or export markets. Research work was conducted during the 2000- 2001 fall-winter cycle, in Acatlan, municipality of Chilapa de Alvarez, Guerrero. Thirteen garlic cultivars were evaluated using completely randomized blocks design, with four repetitions. Mean separation using Tukey test P

Frantz Fanon y la Enajenación del Negro y del Blanco en el Sistema Colonial

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Ana Catarina Zema de Resende

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Resumen A partir de la lectura de Piel negra, máscaras blancas, propongo en este artículo reflexionar sobre las ideas de Frantz Fanon a cerca de la enajenación del negro y del blanco en el sistema colonial. El objetivo es recuperar algunos de los principales aportes de Fanon para la comprensión del racismo colonial desde su teoría de la enajenación. Fanon presenta la enajenación como un paso previo a la esclavitud y al colonialismo, necesario para el mantenimiento de la explotación económica y analiza las conductas identitarias de "vergüenza de sí" como el resultado de la dominación colonial. Él describe con precisión el impacto del racismo y del colonialismo y sus efectos destructivos mostrando cómo los mecanismos de enajenación determinan la relación entre el blanco y el negro y cómo se reproducen las jerarquías que rigen estas relaciones. Retomar el pensamiento de Fanon y reconocer la pertinencia y actualidad de sus contribuciones es esencial para poder reubicar la lucha contra todas las formas de dominación en la continuación de la lucha contra el colonialismo en una época en que la identidad racial y el racismo han más que probado su capacidad de persistir en el tiempo y el espacio. Palabras clave: Frantz Fanon; Enajenación; Racismo; Sistema Colonial. Frantz Fanon and the Alienation of Black and White in the Colonial System Abstract From the reading of Black Skin, White Masks, in this article I propose to reflect on Frantz Fanon's ideas about alienation of black and white in the colonial system. The goal is to recover some of his most important contributions to the understanding of colonial racism from his theory of alienation. Fanon presents alienation as a prior step to slavery and colonialism, necessary for the maintenance of economic exploitation and analyzes the identity conducts of self shame as a result of colonial domination. Fanon accurately describes the impact of racism and colonialism and its destructive

Respuesta inmunomoduladora de la superóxido dismutasa en juveniles de camarón blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei expuestos a inmunoestimulantes

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Full Text Available Se estudió la actividad inmunomoduladora de la manganeso superóxido dismutasa (MnSOD en juveniles de camarón blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei expuestos a diferentes inmunoestimulantes. Organismos cuyo peso varió entre 0.7 y 1.0 g fueron inmersos durante 6 h en soluciones de β-glucano, lipopolisacárido (LPS, fucoidán, y Vibrio penaeicida muerto por calor. Se determinó la actividad enzimática de la MnSOD en los organismos para evaluar si los diferentes inmunoestimulantes utilizados eran capaces de inducir actividad antioxidante. Los inmunoestimulantes probados activaron el sistema inmune de los camarones, mostrando un incremento generalizado en la respuesta antioxidante 48 h después del ensayo. El mayor incremento en la actividad de la enzima (3.2 veces superior al grupo control se registró cuando se utilizó la bacterina. Se expusieron los camarones a V. penaeicida 10 días después de la exposición a los inmunoestimulantes, obteniendo un incremento en la actividad antioxidante de los camarones expuestos previamente a β-glucano, LPS y fucoidán. La respuesta enzimática más alta se obtuvo con los organismos estimulados con β-glucano (2.5 veces superior al control. Este estudio demostró la capacidad de los juveniles de camarón para mejorar la respuesta antioxidante después de ser expuestos a inmunoestimulantes y a una bacteria patógena.

Comprehensive School Reform: Meta-Analytic Evidence of Black-White Achievement Gap Narrowing Reforma escolar integral: Evidencias meta-analíticas de la disminución de la diferencia de la brecha de rendimiento entre alumnos blancos y negros

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Kevin M. Gorey

2009-12-01

Full Text Available This meta-analysis extends a previous review of the achievement effects of comprehensive school reform (CSR programs (Borman, Hewes, Overman, & Brown, 2003. That meta-analysis observed significant effects of well endowed and well-researched programs, but it did not account for race/ethnicity. This article synthesizes 34 cohort or quasi-experimental outcomes of studies that incorporated the policy-critical characteristic of race/ethnicity. Findings: compared with matched traditional schools, the black-white achievement gap narrowed significantly more among students in CSR schools. In addition, the aggregate effects were large, substantially to completely eliminating the achievement gap between African American and non-Hispanic white students in elementary and middle schools. Title I policies before or after the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 seem to have had essentially no impact on the black-white achievement gap. Curricular and testing mandates along with the threat of sanctions without concomitant resource supports seem to have failed. This study suggests that educational achievement inequities need not be America’s destiny. It seems that they could be eliminated through concerted political will and ample resource commitments to evidence-based educational programs. Este meta-análisis extiende una revisión previa de los efectos de realización de programas de reforma escolar integral (RSI, (Borman, Hewes, Overman, & Brown, 2003. Esa meta-análisis observo efectos significativos de programas con buen financiamiento y debidamente investigados, pero no tomó en cuenta los factores raciales o étnicos. En este artículo se sintetizan 34 resultados de estudios de cohorte o cuasi-experimental que incorporaron la característica política esencial de raza/origen étnico. Resultados: en comparación con escuelas tradicionales, la brecha de rendimiento entre estudiantes blancos y negros se redujo significativamente mas en escuelas RSI. Adem

Estrategias educativas para una cultura de paz aplicada con los niños y niñas del séptimo año de educación básica de la Escuela Antonio Granda Centeno, de la Parroquia de Río Blanco

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Torres López, Livia María; Tituana Romero, Sarita Marilú

2008-01-01

Los problemas sociales, políticos y económicos se han agudizado en todos los pueblos del mundo. No existe lugar en la geografía terrestre en donde se pueda hablar de una vivencia plena de armonía, cordialidad y práctica de las relaciones interpersonales. Esta realidad no es ajena a la vida diaria de la comunidad educativa de la Escuela "Antonio Granda Centeno" de la Parroquia de Río Blanco, para tener una visión real del problema que hemos investigado se aplicó cuestionarios de autoevaluac...

Avaliação físico-química e microbiológica de iogurtes comercializados em Rio Pomba-MG e comparação com os parâmetros da legislação

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Jean Victor dos Santos Emiliano

2017-07-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a qualidade microbiológica e físico-química de iogurtes comercializados na cidade de Rio Pomba/MG. Foram analisadas amostras de sete marcas. Para coliformes totais e termotolerantes, as amostras apresentaram valores inferiores a 2 NMP/g. Conforme a legislação vigente, quanto à contagem de bactérias láticas viáveis, apenas em uma amostra foi encontrado valor superior a 107 UFC/g. As marcas apresentaram variação de 14,12 % a 18,52 % para ESD, sendo que cinco delas estavam acima do limite preconizado pela atual legislação (15% ESD. Todas as amostras atenderam ao padrão estabelecido para acidez (0,6 a 1,5g de ácido lático/100g. Para proteínas, quatro estavam fora dos limites estabelecidos (mínimo 2,9g/100g. Além disso, quatro amostras apresentaram amido em sua composição. Em relação à contagem de fungos filamentosos e leveduras, as amostras estavam em conformidade com as normas. Assim, torna-se necessária uma fiscalização mais eficiente, haja vista que parte das marcas analisadas não atendeu aos padrões estabelecidos pela legislação em vigor.

The wall paintings of the church of Al-Adra in the monastery of Deir-el-Baramus (Wadi-el-Natrun

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Pasi Silvia

2010-01-01

Full Text Available The fragmentarily preserved frescoes of the Church of Al-Adra in the monastery of Deir el-Baramus were fortunately discovered in 1986. They are located in the apse, on the southern wall of the altar area and along the walls of the nave. The condition of the frescoes makes it difficult to give a stylistic evaluation, and it is hard to determine the chronology of the frescoes because of the lack of literary sources and inscriptions. The style of the painting and the architectural data on the church lead one to dating all the preserved frescoes of Deir-el-Baramus to the same period. It probably involves the period after the repair of the central and lateral aisles, which probably took place after 1200. Apart from that, a comparison with other works from the same epoch indicates that the thirteenth century was most probably the time when the frescoes came into being.

Metalliferous sediment and a silica-hematite deposit within the Blanco fracture zone, Northeast Pacific

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Hein, J.R.; Clague, D.A.; Koski, R.A.; Embley, R.W.; Dunham, R.E.

2008-01-01

A Tiburon ROV dive within the East Blanco Depression (EBD) increased the mapped extent of a known hydrothermal field by an order of magnitude. In addition, a unique opal-CT (cristobalite-tridymite)-hematite mound was discovered, and mineralized sediments and rock were collected and analyzed. Silica-hematite mounds have not previously been found on the deep ocean floor. The light-weight rock of the porous mound consists predominantly of opal-CT and hematite filaments, rods, and strands, and averages 77.8% SiO2 and 11.8% Fe2O3. The hematite and opal-CT precipitated from a low-temperature (???115?? C), strongly oxidized, silica- and iron-rich, sulfur-poor hydrothermal fluid; a bacterial mat provided the framework for precipitation. Samples collected from a volcaniclastic rock outcrop consist primarily of quartz with lesser plagioclase, smectite, pyroxene, and sulfides; SiO2 content averages 72.5%. Formation of these quartz-rich samples is best explained by cooling in an up-flow zone of silica-rich hydrothermal fluids within a low permeability system. Opal-A, opal-CT, and quartz mineralization found in different places within the EBD hydrothermal field likely reflects decreasing silica saturation and increasing temperature of the mineralizing fluid with increasing silica crystallinity. Six push cores recovered gravel, coarse sand, and mud mineralized variously by Fe or Mn oxides, silica, and sulfides. Total rare-earth element concentrations are low for both the rock and push core samples. Ce and Eu anomalies reflect high and low temperature hydrothermal components and detrital phases. A remarkable variety of types of mineralization occur within the EBD field, yet a consistent suite of elements is enriched (relative to basalt and unmineralized cores) in all samples analyzed: Ag, Au, S, Mo, Hg, As, Sb, Sr, and U; most samples are also enriched in Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn. On the basis of these element enrichments, the EBD hydrothermal field might best be described as a base

Efecto de la administración de líquido ruminal fresco sobre algunos parámetros productivos en ovinos criollos

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Carlos Rodríguez M.

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Evaluar el efecto de la administración de líquido ruminal fresco (LRF de bovino sobre la ganancia de peso, bioactividad ruminal y pH ruminal en ovinos. Materiales y métodos. Se utilizaron nueve ovinos destetados con edades y pesos homogéneos, distribuidos de forma aleatoria en tres grupos, a los cuales se les suministró trestratamientos diferentes: tratamiento 1, 400 ml de LRF; tratamiento 2, 200 ml de LRF y tratamiento 3 como control (sin LRF. El LRF se administro vía oral, usando una dosis única al inicio del estudio. Para la evaluación de los parámetros, se inició con una mediciónel día 0 y luego se realizaron mediciones cada 15 d durante un periodo de 60 d. Para el análisis estadístico se realizó ANOVA y las diferencias se comprobaron mediante el test de comparación de medias de Tukey. Resultados. El promedio de la ganancia de peso diario, fue de 194.4 y 169.4 g/d en los animales tratados con 400 y 200 ml deLRF, respectivamente y de 157.8 g/d en los animales que no recibieron LRF, siendo estas diferencias estadísticamente no significativas (p>0.05. La bioactividad ruminal presentó cambios significativos tras la administración de 400 ml de LRF (p<0.05. El pH solo mostró cambios significativos en la medición realizada a los 15 d postadministración de 400 ml de LRF. Conclusiones. La administración de LRF no provocó aumentos significativos sobre la ganancia diaria de peso, no obstante, mostró efectos favorables sobre la bioactividad ruminal.

Heat shock transcription factors expression during fruit development and under hot air stress in Ponkan (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Ponkan) fruit.

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Lin, Qiong; Jiang, Qing; Lin, Juanying; Wang, Dengliang; Li, Shaojia; Liu, Chunrong; Sun, Chongde; Chen, Kunsong

2015-04-01

Heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) play a role in plant responses to stress. Citrus is an economically important fruit whose genome has been fully sequenced. So far, no detailed characterization of the Hsf gene family is available for citrus. A genome-wide analysis was carried out in Citrus clementina to identify Hsf genes, named CcHsfs. Eighteen CcHsfs were identified and classified into three main clades (clades A, B and C) according to the structural characteristics and the phylogenetic comparison with Arabidopsis and tomato. MEME motif analysis highlighted the conserved DBD and HR-A/B domains, which were similar to Hsf protein structures in other species. Gene expression analysis in Ponkan (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Ponkan) fruit identified 14 Hsf genes, named CrHsf, as important candidates for a role in fruit development and ripening, and showed seven genes to be expressed in response to hot air stress. CrHsfB2a and CrHsfB5 were considered to be important regulators of citrate content and showed variation in both developmentally-related and hot air-triggered citrate degradation processes. In summary, the data obtained from this investigation provides the basis for further study to dissect Hsf function during fruit development as well as in response to heat stress and also emphasizes the potential importance of CrHsfs in regulation of citrate metabolism in citrus fruit. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Serological and molecular studies of a novel virus isolate causing yellow mosaic of Patchouli [Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth].

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Zaim, Mohammad; Ali, Ashif; Joseph, Jomon; Khan, Feroz

2013-01-01

Here we have identified and characterized a devastating virus capable of inducing yellow mosaic on the leaves of Patchouli [Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth]. The diagnostic tools used were host range, transmission studies, cytopathology, electron microscopy, serology and partial coat protein (CP) gene sequencing. Evidence from biological, serological and sequence data suggested that the causal virus belonged to genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae. The isolate, designated as Patchouli Yellow Mosaic Virus (PaYMV), was transmitted through grafting, sap and the insect Myzus persicae (Sulz.). Flexuous rod shaped particles with a mean length of 800 nm were consistently observed in leaf-dip preparations from natural as well as alternate hosts, and in purified preparation. Cytoplasmic cylindrical inclusions, pinwheels and laminar aggregates were observed in ultra-thin sections of infected patchouli leaves. The purified capsid protein has a relative mass of 43 kDa. Polyclonal antibodies were raised in rabbits against the coat protein separated on SDS - PAGE; which were used in ELISA and western blotting. Using specific antibodies in ELISA, PaYMV was frequently detected at patchouli plantations at Lucknow and Bengaluru. Potyvirus-specific degenerate primer pair (U335 and D335) had consistently amplified partial CP gene from crude preparations of infected tissues by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Comparison of the PCR product sequence (290 bp) with the corresponding regions of established potyviruses showed 78-82% and 91-95% sequence similarity at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively. The results clearly established that the virus under study has close homology with watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) in the coat protein region and therefore could share a common ancestor family. Further studies are required to authenticate the identity of PaYMV as a distinct virus or as an isolate of WMV.

Caracterização físico-química do leite cru comercializado no município de Lavras –MG

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Cristina Guimarães Pereira

2010-02-01

Full Text Available Apesar da proibição do consumo de leite cru no Brasil, em muitas regiões ainda persiste a comercialização deste tipo de produto. Na cidade de Lavras, MG, é comum a sua comercialização em diversos estabelecimentos, sendo que a sua qualidade é duvidosa por não haver um controle por parte dos produtores e muito menos por parte dos comerciantes. Sendo assim, este trabalho foi conduzido para avaliar as características físico-químicas, possíveis fraudes e padrão enzimático de leites crus comercializados e consumidos no município de Lavras. Foram analisadas 10 amostras de leites colhidos em diferentes pontos de venda, sendo realizadas 3 repetições para cada uma. Em cada uma foram realizadas as seguintes análises: acidez titulável, densidade a 15ºC, teores de gordura, extrato seco total e extrato seco desengordurado, pesquisa de peróxido de hidrogênio, amido, formol, cloretos e sacarose, determinação do volume, índice crioscópico, proteína, peroxidase e fosfatase alcalina. Na análise do Índice Crioscópico, (20% apresentaram valores médios fora do padrão. Quanto ao teor de gordura, observou-se que 10% estavam abaixo do mínimo aceitável para leite cru integral. Para todas as amostras, os valores médios de densidade apresentaramse dentro dos limites recomendados. Para o Extrato Seco Desengordurado, (20% apresentaram-se abaixo dos padrões regulamentares e (30% apresentaram acidez média fora da faixa. Quanto à presença de amido, peróxido de hidrogênio, cloretos, sacarose e formol, todas as amostras analisadas foram negativas. Reforça-se então o risco do consumo deste tipo de produto, pois não há uma legislação e fiscalização constante, facilitando assim possíveis fraudes com produtos prejudiciais à saúde e que não garantem a integridade do leite. Os resultados obtidos foram analisados por intermédio de estatística descritiva e comparados aos padrões oficiais estabelecidos pela legislação.

Avaliação físico-química de leite in natura comercializado informalmente no sertão paraibano

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George Wagner Nóbrega Silva

2017-06-01

Full Text Available O leite é um alimento que possui alto valor nutricional e por isso é de fundamental importância para a dieta humana, devendo chegar à mesa do consumidor sem qualquer descaracterização em sua composição. Entre as diversas atividades de controle da qualidade do leite, há a detecção de fraudes no leite cru, por meio da avaliação de seus parâmetros físico-químicos. Objetivou-se com este estudo analisar a caracterização físico-química de leite in natura comercializado informalmente no município de Aparecida/PB. No período de setembro a outubro de 2015, a cada 15 dias, foram coletadas seis amostras de vendedores distintos, denominados de L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 e L6, das quais se realizaram análises de densidade (g/ml, umidade, cinzas, gordura, acidez em ºDornic, pH, índice crioscópico, adição de amido, Extrato Seco Total (EST, Extrato Seco Desengordurado (ESD, sendo feitas em três repetições das coletas de cada vendedor e, posteriormente, realizada a medição da temperatura no momento da coleta das amostras. Os resultados obtidos foram confrontados com a Instrução Normativa IN 62/2011. A umidade variou de 67,49% a 89,45%; as cinzas de 0,45% a 0,73%; a gordura de 3,5% a 7,5%; a acidez de 14ºD a 23ºD; o pH de 5,83 a 6,93; a densidade de 1,022 g/ml a 1,031 g/ml; o índice crioscópico de 0,464 a 0,542, apresentando uma adição de percentual de água de 0,12% a 6,74%; o EST de 10,54% a 32,50%; o ESD de 3,42% a 27,55% e a temperatura das amostras na coleta de 27°C a 33, 2°C. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, pode-se concluir que as amostras se apresentam de forma insatisfatória quando comparadas com a IN 62, indicando uma possível fraude deste produto. Dessa forma, torna-se necessária a adoção de medidas de fiscalização por parte das autoridades competentes e uma maior conscientização dos vendedores e consumidores. Palavras-chave: Boas práticas agropecuárias. Controle de

Modelamiento de la cinética de desinfección superficial de tomates (Lycopersicum esculentum frescos usando soluciones de cloro

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Miguel Ángel Solano Cornejo

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Full Text Available Tomates frescos variedad italiana fueron sometidos a procesos de desinfección superficial utilizando soluciones de h ipoclorito de c alcio para determinar su eficiencia germicida y la cinética que gobierna el proceso de inactivación superficial en gérmenes a erobios mesófilos, levaduras y mohos. El cloro como desinfectante superficial fue eficaz contra bacterias aerobias mesófilas, levaduras y mohos en ese orden, la resistencia de los gérmenes aerobios mesófilos, de las levaduras y de los mohos expresados en s us valores z cloro fue de 455, 500 y 625 ppm respectivamente. Los gérmenes aerobios mesófilos presentes en la superficie del tomate muestran una mayor resistencia a la desinfección por c loro conforme el tiempo de contacto germen - cáscara es mayor, debido a u na mayor adherencia a la cáscara lo que dificulta la acción de c loro sobre los gérmenes; esté efecto no se presentó en el caso de l evaduras ni de m ohos . Los valores D cloro 20ºC experimentales y los valores D cloro 20ºC predichos por el P rimer M odelo de Bige low se ajustaron con una correlación de entre 0 , 91 y 0 , 99. Los valores z cloro experimentales y los v alores z cloro predichos por el S egundo Modelo de Bigelow se ajustaron con una correlación de 0 , 72 a 0 , 86. La variabilidad en los valores z cloro se debió a que los gérmenes analizados para validar el m odelo propuesto estuvieron compuestos por diversos géneros. Así , el Método de Bigelow aplicado a la cinética de inactivación superficial con c loro fue validado.

Influências da Guerra Fria no discurso nacionalista argentino. O retrato dos conflictos internacionais no Semanário Nacionalista Azul y Blanco

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Maria Valeria Galvan

2014-12-01

Full Text Available As notícias sobre as guerras internacionais desencadeadas no marco da Guerra Fria têm sido utilizadas pela discursividade nacionalista em pós do seu programa político próprio, mais vinculado ao contexto local do que ao internacional.O semanário político dos anos cinqüenta e sessenta, Azul y Blanco, virou testemunha disso. Este, embora tenha-se concentrado principalmente na política nacional, deixou filtrar em suas páginas notícias internacionais que expunham as problemáticas mais importantes da Guerra Fria nesses anos, desde uma óptica nacionalista que ia mais longe das identidades nacionais para construir um “nós” geograficamente mais amplo. Assim, apesar da maior relevância da Revolução Cubana nas páginas da revista, a situação do bloco oriental europeu e a Guerra do Vietnã foram também importantes na secção internacional. Essas notícias eram escritas por correspondentes e editores argentinos e estrangeiros. Ambos argentinos e estrangeiros tiveram posicionamentos políticos e ideológicos que ficaram comprometidos com seus respectivos cenários locais. Assim, eles contribuíram especialmente para as transformações que atravessava o discurso nacionalista local. Nesse sentido, as redefinições ideológicas e políticas do nacionalismo argentino desses anhos nutriram-se também de aqueles olhares.

Condições de higiene de "cachorro-quente" comercializado em vias públicas Hygienic conditions of hot dogs sold on the streets, Brazil

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Alessandra Lucca

2002-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo do estudo foi identificar situações nas quais existiam riscos de alimentos preparados e comercializados em vias públicas (cachorro-quente estarem ou se tornarem contaminados (pontos críticos e estabelecer um método de controle para prevenir o perigo de contaminação de alimentos (pontos críticos de controle. Os dados foram coletados em 20 pontos de venda, na região de Cerqueira César, por meio de entrevistas, preenchimento de questionários, observação das práticas de manipulação e armazenamento dos alimentos, bem como medição da temperatura (produtos cárneos e pH (molhos. Os resultados indicaram que, em 30% dos estabelecimentos, as condições de higiene foram consideradas péssimas ou regulares. As preparações à base de carne e frango e o purê de batata foram consideradas de alto risco. Tais observações revelaram técnicas higiênico-sanitárias inadequadas para o preparo dos lanches e falta de conhecimentos básicos sobre manipulação e higiene dos alimentos, razão pela qual tais alimentos representam um problema de saúde pública. Devido à escassez de pesquisas na literatura científica e de dados oficiais sobre o comércio de alimentos de rua no Brasil, propõe-se que estudos adicionais sejam feitos.The study objective was to identify the circumstances where there was risk of contamination of food (hot dogs prepared and sold on the streets and to establish a preventive action through the creation of key surveillance sites. Data were collected from 20 vending sites using interviews, questionnaires, observations of food handling and storage, and temperature and pH measurements of both meat and sauce, respectively. In 30% of the studied sites, hygienic conditions were rated as regular to extremely poor. Mashed potatoes, chicken and beef preparations were of high risk. These findings showed inappropriate hygienic practices of food preparation and lack of basic knowledge regarding food handling - a public

Gramáticas de la memoria. Variaciones en torno a la transición española en cuatro novelas recientes (1985-2000: Luna de lobos, Beatus ille, Corazón tan blanco y La caída de Madrid

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José Manuel López de Abiada

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Nos proponemos abordar aspectos relacionados con la memoria histórica en novelas recientes de cuatro autores españoles significativos para considerarlas y analizarlas desde criterios consustanciales a la transición española. Las obras elegidas son Luna de lobos (de Julio Llamazares, Beatus ille (de Antonio Muñoz Molina, Corazón tan blanco (de Javier Marías y La caída de Madrid (de Rafael Chirbes. No se nos escapa la ausencia de novelas de autores de la envergadura y el significado de Juan Marsé, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Juan Iturralde, José Luis Cebrián o Juan Eduardo Zúñiga.

(Blanco) Benth

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(Blanco) Benth

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probably act by activating mononuclear phagocytic system, augmenting humoral immune response while suppressing ... whether its use in treating these diseases is due to its direct healing ..... lymphocytes and accessory cell types required.

Utilización de harina de frutos y hojas del árbol del pan (Artocarpus altilis en la ceba de conejos Nueva Zelanda Blanco Utilization of fruit and leaf meals from breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis for fattening New Zealand White rabbits

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Coralia S Leyva

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Se utilizaron 36 conejos de la raza Nueva Zelanda Blanco, de 35 días de edad y 506 g de peso vivo, con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de tres dietas en los indicadores productivos y económicos de los animales durante la ceba. Las dietas consistieron en: 1 pienso comercial más forraje fresco de glycine (Neonotonia wightii, como control; 2 harina de frutos del árbol del pan (Artocarpus altilis más glycine; y 3 pienso integral compuesto por una mezcla de harina de frutos y hojas del árbol del pan, más vitaminas y minerales. Se realizó un análisis de varianza, según un diseño completamente aleatorizado, con tres tratamientos y cuatro repeticiones. Después de 90 días en ceba, el peso vivo al sacrificio fue de: 2 347, 2 223 y 2 127 g/conejo, respectivamente; la ganancia media, de 20, 19 y 18 g/día; y la viabilidad fue del 100% en todos los tratamientos. Económicamente, el pienso balanceado con harina de frutos y hojas del árbol del pan tuvo una utilidad de 1,05 USD/conejo cebado, el sistema de alimentación con harina de frutos del árbol del pan más follaje de glycine alcanzó utilidades de 0,89 USD/conejo cebado; mientras que el sistema control generó pérdidas económicas, debido a los altos costos de las materias primas que componían el pienso convencional. Se concluye que los sistemas de alimentación alternativos que emplean la harina de frutos y hojas del árbol del pan resultan económica y biológicamente apropiados para los conejos en cebaThirty-six New Zealand White rabbits, 35 days old and with 506 g of live weight were used, in order to evaluate the effects of three diets on the productive and economic indicators of the animals during fattening. The diets consisted in: 1 commercial concentrate feed plus fresh forage of perennial soybean (Neonotonia wightií, as control; 2 breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis meal plus perennial soybean and 3 integral concentrate feed composed by a mixture of fruit and leaf meal from the

3_D modeling using TLS and GPR techniques to characterize above and below-ground wood distribution in pyroclastic deposits along the Blanco River (Chilean Patagonia)

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Valdebenito, Galo; Tonon, Alessia; Iroume, Andrés; Alvarado, David; Fuentes, Carlos; Picco, Lorenzo; Lenzi, Mario

2016-04-01

To date, the study of in-stream wood in rivers has been focused mainly on quantifying wood pieces deposited above the ground. However, in some particular river systems, the presence of buried dead wood can also represent an important component of wood recruitment and budgeting dynamics. This is the case of the Blanco River (Southern Chile) severely affected by the eruption of Chaitén Volcano occurred between 2008 and 2009. The high pyroclastic sediment deposition and transport affected the channel and the adjacent forest, burying wood logs and standing trees. The aim of this contribution is to assess the presence and distribution of wood in two study areas (483 m2 and 1989 m2, respectively) located along the lower streambank of the Blanco River, and covered by thick pyroclastic deposition up to 5 m. The study areas were surveyed using two different devices, a Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) and a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). The first was used to scan the above surface achieving a high point cloud density (≈ 2000 points m-2) which allowed us to identify and measure the wood volume. The second, was used to characterize the internal morphology of the volcanic deposits and to detect the presence and spatial distribution of buried wood up to a depth of 4 m. Preliminary results have demonstrated differences in the numerousness and volume of above wood between the two study areas. In the first one, there were 43 wood elements, 33 standing trees and 10 logs, with a total volume of 2.96 m3 (109.47 m3 km-1), whereas the second one was characterized by the presence of just 7 standing trees and 11 wood pieces, for a total amount of 0.77 m3 (7.73 m3 km-1). The dimensions of the wood elements vary greatly according to the typology, standing trees show the higher median values in diameter and length (0.15 m and 2.91 m, respectively), whereas the wood logs were smaller (0.06 m and 1.12 m, respectively). The low dimensions of deposited wood can be probably connected to their

Etude Sedimentologique et Esquisse Paleoenvironnementale des ...

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Características do sêmen a fresco e descongelado de garanhões da raça Nordestina

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Maria Alice M. Santos

2015-11-01

Full Text Available RESUMO: Este estudo descreveu as características seminais, da membrana plasmática e do acrossoma de espermatozoide congelado/descongelado de 19 ejaculados de garanhões da raça Nordestina. Os aspectos analisados incluíram os parâmetros físicos do sêmen fresco; a motilidade e a longevidade do sêmen diluído e descongelado; a morfologia espermática, integridade funcional e estrutural da membrana plasmática do espermatozoide e a habilidade de ligação do espermatozoide à membrana perivitelina da gema do ovo de galinha do sêmen descongelado. As variáveis foram avaliadas pela ANOVA com post hoc teste de Student Newman-Keuls (P<0,05. A MT e a MP foram maiores (P<0,05 no sêmen diluído do que no descongelado. A percentagem média de defeitos maiores, menores e totais foi muito inferior ao limite recomendado pelo CBRA. A porcentagem de reativos ao HOST foi de 14,21±1,12% e a porcentagem média de membranas íntegras detectadas pelo teste supravital de 62,22±9,06% e pela sonda SYBR-14 de 81,47±26,90. O número médio de espermatozoides ligados à MPV após a descongelação do sêmen foi de 230,39±57,09. A MT e MP no tempo 0 min do TTR foi superior (P<0,05 em relação a 150 min, não diferindo nos tempos 10 min e 30 min. Os resultados demonstram que a utilização dos testes laboratoriais adicionais ajudam no processo de avaliação das amostras, possibilitando a obtenção de informações mais confiáveis e precisas. Embora a criopreservação tenha provocado queda na motilidade seminal, o uso de diluidor contendo amidas minimizou os danos osmóticos nas células espermáticas e manteve a integridade morfológica, funcional e estrutural da membrana plasmática do espermatozoide. Estes resultados são um referencial em estudos futuros uma vez que, inexistem dados comparativos nesta raça.

Clement’s New Clothes. The Destruction of Old S. Clemente in Rome, the Eleventh-Century Frescoes, and the Cult of (AntiPope Clement III Clement’s New Clothes. The Destruction of Old S. Clemente in Rome, the Eleventh-Century Frescoes, and the Cult of (AntiPope Clement III

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Lila Yawn

2012-04-01

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In the early 1100s, the fifth-century church of S. Clemente in Rome was buried beneath an entirely new basilica.  Inspired by suggestions published by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri (1998 and Valentino Pace (2007, the present article considers the possibility that this radical intervention constituted an act of damnatio memoriae or, better, of deletio memoriae, an obliteration of memory prompted by the nascent cult of miracles associated with Pope Paschal II’s enemy and rival, (antipope Clement III.  Clement III (Wibert of Ravenna died in 1100, not long after the execution of an extensive fresco cycle in the early Christian basilica celebrating the miracles and cult of the first-century pope and martyr St. Clement I of Rome.  Resonances between these images and the prodigia attributed to Clement III may have invited analogies between the two Clements, especially during the turbulent early years of Paschal II’s pontificate, when Paschal, alarmed by reports of his adversary’s miracles, had Clement III’s corpse exhumed and thrown into the Tiber.

The perceived correspondences between the first-century pope and his eleventh-century namesake may have extended to their postmortem resting places – Clement I was martyred by being thrown into the Black Sea – as well as to their shared attributes, particularly the pontifical vestments and white hair prominently displayed in the frescoes. These attributes disappear in the early twelfth-century mosaic of Clement I on the apsidal arch of the new, upper church, where the saint is instead represented as a young man with dark hair, a dark beard, and an apostle’s clothing.  This extreme makeover in a work securely associable with Roman reform-party sponsorship effectively dissociated Clement I from the painted images in the earlier church and, very probably, from his eleventh-century namesake in the Tiber.

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Qualidade sanitária de grãos e frutos de amendoim comercializados no estado de Alagoas e identificação através de características culturais de espécies do gênero Aspergillus

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Edna Peixoto da Rocha Amorim

2010-12-01

Full Text Available A identificação de espécies fúngicas presentes em grãos e frutos de amendoim (Arachis hypogaea, bem como a caracterização cultural das espécies de Aspergillus detectadas, é um importante passo para a prevenção da presença de micotoxinas no substrato, garantindo a qualidade do produto, tanto para a comercialização in natura quanto já processado. A partir de grãos e frutos de amendoim comercializados, in natura ou processados, no estado de Alagoas foram isolados os fungos Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. ochraceus, A. parasiticus, Fusarium verticillioides (= F. moniliforme, F. equiseti, Rhizopus stolonifer, Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium italicum e Colletotrichum sp. De um modo geral, os grãos processados apresentaram menor incidência de fungos, diferindo estatisticamente dos grãos in natura, com destaque para as espécies A. flavus, A. parasiticus, F. verticillioides e F. equiseti. As espécies de Aspergillus foram identificadas com base nas características culturais, exibidas em meio de Czapek-ágar, e morfológicas, através de microscópio ótico. No oitavo dia de crescimento em meio de BDA, cada espécie apresentou diferenças quanto à taxa de crescimento durante o período de incubação, de acordo com a procedência das amostras dos grãos ou frutos.

Elkin Restrepo: absorto escuchando el cercano canto de las sirenas

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Jorge H. Cadavid

2003-05-01

Full Text Available En poesía hay tres maneras de dar en el blanco. La primera , no la más fácil, consiste simplemente en dar en el blanco. La segunda, no más ni menos difícil, pero siempre inquietante, convierte en blanco aquello donde da. Y la tercera, igualmente asombrosa, virtualiza el blanco, poner una flecha invisible en un arco incorpóreo -pocos advierten que la saeta ya reposa en el blanco-. Idéntica magia hermana los tres procedimientos, pues, en definitiva , el blanco siempre pasa a serlo por el carácter de certidumbre adquirido como consecuencia del impacto, no por su previa condición de punto de mira. En la poesía de Elkin Restrepo predomina como intención el tercero de los propósitos, si es que resulta lícito hablar de propósitos cuando se confía al "azar controlado" la responsabilidad del acierto. Pero, una vez logrado éste, sólo un halo de evanescencia difuminador del estilo, ciertas desvaídas voluntades alógicas, pueden insinuarnos cuál fue el primitivo impulso: si la afinación de la punte ría o la confianza en la gracia. Porque el blanco, en cualquiera de ambos casos ya no puede dejar de serlo.

Umidificação e aquecimento do gás inalado durante ventilação artificial com baixo fluxo e fluxo mínimo de gases frescos Humidificación y calentamiento del gas inhalado durante ventilación artificial con bajo flujo y flujo mínimo de gases frescos Inhaled gases humidification and heating during artificial ventilation with low flow and minimal fresh gases flow

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Susane Bruder Silveira Gorayb

2004-02-01

Full Text Available JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Em pacientes sob intubação traqueal ou traqueostomia, a umidificação e o aquecimento do gás inalado são necessários para a prevenção de lesões no sistema respiratório, conseqüentes ao contato do gás frio e seco com as vias aéreas. O objetivo da pesquisa foi avaliar o efeito do sistema respiratório circular com absorvedor de dióxido de carbono do aparelho de anestesia Cícero da Dräger, quanto à capacidade de aquecimento e umidificação dos gases inalados, utilizando-se fluxo baixo (1 L.min-1 ou mínimo (0,5 L.min-1 de gases frescos. MÉTODO: O estudo aleatório foi realizado em 24 pacientes, estado físico ASA I, com idades entre 18 e 65 anos, submetidos à anestesia geral, utilizando-se a Estação de Trabalho Cícero da Dräger (Alemanha, para realização de cirurgias abdominais, os quais foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em dois grupos: grupo de Baixo Fluxo (BF, no qual foi administrado 0,5 L.min-1 de oxigênio e 0,5 L.min-1 de óxido nitroso e fluxo mínimo (FM, administrando-se somente oxigênio a 0,5 L.min-1. Os atributos estudados foram temperatura, umidade relativa e absoluta da sala de operação e do gás no sistema inspiratório. RESULTADOS: Os valores da temperatura, umidade relativa e umidade absoluta no sistema inspiratório na saída do aparelho de anestesia e junto ao tubo traqueal não apresentaram diferença significante entre os grupos, mas aumentaram ao longo do tempo nos dois grupos (BF e FM, havendo influência da temperatura da sala de operação sobre a temperatura do gás inalado, nos dois grupos estudados. Níveis de umidade e temperatura próximos dos ideais foram alcançados, nos dois grupos, a partir de 90 minutos. CONCLUSÕES: Não há diferença significante da umidade e temperatura do gás inalado utilizando-se baixo fluxo e fluxo mínimo de gases frescos.JUSTIFICATIVA Y OBJETIVOS: En pacientes bajo intubación traqueal o traqueostomia, la humidificación y

Efecto de diferentes densidades poblacionales de Meloidogyne hapla sobre uchuva (Physalis peruviana L. en invernadero

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2008-04-01

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Este estudio se realizó en el Centro de Investigaciones y Asesorías Agroindustriales de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Chía (Cundinamarca, bajo condiciones de invernadero, durante diez meses de cultivo. Se evaluó el efecto de diferentes densidades poblacionales de Meloidogyne hapla (0, 50, 100, 200, 500 y 1.000 larvas J2/100 cc de suelo, sobre parámetros productivos de la uchuva: altura de las plantas, diámetro de tallo, peso fresco, peso seco y biomasa de follaje, peso fresco de raíces, índice de nodulación radicular y peso fresco de frutos. Se hizo análisis de varianza, pruebas de contrastes y prueba de Tukey (α=0,05, en un diseño completamente aleatorio, con seis tratamientos y cinco repeticiones, mediante el programa SAS v.8.0. El tratamiento de 500 larvas J2/100 cc suelo fue el que más afectó la altura de las plantas, el diámetro del tallo, la biomasa de follaje, el peso fresco de raíces y presentó el índice de nodulación radical más alto. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre los tratamientos inoculados con M. hapla , para peso fresco, peso seco de follaje y peso fresco de frutos, ni para el número de larvas J2 en suelo y masas de huevos. Mediante la ecuación: Y = m + (1–mZ^P-T propuesta por Seinhorst (1965, se estableció un límite de tolerancia de 50 larvas J2 de M. hapla /100 cc suelo, para peso fresco de raíces y un límite de tolerancia de 450 larvas J2 de M. hapla /100 cc suelo, para biomasa de follaje.

Salud pública e inestabilidad política en Venezuela durante los gobiernos de Guzmán Blanco, 1870-1888

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Camacho, Cristian

2008-12-01

Full Text Available In this paper, we analyze how during Guzmán Blanco governmental periods epidemic cycles generated a sense of distrust and political instability. The misinterpretation form governmental authorities lead to think that oppositionists promoted the closure of ports, a halt on exchange and limitations to the access to economic resources coming from foreign trade with the purpose of obtain political benefits. To avoid oppositionists politically use epidemics cycles, governmental action were addressed to prevent rumors and to put down any political action related to this matter. Gúzman government also efficiently carried out an information policy from consular offices aimed to take advantage from up-to-date information with respect to vessels movements and their internal health situation. Moreover, a set of highly effective national and international preventative measure were adopted in order to control and manage epidemic cycles.

En este artículo se analiza cómo durante el guzmancismo, los ciclos epidémicos ocasionaban en el gobierno un ambiente de desconfianza y tensión política, porque de manera equivocada se pensaba que eran empleados por algunos opositores para incidir en el cierre de los puertos, paralizar el intercambio, cortar el flujo de recursos económicos provenientes del comercio exterior y obtener así beneficios políticos. El gobierno se movilizaba para evitar rumores y reprimir cualquier tipo de acción política al respecto, con el fin de impedir que la oposición diera uso político a los ciclos epidémicos; también ejecutaba con eficiencia una política de información que, desde los Consulados, le permitía estar al corriente acerca del movimiento de los barcos y su situación sanitaria interna; además se desarrolló un conjunto de previsiones nacionales e internacionales altamente benéficas en el control y manejo de los períodos epidémicos.

Petrografía y distribución de óxidos de Fe, Al y Si en fragipanes blancos de origen volcánico

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Enrique Ortiz-Hernández

2012-10-01

Full Text Available El objetivo fue determinar la petrología y distribución de óxidos de Fe, Al y Si en tres perfiles de suelos de origen volcánico con horizontes endurecidos (fragipán, en la región noroeste del Estado de México. Se utilizaron técnicas químicas selectivas para extraer Fe, Al y Si. El fragipán blanco clasifica petrográficamente como toba dacítica poco soldada y alterada. Los perfiles muestran incipiente a moderado grado de alteración de minerales primarios que contienen Fe y Al dadas las condiciones climáticas de la región. Los contenidos de alofano, ferrihidrita, y óxidos de hierro cristalino se presentan en pocas cantidades, escasos contenidos de Ald y Si lábil en los perfiles indican presencia de aluminosilicatos cristalinos. Bajas relaciones de Alp/Alo y Fep/Feo evidencia que la mayor parte de Al y Fe están unidos a compuestos inorgánicos pobremente cristalinos. Relaciones bajas de Fep/Fed y Alp/Ald indican limitada asociación de Fe y Al con compuestos orgánicos. La relación arcilla/Fed revela emigración de arcilla y óxidos de Fe del horizonte superior al fragipán.  El Si, Al y Fe en el fragipán forman parte de la estructura de los silicatos y mínimo grado de cristalinidad de Fe y Al pedogenético. Valores mayores de relación Sid(Sid+Ald en el fragipán indican aumento en la dureza.

Survey and Drawings for the study and enhancement of ancient wall graffiti: the case of the Baptistery of Castiglione Olona.

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Riccardo Valente

2017-12-01

Full Text Available   The paper present a non-invasive method for the documentation of ancient graffiti on frescoed surfaces. Graffiti is an important historical testimony to preserve and enhance, providing important data related to past events, such as dates of death or descriptions of daily life events. Archaeological survey methods, developed over decades of experimentation and practice, are not often sufficient for the documentation of graffiti on frescoes due to the different characteristics of support surfaces and their conservation needs. The case study shows the methodology used for the documentation of some of the late medieval graffiti on frescoes painted by Masolino da Panicale in 1435, in the Baptistery of the Collegiate of Castiglione Olona (Varese.

Haute Couture in the Bronze Age: A History of Minoan Female Costumes from Thera

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Nosch, Marie-Louise Bech

2008-01-01

Haute Couture in the Bronze Age from Thera is investigated via frescoes and with a historiographical approach on the reception of Minoan culture in contemporary Greek history......Haute Couture in the Bronze Age from Thera is investigated via frescoes and with a historiographical approach on the reception of Minoan culture in contemporary Greek history...

Prevalence, types, and geographical distribution of Listeria monocytogenes from a survey of retail Queso Fresco and associated cheese processing plants and dairy farms in Sonora, Mexico.

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Moreno-Enriquez, R I; Garcia-Galaz, A; Acedo-Felix, E; Gonzalez-Rios, I H; Call, J E; Luchansky, J B; Diaz-Cinco, M E

2007-11-01

In the first part of this study, samples were collected from farms, cheese processing plants (CPPs), and retail markets located in various geographical areas of Sonora, Mexico, over a 12-month period during the summer of 2004 and winter of 2005. Four (all Queso Fresco [QF] from retail markets) of 349 total samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). Of these four positive samples, three were collected in the northern region and one in the southern region of Sonora. Additionally, two were collected during the winter months, and two were collected during the summer months. For the second part of the study, a total of 39 samples from a farm, a CPP, and retail markets were collected and processed according to a combination of the Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-143-SSA1-1995.10 method (NOM) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Bacteriological Analytical Manual method, and 27 samples from these same locations were collected and processed according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service method (USDA-FSIS). The NOM-FDA method recovered the pathogen from 6 (15%) of 39 samples (one cheese and five product contact surfaces), while the USDA-FSIS method recovered the pathogen from 5 (18.5%) of 27 samples (all product contact surfaces). In addition, the 40 isolates recovered from the 15 total samples that tested positive for Lm grouped into five distinct pulsotypes that were ca. 60% related, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis. The results of this study confirmed a 3.4% prevalence of Lm in QF collected from retail markets located in Sonora and no appreciable difference in the effectiveness of either the NOM-FDA or USDA-FSIS method to recover the pathogen from cheese or environmental samples.

Citrus reticulata Blanco.

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In Sylhet region of Bangladesh it is locally known as Zara lemon and available in the local. *Corresponding ... While the lemon or orange are peeled to consume their pulpy and juicy segments, the citron's pulp is ... Then washing of the explant took place with distilled water for. 3 to 4 times. Before inoculation soaking of the ...

El factor de crecimiento transformante beta como blanco terapéutico Transforming growth factor-beta as a therapeutic target

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Francisco Javier Gálvez-Gastélum

2004-08-01

Full Text Available El factor de crecimiento transformante beta (TGF-beta es una familia de proteínas que incluye al TGF-beta, activinas y a la proteína morfogénica de hueso (BMP, por sus siglas en inglés, citocinas que son secretadas y se relacionan estructuralmente en diferentes especies de metazoarios. Los miembros de la familia del TGF-beta regulan diferentes funciones celulares como proliferación, apoptosis, diferenciación, migración, y tienen un papel clave en el desarrollo del organismo. El TGF-beta está implicado en varias patologías humanas, incluyendo desórdenes autoinmunes y vasculares, así como enfermedades fibróticas y cáncer. La activación del receptor del TGF-beta propicia su fosforilación en residuos de serina/treonina y dispara la fosforilación de proteínas efectoras intracelulares (smad, que una vez activas se translocan al núcleo para inducir la transcripción de genes blanco, y así regular procesos y funciones celulares. Se están desarrollando novedosas estrategias terapéuticas encaminadas a corregir las alteraciones presentes en patologías que involucran al TGF-beta como actor principal.Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta family members include TGF-beta, activins, and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP. These proteins are structurally related cytokines secreted in diverse Metazoans. TGF-beta family members regulate cellular functions such as proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, and migration, and play an important role in organism development. Deregulated TGF-beta family signaling participates in various human pathologies including auto-immune diseases, vascular disorders, fibrotic disease, and cancer. Ligand-induced activation of TGF-beta family receptors with intrinsic serine/threonine kinase activity, triggers phosphorylation of the intracellular effectors of TGF-beta signaling, the Smads proteins. Once these proteins are activated they translocate into the nucleus, where they induce transcription of target

Juan Goytisolo y la tradición autobiográfica española

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Randolph D. Pope

2016-04-01

Full Text Available Escribir una autobiografía exige una compleja elección de modelos. Entre los escritores de autobiografías que Juan Goytisolo incorpora en su propios textos autobiográficos, Coto vedado (1985 y En los reinos de taifa (1986, se encuentra José María Blanco White, escritor de fines del siglo XVIII y comienzos del XIX, relativamente olvidado hasta décadas recientes. Significativamente, en la autobiografía de Blanco White ocupa un lugar importante su descubrimiento de Feijoo, cuya fama había periclitado cuando Blanco lo descubre. Vemos así la estrategia autobiográfica de preferir como modelo literario una figura que es necesario reivindicar.   A complex selection of models is required to write an autobiography. Among the writers of autobiographies that Juan Goytisolo includes in his own autobiographical texts, Coto vedado (1985 and En los reinos de taifa (1986 is José Maria Blanco White, a writer from the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, who was relatively forgotten until recently. Significantly, Blanco While's discovery of Feijoo, whose fame had been declining when Blanco discovered him, has an important place in his autobiography. Thus, we see the autobiographical strategy of selecting a figure who needs to be recovered as a literary model.

Microscopic analysis of "prato", "mussarela" and "mineiro" cheese sold in street markets of the City of S. Paulo, Southeastern Brazil Características microscópicas de queijos prato, mussarela e mineiro comercializados em feiras livres da Cidade de São Paulo

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Marlene Correia

1997-06-01

Full Text Available INTRODUCTION: Cheese should be produced from ingredients of good quality and processed under hygienic conditions. Further, cheese should be transported, stored and sold in an appropriate manner in order to avoid, among other things, the incorporation of extraneous materials (filth of biological origin or otherwise, in contravention of the relevant food legislation. The aim of the study was to evaluate the hygienic conditions of "prato", "mussarela", and "mineiro" cheeses sold at the street food markets in the city of S. Paulo, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Forty-seven samples of each of the three types of cheese were collected during the period from March, 1993 to February, 1994. The Latin square was used as a statistical model for sampling and random selection of the street markets from which to collect the cheese samples. The samples were analysed for the presence of extraneous matters outside for which purpose the samples were washed and filtered and inside, for which the methodology of enzymathic digestion of the sample with pancreatine, followed by filtering,was used. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Of the 141 samples analysed, 75.9% exhibited at least one sort of extraneous matters. For the "prato" and "mussarela" cheeses, the high number of contaminated samples was due mainly to extraneous matters present inside the cheese, whereas in the "mineiro" cheese, besides the internal filth, 100% of the samples had external filth.INTRODUÇÃO: Os queijos devem ser produzidos com matéria-prima de boa qualidade, processados em condições de higiene e transportados, armazenados e comercializados de forma adequada, a fim de evitar, entre outros, a incorporação de matérias estranhas (sujidades de origem biológica ou não, as quais não são permitidas pela legislação bromatológica em vigor. Foram avaliadas as condições higiênicas de queijos prato, mussarela e mineiro comercializados em feiras livres da Cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. MATERIAL E M�

Influence of storage of refrigerated milk on yield and sensory ...

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of milk stored at different temperatures and storage times and the influence on yield and sensory characteristics of queso fresco. The milk collected was stored at temperatures of 3 and 7°C for times of 24, 48, 72 and 96 h for analysis and processing of queso fresco. Cheeses ...

Registro de pecarí de labios blancos (Tayassu pecari en la región de la laguna de Términos, Campeche, México White lipped pecaries (Tayassu pecari recorded in the area of Términos Lagoon Campeche, México

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Mircea G. Hidalgo-Mihart

2012-09-01

Full Text Available Se registró fotográficamente al menos un grupo de pecaries de labios blancos (Tayassu pecari en la Selva La Montaña, al suroeste del área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Silvestre Laguna de Términos, Campeche, México. El registro se realizó utilizando trampas cámara. La presencia de esta especie muestra la importancia que tiene la región Selva La Montaña para la conservación de la biodiversidad, especialmente para las especies protegidas.We report at least one group of white lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari in Selva La Montaña located in the southwestern portion of the Términos Lagoon Flora and Fauna Protection Area, Campeche, Mexico. The record was obtained using camera traps. The presence of this species in the area shows the importance of the region for biodiversity conservation, particularly for protected species.

EVOLUCIÓN DE PARÁMETROS FISICOQUÍMICOS DE QUESILLO HUILENSE, EN ALMACENAMIENTO REFRIGERADO

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ERIKA TATIANA CORTÉS-MACÍAS

Full Text Available Se estudió la evolución de los parámetros físico-químicos que pueden afectar la estabilidad y por tanto la decisión de compra o consumo de quesillo huilense, elaborado y empacado de forma artesanal y semi-industrializado y almacenado en refrigeración. 50 quesillos de 250 g elaborados y empacados artesanalmente en hojas de plátano conformaron los tratamientos T1 y T3 y 25 quesillos empacados al vacío elaborados de forma semindustrial el tratamiento T2; todas las muestras se transportaron en termos de poliestireno expandido el mismo día de su producción hasta el laboratorio, cinco quesillos de cada tratamiento fueron destinados a ensayos de caracterización el mismo día de su arribo al laboratorio (0 días, midiendo humedad, actividad de agua, pH, acidez titulable, textura y color y el resto fueron analizados en lotes de 5 quesillos a los 5, 10, 15 y 20 días de almacenamiento refrigerado (4°C±1. Los atributos de calidad en quesillo huilense evolucionaron de manera similar a otros tipos de quesos frescos en función del tiempo de almacenamiento; los cambios más notorios son el cambio en el color superficial que se torna blanco crema y un ligero incremento en la dureza; estos cambios no deben ser razón para decidir rechazo por parte del consumidor.

Pesquisa de bactérias patogênicas em leite pasteurizado tipo C comercializado na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil Investigation of pathogenic bacteria in pasteurized type C milk sold in Recife City, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Maria do Rosário de Fátima Padilha

2001-04-01

Full Text Available Visando complementar as informações sobre a qualidade microbiológica do leite comercializado na cidade do Recife, foram analisadas 250 amostras de leite pasteurizado tipo C e 50 amostras de leite cru para a pesquisa de Yersinia enterocolitica e Listeria monocytogenes, bactérias patogênicas capazes de se desenvolverem em temperatura de refrigeração. Y. enterocolitica não foi encontrada em nenhuma das amostras analisadas, entretanto foi detectada a presença de Y. intermedia e Y. frederiksenii, espécies ambientais que se comportam como patógenos oportunistas. L. monocytogenes também não foi encontrada, mas, através da metodologia empregada para seu isolamento foi obtido um isolamento de Salmonella Montevideo em uma amostra de leite pasteurizado e outro em leite cru. Além dessas, várias outras bactérias foram encontradas, supondo-se que a ampla microbiota crescida nos meios empregados pode ter interferido no isolamento da Y. enterocolitica e L. monocytogenes.In order to improve information about the microbiological quality of the milk commercially available in the city of Recife, 250 samples of pasteurized type-C milk and 50 samples of raw milk were analyzed for Yersinia enterocolitica and Listeria monocytogenes and verify the possible occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica and Listeria monocytogenes. These bacteria can develop in refrigeration temperatures and are responsible for food-born diseases. Neither Y. enterocolitica nor L. monocytogenes were found in the samples analyzed. However, the presence of Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii was detected, these environmental species behave as opportunist pathogens. Through the methodology used for Listeria isolation, one isolate of Salmonella Montevideo was obtained from a sample of pasteurized milk and another isolated from one sample of raw milk. Besides these, several other bacteria species were found. It is likely that the large microbiota present in the samples and the procedures

"I'm not hiding in the shadows anymore": o queer e a performance musical na representação midiática de Mykki Banco

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Francisco Menegat

2016-06-01

Full Text Available O objetivo geral deste artigo é apresentar uma análise da multiplicidade performática do rapper Mykki Blanco no vídeo Mykki Blanco On Set For Milk, objeto escolhido por seu caráter híbrido quanto aos formatos comunicacionais. O vídeo dialoga com a maneira como Blanco é midiaticamente representado: um corpo em constante transformação que exalta sua multiplicidade e subverte concepções normativas sobre identidade na cultura musical na qual está inserido. A partir da análise do audiovisual, cruzando concepções de identidade e teoria queer, aliadas à perspectiva dos Estudos Culturais, o texto aborda as subversões das normas reguladoras de gênero e sexualidade no universo musical e as desconstruções dos elementos que compõem a performance musical de Blanco.

Manuel Grijalvo, Un Obispo Burgales en Filipinas. By Roberto Blanco Andrés. Burgos: Publicaciones de la Excma. Diputación de Burgos, 2011. 88 pages, plates.

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Grace Liza Y. Concepcion

2012-12-01

Full Text Available This brief biography is one among many published works by RobertoBlanco Andrés, a Spanish historian who specializes in the history of religious orders in the Philippines, particularly the Augustinians. The aim of the present work is simple. It is to recount Fray Manuel Grijalvo’s life as a religious priest who occupied key positions in the Augustinian Order and in the Philippine church as bishop of Nueva Caceres (now Naga in the first half of the 19th century, at a time when both the Order and the church in the Philippines were undergoing transition. This succinct narration of an Augustinian bishop’s lifeopens a window through which one can appreciate Philippine history in the 19th century. Although brief, the summary of Grijalvo’s years in the Philippines, spent in Manila and Nueva Caceres, gives a relatively complete view of the challenges that the Catholic Church was facing in this era, both within the Augustinian Order and in the Diocese of Nueva Caceres. This is so because Grijalvo was an Augustinian missionary who also occupied key posts as parish priest in Batangas towns (1814 -1818 and in Pasig (1833 -1839 and 1831-1847. He was also procurator and prior of the Order between 1818 and 1832. In1848, he was appointed bishop of Nueva Caceres, a post he occupied until his death in 1861. His life, therefore, encapsulates the struggles and challenges of the Philippine Catholic Church and the Spanish colonial government.

El pago de servicios ambientales como instrumento de gestión ambiental para el abastecimiento sostenible de agua potable a la ciudad de Río Blanco, Nicaragua

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Yuri Marín

2006-02-01

Full Text Available SE REALIZÓ UNA VALORACIÓN ECONÓMICA DE LOS RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DE LA microcuenca “La Golondrina” y se formuló una propuesta de operatoria de Pago de Servicios Ambientales para su conservación. El área de estudio corresponde al Cerro Musún, una reserva protegida bajo co-manejo, principal fuente abastecedora de agua potable a la ciudad Río Blanco. La metodología implicó: elaboración de balance hídrico para determinar la oferta hídrica, identificación de zonas críticas para la estimación de los costos ambientales; valoración contingente para estimar la disposición a pagar de la población (DAP, y revisión del marco legal e institucional que regula los recursos hídricos y las facultades de los municipios para la gestión ambiental. Los resultados del estudio indican que los problemas de la microcuenca son de calidad y no de cantidad de agua. Los costos ambientales ($26,980 dólares/año, permitirían implementar un plan de manejo para reubicación de bebederos, reforestación, letrinificación y medidas para la reconversión productiva de áreas degradadas circundantes, con sistemas agroforestales y silvopastoriles. Los ingresos esperados por DAP ($28,100 dólares/año, permiten cubrir totalmente los costos de conservación; se concluye entonces, que el Fondo Ambiental municipal resulta ser social y económicamente viable de implementar.

Avaliaçao de híbridos de coqueiro (Cocos nucifera L. para produção de frutos e de albúmen sólido fresco Performance of hybrids of coconut palm for production of fruits and solid fresh albumen

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Paulo Manoel Pontes Lins

2003-12-01

Full Text Available Avaliou-se o desempenho de seis híbridos de coqueiro para produção de frutos e de albúmen sólido fresco no Município de Moju, PA. Os híbridos avaliados foram: PB 121 (Anão-amarelo da Malásia x Gigante Oeste Africano; PB 111 (Anão-vermelho de Camarões x Gigante Oeste Africano; PB 141 (Anão-verde do Brasil x Gigante Oeste Africano; PB 123 (Anão-amarelo da Malásia x Gigante de Renel; PB 132 (Anão-vermelho da Malásia x Gigante da Polinésia e PB 113 (Anão-vermelho de Camarões x Gigante de Renel, em delineamento em blocos casualizados com seis repetições. Verificou-se, pela análise de variância, diferença significativa para tratamentos, resultante da heterogeneidade do material genético estudado. As fontes de variação ano e a interação anos x tratamentos foram também altamente significativas, evidenciando que o comportamento dos híbridos foi induzido por aquelas fontes de variação. Considerando o desempenho dos híbridos no período de 9 anos de avaliação para produção de frutos e de albúmen fresco, pode-se recomendar para plantio os híbridos PB 111, PB 113, PB 141 nas condições do Estado do Pará, com vistas a atender às indústrias (albúmen sólido, quanto à venda de cocos "in natura" para consumo de água.The performance of six hybrids of coconut palm were evaluated for fruit and solid fresh albumen production in Moju, State of Pará. The evaluated hybrids were: PB 121 (Dwarf Yellow of Malaysia x West African Giant; PB 111 (Dwarf Red of Cameron x West Afican Giant; PB 141 (Dwarf Green of Brazil x West Aficam Giant; PB 123 (Dwarf Yellow of Malaysia x Renel's Giant; PB 132 (Red Dwarf of Malaysia x (Giant from Polynesia; PB 113 (Dwarf Red of Cameron x Renel's Giant in hazard blocks and six repetitions. It was verified through variance analysis, significancy difference between treatments, as result of the heterogeneity of the studied genetic material. The sources of variation year and the interaction years x

Cinnabar alteration in archaeological wall paintings: an experimental and theoretical approach

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Neiman, Madeleine Kegelman; Balonis, Magdalena; Kakoulli, Ioanna

2015-11-01

The red mineral pigment known as cinnabar (HgS) was commonly employed in Roman fresco wall paintings. Fresco artists of the period favored this pigment for its striking red color. However, upon excavation and exposure to air and light, cinnabar-pigmented surfaces recovered from archaeological contexts often proved to be unstable. Mural paintings colored with cinnabar that have been exposed in the open air frequently demonstrate a disfiguring, irreversible darkening of the surface. Traditionally, scholars have attributed this alteration to a light-induced phase change from red α-cinnabar to black β-cinnabar (meta-cinnabar). While this transformation has not been totally excluded, the prevailing view among conservation scientists is that chlorine plays a key role in the darkening process through the formation of light-sensitive mercury chloride compounds, or as a catalyst in the photochemical redox of Hg(II)S into Hg(0) and S(0). Using laboratory-based experiments and thermodynamic modeling, this paper attempts to further clarify the mechanism(s) and kinetics of cinnabar alteration in fresco applications, especially the role of light, humidity, and chlorine ions. Additionally, it explores possible pathways and preventive as well as remedial conservation treatments during or immediately following excavation, to inhibit or retard darkening of cinnabar-pigmented fresco surfaces.

Den umulige hage: Rom og tid i hagemotivet i Livias villa

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Hege Olaussen

2015-12-01

Full Text Available The article discusses representations of time and space in the frescoes in the garden room of Empress Livia's villa at Prima Porta, near Rome. The frescoes, dated to ca 30–20 B.C., decorates an underground chamber in a vast villa-complex and show an "impossible garden" in that its vegetation is simultaneously and continuously flowering, without any realistic connection to time. Through analysis of the vegetation's spatial organization, the representation of birds and the chamber's placement in the villa-complex, the article examines the significance of the garden, be it real or imaginary, as an arena for instilling and expressing Roman civic values and duties. It addresses the potential relevance of the villa's imperial connection and questions whether the frescoes are to be read as expressions of "art of the state" or "state of the art".

Determination of the replenishment mechanism in the Los naranjos zone, Mexico, by the use of environmental isotopic techniques

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Payne, B.R.; Sainz O, I.

1977-01-01

The aquifers of the Los Naranjos Zone in the State of Veracruz have two principal sources of replenishment: the infiltration of the waters of the Rio Blanco along its channel. Granted that the eventual control of the waters of the Rio Blanco is capable of seriously affecting the exploitation of subterranean waters which is being implanted, it becomes necessary to learn its relative importance as a source of replenishment. As conventional techniques would not give a quick and sure answer to this matter, resort was had to isotopic techniques to solve the problem. In the rivers 27 samples of surface water were taken and 28 samples of subterranean water in wells, which were analyzed by I.A.E.A. with headquarters in Vienna. Interpretation of the data indicated, without room for doubt, that infiltrated rainwater represents 67% of the replenishment in the neighborhood of the Rio Blanco, 85% in the area's center, and 100% in the zones distant from the Rio Blanco. (author)

¿Se puede recobrar el capital invertido en participaciones preferentes?

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Gómez Hernández, José Antonio

2013-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se analiza qué son las participaciones preferentes, cómo y por qué se han comercializado en España y las diversas posibilidades que ofrece el ordenamiento jurídico para intentar recuperar el capital desembolsado.

L'affresco di Cola d'Amatrice nel chiostro del convento dell'Annunziata ad Ascoli Piceno / The fresco by Cola dell’Amatrice in the refectory of the Annunziata convent in Ascoli Piceno

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Monica Peroni

2012-07-01

Full Text Available La compulsazione di alcuni fondi conservati negli archivi di Ancona e Ascoli Piceno ha consentito di ricostruire parzialmente la vicenda conservativa di un pregevole affresco realizzato da Cola dell’Amatrice nel Refettorio della chiesa dell’Annunziata di Ascoli Piceno. Dalla prima notizia relativa ad una proposta di distacco, agli inizi del Novecento, fino al definitivo rifiuto di tale intervento nel 1916, i documenti rinvenuti rivelano alcuni passaggi di un lungo dibattito che vide  opinioni e personalità diverse confrontarsi - e spesso contrapporsi - sul complesso tema del restauro. E’ grazie alla ferma decisione con cui il Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione ne impedì il distacco se, ancora oggi, è possibile apprezzare l’affresco del Filotesio nella sua «sede naturale, nel proprio luogo di origine, dove ess[o] ha[nno] un significato ed un valore assolutamente speciali» (Icilio Bocci. The consultation of some fonds held in the archives of Ancona and Ascoli Piceno allowed to partially reconstruct the conservative vicissitude of the fine fresco painted by Cola dell’Amatrice in the refectory of the Annunziata convent in Ascoli Piceno. From the first news regarding a proposal for the fresco’s detachment, until the definitive rejection of such operation in 1916, founded documents reveal some steps of a long controversy that saw different opinions and personalities contending – and often opposing – on the complex issue of restoration. Thanks to the firm decision of the Ministry of Education, that prevented the fresco’s detachment, today it is possible to contemplate it «in its natural home, in itsplace of origin, where it has a very special meaning and value» (Icilio Bocci.

Rho GTPasas como blancos terapéuticos relevantes en cáncer y otras enfermedades humanas Rho GTPases as therapeutic targets in cancer and other human diseases

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Pablo Lorenzano Menna

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Las Rho GTPasas son una familia de proteínas clave en la transmisión de señales provenientes del exterior celular hacia efectores intracelulares tanto citoplasmáticos como nucleares. En los últimos año ha habido un desarrollo vertiginoso de múltiples herramientas genéticas y farmacológicas, lo que ha permitido establecer de manera mucho más precisa las funciones específicas de estas proteínas. El objetivo de la presente revisión es hacer foco en las múltiples funciones celulares reguladas por las Rho GTPasas, describiendo en detalle el mecanismo molecular involucrado. Se discute además la participación de estas proteínas en diversas enfermedades humanas haciendo énfasis en su vinculación con el cáncer. Por último, se hace una actualización detallada sobre las estrategias terapéuticas en experimentación que tienen a las Rho GTPasas como blancos moleculares.Rho GTPases are a key protein family controlling the transduction of external signals to cytoplasmatic and nuclear effectors. In the last few years, the development of genetic and pharmacological tools has allowed a more precise definition of the specific roles of Rho GTPases. The aim of this review is to describe the cellular functions regulated by these proteins with focus on the molecular mechanism involved. We also address the role of Rho GTPases in the development of different human diseases such as cancer. Finally, we describe different experimental therapeutic strategies with Rho GTPases as molecular targets.

Citologia vaginal a fresco na gravidez: correlação com a citologia corada pela técnica de Papanicolaou Fresh wet mount in pregnancy: correlation with Pap smears

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Amadeu Ramos da Silva Filho

2004-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: analisar o conteúdo vaginal utilizando o exame citológico a fresco na primeira consulta pré-natal em mulheres com ou sem queixas genitais e correlacionar os resultados com os encontrados na citologia corada pela técnica de Papanicolaou. A microscopia direta durante a gravidez deve ser valorizada e reconhecida como método propedêutico capaz de diagnosticar, de forma imediata, 90% dos casos de vaginose bacteriana, candidose e tricomonose. MÉTODOS: estudo prospectivo em 216 gestantes, selecionadas em ambulatório de pré-natal no período de 30 de outubro de 2001 a 12 de novembro de 2002. Foram colhidas duas amostras do conteúdo existente no fundo de saco vaginal posterior e depositadas em lâminas de vidro para microscopia. Sobre a primeira e a segunda amostra eram colocadas uma gota de NaCl a 0,9% e uma de KOH a 10%, respectivamente. Adicionalmente, em todas as grávidas determinou-se o pH vaginal e realizaram-se os testes de produção das aminas com odores de pescado. O material era examinado ao microscópio em aumentos de 100 vezes, 400 vezes e excepcionalmente 1000 vezes. Foram realizados esfregaços cervicovaginais para citologia corada pelo método de Papanicolaou. A correlação entre os resultados dos métodos citológicos empregados foi realizada pelo cálculo do coeficiente kappa, que avalia a concordância para variáveis qualitativas. RESULTADOS: o encontro nos esfregaços a fresco de flora bacteriana normal foi de 51,8, representando o aspecto citológico mais observado e sem correspondência com os 3,7% apurados na microscopia corada. No exame citológico direto foram observados 30,9% de vaginose bacteriana e 7,9% de candidose. Todavia, no Papanicolaou não foi encontrada tal equivalência, sendo as porcentagens de 0,7 e 24,3%, respectivamente. A ausência de correlação no diagnóstico de colpite bacteriana inespecífica na microscopia direta (17,5% e corada (51,3% talvez deva-se ao subdiagnóstico de vaginose

Caracterização físico-química e perfil lipídico de queijos produzidos com leite ovino

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Luiz Gustavo de Pellegrini

2013-10-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar os queijos Pecorino Toscano, Feta e Labneh produzidos com leite ovino quanto aos aspectos físico-químicos e perfil lipídico. Foram adquiridos e analisados queijos tipo Pecorino Toscano Fresco, com 90, 180 e 270 dias de maturação, Feta e Labneh elaborados com leite de ovelha, comercializados no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. As análises realizadas foram: pH, acidez titulável, proteína, gordura, umidade, cinzas e perfil de ácidos graxos. O maior pH ocorreu nos queijos tipo Pecorino Toscano com 180 dias de maturação e Feta. Em relação à acidez titulável estes apresentaram comportamento contrário ao do pH. Os valores de proteína oscilaram entre 15,98 e 28,29% m/m, sendo os maiores valores para os queijos com maior tempo de maturação. A gordura apresentou variação idêntica à proteína, onde os queijos tipo Pecorino Toscano com 180 e 270 dias de maturação apresentaram maior valor. Os valores de umidade apresentaram-se inversos ao tempo de maturação, sendo que os queijos com 270, 180 e 90 dias de maturação apresentaram valores de 25,14, 25,95 e 30,26% m/m respectivamente. As cinzas também se demonstraram maiores para os queijos maturados. Em relação ao perfil lipídico, foram identificados 23 ácidos graxos, ocorrendo diferença significativa na maioria dos resultados, inclusive no somatório dos ácidos graxos saturados, monoinsaturados, poliinsaturados e na relação entre insaturados e saturados. Portanto, devido à escassez de informações sobre a composição de queijos produzidos com leite ovino, outras pesquisas devem ser realizadas para caracterizar de forma consistente estes produtos.

Estrategias de presentación de espárragos (Asparagus officinalis L.: preferencias de los consumidores

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Ana M. Castagnino

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Los espárragos constituyen un producto hortícola no tradicional altamente perecedero que requiere ser comercializado con una adecuada presentación que permita prolongar su vida útil y al mismo tiempo brindar información sobre el producto como un servicio al consumidor que estimule el consumo. Dentro de las posibilidades de presentación se encuentran los tradicionales atados y actualmente, a nivel global, se está difundiendo el empleo de bandejas que permite una presentación IV Gama del producto final. La IV Gama representa un modelo de producción idóneo para elevar el nivel de servicio de los productos hortícolas frescos en general, lograr una mayor exhibición y la expansión del consumo. Con la finalidad de conocer las preferencias de los consumidores de espárrago respecto de los distintos atributos del producto final, se efectuó un estudio de diez variables: 1 tipos de envases (bandeja: B, atados con y sin film: ACR y ASR; 2 presencia de etiquetas (E; 3 color: en etiquetas (CE; 4 de fondo (CF; 5 de letras (CL; 6 presencia: de recetario (R; 7 de indicaciones de valor nutricional (VN; 8 de ilustraciones (I; 9 de logos (Lg y 10 calibres: G: grande; M: mediano y P: pequeño; asignando a cada una un puntaje de 1 – 10. A tal fin se efectuó un panel test a treinta y cuatro potenciales consumidores el 13/11/2008. Los CF utilizados fueron: 1: verde, 2: amarillo, 3: anaranjado, 4: celeste. Se encontraron diferencias. ACR obtuvo 47 % (puntaje 10, E fue muy valorado (70 % el mayor valor, 85 % consideró importante la presencia de color en las etiquetas, siendo el anaranjado con 53 % el color preferido de fondo, seguido del amarillo (32 % y para las letras el color negro (88 %. R y Lg fue muy valorado por el 90 %, mientras que VN e I por el 80 %. El 61 % de los consumidores prefirió el calibre M.

Estrategias de presentación de espárragos (Asparagus officinalis L.: preferencias de los consumidores

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Ana M. Castagnino

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Los espárragos constituyen un producto hortícola no tradicional altamente perecedero que requiere ser comercializado con una adecuada presentación que permita prolongar su vida útil y al mismo tiempo brindar información sobre el producto como un servicio al consumidor que estimule el consumo. Dentro de las posibilidades de presentación se encuentran los tradicionales atados y actualmente, a nivel global, se está difundiendo el empleo de bandejas que permite una presentación IV Gama del producto final. La IV Gama representa un modelo de producción idóneo para elevar el nivel de servicio de los productos hortícolas frescos en general, lograr una mayor exhibición y la expansión del consumo. Con la finalidad de conocer las preferencias de los consumidores de espárrago respecto de los distintos atributos del producto final, se efectuó un estudio de diez variables: 1 tipos de envases (bandeja: B, atados con y sin film: ACR y ASR; 2 presencia de etiquetas (E; 3 color: en etiquetas (CE; 4 de fondo (CF; 5 de letras (CL; 6 presencia: de recetario (R; 7 de indicaciones de valor nutricional (VN; 8 de ilustraciones (I; 9 de logos (Lg y 10 calibres: G: grande; M: mediano y P: pequeño; asignando a cada una un puntaje de 1 – 10. A tal fin se efectuó un panel test a treinta y cuatro potenciales consumidores el 13/11/2008. Los CF utilizados fueron: 1: verde, 2: amarillo, 3: anaranjado, 4: celeste. Se encontraron diferencias. ACR obtuvo 47 % (puntaje 10, E fue muy valorado (70 % el mayor valor, 85 % consideró importante la presencia de color en las etiquetas, siendo el anaranjado con 53 % el color preferido de fondo, seguido del amarillo (32 % y para las letras el color negro (88 %. R y Lg fue muy valorado por el 90 %, mientras que VN e I por el 80 %. El 61 % de los consumidores prefirió el calibre M.

mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco)

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between 'Shatangju' and 'Wuzishatangju' based on establishing an optimization of ..... plant species (Han et al., 2008; Zhang et al., 2010). In this study, 153 pairs of SRAP .... Wang XP, Wang YJ, Zhang JX, Xu Y, Yang KQ (2003). Randomly.

Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth

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2014-06-04

Jun 4, 2014 ... Bheemagani1, Prem Kumar1, Venkatesh K1 and Anupalli Roja Rani1. 1Department ... Human infections caused by microorganisms and fungi are rampant ... gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes).

ESTACIONALIDAD, CICLOS Y VOLATILIDAD EN LOS PRECIOS DEL GANADO MACHO DE LEVANTE EN MONTERÍA, COLOMBIA

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Omar Castillo N

2007-08-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Describir el comportamiento temporal de los precios del ganado vivo machode levante de primera calidad en la ciudad de Montería, Colombia comercializado enlas subastas. Materiales y métodos. Se realizaron análisis de los precios semanalesy mensuales durante el período 1997-2006 utilizando técnicas estadísticas yeconometricas como la media móvil multiplicativa, la tasa de crecimiento sobre mediasanuales, 1212 T , y modelos auto-regresivos heterocedásticos condicionales, ARCH, oGARCH. Resultados. Se encontraron evidencias de estacionalidad y ciclos en losprecios mensuales; no hubo evidencia de comportamientos volátiles en preciossemanales de los ganados de 1,1¼ y 1½ años de edad, pero si para los de 1 año.Conclusiones. A pesar de la presencia de variaciones estacionales y cíclicas, alrededordel 70% del ganado comercializado presentó estabilidad en los precios.

Extracción de naringina de Citrus paradisi L. estudio comparativo y optimización de técnicas extractivas

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GIANNUZZO Amelia N.

2000-01-01

Full Text Available Se realizó el estudio comparativo de distintas técnicas extractivas de naringina utilizando cáscaras de pomelo (Citrus paradisi. Las mejores condiciones de preparación previa del material son el fragmentado de cáscara fresca y el secado en estufa con posterior fragmentado. Para cáscara fresca resulta más conveniente la extracción con etanol puro por Soxhlet (obteniéndose 26g/kg de peso fresco, mientras que para cáscara seca los mejores resultados se obtienen en la extracción con la mezcla etanol-agua en las proporciones 70:30 por maceración (20g/kg de peso fresco y reflujo (22g/kg de peso fresco. Se observaron evidencias de la importancia del agua en el proceso de extracción. Se determinaron los valores de concentración de naringina en cáscaras de distintas variedades de Citrus paradisi de la región del Noroeste Argentino.

Massive hydraulic fracturing gas stimulation project

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1977-01-01

The Rio Blanco Massive Hydraulic Fracturing Project was fielded in 1974 as a joint Industry/ERDA demonstration to test the relative formations that were stimulated by the Rio Blanco Nuclear fracturing experiment. The project is a companion effort to and a continuation of the preceding nuclear stimulation project, which took place in May 1973. 8 figures

Arroz comercializado na região sul do Brasil: aspectos micotoxicológicos e microscópicos Rice comercialized in Southern Brazil: micotoxicological and microscopic aspects

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Itaciara Larroza Nunes

2003-08-01

Full Text Available Foi realizado um levantamento de características micotoxicológicas e microscópicas em arroz destinado ao consumo humano, comercializado nas cidades de Pelotas e Rio Grande, RS. As amostras, arroz integral [16], arroz parboilizado [16] e arroz branco polido [24] foram coletadas em supermercados, no período de maio a setembro de 2000. A avaliação de ocorrência de aflatoxinas B1, B2, G1, G2, ocratoxina A, zearalenona, desoxinivalenol e toxina T-2 foi realizada pela técnica de cromatografia de camada delgada (ccd. As duas últimas toxinas foram avaliadas também pela técnica de cromatografia gasosa (cg. A micoflora foi determinada através de plaqueamento em superfície em Ágar Batata Dextrose Acidificado, com incubação a 25ºC por 5 dias. As colônias mais freqüentes foram identificadas através da técnica de microcultivo. Dentre as amostras analisadas, duas apresentaram contaminação por ocratoxina A (104 e 128mig.Kg-1, três por zearalenona (559, 1117 e 1955mig.Kg-1, sendo uma co-contaminação com a primeira. Uma das amostras estava contaminada com desoxinivalenol (266 e 300mig.Kg-1, este quantificado por CCD e CG. Quanto à enumeração de bolores e leveduras, os resultados mostraram que 3,6% das amostras apresentaram valores superiores a 10 4 UFC.g -1 e 11% valores próximos deste. Sujidades microscópicas, acima dos limites da legislação (0,25%, foi detectada em uma amostra de arroz integral.A survey was carried out of the micotoxicological and microscopic characteristics of rice comercialized in Pelotas and Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. Samples of whole [16], parboilized [16] and polished white rice [24] were collected in supermarkets, from may until september 2000.The occurrence of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2, ochratoxin A, zearelenone, desoxynivalenol and T2 toxin was evaluated using thin layer chromatographic technique (TLC. The last two toxins were also evaluated by gas chromatography (CG. Mycoflora was determined using a surface

EFFECT OF SOY PROTEIN-BASED EDIBLE COATINGS WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING ON THE QUALITY OF FRESH-CUT PRODUCES

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GHIDELLI, CHRISTIAN

2014-01-01

Durante los últimos años la creciente demanda por parte del consumidor de alimentos frescos, de primera calidad y listos para preparar y servir, ha generado un cambio importante en la aplicación de técnicas de conservación de alimentos, abriéndose nuevas líneas en el mercado. Ante este reto, la industria ha respondido mediante la elaboración de productos minimamente procesados en fresco. Sin embargo, estos alimentos presentan una vida útil corta, principalmente debido a problemas de pardeamie...

Fauna acompañante del camarón como materia prima para la elaboración de productos pesqueros

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Cabello, Ana M; Martínez, Zauri; Villegas, Liz del V; Figuera, Bertha E; Marcano, Luís A; Gómez, Antonio; Vallenilla, Osmilcar

2005-01-01

La fauna de acompañamiento del camarón está integrada por diversas especies de peces e invertebrados que son capturadas incidentalmente en las pesquerías de arrastre. Estas especies se dividen en comerciales (aquellas que por su tipo y talla pueden venderse en los mercados de consumo fresco o fresco-congelado, como lenguado, corocoro, perlita, curvinata, bagre, etc.) y no comerciales o broza (peces de pequeño tamaño de especies comerciales o no comerciales). Existe una relación broza/camarón ...

Evaluación de parámetros físicos, químicos y microbiológicos del queso fresco prensado producido en la región Junín, Perú

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Leonor Guzmán Estremadoyro

2015-12-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo se enmarca en la actividad lechera y la producción de derivados lácteos en la región Junín, por lo que se hace necesario que los productos tengan características adecuadas acorde a los estándares de calidad para su aceptación en el mercado nacional e internacional. Frente a la problemática de la empresa Agroindustrias Victoria de Huayao nos planteamos como objetivo general evaluar las características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del queso fresco prensado producido por Agroindustrias Victoria de Huayao - región Junín, Perú, para lo cual se tomaron muestras aleatorias del producto final, leche y agua empleada para la limpieza, así como de los utensilios y equipos. Se determinaron el pH (método electrométrico, la acidez (por titulación volumétrica, materia grasa (método de Gerber-Van Gulik, la humedad (por gravimetría, el número de coliformes totales (por el Número Más Probable, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus coagulasa positivo y Salmonella spp. (por recuento en placa. Los resultados obtenidos fueron: humedad 43,48 %, caracterizando al producto como queso semiduro, los valores promedios de pH (6,3 y de acidez (19,53 lo califican como de baja acidez y el contenido de materia grasa en el extracto seco 41,07 % define al producto como queso semigraso. Los resultados microbiológicos de numeración de coliformes totales, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus coagulasa positivo y Salmonella spp., están dentro de los estándares nacionales e internacionales para el producto.

La pintura mural hispano-musulmana. ¿Tradición o innovación?

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Rallo Gruss, Carmen

2003-06-01

Full Text Available It is generally thought that in Western Europe and at the end of the medieval period, tempera paint with oil as a medium was applied to dry plaster walls because the Roman technique for painting on wet plaster (al fresco had been forgotten. Texts such as the Libro dell'Arte by Cennino Cennini discuss the recovery of the fresco technique by some of the founding painters of the Italian Renaissance, such as Giotto. From Renaissance Italy, it is argued, the technique expanded to the rest of Europe. However, in medieval Hispanic monuments with Islamic iconography there is evidence of painted fresco decoration dated prior to the fifteenth century. This paper studies the sources of this technical tradition by analysing examples of Iberian, Roman, Islamic, Mudéjar and Morisco mural painting.

El convencimiento de que a finales de la Edad Media las paredes eran decoradas con pintura al seco, realizada con temple, más o menos graso, olvidando la técnica de pintura al fresco utilizada habitualmente por los romanos, es algo admitido para toda la Europa Occidental. Textos como el Libro dell´Arte de Cennino Cennini nos hablan de su recuperación por los iniciadores del Renacimiento italiano como el Giotto; desde allí se expandirá la técnica a todos los países europeos. Sin embargo, en los monumentos hispanos con iconografía de tradición islámica se siguen realizando decoraciones al fresco hasta el siglo XV. En busca de explicaciones a esta excepción, en este artículo se buscan las fuentes de esa tradición técnica, analizando ejemplos de pintura mural ibera, romana, islámica y «de lo morisco» o mudéjar. El estudio se centra en los materiales utilizados, incluso con analítica de laboratorio, en paralelo con los motivos estilísticos que se encuentran en cada época.

The environmental monitoring of Cultural Heritage through Low Cost strategies: The frescoes of the crypt of St. Francesco d'Assisi's, Irsina (Basilicata, Southern Italy)

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Sileo, Maria; Gizzi, Fabrizio; Masini, Nicola

2015-04-01

One of the main tools of assessment and diagnosis used to define appropriate strategies for the preservation of cultural heritage is the environmental monitoring. To achieve an environmental monitoring are needed high costs of purchase and maintenance, high costs of instrumental and for the management of the plants and processing of results. These costs imply that the technologies for environmental monitoring are not as common but their use is limited to the study very famous monuments or sites. To extend the use and dissemination of such technologies to a greater number of monuments, through the project Pro_Cult (Advanced methodological approaches and technologies for Protection and Security of Cultural Heritage) a research aimed at testing low cost technologies has been performed. The aim of the research is to develop low cost monitoring systems, assessing their effectiveness in a comparative way with commercial high cost ones. To this aim an environmental monitoring system using the Arduino system was designed and developed. It is an electronics prototyping platform based on open-source hardware and software flexible and user friendly. This system is connected to sensors for the detection of environmental parameters of non high purchase cost but with respect to the medium potential detection sensors accurately. This low cost system was tested in the framework of a microclimate monitoring project of the crypt of St. Francis of Assisi in Irsina (Southern Italy) enriched by a precious cycle of medieval frescoes. The aim of this research was to compare two monitoring systems, the first, at low cost, using Arduino system, and the second, a standard commercial product for a full yearly cycle and assess the reliability and the results obtained by the two systems. This paper shows the results of the comparative analysis of an entire monitoring yearly cycle in relation to the problems of degradation affecting the paintings of medieval crypt [1]. The obtained results

Caracterización fisicoquímica y nutricional del fruto Butia capitata y de su pulpa tamizada

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María José Crosa

2011-12-01

Full Text Available El butiá es un fruto silvestre proveniente de los palmares de Rocha, cuyo consumo y comercialización se limita principalmente a ese departamento. El análisis de las propiedades fisicoquímicas y nutricionales en el fruto fresco y en su pulpa tamizada favorecerá la valorización de un recurso genético nativo. El objetivo de este estudio fue ampliar el conocimiento acerca de las características físico químicas y nutricionales del fruto fresco y de su pulpa tamizada, y estudiar la evolución microbiológica de la pulpa tamizada almacenada a -18 ºC durante 360 días. La caracterización del fruto fresco se realizó mediante los ensayos de sólidos solubles totales, pH, color, azúcares reductores, acidez titulable, materia seca, pectina, fibra alimentaria total y vitamina C. Los resultados más relevantes revelaron un contenido de vitamina C del entorno del 65 a 100 ppm de vitamina C y un contenido de fibra alimentaria de 4,9 % a 4,3 %. En la pulpa tamizada se analizó sólidos solubles totales, pH, color y vitamina C y pectina, microorganismos mesófilos aerobios, hongos y levaduras. El principal resultado fue la preservación de hasta un 55 % del contenido de vitamina C en la pulpa tamizada con respecto al fruto fresco. Durante los 360 días de almacenamiento a -18 ºC no se observó crecimiento microbiano en la pulpa tamizada.

The Black-White Achievement Gap Revisited Revisitando la brecha en el rendimiento de estudiantes negros y blancos Revisitando a defasagem de rendimento academico dos estudantes negros e brancos

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Henry Braun

2010-09-01

Full Text Available This study examines trends in Black student achievement and in the Black-White achievement gap over the period 2000 to 2007, employing data from ten states drawn from the NAEP Grade 8 mathematics assessments. Results are obtained for three levels of aggregation: the state, school poverty stratum within the state, and schools within poverty stratum. In addition, information on the ten states’ education policies for the period 1998 to 2005 was compiled. States relative ranks on the overall strength of their reform efforts were compared to their relative ranks with respect to their success in improving Black student achievement and in reducing the Black- White achievement gap. This study constitutes an extension of earlier work that considered the same issues for the period 1992 to 2000 and, thus, offers a unique comparison between the pre-NCLB era and the present one. Although the ten states certainly differed in their outcomes, the general picture at all three levels of aggregation is quite clear: The achievement gaps are substantial and the introduction of federally mandated high stakes test-based accountability through No Child Left Behind has had a very modest impact on the rates of improvement for Black students and on the pace of reductions in the achievement gaps between Black students and White students. Moreover, there was only a weak association between states’ policy rankings and their rankings related to test results. It appears there is a need for both fresh thinking on education reform and a more concerted effort to collect comprehensive longitudinal information on states' education policies.
Este estudio examina las tendencias en el rendimiento académico de estudiantes negros y la brecha en el rendimiento de los estudiantes negros y blancos en el período 2000 a 2007, utilizando datos de las evaluaciones NAEP de Matemáticas para el octavo grado en diez estados. Se obtuvieron resultados para tres niveles de agregacio

Les peintures murales du catholicon du monastère de Gradac: Répertoire des fresques et observations sur les particularités de certaines représentations

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Pavlović Dragana

2012-01-01

Full Text Available This paper presents the iconographic program of frescoes in the Church of the Annunciation in the monastery of Gradac, in which there were a number of hitherto unrecognized sections that have now been identified. It publishes the pre served inscriptions on the frescoes, as well as the texts on the scrolls of the hierarchs in the altar space. Finally, it presents observations about the typical program features of the wall painting in the Gradac church, which have not been previously considered in research. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177036: Srpska srednjovekovna umetnost i njen evropski kontekst

Validación de un método analítico para la determinación del contenido de sodio en los alimentos

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Ericka Valverde Montero

2012-08-01

Full Text Available Se validó la metodología analítica para la determinación de sodio en alimentos mediante espectroscopía de absorción atómica de llama. Las muestras de 0,5 g se digirieron en un horno de microondas con 5,0 mL de HNO3 al 65 % en masa. El ámbito de linealidad óptimo que se obtuvo fue de 0,043 mg/L a 0,70 mg/L con un coeficiente de correlación de 0,998. Los límites de detección y cuantificación reportados fueron de 0,025 mg/L y 0,043 mg/L, respectivamente; con una sensibilidad de calibración de 0,805 Lmg-1, una sensibilidad analítica de 44 Lmg-1.La precisión se evaluó en condiciones de repetibilidad y se obtuvo un valor para RDSr igual a 2,9%. La veracidad se determinó utilizando tres patrones certificados del NIST®, SRM 1846 Infant Formula con un valor reportado para sodio de (2310 ± 130 mg/kg, SRM 8414 Bovine Muscle Powder con (0,210 ± 0,008 % en masa, y SRM 8415 Whole Egg Powder con (0,377 ± 0,034 % en masa. Se obtuvieron sesgos de entre (-0,010 a 0,009 mg/L. De la lista de alimentos seleccionados para el estudio, se encontró que la leche entera en polvo, el pan blanco de trigo, el queso fresco y el queso mozzarella presentan el contenido más elevado en sodio, con concentraciones que oscilan entre (106 a 452 mg Na/100g

Encapsulated specialty oils commercialized in São Paulo state, Brazil: evaluation of identity (fatty acid profile and compliance of fatty acids and Vitamin E contents with nutrition labeling Óleos especiais encapsulados comercializados no estado de São Paulo, Brasil: avaliação da identidade (perfil de ácidos graxos e da adequação do conteúdo de ácidos graxos e vitamina E da informação nutricional

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Karen Hirashima

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Encapsulated specialty oils commercialized in São Paulo state, Brazil, were evaluated for their identity (fatty acids profile and compliance with nutrition labeling (fatty acids and Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol contents. Twenty one samples [flaxseed oil (6, evening primrose (5, safflower (8, borage (1, and black currant (1] purchased from local markets or collected by the health surveillance agency were analyzed. The fatty acids and vitamin E contents were analyzed by gas chromatography with flame ionization detector and liquid chromatography with UV detector, respectively. Nine samples were adulterated (5 samples of safflower oil, 3 of flaxseed oil, and one of evening primrose. Among them, 3 flaxseed and 2 safflower oil samples were probably adulterated by the addition of soybean oil. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA was found in two safflower oils samples although the sale of oils with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA is not permitted by the National Health Surveillance Agency in Brazil (ANVISA. Only two samples presented all values in compliance with nutrition labeling (one safflower oil sample and one borage oil sample. The results show that a continuous monitoring of encapsulated specialty oils commercialized in Brazil is necessary including a greater number of samples and sanitary surveillance.Óleos especiais em cápsulas, comercializados no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, foram avaliados quanto à identidade, pelo perfil de ácidos graxos, e à conformidade das informações declaradas na rotulagem nutricional (conteúdo de ácidos graxos e vitamina E, alfa tocoferol. Foram analisadas 21 amostras [linhaça (6, prímula (5, cártamo (8, borage (1 e groselhas negras (1], adquiridas no comércio ou colhidas pela vigilância sanitária. Os ácidos graxos e a vitamina E foram analisados por cromatografia gasosa com detector de ionização de chama e cromatografia líquida com detector UV, respectivamente. Nove amostras estavam adulteradas (5 de c

BEBIDA FERMENTADA DE SUERO DE QUESO FRESCO INOCULADA CON Lactobacillus casei FERMENTED FRESH CHEESE MILKWHEY BEVERAGE INOCULATED WITH Lactobacillus casei

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Margarita María Londoño Uribe

2008-06-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo tuvo por objetivo desarrollar una bebida fermentada de suero de queso fresco inoculada con Lactobacillus casei, a la cual se le evaluó la viabilidad del microorganismo, utilizando medios de cultivo selectivos, bajo condiciones anaeróbicas y, luego, se procedió a verificar su resistencia a los ácidos gástricos y sales biliares, simulando así, las condiciones del tracto gastrointestinal de los humanos. Para verificar la supervivencia durante el período de almacenamiento (21 días, la cepa, se caracterizó morfológica y bioquímicamente. Adicionalmente, se llevó a cabo la prueba de aceptabilidad, evaluando la bebida con 80 jueces. Se realizaron análisis físico-químicos, microbiológicos y sensoriales, a la materia prima y al producto elaborado, acorde a las normas vigentes en Colombia. La bebida fue saborizada con pulpa de maracuyá (Passi flora edulis. Se obtuvieron recuentos de viabilidad a pH 2,0, en agar MRS de 5,38∙10(7ufc∙g-1 y 1,3∙10(6ufc∙g-1 y en agar M17 de 6,96∙10(7ufc∙g-1 y de 1,16∙10(6ufc∙g-1, en los días 1 y 21, respectivamente. A pH 7,0, en agar MRS, se registraron valores de 3,37 ∙10(7ufc∙g-1 y 1.56 ∙10(6ufc∙g-1 y en agar M17 de 8,85∙10(7ufc∙g-1 y de 1,82∙10(6ufc∙g-1, en los días 1 y 21, respectivamente. La bebida desarrollada, tuvo una aceptación de “me gusta”, y presentó una vida de anaquel de hasta 21 días.The objective of this research was to develop a fermented fresh cheese milkwhey beverage inoculated with Lactobacillus casei, to which the viability of microorganism was evaluated using selective cultivation means under anaerobic conditions and then it was verified its biliary resistance to gastric acids and salts, simulating this way, the conditions of gastrointestinal tract of humans. To verify the survival during the period of storage (21 days, the stump was characterized morphological and bio-chemically. Additionally the test of acceptability was carried out

Evaluación de tres métodos de control del Moho blanco (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib. de Bary en lechuga (Lactuca sativa L.

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Arias Luis Alejandro

2007-06-01

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El principal limitante fitosanitario del cultivo de lechuga (Lactuca sativa L. es la enfermedad conocida como moho blanco causada por el hongo Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib. de Bary. Con el fin de realizar un aporte al conocimiento de esta enfermedad y establecer protocolos para su control en campo se realizó un experimento entre los meses de febrero y mayo de 2006 en el cual se compararon tres métodos de control: aplicación de 0,5 kg· ha^-1 de procimidona, dosis de conidiosporas (Trichoderma harzianum DSM 14944 de 0,25 g· m^-2 de suelo, solarización, integración de solarización con procimidona y solarización con T. harzianum. Se evaluó la incidencia de la enfermedad, densidad de inóculo en el suelo antes y al finalizar el ensayo, temperatura del suelo durante la solarización y productividad. La densidad promedio del inóculo fue de 1,67 esclerocios de S. sclerotiorum por100 g de suelo al inicio y 2,07 esclerocios por 100 g de suelo al finalizar el ensayo. La temperatura del suelo solarizado se incrementó hasta 50°C con un promedio de 34,69°C hacia el medio día. Los porcentajes de incidencia de la enfermedad fueron: con procimidona, 3,3%; con T. harzianum, 10,0%; con solarización, 15,8%; con solarización y procimidona, 8,8%; con solarización y T. harzianum, 9,2% y testigo 18,3%. No se presentaron diferencias significativas en la productividad. En conclusión el control de la enfermedad fue mejor con la aplicación de procimidona y deficiente con T. harzianum y la solarización.

Evaluación in vivo del efecto cicatrizante de un gel a base de quitosano obtenido de exoesqueleto de camarón blanco Litopenaeus vannamei

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Heimy Franceline Martínez Sánchez

2014-01-01

Resumen:  En México alrededor del 62 % de la población sufre de accidentes causantes de alteraciones en la piel como quemaduras, heridas y diabetes principalmente. Para atender esta problemática, se propone el uso de un gel de quitosano, obtenido del exoesqueleto de camarón ya que presenta actividad antimicrobiana e inmunológica acelerando la cicatrización. Se evaluó el efecto sinérgico sobre la velocidad de cicatrización, aplicándolo en heridas de 1 cm2 infringidas a 48 ratones albinos, agrupados en cuatro tratamientos; Quitosano 0.15 y 0.30 %, producto cicatrizante (Ketanserina al 2 % y blanco (testigos sin tratamiento. El tiempo para la cicatrización sin tratamiento y el producto comercial fue 14 días, teniendo el control un efecto cicatrizante del 0 %, mientras que los geles de quitosano 0.15 y 0.30 % cicatrizaron en 7 días (P> 0.05 con efecto cicatrizante del 58 % para el quitosano 0.15 y 64 % para el quitosano 0.30. Palabras clave: piel, heridas, gel, quitosano, cicatrización. Abstract: Skin problems in Mexico have steadily increased (62 % by burns, wounds and diabetes mainly. To solve this problem, chitosan can be implemented; this polysaccharide has an antimicrobial and immunology activity against bacteria and fungi, accelerating healing. Therefore, synergistic effect of chitosan gel on the rate of healing, obtained from the exoskeleton of shrimp was evaluated. This was tested by applying it 1 cm2 over inflicted wounds of 48 albino mice, of 45 days old and between 23 to 26 g of weight, during 14 days, and grouped into four treatments: 1 0.15 % chitosan 2 0.30 % chitosan, 3 commercial product 2 % Ketanserin and 4 A batch of untreated controls. The time required for healing without treatment was 14 days, and with the utilization of 0.30 % chitosan gel was achieved in 7 days (P> 0.05 with the healing effect 58 % for the chitosan 0.15 and 64 % for chitosan 0.30. Key words: skin, wounds, gel, chitosan, healing.

Os frescos morangos de Caio F.

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Juan Filipe Stacul

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Full Text Available Há vinte anos, o Brasil perdia uma das mais expressivas vozes de nossa literatura contemporânea. Caio Fernando Abreu era um autor camaleônico, intenso, com uma escrita que nos coloca em suspensão, em confronto com nossos próprios demônios e com aqueles que habitam o mundo caótico que nos rodeia. A literatura de Caio F. passeia do rural ao urbano, do sublime ao grotesco, da crítica cultural ao lado mais íntimo do ser humano. Nesse trânsito, ela rompe até mesmo com tais dicotomias, fluida, repleta de nuances. Poucos autores souberam encenar de forma tão pertinente as várias faces dos sujeitos e da sociedade brasileira nas três últimas décadas do século XX. (...

Efecto de distintos tratamientos de conservación en la actividad antirradicalaria de alcaparras (Capparis spinosa L. cultivadas en Santiago del Estero, Argentina

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Evangelina Adela González

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Capparis spinosa L. es un arbusto cuyos botones florales, conocidos con el nombre de alcaparras, tienen una amplia aplicación en la gastronomía. Las alcaparras se comercializan en distintas presentaciones de acuerdo a los tratamientos de conservación a los que son sometidas. Se estudiaron posibles variaciones en la actividad antirradicalaria de alcaparras argentinas, como resultado de diferentes métodos de procesamiento en relación con el contenido de flavonoides. Se analizaron botones conservados en vinagre y secados en sal, comparándose los valores obtenidos con los botones frescos y secados en estufa a 55 °C. Paralelamente, con el objetivo de explorar nuevas fuentes de sustancias antioxidantes, se analizaron también las hojas de la planta. Los resultados en cuanto a la determinación de flavonoides indicaron que el contenido total en botones frescos correspondió a 37 mg/g de materia seca mientras que en hojas frescas el valor fue de 23 mg/g de materia seca. El contenido de rutina en ambas muestras correspondió a un 86,5 y 95,6 % del contenido total de flavonoides, para botones y hojas frescas, respectivamente. La actividad antirradicalaria, determinada por el método de decoloración del radical 2,2-difenil-1-picril-hidracilo, mostró correlación con el contenido de flavonoides, siendo mayor para botones frescos con un valor equivalente a 46,7 mg/g de muestra seca. En cuanto al efecto de los tratamientos de conservación sobre los botones florales, se observó que la actividad antirradicalaria decrece en el siguiente orden: botones frescos > conservados en vinagre > secados a 55 °C > secados en sal. La mayor retención de la actividad antirradicalaria se observó en el tratamiento de conservación en vinagre, correspondiendo a un 62 % respecto a la actividad del material fresco. Los resultados indicaron que los botones florales al igual que las hojas son una importante fuente de flavonoides, especialmente rutina, incluso despu

Efecto de distintos tratamientos de conservación en la actividad antirradicalaria de alcaparras (Capparis spinosa L. cultivadas en Santiago del Estero, Argentina

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Evangelina Adela González

2010-07-01

Full Text Available Capparis spinosa L. es un arbusto cuyos botones florales, conocidos con el nombre de alcaparras, tienen una amplia aplicación en la gastronomía. Las alcaparras se comercializan en distintas presentaciones de acuerdo a los tratamientos de conservación a los que son sometidas. Se estudiaron posibles variaciones en la actividad antirradicalaria de alcaparras argentinas, como resultado de diferentes métodos de procesamiento en relación con el contenido de flavonoides. Se analizaron botones conservados en vinagre y secados en sal, comparándose los valores obtenidos con los botones frescos y secados en estufa a 55 °C. Paralelamente, con el objetivo de explorar nuevas fuentes de sustancias antioxidantes, se analizaron también las hojas de la planta. Los resultados en cuanto a la determinación de flavonoides indicaron que el contenido total en botones frescos correspondió a 37 mg/g de materia seca mientras que en hojas frescas el valor fue de 23 mg/g de materia seca. El contenido de rutina en ambas muestras correspondió a un 86,5 y 95,6 % del contenido total de flavonoides, para botones y hojas frescas, respectivamente. La actividad antirradicalaria, determinada por el método de decoloración del radical 2,2-difenil-1-picril-hidracilo, mostró correlación con el contenido de flavonoides, siendo mayor para botones frescos con un valor equivalente a 46,7 mg/g de muestra seca. En cuanto al efecto de los tratamientos de conservación sobre los botones florales, se observó que la actividad antirradicalaria decrece en el siguiente orden: botones frescos > conservados en vinagre > secados a 55 °C > secados en sal. La mayor retención de la actividad antirradicalaria se observó en el tratamiento de conservación en vinagre, correspondiendo a un 62 % respecto a la actividad del material fresco. Los resultados indicaron que los botones florales al igual que las hojas son una importante fuente de flavonoides, especialmente rutina, incluso despu

Efecto tóxico de DDT y endosulfan en postlarvas de camarón blanco, Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda:Penaeidaede Chiapas,México

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Vicente Castro-Castro

2005-06-01

Full Text Available Con el fin de conocer la toxicidad del DDT y endosulfan sobre postlarvas de camarón blanco (Litopenaeus vannaei, se realizaron pruebas de toxicidad aguda en condiciones de laboratorio por 168 h, con temperatura de 29 ± 1 °C, salinidad de 3 ± 1 ‰ y pH en 8 ± 1.Se calculó la concentración letal media (LC50 , la LC50 "incipiente", los tiempos medios de muerte (LT50 , la Máxima Concentración Aceptable del Tóxico (MACT y el "Nivel de Seguridad" (LS; así mismo, en los organismos sobrevivientes se determinó la concentración a la que el crecimiento de los organismos se reduce en un 5 y 50% (CE5 y CE50 . Se evaluaron además las alteraciones en el consumo de oxígeno. El DDT fue 3 veces más tóxico que el endosulfan; sin embargo, los organismos resultaron ser muy sensibles a ambos compuestos. La tasa de crecimiento de las postlarvas disminuyó en un 80 y 50% para el DDT y endosulfan respectivamente. La baja resistencia de las postlarvas al DDT y endosulfan, y las concentraciones de estos compuestos en la laguna, sugieren que si se diera un ingreso adicional de estos plaguicidas al sistema, es muy probable un potencial impacto en la producción de camarón del sistemaToxic efect of DDT and endosulfan in white shrimp postlarvae Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda: Penaeidae from Chiapas, Mexico .We analized acute toxicity in white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei postlarvae exposed to two chlorinated pesticides, DDT and endosulfan, under laboratory conditions during 168 hours, with controlled temperature (29 ± 1°C, salinity (3 ± 1 ‰ and pH (8 ± 1. Median lethal concentrations (LC50 , "incipient" LC50, median lethal time (LT50 the "maximum acceptable concentration of the toxic compound" (MACT and "the safety level" (SL were determined. The concentration of the compounds at which organism growth was reduced by 5 and 50% (EC5 and EC50 , as well as changes in oxygen consumption patterns were determined in the surviving postlarvae.They were very

CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LA PRODUCCIÓN DE LECHE DE LA CONEJA CON ENFASIS EN LA SUPERVIVENCIA Y CRECIMIENTO DE LA CAMADA EN RAZAS NUEVA ZELANDA BLANCO Y CALIFORNIA

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Benjamin Gómez-Ramos

2010-10-01

Full Text Available El objetivo fue integrar los conocimientos sobre factores genéticos y ambientales que inciden en la producción de leche (PL de la coneja y su efecto en la supervivencia y crecimiento de la camada. Las investigaciones sugieren que la PL se relaciona con el crecimiento y supervivencia del gazapo durante las primeras tres semanas de vida. En cuanto a los aspectos genéticos, se ha estimado que existen diferencias en PL entre razas puras y sus cruzas, además de que el índice de herencia (h2 para PL en Nueva Zelanda Blanco, California y sus cruzas reciprocas es de 0.12%, lo cual establece un mayor efecto ambiental sobre PL. Al parecer la PL alcanza su máxima producción (219.6 g con 12 gazapos/camada y su pico de producción se alcanza al tercer parto y disminuye a partir del quinto parto. Sin embargo, la PL es determinada por: la condición fisiológica de la coneja -lactante-gestante (130 g/día o lactante-no gestante (141 g/día-; el número de pezones, conejas con 10 pezones produjeron 10% más leche que aquellas con 8; la temperatura ambiente, por cada grado centígrado por arriba de 20°C la PL disminuye 7.7 g/día. Los principales factores que influyen sobre la PL de la coneja no son atribuibles a esta. Por lo tanto, es importante controlar la naturaleza aleatoria de la mayoría de los factores no-genéticos que afectan a PL.

Modelo de identificación y caracterización de tramos de carreteras sin accidentes (tramos blancos. Aplicación a la red de autopistas de peaje españolas

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de la Peña-González, E.

2015-12-01

Full Text Available The traditional approach to infrastructural safety follows the consideration of mitigation tools, such as the identification and management of black spots or road sections with high accident concentration, or preventing tools, as road safety audits and inspections. A complement to these tools is presented in this paper, from a new perspective: the consideration of road sections where, under similar conditions and similar risk exposure, there are no accidents (white road sections. A model has been calibrated to the Spanish toll motorways network, identifying the specific geometric parameters and traffic characteristics which have the highest influence in the occurrence of white sections with sufficient length, without accidents during a significant period of time: heavy vehicles traffic volume, with of the road section and speed.El planteamiento tradicional de análisis de la accidentalidad en carretera pasa por la consideración de herramientas paliativas, como son la identificación y gestión de los puntos negros o tramos de concentración de accidentes, o preventivas, como las auditorías o inspecciones de seguridad vial. En este artículo se presenta un complemento a estas herramientas, desde una perspectiva novedosa: la consideración de los tramos donde, bajo unas condiciones similares a las de otros tramos y una similar exposición al riesgo, no se producen accidentes (tramos blancos. Se resume el modelo que se ha calibrado para las autopistas de peaje españolas, identificando los parámetros específicos de la geometría de la vía y del tráfico que más influencia tienen en el hecho de que en algunos tramos de suficiente longitud, no se produzcan accidentes durante un periodo significativo de tiempo: el tráfico de pesados, al ancho de calzada y la velocidad de circulación.

CURRENT STATE OF CONSERVATION, FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD AND POPULATION ESTIMATION OF THE COASTAL JAGUAR (Panthera onca centralis AND RECORDS OF COMPANION FAUNA OF MEDIUM-SIZED AND HIGHER MAMMALS IN THE PROTECTED FOREST CERRO BLANCO OF THE CHONGÓN COLONCHE MOUNTAIN RANGE, GUAYAQUIL – ECUADOR

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Miguel Saavedra

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The Chongón-Colonche Mountain Range is important for their goods and environmental services, its high biodiversity, and being one of the few coastal regions of Ecuador, which still houses the coastal Jaguar Panthera onca centralis. In the Forest Protector Cerro Blanco (BPCB, last Southeast extension of the mountain chain, it was developed the field research through the data collection with direct and indirect medium-sized and higher mammals’ records. Besides a Cuddeback Digital camera trap was used, by selecting a sampling point within a probable route of the jaguar. Inspections in a nearby quarry were made to observe traces of major feline registries. The same consolidated past sightings or evidence of witnesses which complemented the study for the determination of the status of the species in the BPCB. The study showed indirect and direct records of white-tailed deer, peccaries, raccoons, agoutis, wild rabbits, howler monkeys, Capuchin white or monkeys, agouti, bears Anteaters and Jaguars from the coast for which it is considered that the BPCB is probably a meeting place between two individuals; however, it is important to note that the results presented are preliminary.

Cinética de la degradación del ácido ascórbico en jugo de parchita

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Páez, Gisela; Freay, Jenny; Moreno, Mónica; Mármol, Zulay; Araujo, Karelen; Rincón, Marisela

2008-01-01

Se evaluó la cinética de la degradación del ácido ascórbico en el jugo de parchita maracuyá (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) fresco y pasteurizado a diferentes temperaturas de almacenamiento (0 ºC, 10 ºC, 25 ºC, 40 ºC, 60 ºC).El jugo se caracterizó en términos de pH, acidez titulable,sólidos solubles totales, relación grados Brix acidez y azucares totales. Las muestras de jugo fresco y pasteurizado se almacenaron a temperaturas de 0 ºC y 10 ºC durante un periodo de 60 y 15 días respectivamen...

Circunscripción de Tillandsia chaetophylla Mez y descripción de Tillandsia sessemocinoi (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae)

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López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Espejo Serna, Adolfo; Blanco Fernández de Caleya, Paloma

2006-01-01

Se discute y aclara la situación nomenclatural de Tillandsia chaetophylla Mez y se describe como nueva para la ciencia e ilustra a T. sessemocinoi López-Ferrari, Espejo et P. Blanco. Se aportan datos sobre la distribución y la fenología de ambas especies. The nomenclatural status of Tillandsia chaetophylla Mez is discussed and clarified, and a new species, Tillandsia sessemocinoi López-Ferrari, Espejo et P. Blanco, is described and illustrated. Data concerning the distribution and phenolog...

Teores de retinol, beta-caroteno e alfa-tocoferol em leites bovinos comercializados na cidade de São Paulo Amounts of retinol, beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol in cow milk comercialized in the city of São Paulo

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Rute BIANCHINI

1999-12-01

Full Text Available Os teores de retinol, beta-caroteno e alfa-tocoferol foram determinados por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência em leites em pó, pasteurizados e esterilizados, comercializados na Cidade de São Paulo. Após a saponificação e extração, os compostos foram determinados simultaneamente utilizando-se coluna de sílica, fase móvel constituída por hexano:isopropanol (99:1 e fluxo de 2,0mL/min. O retinol e o beta-caroteno foram determinados no detector UV/visível e o alfa-tocoferol no detector de fluorescência, ligado em série com o anterior. Os valores de vitamina A dos leites foram calculados com e sem a consideração do beta-caroteno. A maior contribuição deste nutriente no valor de vitamina A esteve entre os leites em pó, cerca de 17% em uma das marcas. Os altos teores das vitamina A e E encontrados em alguns leites, indicam que os mesmos provavelmente receberam adição destas vitaminas, não trazendo, entretanto, tal informação no rótulo. A análise de vitaminas nestes produtos indica a necessidade de maior controle de qualidade dos mesmos.The amount of retinol, beta-carotene, alpha -tocopherol in powder, pasteurized and sterilized milk, comercialized in the city of São Paulo, were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. After saponification and extraction, compounds were determined simultaneously through a normal-phase column, mobile phase composed by hexan:2-propanol (99:1 and 2 mL/min flow. The retinol and beta-carotene were analysed by a UV/visible detector and the alpha-tocopherol by a fluorescence detector, both linked in series. The milk vitamin A values were calculated with and without beta-carotene. The major contribution of beta-carotene in the vitamin A value was in powder milks, around 17% in one of the brands. The high amounts of vitamin A and E found in some milks indicate that they probably were enriched with these vitamins but nothing is mentioned about this in their labels. The analysis of

Driven out by Hitler, a dental historian enriches America: the story of Curt Proskauer.

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Ring, Malvin E

2007-01-01

I n 1956, workers in Rome, Italy, digging for the foundation of a building, uncovered an extensively decorated catacomb. The Vatican declared it to be a hitherto unknown Christian cemetery, dating from around the year 300. The discoverers were amazed at the fresco paintings, most of them biblical scenes. But one particular fresco was destined to set the world of medical history on its ear! The scene was interpreted as a surgeon performing an operation, and it was duly reported as such by the New York Times. It took a renowned dental historian, Dr. Curt Proskauer, using logical deduction, to disprove that conclusion. The result was to push back our knowledge of certain medical procedures by a thousand years!

Estimación del número de reproducibilidad basal para la leishmaniasis tegumentar americana en dos localidades del nordeste de la Provincia de Salta, Argentina Estimation of the basic reproducibility number for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in two sitesin northeastern Salta Province, Argentina

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Juan Carlos Rosales

2007-11-01

Full Text Available Un modelo matemático determinístico del tipo SIR para tres hospedadores es aplicado para analizar el proceso de transmisión de la leishmaniasis tegumentar americana, en las localidades Río Blanco y paraje Las Carmelitas, ubicadas en el Nordeste de la Provincia de Salta, Argentina, del mismo se deriva la expresión para el número de reproducibilidad basal Ro. Se implementa el modelo en ambiente MATLAB, en base a datos de las zonas endémicas se realizan simulaciones y se obtienen estimaciones numéricas de Ro. Para el caso de Río Blanco hemos obtenido el valor Ro = 4,689, mientras que para el paraje Las Carmelitas se obtuvo Ro = 1,948. Estudiando numéricamente el modelo también se estima la fuerza de infección, obteniendo para las localidades mencionadas 0,239 y 0,171 (unidad 1/año, respectivamente. Las simulaciones muestran que en la localidad de Río Blanco la fase endémica resulta más sostenida que la fase inter-epidémica presentada en el paraje Las Carmelitas. Las estimaciones obtenidas para estos parámetros epidemiológicos indican donde las instituciones del Ministerio de Salud Pública de la Provincia y de la Nación tendrán más dificultad para el control y la erradicación de la enfermedad.A SIR-type deterministic mathematical model for three hosts is applied to analyze the transmission process for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Río Blanco and Las Carmelitas, located in northeastern Salta Province, Argentina, and to derive the expression for the baseline reproducibility number Ro. The model is implemented in the MATLAB environment, and based on data from endemic areas, simulations are performed and numerical estimations of Ro are obtained. Río Blanco shows Ro = 4.689 and Las Carmelitas Ro = 1.948. By studying the model numerically, we also estimate the force of infection, namely 0.239 and 0.171 (unit 1/year, respectively. The simulations show that in Río Blanco, the endemic phase was more sustained than the inter

Cor de feijão vagem fresco e processado após aplicação de cálcio Color of fresh and processed snap bean pods after calcium application

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Simone Palma Fávaro

2000-09-01

Full Text Available A cor em vegetais é um dos principais atributos de qualidade observado pelo consumidor e é influenciada por características intrínsecas e de processamento. O objetivo desta investigação foi avaliar as alterações de cor de feijão vagem fresco e processado após aplicação de concentrações crescentes de cálcio via absorção radicular. O feijão vagem cultivar UEL 1 foi cultivado com aplicação de concentrações crescentes de cálcio via solução nutritiva contendo 0, 75 , 150 e 300 mL L-1 de cálcio em substrato de areia grossa. A cor das vagens ao natural e enlatadas foram avaliadas por colorimetria de três estímulos, e os resultados foram expressos no sistema Hunter. As vagens ao natural apresentaram-se mais claras e amarelas quando foi adicionado cálcio à solução nutritiva. O calor empregado no processo de enlatamento teve efeito pronunciado na redução da luminosidade e na cor verde, mesmo com o aumento na quantidade de cálcio nas vagens.The color in vegetables is one of the main quality attributes observed by the consumer and it is influenced by intrinsic characteristics and canning process. This research meant to investigate the effect of increasing calcium concentrations applied to a nutrient solution on physical measurements of the color of snap bean pods.This experiment was carried out wtih the cultivar UEL 1 grown in coarse sand with nutrient solution supplied at the following levels of calcium: 0, 75, 150 and 300 mL L-1. Fresh pods were analysed for calcium content. The fresh and canned pods were evaluated for color with tristimulus colorimetry and data were expressed according to the Hunter system. The fresh pods were lighter and yellowisher when calcium was added to the nutrient solution. The heat used for the canning process had a significant effect on reducing lightness and greeness, even with the greater amounts of calcium in the pods.

Sonrisas Cool

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Dixon, Cynthia

2013-01-01

La valoración de la estética dental por parte de la sociedad ha aumentado en los últimos años, pues aparentemente unos dientes más blancos y alineados tienen influencia sobre la autoestima de las personas y las relaciones profesionales. La correcta y adecuada higiene de los dientes y de la cavidad bucal, es el modo más eficaz y específico para prevenir enfermedades y mantener los dientes blancos. Actualmente el SGSSS incluye la limpieza dental en el POS y las EPS son las encargadas de prestar...

COMPORTAMIENTO DE CORROSIÓN-EROSIÓN EN RECUBRIMIENTOS DE TiN/ZrN DEPOSITADOS SOBRE ACERO AISI 4140

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Aperador, Willian; Mejía, Aura S; Caicedo, Julio

2014-01-01

Se depositaron películas delgadas de nitruro de titanio/nitruro de zirconio sobre acero AISI 4140 mediante un sistema multi-blanco magnetrón pulverización (sputtering) con radiofrecuencia. El proceso se desarrolló bajo el sistema de rotación del sustrato que permitió situar el sustrato de frente a los blancos de titanio y zirconio, generando la super-red con periodos de 1, 50, 100 y 200 bicapas. Las multicapas fueron evaluadas frente a la sinergia corrosión-erosión en una solución compuesta p...

Modernization of the Mayall Telescope control system: design, implementation, and performance

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Sprayberry, David; Dunlop, Patrick; Evatt, Matthew; Reddell, Larry; Gott, Shelby; George, James R.; Donaldson, John; Stupak, Robert J.; Marshall, Robert; Abareshi, Behzad; Stover, Deanna; Warner, Michael; Cantarutti, Rolando E.; Probst, Ronald G.

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Motivated by a desire to improve the KPNO Mayall 4m telescope's pointing and tracking performance prior to the start of the DESI installation and by a need to improve the maintainability of its telescope control system (TCS), we recently completed a major modernization of that system based heavily on recent changes made at the CTIO Blanco 4m, as described by Warner et al (2012). We describe here the things we did differently from the Blanco upgrade. We also present results from the as-built performance of the new servo and pointing systems.

Comportamento de 16 porta-enxertos para o tangor Murcott na região de Itirapina-SP Behavior of sixteen rootstocks for Murcott in Itirapina, SP, Brazil

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José Orlando de Figueiredo

2006-04-01

Full Text Available Foi monitorado o comportamento de 16 porta-enxertos para o tangor Murcott [Citrus reticulata Blanco x C. sinensis (L. Osbeck], do clone nucelar J, em experimento instalado em 1990, na Fazenda Raio de Sol, Itirapina-SP. Os porta-enxertos foram: tangelo 'Orlando' (C. reticulata Blanco x C. paradisi Macf., laranja 'Caipira DAC' [C. sinensis (L. Osbeck], limão 'Cravo'(C. limonia Osbeck, os trifoliatas 'Kryder 8-5'e 'EEL'[Poncirus trifoliata (L. Raf.] e as tangerinas 'Cleópatra' (C. reshni hort. ex. Tanaka, 'Sunki' [C. sunki (Hayata hort. ex. Tanaka], 'Batangas', 'Oneco', 'Swatow', 'Szinkon', 'Satsuma', 'Cravo', 'Dancy', 'Suen Kat' e 'Pook Ling Ming' (C. reticulata Blanco. As produções foram avaliadas de 1996 a 2003 e as maiores médias foram proporcionadas pelas plantas enxertadas nas tangerinas 'Cleópatra', 'Suen Kat', 'Pook Ling Ming' e 'Sunki' (>40 kg planta-1. Dentre os porta-enxetos que induziram as mais baixas produções, estão os dois trifoliatas, a 'Caipira DAC' e a tangerina 'Cravo' (Sixteen rootstocks were compared in a trial started in 1990, for Murcott tangor, nucellar clone "J", in Itirapina, Brazil. The rootstocks tested were Orlando tangelo (Citrus reticulata Blanco x C. paradisi Macf., sweet orange [C. sinensis (L. Osbeck] cv. Caipira DAC, Rangpur lime (C. limonia Osbeck, Poncirus trifoliata (L. Raf. cv. Kryder 8-5, P. trifoliata (L. Raf. cv. EEL and the mandarins Cleopatra (C. reshni hort. ex. Tanaka, Sunki [C. sunki (Hayata hort. ex. Tanaka] and Batangas, Oneco, Swatow, Szinkon, Satsuma, Cravo, Dancy, Suen Kat and Pook Ling Ming (C. reticulata Blanco. Fruit yield was measured per plant, in a period of seven years (1996-2003. The best yielding rootstocks were Cleopatra, Suen Kat, Pook Ling Ming and Sunki mandarins (> 40 kg tree-1. The two Trifoliate, sweet orange cv. Caipira DAC and Cravo mandarin presented the lowest yields (< 25 kg tree-1. No significant variation was observed for fruit quality characteristics of trees on

Alimentos enriquecidos com vitaminas e minerais

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Barroso, Tiago Filipe Reis

2014-01-01

Mestrado em Engenharia Alimentar - Qualidade e segurança Alimentar - Instituto Superior de Agronomia - UL O presente estudo teve como objetivo principal, fazer um levantamento dos principais alimentos enriquecidos/fortificados com vitaminas e minerais comercializados em Portugal. Foram igualmente consideradas simulações de dietas com alimentos enriquecidos que poderiam ser administrados durante um dia, e estimou-se o consumo de vitaminas e minerais fornecidos pelos mesmos. Essas doses cons...

ESTABILIDADE DO ÁCIDO ASCÓRBICO EM SUCO DE LARANJA (Citrus sinensis) IN NATURA, EM SUCO REFRIGERADO E EM PREPARADOS QUENTES

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Alves, Ana Paula de Faria; Santos, Janine V.; Neves, Laudelina B.; Sereia, Maria Josiane

2008-01-01

Foi realizada avaliação comparativa da retenção da vitamina C (ácido Ascórbico – AA) em suco fresco de laranjas íntegras, suco de laranja estocada sob refrigeração e em bolo contendo suco de laranja após a cocção em forno culinário convencional. O teor de AA em suco de laranjas armazenadas sob refrigeração por oito semanas variou entre 74,94 e 51,55 mg% com taxa de redução de 0,92% ao dia. Em suco fresco de laranja armazenado sob refrigeração durante sete dias, o teor médio de AA foi de 49,62...

Response of Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) biotype B to genotypes of pepper Capsicum annuum (Solanales: Solanaceae).

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Ballina-Gomez, H; Ruiz-Sanchez, E; Chan-Cupul, W; Latournerie-Moreno, L; Hernández-Alvarado, L; Islas-Flores, I; Zuñiga-Aguilar, J J

2013-04-01

Bemisia tabaci Genn. biotype B is a widely distributed plant pest that represents one of the major constraints for horticultural crop production. The purpose of the present work was to evaluate the oviposition preference, survivorship, and development of B. tabaci biotype B on semi-cultivated genotypes of Capsicum annuum from southeast Mexico. In free-choice experiments to evaluate the oviposition preference, lower number of eggs laid by B. tabaci biotype B was observed in the genotypes Maax and Xcat´ik relative to that in the commercial genotype Parado. Egg hatchability was significantly lower in Pico Paloma, Bolita, Blanco, Chawa, Payaso, and Xcat´ik than in the rest of the genotypes, including the commercial genotype Jalapeño. Likewise, survivorship of nymphs was significantly lower in Pico Paloma, Bolita, and Blanco than in the remaining genotypes. Nymph developmental time and the period of development from egg to adult were the shortest in Amaxito. Therefore, sources of resistance to B. tabaci biotype B by antibiosis (accumulation of plant defense compounds) might be found in the semi-cultivated genotypes Pico Paloma, Bolita, and Blanco.

Review: Learning how to match fresco fragments

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van den Broek, Egon

2012-01-01

This paper was presented at Eurographics 2011. Being among the conference’s best papers, it was revised and republished in this ACM journal. In general, the authors present their approach as new; however, while this is not the case, it is probably an advancement in the domain of cultural heritage.

Terapia ocupacional en la rehabilitación de la mano de pacientes tetrapléjicos = Occupational therapy inthe rehabilitation of the hand quadriplegic patients

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Morón Casellas, S

2007-09-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN“La mano es el lenguaje de muchos hombres y el órgano indispensable para asegurar su independencia”. Manuel Blanco Argüelles (médico rehabilitadorComo bien dice Manuel Blanco, la mano es un órgano indispensable para la independencia de una persona, por eso hay que prestarle especial atención. Cuando se ve afectado por una lesión, como bien puede ser una lesión medular cervical que conlleva una falta de movilidad y de sensibilidad, hay que asegurarse de que le damos a la mano todos los cuidados e intervenciones necesarias, tanto para mantener su apariencia física, tan importante para la autoestima de una persona, como ofrecerle la máxima funcionalidad posible a pesar de la lesión que haya sufrido. SUMMARY"Hand is the language of many men and the essential organ for assuring their independence" Manuel Blanco Argüelles (rehabilitation doctor. Such as Manuel Blanco properly says, hand is an essential organ for people´s independence, and this is the reason for paying special attention to it. When the organ is affected by a lesion, like a cervical bone-marrow lesion that supposes a lack of mobility and feeling, it has to be assure all the necessary medical care and operations/attentions, both for maintaining the appearance of the hand, so important for the personal self-esteem, as for providing the maximum possible functions despiting the damage he/she has suffered.

Isotopic studies of the aquiferous of Lima

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Plata, A.; Rojas M, R.; Sebastian C, C.; Ruiz G, J.

1993-01-01

Filtrations from Rimac and Blanco rivers and Graton Tunnel (on the Rimac basin, 80 km from Lima city and 2500 m sea level) were studied using artificial tracers and superficial tracers and superficial water analysis. Graton tunnel has a 3 -5 m 3 /s volume. Domestic and industrial demand of Lima (7 millions inhabitants) is 22 m 3 /s . Preliminary results suggest that Graton tunnel filtrations do not originate on Rimac or Blanco rivers, but in regions at 4600 m sea level. Detected tritium suggests that water filtrated in Graton tunnel is modern. (authors) 10 refs., 2 figs

THE RACISM IN JOB ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY

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Oliveira, Kelly Cristina; de Oliveira Pimenta, Sonia Maria

2016-01-01

En este artículo se verifica como la publicación de anuncios de trabajo con exigencias fenotípicas y criterios comportamentales han contribuido para tornar más grave la desigualdad social y económica entre blancos y no blancos en Estado de São Paulo, inicio del siglo XX. El corpus es formado por 20 anuncios de oferta y procura de trabajo de los periódicos Correio Paulistano y O Estado de S.Paulo, ambos influentes en la sociedad de São Paulo. Esa elección es justificada por el carácter documen...

Evaluation of different swine breeds submitted to the electric and gaseous(CO2) stunning systems. Part 2 - quality objective mensurations

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Bertoloni, William; Silveira, Expedito Tadeu Facco; Ludtke, Charlí Beatriz; Costa, Marcela de Rezende

2006-01-01

Suínos provenientes de três linhagens genética (A, B e C) comercializados no Brasil, com peso vivo de 100 a 120 kg foram submetidos ao insensibilizador elétrico manual (Karl Schermer 220-230/250 volts, 45-60 Hz e 1,4-1,5A) e ao gasoso coletivo (Combi-Butina 90% CO2) no mesmo abatedouro. O sistema gasoso proporcionou aos híbridos valores (b*) superiores (p

Avaliação de diferentes híbridos suínos submetidos à insensibilização elétrica e gasosa (CO2): parte 2 - mensurações objetivas de qualidade Evaluation of different swine breeds submitted to the electric and gaseous(CO2) stunning systems: part 2 - quality objective mensurations

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William Bertoloni; Expedito Tadeu Facco Silveira; Charli B. Ludtke; Marcela de Rezende Costa

2006-01-01

Suínos provenientes de três linhagens genética (A, B e C) comercializados no Brasil, com peso vivo de 100 a 120 kg foram submetidos ao insensibilizador elétrico manual (Karl Schermer 220-230/250 volts, 45-60 Hz e 1,4-1,5A) e ao gasoso coletivo (Combi-Butina 90% CO2) no mesmo abatedouro. O sistema gasoso proporcionou aos híbridos valores (b*) superiores (p

Alternativas tecnológicas para el desarrollo de productos cárnicos emulsionados saludables

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Marchetti, Lucas

2014-01-01

El presente trabajo de Tesis está orientado a desarrollar estrategias de producción que permitan elaborar geles emulsionados cárnicos destinados a mejorar la salud del consumidor maximizando los atributos de calidad, de manera tal que puedan ser producidos y comercializados exitosamente por la industria alimentaria. Se desarrollaron y caracterizaron productos cárnicos emulsionados saludables como alternativas a las salchichas tradicionales disponibles en el mercado, mediante el empl...

Piero della Francesca's Sky in The Dream of Constantine

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Valerio, V.

2011-06-01

The recent restoration of the frescoes by Piero della Francesca in the Church of San Francesco in Arezzo has made to appear on the background of the scene of Constantine's dream a number of stars. They are clearly painted with the intention to illustrate a sort of "natural" sky. In 2001 Anna Maria Maetzke recognized in a group of stars the constellation of the Ursa Minor, but so far no further study has been carried on to find any relation between the painted and the true sky. In this paper I show the existence of more constellations in the fresco, which are hardly detectable due to the mirror representation of the starry sky. Such a mirror image, as the Universe was seen from the outside, has a Greek origin and this kind of representation was introduced in Western Europe not only in celestial globes but also in star maps. This discovery leads to consider that Piero had at his disposal either a globe or a map which he reproduced on the fresco. My hypothesis is that a star map might be supplied to Piero by the astronomer Regiomontanus who was in Italy since 1461 following the Cardinal Bessarion in his journey from Wien to Rome. In 1463, Cardinal Bessarion was named papal legate to Venice and in July of the same year he leaved Rome together with Regiomontanus to reach Ferrara and Venice. The road to Venice crossed Umbria nearby Sansepolcro, Piero's birthplace not far from Arezzo. The trip took more than two weeks due to a stop before crossing the Apennines because the plague in Ferrara. Bessarion and Regiomontanus might have met Piero who was painting the cycle of frescoes in Arezzo and supplied him with a star map. Unfortunately, due to the lack of the horizon and any right line in the scene it is not possible to detect the latitude of the place corresponding to the painted sky.

Inseminação artificial de éguas Percheron e Bretão com sêmen fresco diluído em água de côco e leite em pó desnatado Artificial insemination of Percheron and Breton breed mares with fresh semen diluted in extenders with skimmed powder milk and coconut water

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Luiz Paulo Rigolon

1999-11-01

Full Text Available O experimento foi conduzido no Laboratório de Reprodução Animal e no Setor de Eqüideocultura da Fazenda Experimental da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, no período de setembro/97 a março/98, com o objetivo de testar os efeitos de dois diluidores na inseminação artificial de éguas das raças Percheron e Bretão. Foi utilizado um garanhão da raça Percheron e dezesseis éguas, as quais foram inseminadas com sêmen fresco, diluído em meios formulados à base de leite de vaca em pó desnatado (LD e à base de água de côco (AC. As inseminações foram realizadas quando se observaram folículos ovarianos com 3,5 cm de diâmetro. Utilizou-se o delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com oito éguas em cada tratamento. Para as análises utilizou-se o teste do qui-quadrado e análise de variância. A análise dos dados mostrou que não houve diferença (P > 0,05 dos tratamentos sobre o índice de prenhez das éguas no primeiro, segundo e terceiro ciclos estrais, no número de inseminações artificiais fecundas e não-fecundas, na prenhez/inseminação artificial (IA, no índice de prenhez total, na IA/prenhez e entre a motilidade progressiva e o vigor dos espermatozóides após diluição. Com base nos resultados, pode-se concluir que os dois meios foram eficientes na inseminação artificial dessas raças de éguas, utilizando-se o sêmen fresco.This experiment was carried out at Animal Reproduction Laboratory and Equine Section of the Experimental Farm of Universidade Estadual de Maringá, in the period of September 97 trough March 98. The objective was to study the effects of two extenders on artificial insemination (AI of Percheron and Breton breeding mares. One Percheron stallion and sixteen mares were used. The mares were inseminated with fresh semen diluted in two extenders formulated with skimmed powder cow milk (LS and coconut water (AW on the day ovarian follicles with 3.5 cm of diameter were observed. They. were alloted in a

Elof Risebye – A Pioneer in the Transfer of Wall Paintings on the Wrong Path

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Brajer, Isabelle Eve

2001-01-01

The transfer of wall paintings was introduced to Denmark by Italian restorers in 1913. A misunderstanding of this technique led to the development of a faulty method by Elof Risebye, an artist, who by chance got involved in the restoration of wall paintings. The use of the wrong adhesive resulted...... in massive damage of the paint layer. Risebye disguised his losses by overpainting, which he carried out according to his own style of painting, not at all following the style of the painter's whose work he was restoring. He also taught his students at the Fresco and Mosaic School how to detach frescoes......, thus disseminating his faulty method. Due to Risebye's activities there are a significant number of transferred wall paintings in Denmark which are in dire need of treatment today....

Characterization of quality of raw milk and pasteurized commercialized informally in Colorado do Oeste City, RO, Brazil | Caracterização da qualidade do leite cru e pasteurizado comercializado informalmente na cidade de Colorado do Oeste, RO, Brasil

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Edmar Costa Alves

2016-05-01

Full Text Available Milk quality can be characterized by physicochemical parameters indicating possible changes in the product properties. The poor quality of milk may affect human health and compromise the shelf life of the product. The objective of this study was to characterize the physicochemical quality of milk and to perform reductase testing of twenty four samples of raw milk and of twelve samples of pasteurized milk being informally commercialized in the city of Colorado do Oeste, RO. The density, the cryoscopic index, the fat (using the method of Gerber, the acidity (in Dornic degrees, and the defatted solids (SNG (according to official methods were evaluated accoring to the Normative Instruction 68. The results of cryoscopy and density, showed that 27% (n = 10 and 27% (n = 10 of the samples, respectively, do not comply with the IN-62 criteria. For the content of defatted solids, 19% of the samples were at odds with the legislation. The assessment of physicochemical parameters suggest that the informal trade of milk in the studied retail outlets can compromise the integrity of the product, a problem that might be solved by correcting and intensifying enforcement actions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A qualidade do leite pode ser caracterizada pelos parâmetros físico-químicos que indicam possíveis alterações nas propriedades do produto. A baixa qualidade do leite pode afetar a saúde humana e comprometer a vida útil do produto. O objetivo desse estudo foi caracterizar a qualidade físico-química em 24 amostras de leite cru e 12 amostras de leite pasteurizado comercializados informalmente na cidade de Colorado do Oeste, RO. Foram avaliados: densidade; índice crioscópico; gordura pelo método de Gerber; acidez em graus Dornic e sólidos desengordurados, de acordo com os métodos oficiais preconizados pela Instrução Normativa no 68. Os resultados da crioscopia e da densidade, apontam

Turbidite pathways in Cascadia Basin and Tufts abyssal plain, Part A, Astoria Channel, Blanco Valley, and Gorda Basin

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Wolf, Stephen C.; Hamer, Michael R.

1999-01-01

This open-file report was prepared in support of the USGS Earthquake Hazards of Cascadia Project. The primary objective of this phase of the project is to determine recurrence intervals of turbidites in Cascadia basin-floor channel systems and evaluate implications of this event record for the paleoseismic history of the Cascadia subduction zone. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the canyon/channel systems themselves are blocked or deformed in such a way that the downstream turbidite stratigraphy might be biased. To accomplish this investigation approximately 7500 kilometers of pre-existing 3.5 KHz seismic data were evaluated to determine the direction and extent of the Astoria Channel/pathway system, which originates at the base of the Astoria Fan. Additionally, distribution and thickness of turbidite sediment sequences were determined along each identified pathway. Bathymetery and distance were used to determine gradients along the main pathway axis and for each of the secondary pathways that feed into it. Channel pathways were identified on the basis of channel phyisiography, where visible at the seafloor, subbottom channel configuration, and acoustic packets of sediments that might represent turbidite deposits. A principal result of this study is that the Astoria Channel/pathway extends continuously from the base of the Astoria Fan southward along the base of the continental slope through the Blanco Valley, then heads southwestward through the Gorda Basin and into the region of the Escanaba Trough. Additionally it was determined that the Astoria Channel is filled and basically buried for it's full length south of 44 degrees latitude. The 44 North Slump, as defined by Goldfinger (1999, see Map 3 ref.), may have been instrumental in blocking the pathway and thus contributed to the filling of the channel/pathway. Sheets 1 and 2 show the Astoria and secondary turbidite pathways highlighted in blue. Ship survey tracklines are shown for the area

Listeria Infections (For Parents)

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... ingest the bacteria by eating foods such as deli meats and cold cuts, soft-ripened cheese, undercooked ... queso fresco). Reheat precooked, prepackaged foods — such as deli meats or hot dogs — to steaming hot temperatures, ...

New and revised maimetshid wasps from Cretaceous ambers (Hymenoptera, Maimetshidae

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Vincent Perrichot

2011-09-01

Full Text Available New material of the wasp family Maimetshidae (Apocrita is presented from four Cretaceous amber deposits – the Neocomian of Lebanon, the Early Albian of Spain, the latest Albian/earliest Cenomanian of France, and the Campanian of Canada. The new record from Canadian Cretaceous amber extends the temporal and paleogeographical range of the family. New material from France is assignable to Guyotemaimetsha enigmatica Perrichot et al. including the first females for the species, while a series of males and females from Spain are described and figured as Iberomaimetsha Ortega-Blanco, Perrichot, and Engel gen. n., with the two new species Iberomaimetsha rasnitsyni Ortega-Blanco, Perrichot, and Engel sp. n. and I. nihtmara Ortega-Blanco, Delclòs, and Engel sp. n.; a single female from Lebanon is described and figured as Ahiromaimetsha najlae Perrichot, Azar, Nel, and Engel gen. et sp. n., and a single male from Canada is described and figured as Ahstemiam cellula McKellar and Engel gen. et sp. n. The taxa are compared with other maimetshids, a key to genera and species is given, and brief comments made on the family.

Potencial de fertilizantes e corretivos no aporte de micronutrientes ao solo

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Vinícius Gedeão Bezerra de Carvalho; Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento; Caroline Miranda Biondi

2012-01-01

Fertilizantes e corretivos, ao serem aplicados nos solos, fornecem micronutrientes como impurezas residuais da sua fabricação, os quais podem ser importantes fontes para as culturas. Em decorrência disso, o objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar os teores dos micronutrientes Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn e Ni em fertilizantes e corretivos comercializados no Nordeste brasileiro, visando avaliar o potencial desses insumos no fornecimento indireto de micronutrientes às culturas agrícolas. Os insumos analisado...

Caracterización física del fruto en variedades de plátano cultivadas en la zona cafetera de colombia

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Castellanos Galeano, Francisco Javier; Lucas Aguirre, Juan Carlos

2012-01-01

Se analizaron el peso, la longitud, el diámetro central y la densidad de frutos con cáscara y sin ella, y la materia seca (MS) de las variedades de plátano del grupo Plantain (AAB): África, Dominico Hartón, Cubano Blanco y Hartón, además las del grupo Bluggoe (ABB): Cachaco o Popocho, y los híbridos (AAAB): FHIA 20 y FHIA 21 repetidas dos veces, con excepción del hibrido FHIA 21 que tenía una repetición. Las variedades Cachaco, Cubano Blanco y Hartón se cosecharon en el área rural de los muni...

Physical characterization of the fruit of plantain varieties cropping in the coffee region of Colombia

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Castellanos Galeano, Francisco Javier; Lucas Aguirre, Juan Carlos

2011-01-01

Se analizaron el peso, la longitud, el diámetro central y la densidad de frutos con cáscara y sin ella, y la materia seca (MS) de las variedades de plátano del grupo Plantain (AAB): África, Dominico Hartón, Cubano Blanco y Hartón, además las del grupo Bluggoe (ABB): Cachaco o Popocho, y los híbridos (AAAB): FHIA 20 y FHIA 21 repetidas dos veces, con excepción del hibrido FHIA 21 que tenía una repetición. Las variedades Cachaco, Cubano Blanco y Hartón se cosecharon en el área rural de los muni...

Auxiliares de movilidad en la discapacidad visual. Terapia asistida por perros: perros guía

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García López, Verónica

2017-01-01

El desplazamiento y movilidad en personas con baja visión o ceguera no sería tan eficiente sin el uso de determinadas ayudas como pueden ser los auxiliares de desplazamiento, como el guía vidente, el bastón blanco y el perro guía. De todos ellos se hará una descripción general de los guías videntes, un análisis del bastón blanco sobre sus características, técnicas de uso y nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a este; también se comentará brevemente el uso del perro como perro de asistencia y una revi...

Simplified scheme or radioactive plume calculations

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Gibson, T.A.; Montan, D.N.

1976-01-01

A simplified mathematical scheme to estimate external whole-body γ radiation exposure rates from gaseous radioactive plumes was developed for the Rio Blanco Gas Field Nuclear Stimulation Experiment. The method enables one to calculate swiftly, in the field, downwind exposure rates knowing the meteorological conditions and γ radiation exposure rates measured by detectors positioned near the plume source. The method is straightforward and easy to use under field conditions without the help of mini-computers. It is applicable to a wide range of radioactive plume situations. It should be noted that the Rio Blanco experiment was detonated on May 17, 1973, and no seep or release of radioactive material occurred

Profile of the geriatric patient treated in the Unidad de Incontinencia Urinaria del Hospital Nacional de Geriatria y Gerontologia 'Dr. Raul Blanco Cervantes' in the period from January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013

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Garita Cordero, Andrea

2014-01-01

The elderly adult patient is characterized in the Unidad de Incontinencia Urinaria of the Hospital Nacional de Geriatria 'Dr. Raul Blanco Cervantes', during the period between January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. The total revision was 513 clinical records of patients treated for the first time in the Urinary Incontinence Unit in the established period. 228 of the cases were excluded. A final sample of 285 patients aged 76 years on average is studied, the predominance is the female sex and the state is widowhood, schooling is Aged 6 and residing in San Jose. In addition, partial dependent patients BLFA (Basic Life Activities) and IALF (Instrumental Activities of Life) are included, in normal cognitive condition according to schooling by MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) and with risk of depression. As comorbidity they have presented mainly AHT (Arterial hypertension), DM (Diabetes Mellitus) and depression with associated obesity. The patients studied have consumed at least 2 medications simultaneously and usually have had a previous surgical history. Women who have had gynecological obstetric records of pregnancies and births were found to be unrelated to some type of incontinence. Patients have presented defects of the pelvic floor, such as cystocele and rectocele, in men increased prostate size. The most prevalent urinary incontinence has been the mixed, finding association by gender, in women is given more mixed urinary incontinence, followed by stress urinary incontinence; In men, urgent urinary incontinence and urinary incontinence due to overflow. Patients are sent to treatment with electrostimulation of pelvic floor and completed sessions, have shown an improvement in incontinence and quality of life. A more detailed evaluation of the older adult and to evaluate urinary incontinence could give greater results of the capture of patients with positive repercussion in the patient's quality of life. (author) [es

HALLAZGO DE MERCURIO EN PECES DE LA CIÉNAGA DE AYAPEL, CÓRDOBA, COLOMBIA

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José Marrugo

2007-08-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Determinar las concentraciones de mercurio total (Hg-T en algunasespecies de peces de la ciénaga de Ayapel (Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Losmuestreos fueron realizados desde Julio de 2004 a Junio de 2005, incluyendo lasépocas seca y lluviosa. Las muestras fueron analizadas por espectrometría deabsorción atómica por vapor frío después de digestión ácida. Resultados. Lasconcentraciones más altas de Hg-T se observaron para las muestras analizadas dela especie carnívora Ageneiosus caucanus (0.504±0.103 mg Hg kg-1 peso fresco, ylas menores concentraciones en la especie Iliófaga Prochilodus magdalenae(0.130±0.056 mg Hg kg-1 peso fresco. Las concentraciones más altas fueronencontradas en las muestras de la época seca. Los niveles promedio de Hg-T en lasmuestras de peces no excedieron el límite para consumo humano establecido por laOrganización Mundial de la Salud (OMS, 0.5 mg Hg Kg-1 peso fresco. Conclusiones.La evaluación del riesgo basado en el índice de peligrosidad sugiere que el consumode 0.12 kg de pescado por día en la población humana (principalmente carnívorospodría incrementar el riesgo de envenenamiento por mercurio en la población local.

Control of fresh concrete

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Heilmann, W.

1972-06-01

Full Text Available Not availableLa calidad del material de construcción hormigón no puede comprobarse hasta que el hormigón se ha solidificado y endurecido; entonces ya no es posible influir en ella. Por lo tanto, es necesario inspeccionar el hormigón fresco después de mezclados sus diversos componentes, o sea antes de colocarlo, sobre todo con respecto a sus propiedades, que son las que le hacen apropiado para la tecnología de elaboración prevista. Se investigará, por lo tanto, la determinación de la trabajabilidad del hormigón fresco, a fin de permitir la caracterización numérica de las propiedades más importantes y con ello el control por medio de un método práctico.

The Iconography of St. Wenceslas in Early Baroque Prague. The Case of the Wallenstein Palace and Baccio del Bianco

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Dobalová, Sylva

2011-01-01

Roč. 16, 1/2 (2011), s. 71-85 ISSN 1408-0419 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80330511 Keywords : Baccio del Bianco * fresco painting * early Baroque * St. Wenceslas * Wallenstein palace Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

Identificação de marcadores moleculares ligados a gene de resistência ao vírus do mosaico (PRSV-W) em melão (Cucumis melo L.).

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Ana Paula Matoso Teixeira

2004-01-01

A importância da cultura do meloeiro é crescente no Brasil, sobretudo na região Nordeste, tanto pelo volume comercializado como por ser estabelecida geralmente em pequenas propriedades. Diversas enfermidades acometem esta cultura, destacando-se as viroses. Dentre estas, o mosaico, causado pelo Papaya ringspot virus - estirpe melancia (PRSV-W) é das mais importantes. Dentre as estratégias de controle desta doença, o emprego de cultivares resistentes apresenta-se como um método prático e ...

76 FR 59179 - Texas Disaster Number TX-00381

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2011-09-23

..., Austin, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burnet, Cherokee, Freestone, Hays, Jackson, Lavaca, Limestone, Madison... unchanged. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008) James E. Rivera, Associate...

Patrimonio fotográfico del Valle del Cauca: el archivo de Otto Moll González

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Olga Cecilia Eusse González

2012-06-01

Full Text Available El Departamento Red de Bibliotecas, a través del Área Cultural de Cali, adquirió en 2009 el archivo fotográfico de Otto Moll González (Cúcuta, 1904-Cali, 1988. Este archivo, conformado por alrededor de 30.000 documentos entre negativos blanco y negro (en película y vidrio y fotografías blanco y negro en papel de diferentes formatos, constituye una de las colecciones de imágenes más valiosas que tiene el Valle del Cauca para los decenios de 1950 a 1980 y es un aporte importante a las colecciones documentales de la Red de Bibliotecas sobre el suroccidente y otras regiones del país.

Concentración de pesticidas organoclorados en aire del sur de la cuenca del Plata: un año de muestreo

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Malena Astoviza

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Con el objeto de estudiar la concentración y distribución de plaguicidas organoclorados (POCLs en aire del sur de la cuenca del Plata se instalaron muestreadores pasivos de espuma de poliuretano (n=20 recolectados cada 3-4 meses durante un año.La concentración media anual de POCLs osciló entre 326 y 9000 pg/m3 con predominancia de endosulfanos (Endo  (40-98% del total. Los promedios anuales de Endo (230-8936 pg/m3  son superiors a los reportados para otros paises de la región  (Brasil, Bolivia, Chile y Colombia: 114-898 pg/m3. Los valores máximos alcanzados corresponden al período cálido, en zonas de mayor actividad sojera: Norte de Bs As y Sur de E.Ríos y Santa Fe (3072-21521 pg/m3.Las concentraciones de DDTs (12-235 pg/m3 resultan un orden de magnitud inferiores a las de sitios en los que se utiliza para combatir la malaria (India: 5356 pg/m3; sur de México: 2360 pg/m3 pero la relación DDT/DDE (1.1-6.8 > 1 encontrada sugiere un aporte relativamente fresco, posiblemente debido al uso de Dicofol que presenta residuos de este compuesto.Los HCHs presentaron una alta concentración en Zárate (801-8348 pg/m3 donde resultaron predominantes (66% del total con una relación ?/?HCHs ?7, similar a la de la mezcla técnica sugiriendo un aporte fresco.En la zona metropolitana se destacaron los clordanos (83-691 pg/m3 que representan 5-45% del total, especialmente en la Capital Federal, donde la relación trans/cis-clordano>>1,6 indica un aporte fresco.Se concluye que los POCLs presentan diferencias en su distribución espacial; alta concentración de endosulfanos en zona agrícola; heterogeneidad de pesticidas  y mayor concentración de clordanos en zonas urbanas. Los valores de las concentraciones  y de relaciones entre compuestos sugieren aportes frescos clandestinos, o transporte a gran escala.

Cuestión de alteridades: la aciaga vida del Tupã guaraní en la literatura de los “blancos” y en la vital versión oral de los mbyá

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Irma Ruiz

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Durante siglos, parte del mundo letrado estuvo atento a las opiniones de los blancos sobre el pensamiento y las acciones de los guaraní ; eran tiempos exclusivos de la antropología sobre el Otro. En la actualidad, se pretende dar cuenta también de la antropología del Otro sobre nosotros. A fin de mostrar ambas caras, en este artículo se confrontan voces autorizadas de blancos que escribieron sobre los guaraní , con otras de los mbyá-guaraní que hablaron sobre su cultura y la de los blancos. El eje escogido es la figura de Tupã , de cuyo nombre se apropiaron los evangelizadores coloniales para construir su discurso monoteísta. En este juego de alteridades, se analiza primero la infausta “vida literaria” del personaje para luego oír voces de los aún damnificados por ese hecho histórico. Esta confrontación, además de revelar inconsistencias prejuiciosas en algunos escritos y estrategias guaraní para proteger su politeísmo, permite apreciar la magnitud de la violencia simbólica ínsita en la evangelización. Palabras clave: Alteridad, Guaraní, Mbyá, Cosmología, Tupã

El maestro Pedro Nel Gómez

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Mario Rivero

1978-12-01

Full Text Available Puede compararse la técnica del fresco, en donde deben tomarse todas las precauciones para una ejecución ágil y decisiva, puesto que el pintor debe cubrir una determinada cantidad de espacio en un tiempo preciso.

Analysis of fresco by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

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Caneve, L.; Diamanti, A.; Grimaldi, F.; Palleschi, G.; Spizzichino, V.; Valentini, F.

2010-01-01

The laser-based techniques have been shown to be a very powerful tool for artworks characterization and are used in the field of cultural heritage for the offered advantages of minimum invasiveness, in situ applicability and high sensitivity. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, in particular, has been applied in this field to many different kinds of ancient materials with successful results. In this work, a fragment of a Roman wall painting from the archaeological area of Pompeii has been investigated by LIBS. The sample elemental composition resulting from LIBS measurements suggested the presence of certain pigments. The ratio of the intensities of different lines related to some characteristic elements is proposed as an indicator for pigment recognition. The depth profiling permitted to put in evidence the presence of successive paint layers with different compositions. A comparison with the results obtained by the microscopy inspection of the sample has been done.

Aspectos biometricos del bagre Arius Furthii Steindachner (Pisces Ariidae, colectado en punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica

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Maurizio Protti Quesada

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Se analizan estadísticamente algunos parámetros biométricos de 257 ejemplares de Arius furthii (Ariidae, colectados en una zona de playa y otra de manglar en Punta Morales, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Las colectas se realizaron por medio de “arrastres” con una red tipo “chinchorro”. La talla de los especímenes capturados osciló entre 55 y 276 mm de longitud total y 1,3 a 176 g en peso fresco. El análisis estadístico mostró que la longitud total es la mejor variable para la estimación del peso fresco a través de una ecuación de regresión logarítmica.  Además, se mostró que no existen diferencias significativas en el peso de los Arius furthii colectados en la playa y los colectados en el manglar.

The Palazzo della Ragione in Padua: Representation and Communication of Art, Architecture, and Astrology of a Civic Monument

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Borgherini, M.; Garbin, E.

2011-06-01

Eight centuries of the history of art and of Padua's scientific and technological culture deposited on the stones and frescoes of its Palace of Law ("Palazzo della Ragione") make this great work of urban architecture a part of the city's collective identity. This "palimpsest", legible only to a restricted circle of specialists, should be accessible to a vaster public interested in understanding this object symbol of local culture. The project planned for interactive exploration on the web is a series of digital models, employing tomographic-endoscopic visualizations and, in future, multi-resolution images. The various models devised allow the visitor to superimpose the Palace's current conditions on the various transformations undergone over the centuries. Similarly, comparisons can be made between the astrological fresco cycle with maps of the heavens, cosmological hypotheses, ancient and contemporary astrological treatises, and the related exchange of knowledge between the Orient and the Occident.

Spatial analysis of the impacts of the Chaitén volcano eruption (Chile) in three fluvial systems

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Ulloa, H.; Iroumé, A.; Picco, L.; Mohr, C. H.; Mazzorana, B.; Lenzi, M. A.; Mao, L.

2016-08-01

The eruption of the Chaitén volcano in May 2008 generated morphological and ecological disturbances in adjacent river basins, and the magnitude of these disturbances depended on the type of dominant volcanic process affecting each of them. The aim of this study is to analyse the morphological changes in different periods in river segments of the Blanco, El Amarillo and Rayas river basins located near the Chaitén volcano. These basins suffered disturbances of different intensity and spatial distribution caused by tephra fall, dome collapses and pyroclastic density currents that damaged hillslope forests, widened channels and destroyed island and floodplain vegetation. Changes continued to occur in the fluvial systems in the years following the eruption, as a consequence of the geomorphic processes indirectly induced by the eruption. Channel changes were analyzed by comparing remote images of pre and post-eruption conditions. Two periods were considered: the first from 2008 to 2009-2010 associated with the explosive and effusive phases of the eruption and the second that correspond to the post-eruption stage from 2009-2010 to 2013. Following the first phases channel segments widened 91% (38 m/yr), 6% (7 m/yr) and 7% (22 m/yr) for Blanco, Rayas and El Amarillo Rivers, respectively, compared to pre-eruption condition. In the second period, channel segments additionally widened 42% (8 m/yr), 2% (2 m/yr) and 5% (4 m/yr) for Blanco, Rayas and El Amarillo Rivers, respectively. In the Blanco River 62 and 82% of the islands disappeared in the first and second period, respectively, which is 6-8 times higher than in the El Amarillo approximately twice the Rayas. Sinuosity increased after the eruption only in the Blanco River but the three study channels showed a high braiding intensity mainly during the first post-eruption period. The major disturbances occurred during the eruptive and effusive phases of Chaitén volcano, and the intensity of these disturbances reflects the

Teores de chumbo e cádmio em chás comercializados na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte Lead and cadmium levels in tea traded in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte

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Irma Regina Carrara Vulcano

2008-09-01

Full Text Available O trabalho objetivou avaliar os níveis de chumbo e cádmio, em amostras de chás, industrializados e não-industrializados, comercializados na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte. Foram selecionados para cada caso, dois tipos de plantas, camomila e erva-mate analisadas na forma de chá-infusão e de planta-digerida. Os níveis de Pb e Cd foram determinados por espectrometria de absorção atômica com forno de grafite e corretor de background Zeeman. Os níveis médios de Pb e Cd encontrados nas amostras de chá-infusão de camomila e erva-mate estavam abaixo dos valores estabelecidos pela legislação brasileira para os metais em refrescos e refrigerantes (0,2 mg/L e as concentrações dos metais nas amostras das plantas-digeridas de camomila (valores médios de 0,15 µg/g para Cd e de 0,42µg/g de Pb e de erva-mate (valor médio de Pb igual a 0,53µg/g mantiveram-se dentro das faixas consideradas como "de normalidade" pela literatura. Os níveis médios de Cd em amostras de planta-digerida de erva-mate encontrados (2,59 µg/g, no entanto, estavam acima dessa faixa. Não foi encontrada diferença significativa entre os níveis de Cd e Pb quantificados em amostras de chá-infusão industrializado e não-industrializado, tanto de camomila como de erva-mate. As concentrações dos metais nas plantas-digeridas industrializadas, tanto de camomila quanto de erva-mate, apresentam-se superiores àquelas encontradas nas plantas não industrializadas.This research aims at evaluating the levels of lead and cadmium in industrialized and non-industrialized samples of tea traded in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, due to the constant use of different kinds of tea by the Brazilians. Camomile and maté have been selected and analyzed as tea-infusion and digested-plant. The levels of Pb and Cd were determined by spectrometry of atomic absorption with graphite furnace and Zeeman background corrector. The average levels of Pb and Cd in samples of

Avaliação da presença de fungos em amostras de leite cru e estudo da susceptibilidade destes microrganismos às relações temperatura/tempo empregadas nos processos de pasteurização e fervura

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Monica Ruz-Peres

2005-01-01

O presente trabalho foi delineado considerando-se a importância de fungos filamentosos e leveduras, os quais estão associados a diversas patologias no homem e animais. Deve-se considerar ainda que o leite e seus derivados lácteos contaminados com estes microrganismos podem constituir potenciais vias de transmissão de zoonoses a eles relacionados. Foram analisadas amostras de leite cru dos tipos A, B e C colhidas nas próprias propriedades leiteiras, bem como amostras de leite comercializado di...

Clasificación de canales equinas : I-Distribución de clases

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Fàbregas i Comadran, Xavier

1998-01-01

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es clasificar el ganado equino de abasto, sacrificado en un matadero frigorífico de servicios del Vallès Occidental, para ser comercializado en las comarcas metropolitanas de Barcelona. El segundo objetivo es analizar las limitaciones prácticas en la aplicación comercial del Catálogo ONIBEV de Clasificación de Canales de Équidos, y la validez técnica de estos patrones fotográficos utilizados para ganado caballar, en ganado asnal y mular.

Consumo e Descarte do Óleo Comestível em um Município do sul de Minas Gerais/ Consumption and Disposal of Edible Oil in a city of Southern Minas Gerais

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Patricia Calixto Novaes; Alexandre Magno Batista Machado; Fábio Vieira Lacerda

2014-01-01

Objetivo: Estimar a quantidade de óleo residual comercializado na cidade, tendo como amostras os grandes revendedores do produto, e estimar a quantidade de óleo destinada por meio dos ecopontos de coleta de óleo no município. Métodos: Foi coletada, em cinco estabelecimentos de referência na cidade, a quantidade de óleo que foi comercializada no ano de 2013, juntamente com a quantidade de óleo destinada para reaproveitamento. Os dados foram confrontados e discutidos seguindo as diretrizes da l...

Vigilância de fitoterápicos em Minas Gerais. Verificação da qualidade de diferentes amostras comerciais de camomila Surveillance of phytotherapeutic drugs in the State of Minas Gerais. Quality assessment of commercial samples of chamomile

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Maria G. Lins Brandão

1998-07-01

Full Text Available O comércio de plantas medicinais e produtos fitoterápicos encontra-se em expansão em todo o mundo. Uma portaria lançada recentemente pelo Ministério da Saúde busca regulamentar a produção dos fitoterápicos comercializados no Brasil. Com o objetivo de contribuir com a farmacovigilância deste setor, iniciamos um programa de avaliação do material fitoterápico comercializado em Minas Gerais. Foram analisadas 27 amostras de camomila, procedentes de farmácias, ervanarias e mercados, quanto à identidade, pureza e presença dos constituintes ativos. Apesar de todas as amostras serem constituídas da genuína Matricaria recutita, na maior parte os capítulos florais estavam muito destruídos, conseqüência de manuseio excessivo ou má conservação. Foram detectados contaminantes em todas as amostras, estando insetos presentes em 63% daquelas comercializadas em farmácias. Somente cerca de metade das amostras apresentaram os constituintes dos óleos essenciais, necessários à atividade antiinflamatória da planta. Os constituintes fenólicos, de ação espasmolítica, foram detectados em somente cerca de 20%. Os resultados com a camomila indicam a precariedade com que as plantas medicinais e fitoterápicos vêm sendo comercializados e confirmam a necessidade urgente de vigilância destes produtos no Brasil.Marketing of medicinal plants and phytotherapeutic products is spreading all over the world. In order to assess the commercialization of medicinal plants and phytotherapeutic products in the State of Minas Gerais, we identified and tested for the presence of adulterants and active ingredients in 27 samples of chamomile. All the samples consisted of Matricaria recutita flowers, but they were badly fragmented, a result of excessive handling and poor preservation. All samples contained contaminants, and insects were observed in 63% of the samples sold in drugstores. Only 50% of the samples in each group had the essential oils needed to

Gambling addiction in primary care: a survey of general practitioners ...

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experiences of, and confidence in, managing these patients in primary care, their perceived role and ... KEY WORDS: Gambling addiction; Primary care; General practitioners; Management ..... Petry NM, Blanco C, Auriacombe M, Borges.

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International Journal of. Research and Reviewed in Applied. Sciences, 11(2): 346-349. Coto MT, Garcia GM, Gonzalez CS, Pazos L. 2000. Toxicidad aguda en ratones del extracto acuoso de hojas fresco de. Persea Americana. Informe TRAMIL,. Laboratorio de ensayos biologicos, escuela de Medicina, Universidad de.

Giraldo Fernandes de Prado ‘Hombre de admirable pincel’ (c. 1530-1592

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Serrão, Vítor

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Giraldo Fernandes de Prado (c.1530-1592 was a treatise writer, painter of frescos and altarpieces, illuminator, calligrapher and knight serving at the Braganza Ducal court. In 1589-1591 he painted –with the collaboration of his disciple André Peres– six panels for the main altarpiece of the church of the Misericordia de Almada. This altarpiece, a major example of Portuguese Mannerist painting, has recently undergone restoration using advanced technological methods.Giraldo Fernandes de Prado (c.1530-1592 fue escritor, pintor de frescos y retablos, iluminador, calígrafo y caballero al servicio de la corte de la casa de Braganza. En 1589-1591 pintó junto con su discípulo André Peres, seis tablas para el retablo mayor de la iglesia de la Misericordia de Almada, uno de los mejores ejemplos de la pintura manierista portuguesa, que se muestra aquí tras su proceso de restauración y análisis técnico.

EFECTO DEL ÁCIDO SALICÍLICO EN EL CRECIMIENTO DE LA RAÍZ Y BIOMASA TOTAL DE PLÁNTULAS DE TRIGO

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Cesar J. Tucuch Haas

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Se reportan los resultados de dos experimentos independientes para evaluar el efecto del ácido salicílico (AS en plántulas de trigo (Triticum aestivum L.. Las plántulas de ambos experimentos se germinaron y crecieron en agrolita contenida en tubos de PVC y en condiciones de cielo abierto bajo un diseño experimental completamente al azar con 8 repeticiones por tratamiento, las plántulas se asperjaron durante 5 días con 1 y 0.1 µM de AS o agua como control. Diez días después fueron cosechadas y realizadas las mediciones. Los resultados señalan que el AS favoreció significativamente el peso fresco de la raíz, así como la altura y el peso fresco de la biomasa total, en comparación con el control. El mejor tratamiento para estimular el crecimiento de plántulas de trigo fue el de 1µM de AS.

Musical instruments depicted in medieval Serbian art under oriental and western influences

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Pejović Roksanda

2005-01-01

Full Text Available Researching musical instruments on frescoes, miniatures, icons and sculptural decorations of mediaeval Serbian art, painted and sculptured in the manner of Byzantine art, we discover Oriental and Western influences. Musical instruments arriving from the Orient were unchanged for centuries and those from West Europe were mainly used in the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. Oriental and Western influences can be observed on instruments of all families-idiophones, membranophones, bowed and string instruments, as well as on aero phones. The same form of some crotales and cymbals can be found both in Oriental and Western art, the majority of membranophones are of Oriental origin, but the tambourine on Bodani frescoes originated in West Europe. Lyres and angular harps are close to Antique tradition. Some bowed instruments, psalteries, lutes, harps, short horns, business and shawms have Oriental patterns and other instruments of these families accepted Western shapes. There are, as well, same kinds of bowed instruments and S-trumpets peculiar for both continents.

Ritual Significance in Mycenaean Hairstyles

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Hsu, Florence Sheng-chieh

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Although the frescoes excavated from Bronze Age sites on the Greek mainland provide evidence for female figures in the Mycenaean society, the hairstyles of these figures have not been studied in detail. As in many other ancient cultures, hairstyles were not only an exhibition of beauty and fashion, but they also represented certain age groups or a person’s social status. The Mycenaeans inherited many of their hairstyles from their Minoan predecessors, although differences existed as well. It is also possible there may have been a shift in meaning for seemingly similar looking hairstyles from the Minoan to the Mycenaean periods. Female figures, which compose most of the Mycenaean figures in frescoes known to date, are fine examples for discussing the artistic representation and potential significance of Mycenaean hairstyles. By comparing with Minoan hairstyles, discussions of Mycenaean examples lead to conclusions in the relationship between hairstyles and ritual activities in the Mycenaean society.

A New Acquisition and Imaging System for Environmental Measurements: An Experience on the Italian Cultural Heritage

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Fabio Leccese

2014-05-01

Full Text Available A new acquisition system for remote control of wall paintings has been realized and tested in the field. The system measures temperature and atmospheric pressure in an archeological site where a fresco has been put under control. The measuring chain has been designed to be used in unfavorable environments where neither electric power nor telecommunication infrastructures are available. The environmental parameters obtained from the local monitoring are then transferred remotely allowing an easier management by experts in the field of conservation of cultural heritage. The local acquisition system uses an electronic card based on microcontrollers and sends the data to a central unit realized with a Raspberry-Pi. The latter manages a high quality camera to pick up pictures of the fresco. Finally, to realize the remote control at a site not reached by internet signals, a WiMAX connection based on different communication technologies such as WiMAX, Ethernet, GPRS and Satellite, has been set up.

Obtención de bioetanol 2G a partir de hidrolizados de paja de trigo : Fermentación conjunta de los Penta y Hexa carbohidratos con Pichia stpitis

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Bellido Díez, Carolina

2014-01-01

En la actualidad, la demanda energética global se ha ido incrementando gradualmente por lo que la escasez de petróleo está asegurada en un futuro. Teniendo en cuenta estos aspectos, junto con los medioambientales y económicos, los biocombustibles cobran especial importancia como primera alternativa de sustitución de los derivados del petróleo en automoción. El bioetanol es el biocombustible más comercializado y su producción mundial va a aumentar en el medio plazo. Actualmente, la mayor parte...

Patrimonio etnológico, identidad y turismo. El caso de “la saca de las yeguas de Doñana”

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Hernández Ramírez, Javier; Jiménez Caballero, José Luis (Coordinador)

2012-01-01

La saca de las yeguas es una actividad de interés etnológico de orígenes remotos, que se enmarca en el conjunto de faenas que los ganaderos del actual Parque Nacional de Doñana realizan en este territorio en régimen extensivo. Consiste en el traslado del ganado equino semisalvaje desde Doñana hasta la localidad onubense de Almonte, donde es adecentado y comercializado. Aunque la ganadería equina en Doñana ha dejado de ser un sector productivo relevante, la saca de las yegu...

Desarrollo de un producto de panadería con harina de quinua (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) / Bakery product development with quinoa flour (Chenopodium quinoa Willd)

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García García, Diana Paola

2011-01-01

Para este trabajo, se obtuvo harina de quinua de la variedad Nariño como materia prima en grano (Chenopodium quinoa Willd), para esto se adecuó la materia prima extrayendo las saponinas del grano y posterior secado con aire caliente. Se probó su uso en panificación utilizando mezclas de harina de quinua con harina de trigo, para conocer y aprovechar las ventajas a nivel nutricional de este grano tan poco conocido y comercializado, que puede ser fuente de proteína de calidad, utilizándose en p...

Criação de valor sustentável e o óleo de palma no Brasil

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Almeida, Julio Ribeiro

2012-01-01

A produção de óleo de palma expandiu-se consideravelmente nas últimas décadas e atualmente o óleo de palma é o óleo vegetal mais comercializado do mundo. Dentre outros fatores, a maior produtividade da cultura e os menores custos de produção explicam o crescimento. Os grandes produtores mundiais, contudo, destruíram grandes áreas de floresta para acomodar o crescimento da plantação e se utilizaram de técnicas de cultivo que trouxeram severos impactos ambientais. Campanhas lider...

Algunos peligros químicos y nutricionales del consumo de los alimentos de venta en espacios públicos

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Bejarano Roncancio, Jhon Jairo; Suárez Latorre, Lina María

2015-01-01

Los alimentos manufacturados y comercializados pueden contener peligros químicos por sustancias adicionadas intencionalmente como los aditivos que utiliza la industria, otros añadidos por el consumidor y contaminantes naturales como metales que se pueden obtener del aire en el espacio público; también se consideran peligrosos los cambios químicos que tienen algunos nutrientes como las grasas y los aceites (lípidos) y el uso excesivo de estas en la dieta. Algunos métodos de cocción empleados y...

Desempeño competitivo de los principales bloques exportadores en el mercado mundial de quesos y manteca

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Depetris Guiguet, Edith; Rossini, Gustavo

2007-01-01

Dos de los principales productos lácteos comercializados en el mercado internacional son quesos y manteca, habiendo sido ambos objeto de fuerte protección en casi todos los países. Entre comienzos de la década del ’90 y mediados de la primera del nuevo milenio, hubo cambios importantes en el contexto que afectaron el comercio mundial de ambos, incluyendo la consolidación y creación de bloques de libre comercio y los resultados de las negociaciones multilaterales, con compromisos de mayor aper...

Aproximación al concepto de género en Autobiografía, novela de Medardo Fraile

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Rivas Hernández, Ascensión

2010-01-01

Medardo Fraile, uno de los más importantes escritores españoles de la literatura del medio siglo, destaca fundamentalmente en su faceta de cuentista donde se revela como auténtico maestro. Fraile escribió una sola novela, extraordinaria, que lleva por título Autobiografía. En el artículo se analiza el problema que surge en torno al género literario de esta obra, porque, si por una parte se ha comercializado como novela, por otra tanto su título como su contenido, claramente aut...

Impacto de la utilización de diccionarios especializados en la calidad de la traducción automática: ejemplo de evaluación

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Zinglé, Vicente; Henri, Christian

2009-01-01

En este artículo nos ocuparemos de analizar los resultados que es posible obtener a día de hoy gracias a un sistema de traducción automática comercial, con y sin diccionarios especializados. Ilustraremos esta idea estudiando los resultados de un programa de traducción presente en el mercado, Reverso, comercializado por la empresa francesa Softissimo, que ha apostado por esta vía de desarrollo. G.I. HUM 767 (ayudas a Grupos de Investigación de la Junta de Andalucía) / Editori...

Caracteriza??o de subst?ncias fen?licas e alcaloides dos res?duos do cupua?u (Theobroma grandiflorum (willd. Ex spreng.) Schum)

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Lima, Milena Campelo Freitas de

2013-01-01

Theobroma grandiflorum ? uma esp?cie nativa da Amaz?nia com elevado potencial econ?mico, que pertence ao mesmo g?nero que o cacau (Theobroma cacao). Seu fruto, conhecido como cupua?u, ? o maior no g?nero Theobroma, chegando a atingir at? 4 kg em massa. A base econ?mica dessa esp?cie concentra-se no mesocarpo (polpa), bastante conhecido e comercializado para a produ??o de sucos, n?ctares, sorvetes entre outros. No processo de obten??o da polpa do cupua?u s?o gerados subprodutos que corresponde...

Desenvolvimento de um aplicativo para o manejo de irrigaÃÃo utilizando a ferramenta âApp inventorâ na plataforma âAndroidâ

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OdÃlio Coimbra Rocha JÃnior

2015-01-01

A falta de um manejo adequado da irrigaÃÃo por parte da maioria dos produtores instalados nos perÃmetros pÃblicos irrigados no estado do Cearà à considerado como o principal fator com interferÃncia direta na produtividade, custo de produÃÃo, qualidade dos produtos comercializados e principalmente na questÃo ambiental, onde o uso inadequado da Ãgua de nossos mananciais poderà comprometer seriamente nossas geraÃÃes futuras. A iniciativa de desenvolvimento de ferramentas para auxiliar o produtor...

Selênio e glucosinolatos em brássicas e fosfito na nutrição fosfatada em feijoeiro

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Ávila, Fabrício William de

2013-01-01

Algumas formas orgânicas de selênio (Se) e alguns glucosinolatos (ß-tioglicosídio-N-hidroxissulfatos) são conhecidos por apresentarem excelente atividade anticancerígena, enquanto fosfito (P+3) tem sido comercializado como fungicida e, mais recentemente, também como uma complementar fonte de fósforo (P) para as culturas. Objetivou-se neste estudo (i) investigar se é possível simultaneamente aumentar o acúmulo do composto anticancerígeno Se-metil-seleno-cisteína (SeMSCis) sem necessariamente a...

Medical software certification processes in Europe, USA and Brazil

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Devesa, Filipe Rafael Simões

2014-01-01

Actualmente o software médico é um mercado em crescimento contínuo. É essencial para um fabricante deste tipo de produto médico seguir os requisitos regulamentares obrigatórios e implementar as medidas necessárias na empresa para poder comercializar o seu produto em países diferentes. O produto médico a ser certificado é o OneCare Sensing comercializado pela ISA-Intellicare, uma solução de software de monitorização destinado a recolher, armazenar, visualizar, transmitir e fornecer alertas ...

Sensory attributes and acceptance of commercial grape juices

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Pontes, Pamella Rio Branco; Santiago, Savanna Santos; Szabo, Tatiana Nogueira; Toledo, Luciana Passos; Gollücke, Andréa Pittelli Boiago

2010-01-01

O suco de uva contém compostos fenólicos em quantidades importantes e, portanto, seu consumo é desejável como aporte de substâncias antioxidantes naturais. Os objetivos do estudo foram investigar os atributos sensoriais e avaliar a aceitação de sucos de uva comerciais. Foram analisados três tipos de suco de uva comercializados no Brasil: suco integral, suco concentrado e néctar. Utilizaram-se a Análise Descritiva Quantitativa modificada e o Teste de Aceitação com escala hedônica estruturada d...

Atributos sensoriais e aceitação de sucos de uva comerciais

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Pontes,Pamella Rio Branco; Santiago,Savanna Santos; Szabo,Tatiana Nogueira; Toledo,Luciana Passos; Gollücke,Andréa Pittelli Boiago

2010-01-01

O suco de uva contém compostos fenólicos em quantidades importantes e, portanto, seu consumo é desejável como aporte de substâncias antioxidantes naturais. Os objetivos do estudo foram investigar os atributos sensoriais e avaliar a aceitação de sucos de uva comerciais. Foram analisados três tipos de suco de uva comercializados no Brasil: suco integral, suco concentrado e néctar. Utilizaram-se a Análise Descritiva Quantitativa modificada e o Teste de Aceitação com escala hedônica estruturada d...

Aminas bioativas e atividade antioxidante em cogumelos

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Guilherme Coelho Lopes dos Reis

2014-01-01

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar os teores de aminas bioativas, os teores de fenólicos, a atividade antioxidante e a existência de correlação entre a atividade antioxidante e os teores de poliaminas e fenólicos em oito tipos de cogumelos comestíveis comercializados na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte MG. As aminas foram determinadas por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência com par iônico. A capacidade antioxidante foi investigada pelos métodos de inativação do radic...

Wildlife inventory and analysis of some energy development impacts

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Alldredge, A.W.

1977-01-01

Impacts resulting from a nuclear fracturing experiment (Project Rio Blanco) are described. Matrices used in the presentation of environmental impact and inventory data are discussed and a procedure that can be used in conducting environmental inventory and impact studies is given. Results of the Rio Blanco Study indicated that measurable environmental impacts resulted from conventional physical activities and ground motion. Impacts of ground motion were most severe within 2.4 km of the emplacement well (EW) and were predominantly associated with steep ravines and stream banks and rocky cliffs. Animals suffering deleterious impacts were those associated with stream banks, cliffs, and burrows. No mortality resulting from ground motion was observed in large mammals. Following detonation, flow and turbidity had increased in a small stream adjacent to the EW. Two interaction matrices are described and used to present environmental inventory data in a simple graphic display. One illustrates trophic relationships for 28 different species of mammals while the other presents biological events relative to seasons and is used to develop timing strategy for the execution of projects. The third matrix describes documented environmental impacts and was used to portray results of the Rio Blanco study. This matrix includes categories of impacts, distances from the source term, frequency and magnitude ratings, as well as a category for basis of rating

Paleoclimatological revision of climate evolution in Spain since the middle pleistocene from travertine and speleothems studies; Aportaciones al conociiento de la evolucion paleoclimatica y paleoambiental en la pensinsula iberica durante los dos ultimos millones de anos a partir del estudio de travertinos y espeleotemas

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Torres, T; Barettino, D; Canoira, L; Cobo, R; Garcia-Cortes, A; Grun, R; Hoyos, M; Julia, R; Llamas, R

1996-10-01

This paper deals on the main results of the Project: ``Paleoclimatological revision since the Middle Pleistocene from geochronological and isotope analysis of spanish travertine`` (CEC-F12W-CT91-0075 ``Paleoclimatological revision of climate evolution in the Western Mediterranean Region, evaluation of altered scenarios). Four travertine deposition areas and a karstic zone were selected according to their geographical signification. Travertine deposits areas were: Priego and Rio Blanco: fluvial travertine; Banyoles and Rio Blanco: lacustrine deposits; Tolox: Alluvial fan deposits. The Cueva del Reguerillo was the karstic area selected. In spite of travertine and speleothems are warm climate indicators, important paleoenvironmental and palaeoclimatological data were obtained, which are in short: Through geomorphology and dating (palaeomagnetism, U/Th, Electro spin resonance and amino acid racemization analysis) the fluvial history of Priego, Rio Blanco and el Reguerillo cave, where a neotectonic and palaeosismicity phenomena were also dated. The oldest ESR dating method age obtained was of 950ka; and the oldest Priego deposits AARD dated were 750 ka old. Through dating, sedimentology, stable isotope analysis and palinology some aspects of climatic evolution of the Iberian Peninsula were determined. A net correlation found between palinology and stable isotope ratios in the Banyoles lake drill hole, allowed to validate the results. Some cualitative data on fluvial and karstic systems water input were determined also.

Aerosol optical thickness retrieval over land and water using Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) data

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Kusmierczyk-Michulec, J.; Leeuw, G. de

2005-01-01

An algorithm for the retrieval of the aerosol optical thickness over land and over water from Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) data is presented. The cloud fraction in the GOME pixels is determined using the Fast Retrieval Scheme for Clouds From the Oxygen A Band (FRESCO) algorithm. Surface

Cuestión de alteridades: la aciaga vida del Tupã guaraní en la literatura de los "blancos" y en la vital versión oral de los mbyá Uma questão de alteridades: a infortunada vida do Tupã guarani na literatura dos brancos e na vital versão oral dos mbyá The Question of Alterity: the Bitter Life of the Guaraní Tupã According to the White Man's Literature and to the Mbyá's Lively Oral Version

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Irma Ruiz

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Durante siglos, parte del mundo letrado estuvo atento a las opiniones de los blancos sobre el pensamiento y las acciones de los guaraní ; eran tiempos exclusivos de la antropología sobre el Otro. En la actualidad, se pretende dar cuenta también de la antropología del Otro sobre nosotros. A fin de mostrar ambas caras, en este artículo se confrontan voces autorizadas de blancos que escribieron sobre los guaraní , con otras de los mbyá-guaraní que hablaron sobre su cultura y la de los blancos. El eje escogido es la figura de Tupã , de cuyo nombre se apropiaron los evangelizadores coloniales para construir su discurso monoteísta. En este juego de alteridades, se analiza primero la infausta "vida literaria" del personaje para luego oír voces de los aún damnificados por ese hecho histórico. Esta confrontación, además de revelar inconsistencias prejuiciosas en algunos escritos y estrategias guaraní para proteger su politeísmo, permite apreciar la magnitud de la violencia simbólica ínsita en la evangelización.Durante séculos, parte do mundo letrado esteve atento às opiniões dos brancos sobre o pensamento e as ações dos guarani; eram tempos exclusivos da antropologia sobre o Outro. No presente, pretende-se dar conta também da antropologia do Outro sobre nós mesmos. Com o objetivo de mostrar essas duas faces, confrontam-se neste artigo vozes autorizadas de brancos que escreveram sobre os guarani com vozes outras dos mbyá-guarani que falaram sobre a sua cultura e a dos brancos. O eixo escolhido é a figura do Tupã, nome que foi apropriado pelos evangelizadores coloniais para construírem seu discurso monoteísta. Em este jogo de alteridades, será analisada, primeiro, a desventurada "vida literária" da personagem, para depois ouvir vozes dos ainda danificados por aquele fato histórico. Este confronto, além de revelar inconsistências preconceituosas em alguns escritos e estratégias guarani protegendo o seu polite

Contaminación de alimentos marinos por cadmio en Lima, 2015

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Gloria Marín Vallejos

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Los objetivos fueron determinar las concentraciones de cadmio en ocho especies de alimentos marinos y comparar con los valores máximos permitidos según la Comisión de la Unión Europea en su Reglamento (CE Nº 1881/2006 y su modificatoria Reglamento (UE N° 488/2014. La investigación fue de carácter descriptivo, trasversal. Las muestras fueron de 100 g de cada ejemplar de pescado en tres oportunidades; los ejemplares fueron: jurel (Trachurus picturatus murphyi, langostinos (Penaeus vannamei, conchas abanico (Argopecten purpuratus, conchas blancas (Semele sp, choros (Aulacomya ater, almejas (Gari solida, machas (Mesonesma donacium y pota (Dosidicus gigas recolectadas al azar en el terminal pesquero de Villa María del Triunfo, provenientes del litoral de la región Lima, sub área 3: Chorrillos – Islas Pachacámac. El proceso de análisis se realizó por espectrofotometría de absorción atómica. Como resultados de los promedios de las concentraciones de cadmio tenemos: en pescados, jurel (Trachurus picturatus murphyi fue 0,35 mg/kg peso fresco; en crustáceos, langostino (Penaeus vannamei fue 0,42 mg/kg peso fresco; en moluscos bivalvos tenemos conchas blancas (Semele sp, conchas abanico (Argopecten purpuratus, choros (Aulacomya ater, machas (Mesonesma donacium y almejas (Gari solida fueron 0,82 – 0,83 – 1,00 – 1,28 y 1,39 mg/kg peso fresco respectivamente. Con este estudio se concluyó que las concentraciones de cadmio en pescados, en moluscos bivalvos y cefalópodos superan los límites permitidos, pero en crustáceos no superan estos límites.

Presença de excipientes com potencial para indução de reações adversas em medicamentos comercializados no Brasil The presence of pharmaceutical excipients as possible cause of adverse drug reactions (ADR - situation in Brazil

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Antonio Vinicios Alves da Silva

2008-09-01

Full Text Available Os excipientes farmacêuticos podem ser os responsáveis por inúmeras Reações Adversas a Medicamentos (RAM. O objetivo do trabalho foi identificar a presença de possíveis excipientes indutores de RAM em medicamentos comercializados no Brasil. Foram listados os 12 produtos mais vendidos no mercado brasileiro para análise. A detecção dos excipientes ocorreu a partir da consulta à composição da fórmula farmacêutica dos produtos, realizada de Agosto a Setembro/04, no Dicionário de Especialidades Farmacêuticas, sites SAC do laboratório produtor, e ficha técnica disponível no site da ANVISA. A identificação dos excipientes, possíveis causadores de RAM, foi realizada a partir de consulta à literatura. Foram identificadas 35 apresentações farmacêuticas, 26 classificadas como medicamentos de venda livre (71,4% e 15 de uso pediátrico (42,8%. Entre os excipientes identificados (n=100, nove eram possíveis causadores de RAM: metilparabeno, propilparabeno, corante amarelo tartrazina, bissulfito de sódio, benzoato de sódio, lactose, cloreto de benzalcônio, sorbitol e álcool benzílico, sendo identificados em sete apresentações de uso pediátrico (18,9% e doze de venda livre (32,4%. Os resultados demonstram a necessidade de maior atenção por parte dos profissionais de saúde, dos usuários de medicamentos e da avaliação pelos sistemas de farmacovigilância, da presença de excipientes como possíveis indutores de RAM.Pharmaceutical excipients can be responsible for many ADR. The objectives of this study were to identify the presence of possible excipients as cause of ADR in drugs commercialized in Brazil. Twelve medicines with high indices of sales in Brazil, were selected to analysis. The bibliographic research about the Pharmaceutical Preparations (PP was carried from August to September/04. The sources of information used were Pharmaceutical Specialties Dictionary, web sites and customer services from the manufacturers

Gas Phase Structure of Amino Acids: La-Mb Studies

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Mata, I. Pena S.; Sanz, M. E.; Vaquero, V.; Cabezas, C.; Perez, C.; Blanco, S.; López, J. C.; Alonso, J. L.

2009-06-01

Recent improvements in our laser ablation molecular beam Fourier transform microwave (LA-MB-FTMW) spectrometer such as using Laval-type nozzles and picoseconds Nd:YAG lasers (30 to 150 ps) have allowed a major step forward in the capabilities of this experimental technique as demonstrated by the last results in serine cysteine and threonine^a for which seven, six and seven conformers have been respectively identified. Taking advantage of these improvements we have investigated the natural amino acids metionine, aspartic and glutamic acids and the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) with the aim of identify and characterize their lower energy conformers. Searches in the rotational spectra have lead to the identification of seven conformers of metionine, six and five of aspartic and glutamic acids, respectively, and seven for the γ-aminobutyric. These conformers have been unambiguously identified by their spectroscopic constants. In particular the ^{14}N nuclear quadrupole coupling constants, that depend heavily on the orientation of the amino group with respect to the principal inertial axes of the molecule, prove to be a unique tool to distinguish unambigously between conformations with similar rotational constants. For the γ-aminobutyric acid two of the seven observed structures are stablized by an intramolecular interaction n-π*. Two new conformers of proline have been identified together with the two previously observed. J. L. Alonso, C. Pérez, M. E. Sanz, J. C. López, S. Blanco, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 2009, 11, 617. D. B. Atkinson, M. A. Smith, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1995, 66, 4434 S. Blanco, M. E. Sanz, J. C. López, J. L. Alonso, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA2007, 104, 20183. M. E. Sanz, S. Blanco, J. C. López, J. L. Alonso, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2008, 120, 6312. A. Lesarri, S. Mata, E. J. Cocinero, S. Blanco, J.C. López, J. L. Alonso, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2002, 41, 4673

Temporary Design Spaces

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Pedersen, Signe

2017-01-01

For more than 40 years designers, researchers and engineers have used prototypes and other types of materiality to involve a great number of diverse actors in co-design processes. Researchers such as Blanco, Boujout, Vinck and Jeantet (Blanco & Boujut, 2003; Vinck & Jeantet, 1995) has promoted...... the concept of intermediary objects focusing on direct interactions centred around prototypes. However, not on-ly the prototype foster production and translation of knowledge in design processes, which is why this article introduces the concept of intermediary spaces to broaden the perspective. Intermediary...... spaces offer a framework for analysing design pro-cesses and following the translation and navigation of knowledge and actors from one space to the next. The framework can be used analytically to follow the translation and transformation of knowledge and actors and practically for designers to stage...

The region of the Piedra Berroqueña: A potencial Global Heritage Stone Province.

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Freire-Lista, David Martin; Fort, Rafael

2015-04-01

The Piedra Berroqueña region occupies an area of approximately 4000 km2 in the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spanish Central System, the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. This region has provided most of the building granites used in Madrid and surrounding provinces. Traditional methods of cutting and carving stone have been preserved and it is easy to locate historic quarries in its landscape in addition to mechanized quarries with large reserves of this dimension stone that is exported worldwide in the form of blocks or slabs with different finishes. The Piedra Berroqueña has been used as a building stone since before the Romans. Petrophysical and durability characteristics have allowed to endure monuments as representative as The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial (1563-1584), del Sol Gate (1857-1862), Royal Palace (1738-1764), Alcalá Gate (1770-1778) or Prado Museum (1785-1808) in Madrid, Spain. Also the Piedra Berroqueña is part of most residential buildings and streets of this city, as well as modern buildings around the world, such as airport terminals in Athens, Cork, the British consulate in Hong Kong and headquarters of banks in Jakarta, among others. Piedra Berroqueña province is presented in this abstract, which has many granite quarries with common characteristics such as their grey tones and the presence of darker enclaves "Gabarros or negrones". In the Piedra Berroqueña province four main types of granite can be distinguish: Peraluminous granites; with biotite and occasional cordierite, whose most representative historic quarries are in Alpedrete, Colmenar Viejo, El Boalo, El Berrocal and Collado Mediano. Biotite granites with occasional amphibole are present in historic quarries in El Berrueco, Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias and Pelayo de la Presa, among others. Currently exploited in Valdemanco and La Cabrera and marketed under the commercial names of Aurora Blanco, Blanco Berrocal, Crema Champagne, Blanco Castilla, Crema Cabrera, Blanco Perla

First Record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart (Diptera, Calliphoridae in Southeastern Brazil

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Antonia Ribeiro

2013-12-01

Resumo. A presente nota relata o primeiro registro da espécie Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart, no Sudeste do Brasil, no Município de Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro. As coletas foram realizadas com auxílio de armadilhas para dípteros e a isca utilizada foi peixe fresco.

Genetics Home Reference: IRAK-4 deficiency

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... Blanco JC, Salkowski C, Zhang S, Arditi M, Gallin JI, Vogel SN. Distinct mutations in IRAK-4 confer ... Ghonaium A, Day-Good NK, Holland SM, Gallin JI, Chapel H, Speert DP, Rodriguez-Gallego C, Colino ...

An Archive of Digital Images.

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Fantini, M.; And Others

1990-01-01

Describes the architecture of the prototype of an image management system that has been used to develop an application concerning images of frescoes in the Sistina Chapel in the Vatican. Hardware and software design are described, the use of local area networks (LANs) is discussed, and data organization is explained. (15 references) (LRW)

Wobble↔Watson-Crick tautomeric transitions in the homo-purine DNA mismatches: a key to the intimate mechanisms of the spontaneous transversions.

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Brovarets', Ol'ha O; Hovorun, Dmytro M

2015-01-01

The intrinsic capability of the homo-purine DNA base mispairs to perform wobble↔Watson-Crick/Topal-Fresco tautomeric transitions via the sequential intrapair double proton transfer was discovered for the first time using QM (MP2/DFT) and QTAIM methodologies that are crucial for understanding the microstructural mechanisms of the spontaneous transversions.

Crónica roja: ni blanco ni negro.

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Orlando Pérez

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Frente a la interrogante de ¿Qué hacer ante la sentencia que los reos reciben de los medios de comunicación antes de que el juez instaure el proceso? y ¿Cómo enfrentar responsablemente las diversas presiones que tiene el cronista de sucesos? el autor plantea algunas posibilidades: más que los hechos, los procesos; antes de juzgar primero investigar; reportar el fenómeno no el delito, entre otras. Relieva el valor de la Ética en todo trabajo de un reportero de la sección judicial.

Cape Blanco wind energy feasibility study. Terrestrial ecology

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1986-04-01

The project site is a series of grassland bench terraces on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Because the site has a long history of use for sheep grazing, the vegetation is mainly pasture grasses (64 percent of the site), with patches of mixed forest cover (26 percent), and wetlands (10 percent) in the ravine dividing the site. Because of the open nature of the site, the proposed arrangement of the wind turbines and relatively little need for site modification, there are few environmental concerns. The main concerns are the potential for bird collisions with the turbines and associated apparatus and threatened and endangered bird species. The expected impacts of the project on vegetation, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and fish have been determined to be minor. A series of calculations were made using formulas from the literature to estimate bird kills from collisions with the wind turbines and associated apparatus. Less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the vulnerable migrating bird population was determined to be subject to death by collision. Thus, impacts to birds were also determined to be insignificant. The other major concern is the potential impacts of the project on five species of birds from the area that are recognized as threatened or endangered. The site provides no unique or especially important habitat for any of the five species. The likelihood of project impacts to any of them is low.

Fine target of deuterium; Blanco fino de deuterio

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Diaz Diaz, J; Granados Gonzalez, C E; Gutierrez Bernal, R

1959-07-01

A fine target of deuterium on a tantalum plate by the absorption method is obtained. In order to obtain the de gasification temperature an induction generator of high frequency is used and the deuterium pass is regulated by means of a palladium valve. Two vacuum measures are available, one to measure the high vacuum in the de gasification process of the tantalum plate and the other, for low vacuum, to measure the deuterium inlet in the installation and the deuterium pressure change in the installation after the absorption in the tantalum plate. A target of 48 {mu} gr/cm{sup 2} thick is obtained. (Author) 1 refs.

Disease: H00481 [KEGG MEDICUS

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Full Text Available -1172-2-7 ... PMID:21552474 ... AUTHORS ... Garcia-Hoyos M, Auz-Alexandre CL, Almoguera B, Cantalapiedra D, Riveiro...-Alvarez R, Lopez-Martinez MA, Gimenez A, Blanco-Kelly F, Avila-Fernandez A, Trujillo-Tiebas MJ, Garcia-Sand

17β Estradiol y su asociación con Rho Ctpasas en plasticidad neuronal

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Patricia Cardona Gómez

2005-03-01

Full Text Available La prevalencia de enfermedades neurodegenerativas den Colombia y particularmente en Antioquia, ha generado un interés colectivo en busca de estrategias que puedan modular blancos moleculares asociados a neuroprotección y supervivencia neuronal.

Edible mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju production on washed and supplemented sugarcane bagasse Produção do cogumelo comestível Pleurotus sajor-caju em bagaço de cana-de-açúcar lavado e suplementado

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Evelise Moncaio Moda

2005-04-01

Full Text Available Traditionally, the cultivation of Pleurotus sajor-caju is performed on different composted and pasteurized agricultural residues. The objective of this study was to investigate whether traditional composting and pasteurization processes could be replaced by washed and supplemented (mineral or organic sugarcane bagasse. In one experiment, fresh sugarcane bagasse was immersed in hot water at 80°C for two hours (control or washed in fresh water for one hour using an adapted machine for residue treatment. In another experiment, fresh sugarcane bagasse was washed in fresh water (control, and supplemented with corn grits (organic supplementation, or supplemented with nutrient solution (mineral supplementation. In the first experiment, the washed bagasse presented a average biological efficiency (ABE of 19.16% with 44% contamination, and the pasteurized bagasse presented a ABE of 13.86% with 70% contamination. In the second experiment, corn grits presented the poorest performance, with a ABE of 15.66% and 60% contamination, while supplementation with the nutrient solution presented a ABE of 30.03%, whereas the control of 26.62%. Washing fresh sugarcane bagasse could suppress the pasteurized substrate in Pleurotus sajor-caju production, compensating a reduced ABE with a faster process.Tradicionalmente, o cultivo do Pleurotus sajor-caju é realizado utilizando-se diversos resíduos agrícolas, precedido dos processos de compostagem e pasteurização. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo comparar o processo de pasteurização com a lavagem do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar e avaliar formas de suplementação do bagaço, visando aumento na produtividade. No primeiro experimento, os colmos da cana-de-açúcar passaram por moenda para a extração do caldo, sendo em seguida desfibrados. No tratamento controle, o bagaço fresco foi pasteurizado em água a 80°C durante 2 horas e o outro tratamento consistiu na lavagem do bagaço fresco em centrífuga com �

PERIGOS ASSOCIADOS AO CONSUMO DA ALFACE, (Lactuca sativa, IN NATURA

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A. D. I. MOGHARBEL

2008-09-01

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A prevenção de riscos de contaminação por agentes patogênicos em folhas de alface passa pelas boas práticas agrícolas que vai desde a semeadura até a colheita além de outros importantes aspectos, ainda no processo do cultivar, como qualidade da água usada para irrigação, emprego de práticas sanitárias adequadas pelos produtores na manipulação das plantas e higiene do agricultor no campo. Manter a segurança de contaminação bacteriana de frutas e de vegetais frescos requer um conhecimento de sistemas que abranja todos os aspectos da produção, do processamento, da distribuição e do uso. A orientação aos consumidores quanto aos cuidados no armazenamento e na manipulação apropriados do produto fresco, deve ser incentivada pelas autoridades sanitárias, como forma de se evitar doenças veiculadas pelos alimentos. Desta forma, a proteção de contaminantes patológicos em vegetais frescos, visando a proteção tanto do produtor como do consumidor, vão de encontro a algumas práticas similares do sistema APPCC, onde se projetam atributos de limitação, controle, e monitoramento das fontes de contato na produção dos vegetais.

Artful imaging of the brain. From logo to metaphor, about Michelangelo and Kiefer

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Michelangelo has painted the fresco 'Creation of Adam' for the Sistine Chapel. Recently it was discovered that he had an outline of the brain concealed in Gods cloud. As a renaissance artist he was not supposed to believe that the brain is the seat of the soul. Only when the concept of structure and

Paradoxes around good governance

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A.G. Dijkstra (Geske)

2013-01-01

textabstract Good governance is not a new concept Ambrogio Lorenzetti made his frescoes on good and bad governance already in the years 1338-1340 They can be viewed in the Palazzo Publicco on one of the most beautiful squares of the world, the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy I assume many of you

Escogiendo Salud: Comiendo Saludable en Philadelphia, PA PSA (:60) (Making Health Easier: Healthy Eating in Philadelphia, PA)

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Clara Santos, la dueña de Olivares Food Market, está haciendo cambios en las opciones de comida que ofrece a su comunidad. Aprenda cómo incorporó alimentos frescos y saludables en su pequeña tienda y como usted también puede hacerlo.

O neoliberalismo e as políticas educacionais no Brasil nas décadas de 1980 e 1990

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Alvori Ahlert

2009-01-01

O artigo discute as políticas de educação engendradas no Brasil pelo movimento neoliberal nas décadas de 1980 e 1990. Neste período as elites globalizadas imprimiram um ataque voraz sobre a educação, transformando-a na grande solução para todos os problemas, desde que fosse, não mais um direito, mas um serviço, um produto a ser comercializado.Palavras-chave:Neoliberalismo; Educação; Políticas educacionais.ABSTRACTThe article discusses the formulated politics of education in Brazil put forward...

Propriedade antibacteriana da própolis verde sobre bactérias contaminantes da fermentação etanólica

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Ellen Karine Diniz Viégas

2011-01-01

Os processos industriais de produção de álcool existentes no Brasil reutilizam o fermento em ciclos fermentativos consecutivos. Paralelamente, o excedente produzido pela multiplicação das células de levedura durante esse processo é seco e comercializado, principalmente no mercado externo, como ingrediente para ração animal. As práticas usualmente utilizadas nas indústrias para reduzir a contaminação bacteriana são o tratamento ácido do creme de levedura e a aplicação de antibióticos. Porém, d...

O uso de adoçantes na gravidez: uma análise dos produtos disponíveis no Brasil The use of sweeteners in pregnancy: an analysis of products available in Brazil

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Maria Regina Torloni; Mary Uschiyama Nakamura; Alexandre Megale; Victor Hugo Saucedo Sanchez; Claudia Mano; Annunziata Sônia Fusaro; Rosiane Mattar

2007-01-01

Os adoçantes são freqüentemente utilizados por mulheres em idade reprodutiva. Esta é uma revisão narrativa da literatura a respeito dos adoçantes atualmente comercializados no mercado brasileiro. Existem poucas informações sobre o uso da sacarina e ciclamato na gestação, e seus efeitos sobre o feto. Devido às limitadas informações disponíveis e ao seu potencial carcinogênico em animais, a sacarina e o ciclamato devem ser evitados durante a gestação (risco C). O aspartame tem sido extensivamen...

Repercusiones del picolinato de cromo en el metabolismo proteico en función de la edad Repercussions of chromium picolinate in the protein metabolism based on the age

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M. J. González Muñoz; I. Meseguer; M. C. Martínez Para; M. V. Aguilar; A. Bernao

2006-01-01

Antecedentes: Comercializado como suplemento dietético, el picolinato de cromo ha sido promocionado como constructor muscular y como un agente de pérdida de peso, al incrementar el músculo esquelético por su acción sobre la insulina. Objetivo: En este estudio se ha evaluado el efecto que, la suplementación de la dieta de ratas en distintas etapas de crecimiento (infantil y puberal), con 500 µg Cr/día en forma de picolinato de cromo (12 días), tiene sobre su crecimiento y utilización pro...

Revestimentos biodegradaveis para conservação do coco 'anão verde'

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Josane Maria Resende

2007-01-01

Resumo: A água de coco verde é extremamente perecível após a colheita dos frutos e sua qualidade está diretamente relacionada às condições do ambiente de armazenagem. Portanto, são necessárias tecnologias que permitam a conservação do coco verde por um período superior a trinta dias para que o fruto possa ser exportado e comercializado mantendo a água em condições apropriadas para o consumo ao natural. O presente trabalho teve o objetivo de desenvolver revestimentos biodegradáveis para prolon...

Diseño de una máquina para los ensayos de desllantado y punzonado de neumáticos según la FMVSS139

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Cruz Uceda, Carmelo

2013-01-01

Este proyecto tiene como objetivo el diseño de dos máquinas para realizar ensayos de desllantado y punzonado de neumáticos de vehículos de turismo e industriales ligeros con una masa máxima de 4.436 kg (10.000 lb). Estos ensayos forman parte de las pruebas de seguridad necesarias del estándar FMVSS139 que deben cumplir los neumáticos comercializados en los Estados Unidos de América. El ensayo de punzonado simula la aplicación de una carga puntual en la banda de rodadura y el ensayo de desl...

AVALIAÇÃO DA CAFEÍNA EM ASSOCIAÇÕES MEDICAMENTOSAS

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Débora Mendes LOPES, João Lúcio CARDOSO, Ronilson Ferreira FREITAS, Vanessa de Andrade ROYO

2013-01-01

A cafeína é uma metilxantina de origem natural consumida mundialmente em alimentos e em associações medicamentosas, porém seus efeitos bem como o seu mecanismo de ação não são bem definidos de acordo com a literatura. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os benefícios e riscos ligados à associação da cafeína em medicamentos, bem como fazer comparação das doses citadas pela literatura com as encontradas nos medicamentos mais comercializados e nos alimentos mais consumidos no cotidiano da popu...

Estabilidade do néctar misto de cajá e umbu.

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2008-01-01

As tendências do setor alimentício são ditadas pelo mercado consumidor e seu comportamento social. Atualmente, a busca por produtos saudáveis tem crescido e frutos exóticos estão sendo cada vez mais utilizados visando o fator inovação. O cajá e umbu são frutos bastante comercializados no Norte e Nordeste do Brasil e o desenvolvimento de produtos à base destes frutos mostra ser uma opção interessante, pelo sabor e pelas características de funcionalidade. Elaborou-se um néctar misto que foi sub...

Comparação entre a composição nutiriconal e a informação nutricional complementar de alimentos industrializados direcionados e não direcionados a crianças

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Machado, Martha Luisa

2014-01-01

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição, Florianópolis, 2014 Os alimentos industrializados são comercializados em embalagens que possuem informações voltadas aos consumidores. A rotulagem nutricional faz parte dessas informações e compreende a declaração do valor energético e de nutrientes (informação nutricional), bem como a declaração de propriedades nutricionais (Informação Nutricional Complement...

High-frequency audiometry in audiological complementary diagnosis: a revision of the national literature

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Klagenberg, Karlin Fabianne; Oliva, Flávia Cardoso; Gonçalves, Cláudia Giglio de Oliveira; Lacerda, Adriana Bender Moreira; Garofani, Vanessa Gregorczyk; Zeigelboim, Bianca Simone

2011-01-01

A audiometria de altas frequências (AAF) é um exame audiológico importante na detecção precoce de perdas auditivas por lesões na base do ducto coclear. Nos últimos anos, a sua utilização foi facilitada pelo fato de os audiômetros comercializados passarem a incorporar frequências superiores a 8 kHz. Porém, existem diferenças relacionadas aos equipamentos utilizados, às metodologias empregadas e/ou aos resultados e interpretação. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo foi analisar a produção científica...

Estudo do uso de corantes artificiais em alimentos e estimativa de ingestão de tartrazina pela população brasileira

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Patrícia da Silva Rodrigues

2015-01-01

A atração dos seres humanos pelas cores é um fenômeno instintivo. Cores agradáveis em alimentos geram no consumidor a sensação de um produto com características sensoriais mais prazerosas e fornecem a sensação de maior qualidade global. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram verificar quais os alimentos comercializados por uma das maiores redes de supermercados do país que continham corantes na sua formulação, selecionar aqueles que continham o corante artificial tartrazina, estimar a Ingestão Diá...

Contribuição dos produtos florestais não madeireiros na geração de renda na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós - Pará

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Guerra, Fabiola Gisela Pinto de Queiroz

2013-01-01

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar e contribuição dos Produtos Florestais Não Madeireiros na geração de renda para as comunidades na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós Nela são apresentados os principais produtos florestais não madeireiros comercializados na Flona Tapajós, suas cadeias produtivas, as quantidades extraídas, custos de produção, preços, receitas e margens de lucro. A metodologia utilizada para coleta dos dados junto aos extrativistas e suas associações comunitárias se deu atrav...

Avaliação da concentração de fluoretos presente nas águas engarrafadas e produtos alimentares infantis em Portugal

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Noronha, Ana Catarina Silva Cabral

2012-01-01

Tese de mestrado, Medicina Dentária, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, 2012 Tem sido amplamente descrito na literatura o impacto da ingestão de flúor no aparecimento da fluorose dentária. De igual forma, as estatísticas demonstram um aumento da prevalência de fluorose contrariamente à diminuição da cárie dentária. Avaliaram-se as concentrações de flúor presentes nas águas engarrafadas com e sem gás e nos produtos alimentares infantis comercializados em Portugal, com o...

Dendrobium ´Tropical Classic´. Nuevo híbrido de orquídea para Cuba

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Suárez Guerra, Lorenzo; Téllez Beltrán, Georvis

2015-01-01

Los Dendrobium forman parte del género de las orquídeas más cultivadas de todo el mundo, gracias a su fácil cultivo y al gran número de híbridos obtenidos de diferentes formas, colores y tamaños. Varios cultivares de Dendrobium son comercializados como flor de corte, material in vitro y planta de pote o maceta y se ubican en el cuarto lugar en ventas entre los productos de floricultura, después de las Palmáceas, Dracaena y Anthurium. En este trabajo se presentan las principales característica...

Representations of Lancet or Phlebotome in Serbian Medieval Art.

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Pajić, Sanja; Jurišić, Vladimir

2015-01-01

The topic of this study are representations of lancet or phlebotome in frescoes and icons of Serbian medieval art. The very presence of this medical instrument in Serbian medieval art indicates its usage in Serbian medical practices of the time. Phlebotomy is one of the oldest forms of therapy, widely spread in medieval times. It is also mentioned in Serbian medical texts, such as Chilandar Medical CodexNo. 517 and Hodoch code, i.e. translations from Latin texts originating from Salerno-Montpellier school. Lancet or phlebotome is identified based on archaeological finds from the Roman period, while finds from the Middle Ages and especially from Byzantium have been scarce. Analyses of preserved frescoes and icons has shown that, in comparison to other medical instruments, lancet is indeed predominant in Serbian medieval art, and that it makes for over 80% of all the representations, while other instruments have been depicted to a far lesser degree. Examination of written records and art points to the conclusion that Serbian medieval medicine, both in theory and in practice, belonged entirely to European traditions of the period.

Ocean circulation off the north-west coast of the United States is ...

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The coastal upwelling region near Cape Blanco (43°N), Oregon, off the west coast of the ... other eastern boundary current regions of the world. ..... behaviour in August, when the upwelling circulation ... This work was funded by the United.

7 CFR 457.101 - Small grains crop insurance.

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2010-01-01

..., Archuleta, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat... counties except Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humbolt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Black Hawk..., Grand, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt and San Miguel...

Scorn misfortune. Subject, communication and the public in Peter Lemebel's narratives

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Mirela Butnaru

2012-11-01

Full Text Available Fernando A. Blanco y Juan Poblete (Eds.. Desdén al infortunio. Sujeto, comunicación y público en la narrativa de Pedro Lemebel. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Cuarto Propio, 2010. 285 páginas.

Prioridades de Clientes de los Mercados de los Agricultores

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Curtis, Kynda; Gumirakiza, J. Dominique

2014-01-01

Los mercados de los agricultores ofrecen una experiencia de compra alternativa, especialmente para aquellos consumidores que buscan productos agrícolas frescos, de alta calidad y saludables (Holloway y Kneafsey, 2000; Brown, 2001; Archer et al., 2003; McGarry-Wolf et al., 2005; Zepeda y Deal, 2009; Lyon et al., 2009; Cole 2010; y USDAAMS, 2011).

Stable isotope (δ18O and δ2H) data for precipitation, stream water, and groundwater in Puerto Rico

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Scholl, Martha A.; Torres-Sanchez, Angel; Rosario-Torres, Manuel

2014-01-01

Puerto Rico is located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea (18.2 °N, 66.3 °W), with the Atlantic Ocean on its northern coast. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) program study area in which most of these data were collected comprises the El Yunque National Forest and surrounding area of eastern Puerto Rico. Samples were collected in two forested watersheds, the Rio Mameyes and the Rio Icacos/Rio Blanco, on opposite sides of a ridge in the Luquillo Mountains on the eastern end of the island (fig. 1). Elevation in both watersheds ranges from sea level to approximately 1,000 meters (m). Near sea level, land use is mixed pasture, moist forest, and residential, grading to completely forested within the boundaries of El Yunque National Forest. Forest type changes with elevation from tabonuco to palo colorado to sierra palm to cloud forest above approximately 950 m (Murphy and others, 2012). The Rio Mameyes watershed is oriented north-northeast, and the basin is underlain by volcaniclastic bedrock (basaltic to andesitic volcanic sandstone/mudstone/conglomerate/breccia). The Rio Icacos/Rio Blanco watershed is oriented south-southeast. The Rio Icacos is one of the headwaters of the Rio Blanco and is underlain by quartz diorite. The lower Rio Blanco basin is underlain by andesitic volcaniclastic bedrock. This report also contains a long-term rain isotope dataset from the San Agustin site, in north-central Puerto Rico (fig. 1). Puerto Rico has a tropical climate dominated by easterly trade winds, and seasonal climate patterns affect the hydrology of the study area. The summer wet season is characterized by convective precipitation from tropical easterly waves, troughs, and cyclonic low-pressure systems, including tropical storms and hurricanes; in contrast, the drier winter season is characterized by trade-wind showers and frontal systems. The highest single-event rainfall totals tend to be associated with tropical storms

Desenvolvimento vegetativo, produção e qualidade de frutos da tangerina 'Fremont' sobre quatro porta-enxertos Growth, yield and fruit quality of 'Fremont' mandarin on four rootstocks

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Erick Espinoza Núñez

2007-08-01

Full Text Available Com o objetivo de avaliar o desenvolvimento vegetativo, produção e qualidade de frutos da tangerina 'Fremont' (C. clementina Hort. ex Tan. X C. reticulata Blanco sobre os porta-enxertos limão 'Cravo' (C. limonia Osbeck, citrumelo 'Swingle' (P. trifoliata Raf. x C. paradisi Macf., tangerina 'Cleópatra' (Citrus reshni Hort. ex Tan. e tangelo 'Orlando' (C. reticulata Blanco x C. paradisi Macf., foi instalado um experimento em Bebedouro-SP, em 1997. Embora diferenças na produção tenham sido registradas em função dos porta-enxertos, nos anos de 2003 a 2005, a produção acumulada nas safras de 2000 a 2006 não revelou influência dos mesmos. Os valores do índice de alternância de produção e eficiência de produção não foram influenciados pelos porta-enxertos. O teor de sólidos solúveis, bem como acidez total foram superiores nos frutos das plantas enxertadas sobre citrumelo 'Swingle' e tangerina 'Cleópatra'. Os valores de volume da copa e diâmetro do tronco foram superiores nas árvores sobre tangelo 'Orlando' e tangerina 'Cleópatra'.An experiment was installed in Bebedouro, SP, Brazil in 1997, with the aim of evaluate the effect of the rootstocks 'Rangpur' lime (C. limonia Osbeck, 'Swingle' citrumelo (P. trifoliata Raf. x C. paradisi Macf., 'Cleopatra' mandarin (Citrus reshni Hort. ex Tan. and 'Orlando' tangelo (C. reticulata Blanco x C. paradisi Macf. on plant growth, yield and fruit quality of 'Fremont' mandarin (C. clementina Hort. ex Tan. X C. reticulata Blanco. Despite that differences in yield have been registered related to the rootstocks between 2003 to 2005; cumulative yield from 2000 to 2006 seasons was not affected by the rootstock. Alternate bearing index and yield efficiency values were not influenced by the rootstocks. Fruits from trees on 'Swingle' citrumelo and 'Cleópatra' mandarin had higher values of total soluble solids concentration and total acids. Trunk diameter and canopy volume values were higher in

An InSAR-based survey of volcanic deformation in the central Andes

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Pritchard, M. E.; Simons, M.

2004-02-01

We extend an earlier interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) survey covering about 900 remote volcanos of the central Andes (14°-27°S) between the years 1992 and 2002. Our survey reveals broad (10s of km), roughly axisymmetric deformation at 4 volcanic centers: two stratovolcanoes are inflating (Uturuncu, Bolivia, and Hualca Hualca, Peru); another source of inflation on the border between Chile and Argentina is not obviously associated with a volcanic edifice (here called Lazufre); and a caldera (Cerro Blanco, also called Robledo) in northwest Argentina is subsiding. We explore the range of source depths and volumes allowed by our observations, using spherical, ellipsoidal and crack-like source geometries. We further examine the effects of local topography upon the deformation field and invert for a spherical point-source in both elastic half-space and layered-space crustal models. We use a global search algorithm, with gradient search methods used to further constrain best-fitting models. Inferred source depths are model-dependent, with differences in the assumed source geometry generating a larger range of accepted depths than variations in elastic structure. Source depths relative to sea level are: 8-18 km at Hualca Hualca; 12-25 km for Uturuncu; 5-13 km for Lazufre, and 5-10 km at Cerro Blanco. Deformation at all four volcanoes seems to be time-dependent, and only Uturuncu and Cerro Blanco were deforming during the entire time period of observation. Inflation at Hualca Hualca stopped in 1997, perhaps related to a large eruption of nearby Sabancaya volcano in May 1997, although there is no obvious relation between the rate of deformation and the eruptions of Sabancaya. We do not observe any deformation associated with eruptions of Lascar, Chile, at 16 other volcanoes that had recent small eruptions or fumarolic activity, or associated with a short-lived thermal anomaly at Chiliques volcano. We posit a hydrothermal system at Cerro Blanco to explain the

Design guidelines for self-assessment support for adult academic distance learning

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Menendez Blanco, Maria; Van der Veer, Gerrit; Benvenuti, Laura; Kirschner, Paul A.

2011-01-01

Menendez Blanco, M., Van der Veer, G., Benvenuti, L., & Kirschner, P. A. (2011). Design guidelines for self-assessment support for adult academic distance learning. In H-J Shalin (Ed.), Constructing self-discovery learning spaces online: scaffolding and decision making technologies (pp. 169-198).

Quantifying the geographic range of Pinus patula var ...

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Conversely, molecular marker results indicated that four of the populations, Manzanal, San Mateo, Tlacuache (Oaxaca) and Yextla (Guerrero) were genetically indistinguishable or closely related to P. patula. The remaining two populations, Juquila (Oaxaca) and Palo Blanco (Guerrero), were closely related genetically to P.

Identification of active anti-inflammatory principles of betabeta wood ...

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Purpose: To identify the anti-inflammatory components of beta-beta (Lunasia amara Blanco.) wood. Methods: The wood material was extracted with 96 % ethanol and fractionated with dichloromethane using a liquid-liquid continuous extraction (LLCE). The fractions were subjected to silica gel column chromatography.

RESPUESTA DIFERENCIAL A LA SALINIDAD DE GENOTIPOS DE TOMATE (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. EN PRIMERAS ETAPAS FENOLÓGICAS

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Francisco Higinio Ruiz Espinoza

2014-10-01

Full Text Available La salinidad afecta tanto el crecimiento vegetativo como el desarrollo reproductivo de las plantas: puede reducir el número de flores, incrementar la esterilidad y alterar la duración de la floración y la maduración. En México, el tomate es una de las especies hortícolas de mayor importancia económica y social, en virtud del valor de su producción y por la demanda de mano de obra que genera, por lo que el objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la salinidad en variables morfológicas, en dos etapas fenológicas (germinación y crecimiento vegetativo inicial, de ocho genotipos de tomate, “Tropic, Feroz, Ace, Super Río Grande, Yaqui, Missouri, Vita y Floradade”, los cuales fueron expuestos a estrés salino mediante la adición de NaCl en concentraciones de 0, 50, 100, 150 y 200 mM, en un diseño experimental completamente al azar con cuatro repeticiones. En la etapa de germinación se midieron las variables morfométricas: porcentaje de germinación, peso fresco y seco de parte aérea, peso fresco de raíces. En la etapa de crecimiento vegetativo inicial se midieron: longitud de tallo, peso fresco de tallo, numero de hojas y área foliar. Los resultados de la etapa de germinación muestran que conforme se incrementó la concentración salina, el porcentaje de germinación disminuyó, siendo “Tropic y Yaqui” los que mostraron valores superiores. Por su parte, “Tropic y Missouri” mostraron el mayor peso fresco y seco de parte aérea, mientras que los genotipos con menor tolerancia en esta etapa fueron “Feroz, Vita y Ace”. En la etapa de crecimiento vegetativo inicial se determinó que los cultivares que presentaron mejor respuesta o mayor tolerancia al estrés salino fueron “Missouri, Tropic, Feroz y Vita”, mientras que los genotipos con menor tolerancia a la salinidad en esta etapa fueron “Floradade y Ace”. Se concluye que en ambas etapas fenológicas existe un diferencial potencial entre los

Avaliação da qualidade físico-química do leite ultra pasteurizado comercializado no município de Erechim – RS | Physicochemical quality assessment of ultra-pasteurized milk commercially in the City of Erechim-RS

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Leonardo Souza Rosa

2015-05-01

Full Text Available O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade físico-química do leite ultra pasteurizado comercializado no município de Erechim - RS. Nos meses de maio e agosto de 2014, foram coletadas seis amostras de leite UHT integral, correspondentes a seis diferentes marcas, totalizando doze amostras, cuja qualidade foi avaliada através dos parâmetros umidade, gordura, proteína, extrato seco desengordurado (ESD, estabilidade ao etanol 80%, densidade, acidez, índice crioscópico e detecções de fraudes por adição de amido, formaldeído, hidróxido de sódio, peróxido de hidrogênio e resíduos de antibióticos. As determinações de fraudes, umidade, ESD, densidade, acidez e índice crioscópico foram realizadas em triplicata conforme a Instrução Normativa nº 68, de 12 de dezembro de 2006. Os parâmetros gordura e proteína foram determinados em triplicata em analisador ultrassônico. Os resultados indicaram a existência de diferenças significativas (p < 0,05 entre as diferentes marcas em relação aos parâmetros umidade, gordura, proteína, extrato seco desengordurado, densidade, acidez e índice crioscópico. Constatou-se que duas marcas de leite UHT integral avaliadas não atenderam aos requisitos mínimos de qualidade em relação aos parâmetros ESD e proteína, estabelecido pela legislação. Outras duas marcas evidenciaram indicativos de adulterações por adição de amido e hidróxido de sódio. Mediante os resultados obtidos concluiu-se que apenas duas marcas atenderiam a totalidade dos requisitos mínimos de qualidade do leite UHT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This study aimed to commercially evaluate the physicochemical quality of ultra-pasteurized milk in the city of Erechim-RS. In May and August 2014, six samples of whole UHT milk, cor-responding to six different brands, were collected, amounting to 12 samples. The sample’s quality was assessed by analyzing the

A new species of Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae from the Pacific coast of Central America

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Yolanda Camacho-García

2000-06-01

Full Text Available A new marine gastropod species of the genus Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931, is described from Cabo Blanco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica and from Islas Secas, Panamá. Trapania inbiotica sp. nov. has a white body with red patches, white rhinophores with some little red patches, yellow appendages with partially red bases. The radula is composed of 28 rows of teeth. Each tooth has a large conical cusp with 21-24 denticles. Two or three of those denticles on the inner side of the cusp are smaller than the others. There are also 1-3 small denticles on the outside of the cusp. The jaw elements are very irregular.A partir de dos ejemplares recolectados en la costa pacífica de Costa Rica y Panamá, se describe una nueva especie Trapania inbiotica sp. nov., la cual se distingue por tener el cuerpo blanco con manchas rojas y rinóforos blancos con algunas manchas amarillas pequeñas. La rádula está compuesta por 28 filas de dientes donde cada diente tiene de 21-25 dentículos y una cúspide cónica y larga situada cerca del lado exterior. Dos o tres de esos dentículos localizados en la parte interna de la cúspide son más pequeños que los otros. También están presentes de 1-3 dentículos en la parte externa de la cúspide. La armadura labial está compuesta por uncinos muy irregulares.

Mio Pliocene volcaniclastic deposits in the Famatina Ranges, southern Central Andes: A case of volcanic controls on sedimentation in broken foreland basins

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Martina, Federico; Dávila, Federico M.; Astini, Ricardo A.

2006-04-01

A well-constrained record of Miocene-Pliocene explosive volcanism is preserved within the broken foreland of Western Argentina along the Famatina Ranges. This paper focuses on the volcaniclastic record known as the Río Blanco member of the El Durazno Formation. Three facies can be recognized in the study area: (1) massive tuffs; (2) volcaniclastic conglomerates and (3) pumiceous sandstones. These facies are interpreted as primary pyroclastic flow deposits (ignimbrites) and reworked volcanogenic deposits within interacting volcanic-fluvial depositional systems. Alternation between ignimbrites and volcanogenic sandstones and conglomerates suggest a recurrent pattern of sedimentation related to recurrent volcanic activity. Considering the facies mosaic and relative thicknesses of facies, short periods of syn-eruption sedimentation (volcaniclastic deposits) seem to have been separated by longer inter-eruption periods, where normal stream-flow processes were dominant. The volcaniclastic component decreases up-section, suggesting a gradual reduction in volcanic activity. The mean sedimentation rate of the Río Blanco member is higher (0.44 mm/year) than those obtained for the underlying and overlying units. This increase cannot be fully explained by foreland basement deformation and tectonic loading. Hence, we propose subsidence associated with volcanic activity as the causal mechanism. Volcanism would have triggered additional accommodation space through coeval pyroclastic deposition, modification of the stream equilibrium profile, flexural loading of volcanoes, and thermal processes. These mechanisms may have favored the preservation of volcaniclastic beds in the high-gradient foreland system of Famatina during the Mio-Pliocene. Thus, the Río Blanco member records the response of fluvial systems to large, volcanism-induced sediment loads.

Os isotopes and cooper sources for stratiform (mantos) cooper deposits of Chile

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Munizaga, Francisco; Ruiz, Joaquin; Freydier, Claire

1998-01-01

The sources of copper have been determined by studying trace elements osmium and rhenium as well as osmium isotope ratio in copper-bearing porphyry of Chuquicamata, el Teniente and Andacollo and in the stratiform copper deposits of Mantos Blancos, El Soldado, Cerro Negro and Talcuna

Lessons Learned by Venezuela Fighting in Low Intensity Conflict

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1993-03-05

situation prompted several groups, especially students and slum dwellers, to organize themselves against the repression, with the campus of the Central...Juan, Colonel, et al. Los Cinco de Linea. Caracas: Direccion de Educacion del Ejercito, 4 August 1980. Blanco Munoz, Agustin. La Lucha Armada

KEGS Discovery of 28 Supernova Candidates in the K2 Campaign 17 Field with DECam

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Narayan, G.; Rest, A.; Strampelli, G. M.; Zenteno, A.; James, D. J.; Smith, R. C.; Tucker, B. E.; Garnavich, P.; Margheim, S.; Kasen, D.; Olling, R.; Shaya, E.; Buron, F. Forster; Villar, V. A.

2018-05-01

The Kepler Extra-Galactic Survey (KEGS, see http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/kegs/ ) reports the discovery of 28 supernova candidates with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam, NOAO 2017B-0285) on the 4m Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO).

The essential oil of patchouli, Pogostemon cablin

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Beek, van Teris A.; Joulain, Daniel

2018-01-01

The leaves of Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. (Lamiaceae) are the source of patchouli essential oil, which is - with an annual production of about 1300 tonnes - an important and unique commodity in the fragrance industry. All the literature pertaining to patchouli was critically reviewed with

Aerospace Technology (Aerospace Engineering Degree)

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Tiseira Izaguirre, Andrés Omar; Blanco Rodríguez, David; Carreres Talens, Marcos; FAJARDO PEÑA, PABLO

2013-01-01

Apuntes de la asignatura Tecnología Aeroespacial Tiseira Izaguirre, AO.; Blanco Rodríguez, D.; Carreres Talens, M.; Fajardo Peña, P. (2013). Aerospace Technology (Aerospace Engineering Degree). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/35263

Oxidação lipídica do óleo de vísceras de aves para redução de seu conteúdo de energia metabolizável para frangos de corte na fase de crescimento Lipid oxidation decreases metabolizable energy value of dietary poultry fat for growing broilers

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Aline Mondini Calil Racanicci

2004-08-01

Full Text Available Com a finalidade de determinar os teores de energia metabolizável aparente (EMA e de energia metabolizável aparente corrigida para o nitrogênio (EMAn do óleo de vísceras de aves fresco e oxidado, foi conduzido um ensaio metabólico utilizando-se 48 machos AgRoss com 31 dias de idade. As aves foram alojadas em gaiolas metabólicas e o método utilizado foi o de coleta total de excretas. Foi fornecida uma dieta-referência com ou sem substituição de 10% pelo óleo de vísceras de aves fresco ou oxidado, sendo que cada dieta foi oferecida a quatro repetições de quatro aves. O período de coleta foi de quatro dias após três dias de adaptação às dietas e às gaiolas. O óleo de vísceras de aves foi adquirido de um produtor local e armazenado sob congelamento a -18ºC (óleo fresco. O óleo oxidado foi obtido por aquecimento em banho-maria com temperatura entre 80 e 90ºC. Durante o período de aquecimento, a qualidade deste óleo foi controlada por avaliações periódicas da absorbância específica, que indica o acúmulo de compostos de ranço. Os valores de absorbância específica, medidos a 232 e 270 nm, foram, respectivamente, de 4,64 e 0,47 para o óleo fresco e de 18,54 e 3,76 para o óleo oxidado. Os resultados obtidos, expressos na matéria original, para EMA e EMAn foram de 9.240 e 9.150 kcal/kg para o óleo de vísceras fresco e 7.700 e 7.595 kcal/kg para o óleo oxidado, comprovando estatisticamente grande redução no conteúdo de energia metabolizável do óleo decorrente do processo oxidativo.In order to determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME and N-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn of fresh and oxidized poultry fat a metabolism assay with 48 AgRoss male broilers from 31 to 34 days of age was conducted. The birds were fed a basal diet or this diet replaced by 10% of fresh or oxidized fat and the total excreta collection method was applied. The birds were housed in metabolic cages and each diet was

Serviços logísticos como diferencial competitivo: o caso da água mineral

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Vontobel, Otto

2007-01-01

Esta dissertação apresenta um estudo sobre o mercado de consumo residencial de água mineral, em embalagem retornável de 20 litros, na cidade de Porto Alegre, tendo como foco o setor de distribuição de água e os serviços logísticos associados. Este tipo de embalagem tem aumentado sua participação, que já representa mais de 50% no crescente volume de água mineral comercializado no Brasil. O crescimento da população em áreas metropolitanas dificulta o tratamento da água pública, e em busca de ág...

Efeito da genetica e dos sistemas de insensibilização eletrico e gasoso (CO2) no bem-estar e qualidade de carne de hibridos suinos.

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William Bortoloni

2005-01-01

Resumo: Diversas pesquisas tem sido realizadas pela comunidade científica com o objetivo de avaliar o bem-estar de suínos durante o abate, entretanto, a maioria destes estudos não representam as condições de abate e constituição genética dos híbridos suínos produzidos e comercializados no Brasil. O presente estudo teve como objetivo principal, avaliar a influência da constituição genética de três híbridos suínos ( A, B e C) e dois sistemas de insensibilização (elétrico e gasoso) na qualidade ...

Perdurabilidad a través de la competitividad: Proceso de planeación estratégica de Beca S.A

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Cortes Agudelo, Gina Paola; Urrego Mayorga, Sara

2016-01-01

BECA S.A es una empresa que nace hace más de 25 años en la ciudad de Bogotá. Dedicada a la fabricación de partes y herrajes en plástico y en metal para muebles, reconocida por su extensa gama y calidad de los productos comercializados a nivel nacional para los sectores de la industria mobiliaria, de la construcción y de petróleos. Sin embargo, en los últimos años se ha encontrado en diversos problemas internos radicados en el corazón de la compañía: la estrategia. De esta manera, la problemát...

ÁGUA EXÓGENA EM SUCO DE UVA OBTIDO PELO MÉTODO DE ARRASTE A VAPOR

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Bresolin, Bruna; Gularte, Márcia Arocha; Manfroi, Vitor

2013-01-01

O consumo de suco tem aumentado nos últimos anos devido ao aumento da procura, por parte dos consumidores, por alimentos saudáveis, e o suco de uva é rico em substâncias antioxidantes, benéficas a saúde. A comercialização de suco de uva de janeiro a março deste ano já foi 22,31% superior ao comercializado em 2010. O método de extração do suco de uva por arraste a vapor é muito utilizado por pequenos produtores na Serra Gaúcha, RS que industrializam sua produção, agregando valor à matéria-prim...

VALORACIÓN DE ATRIBUTOS DE CALIDAD EN PEPINO (Cucumis sativus L. FORTIFICADO CON VITAMINA E VALORAÇÃO DE ATRIBUTOS DE QUALIDADE EM PEPINO (Cucumis sativus L. FORTIFICADO COM VITAMINA E VALUATION OF QUALITY ATTRIBUTES IN CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus L. FORTIFIED WITH VITAMIN E

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MISAEL CORTÉS

2011-06-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo fue desarrollar un producto mínimamente procesado fortificado con vitamina E, a partir de pepino (Cucumis sativus L, utilizando la ingeniería de matrices. Rodajas impregnadas al vacío (IV con DL-α-tocoferol acetato emulsificado en una fase acuosa isotónica al pepino (NaCl al 1%, son evaluadas en cuanto a propiedades fisicoquímicas, color, textura, estabilidad de la vitamina E y sensorialmente, por influencia del proceso, tiempo de almacenamiento y envasado (con y sin vacío. La vitamina E se cuantifica por HPLC (% del valor diario recomendado (VDR/100 g de pepino fresco, según la norma Colombiana. La respuesta IV alcanza niveles de 6.05±1.49%, correspondiente a 33.3±5.8 mg vitamina E y 110.5±19.1% VDR en 100 g de pepino fresco. Durante el almacenamiento en 9 días se presenta una pérdida aproximadamente del 50%, debido a la poca retención de la emulsión en el interior de la matriz. Los parámetros fisicoquímicos, el color y la textura son afectados por la IV, el tiempo y el envasado, siendo durante el almacenamiento más oscuras y más resistentes que el producto fresco. La ingeniería de matrices representa una metodología efectiva para fortificar el pepino con vitamina E.O objetivo deste estudo foi desenvolver um produto mínimamente processado fortificado com vitamina E, a partir de pepino (Cucumis sativus L, utilizando a engenharia de matrizes. Fatias de pepino foram impregnadas a vácuo (IV com DL-α- acetato de tocoferol emulsificado numa fase aquosa isotónica (NaCl a 1%, e foram avaliadas quanto às propiedades fisico-químicas, cor, textura, estabilidade da vitamina E e sensorialmente, tendo em consideração os factores: processo, tempo de armazenamento e envasado (com e sem vácuo. A vitamina E quantificou-se por HPLC (% do Valor Diario Recomendado (VDR/100 g de pepino fresco, de acordo com a norma Colombiana. A resposta à IV alcanzou niveis de 6.05±1.49%, correspondente a 33.3±5.8 mg

Estudo do crescimento inicial de plântulas de Cereus jamacaru DC em diferentes substratos

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Wanderlucia Silva Rodrigues

2014-12-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar o desenvolvimento de mudas de Cereus jamacaru DC, em substratos a base de fibra de coco e casca de arroz carbonizada. Os tratamentos utilizados foram dispostos em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado constituídos por cinco substratos a base de fibra de coco (FC e casca de arroz carbonizado (CAC, misturados com diferentes proporções volumétricas. Os tratamentos constituíram-se dos substratos 100% FC (T1, 100% CAC (T2, 75%FC+25%CAC (T3, 50%FC+50%CAC (T4, e 25%FC+75%CAC (T5. Cada tratamento foi composto por 14 repetições com 2 plantas por tratamento. Caixas de plástico transparente foram utilizados como recipientes. Aos 125 dias após o transplantio, foram avaliadas as seguintes variáveis das plântulas: comprimento, número, massa fresco e massa seco de raiz; massa fresco e massa seco da parte aérea; comprimento da parte aérea. Nas condições do experimento, conclui-se que o substrato composto somente por fibra de coco apresentou melhores resultados em todas as variáveis analisadas.

The iconostasis in Dečani: the original painted programme and subsequent changes

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Todić Branislav

2012-01-01

Full Text Available The history of the iconostasis in the central nave of the church in Dečani can be divided into two periods. The icons of Christ, the Mother of God, John the Baptist and St. Nicholas on the original altar screen, painted around 1343, were related to the relics of King Stefan Dečanski and with the wall painting in the church space in front of the altar. The removal of those icons at the end of the sixteenth century and their replacement with new ones explains the strengthening cult of St. Stefan Dečanski. In 1577 an icon of St. Stephen was placed over the king’s portrait depicted in the fourteenth century fresco painting, and by 1593/1594, the new despotic icons of Christ and the Virgin were painted for the iconostasis, then an expanded Deesis that was placed above them, with a large cross fixed on the top. The central icons were painted by the painter Longin, and the cross is attributed to Andreja, a painter known for his frescoes from the seventh and eighth decade of the seventeenth century.

Spectroscopic analysis of XIV century wall paintings from Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Serbia

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Marić-Stojanović, M.; Bajuk-Bogdanović, D.; Uskoković-Marković, S.; Holclajtner-Antunović, I.

2018-02-01

The Church of the Holy Mother of God Hodegetria in Peć is decorated with wall paintings that date from the beginning of the 14th century. In terms of style they correspond to Byzantine wall paintings from the epoch of Paleologos. The painting technique and pigment pallete has been examined on micro fragments in thin cross-sections by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and micro- Raman spectroscopy. Use of the fresco technique and two supporting plaster layers was noted on the majority of samples, while in large blue painted areas, a combination of fresco and secco techniques was used. The SEM-EDS results showed the presence of Ca as the main component of plaster besides the traces of Si and Mg. In some samples egg white as a binder was identified. The paint film is often multilayered. Twelve pigments were identified, mainly natural earth pigments such as red ochre, yellow ochre and green earth. A mixture of pigments was used for attaining desirable optical and aesthetical impressions. As decay product only weddelite was detected in many preparatory and painted samples.

Molecular marker analysis of 'Shatangju' and 'Wuzishatangju ...

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'Wuzishatangju'(Citrus reticulata Blanco) is an excellent cultivar derived from a bud sport of a seedy 'Shatangju' cultivar found in Guangdong Province in the 1980s. In this study, six molecular markers including random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR), simple sequence repeat (SSR) ...

Long-term mannitol-induced osmotic stress leads to stomatal ...

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2010-09-13

Sep 13, 2010 ... elasticity and solute adjustment in two Acacia nilotica subspecies. Physiol. Plant, 93: 217-224. Navarro A, Banon S, Olmos E, Sahchez-Blanco MJ (2007). Effect of sodium chloride on water potential components, hydraulic conductivity, gas exchange and leaf ultrastructure of Arbutus unedo plants. Plant Sci.

The Revolutionary Left and Terrorist Violence in Chile.

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1986-06-01

Fraude Electoral Designada por la Facultad de Derecho de la Pontifica Universidad de Chile," in Libro Blanco del Cambio de Gobierno de Chile, Editorial...Chilean law, could not be invaded by the police. The MIR never became a formal political party. It completely rejected the electoral process

Eracing the Simple Certainty of Difference: A Psychoanalytic Contribution.

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Lombardi, Karen L.

2002-01-01

Asserts that racism, classism, and sexism are fostered not only through material conditions but also through the privileging of difference common to Western intellectual thought. Turns to the unconscious of psychoanalytic theory, especially the theories of Melanie Klein and Ignacio Matter Blanco, recommending an alternative discourse on race,…

Supporting a population wide reduction of salt consumption in Costa ...

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gain experience that will benefit other countries in the region looking to implement programs to reduce dietary salt intake. Project duration: February 2012 to February 2016. Funding: CA$284,190. Lead Researchers: Adriana Blanco-Metzler. (ablanco@inciensa.sa.cr), Institute for Research and. Education on Nutrition and ...

System of decoration of the Salle de Balle castle of Fontainebleau

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Ю.В. Романенкова

2004-01-01

Full Text Available  This article is dedicated to the problem of decor of French palace interiors of XVI century, new principle of their decoration during the period of Mannerism, complex of art methods, that were characteristic for French and Italian artists. An accent is new principle of decoration of interiors of royal  palaces by means of combination of frescos, wooden panels, stuccos elements and gilding.

El Centro Pompidou: elefante sí pero no blanco

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Héctor Sánchez

1982-10-01

Full Text Available Hace algún tiempo tropecé con un excelente tallador de maderas, centroamericano por los cuatro lados y amigo en las jornadas que por aquí se viven. De primera mano me contó que habia pasado un par de meses en París, vengando como se acostumbra, las restricciones de días anteriores. Intentando sumarme a su complacencia le recordé todos esos museos que debía haber visitado, por estricto deber profesional. Con la sangre metida en el rostro y algo tartamudeante me confesó que en eso habia fallado.

Hemo-oxigenasa 1: un promisorio blanco terapéutico

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Sánchez, Carlos; Rodeiro, Idania; Garrido-Garrido, Gabino; Delgado, René

2005-01-01

La enzima hemo-oxigenasa es la principal enzima implicada en el catabolismo del grupo hemo y da lugar a tres productos fundamentales: biliverdina, el hierro libre y el monóxido de carbono. Fue descubierta a principios de la década del 60, pero no fue hasta mediado de los años ´80 donde empezó a estudiarse con detenimiento y se determinó que existía una isoforma inducible, denominada hemo oxigenasa-1. Esta proteína juega un papel muy importante en la modulación de procesos inflamatorios y eso ...

The Ghost of Blanco: A Note to Ugo Mattei

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Michele Surdi

2012-11-01

Full Text Available By noting the end of the dualism between public and private law, between state and international law and between goods and services, the article comments and interprets Ugo Mattei’s doctrine about new forms of property. Cognitive transformations, both technological and social, do not prelude to a new and different juridical intermediation as guarantee of the communal regime of goods. These new forms of property, when confronted with the domain that private economic property continues to exercise, do not announce neither the dissolution of the monopoly of state coercion, nor the advent of a merely administrative management.

Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Pogostemon cablin (Blanco Benth.

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Bhanuz Dechayont

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Pogostemon cablin (Lamiaceae has been widely used in traditional medicine. In this study, the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of leaves from P. cablin extracts were investigated. The water extracts had the highest total phenolic content 116.88±0.48 mg gallic acid equivalent/g of dry plant extract. Nevertheless, high levels of total flavonoid content were found in ethanolic extracts 280.12±2.04 mg quercetin equivalent/g of dry plant extract. The highest antioxidant activities were found for the ethanolic extract (IC50=18±0.90, 20±0.24 μg/mL by DPPH and ABTS scavenging assays, respectively. Both extracts showed moderate inhibition of superoxide inhibition (O2∙- and nitric oxide (NO production in concentration-dependent manner. Antibacterial activity was calculated by disk diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, and minimum bacterial concentration (MBC. The ethanolic extract had the greatest activity against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin sensitive S. aureus, and Streptococcus pyogenes with zone diameters of 11.67±1.53, 10.33±2.52, and 10.33±1.15 mm, respectively. The corresponding MIC and MBCs were 5, 0.625, and 0.039 mg/mL. P. cablin extracts contain antioxidant and antibacterial properties that should be exploited for possible clinical application.

Quality evaluation of products with Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek – Celastraceae traded in the city of Umuarama – PR Avaliação da qualidade de produtos contendo Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek – Celastraceae (espinheira-santa comercializados na cidade de Umuarama – PR

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Ariadne Alvares Yokota

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. Ex Reissek belongs to the Celastraceae family and is used for the treatment of gastritis and gastric ulcer. The purpose of this study was to analyze the quality of products containing Maytenus ilicifolia traded in the city of Umuarama – PR.. For this purpose, 31 of its samples were bought from herb dealers, pharmacies and supermarkets. Eleven samples were in capsule form, 14 ‘in natura’, 2 in sachet form, one in powder form, and 3 in fluid extract form. The samples were analyzed considering several aspects: packaging evaluation, moisture content, total ashes content, purity evaluation and chromatographic analysis. Results obtained for moisture content showed that only 10.7% of the samples were below the allowed value concerning water content determination (limited at 6% and 67.8% were in accordance with the total ashes content (limited at 8%. The thin layer chromatography (TLC showed that only 29% of the samples were indentified as M. ilicifolia, due to the presence of catechins and epicatechins. Over 50% of the analyzed samples showed high content of impurities. In conclusion, most analyzed samples showed to be inappropriate for consumption, either for the presence of contaminants,or for the ashes and moisture contents, besides inappropriate packaging. A Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. Ex Reissek (espinheira-santa, pertencente à família Celastraceae, é usada popularmente para tratamento de gastrite e de úlcera gástrica. O presente estudo teve como objetivo a análise da qualidade de produtos comercializados na cidade de Umuarama/PR, contendo M. ilicifolia. Para tanto, foram adquiridas 31 amostras de ervanários, farmácias de manipulação e dispensação, e supermercados. As amostras se apresentaram das seguintes formas: 11 na forma de cápsulas, 14 na forma de folhas íntegras, duas na forma de sachês, uma na forma de pó e três na forma de extrato fluido. As amostras foram analisadas sob vários aspectos

CRUZAS DIALÉLICAS ENTRE POBLACIONES NATIVAS DE MAÍZ DE YUCATÁN Y POBLACIONES MEJORADAS

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José C. Segura

2010-09-01

Full Text Available Se estimó la aptitud combinatoria general (ACG y específica (ACE de dos dialelos formados cada uno con cinco poblaciones de maíz. El primer dialelo incluyó poblaciones precoces: Nalxoy Blanco, Nalxoy Amarillo, Xmehen-nal de Yaxcabá, V-533 y VS-536. El segundo incluyó maíces tardíos y precoces: Dzit-Bacal de Kantunil, Dzit-Bacal de Presumida, Dzit-Bacal de Bulukax, V-533 y VS-536. Se usaron bloques al azar con cuatro repeticiones, 10 cruzas F1 y cinco progenitores por dialelo. Los datos se analizaron con el Método 2, Modelo I de Griffing. Para rendimiento de grano, en poblaciones precoces, la ACG explicó 86% de la variación y la ACE 14%. Las poblaciones VS-536, Nalxoy Blanco y Nalxoy Amarillo presentaron ACGs  de 0.21, 0.18 y 0.10. Con base en la ACE la mejor cruza fue Nalxoy Blanco x VS-536 (0.27. Para rendimiento de grano en poblaciones tardías, la ACG contribuyó con 78% de la variación y ACE con 22%. El mejor progenitor fue Dzit-Bacal de Bulukax (ACG = 0.21 y las mejores cruzas  Dzit-Bacal de Bulukax x VS-536 (ACE = 0.54 y Dzit-Bacal de Kantunil x VS-536 (ACE = 0.10. Los materiales más rendidores fueron combinaciones de poblaciones nativas x variedades mejoradas, propuestos como base para programas de mejoramiento.

Development of an integrated fission product release and transport code for spatially resolved full-core calculations of V/HTRs

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Xhonneux, Andre; Allelein, Hans-Josef

2014-01-01

The computer codes FRESCO-I, FRESCO-II, PANAMA and SPATRA developed at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany in the early 1980s are essential tools to predict the fission product release from spherical fuel elements and the TRISO fuel performance, respectively, under given normal or accidental conditions. These codes are able to calculate a conservative estimation of the source term, i.e. quantity and duration of radionuclide release. Recently, these codes have been reversed engineered, modernized (FORTRAN 95/2003) and combined to form a consistent code named STACY (Source Term Analysis Code System). STACY will later become a module of the V/HTR Code Package (HCP). In addition, further improvements have been implemented to enable more detailed calculations. For example the distinct temperature profile along the pebble radius is now taken into account and coated particle failure rates can be calculated under normal operating conditions. In addition, the absolute fission product release of an V/HTR pebble bed core can be calculated by using the newly developed burnup code Topological Nuclide Transformation (TNT) replacing the former rudimentary approach. As a new functionality, spatially resolved fission product release calculations for normal operating conditions as well as accident conditions can be performed. In case of a full-core calculation, a large number of individual pebbles which follow a random path through the reactor core can be simulated. The history of the individual pebble is recorded, too. Main input data such as spatially resolved neutron fluxes and fluid dynamics data are provided by the VSOP code. Capabilities of the FRESCO-I and SPATRA code which allow for the simulation of the redistribution of fission products within the primary circuit and the deposition of fission products on graphitic and metallic surfaces are also available in STACY. In this paper, details of the STACY model and first results for its application to the 200 MW(th) HTR

Malnutrition, poverty and intellectual development.

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Brown, J L; Pollitt, E

1996-02-01

New findings with important policy implications have revealed that malnutrition in childhood impairs intellectual function in more ways than was previously recognized, but also that some of the damage to the brain caused by malnutrition may be reversed. Early research indicated that malnourished animals lacked the energy to interact with their environment and, thus, performed poorly on tests of mental ability. To determine the effect of poor diet and an impoverished environment on mental development in humans, an extensive follow-up study was made of Guatemalan children who received two different nutritional supplements in a 1969-77 study. Mothers and children in two villages received a high-protein supplement (Atole), and those in two additional villages received a supplement with no protein (Fresco). Both supplements reduced mortality, but Atole villages saw a 69% reduction in infant mortality (vs. 24% in the Fresco villages). The 1988-89 follow-up of 70% of the original participants involved extensive cognitive testing and socioeconomic assessment. Atole subjects performed significantly better on the cognitive tests, and the lowest-income children did as well as their more economically advantaged (but still poor) peers. Those who received Atole exhibited an increased benefit from their years of education and grew up faster and stronger than those who received Fresco. Smaller children who appear younger than their age may receive less stimulation from adult expectations than larger children. These findings indicate that the deleterious effects of early malnutrition on intellectual development can continue into adulthood. Other research has revealed that iron supplements can improve the intellectual and motor abilities of infants. While enriched educational programs can ameliorate some of the problems associated with malnutrition, poor children rarely live where such programs are available. The best and least expensive policy would be to prevent malnutrition among

Spermatic feasibility after 20 years of freezing and refreezing: case study

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Paulo Franco Taitson

2010-08-01

Full Text Available The aim of the present work was to study the spermatic feasibility after 20 years of freezing, thawing and refreezing. A young man affected by testicular cancer sought the sperm freezing service. After 20 years, the samples were thawed and frozen again. After two days, thawing and analysis of the material took place. Comparison of the findings showed activity reduction from the first thawing to the fresh semen 59.09%. For the second thawing it was 77.27%. Considering the morphology, first thawing showed a reduction of 44.64% in relation to fresh semen. In the second thawing, the reduction was of 75%. Spermatic motility decreased by 64.28% in relation to fresh semen and 92.85% at the level of second thawing. The patient had gone through in vitro fertilization in 2007, obtaining success in the first one attempt.Este trabalho mostra a viabilidade espermática após 20 anos de congelamento seminal, descongelamento e novo congelamento. Jovem do sexo masculino afetado por câncer testicular procurou o serviço para congelamento de espermatozóides. Após vinte anos, as amostras foram descongeladas e congeladas novamente. Após dois dias, realizou-se um novo descongelamento e análise do material. As comparações dos resultados mostraram uma redução da atividade do primeiro descongelamento ao semen fresco em 59,09%. A partir do segundo descongelamento era de 77,27%. Considerando a morfologia, o primeiro descongelamento mostrou uma redução de 44,64% em relação ao sêmen fresco. No segundo descongelamento, a redução foi de 75%. A motilidade espermática diminuiu 64,28% em relação ao semen fresco e 92,85% a nível do segundo descongelamento. O paciente passou por fertilização in vitro em 2007, obtendo sucesso na primeira tentativa.

Coprophagy of African Wild Dog faeces by Hooded Vultures in ...

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Campbell Murn

Coprophagy by vertebrates is rare, especially among birds and species that consume the faeces of other species (Soave & Brand 1991,. Hirakawa 2001, Shimada 2012). While New World Vultures practice coprophagy (Del Hoyo et al. 1994,. Buckley 1999, Blanco et al. 2013), the only Old World vulture we could find that ...

Effect of Carvacrol on Salmonella Saintpaul Biofilms on Stainless ...

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Nostro A, Sudano Roccaro A, Bisignano G, Marino A,. Cannatelli MA, Pizzimenti FC, Cioni PL, Procopio F,. Blanco AR. Effects of oregano, carvacrol and thymol on Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms. J Med Microbiol 2007; 56: 519-. 523. 7. Pérez-Conesa D, Cao J, Chen L, McLandsborough L,.

77 FR 74915 - Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

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2012-12-18

.... jurisdiction, owned or controlled by significant foreign narcotics traffickers as identified by the President... Enrique; DOB 25 Mar 1980; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. EUEJ800325HSLSSR02 (Mexico) (individual... GUTIERREZ, Julio Cesar, Calle Platon 268, Col. Paso Blanco, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico; DOB 03 Oct 1981; POB...

Wat komt bovenaan de lijst bij Google?

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Litvak, Nelly

2006-01-01

In 1998 presenteerden de PhD-studenten Sergey Brin en Larry Page uit Stanford het artikel ‘The anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine’ op het zevende World-Wide-Web-congres in Brisbane, Australië. Zij beschreven de Web-zoekmachine Google, waarvan de blanco bladzijde tegenwoordig zo

77 FR 43114 - Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC66025

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2012-07-23

... Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as... COC66025 from Robert P. Kirgan, for lands in Rio Blanco, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was... CONTACT: Milada Krasilinec, BLM Land Law Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303-239-3767. Persons...

77 FR 43113 - Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC66019

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2012-07-23

...: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM... Blanco, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the... Law Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303-239-3767. Persons who use a telecommunications...

77 FR 43113 - Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC66020

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2012-07-23

... Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as... COC66020 from Robert P. Kirgan, for lands in Rio Blanco, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was... CONTACT: Milada Krasilinec, BLM Land Law Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303-239-3767. Persons...

77 FR 43112 - Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC66018

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2012-07-23

... Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as... COC66018 from Robert P. Kirgan, for lands in Rio Blanco, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was... CONTACT: Milada Krasilinec, BLM Land Law Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303-239-3767. Persons...

78 FR 19520 - Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale COC-74813, CO

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2013-04-01

... Federal coal reserves (Red Wash Tracts 1 and 2) in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado, will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act... Fourth Floor Conference Room of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office, 2850...

Tarifa externa comum - TEC: estrutura, definição e histórico de mudanças 10.5102/uri.v9i1.1374

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Rafael Battella de Siqueira

2011-06-01

Full Text Available A Tarifa Externa Comum foi criada em 1994 no âmbito do Conselho do Mercado Comum e se prestou à uniformização das alíquotas incidentes sobre bens, serviços e direitos comercializados no MERCOSUL. Assim que promulgada, a estrutura inicial da Tarifa possuía onze níveis, variando de zero a vinte por cento. Em princípio, os bens com maior valor agregado devem sofrer maior taxação, embora este não seja o único critério para o estabelecimento da alíquota a ser recolhida. Outras circunstâncias podem influir na majoração da alíquota, como a existência de produção dos insumos comercializados nos países do bloco e fatores políticos considerados importantes para os objetivos econômicos e sociais do MERCOSUL. Desde sua criação, a Tarifa Externa Comum sofreu diversas alterações em função dos mais variados fatores como, por exemplo, a suficiência, ou não, de abastecimento dos mercados locais com a produção do bloco. Tomando-se por parâmetro a facilitação das transações no âmbito do bloco regional, o objetivo deste artigo é tecer considerações sobre a estrutura, a definição e o histórico das alterações da Tarifa Externa Comum ao longo dos seus dezessete anos de vigência, bem como apontar os principais desafios a serem enfrentados pelo MERCOSUL. Palavras-chave: MERCOSUL. Tarifa Externa Comum. Alterações. Estrutura. Critério. Histórico.

E-commerce: compras coletivas

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Diego Pasqualini

2013-03-01

Full Text Available A tecnologia da informação está atualmente inserida diretamente no comércio de maneira geral; entretanto, é no comércio eletrônico, e-commerce, que sua aplicação ocorre de forma mais direta. Contudo, essa modalidade de comércio ainda é pouco difundida e, por apresentar problemas de segurança e disparidade de informações, faz com que os consumidores comprem produtos e serviços com parcimônia. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo mapear a utilização da tecnologia de e-commerce na região do município de Blumenau (SC, por meio do estudo do funcionamento de ambientes web de compra coletiva. Para isso, foi realizada uma pesquisa “censo” qualitativo, durante os meses de outubro e novembro de 2012 nos sites de compra coletiva que oferecem produtos na região de Blumenau. Os resultados apresentados demonstram o perfil dos compradores e comerciantes, os principais produtos ofertados, comercializados e procurados, as formas de pagamentos, as garantias e seguranças oferecidas pelos sites, entre outros. Os resultados demonstraram que produtos de alimentação, estética e beleza, e viagens estão entre os mais ofertados e comercializados na região, o que evidencia os principais tipos de consumidores. Diante dos dados encontrados, notou-se que os produtos e serviços oferecidos ainda são restritos, o que torna tal modalidade de comércio pouco utilizada na região. Contudo, o aumento da variedade de ofertas bem como segurança e confiabilidade nessa modalidade de comércio podem fazer com que o e-commerce torne-se mais atrativo e consolidado nos próximos anos.

Caracterización cualitativa de poliaminas libres en endurecedores de resinas epoxídicas del tipo etilenaminas por espectroscopia de resonancia magnética nuclear Qualitative characterization of free polyamines in ethyleneamines epoxide hardeners by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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Filiberto González Garcia

2008-03-01

Full Text Available La caracterización cualitativa de dos agentes de curado comerciales de resinas epoxídicas del tipo etilenaminas comercializados por la ACROS (U.S.A. fue realizada usando la espectroscopia de resonancia magnética nuclear de carbono-13. Los productos comerciales corresponden a la trietilentetramina (TETA y a la tetraetilenpentamina (TEPA. El producto TETA presentó cuatro compuestos diferentes. El compuesto mayoritario correspondió a la trietilentetramina en una concentración de 60% molar que corresponde a una etilenamina de estructura linear. Los otros tres compuestos, uno de ellos mostró estructura ramificada, y los otros dos compuestos presentaron estructuras cíclicas del tipo piperazina. El producto TEPA mostró cinco compuestos con estructuras semejantes a las encontradas en el producto TETA. El compuesto mayoritario correspondió a la tetraetilenpentamina en una concentración aproximada de 55% molar. Los resultados encontrados en este trabajo están de acuerdo con la composición cualitativa de los productos semejantes comercializados por la Compañía Química Dow, productos DEH 24 y DEH 26, respectivamente.The qualitative characterization of two commercial ethyneamines epoxide hardeners marketed by ACROS (U.S.A. was carried out by using carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The products were triethylenetetramine (TETA and tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA. TETA had four components, the most importante one being triethylenetetramine, an ethyleneamine of lineal structure, in a concentration of 60 mol%. Another component had ramified structure, while the other two exhibited recurrent structures of the piperazina type. TEPA had five components with similar structures. The major component was tetraethylenepentamine in an approximate concentration of 55 mol%. These results agree with the composition of similar products marketed by Dow Chemical Company, namely DEH 24 and DEH 26, respectively.

Diagnóstico das condições de processamento de produtos artesanais derivados do leite no estado de Sergipe

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Joanna S. Santos

2008-08-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho teve como finalidade a realização do diagnóstico dos queijos de coalho, de manteiga e pré-cozido comercializados e amplamente consumidos no estado de Sergipe. Verificou-se as condições de processamento e de venda, a caracterização físico-química e a qualidade microbiológica. Foram analisadas 81 amostras, 27 para cada tipo de queijo, provenientes de dez municípios selecionados (Aracaju, Nossa Senhora da Glória, Macambira, Itabaiana, Carira, Estância, Simão Dias, Poço Redondo, Nossa Senhora do Socorro e Frei Paulo, adquiridos através de pontos comerciais. Os parâmetros físico-químicos analisados mostraram que os queijos de coalho, de manteiga e pré-cozido, produzidos em Sergipe, apresentaram, em sua maioria, valores coerentes com os parâmetros estabelecidos pela legislação vigente. Entretanto, o parâmetro amido apresentou irregularidade no quadro geral da cadeia produtiva de queijo de manteiga, confirmando a necessidade de fiscalização deste produto a fim de se evitar possíveis adulterações. As análises microbiológicas evidenciaram que deve haver uma inspeção para a melhoria da higiene de todos os queijos estudados, já que apresentaram grande contaminação por coliformes fecais, bolores e leveduras, assim como bactérias aeróbias mesófilas. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram a necessidade de melhoria na cadeia produtiva dos queijos regionais comercializados no estado de Sergipe, para assim, oferecer um produto de qualidade à população sergipana, além de contribuir para a conquista de novos mercados.

Determinação do 5-hidroximetilfurfural em méis utilizando cromatografia eletrocinética capilar micelar Determination of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde in honey by micellar eletrokinetic capillary electrophoresis

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Sandra Jussara Nunes da Silva

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Neste trabalho foi investigado o índice de HMF (5-hidroximetilfurfural em méis comercializados em Porto Alegre - RS, utilizando Cromatografia Capilar Eletrocinética Micelar. O HMF, produto da condensação da frutose, é um indicador da qualidade e conservação do mel. Foram analisadas 11 marcas de méis comercializados na cidade de Porto Alegre. O composto estudado esteve presente em todas as amostras, em um intervalo de concentração de 0,191 a 6,206 mg.kg-1. Para quantificar o HMF presente nos méis, utilizou-se a técnica de adição de padrão. A taxa de recuperação foi de 98% e o limite de detecção foi de 0,025 mg.kg-1. O limite permitido de HMF em méis, segundo a legislação brasileira, é de 60 mg.kg-1.In this work, the occurrence of HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural in honey marketed in Porto Alegre - RS was investigated using Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography. The HMF, which is the product of the fructose condensation, is an indicator of honey quality and conservation. Eleven types of honey commercialized in Porto Alegre were analyzed, and all of them contained HMF in a range from 0.191 to 6.206 mg.kg-1. In order to quantify the HMF present in the samples, the technique of standard addition was employed. The recovery was 98% and the detection limit was 0.025 mg.kg-1. The allowed limit of HMF in honey, according to the Brazilian Legislation, is 60 mg.kg-1.

Análisis del comportamiento de precios de cinco productos hortícolas en Costa Rica de 1999 al 2003

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Manuel García

2008-05-01

Full Text Available Análisis del comportamiento de precios de cinco productos hortícolas en Costa Rica de 1999 al 2003. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar el comportamiento y las fluctuaciones de los productos hortifrutícolas más comercializados en Costa Rica durante el período comprendido entre 1999 y el 2003, para que los productores planifiquen sus épocas de siembra y los consumidores hagan mejor uso de la información al realizar sus compras. El análisis de información se realizó entre el 2004 y el 2005 y está orientado al mercadeo de cinco productos hortícolas: coliflor, lechuga americana, papa, pepino y plátano verde comercializados en el Centro Nacional de Abastecimiento y Distribución (CENADA ubicada en Barrial de Heredia y en las ferias del agricultor. La información fue proporcionada por el Consejo Nacional de Producción (CNP, ubicado en avenida 10, detrás de la Municipalidad de San José. Los resultados del análisis mensual y anual de precios presentaron diferencias en los volúmenes de productos transados. El mercado en el que se comercializan los productos es un factor decisivo para las variaciones de precios, al igual que lacalidad de los productos. Además, otros factores que intervienen en los precios son la época de siembra y cosecha. Seencontró que los productos analizados son, en su mayoría, de ciclo de producción corto, con épocas de siembra y cosecha muy bien definidas, aspectos que por razones de oferta y demanda inciden en los precios en períodos determinados.