Evaluación hidrogeológica del acuífero del rio Tecoripa, Sonora, México

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Eva Lourdes Vega Granillo.

2014-12-01

Full Text Available La presente evaluación hidrogeológica tiene el propósito de apoyar a los municipios de Tecoripa y Suaqui Grande para resolver la problemática que enfrentan respecto a la escasez de agua, reflejado, en el abatimiento de sus acuíferos y en los bajos escurrimientos superficiales. La evaluación incluyo información previa y genero nuevos datos sobre geología, geofísica, hidrología superficial e hidrogeología. Para conocer las condiciones del subsuelo, se aplicaron las técnicas de prospección geofísica de resistividad eléctrica y gravimetría. Se elaboró un modelo de 3 a 5 capas, siendo la cobertura aluvial del Rio Tecoripa la más importante, para el almacenamiento de agua subterránea desde el sitio La Cortina hasta Suaqui Grande, con espesores que varían de los 4.0 a los 20.0 m. El basamento está representado por el Grupo Baucarit, con espesores de decenas a cientos de metros, es improductivo desde el punto de vista geo hidrológico. Los cálculos hidrológicos muestran que la evapotranspiración representa el 87% de la lluvia, el escurrimiento el 12% y el resto ocurre como infiltración o recarga al acuífero. Se concluye que el volumen infiltrado no es suficiente para los usos que se realizan en el Acuífero del Rio Tecoripa, por lo que se recomienda se realicen obras hidráulicas de recarga artificial.

Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley study unit, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas: analysis of selected nutrient, suspended-sediment, and pesticide data

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Anderholm, S.K.; Radell, M.J.; Richey, S.F.

1995-01-01

This report contains a summary of data compiled from sources throughout the Rio Grande Valley study unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment program. Information presented includes the sources and types of water-quality data available, the utility of water-quality data for statistical analysis, and a description of recent water-quality conditions and trends and their relation to natural and human factors. Water-quality data are limited to concentrations of selected nutrient species in surface water and ground water, concentrations of suspended sediment and suspended solids in surface water, and pesticides in surface water, ground water, and biota.The Rio Grande Valley study unit includes about 45,900 square miles in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas upstream from the streamflow-monitoring station Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas. The area also includes the San Luis Closed Basin and the surface-water closed basins east of the Continental Divide and north of the United States-Mexico international border. The Rio Grande drains about 29,300 square miles in these States; the remainder of the study unit area is in closed basins. Concentrations of all nutrients found in surface-water samples collected from the Rio Grande, with the exception of phosphorus, generally remained nearly constant from the northernmost station in the study unit to Rio Grande near Isleta, where concentrations were larger by an order of magnitude. Total nitrogen and total phosphorus loads increased downstream between Lobatos, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nutrient concentrations remained elevated with slight variations until downstream from Elephant Butte Reservoir, where nutrient concentrations were lower. Nutrient concentrations then increased downstream from the reservoir, as evidenced by elevated concentrations at Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas.Suspended-sediment concentrations were similar at stations upstream from Otowi Bridge near San Ildefonso, New Mexico. The concentration and

Symptoms of insomnia among adolescents in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

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Roberts, Robert E; Lee, Eun Sul; Hemandez, Mike; Solari, Ana Cristina

2004-06-15

To estimate the prevalence of symptoms of insomnia among adolescents living along the United States-Mexico border and to examine whether ethnicity and birthplace affect risk for such symptoms. Cross-sectional school-based survey using a version of the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, modified to elicit data on sleep problems. A probability sample of 13 high schools selected from more than 40 high schools in the 4 southernmost counties in Texas-the Lower Rio Grande Valley-contiguous with Mexico. All ninth-grade students who agreed to participate (n = 5,118). The sleep module consisted of queries about trouble initiating asleep, trouble maintaining sleep, early morning waking, nonrestorative sleep, quality of sleep, and amount of sleep. Symptoms of insomnia were common, with 12.4% of respondents meeting symptom criteria for insomnia almost every day of the past month. Females were more likely to report insomnia, as were youths reporting lower socioeconomic status. Crude odds ratios suggested foreign-born and those who identified themselves as "Mexican" rather than "Mexican American" were at lower risk of insomnia. However, multivariate analyses eliminated these differences. More comparative research is needed to ascertain whether and how ethnic culture affects risk for disordered sleep.

Quality of water and sediment in streams affected by historical mining, and quality of Mine Tailings, in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin, Big Bend Area of the United States and Mexico, August 2002

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Lambert, Rebecca B.; Kolbe, Christine M.; Belzer, Wayne

2008-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the International Boundary and Water Commission - U.S. and Mexican Sections, the National Park Service, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales in Mexico, the Area de Proteccion de Flora y Fauna Canon de Santa Elena in Mexico, and the Area de Proteccion de Flora y Fauna Maderas del Carmen in Mexico, collected samples of stream water, streambed sediment, and mine tailings during August 2002 for a study to determine whether trace elements from abandoned mines in the area in and around Big Bend National Park have affected the water and sediment quality in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin of the United States and Mexico. Samples were collected from eight sites on the main stem of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, four Rio Grande/Rio Bravo tributary sites downstream from abandoned mines or mine-tailing sites, and 11 mine-tailing sites. Mines in the area were operated to produce fluorite, germanium, iron, lead, mercury, silver, and zinc during the late 1800s through at least the late 1970s. Moderate (relatively neutral) pHs in stream-water samples collected at the 12 Rio Grande/Rio Bravo main-stem and tributary sites indicate that water is well mixed, diluted, and buffered with respect to the solubility of trace elements. The highest sulfate concentrations were in water samples from tributaries draining the Terlingua mining district. Only the sample from the Rough Run Draw site exceeded the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards general-use protection criterion for sulfate. All chloride and dissolved solids concentrations in water samples were less than the general-use protection criteria. Aluminum, copper, mercury, nickel, selenium, and zinc were detected in all water samples for which each element was analyzed. Cadmium, chromium, and lead were detected in samples less frequently, and silver was not detected in any of the samples. None of the sample concentrations of

Propuesta para vincular la actividad turística al proceso de gestión del desarrollo local en Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Rio

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Páez Vives, Nelia María; Pérez Hernández, Iverilys

2016-01-01

El artículo aborda el vínculo actividad turística al proceso de gestión del desarrollo local en el municipio Minas de Matahambre de la de Provincia Pinar del Rio. Su ejecución se basó en elevar la calidad de vida de los habitantes de las comunidades, en función de dinamizar el proceso de desarrollo social de las localidades, incorporando la actividad turística al sistema productivo local. Esta investigación se realiza a partir de un proyecto de Revitalización y Conservación del patrimonio his...

Hydrologic-agronomic-economic model for the optimal operation of the Yaqui river reservoir system using genetic algorithms; Modelo hidrologico-agronomico-economico para la operacion optima del sistema de presas del rio Yaqui, usando algoritmos geneticos

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Minjares-Lugo, Jose Luis; Salmon-Castelo, Roberto Fernando; Oroz-Ramos, Lucas Antonio [Comision Nacional del Agua (Mexico); Cruz-Medina, Isidro Roberto [Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora (Mexico)

2008-07-15

The objective of this study is to develop an integrated hydrologic-agronomic-economic annual model for the optimal operation of the Yaqui River reservoir system to support irrigation and urban water supply in the watershed. The model solves for each year's water allocations by crop, maximizing annual agricultural income for a specified risk of reservoir shortages and spills. It accounts for adjustments in water supply arising from changes in precipitation and runoff uncertainty and from changes in water demand arising from variations in crop prices and production costs. Model predictions for the agricultural year 2000-2001 are compared with observed results to test the model's predictive ability. Results demonstrate that the model can be used to optimize and analyze reservoir system operation and for water resources management in the Irrigation District No. 041, providing a framework for improving the operation of a reservoir system, selecting an optimal cropping pattern according to its maximum economic benefits, and in the optimal monthly water releases from the reservoir system. The model considers the simultaneous operation of three dams and it is applied to the Irrigation District No. 041, Rio Yaqui. [Spanish] El objetivo de este estudio es desarrollar un modelo integral de optimizacion anual para definir la operacion del sistema de presas del rio Yaqui y la asignacion del volumen mensual de agua para la irrigacion de diferentes cultivos, asi como para satisfacer los requerimientos de uso urbano basado en las condiciones hidrologicas, agronomicas y economicas en la cuenca. El modelo maximiza los beneficios anuales netos del sector agricola, minimizando el riesgo de deficit o derrames en el sistema de presas; incluye cambios en el suministro de agua debido a la incertidumbre de las precipitaciones y del escurrimiento del rio y cambios en la demanda de agua provocados por la incertidumbre de los precios y costos de los cultivos. Se utilizaron datos del

Percepcion de los profesores universitarios acerca del concepto cultura cientifica y de sus implicaciones en el nuevo bachillerato del Recinto de Rio Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico

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El Senado Academico del Recinto de Rio Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico aprobo en el ano academico 2005-2006 la Certificacion 46, que contiene los lineamientos de un nuevo bachillerato. Este nuevo bachillerato introdujo cambios significativos en el curriculo tradicional. Entre ellos se encuentra la reduccion del componente de educacion general y el de Ciencias Biologicas en particular. La reduccion de creditos en el componente de Ciencias Biologicas ha obligado a reevaluar el concepto de cultura cientifica que desarrollan esos cursos. El proposito del estudio consistio en auscultar las percepciones de los profesores de las Facultades de Administracion de Empresas, Humanidades, Ciencias Sociales, Ciencias Naturales, Educacion y Estudios Generales del Recinto de Rio Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en torno al concepto de cultura cientifica, los contenidos disciplinares del curso de Ciencias Biologicas y la reduccion de creditos en el nuevo bachillerato. Las preguntas que guiaron la investigacion fueron: ¿cuales son las percepciones que tienen los profesores de las Facultades de Administracion de Empresas, Ciencias Sociales, Estudios Generales, Ciencias Naturales, Humanidades y Educacion, en torno al concepto de cultura cientifica y los contenidos disciplinares del curso de Ciencias Biologicas? ¿cuales son las percepciones que tienen los profesores de Ciencias Biologicas en torno al concepto cultura cientifica y los contenidos disciplinares del curso de Ciencias Biologicas? ¿existen diferencias significativas por facultad, genero, experiencia, rango y nombramiento en las percepciones que tienen los profesores del Recinto de Rio Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico sobre los elementos que caracterizan la cultura cientifica y los contenidos biologicos que deben tener los egresados del Recinto? ¿que implicaciones curriculares tienen estos testimonios en el desarrollo del concepto de cultura cientifica en el nuevo bachillerato? Para realizar la

Avaliação do delírio em pacientes pós-operatórios: validação da versão portuguesa da Nursing Delirium Screening Scale na terapia intensiva

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Fernando Abelha

2013-12-01

Full Text Available EXPERIÊNCIA E OBJETIVOS: O objetivo desse estudo foi validar a versão portuguesa da escala Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC para uso em anbientes de terapia intensiva. MÉTODOS: Simultânea e independentemente, avaliamos para ocorrência de delírio todos os pacientes pós-operatórios internados em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Cirúrgica (UTIC ao longo de um período de um mês, utilizando as versões portuguesas de Nu-DESC e da escala Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC dentro de 24 horas a contar da internação, tanto pelo médico da equipe de pesquisa como pelo enfermeiro diretamente encarregado do paciente. Determinamos a acurácia diagnóstica de Nu-DESC utilizando análises de sensibilidade, especificidade e da curva ROC. Avaliamos a confiabilidade entre enfermeiros/médico da equipe de pesquisa para Nu-DESC pelo coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (CCI. Avaliamos concordância e confiabilidade entre Nu-DESC e ICDSC por percentuais globais e específicos de concordância, e por estatística kappa. RESULTADOS: Com base na escala ICDSC, diagnosticamos delírio em 12 dos 78 pacientes. Para o escore Nu-DESC total, consideramos como alta a confiabilidade entre enfermeiros/médico da equipe. Quanto ao diagnóstico, consideramos perfeita a concordância entre enfermeiros e médico da equipe. O percentual de concordância global entre Nu-DESC e ICDSC para o diagnóstico de delírio foi 0,88, e kappa variou de 0,79 a 0,93. A sensibilidade da escala Nu-DESC foi 100%, e a especificidade, 86%. CONCLUSÕES: A versão portuguesa da escala Nu-DESC parece ser instrumento de avaliação e monitoramento acurado e confiável para o diagnóstico de delírio em ambientes de terapia intensiva.

Patagifer lamothei n. sp. (Digenea: Echinostomatidae: Nephrostominae from the white ibis Eudocimus albus (Threskiornithidae from Texas, USA Patagifer lamothei n. sp. (Digenea: Echinostomatidae: Nephrostominae del ibis blanco Eudocimus albus (Threkiornithidae de Texas, EUA

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Norman O. Dronen

2008-08-01

Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus (Threskiornithidae procedentes de los condados de Galveston y Brazos, Texas, EUA. Patagifer lamothei n. sp. se puede distinguir de P. bilobus (Rudolphi, 1819, P. brygooi Richard, 1964, P. consimilis Dietz, 1909, y P. fraternus Johnston, 1917, por la posición de los testículos, contiguos o casi, por la distancia entre el ovario y el testículo anterior que es menor que la longitud del ovario, y el espacio postesticular que es menos extenso, por tener el espacio intertesticular aproximadamente igual o mayor que la longitud del ovario, por el ovario ubicado a una distancia del testículo anterior igual o mayor que la longitud del ovario, y por tener un espacio postesticular más extenso. Además, el ovario de la especie nueva se localiza justamente delante de la mitad corporal, a diferencia de P. bilobus, P. fraternus y P. vioscai Lumsden, 1962, en los cuales se encuentra en la mitad del cuerpo y de P. brygooi y P. consimilis, donde se ubica en la mitad posterior. La especie nueva se asemeja a P. simarai Nigam, 1944 por la distancia entre los testículos, la posición del ovario y el espacio postesticular (30 y 36% de la longitud corporal. Sin embargo, difiere de P. simarai por el cuerpo de menor tamaño, por poseer faringe, ventosa oral y ventral, ovario, testículos y bolsa del cirro, todos ellos de menor tamaño y por presentar espinas pequeñas en el margen del collar y espinas de mayor tamaño en los ángulos del mismo. Adicionalmente, el ovario de la especie nueva se localiza inmediatamente anterior al punto medio corporal, mientras que en P. simarai, se localiza bastante adelante de dicho punto.

The 1968 Edcouch-Elsa High School Walkout: Chicano Student Activism in a South Texas Community

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Barrera, James B.

2004-01-01

A nonviolent school boycott by 192 Chicanola students in 1968 at Edcouch-Elsa high school in the Rio Grande Valley region of Deep South Texas is examined. This walkout was the first major Chicano student protest in South Texas, and was a product of the 1960s Chicano movement.

Remoção do piercing no perioperatório Remoción del piercing en el perioperatorio Perioperative removal of body piercing

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Solange Diccini

2008-02-01

Full Text Available A permanência do piercing no intra-operatório pode ocasionar intercorrências. Este estudo teve como objetivo determinar as intervenções de enfermagem no pré-operatório e avaliar as complicações do piercing no intra-operatório. Durante a revisão da literatura, foram incluídos 16 artigos publicados de 1994 a 2006. Nove artigos (56,2% de intervenções de enfermagem no pré-operatório, quatro (25,0% de complicações do piercing no intra-operatório e três (18,8% sobre o uso do piercing no intra-operatório, não apresentando complicações. Concluímos que a presença de piercing oral durante o intra-operatório aumenta o risco de lesões e aspiração. No corpo, a presença do piercing pode causar lesões na pele, decorrentes da mobilização do paciente e queimaduras eletrocirúrgicas. Portanto, é necessária a retirada do piercing no pré-operatório.La permanencia del piercing en el intraoperatorio puede causar algún perjuicio. Pretendemos, determinar las intervenciones de enfermería en el preoperatorio y evaluar las complicaciones del piercing en el intraoperatorio. La revisión de la literatura mostró 16 artículos publicados de 1994 a 2006. Nueve (56,2% fueron de intervenciones de enfermería en el preoperatorio, cuatro (25,0% de complicaciones del piercing en intraoperatorio, tres (18,8% no mostraron complicaciones. Concluimos, la presencia del piercing oral, durante el intraoperatório aumenta el riesgo de aspiración y daño. En el cuerpo, puede causar heridas en la piel, provocadas por la movilización del enfermo y las quemaduras, debido al uso de bisturí eléctrico durante el acto intraoperatorio. Por consiguiente, es necesario retirar el piercing en el preoperatorio.The remaining of piercing in intraoperative can cause damages. This paper had as purpose defining the nursing interventions in the intraoperative and evaluates the complications caused by piercing in the intraoperative. This literature review had 16

75 FR 39668 - Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rio del Oro...

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2010-07-12

... Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rio del Oro Specific Plan Project, in Sacramento County, CA... Street, Room 1480, Sacramento, CA 95814-2922, or via e-mail to [email protected] . FOR... available for review by appointment only at USACE, Sacramento District, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814...

Knowledge and understanding of dissolved solids in the Rio Grande–San Acacia, New Mexico, to Fort Quitman, Texas, and plan for future studies and monitoring

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Moyer, Douglas; Anderholm, Scott K.; Hogan, James F.; Phillips, Fred M.; Hibbs, Barry J.; Witcher, James C.; Matherne, Anne Marie; Falk, Sarah E.

2013-01-01

Availability of water in the Rio Grande Basin has long been a primary concern for water-resource managers. The transport and delivery of water in the basin have been engineered by using reservoirs, irrigation canals and drains, and transmountain-water diversions to meet the agricultural, residential, and industrial demand. In contrast, despite the widespread recognition of critical water-quality problems, there have been minimal management efforts to improve water quality in the Rio Grande. Of greatest concern is salinization (concentration of dissolved solids approaching 1,000 mg/L), a water-quality problem that has been recognized and researched for more than 100 years because of the potential to limit both agricultural and municipal use. To address the issue of salinization, water-resource managers need to have a clear conceptual understanding of the sources of salinity and the factors that control storage and transport, identify critical knowledge gaps in this conceptual understanding, and develop a research plan to address these gaps and develop a salinity management program. In 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC), and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) initiated a project to summarize the current state of knowledge regarding the transport of dissolved solids in the Rio Grande between San Acacia, New Mexico, and Fort Quitman, Texas. The primary objective is to provide hydrologic information pertaining to the spatial and temporal variability present in the concentrations and loads of dissolved solids in the Rio Grande, the source-specific budget for the mass of dissolved solids transported along the Rio Grande, and the locations at which dissolved solids enter the Rio Grande. Dissolved-solids concentration data provide a good indicator of the general quality of surface water and provide information on the factors governing salinization within

Web application to access U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works and Restoration Projects information for the Rio Grande Basin, southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas

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Archuleta, Christy-Ann M.; Eames, Deanna R.

2009-01-01

The Rio Grande Civil Works and Restoration Projects Web Application, developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Albuquerque District, is designed to provide publicly available information through the Internet about civil works and restoration projects in the Rio Grande Basin. Since 1942, USACE Albuquerque District responsibilities have included building facilities for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, providing flood protection, supplying water for power and public recreation, participating in fire remediation, protecting and restoring wetlands and other natural resources, and supporting other government agencies with engineering, contracting, and project management services. In the process of conducting this vast array of engineering work, the need arose for easily tracking the locations of and providing information about projects to stakeholders and the public. This fact sheet introduces a Web application developed to enable users to visualize locations and search for information about USACE (and some other Federal, State, and local) projects in the Rio Grande Basin in southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

Asteroidea de la plataforma continental de Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil, coleccionados durante los viajes del N/Oc. "prof. W. Besnard" para el proyecto Rio Grande do Sul Asteroidea of the continental shelf of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil, collected during the cruises of the R/V "prof. W. Besnard" for the project Rio Grande do Sul

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Carlos J Carrera-Rodríguez

1977-01-01

Full Text Available 1 - La hidrología del área estudiada, entre las latitudes 29º y 34ºS, es muy compleja y esta influenciada por aguas tropicales traídas por la Corriente de Brasil, por aguas subantarticas traídas por la Corriente de las Malvinas, por las aguas del estuario del Rio de La Plata y por la presencia cercana de la Convergencia Subtropical. 2 - Las aguas que cubren la plataforma continental del Estado de Rio Grande do Sul pueden clasificarse como Aguas Costeras de Influencia Tropical (ACIT, Aguas del Talud Continental (AT y Aguas Costeras de Influencia Subantártica (ACISA originadas casi exclusivamente por procesos de mezcla. 3 - En otoño e invierno es mayor la influencia de las ACISA, AT y las aguas del estuario del Rio de La Plata sobretodo en la región septentrional del área estudiada; ocurren inversiones de temperatura y predominan los procesos de mezcla sobre los de interacción océano-aire. 4 - En primavera y verano es mayor la influencia de las ACIT; predominan los procesos de interacción océano-aire sobre los de mezcla y se encuentra evidencia sugiriendo la ocurrencia de resurgencias en varios puntos. 5 - Los procesos hidrográficos del área estudiada varían estacionalmente y ademas anualmente según las condiciones meteorológicas reinantes. 6 - La fauna de Asteroidea de Rio Grande do Sul comprende cinco ordenes, nueve familias, 15 géneros y 24 especies. 7 - El área estudiada tiene una fauna de asteroideos principalmente tropical y subtropical pero incluye elementos subantárticos y antárticos. Los primeros se encuentran sobretodo al norte del paralelo de 31ºS mientras que los segundos ocurren principalmente al sur de ese paralelo. Constituye esto evidencia adicional a la hipótesis de que el área estudiada comprende dos regiones hidrográficas con su división aproximada en el paralelo 31ºS. 8 - Se reportan ocho nuevas ocurrencias: Labidiaster radiosus Lutken, Luidla clathrata (Say, Marginaster pectinatus Perrier

La sostenibilidad del desarrollo entre Rio-92 y Johannesburgo 2002: eramos felices y no sabiamos Development's sustainability between Rio-92 and Johannesburg-2002: we did not realize how happy we were

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Roberto P. Guimarães

2001-12-01

Full Text Available Transcurridas tres décadas desde la Conferencia sobre el Medio Ambiente Humano en Estocolmo, y estando a las puertas de la próxima Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Sostenible en Johannesburgo, corresponde hacer una evaluación del camino recorrido, en especial a partir del verdadero divisor de aguas que representó la Conferencia de Rio en 1992. Para tales propósitos se introduce, en primer lugar, un balance de la evolución económica, social e institucional de la década pasada para, en seguida, poner de relieve los avances y retrocesos de la agenda global del desarrollo sostenible, del propio proceso regional preparatorio para Johannesburgo 2002 y de las amenazas que puede representar la nueva agenda de seguridad estratégica a partir de los acontecimientos del 11 de septiembre.After three decades since the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, and at the doorsteps of the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, its seems appropriate to assess the path followed particularly since the Rio conference of 1992. For this purpose, it is analyzed the economic, social and institutional evolution of the region during the past decade, followed by an assessment of the advances and shortcomings of the global agenda of sustainable development, of the regional preparatory process for Johannesburg 2002, as well as of the threats posed by the new agenda of strategic security after the events of 11 September.

Hematozoan parasites of Rio Grande wild turkeys from southern Texas (USA)

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Castle, Marc D.; Christensen, Beth A.; Rocke, Tonie E.

1988-01-01

One hundred twenty-three of 300 blood samples (41%) taken from Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) from three locations in southern Texas (Welder Wildlife Refuge, Chaparrosa Ranch, and Campo Alegre Ranch) and subinoculated into domestic broad-breasted white turkey poults were positive for a Plasmodium (Novyella) sp. Analysis of blood films from 350 turkeys revealed Haemoproteus meleagridis in 76% of the birds. A significantly greater mean parasite intensity was observed in birds from Welder Wildlife Refuge. Birds from the Campo Alegre Ranch exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of H. meleagridis than birds from Chaparrosa. The Plasmodium sp. was infective for canaries (Serinus canaria), bobwhites (Colinus virginianus), and ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), but would not produce infection in white leghorn chickens (Gallus gallus) or Coturnix quail (Coturnix coturnix). Attempts to infect Culex tarsalis and C. pipiens pipiens were unsuccessful. Asexual erythrocytic synchrony was not observed when blood-induced infections were monitored in two domestic turkey poults every 4 hr for 72 hr. Exoerythrocytic stages were not found upon examination of impression smears and tissue samples taken from brain, liver, spleen, kidney, lung, and bone marrow. The Plasmodium sp. is most similar morphologically to three species in the subgenus Novyella, P. hexamerium, P. vaughani, and P. kempi. The most striking similarities are to P. hexamerium, and involve mean merozoite number, erythrocytic schizont location, and vertebrate host susceptibility. It differs from P. vaughani in being able to infect turkeys and in type of parasitized erythrocytes. Differences to P. kempi include mean merozoite number, and ability to infect pheasants, and its inability to develop inC. pipiens and C. tarsalis.

Dose for background radioactivity in areas with high radioactivity levels in the Pinar del Rio province

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Alcaide Orpi, J.; Oliveira Acosta, J.; Valdes Hernadez, G.M.; Leal Ramirez, M.R.; Blanco Jorrin, N.

1998-01-01

The objective the work is to know the areas with high natural radiation doses, for they were used it the data obtained by the studies it has more than enough favorability for radioactive minerals carried out in different regions to the Pinar del Rio province in the 1986 to 1993 years and the doses calculations they were carried out according to the effective methodology

RASGOS GEOGRÁFICOS DEL VALLE DEL RIO AGRIO INFERIOR.

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Celia Torren

1993-12-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo es una síntesis del trabajo "Rasgos Geográficos del Valle del Río Agrio Inferior, el cual es un estudio de base para el conocimiento de la geografía de la región: - apoyando el esfuerzo que está realizando la población del área para lograr una identidad propia y una definitiva integración al contexto provincial; - aportando al proyecto "Rescate Arqueológico en Quili Malal, Neuquén" (subsidiado por CONICET y UNESCO, cuya dirección está a cargo de la profesora Susana Rodríguez de la U.N.C., a través de la confección del mapa geomorfológico del área; y - contribuyendo a los estudios que resultan necesarios ante la construcción de una obra hidroeléctrica de la magnitud de "El Chihuido I", emprendimiento que será llevado a cabo por Agua y Energía eléctrica de la Nación. Los límites del área estudiada fueron establecidos teniendo en cuenta el área del valle inferior del Río Agrio que será completamente inundada por el futuro embalse de la represa "El Chihuido I", a emplazarse 5,5 Km aguas abajo de la confluencia de los ríos Agrio y Neuquén. Además de esta área de afectación directa se tomó también una zona de perilago estrechamente vinculada a la anterior. De esta manera los límites este y oeste quedaron establecidos por la confluencia de los ríos antes mencionados y la localidad de Bajada del Agrio, respectivamente.

La transformación del Valle en la literatura del narcotráfico de Rolando Hinojosa

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María del Carmen García

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación analiza cómo Rolando Hinojosa, un escritor chicano, explora la transformación socioeconómica en el espacio textual y extratextual de la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos, específicamente el Valle del Río Grande en Texas. El propósito es estudiar cómo el autor utiliza las convenciones literarias de la novela policíaca para sus fines historiográficos, al explorar en Partners in Crime y Ask a Policeman la transición de una economía local a otra global y basada en el narcotráfico, así como sus implicaciones sociales en un lugar ancestralmente signado por la violencia.This research paper analyzes how Rolando Hinojosa, a Chicano writer, explores the socioeconomic transformation in the textual and extra-textual space on the Mexico-USA border, specifically, the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. It is studied how the autor utilizes the literary conventions of the policial novel for his historiographic purposes, when he explores in Partners in Crime and Ask a Policeman the transition from a local to a globally controlled economy based on narcotraffic and its social implications in a place ancestrally signed by violence.

Caracterización estadística del cáncer de mama en la provincia de Pinar del Río Statistical characterization of breast cancer in Pinar del Rio province

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Pablo González Ruiz

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Dentro de las enfermedades no transmisibles que causan cada año una alta mortalidad en la provincia de Pinar del Río, están las provocadas por el cáncer de mama. Esto genera años de vida perdidos por la mortalidad, de ahí que el objetivo sea: reflejar esta situación por municipios entre los años de 2003 al 2009, con el interés de brindar una información adicional y complementaria al Departamento Provincial de Estadística de Salud Pública. Los indicadores promedio de años de vida perdidos y promedio de años de vida vividos reflejan con más claridad esta situación. Los primeros se calcularon a partir de los estimados de esperanza de vida y los segundos, a partir de la suma de las edades de todas las fallecidas en los 7 años entre el total de estas. El cálculo se realizó sobre la base de tablas estadísticas aportadas por el Departamento de Provincial Estadística de Salud Pública, empleando para esto el sistema Microsoft Excel. Se utilizó un estudio longitudinal retrospectivo y descriptivo en los 14 municipios de la provincia. La novedad del estudio amen de lo antes mencionado está en que contempla por cada municipio como se comporta esta situación, sensibilizando al personal de la atención primaria de salud en la detección temprana del cáncer de mama. El cáncer de mama en el período que se analiza tuvo una evolución desfavorable en lo que se refiere a los años de vida saludables perdidos, destacándose el municipio de Pinar del Río.Among non-contagious diseases provoking an annual high mortality rate in Pinar del Rio province are those provoke by breast cancer. The objective of this study was to quantify, for first time- where it had been possible to investigate- the burden associated with breast cancer in Pinar del Rio province, aimed at offering and additional and complementary information to the Provincial Department of Statistics in Public Health. The average years of potential life lost and quality

Municipal solid waste characterizations and management strategies for the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

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Chang, Ni-Bin; Davila, Eric

2008-01-01

The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV or Valley) in Texas, facing the big waste management challenge along the US-Mexico border today, is at the crossroads as a result of the rapid population growth, the scarcity of landfill space, the bi-nation's trade impacts, and the illusive goal of environmental sustainability. This paper offers a unique municipal solid waste investigation with regard to both physical and chemical characteristics leading to illuminate the necessary management policies with greater regional relevancy. With multiple sampling campaigns conducted during the spring of 2005, this study holistically summarizes the composition of solid waste, the statistical distribution patterns of key recyclable items, and the heating value in an uncertain environment. Research findings indicate that high fractions of plastics and paper in the waste stream imply a strong potential for energy recovery. Incineration options are thus bolstered by mildly high heating values across 10 cities in this region, which may lead to save land resources required for final disposal and increase electricity generation in the long run. Additional regression analyses further identify the correlation between recyclable items and heating value, which show that current recycling programs permit no obvious negative impacts on the incineration option. Final statistical hypothesis tests for both the Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito and the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan regions help foster consistent management strategies across the Valley regardless of the trivial differences of waste characteristics in between.

Geomorphic evolution of the San Luis Basin and Rio Grande in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

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Ruleman, Chester A.; Machette, Michael; Thompson, Ren A.; Miggins, Dan M; Goehring, Brent M; Paces, James B.

2016-01-01

The San Luis Basin encompasses the largest structural and hydrologic basin of the Rio Grande rift. On this field trip, we will examine the timing of transition of the San Luis Basin from hydrologically closed, aggrading subbasins to a continuous fluvial system that eroded the basin, formed the Rio Grande gorge, and ultimately, integrated the Rio Grande from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. Waning Pleistocene neotectonic activity and onset of major glacial episodes, in particular Marine Isotope Stages 11–2 (~420–14 ka), induced basin fill, spillover, and erosion of the southern San Luis Basin. The combined use of new geologic mapping, fluvial geomorphology, reinterpreted surficial geology of the Taos Plateau, pedogenic relative dating studies, 3He surface exposure dating of basalts, and U-series dating of pedogenic carbonate supports a sequence of events wherein pluvial Lake Alamosa in the northern San Luis Basin overflowed, and began to drain to the south across the closed Sunshine Valley–Costilla Plain region ≤400 ka. By ~200 ka, erosion had cut through topographic highs at Ute Mountain and the Red River fault zone, and began deep-canyon incision across the southern San Luis Basin. Previous studies indicate that prior to 200 ka, the present Rio Grande terminated into a large bolson complex in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas, and systematic, headward erosional processes had subtly integrated discontinuously connected basins along the eastern flank of the Rio Grande rift and southern Rocky Mountains. We propose that the integration of the entire San Luis Basin into the Rio Grande drainage system (~400–200 ka) was the critical event in the formation of the modern Rio Grande, integrating hinterland basins of the Rio Grande rift from El Paso, Texas, north to the San Luis Basin with the Gulf of Mexico. This event dramatically affected basins southeast of El Paso, Texas, across the Chisos Mountains and southeastern Basin and Range province, including the Rio

Industria del plástico en el noreste de México y Texas, 1995-2005

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Salvador Corrales C.

2010-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se compara el peso específico de la industria del plástico entreTexas y el noreste de México; ambas regiones son fabricantes de plástico, e interactúan a través de un comercio intenso, que las hace dependientes. También se comparan las tendencias de su producción, capacidades tecnológicas y localización geográfica para abastecer el mercado, entre otros aspectos. El crecimiento de esta industria le permitirá a México agregar valor a su petróleo. Las importaciones crecientes de resinas, junto con su participación escasa como proveedor de la industriamaquiladora de exportación generan la expectativa de un amplio mercado para el plástico; para lograrlo, necesita impulsar la petroquímica.

Geology and ground-water resources of Duval County, Texas

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Sayre, Albert Nelson

1937-01-01

Duval County is situated in southern Texas, 100 to 150 miles south of San Antonio and about midway between Corpus Christi, on the Gulf of Mexico, and Laredo, on the Rio Grande. The county lies on the Coastal Plain, which for the most part is low and relatively featureless. Between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande in this part of Texas the plain is interrupted by an erosion remnant, the Reynosa Plateau, which reaches a maximum altitude of nearly 1,000 feet above sea level and stands well above the areas to the east and west. The Reynosa Plateau includes most of Duval County and parts of Webb, Zapata, Starr, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, McMullen, and Live Oak Counties. In Duval County the plateau is bounded on the west by the westward-facing Bordas escarpment, 75 to 150 feet high, which crosses the county with a southwesterly trend from about the middle of the north boundary to about the middle of the west boundary. On the east the plateau is bounded by a low seaward-facing escarpment, which passes through San Diego, trending a little west of south.

RiSA: A Science Festival for the Bilingual and Bicultural Rio Grande Valley

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Key, Joey Shapiro; Torres, Cristina; Stone, Robert

2014-03-01

The Rio Grande Science and Arts (RiSA) Festival organized by the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (CGWA) at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) will use a wide variety of artforms to bring physics and science topics to the bilingual and bicultural population of the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. The science and art faculty at UTB will partner with art and education professionals to create an annual community event celebrating science though art. Music, dance, poetry, and visual arts will headline the festival activities. Festival events and products will be produced in both English and Spanish to attract and inform the bilingual local community. The RiSA Festival is supported by the Science Festival Alliance and the Sloan Foundation. Supported by the Science Festival Alliance and the Sloan Foundation.

Guidebook to Rio Grande rift in New Mexico

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Hawley, J.W.

1978-01-01

Discusses the details of geologic features along the rift zone. Included are short papers on topics relative to the overall region. These papers and the road logs are of special interest to any one pursuing further study of the rift. This book is a comprehensive guide to the middle and late Cenozoic geology of the Rio Grande region of Colorado and New Mexico. Though initially used on field trips for the International Symposium on Tectonics and Magmatism of the Rio Grande rift, the guidebook will be useful to anyone interested in the Cenozoic history of the 600-mi-long area extending from central Colorado to El Paso, Texas.

76 FR 61249 - Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Increased Assessment Rate

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2011-10-04

... industry profile shows that 6 of the 12 handlers (50 percent) would be considered large businesses under... independent evaluation of the effectiveness of their generic promotion program, which is now commonly known as... State of Texas' budget, the Texas Department of Agriculture requested the citrus industry's assistance...

Distribuição do parto vaginal e da cesariana no município do Rio de Janeiro no período de 2001 a 2004 Distribución del parto vaginal y de la cesarea en el municipio del Rio de Janeiro en el periodo de 2001 hasta 2004 Distribution of the vaginal birth and of the cesarean in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 2001 to 2004

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Virginia Maria de Azevedo Oliveira Knupp

2008-03-01

Full Text Available O parto vaginal é um processo natural que acontece por si mesmo, não necessitando da intervenção de terceiro. A cesariana é uma intervenção médica sobre um processo que a natureza resolve e regula sem artifícios. O objetivo desse estudo é analisar a distribuição do parto vaginal e da cesariana no Município do Rio de Janeiro no período de 2001 a 2004 e estudálos segundo as variáveis: raça da parturiente, área de planejamento de residência, local de ocorrência, natureza jurídica do hospital, faixa etária, estado civil e escolaridade da mãe, consulta pré-natal e Apgar no 1º minuto. Estudo descritivo de base populacional, que analisou as Declarações de Nascidos Vivos do Município do Rio de Janeiro em 2001 a 2004 através do Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos. As altas taxas de cesariana foram observadas nas regiões com maior poder econômico, instituições privadas, em mulheres acima de 35 anos, em casadas e com maior escolaridade.El parto vaginal es un proceso que acontece por si mismo, no habiendo necesidad de intervención de terceros. La cesarea es una intervención médica sobre un proceso que la naturaleza resolve sin artificios. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la distribución del parto vaginal y de la cesarea en el Municipio del Rio de Janeiro en el periodo de 2001 hasta 2004 y estudiar según las variables: raza de la parturiente, área de planificación de residencia, ubicación de ocurrencia, naturaleza jurídica del hospital,edad, estado civil y escolaridad de la madre, consulta prenatal y Apgar en el primer minuto. Estudio descriptivo de base poblacional, que analisó las Declaraciones de Nacidos Vivos del Municipio del Rio de Janeiro en 2001 hasta 2004 a través del Sistema de Información sobre Nacidos Vivos. Las altas tazas de cesarea fueron observadas en las regiones con mayor poder económico, instituciones privadas, en mujeres con más de 35 años, en casadas y con mayor escolaridad

Factors that contribute to Hispanic English Language Learners' high academic performance in high school science in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas: A multicase study

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Elizondo, Antonio

The purpose of this multicase study was to discover factors that contribute to Hispanic English language learners' (ELL) high academic performance in high school science in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Participants were high school seniors enrolled in college-level classes who had scored commended on the science exit-level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills and ranked toward the top of their class. One student from each of four different high schools in south Texas were selected to participate. Schools identified students meeting the participant criteria and provided consent documents. In this qualitative research study, students were interviewed on three different dates. Administrators and science teachers were also interviewed for triangulation. Significant findings showed that intrinsic qualities were mainly responsible for factors contributing to high academic performance. Hispanic ELL students need meaningful responsibilities to internalize self-esteem and self-efficacy to realize high academic performance. Self-motivation, a contributing factor, provides students with a positive outlook on high academic performance and the ability to defer more immediate undermining rewards. Students expect to contribute to society by helping others. This helps their self-esteem as well as their self-worth and supports high academic performance. Parental and teacher support are critical for high academic performance. Low socioeconomic status alone is not a causal factor for poor academic performance. School administrations should assign willing and enthusiastic teachers as mentors to target students and provide skills to parents that promote, inspire, and motivate students' intrinsic qualities. Future studies should examine different leadership styles that maximize teachers' ability to influence students' high academic performance. Finally, students should be given guidance in setting career goals and demonstrating that high academic achievement is attainable and

STEM education for teachers in the Rio Grande Valley

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Ries, Judit Gyorgyey; Baguio, Margaret R.

2015-11-01

We have worked with elementary and middle school teachers in the Rio Grande Valley for the last 10 years bringing Earth and Space Science themed workshops to underserved areas of Texas. The Texas curriculum was also changed to include Astronomy and Space Science requirement in the tests students need to take to prove their academic preparedness. The teachers worked through a variety of inquiry-based, hands-on activities after a short presentation on the background science. In order to evaluate our effectiveness, we have asked the teachers to take pre- and post-workshop tests, and we asked them to fill out a self-reflective survey. We will report on our experiences, what works best with the teachers, and in what areas we still have a long way to go.This work was supported by various NASA education grants and Cooperative agreements, as well as grants provided by the Texas Space Grant Consortium.

Contribuições da psiquiatria clássica ao diagnóstico da melancolia: o delírio de negação e o delírio de indignidade

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Maria de Fátima Ferreira

2008-09-01

Full Text Available Discute-se a respeito da importância que teve a pesquisa empreendida pelos psiquiatras franceses Jules Cotard e Jules Séglas nas primeiras elaborações freudianas acerca da melancolia. No esforço feito por Freud em distinguir as afecções psíquicas, ele leva em consideração os principais conceitos destacados pela psiquiatria clássica: a dor moral, condição para o delírio de indignidade, o mecanismo de auto-acusação e a hemorragia de libido. Busca-se uma articulação entre esses autores. Neste artigo essa retomada é importante para um aprimoramento no diagnóstico da melancolia. Constata-se que a melancolia na contemporaneidade nos remete não somente aos clássicos, mas sobretudo a Freud, em seus primeiros rascunhos.

Spring migration of Northern Pintails from Texas and New Mexico, USA

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Haukos, D.A.; Miller, M.R.; Orthmeyer, D.L.; Takekawa, John Y.; Fleskes, J.P.; Casazza, Michael L.; Perry, W.M.; Moon, J.A.

2006-01-01

We used satellite transmitters (platform transmitting terminals or PTTs) during 2002 and 2003 to document spring migration timing, routes, stopover sites, and nesting sites of adult female Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) from major wintering areas of the Gulf Coast (N = 20) and Playa Lakes Regions (PLR, N = 20) in Texas, and the Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico (MRGV, N = 15). Some Pintails tagged in the MRGV continued movements into Mexico. Poor winter survival or PTT failure reduced sample size to 15 for PLR Pintails, 5 for Gulf Coast Pintails, and 11 for MRGV Pintails. Apparent winter survival was 66% lower for Texas Gulf Coast PTT-tagged Pintails than for those from the PLR and MRGV. Pintails from each area used different routes to their respective breeding grounds. PTT-tagged Pintails from the MRGV followed the Rio Grande Valley north to southern Colorado, before traveling on to the Dakotas and Canada or traveled northeast and joined the migration of PLR Pintails in Texas or Kansas. The latter made initial stops in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, or the Dakotas. Gulf Coast Pintails traveled through north-central Oklahoma or central Kansas. Pintails that had stopped first in Kansas or Nebraska tended to settle to nest in the United States. Wetland availability in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Northern Great Plains influenced nesting destinations of PTT-tagged Pintails, but individuals settled across a wide swath of northern North America. We did not detect any consistently-used spring staging areas. Therefore, negative impacts to any of the marked populations, or their wetland habitats, may have continental implications.

Isaria poprawskii sp. nov. (Hypocreales: Cordycipitacae), a new entomopathogenic fungus from Texas affecting sweet potato whitefly

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Isaria poprawskii is described as a new entomopathogenic species similar to Isaria javanica (=Paecilomyces javanicus). It was discovered ont he sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci biotype B in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas (LRGV), USA. Morphological and DNA examinations indicated the dist...

Verde plant bug is associated with cottong boll rot in South Texas cotton

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Verde plant bug was the dominant boll-feeding sucking bug species (>98% of insects collected using a beat bucket) from peak to late bloom in cotton fields near the coast along the Coastal Bend of South Texas, from Port Lavaca to the Lower Rio qrande Valley in 2010 and 2011. It was common in fields w...

Water quality, discharge, and groundwater levels in the Palomas, Mesilla, and Hueco Basins in New Mexico and Texas from below Caballo Reservoir, New Mexico, to Fort Quitman, Texas, 1889-2013

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McKean, Sarah E.; Matherne, Anne Marie; Thomas, Nicole

2014-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Mexico Environment Department, compiled data from various sources to develop a dataset that can be used to conduct an assessment of the total dissolved solids in surface water and groundwater of the Palomas, Mesilla, and Hueco Basins in New Mexico and Texas, from below Caballo Reservoir, N. Mex., to Fort Quitman, Tex. Data include continuous surface-water discharge records at various locations on the Rio Grande; surface-water-quality data for the Rio Grande collected at selected locations in the Palomas, Mesilla, and Hueco Basins; groundwater levels and groundwater-quality data collected from selected wells in the Palomas and Mesilla Basins; and data from several seepage investigations conducted on the Rio Grande and selected drains in the Mesilla Basin.

Monitoreo ante inundaciones en comunidades de la cuenca baja del Rio Ostúa y Lago Guija, Guatemala

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Carla Gordillo

2017-01-01

El proyecto de investigación Pridca BC 96: Sistema de Monitoreo ante inundaciones en comunidades de la cuenca baja del Rio Ostúa y Lago de Guija, se desarrolló de julio 2014 a diciembre 2015. Las actividades ejecutadas consistieron en la caracterización de la cuenca, elaboración de mapa de susceptibilidad municipal, campaña de sensibilización y taller de selección de comunidades. Se generó un mapa de amenaza y riesgo ante inundación en toda la cuenca y se logró el acercamiento con las comunid...

"In the middle of an orange grove, across the street from the tortilla factory": The Science Academy of South Texas

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Canter, Anna Rudolph

2004-12-01

The Science Academy of South Texas, one of four magnet schools in The South Texas Independent School District (STISD), opened in 1989 to bring educational opportunities in mathematics and science to students in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. STISD serves three counties and offers enrollment to any student who applies from any of the twenty-eight feeder districts. The Science Academy is the only mathematics and science magnet school in the Rio Grande Valley. Over years, Science Academy has developed partnerships with major colleges and universities in Houston, Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. University partnerships have provided funding for programs at the school and have created continuing summer study programs for Science Academy students. Graduates have been accepted to and/or attended some of the most prestigious colleges and universities across the United States, despite personal challenges including low socioeconomic status, English as their second language, and being the first in their family to attend college. This historical study seeks to answer two basic questions. How has the Science Academy faced its academic, political, and social challenges over the years? What factors appear to have contributed to its establishment, survival, and success? Chapter One, "Significance of the Study and Research Methods" describes the study's significance within the scholarly literature and the research methods used for this study. Chapter Two, "The Science Academy of South Texas" presents the history of STISD and the events which precipitated Science Academy's establishment. Chapter Three, "The Administration, Faculty and Staff of Science Academy," discusses administration and faculty of the Science Academy. Its focus is Science Academy teachers and their educational beliefs as well as the administrators and staff and their beliefs. Chapter Four, "Curriculum Continuity and Change at the Science Academy," focuses on the curriculum history of Science Academy and

Delineando un modelo de cuidado a partir del análisis sistemático de la actividad diaria del enfermero en un hospital universitario de Rio de Janeiro

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Joséte Luzia Leite

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación deriva del proyecto titulado "El análisis sistemático del cuidado a las personas con VIH / SIDA: la construcción de un modelo nacional", apoyado por el Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico. Este proyecto integra el Núcleo de investigación "Gestión en salud y práctica profesional de la enfermería" del Departamento de Metodología de la Escuela de Enfermería Anna Nery de la Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, en la línea de investigación "Modelos asistenciales, conocimientos y paradigmas". Esta es una investigación cualitativa del tipo descriptivo-exploratorio que tiene como objetivos analizar las formas de cuidado prestado a los pacientes seropositivos para el VIH a partir de declaraciones de algunos enfermeros, y proponer un modelo de cuidado basado en la información obtenida. Los datos fueron recolectados después de la autorización del Comité de Ética con respecto al protocolo 10/2006. Se concluye que la construcción de un modelo de cuidado para los pacientes con el VIH se construye a partir del cuidado como competencia / actualización del profesional enfermero, en el conocimiento acerca de los progresos y las implicaciones de la patología / SIDA, y en las condiciones del ser humano / paciente con VIH. Se comprende que el modelo indica al enfermero la importancia de la competencia técnico-científica y política, y la postura ética crítica-reflexiva acerca de las intervenciones del cuidado al paciente con el VIH.

Beneficiários do trabalho voluntário: uma leitura a partir da bioética Beneficiarios del trabajo voluntario: una lectura a partir de la bioética Beneficiaries of volunteering: a bioethical perspective

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Lucilda Selli

2008-12-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Descrever a percepção dos voluntários sobre os beneficiários do trabalho voluntário no setor de saúde hospitalar e a influência que o tema dos benefícios exerce sobre as motivações. MÉTODOS: Estudo exploratório com abordagem qualitativa. Participaram 110 voluntários em serviços de saúde referências no tratamento de câncer no Rio de Janeiro (RJ, com coleta de dados de outubro a dezembro de 2001. Os dados foram obtidos por dois instrumentos: um questionário com perfil socioeconômico e sobre motivações para atividade voluntária; e entrevista semi-estruturada para obtenção de dados complementares. RESULTADOS: A visão dos voluntários sobre os beneficiários da atividade voluntária esteve centrada mais freqüentemente no paciente (50,5%, no voluntário (41,9% e na instituição e sociedade (7,6%. Paciente e voluntário foram considerados simultaneamente beneficiários, sendo o voluntário o que mais recebe benefícios. Foi relatada também uma compreensão do benefício social dessa atividade. CONCLUSÕES: Constatou-se que existe, entre os voluntários, uma noção da importância social do seu trabalho voluntário, faltando uma articulação maior entre motivações individuais e trabalho voluntário como espaço de enfrentamento de problemas sociais.OBJETIVO: Describir la percepción de los voluntarios sobre los beneficiarios del trabajo voluntario en el sector de salud hospitalaria y la influencia que el tema de los beneficios ejerce sobre las motivaciones. MÉTODOS: Se efectuó estudio exploratorio con abordaje cualitativo. Participaron 110 voluntarios en servicios de salud de referencia en el tratamiento de cáncer en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro (Sureste de Brasil, con colecta de datos de octubre a diciembre de 2001. Los datos fueron obtenidos por dos instrumentos: un cuestionario con perfil socioeconómico y sobre motivaciones para actividad voluntaria; y entrevista semi-estructurada para la obtención de

Temporal Variation in the Abundance and Timing of Daily Activity of Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma gerstaeckeri (Stål, 1859) in a Natural Habitat in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas.

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Flores, A; Vitek, C; Feria-Arroyo, T P; Fredensborg, B L

2017-10-01

Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is a burden to millions of people in South and Central America. A sylvatic life cycle of the parasite exists in the Southern United States, but recent studies indicate an active peri-domestic life cycle of T. cruzi in Texas. The United States-Mexico border region in Texas displays areas of high poverty and sub-standard housing conditions which are important risk factors for a potential spill-over transmission to a domestic life cycle including humans. The objectives of the study were to examine short- and long-term temporal variation in vector activity and to evaluate the effect of different combinations of attractants on the capture of potential triatomine vectors. We collected local triatomine vectors (all of them identified as Triatoma gerstaeckeri) from a natural habitat in South Texas during the course of a year. The exact time of collection was recorded to examine the timing of flight activity of the triatomine vector. We also conducted a comparative study of the efficiency of 2 commonly used attractants (light and CO 2 ) and the combination of those on the capture rate of Tr. gerstaeckeri. Our study indicates a short season of dispersal of Tr. gerstaeckeri (April/May) and it suggests a unimodal distribution of activity peaking between 2 and 3 hr after sunset. Ultra-violet light served as the main attractant of Tr. gerstaeckeri while CO 2 from dry ice did not significantly contribute to the collection of vectors. The pronounced timing of activity in Tr. gerstaeckeri reported in this study contributes to our understanding of the epidemiology of T. cruzi in wildlife and its potential as a Chagas disease vector to humans in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas.

Perspectivas de jovens universitários da Região Norte do Rio Grande do Sul em relação à paternidade Las perspectivas de jóvenes universitarios de la región norte del estado de Rio Grande do Sul en relación a la paternidad Perspectives about paternity by young male university students from the northern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul

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Cleci Terezinha Perosa

2009-06-01

Full Text Available A visão do jovem em relação à paternidade e envolvimento com futuros filhos tem sido um assunto de veiculação ainda incipiente na nossa realidade. Este estudo, descritivo, qualitativo e exploratório, teve como objetivos estudar as perspectivas de jovens universitários da Região Norte do Rio Grande do Sul quanto à paternidade, estudar sua visão em relação à sua criação e educação para a paternidade e identificar como as instituições (família, grupo de amigos, escola influenciam no seu desenvolvimento e modo de pensar. Realizou-se na Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, RS, com oito jovens universitários com idades entre 20 e 24 anos. Os dados coletados por grupo focal e entrevistas foram analisados mediante análise temática e apontaram para relevância da família, o papel do pai, estabilidade financeira, a importância da companheira, o papel do matrimônio e o jeito de ser pai na construção de suas vidas e paternidade.La visión del joven en relación a la paternidad y la relación con futuros hijos es un asunto que ha aparecido de forma reciente e incipiente en nuestra realidad. Este estudio, descriptivo, cualitativo y exploratorio, tuvo como objetivos: estudiar las perspectivas de los jóvenes universitarios de la Región Norte de Rio Grande do Sul, en lo que se refiere a la paternidad; estudiar su visión en relación a su creación y educación para la paternidad e identificar como las instituciones (familia, grupo de amigos, escuela influyen en su desarrollo y modo de pensar. Se realizó en la Universidad Regional Integrada del Alto Uruguay y de las Misiones, en Rio Grande do Sul, con ocho jóvenes universitarios con edades entre 20 y 24 años. Los datos recolectados, por grupo focal y entrevistas, fueron analizados mediante análisis temático y apuntaron para la relevancia de la familia; el papel del padre, la estabilidad financiera, la importancia de la compañera, el papel del

Potential effects of environmental contaminants on P450 aromatase activity and DNA damage in swallows from the Rio Grande and Somerville, Texas

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Sitzlar, M.A.; Mora, M.A.; Fleming, J.G.W.; Bazer, F.W.; Bickham, J.W.; Matson, C.W.

2009-01-01

Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) and cave swallows (P. fulva) were sampled during the breeding season at several locations in the Rio Grande, Texas, to evaluate the potential effects of environmental contaminants on P450 aromatase activity in brain and gonads and DNA damage in blood cells. The tritiated water-release aromatase assay was used to measure aromatase activity and flow cytometry was used to measure DNA damage in nucleated blood cells. There were no significant differences in brain and gonadal aromatase activities or in estimates of DNA damage (HPCV values) among cave swallow colonies from the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) and Somerville. However, both brain and gonadal aromatase activities were significantly higher (P male cliff swallows from Laredo than in those from Somerville. Also, DNA damage estimates were significantly higher (P males and females combined) from Laredo than in those from Somerville. Contaminants of current high use in the LRGV, such as atrazine, and some of the highly persistent organochlorines, such as toxaphene and DDE, could be potentially associated with modulation of aromatase activity in avian tissues. Previous studies have indicated possible DNA damage in cliff swallows. We did not observe any differences in aromatase activity or DNA damage in cave swallows that could be associated with contaminant exposure. Also, the differences in aromatase activity and DNA damage between male cliff swallows from Laredo and Somerville could not be explained by contaminants measured at each site in previous studies. Our study provides baseline information on brain and gonadal aromatase activity in swallows that could be useful in future studies. ?? 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Studies of geology and hydrology in the Basin and Range province, southwestern United States, for isolation of high-level radioactive waste: characterization of the Rio Grande Region, New Mexico, and Texas

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Bedinger, M.S.; Sargent, Kenneth A.; Langer, William H.

1989-01-01

The Rio Grande region, New Mexico and Texas, includes most of the area east of the Rio Grande to the Sacramento Mountains. The region encompasses two large basins, the Jornada del Muerto and Tularosa basins, and the intervening San Andres Mountains. The valley surfaces generally have altitudes from 600 to 1,500 meters, and the mountain ranges generally have altitudes from 1,500 to 2,400 meters. About one-half the area is underlain by basin fill. Sedimentary rocks that crop out in the Rio Grande region range in age from Precambrian to Holocene. The oldest Precambrian rocks are metamorphosed and intruded by plutons. Paleozoic rocks are primarily carbonates, with argillaceous beds in the older Paleozoic units. Clastic and gypsum are in greater abundance in younger Paleozoic units of Pennsylvanian and Permian age. The Mesozoic rocks primarily are clastic rocks with some limestone. Cenozoic rocks consist of sequences of conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, and siltstone, derived from adjacent mountain masses, interbedded with basalt and andesite flows and silicic tuffs. Early to middle Tertiary volcanic and tectonic processes resulted in the implacement of plutonic bodies; volcanic activity continued into the Quaternary. Media considered to have potential for isolation of high-level radioactive waste include intrusive rocks, ash-flow tuff, and basaltic lava flows. Laharic and mudflow breccia and argillaceous beds also may be potential host rocks. These and other rocks may be potential media in areas where the unsaturated zone is thick. Quaternary faults are more common in the southern one-half of the region than in the northern one-half. Range-bounding faults with evidence of Quaternary movement extend northward into the central part of the region. Volcanic activity in the northern part of the region includes basalt flows of Quaternary age. Historical crustal uplift and seismicity have occurred in the vicinity of Socorro, New Mexico. The region is bordered on the west by

Determinantes do desenvolvimento do setor agropecuário nos municípios Determinantes del desarrollo del sector agrícola-ganadero en los municipios Determinants of the development of the agricultural sector in municipalities

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Caio César de Medeiros Costa

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Dada a importância do setor agropecuário para a economia brasileira, é fundamental conhecer os fatores determinantes do desenvolvimento agropecuário em seus municípios. Sob a luz de referencial teórico que aborda questões relacionadas aos fatores determinantes do desenvolvimento agropecuário e do desenvolvimento econômico local, neste estudo fez-se uso das metodologias de análise multivariada conhecidas como análise fatorial e análise de cluster. Utilizou-se o estado de Minas Gerais como recorte analítico. Foram selecionadas 22 variáveis para cada município, representando diferentes dimensões do desenvolvimento, visando verificar quais os fatores determinantes do desenvolvimento agropecuário. Após a análise fatorial, optou-se pela extração de seis fatores com raiz característica maior do que um e que respondem, em conjunto, por 62,25% da variância total dos dados: desenvolvimento econômico, investimento público, qualidade de vida, condições da atividade agropecuária, condições de meio ambiente e consumo, e condições de financiamento. Pela análise de cluster, foram criados cinco grupos, de acordo com o desempenho dos membros nos fatores. Os resultados corroboram os apontamentos literários em quase sua totalidade e, além disso, destaca-se e discute-se a existência de um ciclo positivo gerado pelo incremento dos fatores determinantes do desenvolvimento agropecuário e pelas vantagens competitivas. Neste estudo, aponta-se a importância do investimento público na promoção do desenvolvimento, reforçando o proposto por trabalhos anteriores de que o Estado desempenha papel fundamental para garantir condições que propiciem o desenvolvimento do setor agropecuário. Outra constatação factível é a de que fatores isolados, tais como as boas condições da agricultura e do meio ambiente, não são capazes de propiciar desenvolvimento para o setor nos municípios mineiros.Dada la importancia de la agricultura y de

78 FR 78398 - Notice and Request for Comments: LSC merger of the migrant service areas in Texas, Arkansas...

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... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice and Request for Comments: LSC merger of the migrant service... Services Corporation. ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments--LSC merger of the migrant service areas in... Alabama migrant service areas. Grants for these individual service areas have been awarded to Texas Rio...

Homofobia y/o ser enfermero. Primer evento científico de violencia. Segundo trimestre del año 2009. Pinar del Río Homophobia and/or to be a male nurse. 1st Scientific Event of Violence on the second quarter of 2009. Pinar del Rio

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Marisol Rodríguez Lazo

2011-06-01

Full Text Available La homofobia significa un terror irracional e injustificado hacia a los homosexuales y la homosexualidad. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, a un grupo determinado de hombres del municipio de Pinar del Río con el objetivo de reflexionar sobre la homofobia en cuanto a los enfermeros homosexuales, durante el segundo trimestre del año 2009. El universo estuvo constituido por 147 hombres del municipio de Pinar del Río, a los cuales se le aplicó una encuesta, la muestra fue de 100 hombres seleccionados por el método estadístico al azar simple, lo que indica que se encuesto el 68,02%, obteniéndose los siguientes resultados, el 100% de los encuestados si conocen que es la homofobia, el 77% de los encuestados si sienten rechazo por los homosexuales, la totalidad de los encuestados no consideran que todos los enfermeros sean homosexuales, un 29% consideran que el trabajo de los enfermeros homosexuales es mejor, y el 70% de los encuestados opinan que la mayoría de los enfermeros que optan por su profesión tienen orientación por personas de su mismo sexo.Homophobia means an irrational and unjustified fear to homosexuals and homosexuality. A descriptive study was conducted to a determined group of men in Pinar del Rio municipality. This research was aimed at reflecting on homophobia regarding male homosexual nurses during the second quarter of 2009. The target group included 147 men in Pinar del Rio municipality, this group was polled. The sample was comprised of 100 men chosen at a simple random, which indicated that 68, 02% were surveyed, results showed that: 100% knew what homophobia was, 77% felt aversion to homosexuals, the totality of those polled did not consider all male nurses were homosexuals, 29% considered male homosexual nurses performed their job better, and 70% expressed the opinion that the majority of the male choosing nursing profession experience same-sex attraction.

Indicadores de desempeño del sistema de riego del Rio Dulce, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

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Prieto, D.; Angella, G.; Angueira, M.C.; Pérez Carrera, A.; Moscuzza, C.

2005-01-01

Mucha atención se ha puesto en el estudio del desempeño de los sistemas de riego a partir de la década de 1990, al tomarse conciencia de los bajos resultados de muchos de ellos, y su impacto ambiental negativo. El Sistema de Riego del Río Dulce en Santiago del Estero (PRD), no es la excepción,

Evoluzione del paesaggio e insediamento nel bacino del Rio Posada. Indagini geoarcheologiche

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French, Charles; Sulas, Federica; Melis, Rita T.

2017-01-01

New geoarchaeological investigations provide the first local, environmental records concerning the long-term history of the Rio Posada basin in eastern Sardinia. In this article, we present some preliminary findings of field research and laboratory analyses and propose an environmental sequence...

Hemophilia care in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil El tratamiento de la hemofilia en el estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Eva M. A. Fontes

2003-03-01

hemofilia en el Brasil que estaban inscritas en enero de 2001, 689 de ellas (11,1% estaban inscritas en el estado de Rio de Janeiro. De esas 689, 664 estaban bajo el control del centro coordinador de transfusiones sanguíneas del estado, que se ubica en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro. De esas 664 personas, 81 (12,2% mostraron la presencia de inhibidores del factor VIII. Entre los 653 pacientes en Rio de Janeiro que fueron sometidos a pruebas para el tamizaje de enfermedades transmitidas por transfusión, se encontró una prevalencia general de 41,5%, con tasas específicas de 13,3% en el caso del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH, de 2,9% en el del virus de la hepatitis B (VHB y de 39,4% en el del virus de la hepatitis C (VHC. El estado de Rio de Janeiro ha adoptado un programa para el tratamiento global de la hemofilia que abarca atención médica, psicológica y social. Como resultado, la calidad de la vida de los pacientes con hemofilia ha mejorado notablemente. Por ejemplo, la tasa de ingresos en estos pacientes bajó 30% entre 1998 y 2001, y también se ha observado un descenso de las actividades escolares y laborales perdidas a causa de la enfermedad.

Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program: A Collaboration between the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, South Texas College, and Texas A&M University-Commerce. CBE Case Study

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Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Glancey, Kathleen

2015-01-01

This case study is part of a series on newer competency-based degree programs that have been emerging in recent years. In January 2014, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), South Texas College (STC), and Texas A&M University-Commerce (A&M Commerce) launched the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program, the state's first…

A cost-effectiveness analysis of a program to control rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

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Full Text Available Acute rheumatic fever (ARF and rheumatic heart disease (RHD persist in many low- and middle-income countries. To date, the cost-effectiveness of population-based, combined primary and secondary prevention strategies has not been assessed. In the Pinar del Rio province of Cuba, a comprehensive ARF/RHD control program was undertaken over 1986-1996. The present study analyzes the cost-effectiveness of this Cuban program.We developed a decision tree model based on the natural history of ARF/RHD, comparing the costs and effectiveness of the 10-year Cuban program to a "do nothing" approach. Our population of interest was the cohort of children aged 5-24 years resident in Pinar del Rio in 1986. We assessed costs and health outcomes over a lifetime horizon, and we took the healthcare system perspective on costs but did not apply a discount rate. We used epidemiologic, clinical, and direct medical cost inputs that were previously collected for publications on the Cuban program. We estimated health gains as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs averted using standard approaches developed for the Global Burden of Disease studies. Cost-effectiveness acceptability thresholds were defined by one and three times per capita gross domestic product per DALY averted. We also conducted an uncertainty analysis using Monte Carlo simulations and several scenario analyses exploring the impact of alternative assumptions about the program's effects and costs. We found that, compared to doing nothing, the Cuban program averted 5051 DALYs (1844 per 100,000 school-aged children and saved $7,848,590 (2010 USD despite a total program cost of $202,890 over 10 years. In the scenario analyses, the program remained cost saving when a lower level of effectiveness and a reduction in averted years of life lost were assumed. In a worst-case scenario including 20-fold higher costs, the program still had a 100% of being cost-effective and an 85% chance of being cost saving.A 10-year

A cost-effectiveness analysis of a program to control rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

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Watkins, David A; Mvundura, Mercy; Nordet, Porfirio; Mayosi, Bongani M

2015-01-01

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) persist in many low- and middle-income countries. To date, the cost-effectiveness of population-based, combined primary and secondary prevention strategies has not been assessed. In the Pinar del Rio province of Cuba, a comprehensive ARF/RHD control program was undertaken over 1986-1996. The present study analyzes the cost-effectiveness of this Cuban program. We developed a decision tree model based on the natural history of ARF/RHD, comparing the costs and effectiveness of the 10-year Cuban program to a "do nothing" approach. Our population of interest was the cohort of children aged 5-24 years resident in Pinar del Rio in 1986. We assessed costs and health outcomes over a lifetime horizon, and we took the healthcare system perspective on costs but did not apply a discount rate. We used epidemiologic, clinical, and direct medical cost inputs that were previously collected for publications on the Cuban program. We estimated health gains as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted using standard approaches developed for the Global Burden of Disease studies. Cost-effectiveness acceptability thresholds were defined by one and three times per capita gross domestic product per DALY averted. We also conducted an uncertainty analysis using Monte Carlo simulations and several scenario analyses exploring the impact of alternative assumptions about the program's effects and costs. We found that, compared to doing nothing, the Cuban program averted 5051 DALYs (1844 per 100,000 school-aged children) and saved $7,848,590 (2010 USD) despite a total program cost of $202,890 over 10 years. In the scenario analyses, the program remained cost saving when a lower level of effectiveness and a reduction in averted years of life lost were assumed. In a worst-case scenario including 20-fold higher costs, the program still had a 100% of being cost-effective and an 85% chance of being cost saving. A 10-year program to

Physical activity and overweight among adolescents on the Texas-Mexico border

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Pérez, Adriana; Reininger, Belinda M.; Flores, Maria Isabel Aguirre; Sanderson, Maureen; Roberts, Robert E.

2006-01-01

Objective To investigate differences in associations between physical activity and overweight for students in two adjacent areas on the border between Mexico and the United States of America: students in the city of Matamoros, Mexico, and Mexican-American students in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) area of southern Texas. Since the extremely high prevalence of overweight among Mexican-American adolescents is well-recognized, we wanted to determine whether overweight has become a problem among Mexican adolescents. Methods Students from 6 schools (n = 669), representing 12% of the ninth-grade students in Matamoros during 2002-2003, and students from 13 high schools (n = 4 736), representing 22% of the ninth-grade students in the LRGV during 2000-2001, completed questionnaires. Polytomous logistic regression was performed to estimate the risk of being at risk of overweight (≥85th percentile to Mexico border. ABSTRACT. Spanish. Objetivo: Investigar si hay diferencias en las asociaciones entre la actividad física y el sobrepeso observadas en estudiantes de dos zonas colindantes en la frontera mexicanoestadounidense: estudiantes de la ciudad de Matamoros, México, y estudiantes mexicanoestadounidenses del valle a lo largo de la desembocadura del Río Bravo (VRB) en la parte sur del estado de Texas. Dada la consabida prevalencia extremadamente alta de sobrepeso en adolescentes mexicanoestadounidenses, los autores queríamos determinar si el sobrepeso también se ha convertido en un problema entre adolescentes mexicanos. Métodos: Estudiantes de 6 escuelas (n = 653), que comprenden 11% de los estudiantes de noveno grado en Matamoros durante 2002–2003, y estudiantes de 13 bachilleratos (n = 4 736), que comprenden 22% de los estudiantes de noveno grado del VRB durante 2000–2001, contestaron cuestionarios. Se llevó a cabo una regresión logística politómica a fin de calcular el riesgo de estar en riesgo de tener sobrepeso (≥85.° percentil a En aras de la

Texas situation

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Avant, R.V. Jr.; Bowmer, W.J.

1986-01-01

The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority was formed in 1981 to address the Texas low-level radioactive waste problem consistent with the direction of P.L. 96-573. The Authority has completed technical tasks, including source term evaluations, preliminary conceptual designs, economic assessments, and long-range planning, and has work in progress on facility design, site selection, operating procedures, and licensing. Site selection has been the major technical activity and will be completed in 1987 after on-site evaluations of potential sites. The Authority expects to have its site licensed and operating in 1992. Texas has been the leader in site selection. Political concerns and the uncertainty of the national agenda led Texas policy makers to slow down the state's progress. The lessons learned through the Texas situation should be instructive to other states and compacts and may well be a prediction of events for these other groups. This paper discusses the background and status of Texas development activities, future plans, and lessons learned

A peregrinação das gestantes no Município do Rio de Janeiro: perfil de óbitos e nascimentos La peregrinación de las gestantes en lo municipio del rio de janeiro: perfil de obitos y nacimiento The peregrination of the pregnants in rio de janeiro city: deaths and births profile

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Enirtes Caetano Prates Melo

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Trata-se de um estudo ecológico. Objetivou-se analisar as trajetórias dos nascimentos no município do Rio de Janeiro e identificar a relação entre oferta de serviços de saúde e fluxo de gestantes entre local de residência e a maternidade. Foram utilizados dados dos Sistemas de Informação sobre Mortalidade (SIM e Nascidos Vivos (SINASC de 2004. O processamento e mapeamento dos dados foram feitos através do programa TabWin. O SINASC processou 99.042 declarações de nascidos vivos e o SIM processou 1.318 declarações de óbitos em menores de um ano no Município do Rio de Janeiro. Concluiu-se que a possibilidade de intervenção no perfil da mortalidade infantil e materna desloca-se cada vez mais para a esfera dos serviços de saúde, e o acesso à assistência de qualidade tem papel fundamental na determinação da mortalidade. Deve-se investigar a existência de desigualdades no acesso a tais serviços.Tratase de un estudio ecológico que tiene como objetivo analizar las trayectorias de los nacimientos en lo Municipio del Rio de Janeiro y identificar la relación entre oferta de servicios de la salud y del flujo de gestantes entre el lugar de la residencia y la maternidad. Fueron utilizados los datos de los Sistemas de la Información sobre Mortalidad (SIM y Nacidos Vivos (SINASC de 2004. El proceso y el mapeamento de los datos fueron hechos a través del programa TabWin. El SINASC procesó 99.042 declaraciones de nacidos vivos y el SIM procesó 1.318 declaraciones de óbitos en menores de un año en lo Municipio del Rio de Janeiro. Concluyese que la posibilidad de intervención en el perfil de la mortalidad infantil y materna dislocase cada vez más para la esfera de los servicios de la salud, y el acceso a la asistencia de calidad tiene papel fundamental en la determinación de la mortalidad, débese, investigar la existencia de desigualdades en el acceso a tales servicios.This ecological study presented analyze of the birth

COMPARTIMENTAÇÃO MORFOMÉTRICA DA BACIA DO RIO COCO COMO SUBSÍDIO A ANÁLISE DE FRAGILIDADE AMBIENTAL

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Rejane Freitas Benevides Almeida

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Full Text Available El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo realizar la compartimentación morfométrica de la Cuenca Hidrográ - fica del Rio Coco. Para esto, fue realizada la digitalización manual de la red hidrográfica en escala 1:5.000 en ArcGis 10.1 a partir de imágenes do satélite RapidEye, siendo utilizada la metodología propuesta por Strahler (1952 para la jerarquización de la red de drenaje. La compartimentación de la cuenca fue realizada en el programa ArcGis 10.1 con base en el análisis del drenaje y el paisaje (hidrografía e relieve. Fueron definidos 05 compartimientos (sub-cuencas, siendo: Sub-cuenca del Ribeirão Prata, Sub-cuenca del Ribei - rão Piedade, Sub-cuenca del Ribeirão Surubim, Sub-cuenca del Alto Rio Coco y Sub-cuenca del Bajo Rio Coco, para los cuales fueron aplicados parámetros morfométricos, conforme las metodologías descriptas en los trabajos de Horton (1945, Christofoletti (1969 y Strahler (1952. A partir del análisis realizado se puede observar que las sub-cuencas del Alto Rio Coco y del Ribeirão Piedade fueron los compartimientos que presentaron mayores fragilidades naturales en relación a las demás sub-cuencas, situación verificada con los resultados del análisis morfométrico realizado, requiriendo por tanto una atención especial en relación al uso y ocupación del suelo.

El mercurio en la amazonia boliviana : sintesis del conocimiento sobre la contaminacion por mercurio en aguas, sedimentos y peces del rio Beni y sus tributarios, impactos sobre las poblaciones riberenas; C 010057498

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Maurice Bourgoin, Laurence; Quiroga, I. (collab.); Alanoca, L. (collab.); Flores, L. (collab.); Chincheros, J. (collab.)

2001-01-01

La contaminacion por mercurio de los rios constituye un problema cada vez mas preocupante en toda la cuenca amazonica. Este mercurio tiene origenes naturales como las emisiones volcanicas o termales, la disolucion de algunas rocas o la erosion de los suelos que, en esta zona del mundo, presentan concentraciones en metales pesados muy elevadas. El mercurio puede provenir tambien de las actividades de explotacion auriferas, cada vez mas numerosas en la Amazonia, region afectada por la "fiebre d...

Rivers, Rockets and Readiness: Army Engineers in the Sunbelt

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at Proctor Lake. 138 Water sports are enjoyed at Benbrook Lake. 139 The powerhouse at Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir. 140 Amistad Dam - a...for the Fort Worth District. Th~ Fort Worth District designed the United States portion of the Amistad Dam--a cooperative effort with Mexico on the...Antonio Resident Office.17 Adding to the workload was the Amistad Dam located on the Rio Grande River about twelve miles above Del Rio, Texas. The

Inquérito do preservativo em ribeirinhos do Rio Acre: porte, acondicionamento, uso e risco para infecção pelas DSTs Inquerito del preservativo en la bacia fluvial del Rio Acre: porte, guarda, uso y el riesgo de infección por las EST Inquiry of the preservative in the basin of Rio Acre: carriage, package, use and the infection risk for DST

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Full Text Available Estudo do tipo exploratório - descritivo, desenvolvido junto a 168 ribeirinhos do Rio Acre - Brasil, para investigar o uso do preservativo e o risco por doenças sexualmente transmissíveis. Fez-se uso de um formulário, com participação espontânea e garantia do anonimato. Como resultado destaca-se os 64,3% do gênero masculino, 75,0% casados/juntados, 57,1% possuíam o primeiro grau incompleto e 31,0% eram analfabetos. Na época 78,0% não traziam preservativo consigo ao vir a cidade e apenas 6,0% saíram a procura por atividade sexual; 62,0% já haviam usado o preservativo masculino, com 67,2% de aceitação e 77,8% o guardavam no bolso traseiro da calça, com perigo de maceração e risco de infecção e gravidez indesejada; 8,9% haviam tido doença venérea, sendo 80,0% para a gonorréia. Destes 46,7% trataram com farmacêutico e médico respectivamente. Assim, 89,3% consideraram a s campanhas de prevenção como ótima/boa.Estudio del tipo exploratorio - descriptivo, desarrollado con 168 riverine cercano de Rio Acre - Brasil, para investigar el uso del preservativo y el riesgo para las enfermedades sexualmente trasmisibles. Para la colecta de datos se há utilizado un fomulario, con participación espontánea y garantizó de la anonimidad. Como posiciones del resultado fuera los 64,3% del género masculino, 75,0% casado / unió, 57,1% poseyeron el primer grado incompleto y 31,0% eran analfabetos. En ese momento 78,0% no trajeron preservativo consigo al venir a la ciudad y 6,0% sólo salió a la búsqueda para la actividad sexual; 62,0% ya habían usado el preservativo masculino, con 67,2% de aceptación y 77,8% lo guardó en el bolsillo de la parte de atrás de los pantalones, con peligro de dañar y riesgo de infección y embarazo no deseado; 8,9% habían tenido enfermedad venérea y habían sido 80,0% para la gonorrea. De estos, 46,7% negociaron respectivamente con farmacéutico y doctor. Así, 89,3% consideraron las campañas de la

Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico

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Hanson, Randall T.; Ritchie, Andre; Boyce, Scott E.; Ferguson, Ian; Galanter, Amy; Flint, Lorraine E.; Henson, Wesley

2018-05-31

Changes in population, agricultural development and practices (including shifts to more water-intensive crops), and climate variability are increasing demands on available water resources, particularly groundwater, in one of the most productive agricultural regions in the Southwest—the Rincon and Mesilla Valley parts of Rio Grande Valley, Doña Ana and Sierra Counties, New Mexico, and El Paso County, Texas. The goal of this study was to produce an integrated hydrological simulation model to help evaluate water-management strategies, including conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater for historical conditions, and to support long-term planning for the Rio Grande Project. This report describes model construction and applications by the U.S. Geological Survey, working in cooperation and collaboration with the Bureau of Reclamation.This model, the Rio Grande Transboundary Integrated Hydrologic Model, simulates the most important natural and human components of the hydrologic system, including selected components related to variations in climate, thereby providing a reliable assessment of surface-water and groundwater conditions and processes that can inform water users and help improve planning for future conditions and sustained operations of the Rio Grande Project (RGP) by the Bureau of Reclamation. Model development included a revision of the conceptual model of the flow system, construction of a Transboundary Rio Grande Watershed Model (TRGWM) water-balance model using the Basin Characterization Model (BCM), and construction of an integrated hydrologic flow model with MODFLOW-One-Water Hydrologic Flow Model (referred to as One Water). The hydrologic models were developed for and calibrated to historical conditions of water and land use, and parameters were adjusted so that simulated values closely matched available measurements (calibration). The calibrated model was then used to assess the use and movement of water in the Rincon Valley, Mesilla Basin

REESTRUTURAÇÃO PRODUTIVA NO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

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Francisco Fransualdo de Azevedo

2013-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este articulo es analizar el proceso de reestruturación produtiva del sistema capitalista, discu- tiendo sus distintas dimensiones, concretamente la económica, social, política y técnica. Se trata, por tanto, de explicar como este proceso se à desarrollando em el territorio de Rio Grande do Norte (Brasil, teniendo em cuenta las vuejas y nuevas materialidades que constituyen este proceso de producción del espacio durante las últimas décadas. Al mismo tiempo que lo ayudan a explicar. Desde el punto de vista metodológico, se hace una breve revisión teórica y conceptual acerca de la recolección de datos y la sistematización y ana- lisi de los datos procedentes de fuentes oficiales. Como son las secretarias y los organos gubernamentales -Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Meio Ambiente do Rio Grande do Norte, Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas- y también algunas instituciones académicas, como es el caso del Observatório das Metrópoles. De todo ello parece desprenderse que los años 1980/90 estuvieron marcados por cambios importantes em el proceso de producción del espacio potiguar, destacando em particular los que estuvieron asociados a los incentivos estatales, em consonancia con acciones e intenciones del capítal privado interessado em el fo- mento de la reeestructuración de las actividades em todo el arco de la estructura económica: las actividades agropeciarias, la pesca, y la carcinicultura, así como el turismo, la extracción minera, la construcción de infrestructuras públicas, la industria textil, el comercio y los servicios.

CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA CUENCA BAJA DEL RIO SEGUNDO

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2011-01-01

En este documento se representan las características naturales de la Cuenca Baja del río Segundo, especialmente características hidrográficas, climáticas y usos del suelo.   La cuenca ubicada en la Región Central de Costa Rica, tiene todas las dificultades inherentes a los procesos de usos intensivos del suelo, de urbanización e industrialización.  Desde la cuenca alta con procesos de deforestación y uso inadecuado del suelo hasta su cuenca con procesos urbanos e industriales sin contron ni p...

Prevalência de síndrome metabólica em pacientes de um ambulatório do Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul (RS Prevalencia del síndrome metabólico en pacientes de un ambulatorio del Instituto de Cardiología de Río Grande del Sur (RS Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in outpatients of the Institute of Cardiology of Rio Grande do Sul

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Márcia Bopp

2009-11-01

Full Text Available FUNDAMENTO: A síndrome metabólica (SM é considerada um fator muito importante no desenvolvimento de doenças cardiovasculares (DCV. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a prevalência de síndrome metabólica (SM nos pacientes atendidos no ambulatório para a prevenção secundária de doença arterial coronariana do IC-FUC, bem como verificar o excesso de peso por meio do índice de massa corporal (IMC e a prevalência de obesidade abdominal na doença cardiovascular (DCV. MÉTODOS: A amostra final foi composta por 151 indivíduos (de 26 a 84 anos, cujos dados foram retirados da primeira consulta que apresentou exames sanguíneos de jejum, medidas da pressão arterial (PA, circunferência abdominal (CA em centímetros, peso e estatura, associando sexo e idade. Para A avaliação de SM, foi utilizado o conceito do NCEP-ATP III. RESULTADOS: O sexo masculino representou 64,9% da amostra. Foram encontrados índices de sobrepeso de 50% e obesidade de 21,3%, estando a CA aumentada presente em 30,8% dos indivíduos, 20 homens e 25 mulheres. Atendendo aos critérios do NCEP-ATP III para o diagnóstico de SM, a prevalência dessa síndrome foi de 61,5%, incluindo 54 homens e 39 mulheres. CONCLUSÃO: Verifica-se que a prevalência de SM em pacientes portadores de DCV no ambulatório para a prevenção secundária de DAC do IC-FUC é elevada, tendo também como característica a alta prevalência de sobrepeso, obesidade e CA aumentada.FUNDAMENTO: El síndrome metabólico (SM es considerado un factor muy importante en el desarrollo de enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV. OBJETIVO: Evaluar la prevalencia del síndrome metabólico (SM en los pacientes atendidos en el ambulatorio para la prevención secundaria de una enfermedad arterial coronaria del IC-FUC, así como verificar el exceso de peso por medio del índice de masa corporal (IMC y la prevalencia de obesidad abdominal en la enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV. MÉTODOS: La muestra final estuvo compuesta por 151 individuos

Os homens do Erário Régio =The men of the Exchequer

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Manuel Benavente Rodrigues

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Este estudio tiene como objetivo descubir el pasado social y profesional de los funcionarios llegados al Erário Régio en 1762. Con ello, se pretende evaluar las continuidades y rupturas a raíz de las reformas de Pombal en lo que respecta al control gastos e ingresos del Reino. Así, se hace un breve recorrido por la institución anterior –Contos do Reino e Casa– y después se describe el Erário y la Carta de Lei que le dió forma para, finalmente, detenernos en la élite pombalina de la que forman parte estos hombres del Erário. Quiénes eran, qué poder tenían, de qué prestigio social disfrutaban, son preguntas a las que se intentará dar alguna respuesta. Y tratar de mostrar lo que los contables portugueses, incluso antes del Aula do Comércio y del Erário Régio, conocían de la contabilidad y de la partida doble.The goal of this paper is to provide a glimpse into the professional and social lives of some of the Exchequer’s employees that were appointed in 1762.We will then extrapolate the rifts caused by the Pombaline reforms in the context of the elite controlling the Exchequer.Who were these men, what power did they truly hold, what was their real prestige are all questions that we will try to adress.Esta comunicação visa descortinar o passado social e profissional dos funcionários do Erário Régio que tomaram posse em 1762.Com isso pretende-se aquilatar das continuidades e rupturas que aconteceram com as reformas pombalinas no que respeita ao controlo das Despesas e Receitas do Reino. Assim, faz-se uma ligeira viagem pela instituição antecedente –Contos do Reino e Casa–, depois caracteriza-se o Erário mais a Carta de Lei que lhe deu forma, para finalmente nos determos na elite pombalina de que fazem parte estes homens do Erário.Quem eram estes homens, que poder detinham, de que prestígio social desfrutavam, são tudo questões a que procuraremos dar algumas respostas.

""Una Persona Derechita" (Staying Right in the Mind)": Perceptions of Spanish-Speaking Mexican American Older Adults in South Texas "Colonias"

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Sharkey, Joseph R.; Sharf, Barbara F.; St. John, Julie A.

2009-01-01

Purpose: This study describes the perceptions of brain health among older Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans who reside in colonia areas of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Design and Methods: In 2007, 33 Mexican American older adults (9 men and 24 women) were recruited by "promotoras" (community health workers) from clusters of…

Eocene bituminous coal deposits of the Claiborne group, Webb County, Texas

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Hook, Robert W.; Warwick, Peter D.; Warwick, Peter D.; Karlsen, Alexander K.; Merrill, Matthew D.; Valentine, Brett J.

2011-01-01

Two bituminous coal zones, the San Pedro and the Santo Tomas, in the middle Eocene Claiborne Group of Webb County, south Texas (Figure 1), are among the coal resources that are not evaluated quantitatively as part of the current Gulf Coastal Plain coal resource assessment. Coal beds within these zones were mined by underground methods northwest of Laredo until 1939 and have been intermittently mined at the surface since 1979. These coals have long been regarded as unique within the Gulf Coast Tertiary coal-bearing section because they are high-volatile C bituminous in rank and because their physical characteristics resemble upper Carboniferous cannel coals of the Appalachians and Europe.Discontinuous exposures of the Santo Tomas and the underlying San Pedro coal zone extend northwestward from Dolores for approximately 15 to 21 mi along the breaks of the Rio Grande and its tributaries in Webb County (Figure 1). This part of south Texas lies along the southwestern flank of the Rio Grande Embayment, which extends south and southeastwardly through the Mexican States of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas (Figure 1). Within the embayment, the lower to middle part of the Claiborne Group consists of marine mudstones (Reklaw Formation) in the east and northeast and sandstones and mudstones (Bigford Formation) in the south and southwest (Figure 2). The marine mudstones coarsen upward into fluvial-deltaic sandstones (Queen City Sand) that prograded gulfward across eastern and central Texas (Guevara and Garcia, 1972). To the west and southwest, the interval overlying the Bigford Formation becomes less sandy, and claystones (El Pico Clay) predominate. Although the San Pedro coal zone has been placed traditionally near the top of the Bigford Formation and the Santo Tomas coal zone near the base of the El Pico Clay, recent work has failed to validate a mappable contact between these formations (Warwick and Hook, 1995). The coal beds dip northeast at less than 2 degrees towards

An international borderland of concern: Conservation of biodiversity in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

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Leslie,, David M.

2016-07-20

The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of southern Texas is located on the United States-Mexico borderland and represents a 240-kilometer (150-mile) linear stretch that ends at the Gulf of Mexico. The LRGV represents a unique transition between temperate and tropical conditions and, as such, sustains an exceptionally high diversity of plants and animals—some of them found in few, or no other, places in the United States. Examples include Leopardus pardalis albescens (northern ocelot) and Falco femoralis septentrionalis (northern aplomado falcon)—both endangered in the United States and emblematic of the LRGV. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) manages three national wildlife refuges (Santa Ana, Lower Rio Grande Valley, and Laguna Atascosa) that together make up the South Texas Refuge Complex, which actively conserves biodiversity in about 76,006 hectares (187,815.5 acres) of native riparian and upland habitats in the LRGV. These diminished habitats harbor many rare, threatened, and endangered species. This report updates the widely used 1988 USFWS biological report titled “Tamaulipan Brushland of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas: Description, Human Impacts, and Management Options” by synthesizing nearly 400 peer-reviewed scientific publications that have resulted from biological and sociological research conducted specifically in the four Texas counties of the LRGV in the past nearly 30 years. This report has three goals: (1) synthesize scientific insights gained since 1988 related to the biology and management of the LRGV and its unique biota, focusing on flora and fauna of greatest conservation concern; (2) update ongoing challenges facing Federal and State agencies and organizations that focus on conservation or key natural resources in the LRGV; and (3) redefine conservation opportunities and land-acquisition strategies that are feasible and appropriate today, given the many new and expanding constraints that challenge conservation

The planning of the agricultural sector as an axis of the provincial development strategy in Pinar del Rio

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Rancel Cardoso Carreño

2016-12-01

Full Text Available The current international environment presupposes the promotion of territorial development strategies as a pressing alternative to the imposing globalization that expands every minute, our country is in search of alternatives within the global economic crisis and the increasing price of Food, and the need to enhance strategic planning from the public management of local governments, as an opportunity for local actors to assume their true role and contribute from a decisive position to the improvement of living conditions Within their provinces. Special emphasis is given to the agricultural sector by its impact on the satisfaction of the basic needs of the population and the weight it has in order to guarantee the food and nutritional security that has been declared a priority of national security. The general objective is to base a proposal of mission, axes and programs prioritized of the agricultural sector of the province of Pinar del Río. For this, the main theoretical and methodological foundations on the process of designing territorial development strategies are systematized; And assesses the current situation of the strategic planning process in the management of local agrarian development in the context of the province of Pinar del Rio.

Health-related quality of life in a binational population with diabetes at the Texas-Mexico border La calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en una población diabética binacional de la frontera Texas-México

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Nelda Mier

2008-03-01

diabetes tipo 2 en la frontera Texas-México y explorar los factores individuales y sociales relacionados con el estado de la salud física y mental. MÉTODOS: Se realizó un muestreo de conveniencia de personas de 18 años de edad o más con diabetes tipo 2 que vivían en Lower Rio Grande Valley, al sur de Texas, y en Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México, y se les realizó una entrevista estructurada presencial. La CVRS se midió mediante los componentes abreviados de salud física y mental del MOS-SF8 (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 8. Entre los factores relacionados con la CVRS estaban las características demográficas, los factores de salud, el acceso a la atención sanitaria y el apoyo familiar. Se compararon las características de las muestras mediante la prueba de la t de Student o la prueba de la U de Mann-Whitney. Las asociaciones entre las variables independientes y la dependiente se analizaron mediante modelos de regresión logística múltiple, ajustados y sin ajustar. RESULTADOS: No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre los entrevistados de Valley y de Reynosa en cuanto a la puntuación del estado de salud física y mental. Los participantes de Valley con menor estatus socioeconómico y los que consideraban que los parientes que los apoyaban tenían un "bajo" nivel de conocimiento sobre la diabetes presentaron una mayor probabilidad de informar un peor estado de salud física que los que no tenían esas características. En el grupo de Reynosa, el peor estado de salud física se asoció con la duración de la diabetes y el uso de insulina. En ambos grupos, las personas con síntomas clínicos de depresión tuvieron una mayor probabilidad de informar una peor salud física y mental que los que no presentaban esos síntomas. CONCLUSIONES: La CVRS es un importante criterio en el análisis del estado de salud. La comprensión de los niveles de CVRS de los diabéticos que viven en la frontera entre los EE.UU. y México y de los factores que influyen en su

Treasured Texas Theaters

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Horton, Anita

2012-01-01

Dallas artist Jon Flaming's deep love of Texas is evident in his paintings and sculpture. Although he has created one sculptural Texas theater, his work primarily showcases old Texas barbershops, vacant homes, and gas stations. In this article, the author describes how her students, inspired by Flaming's works, created three-dimensional historical…

Can Texas' Physicians Be as Diverse as Texas?

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Price, Sean

2017-07-01

The United States and Texas have a chronic shortage of doctors, but the shortage of minority physicians is even more acute. To address this, and the health disparities that come with it, Texas medical schools are working to increase minority enrollment, but challenges remain.

Work organization and the health of bank employees Organización del trabajo y salud de empleados del banco Organização do trabalho e saúde de trabalhadores bancários

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Juliana Lemos Silva

2012-04-01

Full Text Available The Brazilian banking sector has undergone an intense restructuring process and taken a leading position in the incorporation of new technologies and organizational innovations. Computerization in the industry, in association with forms of work organization, has resulted in changes that reflect on the workers' health. Based on the theoretical and methodological frameworks of historical and dialectical materialism, this qualitative study investigates the work conditions of bank employees in order to identify the extent to which changes in work organization interfere with these workers' health. Data were collected through interviews held with 11 bank employees. In addition to physical sickening due to occupational diseases directly related to work intensification, the results also show an increased incidence of mental suffering and a feeling of loss of professional identity. Work-related frustration, instability and concerns related to psychological pressure resulting from the need to achieve goals predominated in the reports.La Banca Brasileña pasó por un intenso proceso de reestructuración y ha ocupado posiciones de liderazgo en la incorporación de nuevas tecnologías e innovaciones organizacionales. La informatización de la industria, junto con nuevas maneras de organización del trabajo, dio lugar a cambios que reflejaron en la salud de los trabajadores. Con base en el marco teórico y metodológico del materialismo histórico y dialéctico, este estudio cualitativo tuvo como objetivo investigar las condiciones laborales de los empleados del banco para identificar el grado en que los cambios en la organización del trabajo influyeron en la salud de los trabajadores. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de entrevistas con once empleados del banco. Los resultados mostraron, además de las enfermedades físicas profesionales directamente relacionadas con la intensificación del trabajo, aumento de la incidencia de sufrimiento mental y la

Maternal Mortality in Texas.

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Baeva, Sonia; Archer, Natalie P; Ruggiero, Karen; Hall, Manda; Stagg, Julie; Interis, Evelyn Coronado; Vega, Rachelle; Delgado, Evelyn; Hellerstedt, John; Hankins, Gary; Hollier, Lisa M

2017-05-01

A commentary on maternal mortality in Texas is provided in response to a 2016 article in Obstetrics & Gynecology by MacDorman et al. While the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force agree that maternal mortality increased sharply from 2010 to 2011, the percentage change or the magnitude of the increase in the maternal mortality rate in Texas differs depending on the statistical methods used to compute and display it. Methodologic challenges in identifying maternal death are also discussed, as well as risk factors and causes of maternal death in Texas. Finally, several state efforts currently underway to address maternal mortality in Texas are described. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Ensino de enfermagem no Rio Grande do Sul apartir de 1950 Enseñanza de enfermería en Rio Grande do Sul a partir del 1950 Teaching of nursing in Rio Grande do Sul in the 1950

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Valéria Lamb Corbellini

2010-08-01

Full Text Available Essa pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar como o ensino de graduação na enfermagem, no Rio Grande do Sul construiu o seu saber, desde o primeiro curso, a partir da década de 1950. O estudo envolveu enfermeiras docentes que vivenciaram esse período da história e, para análise documental, foi utilizada a análise de discurso. Os dados indicam, dentre eles, o currículo mais integrado que busca articular teoria/prática sem fragmentação do saber e a relação ensino-aprendizagem, na qual professor e aluno são sujeitos desse processo.Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar como la enseñanza de la pregrado de Enfermería en Río Grande do Sul construyó su saber, desde el primer curso, a partir de la década de 1950. El estudio integró enfermeras docentes que vivenciaron ese periodo de la historia y, para el análisis documental, fue utilizado el análisis del discurso.Los datos indican, entre ellos, el curriculum más integrado que busca articular teoría y práctica sin fragmentación del saber y la relación enseñanza aprendizaje, en la cuál el profesor y el alumno son sujetos de ese processo.The purpose of this research was to analyze how the undergraduate teaching of nursing in Rio Grande do Sul has constructed its knowledge, since the first course, as of the decade of 1950s. The survey has involved teaching nurses who have lived such period of our history, and the discourse analysis has been utilized for the documental analysis. The information data indicate, among them, the most integrated curriculum that seeks articulating theory/practice without fragmenting the knowledge and the teaching-learning relationship, wherein professors and students are subjects of such procedure.

Estudio del impacto en la calidad del aire de las fuentes puntuales en la ciudad de pinar del Río A study of the impact of stationary sources on the air quality of pinar del Rio city

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Mariam Fonseca Hernandez

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Se realizó un estudio del impacto de las fuentes fijas en la Ciudad de Pinar del Río utilizando el sistema de modelación MM5-CALMET-CALPUFF. Se simuló la dispersión de SO2, NOx, PM25, PM10 y CO emitidos por las 21 fuentes durante 15 días representativos del período lluvioso, además de la depositación húmeda de SO4(2- y NO3-. Se observó que las máximas concentraciones se producen en horarios de la mañana y noche. Se observó que producto de estas emisiones se ven afectados algunas zonas cercanas a la ciudad como Minas de Matahambre, San Juan y Martínez, Santa María, San Luis, El Corojo, Hermanos Saíz, Viñales, Pilotos, Consolación del Sur y las Ovas. Los valores de concentración medios diarios de NOx y SO2 sobrepasaron sus concentraciones máximas admisibles según la NC 39: 1999 y estuvieron por encima de los valores guías de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y los valores estándares EPA.A study of the impact of stationary sources on air quality on the city of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, using the modeling system MM5-CALMET-CALPUFF was made. The dispersion of SO2, NOx, CO, PM10 and PM25 emitted from 21 sources during 15 days is simulated by the model. This period is representative of the rainy season in Cuba (Summer. The of SO4(2- and NO3- wet deposition was also simulated. It was observed that the highest concentrations occur in the morning and evening. These emissions affected some neighboring cities as Santa Maria and Viñales. The daily average concentration values of NOx and SO2 exceeded their maximum permissible concentrations according to the Cuban standards, the guideline values of the World Health Organization and the EPA standards. The southwest area of the city is the most affected one with the highest concentration level.

Nelson Rodrigues e o Rio de Janeiro: memórias de um passional

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Ângela Maria Dias

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Full Text Available A crônica de Nelson Rodrigues, ao ser escrita do ponto de vista do homem comum - no diapasão do "pobre-diabo de um terno só" -, propicia a fundação de uma voz fronteiriça, entre o banal e o singular, e realiza a profissão de fé antiintelectualista e anti-retórica, característica da obra em suas diversas modalidades. A cidade do Rio de Janeiro, vitrine do Brasil durante as décadas de 1960 e 1970, constitui o protagonista do texto e opera a linguagem de modo a recriar seus espaços. O artista desdobra a sua imaginação totalizante em opostas e simétricas dimensões, a pornográfica e a mística, ou a do erotômano e a do "convertido". A dramatização pública do "reacionário" constitui, então, a resposta ritualística e sacrificial ao "revolucionário de esquerda" dos anos 1960, na prática renovada das formas totalizantes de pensamento.La crónica de Nelson Rodrigues, escrita del punto de vista del hombre común - en el disyuntiva del "pobre-hombre de traje único" - propicia la fundación de una voz fronteriza, entre lo banal y lo singular, y realiza la profesión de fé antiintelectualista y antirretórica, característica de la obra, en sus diversas modalidades. Rio de Janeiro, ciudad escaparate de Brasil durante las décadas de los 60 y 70, constituye el protagonista del texto y opera el lenguaje de modo a recriar sus espacios. El artista desdobla su imaginación totalizante en opuestas y simétricas dimensiones, la pornográfica y la mística, o la del erotómano y la del "convertido". La dramatización pública del "reacccionario" constituye, entonces, la respuesta del ritual y del sacrifício al "revolucionario de izquierda" de los años 60, en la práctica renovada de las formas totalizantes de pensamiento.Written from the point of view of the common man, Nelson Rodrigues' chronicle founds a bordering voice between the trivial and the singular and realizes an antiintellectualistic profession of faith. The city of Rio de

76 FR 49381 - Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Increased Assessment Rate

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2011-08-10

... Grande Valley in Texas; Increased Assessment Rate AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION... Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has considered the economic impact of this rule on small entities...: August 3, 2011. David R. Shipman, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2011...

Furthering Medical Education in Texas.

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Varma, Surendra K; Jennings, John

2016-02-01

Medical education in Texas is moving in the right direction. The Texas Medical Association has been a major partner in advancing medical education initiatives. This special symposium issue on medical education examines residency training costs, the Next Accreditation System, graduate medical education in rural Texas, Texas' physician workforce needs, the current state of education reform, and efforts to retain medical graduates in Texas.

Fatores associados ao atraso no desenvolvimento em crianças, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Factores asociados con retraso en el desarrollo de los niños, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Factors associated with delay in development in children, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Aline Alves Veleda

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Estudo analítico com o objetivo de avaliar os fatores associados ao atraso no desenvolvimento em crianças entre 8 a 12 meses de idade indicadas como de risco ao nascer no município do Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Foram utilizados como instrumentos o Teste de Triagem de Desenvolvimento de Denver II (TTDD II, a avaliação antropométrica e questionários estruturados. Participaram 220 crianças consideradas de risco ou não ao nascer. Foi encontrada uma prevalência de 20,5% de suspeita de atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor. As crianças que apresentaram risco de um TTDD II suspeito faziam parte de famílias de mais baixa renda; eram filhos de mães que haviam realizado menos de seis consultas de pré-natal e apresentavam índice peso-idade inadequado. Os dados sugerem a necessidade de um replanejamento das políticas de saúde infantil, visto que outros critérios poderiam ser incluídos nas condições de risco para a criança ao nascer.Estudio analítico con el objetivo de evaluar los factores asociados al atraso en el desarrollo en niños de 8 a 12 meses de edad indicados como riesgo al nacer en el municipio de Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. Fueron utilizadas como herramientas la Prueba de Tamizaje del Desarrollo de Denver II, la evaluación antropométrica y cuestionarios estructurados. Participaron 220 niños considerados de riesgo o no al nacer. Fue encontrada una prevalencia del 20,5% de sospecha de atraso en el desarrollo neuropsicomotor. Los niños que presentaron riesgo de un DDST II sospechoso formaban parte de familias de más baja renta; eran hijos de madres que habían realizado menos de seis consultas de prenatal y presentaban índice peso-edad inadecuado. Los datos sugieren la necesidad de un replanteamiento de las políticas de salud infantil, así como otros criterios podrían ser inclusos en las condiciones de riesgo para el niño al nacer.This analytical study aims to evaluate the factors associated to

Texas motorcycle crash countermeasure workshop.

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2013-06-01

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) contracted with the Texas A&M : Transportation Institute (TTI) to develop a 5-year strategic plan for improving motorcycle safety : in the State of Texas. The Texas Strategic Action Plan for Motorcycl...

Tendência temporal da amamentação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro: 1996-2006 Tendencia temporal del amamantamiento en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: 1996-2006 Time trend in breast-feeding in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil: 1996-2006

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Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro

2009-12-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar a tendência temporal da prática de aleitamento materno (AM e de aleitamento materno exclusivo (AME. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados dados de sistema de monitoramento baseado em inquéritos realizados nos anos de 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003 e 2006 durante a Campanha Nacional de Imunização na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, RJ. A população de estudo foi constituída de 19.044 crianças menores de um ano de idade que compareceram aos postos de vacinação. Para cada ano foi estudada uma amostra probabilística por conglomerado (postos de vacinação, auto-ponderada representativa da população de crianças menores de 12 meses (6 e em AMEOBJETIVO: Analizar la tendencia temporal de la práctica del amamantamiento materno (AM y del amamantamiento materno exclusivo (AME. MÉTODOS: Fueron analizados datos del sistema de monitoreo con base en pesquisas realizadas en los años de 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003 y 2006 durante la Campaña Nacional de Inmunización en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro, Sureste de Brasil. La población de estudio fue constituida por 19.044 niños menores de un año de edad que asistieron a los puestos de vacunación. Para cada año fue estudiada una muestra probabilística por conglomerado (puestos de vacunación, autoponderada representativa de la población de niños menores de 12 meses (6 y en AMEOBJECTIVE: To analyze time trend in breast-feeding (BF and exclusive breast-feeding (EBF. METHODS: Data from a monitoring system, based on surveys conducted during the National Immunization Campaign in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006, were analyzed. Study population was comprised of 19,044 children younger than one year of age, who were present in vaccination stations. A probability cluster sample (vaccination stations, self-weighted and representative of the population of children younger than 12 months of age (6 and EBF<6 were found in all categories of all maternal

Three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model of the Rio Grande transboundary region of New Mexico and Texas, USA, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico

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Sweetkind, Donald S.

2017-09-08

As part of a U.S. Geological Survey study in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, a digital three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model was constructed for the Rio Grande transboundary region of New Mexico and Texas, USA, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. This model was constructed to define the aquifer system geometry and subsurface lithologic characteristics and distribution for use in a regional numerical hydrologic model. The model includes five hydrostratigraphic units: river channel alluvium, three informal subdivisions of Santa Fe Group basin fill, and an undivided pre-Santa Fe Group bedrock unit. Model input data were compiled from published cross sections, well data, structure contour maps, selected geophysical data, and contiguous compilations of surficial geology and structural features in the study area. These data were used to construct faulted surfaces that represent the upper and lower subsurface hydrostratigraphic unit boundaries. The digital three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model is constructed through combining faults, the elevation of the tops of each hydrostratigraphic unit, and boundary lines depicting the subsurface extent of each hydrostratigraphic unit. The framework also compiles a digital representation of the distribution of sedimentary facies within each hydrostratigraphic unit. The digital three-dimensional hydrogeologic model reproduces with reasonable accuracy the previously published subsurface hydrogeologic conceptualization of the aquifer system and represents the large-scale geometry of the subsurface aquifers. The model is at a scale and resolution appropriate for use as the foundation for a numerical hydrologic model of the study area.

Preliminary study of uranium favorability of the Wilcox and Claiborne Groups (Eocene) in Texas

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Wilbert, W.P.; Templain, C.J.

1978-01-01

Rocks of the Wilcox and Claiborne Groups crop out in the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain and are represented by a series of sands and shales which reflect oscillation of the strandline. The Wilcox Group (lower Eocene), usually undifferentiated in Texas, consists of very fine sands and clays and abundant lignite. The Claiborne Group (middle Eocene) comprises, in ascending order, Carrizo Sand, Reklaw Formation (clay), Queen City Sand, Weches Formation (clay), Sparta Sand, Cook Mountain Formation (clay), and Yegua Formation (sand). Fluvial systems of the Wilcox and Claiborne Groups exist in east Texas and trend perpendicular to the present coastline. In central Texas, sand bodies are parallel to the present coastline and are strand-plain, barrier-bar systems. Since the time of deposition of the Queen City Sand, a significant fluvial sand buildup occurred in the area of the present Rio Grande embayment where the marine clays pinch out. Known occurrences of mineral matter in the Wilcox and Claiborne (up to the Yegua) are limited to lignite (particularly in the Wilcox), cannel coal in the upper Claiborne, and hydrocarbons throughout. No uranium mineralization is known, and no uranium is likely to be discovered in the Claiborne and Wilcox. Approximately 50 surface samples and many gamma-ray logs showed no significant anomalies. The sands are very good potential host rocks, but no uranium source was discovered. During deposition of the Wilcox and Claiborne Groups, there was no volcanism to serve as a source of uranium (as with the prolific occurrences in the younger rocks of south Texas); also, Precambrian crystalline rocks in the Llano uplift were not exposed

Consumo alcoólico entre universitários(as da área da saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande/RS: subsídios para enfermagem Consumo alcohólico entre universitarios(as del área de la salud de la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande/RS: subsidios para enfermería Alcohol consumption among university students in the health area of Federal University of Rio Grande/RS: subsidy to the nursing

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2012-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se conhecer os fatores associados e as consequências do uso de bebidas alcoólicas entre universitários da área de saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande/RS. A amostra foi composta por 351 estudantes do primeiro e do penúltimo anos de cada curso. Aplicou-se um questionário sociodemográfico e o AUDIT na coleta de dados. Na análise utilizaram-se testes estatísticos. Verificou-se que 202 (57,5% estudantes bebiam habitualmente; desses, 196 (97,0% tinham familiares usuários(as de álcool. Segundo o AUDIT os estudantes foram classificados em baixo risco, 147 (41,8%, e de uso problemático, 49 (14,0%. Como consequências detectaram-se apagões, coma alcoólico e acidentes automobilísticos. Constatou-se que 171(48,7% estudantes não utilizaram preservativo nas últimas relações sexuais e 37 (10,5% tiveram três a dez parceiros (as nos últimos 12 meses. Evidenciou-se a necessidade de implementação de estratégias de cunho preventivo no âmbito universitário, para detectar precocemente o potencial para uso abusivo, bem como oportunidade de tratamento aos(às que fazem uso problemático do álcool.El objetivo fue conocer los factores asociados y las consecuencias del consumo de alcohol entre los estudiantes universitarios del área de la salud de la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande/RS. La muestra fue compuesta de la participación de 351 estudiantes del primer y penúltimo año de cada curso. Se ha aplicado un cuestionario socio-demográfico y el AUDIT en la recopilación de datos. En el análisis se utilizó pruebas estadísticas. Se ha encontrado que 202 (57,5% estudiantes por lo general bebían, de eses, 196 (97,0% tenían familiares usuarios(as de alcohol. Según el AUDIT, la clasificación de 147 (41,8% estudiantes fue de bajo riesgo y 49 (14,0% de consumo problemático. Como consecuencias, fueron detectados los apagones, el coma alcohólico y los accidentes de tráfico. Se ha comprobado que 171 (48,7% estudiantes no

Do Trends in Physical Activity, Sedentary, and Dietary Behaviors Support Trends in Obesity Prevalence in 2 Border Regions in Texas?

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Ezendam, Nicole P. M.; Springer, Andrew E.; Brug, Johannes; Oenema, Anke; Hoelscher, Deanna H.

2011-01-01

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the change in energy balance-related behaviors from 2000-2002 to 2004-2005 between 2 Texas regions with distinct patterns in obesity prevalence (decrease in the El Paso region [EP] and leveling off in the Rio Grande Valley region [RGV]) and to determine the role of the behaviors in the difference in…

Tendencias y manifestaciones del proceso de formación humanista en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Trends and manifestations of the process of a humanistic instruction in Medical Science University, Pinar del Rio

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Ileana María Hernández Rodríguez

2013-04-01

policy; which target is the comprehensive development of the individuals to their interaction in society. Objective: to identify the main manifestations of the regularities of a humanistic instruction process in medical studies at the Medical Science University in Pinar del Rio province. Material and method: a study supported on the dialectic-materialistic method because of its capacity of integrating qualitative and quantitative methods and even to determine a system of methods, thus theoretical, empiric and statistics methods were used as the first ones; historical-logical, systemic-structural and documentary revision. In the second group interviews, surveys and observation methods were followed. Results: no correspondence and interrelation between professional and social acting modes was found. The contents of a humanistic instruction were not observed from its transversal points of view as invariants of knowledge in the disciplines and/or subjects. Skills and value judgements to interpret the social context and their preparation to transform the health context showed not sufficient integration of knowledge. Conclusions: at the Medical Science University in Pinar del Rio, the process of a humanistic instruction in Medical Studies shows insufficiencies in its implementation, it is not systemic; it is not contextualized and not a sequential follow up of actions responding to the interpretation of a socio-humanistic and ethical context to develop the professional practice was observed as well.

Nueva especie del género Arctosa (Araneae, Lycosidae del sur de Brazil

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Estevam Luís Cruz da Silva

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie del género Arctosa C. L. a Koch, 1848, en base a material procedente de Sapiranga, sur del Brasil. Los miembros de este género por lo general excavan refugios pequeños en los bordes arenosos de los lagos, sin embargo, esta nueva especie se encuentra debajo de rocas en los bordes de rios pequeños. Se puede encontrar hembras con ootecas y machos durante todo el año, aunque son más abundantes en el período del verano.

Aerial radiometric and magnetic survey: Beeville/Bay City National Topographic Map, Texas Gulf Coast

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1979-01-01

As part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program Geodata International, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, conducted an airborne gamma ray and total magnetic field survey of Beeville/Bay City Quadrangle of the Texas Gulf Coast area. Volume 1 gives the description of the program and results, and volume 2 gives the flight line profile data and statistical analysis results. The Beeville/Bay City Map Sheet shows Tertiary and Quaternary-aged strata which are part of the coastal plain of the Gulf Coast Geosyncline. The Cenozoic sediments overlie Mesozoic, Paleozoic, and Precambrian rocks, and have a relatively gentle homoclinal dip toward the gulf. The Quaternary and Tertiary sediments of the map sheet overlie the western flank of the Houston-East Texas Embayment, the northeastern side of the Rio Grande Embayment, and the San Marcos Arch. Recent and Pleistocene sediments crop-out in the south and east, and are more extensive in the vicinity of the structural embayments. The Pliocene-aged Goliad Formation crops-out extensively to the northwest. Miocene and Eocene strata occur in the northwestern corner of the map sheet. The uranium deposits occur in the Tertiary strata, but are most intensely mined in the Eocene strata immediately to the west of the map sheet area

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... 21 Food and Drugs 8 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Texas. 808.93 Section 808.93 Food and Drugs FOOD... and Local Exemptions § 808.93 Texas. (a) The following Texas medical device requirement is enforceable... that, in enforcing this requirement, Texas apply the definition of “used hearing aid” in § 801.420(a)(6...

Habilidades del cuidador primario de mujeres mastectomizadas Habilidades do cuidador primário de mulheres mastectomizadas Mastectomized women primary caregiver’s abilities

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Rosa María Ostiguín-Meléndez

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Describir las habilidades del cuidador primario (CP en términos de conocimiento, valor y paciencia del de mujeres mastectomizadas. Metodología. En 2010 se llevó a cabo un estudio descriptivo de tipo transversal en una muestra de 100 cuidadores primarios del Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de la Ciudad de México. Para la medición de la habilidad se utilizó el instrumento "Inventario de habilidad de cuidado", que tiene tres subescalas: conocimiento, valor y paciencia. Se estimaron las correlaciones entre la sumatoria de los términos, comparándolas con las variables sociodemográficas. Resultados. El 41% de los CP fueron hombres, casados en un 77%; predominantemente fueron hijos (41% o esposos (32% del paciente. La edad mediana del CP, fue 43 años. En las habilidades del cuidador se encontró: alta puntuación para las dimensiones de conocimiento y paciencia, y baja para la de valor. Se identificó una correlación significativa entre las dimensiones de conocimiento y paciencia, mientras que la correlación de valor y paciencia fue menor. Conclusión. Las habilidades más importantes con que debe contar el CP son el conocimiento y la paciencia; el valor no mostró tal relevancia.Objetivo. Descrever as habilidades no cuidado em termos de conhecimento, valor e paciência do cuidador primário (CEP de mulheres mastectomizadas. Metodologia. Em 2010 se levou a cabo um estudo descritivo de tipo transversal numa mostra de 100 cuidadores primários do Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia da Cidade do México. Para a medição da habilidade se utilizou o instrumento "Inventário de habilidade de cuidado", que tem três sub-escalas: conhecimento, valor e paciência. Estimaram-se as correlações entre a sumatória dos termos, comparando-as com as variáveis sócio-demográficas. Resultados. O 41% dos CEP foram homens, casados num 77%; predominantemente foram filhos (41% ou esposos (32% do paciente, e a maioria tinham um trabalho

Typhus in Texas

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Dr. Kristy Murray, an associate professor in pediatrics and assistant dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, discusses increased cases of typhus in southern Texas.

Nuevas interpretaciones del populismo latinoamericano y el caso del gaitanismo en Colombia

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William John Green

1995-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo discute la figura de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán y el gaitanismo dentro del contexto del populismo latinoamericano en el segundo tercio del siglo XX. El autor argumenta que el gaitanismo tuvo importantes elementos como un movimiento autónomo de clases medias, obreras y campesinas (lo que se calificaba como pueblo, en contraste con la oligarquía. De esta forma, el gaitanismo no fue simplemente una manipulación "desde arriba" de movimientos de carácter popular en Colombia. El artículo representa una síntesis del trabajo del autor en su tesis de Ph. D. presentada al Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Texas. Para ese trabajo más amplio, Green exploró diferentes archivos en Colombia y en los Estados Unidos, incluida la correspondencia de Gaitán. El autor enmarca su discusión en el debate sobre el populismo y los movimientos sociales en América Latina, debate planteado por diferentes científicos sociales tales como Paul Drake, John French, Daniel James y Ernesto Laclau, entre otros.

CAMBIO DE COBERTURA Y USO DEL SUELO EN LA CUENCA DEL RIO MOLOLOA, NAYARIT

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Nájera González O

2010-07-01

Full Text Available Los cambios de cobertura y uso del suelo se han reconocido en muchos países como una de las principales causas de deterioro ambiental, por ello están ubicados en el centro de la investigación ambiental y representan un punto importante en diferentes ámbitos como medio para entender los mecanismos de este proceso de deterioro y guía para la toma razo- nable de decisiones sobre el uso del territorio. En el estado de Nayarit, la cuenca del río Mo- loloa ha proveído de un conjunto de bienes y servicios a las localidades que involucra; des- afortunadamente, esta relación ha repercutido en un deterioro acelerado de sus recursos na- turales. En este trabajo se analizan los cambios de cobertura y uso del suelo en la cuenca del río Mololoa, entre 1995 y 2005, a partir de la interpretación de ortofotos digitales y manejo de la información en un SIG. Los resultados muestran que el paisaje de la cuenca está dominado en 83.01% por la vegetación natural y tierras de cultivo. La dinámica de cambio está centrada en los tipos de cobertura “vegetación natural” y “construcciones”, la primera disminuye a una tasa de 41.67 ha/año, y la segunda, aumenta 74.86 ha/año. La tasa de deforestación de los bosques y selvas de la región fue de 0.1 y 0.36%, menor a las reportadas por diferentes autores a nivel nacional y estatal.

SUPERCOLLIDER: Texas meeting

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Anon.

1992-01-01

With preparations pushing forward for the Superconducting Supercollider (SSC) to be built in Ellis County, Texas, there was a full agenda at the third SSC fall conference, held in Corpus Christi, Texas, from 14-17 October

Texas Yehaa !!!

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Kjellberg, Kurt

2001-01-01

Indtryk fra et besøg på SLA, Special Libraries Associations årlige konference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 9.-13. juni 2001. "An Information Odyssey: Seizing the Competitive Advantage"......Indtryk fra et besøg på SLA, Special Libraries Associations årlige konference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 9.-13. juni 2001. "An Information Odyssey: Seizing the Competitive Advantage"...

Lutas pela formação científica dos professores primários no Rio de Janeiro (1880-1890 - Struggles for the primary teacher in Rio de Janeiro (1880-1890

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Ariadne Lopes Ecar

2012-08-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste artigo consiste na análise de aspectos da configuração dos mecanismos de formação prévia de professores, por intermédio do estudo de duas escolas normais na capital do Império e na capital da Província do Rio de Janeiro, Niterói. Consideradas como indispensáveis para formar os quadros docentes que atenderiam as escolas primárias, as instituições em questão passaram por diversas reformas que procuraram alargar os programas em prol de um ensino descrito como mais científico. Os deslocamentos institucionais observados indiciam investimentos no sentido de formar o futuro professor com mais robustez. Sugerem, igualmente, a existência de tensões em torno do conteúdo e forma dessas medidas.Palavras-chave: escola normal, programas de ensino, modelo científico, formação de professores. STRUGGLES FOR THE PRIMARY TEACHER IN RIO DE JANEIRO (1880-1890AbstractThe purpose of this article is to analyze aspects of the configuration mechanisms of the initial teachers’ formation, through the study of two formations schools at the end of the nineteenth century, one in the Empire Capital and the other in the Province’s Capital of Rio de Janeiro. Considered to be indispensible to form the teaching staff who would attend primary schools, the institutions in question went through several reforms which intended to widen their programs towards a teaching described as more scientific. The institutional displacements observed show investments in a way of form the future teacher in a more robust manner, suggesting equally the presence of tensions around the content and form of these measures.Key-words: normal school, teaching programs, scientific model, teachers’ formation. LUCHAS POR LA FORMACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE LOS MAESTROS DE PRIMARIA EN RIO DE JANEIRO (1880-1890ResumenEl objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los aspectos de la configuración de los mecanismos de la formación previa de los docentes através del estudio de

75 FR 68398 - Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, LLC-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Texas, Oklahoma...

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... & Eastern Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, LLC (TOE), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company and to operate...

75 FR 45695 - Final Federal Agency Actions on Trans-Texas Corridor 35 (TTC-35) in Texas

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...-Texas Corridor 35 (TTC-35) in Texas AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice... proposed transportation project, TTC-35, extending from the Texas- Oklahoma line to the City of Laredo, generally paralleling existing I- 35 in the State of Texas. DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is advising the...

Goodenough Spring, Texas, USA: Discharge and water chemistry of a large spring deeply submerged under the binational Amistad Reservoir

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Kamps, Ray H.; Tatum, Gregg S.; Gault, Mike; Groeger, Alan W.

2009-06-01

Goodenough Spring (Texas, USA) is a large spring near the border of the American state of Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila, discharging into the international Amistad Reservoir on the river Rio Grande (Rio Bravo). Discharge was routinely measured from 1928 until 1968 to partition the flow of the river between the two countries in accordance with water-use treaties. Samples were analyzed for water-quality parameters in 1967-1968 prior to inundation under 45 m of Amistad Reservoir in 1968. Subsequently, discharge has been estimated indirectly by the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). For the first direct measurements of the spring in 37 years, velocity and cross-sectional measurements were made and water samples collected in the summer of 2005 using advanced self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) techniques. Spring discharge was calculated at 2.03 m3 s-1, approximately one-half of the historical mean of 3.94 m3 s-1. In situ and laboratory analyses of samples for temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, alkalinity, nitrate-nitrogen, dissolved solids, chloride, sulfate, fluoride, phosphorus, calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, and iron showed the water quality to be very good for human consumption and crop irrigation. Measurement values are relatively unchanged from those reported 37 years prior.

33 CFR 165.804 - Snake Island, Texas City, Texas; mooring and fleeting of vessels-safety zone.

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... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Snake Island, Texas City, Texas... Guard District § 165.804 Snake Island, Texas City, Texas; mooring and fleeting of vessels—safety zone. (a) The following is a safety zone: (1) The west and northwest shores of Snake Island; (2) The...

La Intervención del Derecho Penal en Los Fenómenos Migratorios

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Thamara Duarte Cunha Medeiros

2016-06-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo tiene por objetivo analisar la legitimidad de la intervención penal en los actuales flujos migratórios. La premisa principal considera que la utilización del derecho penal como instrumento de gestión para controlar flujos migratório ratifica el discurso del miedo hacia la inmingración y fomenta la criminalidad organizada que se ha estructurado frente a las políticas tolerancia cero contra la inmigración, especialmente, la trata de personas y el contrabando de migrantes. En este sentido, el analisis y la delimitación del bien jurídico “ política migratória” sugiere una reflexión a la luz de las bases principiológicas del Derecho Penal y despierta cuestiones que implican en una redefinición del derecho de punir en la sociedad del riesgo.

Texas Disasters II: Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Assist the Texas Forest Service in Mapping and Analyzing Fuel Loads and Phenology in Texas Grasslands

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Brooke, Michael; Williams, Meredith; Fenn, Teresa

2016-01-01

The risk of severe wildfires in Texas has been related to weather phenomena such as climate change and recent urban expansion into wild land areas. During recent years, Texas wild land areas have experienced sequences of wet and dry years that have contributed to increased wildfire risk and frequency. To prevent and contain wildfires, the Texas Forest Service (TFS) is tasked with evaluating and reducing potential fire risk to better manage and distribute resources. This task is made more difficult due to the vast and varied landscape of Texas. The TFS assesses fire risk by understanding vegetative fuel types and fuel loads. To better assist the TFS, NASA Earth observations, including Landsat and Moderate Resolution Imaging Specrtoradiometer (MODIS) data, were analyzed to produce maps of vegetation type and specific vegetation phenology as it related to potential wildfire fuel loads. Fuel maps from 2010-2011 and 2014-2015 fire seasons, created by the Texas Disasters I project, were used and provided alternating, complementary map indicators of wildfire risk in Texas. The TFS will utilize the end products and capabilities to evaluate and better understand wildfire risk across Texas.

Color del iris e hipoacusia en el Síndrome de Waardenburg. Pinar del Río, Cuba Color of the iris and hypoacusis in Waardenburg Syndrome. Pinar del Rio, Cuba

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Fidel Castro Pérez

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Introducción: Aunque se han descrito hipoacusia neurosensorial y cambios de color en el iris, la relación entre estos no ha sido estudiada previamente. Objetivos: Describir y analizar la posible asociación de la hipoacusia y profundidad de ésta con el color del iris en una familia afectada con el síndrome, lo que constituiría un nuevo aporte al conocimiento del Síndrome de Waardenburg (SW. Material y Método: Se realizó un estudio de casos, observacional, transversal y descriptivo con algunos aspectos analíticos en personas con SW del Municipio Sandino. Se utilizaron las medidas de resumen para variables cualitativas y la prueba de X² para medir asociación al 95 % de certeza. Resultados: 15 individuos presentaron hipoacusia neurosensorial de diferentes distribución e intensidad, con predominio de los ojos pardos y azules bilaterales. Se detectó mayor frecuencia de individuos hipoacúsicos entre los que tenían ojos azules con asociación entre las dos variables (X²= 6,47, gl = 1; p = 0.01. La intensidad de la hipoacusia fue mayor entre los individuos con ojos azules (85.7 % con hipoacusia severa o profunda 3 veces superior que en los otros colores de los ojos. Conclusiones: Existe relación entre el color azul del iris y la presencia de la hipoacusia y mayor intensidad de esta última en individuos con SW.Background: Although sensorineural hearing loss and iris pigmentary changes have been described, the association between these two elements has not been previously studied. Objectives: to describe and analyze the possible association of hypoacusis and the intensity of this with the color of the iris in a family suffering from this syndrome; which will constitute a new contribution to the understanding of Waardenburg Syndrome (WS. Material and Method: an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive case-study was carried out having some analytic aspects in people suffering from WS in Sandino municipality, Pinar del Rio. Measures

Phenotypic characterization and 16S rDNA identification of culturable non-obligate halophilic bacterial communities from a hypersaline lake, La Sal del Rey, in extreme South Texas (USA).

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Phillips, Kristen; Zaidan, Frederic; Elizondo, Omar R; Lowe, Kristine L

2012-02-02

La Sal del Rey ("the King's Salt") is one of several naturally-occurring salt lakes in Hidalgo County, Texas and is part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The research objective was to isolate and characterize halophilic microorganisms from La Sal del Rey. Water samples were collected from the lake and a small creek that feeds into the lake. Soil samples were collected from land adjacent to the water sample locations. Sample salinity was determined using a refractometer. Samples were diluted and cultured on a synthetic saline medium to grow halophilic bacteria. The density of halophiles was estimated by viable plate counts. A collection of isolates was selected, gram-stained, tested for catalase, and characterized using API 20E® test strips. Isolates were putatively identified by sequencing the 16S rDNA. Carbon source utilization by the microbial community from each sample site was examined using EcoPlate™ assays and the carbon utilization total activity of the community was determined. Results showed that salinity ranged from 4 parts per thousand (ppt) at the lake water source to 420 ppt in water samples taken just along the lake shore. The density of halophilic bacteria in water samples ranged from 1.2 × 102 - 5.2 × 103 colony forming units per ml (cfu ml-1) whereas the density in soil samples ranged from 4.0 × 105 - 2.5 × 106 colony forming units per gram (cfu g-1). In general, as salinity increased the density of the bacterial community decreased. Microbial communities from water and soil samples were able to utilize 12 - 31 carbon substrates. The greatest number of substrates utilized was by water-borne communities compared to soil-based communities, especially at lower salinities. The majority of bacteria isolated were gram-negative, catalase-positive, rods. Biochemical profiles constructed from API 20E® test strips showed that bacterial isolates from low-salinity water samples (4 ppt) showed the greatest phenotypic diversity

Decomposition of mangrove leaves in the estuary of Paraíba do Sul RiverRio de Janeiro, Brazil Descomposición de hojas de mangle en el estuario del Río Paraíba do SulRio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Taísa Barroso-Matos

2012-07-01

Full Text Available The decomposition rate of senescent leaves of Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora mangle in their respective areas of dominance were analyzed in the estuary mangrove of the Paraíba do Sul River, Rio de Janeiro, by the method of litter bags. Results indicated that the rate of decomposition of leaves of L. racemosa (3.2 x 10-3 did not differ significantly from A. germinans and R. mangle (P > 0.05, but that A. germinans (5.1 x 10-3 exhibits a higher decomposition rate than R. mangle (2.7 x 10-3 (P La tasa de descomposición de las hojas senescentes de Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa y Rhizophora mangle en sus respectivas áreas de dominio se analizaron en los manglares del estuario del río Paraíba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, por el método de bolsas de resíduos. Los resultados indicaron que la tasa de descomposición de las hojas de L. racemosa (3,2 x 10-3 no difirió significativamente de A. germinans y R. mangle (P > 0,05, pero A. germinans (5,1 x 10-3 presentó una mayor tasa de descomposición que R. mangle (2,7 x 10-3 (P < 0,05. Según la literatura, estas diferencias se deben a las distintas características foliares de las especies (por ejemplo, el contenido de agua, ó la concentración de taninos y nitrógeno. La vida media calculada fue 138 días, 216 y 257 de A. germinans, L. racemosa y R. mangle, respectivamente. Considerando que A. germinans tiene la mayor prevalencia y abundancia en relación con R. mangle, y su cinética de descomposición fue más rápida, se sugiere que esta especie representa la principal fuente de materia orgánica originada en los manglares del estuario del río Paraíba do Sul, así como a las cadenas alimentarias en la región.

Transforming Developmental Education in Texas

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2014-01-01

In recent years, with support from the Texas Legislature, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has funded various developmental education initiatives, including research and evaluation efforts, to help Texas public institutions of higher education provide more effective programs and services to underprepared students. Based on evaluation…

Factores psicosociales del presentismo en trabajadores del Sistema de Salud chileno

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Aldo Vera-Calzaretta

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Este estudio analizó los factores psicosociales que explicaban el presentismo o deterioro laboral autopercibido asociado a trabajar enfermo. La muestra fue de 676 trabajadores del sistema de salud chileno (84% de mujeres, M = 35.9 anos, en su mayoría enfermeras y técnicos paramédicos. Se aplicó un cuestiona- ˜ rio sociodemográfico, el Job Content Questionnaire, el Effort-Reward Imbalance, el Health Performance Questionnaire y una escala de interferencia del trabajo en la vida familiar. La regresión lineal explicó el 21% de la varianza del deterioro laboral percibido. Este último se asoció a asistir a trabajar enfermo. Los resultados sugieren que el deterioro del desempeno y asistir a trabajar enfermo son dos aspectos del ˜ mismo proceso. El ausentismo por razones de salud, la interferencia del trabajo en la vida familiar y la sintomatología emocional predijeron el deterioro laboral. Éste último se asoció negativamente a trabajar en turnos, controlando edad y salario. Los resultados sugieren que el presentismo es explicado por factores del contexto de trabajo y el conflicto trabajo-familia.

Validación de la precipitación estimada por satélite TRMM y su aplicación en la modelación hidrológica del rio Ramis Puno Perú

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Lujano Laura, Efrain; Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología; Felipe Obando, Oscar G.; Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología; Lujano Laura, Apolinario; Quispe Aragón, José; Autoridad Nacional del Agua

2015-01-01

La investigación se realizó en la cuenca Ramis, ubicado al norte de la región hidrográfica del Titicaca (lado peruano), teniendo como objetivo validar las precipitaciones estimadas por satélite y su aplicación en la modelación hidrológica del rio Ramis. La validación de precipitaciones estimadas por satélite, se realizó mediante una comparación entre datos observados en ambos casos para el periodo enero de 1998 a diciembre 2013, los cuales fueron evaluados mediante los indicadores estadístico...

TEXAS MIGRANT LABOR, THE 1964 MIGRATION.

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THE MAJORITY OF TEXAS MIGRANTS LIVE IN SOUTH TEXAS AND APPROXIMATELY 95 PERCENT OF THEM ARE OF MEXICAN EXTRACTION. MOST OF THE OTHER FIVE PERCENT ARE EAST TEXAS NEGROES. THE MECHANIZATION OF COTTON HARVESTING AND THE EXPIRATION OF THE "BRACERO PROGRAM" IN 1964 HAVE CAUSED MORE TEXAS MIGRANTS TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. DURING 1964,…

Documentation and Testing of the WEAP Model for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin

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2006-08-01

border between Texas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas (Appendix B, Figure 32). There are four reservoirs of interest in this...Camargo - Ciudad Acuna - Ciudad Anhuac - Ciudad Juarez - Matamoros - Metropolitan Monterrey - Nuevo Laredo - Reynosa - Piedras Negras...Rivera, and Jorge A. Hidalgo. (2001). “Sistema de apoyo a la toma de decisions para el manejo integral del agua en cuencas.” IMTA/CNA, Proyecto

Éxodo a la “tierra prometida”: Del demonio y otros monstruos en la obra de Juan de Dios Mora

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Adriana Miramontes Olivas

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Juan de Dios Mora es grabador y docente en la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio, donde comenzó a enseñar pintura, dibujo y grabado en 2010. Mora es un artista prolífico cuyos grabados han sido publicados en numerosos sitios incluyendo los catálogos New Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2010 y New Art/Arte Nuevo San Antonio 2012. Este año su obra se exhibió en distintos lugares incluyendo el Museo de Arte McNay en San Antonio, Texas en Juan Mora: Cultural Clash (Juan Mora: Choque Cultural, junio 8 a agosto 13 de 2017 y en el Centro de Arte the Cole en la Galería Reavley en Nacogdoches, Texas, en Juan de Dios Mora. En 2016, Mora participó en la exhibición colectiva Los de abajo: Garbage as an Artistic Source (Los de abajo: la basura como una fuente artística en el Centro Cultural Guadalupe en San Antonio (de junio 10 a julio 29 de 2016. Mora también ha sido curador de la exhibición Print It Up por varios años, organizada por el artista en el área del centro de San Antonio dándoles una visibilidad sin precedentes a numerosos artistas. Para esta exhibición Mora guía y aconseja tanto a estudiantes como a exalumnos sobre el proceso de exhibición, desde cómo crear un portafolio, enmarcar e instalar obras, hasta realizar contratos con galeristas y vender las obras al público.  Adriana Miramontes Olivas es estudiante de doctorado en el Departamento de Historia del Arte y Arquitectura en la Universidad de Pittsburgh. Completó su licenciatura en la Universidad de Texas de El Paso y la maestría en la Universidad de Texas de San Antonio. Sus intereses en materia de investigación incluyen arte moderno y contemporáneo global con un enfoque en Latinoamérica, estudios de género, sexualidad e identidad nacional. La Dra. Deborah Caplow es historiadora del arte, curadora y autora del libro sobre el ilustrador Mexicano Leopoldo Méndez (Leopoldo Méndez: arte revolucionario y el grabado mexicano, publicado por la Universidad de Texas. Ella ense

Caracterización preliminar de la Geomorfología e Hidrología de la microcuenca del río Irquis, parroquia Victoria del Portete, cantón Cuenca - provincia del Azuay

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Jaramillo Ochoa, Anardo Vicente

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La cuenca del rio Paute se encuentra identificada dentro de las cinco cuencas hidrográficas prioritarias del país, debido a que en ella se encuentran importantes proyectos estratégicos: hidroeléctricos, mineros, agrícolas entre otros. A su vez cada una de las subcuencas hidrográficas presenta características muy específicas y por lo tanto el estudio integral de la cuenca del río Paute debe partir del conocimiento de la hidrología existente en cada uno de sus tributarios principales. En este s...

Perfil do doente renal crônico no ambulatório multidisciplinar de um hospital universitário Perfil del enfermo renal crónico de consultorios externos multidisciplinario de un hospital universitario Demographic profile of individuals with chronic renal disease from a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic of a university teaching hospital

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Simone Martins Rembold

2009-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Descrever o perfil do cliente com doença renal crônica em tratamento conservador no Ambulatório Multidisciplinar do Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro. MÉTODOS: O estudo é descritivo tendo sido analisados 72 prontuários de pacientes atendidos nos anos de 2006 a 2008. Os dados foram processados eletronicamente com o auxílio dos programas EXCEL 2007 e SPSS 13.0. RESULTADOS: A média de idade dos pacientes foi 59 + 14 anos sendo 60% do sexo feminino. Em relação à escolaridade, 42% tinham ensino fundamental incompleto. A maior parte encontrava-se no estágio 4 da doença renal crônica, sendo as principais doenças de base o diabetes mellitus e a hipertensão arterial. Mais de 80% usavam anti-hipertensivos, e mais da metade usava diuréticos. O sintoma predominante foi a noctúria. Apenas em sete pacientes foi confeccionada fístula artério-venosa. CONCLUSÃO: A população atendida no referido ambulatório consistiu, na sua maior parte de pacientes na quinta ou sexta década de vida, com predominância do sexo feminino. A maioria encontrava-se no estágio 4 da classificação do DOQI para doença renal crônica sendo diabetes a principal causa da doença renal.OBJETIVO: Describir el perfil del cliente con enfermedad renal crónica en tratamiento conservador en Consultorio Externo Multidisciplinario del Hospital Universitario Antonio Pedro. MÉTODOS: Se trata de un estudio descriptivo en el que se analizaron 72 historias clínicas de pacientes atendidos en los años de 2006 a 2008. Los dados fueron procesados electrónicamente con la ayuda de los programas EXCEL 2007 y SPSS 13.0. RESULTADOS: El promedio de edad de los pacientes fue entre 59 + 14 años siendo el 60% del sexo femenino. En relación a la escolaridad, el 42% tenían primaria incompleta. La mayor parte se encontraba en la fase 4 de la enfermedad renal crónica, siendo las principales enfermedades de base la diabetes mellitus y la hipertensión arterial. Más del

Fragmentos históricos da assistência psiquiátrica no Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil Fragmentos de la historia en la atención psiquiátrica en Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil Fragments of history in psychiatric care Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda

2010-09-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo objetiva resgatar aspectos do funcionamento terapêutico do Hospital-Dia (HD Dr. Élger Nunes, em Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, durante sua vigência, e analisar os resultados referentes ao número de usuários atendidos no período de 1996 a 2004. Trata-se de um estudo empírico, descritivo, exploratório, ex posto facto de abordagem quantitativa, realizado a partir dos registros e prontuários de 910 usuários atendidos no HD. As informações foram submetidas ao recurso informacional Microsoft Excel e transformadas em gráficos. Os resultados constataram uma maior acessibilidade à modalidade de tratamento, diminuição no tempo de permanência e melhoria das condições de alta dos usuários com redução no número de interrupções no tratamento. Salienta-se a importância do HD no processo de reforma psiquiátrica, com atendimento pautado na utilização de práticas terapêuticas humanizadas e sem perda do vínculo com a família e a sociedade.Este artículo tiene como objetivo el rescate de los aspectos del funcionamiento terapéuticos del hospital-día (HD Dr. Elger Nunes, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil, durante su mandato, e analizar los resultados relacionado con el número de pacientes tratados en el período de 1996 a 2004. Es un estudio empírico, descriptivo, de carácter exploratorio, ex posto facto con enfoque cuantitativo, realizado a partir de los registros de 910 usuarios atendidos en el HD. Las informaciones fueran tratadas en el programa Microsoft Excel y procesadas en gráficos. Los resultados verifican una mayor accesibilidad a esta modalidad de tratamiento, disminución de la duración del tiempo de permanencia y mejorar de las condiciones para alta hospitalaria de los usuarios con reducción en el número de interrupciones en el tratamiento. Se enfatiza la importancia del HD en proceso de reforma psiquiátrica, con un tratamiento basado en el uso de prácticas terapéuticas y humanizada, sin p

Efeitos da poluição do ar na função respiratória de escolares, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Efectos de la polución del aire en la función respiratoria de escolares, Rio de Janeiro, Sureste de Brasil Effect of air pollution on lung function in schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Hermano Albuquerque de Castro

2009-02-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre exposição diária à poluição do ar e função respiratória de escolares. MÉTODOS: Estudo de painel com uma amostra aleatória de 118 escolares (seis a 15 anos de idade da rede pública do Rio de Janeiro (RJ, residentes até 2 km do local do estudo. Dados sobre características das crianças foram obtidos por questionário, incluindo o International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. Exames diários de pico de fluxo foram realizados para medir a função respiratória. Dados diários dos níveis de PM10, SO2, O3, NO2 e CO, temperatura e umidade foram fornecidos por um monitor móvel. As medidas repetidas de função respiratória foram associadas aos níveis dos poluentes por meio de modelo multinível ajustado por tendência temporal, temperatura, umidade do ar, exposição domiciliar ao fumo, ser asmático, altura, sexo, peso e idade das crianças. RESULTADOS: O pico de fluxo expiratório médio foi 243,5 l/m (dp=58,9. A menor média do pico de fluxo expiratório foi 124 l/m e a maior 450 l/m. Para o aumento de 10 µg/m³ de PM10 houve uma diminuição de 0,34 l/min na média do pico de fluxo no terceiro dia. Para o aumento de 10 µg/m³ de NO2 houve uma diminuição entre 0,23 l/min a 0,28 l/min na média do pico de fluxo após a exposição. Os efeitos do CO e do SO2 no pico de fluxo dos escolares não foram estatisticamente significativos. O O3 apresentou um resultado protetor: o aumento de 10 µg/m³ de O3 estaria associado, um dia depois da exposição, a aumento de 0,2 l/min na média da função respiratória. CONCLUSÕES: Mesmo dentro de níveis aceitáveis na maior parte do período, a poluição atmosférica, principalmente o PM10 e o NO2, esteve associada à diminuição da função respiratória de crianças residentes no Rio de Janeiro.OBJETIVO: Analizar la asociación entre exposición diaria a la polución del aire y función respiratoria de escolares. MÉTODOS: Estudio de

El saber de la partera tradicional del valle del río Cimitarra: cuidando la vida Traditional midwifery knowledge in the Cimitarra River Valley. Taking Care of life O saber da parteira tradicional do vale do Rio Cimitarra: cuidando a vida

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RUIZ DE CÁRDENAS CARMEN HELENA

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Para la recolección y análisis de la información se utilizaron la Etnografía focalizada y la técnica de Spradley y la teoría de la diversidad y la universalidad de los cuidados culturales de Leininger se tomó como referente teórico. Su objetivo fue describir los cuidados que brindaban las parteras tradicionales a partir de creencias y prácticas en las mujeres durante el parto en la zona rural de la región del valle del río Cimitarra, Magdalena Medio. El estudio se desarrolló en el valle del río Cimitarra y la ciudad de Barrancabermeja. Participaron siete parteras tradicionales y se recolectaron los datos mediante entrevista etnográfica y observación participante entre los años 2007 y 2008. El tema central es “El saber de la partera tradicional del valle del río Cimitarra: cuidando la vida” y cinco dominios culturales: alistarse para la atención del mismo, identificar el momento del parto, ayudar a la mujer a parir, proteger al bebé después del nacimiento y proteger a la mujer después del nacimiento. Cuidar la vida se relaciona con la necesidad de “sobrevivir” a pesar de la guerra, la violencia y el abandono estatal. Las acciones de cuidado se fundan en creencias culturales, la cotidianidad del trabajo del campo, la tradición oral y la invocación divina en medio del complejo contexto ambiental, la incertidumbre del conocimiento y el miedo a problemas legales.Focalized ethnography and Spradley’s technique were used to collect and analyze information. Diversity and universality stated in Leninger’s study of culture were regarded as a theoretical reference. The objective was to describe care given by traditional midwives, using their traditional beliefs and practices, on women during delivery in the rural area of the Cimitarra river valley, Mid Magdalena river basin. It took place in the Cimitarra River and in the town Barrancabermeja, where seven traditional midwives participated. Data was collected using

El saber de la partera tradicional del valle del río Cimitarra: cuidando la vida O saber da parteira tradicional do vale do Rio Cimitarra: cuidando a vida Traditional midwifery knowledge in the Cimitarra River Valley: Taking Care of life

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Full Text Available Para la recolección y análisis de la información se utilizaron la Etnografía focalizada y la técnica de Spradley y la teoría de la diversidad y la universalidad de los cuidados culturales de Leininger se tomó como referente teórico. Su objetivo fue describir los cuidados que brindaban las parteras tradicionales a partir de creencias y prácticas en las mujeres durante el parto en la zona rural de la región del valle del río Cimitarra, Magdalena Medio. El estudio se desarrolló en el valle del río Cimitarra y la ciudad de Barrancabermeja. Participaron siete parteras tradicionales y se recolectaron los datos mediante entrevista etnográfica y observación participante entre los años 2007 y 2008. El tema central es " El saber de la partera tradicional del valle del río Cimitarra: cuidando la vida" y cinco dominios culturales: alistarse para la atención del mismo, identificar el momento del parto, ayudar a la mujer a parir, proteger al bebé después del nacimiento y proteger a la mujer después del nacimiento. Cuidar la vida se relaciona con la necesidad de " sobrevivir" a pesar de la guerra, la violencia y el abandono estatal. Las acciones de cuidado se fundan en creencias culturales, la cotidianidad del trabajo del campo, la tradición oral y la invocación divina en medio del complejo contexto ambiental, la incertidumbre del conocmiento y el miedo a problemas legales.A compilação e a análise da informação estiveram baseadas no uso de etnografia focalizada e da técnica de Spradley. A teoria da diversidade e universalidade dos cuidados culturais de Leininger tomou-se como marco teórico. O objetivo do levantamento era descrever os cuidados providenciados por parteiras tradicionais, a partir das crenças e práticas, às mulheres durante opartona zona rural da região do vale do rio Cimitarra Magdalena Médio. O trabalho foi desenvolvido no vale do Rio Cimitarra e na cidade de Barrancabermeja. O estudo inclui a participação de

Public Outreach of the South Texas Health Physic Society and Texas A and M University Nuclear Engineering Department

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2003-01-01

In a cooperative effort of the members of the South Texas Chapter of the Heath Physics Society (STC-HPS) and the Texas A and M University Nuclear Engineering Department, great efforts have been made to reach out and provide educational opportunities to members of the general public, school age children, and specifically teachers. These efforts have taken the form of Science Teacher Workshops (STW), visits to schools all over the state of Texas, public forums, and many other educational arenas. A major motivational factor for these most recent efforts can be directly tied to the attempt of the State of Texas to site a low-level radioactive waste facility near Sierra Blanca in West Texas. When the State of Texas first proposed to site a low level radioactive waste site after the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 was passed, many years of political struggle ensued. Finally, a site at Sierra Blanca in far West Texas was selected for study and characterization for a disposal site for waste generated in the Texas Compact states of Maine, Vermont and Texas. During this process, the outreach to and education of the local public became a paramount issue

Forests of east Texas, 2016

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Kerry Dooley

2018-01-01

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in east Texas based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station (SRS) in cooperation with Texas A&M Forest Service. The 254 counties of Texas are consolidated into seven FIA survey units—Southeast (unit 1),...

Sylvatic trichinellosis in Texas

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Pence D.B.

2001-06-01

Full Text Available There are no published reports of domestic or sylvatic trichinellosis in Texas. The aim of the present survey was to determine the presence of Trichinella species in selected representative species of potential wildlife reservoirs in southern Texas. In 1998-99, tongues of 211 wild mammals were collected in southern Texas: 154 coyotes (Canis latrans, three bobcats (Lynx rufus, 32 racoons (Procyon lotor, 1 3 opossum (Didelphis marsupialis, four ocelots (Leopardus pardalis and five wild boars (Sus scrofa. Presence of Trichinella sp. larvae was investigated by artificial digestion and larvae of positive samples were identified at the species level by a multiple-polymerase chain reaction analysis. Nine (5.8 % coyotes had trichinellosis ; in the muscles of seven of these coyotes, the larvae were identified as Trichinella murrelli. This is the first report of sylvatic trichinellosis in Texas.

Mortalidade de infantil no município do Rio de Janeiro Mortalidad Infantil en el Municipio de Rio de Janeiro Child Mortality in Rio de Janeiro City

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Lígia Neres Matos

2007-06-01

Full Text Available A taxa de mortalidade infantil é considerada indicador síntese da qualidade de vida e do nível de desenvolvimento de uma população. Este artigo analisa a evolução dessas taxas no Município do Rio de Janeiro, no período de 1979 a 2004, e as causas em 2004. Trata de estudo descritivo a partir do total de óbitos infantis e nascimentos ocorridos, utilizando-se os sistemas de informação produzidos pelo Ministério da Saúde. Para avaliação, segundo causa básica de morte, usou-se a Classificação Internacional de Doenças. As taxas de mortalidade infantil por mil nascidos vivos decresceram de 37,4 em 1979 para 15,1 em 2004, sendo o componente pós-neonatal o principal responsável por este declínio. Em 2004, as principais causas de óbito neonatais foram as afecções perinatais e as malformações congênitas; entre os óbitos pós-neonatais destacaram-se as doenças infecciosas e parasitárias, as causas mal definidas e as doenças respiratórias. Embora tenha sido observada queda da taxa de mortalidade infantil, esta não teve uma redução maior, devido ao pequeno declínio do componente neonatal precoce. Observou-se que a assistência à saúde da criança, no município do Rio de Janeiro, ainda deixa a desejar no que se refere à integralidade da assistência desde o período pré-natal.La tasa de mortalidad infantil es considerada indicador síntese de la calidad de vida y del nivel de desarrollo de una población. Este artículo analiza la evolución de esas tasas en la Ciudad del Rio de Janeiro, en el periodo de 1979 hasta 2004, y las causas en 2004. Tratase de un estudio descriptivo desde el total de fallecimientos infantiles y nacimientos ocurridos, usando los sistemas de informaciones producidos por el Ministerio de la Salud. Para la evaluación, según causa básica de muerte, fue usada la Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades. Las tasas de mortalidad infantil por mil nacimientos vivos decrecieron de 37,4 en 1979

Typhus in Texas

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Dr. Kristy Murray, an associate professor in pediatrics and assistant dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses increased cases of typhus in southern Texas.  Created: 7/6/2017 by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID).   Date Released: 7/6/2017.

An updated understanding of Texas bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae species presence and potential distributions in Texas, USA

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Jessica L. Beckham

2017-08-01

Full Text Available Texas is the second largest state in the United States of America, and the largest state in the contiguous USA at nearly 700,000 sq. km. Several Texas bumble bee species have shown evidence of declines in portions of their continental ranges, and conservation initiatives targeting these species will be most effective if species distributions are well established. To date, statewide bumble bee distributions for Texas have been inferred primarily from specimen records housed in natural history collections. To improve upon these maps, and help inform conservation decisions, this research aimed to (1 update existing Texas bumble bee presence databases to include recent (2007–2016 data from citizen science repositories and targeted field studies, (2 model statewide species distributions of the most common bumble bee species in Texas using MaxEnt, and (3 identify conservation target areas for the state that are most likely to contain habitat suitable for multiple declining species. The resulting Texas bumble bee database is comprised of 3,580 records, to include previously compiled museum records dating from 1897, recent field survey data, and vetted records from citizen science repositories. These data yielded an updated state species list that includes 11 species, as well as species distribution models (SDMs for the most common Texas bumble bee species, including two that have shown evidence of range-wide declines: B. fraternus (Smith, 1854 and B. pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1773. Based on analyses of these models, we have identified conservation priority areas within the Texas Cross Timbers, Texas Blackland Prairies, and East Central Texas Plains ecoregions where suitable habitat for both B. fraternus and B. pensylvanicus are highly likely to co-occur.

Rising Above the Storm: DIG TEXAS

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2011-12-01

For a decade Texas educators, scientists and citizens have shown a commitment to earth science education through planning at the national and state levels, involvement in earth science curriculum and teacher professional development projects, and the creation of a model senior level capstone Earth and Space Science course first offered in 2010 - 2011. The Texas state standards for Earth and Space Science demonstrate a shift to rigorous content, career relevant skills and use of 21st century technology. Earth and Space Science standards also align with the Earth Science, Climate and Ocean Literacy framework documents. In spite of a decade of progress K-12 earth science education in Texas is in crisis. Many school districts do not offer Earth and Space Science, or are using the course as a contingency for students who fail core science subjects. The State Board for Educator Certification eliminated Texas' secondary earth science teacher certification in 2009, following the adoption of the new Earth and Space Science standards. This makes teachers with a composite teacher certification (biology, physics and chemistry) eligible to teach Earth and Space Science, as well other earth science courses (e.g., Aquatic Science, Environmental Systems/Science) even if they lack earth science content knowledge. Teaching materials recently adopted by the State Board of Education do not include Earth and Space Science resources. In July 2011 following significant budget cuts at the 20 Education Service Centers across Texas, the Texas Education Agency eliminated key staff positions in its curriculum division, including science. This "perfect storm" has created a unique opportunity for a university-based approach to confront the crisis in earth science education in Texas which the Diversity and Innovation in the Geosciences (DIG) TEXAS alliance aims to fulfill. Led by the Texas A&M University College of Geosciences and The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences, with

Ecological Baseline, Fort Hood, Texas

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1980-08-01

cedar eTm (Uiimus crassifolia), Texas ash (Fraxinus texansis), and Texas persimmon ( Diospyros texana). Conversely, the two predominant tree species...Ilex decidua), Mex- ican buckeye (Ungnadia spjeciosa), and Texas persimmon ( Diospyros texana). Vines included greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) and white...Hedgehey Cactus (Echinocereus sp.) has been observed on Fort Hood. Due to the brief period of flowering for this genus , the individual species were not

Water supply and needs for West Texas

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This presentation focused on the water supplies and needs of West Texas, Texas High Plains. Groundwater is the most commonly used water resources on the Texas High Plains, with withdrawals from the Ogallala Aquifer dominating. The saturation thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer in Texas is such that t...

75 FR 21534 - Texas Regulatory Program

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2010-04-26

... improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the Texas program and... during regular business hours at the following location: Surface Mining and Reclamation Division... locations listed above under ADDRESSES. Texas proposes to revise its regulation at 16 Texas Administrative...

Estudio geoeléctrico en el valle alto del Rio Patía

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Pérez Cerón Rosalbina

1995-10-01

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The resistivity survey carried out at the upper valley of the Patía River, provided good information to define the sedimentary sequence of the area. A general sequence from top to base is described as follows: recent deposits with resistivity values between 20 and 400 Ohrn-m, fine to medium grain, sandstones with resistivity values between 20 and 70 Ohrn-m, fine grain sandstones and silstones with resistivity values between 8 and 20 Ohrn-rn, and clayli basement, with resistivity less than 20 Ohm-m. There are two kinds of aquifers; free, related to sands and gravels from alluvial fans and terraces (resistivity values between 70 and 400 Ohrn-m and thickness between 25 and 75, semi-confined related to tertiary sandstones (resistivities values between 20 and 30 Ohm-m, thickness between 35 and 150 m. The water quality of the upper aquifers is good enough with small amounts of salt content. Saline water is found at the lower aquifer.

The resistivity method was useful to locate geological discontinuities; some of them found with surface expression associated with lineaments and faults. Some of these geological features have been mapped in previous geological works on the area. In general the interpretation based on the resistivity results shows a block tectonics environment affecting cretaceous and tertiary rocks and probably the quaternary deposit.

76 FR 50708 - Texas Regulatory Program

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2011-08-16

..., renewals, and significant revisions. Texas intends to revise its program to improve operational efficiency. This document provides the times and locations that the Texas program and proposed amendments to that... business hours at the following location: Railroad Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Ave., Austin...

78 FR 11579 - Texas Regulatory Program

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2013-02-19

... Interest and Compliance Information (Underground Mining). Texas proposed to delete old language in Sec. 12.... Therefore, we approve Texas' deletion. Texas proposed to delete old language in Sec. 12.156 regarding the... proposed to add new language regarding certifying and updating existing permit information, permit...

Is the Texas Pecan Checkoff Program Working?

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Moore, Eli D.; Williams, Gary W.

2008-01-01

The Texas Pecan Board was established in 1998 to administer the Texas Pecan Checkoff Program and is financed through a one-half cent per pound assessment on grower pecan sales. The Board spends the assessment collections on a variety of advertising campaigns in an attempt to expand demand for Texas pecans, both improved and native varieties, and increase the welfare of Texas pecan growers. This study presents an evaluation of the economic effectiveness of the Texas Pecan Checkoff Program in e...

ANÁLISIS SOCIOECONÓMICO DE LA CUENCA DEL RIO CUALE, JALISCO, MÉXICO: UNA CONTRIBUCIÓN PARA LA DECLARACIÓN DEL ÁREA NATURAL PROTEGIDA RESERVA DE LA BIOSFERA EL CUALE

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Jorge Téllez López

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Durante los meses de enero a mayo de 2013, a través de la metodología propuesta por Alciaturi (2009; se realizó el análisis de los factores socioeconómicos involucrados en la cuenca del rio Cuale, Jalisco, México. Los resultados incluyeron aspectos relacionados con la dinámica demográfica, grado de marginación, nivel educativo, población económicamente activa, principales actividades económicas, comunidades rurales, descripción socioeconómica, potenciales de los recursos naturales, usos y aprovechamientos actuales; así como la situación jurídica de la tenencia de la tierra. El objetivo de esta investigación es conocer cómo estos factores inciden sobre los recursos naturales de la cuenca. Con la finalidad de utilizar esta información para establecer la declaratoria del Área Natural Protegida Reserva de la Biosfera El Cuale, que es una herramienta que puede ayudar a asegurar la conservación de esta zona. Por lo tanto, se han incluido elementos de análisis social, económico y ambiental, puesto que estos factores han resultado determinantes en los procesos que inciden en la deforestación y cambio de uso de suelo.

Chagas disease risk in Texas.

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Sarkar, Sahotra; Strutz, Stavana E; Frank, David M; Rivaldi, Chissa-Louise; Sissel, Blake; Sánchez-Cordero, Victor

2010-10-05

Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, remains a serious public health concern in many areas of Latin America, including México. It is also endemic in Texas with an autochthonous canine cycle, abundant vectors (Triatoma species) in many counties, and established domestic and peridomestic cycles which make competent reservoirs available throughout the state. Yet, Chagas disease is not reportable in Texas, blood donor screening is not mandatory, and the serological profiles of human and canine populations remain unknown. The purpose of this analysis was to provide a formal risk assessment, including risk maps, which recommends the removal of these lacunae. The spatial relative risk of the establishment of autochthonous Chagas disease cycles in Texas was assessed using a five-stage analysis. 1. Ecological risk for Chagas disease was established at a fine spatial resolution using a maximum entropy algorithm that takes as input occurrence points of vectors and environmental layers. The analysis was restricted to triatomine vector species for which new data were generated through field collection and through collation of post-1960 museum records in both México and the United States with sufficiently low georeferenced error to be admissible given the spatial resolution of the analysis (1 arc-minute). The new data extended the distribution of vector species to 10 new Texas counties. The models predicted that Triatoma gerstaeckeri has a large region of contiguous suitable habitat in the southern United States and México, T. lecticularia has a diffuse suitable habitat distribution along both coasts of the same region, and T. sanguisuga has a disjoint suitable habitat distribution along the coasts of the United States. The ecological risk is highest in south Texas. 2. Incidence-based relative risk was computed at the county level using the Bayesian Besag-York-Mollié model and post-1960 T. cruzi incidence data. This risk is concentrated in south Texas. 3. The

Chagas disease risk in Texas.

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Full Text Available BACKGROUND: Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, remains a serious public health concern in many areas of Latin America, including México. It is also endemic in Texas with an autochthonous canine cycle, abundant vectors (Triatoma species in many counties, and established domestic and peridomestic cycles which make competent reservoirs available throughout the state. Yet, Chagas disease is not reportable in Texas, blood donor screening is not mandatory, and the serological profiles of human and canine populations remain unknown. The purpose of this analysis was to provide a formal risk assessment, including risk maps, which recommends the removal of these lacunae. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The spatial relative risk of the establishment of autochthonous Chagas disease cycles in Texas was assessed using a five-stage analysis. 1. Ecological risk for Chagas disease was established at a fine spatial resolution using a maximum entropy algorithm that takes as input occurrence points of vectors and environmental layers. The analysis was restricted to triatomine vector species for which new data were generated through field collection and through collation of post-1960 museum records in both México and the United States with sufficiently low georeferenced error to be admissible given the spatial resolution of the analysis (1 arc-minute. The new data extended the distribution of vector species to 10 new Texas counties. The models predicted that Triatoma gerstaeckeri has a large region of contiguous suitable habitat in the southern United States and México, T. lecticularia has a diffuse suitable habitat distribution along both coasts of the same region, and T. sanguisuga has a disjoint suitable habitat distribution along the coasts of the United States. The ecological risk is highest in south Texas. 2. Incidence-based relative risk was computed at the county level using the Bayesian Besag-York-Mollié model and post-1960 T. cruzi incidence data. This

Modelo de desarrollo para prevenir la contaminación en la rivera del río Jatunyacu del cantón Otavalo.

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Coronel Pinduisaca, Marcela Fernanda

2011-01-01

Identificar los diversos factores que causan la contaminación del rio Jatunyacu del cantón Otavalo para elaborar un modelo de prevención de contaminación. En el país al igual que en el resto del mundo el problema de la contaminación de los recursos hídricos se ha acrecentado con el paso del tiempo y con el incremento poblacional que conlleva al aumento de la demanda de viviendas y de servicios básicos como recolección de basura que en países como el nuestro y cantones como Otavalo n...

77 FR 18738 - Texas Regulatory Program

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... improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the Texas program and... location: Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Railroad Commission of Texas, 1701 North Congress Avenue... available for you to read at the locations listed above under ADDRESSES. Texas proposes to revise its...

Ambulatório de quimioterapia pediátrica: a experiência no aquário carioca

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Isabelle Pimentel Gomes

2011-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del estudio es relatar la experiencia como enfermera en una quimioterapia pediátrica, decorada para ser atractiva para los niños (Acuario Carioca. Se trata de un estudio de carácter descriptivo con relato de la experiencia vivida en un hospital de la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, entre diciembre de 2007 a mayo de 2008. La decoración del espacio se basó en la película "Buscando a Nemo" (Disney-Pixar®, después de un acuerdo entre la institución y la sociedad civil. El Acuario Carioca llevó la diversión al lugar de tratamiento. Se observó que los profesionales parecían más motivados, se facilitó la atención y las relaciones se han vuelto más dialógicas cuando se utilizan los recursos recreativos, reduciendo la agitación de los niños durante los procedimientos, reducción de náuseas y vómitos, deseo de los niños a permanecer en la sala. El cambio del espacio ofrece actividades estimulantes y divertidas, distracción, calma, seguridad y una mayor aceptación del tratamiento. Así, el niño cambió su enfoque de la enfermedad.

Proyecto Vidas paralelas indígena: revelando el pueblo Piratapuia / Waíkhana del Amazonas, Brasil.

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Evelyn NERY

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Este relato de experiencia se refiere al grupo étnico Piratapuia o Waíkhana, que habita el noroccidente del Estado del Amazonas en el Brasil. En este caso, se aborda más especificamente el componente de ese grupo étnico residiendo en el municipio de Santa Isabel do Rio Negro. Se relata la historia del pueblo Saúde Indígena Tempus - Actas de Saúde Coletiva Revista Tempus Actas de Saúde Coletiva 80 Piratapuia más especificamente al componente de ese grupo étnico, en el municipio de Santa Isabel do Rio Negro. Se relata la historia del grupo étnico haciendo énfasis en su migración a partir del Alto Rio Negro para el curso medio del mismo, la influência de la misión saleciana y de la invasión de los buscadores de oro (garimpeiros, así como la convivencia con otras etnias (tukano y yanomami, entre otras. Son mostrados también detalles de la organización social que incluye la estrutura de clanes con sus jerarquías. Se describen las distintas asociaciones indígenas de la región que consiguieron forjar una conciencia en la población del municipío, en donde actualmente 90,0% se asume como perteneciente a grupos étnicos indígenas. Con respecto a la cultura, se detacan las prácticas de cura y auto-cuidado proporcionadas por los “benzederos”. La estructura de sanidad pertenece al polo de Sta. Isabel, con un hospital y una unidad básica de salud, siendo que el Distrito Especial Indígena de Salud fue ampliado para garantizar la cobertura al medio Rio Negro. Sin embargo, se señalan las dificultades generadas por las enormes distancias de desplazamiento.

27 CFR 9.155 - Texas Davis Mountains.

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2010-04-01

...) “Fort Davis, Texas,” 1985. (2) “Mount Livermore, Texas—Chihuahua,” 1985. (c) Boundary. The Texas Davis... follows Highway 166 in a southwesterly direction onto the Mt. Livermore, Texas-Chihuahua, U.S.G.S. map; (6... Grapevine Canyon on the Mt. Livermore, Texas-Chihuahua, U.S.G.S. map; (14) The boundary then proceeds in a...

Use of trees by the Texas ratsnake (Elaphe obsoleta) in eastern Texas

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Josh B. Pierce; Robert R. Fleet; Lance McBrayer; D. Craig Rudolph

2008-01-01

We present information on the use of trees by Elaphe obsoleta (Texas Ratsnake) in a mesic pine-hardwood forest in eastern Texas. Using radiotelemetry, seven snakes (3 females, 4 males) were relocated a total of 363 times from April 2004 to May 2005, resulting in 201 unique locations. Snakes selected trees containing cavities and used hardwoods and...

Chlorinated hydrocarbons and biomarkers of exposure in wading birds and fish of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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Wainwright, S.E.; Mora, M.A.; Sericano, J.L.; Thomas, P.

2001-01-01

During 1997 we evaluated reproductive success in colonial water birds nesting in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), Texas, and correlated success with concentrations of contaminants in eggs. We also measured steroid hormones and gonadosomatic index (GSI) as biomarkers of endocrine effects in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Nest and fledging success of green herons (Butorides virescens) and great egrets (Ardea alba) were similar to those found in other parts of North America; however, nesting success of black-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) was lower, very likely due to flooding of the nesting area. Except for DDE and toxaphene, all chlorinated pesticides in bird eggs were low and not of concern for negative effects on any of the three species. DDE was highest in green heron eggs and seemed to increase along a geographic gradient from west to east, with eggs from Falcon Reservoir containing low concentrations, and those at Los Indios containing the highest concentrations (approx. 11,000 ng/g WW), near or above the threshold for reproductive impairment. DDE levels in great egrets and black-crowned night-herons were below those that are associated with reproductive impairment. Mean DDE levels in carp at the JAS Farms site were above the threshold level suggested for predator protection. Toxaphene was detected in about 20% of the samples with high levels observed in green heron eggs from Los Indios (mean = 4,402 ng/g WW). These are the highest toxaphene levels reported in bird eggs in the LRGV. Toxaphene levels in fish ranged between 90 and 312 ng/g WW. In general, PCBs in bird eggs and fish tissue were low and at levels not of concern for reproductive effects. The greatest concentrations of testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone were detected in fish from the JAS Farms site, which also had the greatest concentrations of DDE. Increased androgen production and gonad development in fish at this site, relative to Pharr, could be possibly associated with

Ready Texas: Stakeholder Convening. Proceedings Report

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Intercultural Development Research Association, 2016

2016-01-01

With the adoption of substantial changes to Texas high school curricula in 2013 (HB5), a central question for Texas policymakers, education and business leaders, families, and students is whether and how HB5 implementation impacts the state of college readiness and success in Texas. Comprehensive research is needed to understand the implications…

Comparação entre usuários de crack e de outras drogas em serviço ambulatorial especializado de hospital universitário Comparación entre usuarios de crack y de otras drogas en un servicio ambulatorio de un hospital universitario Comparison between crack and other drugs abusers in a specialized outpatient facility of a university hospital

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Renata Werneck Vargens

2011-06-01

Full Text Available O crescimento do consumo de crack e o perfil dos usuários no Brasil estão bem documentados, mas faltam estudos na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Conhecer o perfil sociodemográfico e padrão do uso de drogas desses usuários é fundamental para direcionar recursos, efetivamente. Foram estudados pacientes acolhidos no Programa de Estudos e Assistência ao Uso Indevido de Drogas (Projad do Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, entre março de 2007 e setembro de 2008, e analisadas as diferenças entre pacientes com e sem relato de uso de crack na vida. Usuários de crack são significativamente mais jovens e solteiros. Apesar do predomínio de baixa escolaridade e desemprego, esses resultados não foram significativos. Houve crescimento de usuários de crack que procuraram tratamento. Este é o primeiro estudo científico apontando a expansão do consumo de crack no Rio de Janeiro e pode subsidiar a implementação de políticas públicas.A pesar de existir investigaciones sobre el crecimiento del consumo de crack y el perfil de sus usuarios en Brasil, no hay estudios específicos en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro. Ese estudio es importante para dirigir los recursos efectivamente. Los pacientes del Programa de Estudios y Asistencia de la Drogadicción (PROJAD del Instituto de Psiquiatría de la Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro entre marzo de 2007 y septiembre de 2008 fueron estudiados y las diferencias entre pacientes con y sin uso de crack fueran analizadas. Los usuarios de crack son significativamente más jóvenes y solteros. A pesar del predominio del bajo nivel de educación y desempleo, esos resultados no son significativos. Se constata un crecimiento de usuarios de crack que procuran tratamiento. Este es el primer estudio científico que presenta el crecimiento del consumo de crack en Rio de Janeiro y puede servir como subsidio en la implementación de políticas públicas.The increase in crack abuse and the

Texas pavement preservation center four-year summary report.

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2009-07-04

The Texas Pavement Preservation Center (TPPC), in joint collaboration with the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) of the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) of Texas A&M University, promotes the use of pav...

O risco do uso de drogas no trabalho portuário: estudo no extremo sul do Brasil El riesgo del uso de drogas en el trabajo portuario: estudio en el extremo sur del Brasil The risk of the use of drugs in the harbour work: study in the southern extreme of Brazil

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Jorgana Fernanda de Souza Soares

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Este é um estudo quantitativo, exploratório e descritivo. Objetivou identificar a realidade do uso de drogas entre os trabalhadores portuários avulsos no microambiente portuário, no extremo sul do Brasil. A amostra constituiu-se de 306 trabalhadores. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevista estruturada e individual e analisados quantitativamente. Dos participantes, 43,14% responderam que seus colegas já trabalharam sob o efeito de drogas, e as mais utilizadas foram o álcool (94,70% e a maconha (77,27%. O motivo apontado com maior freqüência para o uso foi a dependência (40,15%. O conhecimento da realidade do usuário de drogas e a preocupação com o uso em ambientes de trabalho tornam-se ferramentas importantes para o enfermeiro, posicionando-o como colaborador e parceiro na sensibilização dos indivíduos para a diminuição dos riscos decorrentes do uso de drogas na vida do trabalhador e no ambiente de trabalho.Esto es un estudio cuantitativo, exploratorio y descriptivo. Objetiva identificar la realidad del uso de drogas entre los trabajadores portuarios autónomos en el micro ambiente portuario, en la extremidad del sur del Brasil. La muestra consistió en 306 trabajadores. Los datos fueran recogidos a través de entrevista estructurada, individual y analizada de modo cuantitativo. De los participantes, 43.14% habían contestado a que sus colegas habían trabajado sobre el efecto de drogas y las más utilizadas fueron el alcohol (94.70% y la marihuana (77.27%. La razón apuntada con mayor frecuencia fue la dependencia (40.15%. El conocimiento de la realidad del usuario de drogas y la preocupación con el uso en ambientes de trabajo, se convierten en herramientas importantes para el enfermero, localizando lo como colaborador y compañero en la sensibilización de los individuos para la reducción de los riesgos consecuentes del uso de drogas en la vida del trabajador y en el ambiente de trabajo.This is a quantitative

78 FR 27342 - Radio Broadcasting Services; Moran, Texas

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2013-05-10

... Broadcasting Services; Moran, Texas AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY... service at Moran, Texas. Channel 281A can be allotted at Moran, Texas, in compliance with the Commission's... parties should serve petitioner as follows: Katherine Pyeatt, 215 Cedar Springs Rd., 1605, Dallas, Texas...

Aves de la ribera colombiana del Amazonas

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Dugand Armando

1946-08-01

Full Text Available Las 106 especies y subespecies que se mencionan en este trabajo constituyen una lista preliminar de la fauna ornitológica de la región más meridional de Colombia, esto es, la ribera izquierda del rio Amazonas entre la boca del Atacuari y la población de Leticia, capital de la Intendencia del Amazonas, en el extrema sur del territorio que en Colombia llamamos comúnmente "Trapecio Amazónico". La lista esta compuesta principalmente por las colecciones hechas en Leticia y la Isla Ronda par el senor Carlos Lehmann en octubre y noviembre de 1939 y par uno de nosotros -José I. Borrero- en Leticia, Isla Mocagua, Hamacayacu y Loretoyacu en marzo y abril del presente año. Los ejemplares que mencionamos en dicha lista se hallan en la colección ornitológica del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales.

Caracterización Clínico-Oftalmológica y Genética de la Retinosis Pigmentaria en la provincia de Pinar del Río, Cuba. 2008 Clinical-ophthalmologic and genetic characterization of Retinitis Pigmentosa in Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba. 2008

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Felipe Acosta Rodríguez

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Introducción: La Retinosis Pigmentaria es una enfermedad crónica, correspondiente a las distrofias retinianas, de ahí su carácter hereditario, lento y progresivo, donde la función de los fotorreceptores y el epitelio pigmentario están afectados difusa y primariamente, caracterizada fundamentalmente por la pérdida de la visión periférica y nocturna; ocasiona alteraciones del campo visual y electrorretinograma subnormal o extinguido. Objetivo: Conocer los resultados de la caracterización Clínico- Oftalmológica y Genética de la Retinosis Pigmentaria en la provincia de Pinar del Río (Cuba. Método: Se realizó una investigación fundamental, aplicada, descriptiva y transversal que incluyó el universo de los 257 casos de Retinosis Pigmentaria, atendidos en el Hospital "III Congreso" de Pinar del Río, en el periodo comprendido desde diciembre de 1992 hasta diciembre de 2008. Resultados: La Tasa provincial de RP es actualmente de 3.51/ 10000 habitantes para una prevalencia de 1.2845. Predominó la forma Típica (70.1%, el patrón autosómico recesivo (53.4%, debut precoz (51.8% y el estadio I-II (64.2%. La enfermedad fue más frecuente en el sexo masculino (M/F-1.45:1 y el índice de consanguinidad promedio fue de 22.2%.Introduction: Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP is a chronic condition corresponding to the retinal dystrophies having an inherited, slow and progressive character where the function of the photoreceptors and pigmentary epithelium are affected diffuse and primarily, mainly characterized by the peripheral and nocturnal loss of vision; it provokes disorders of the visual field and subnormal extinct electroretinogram. Objective: To know the results of the Clinical-ophthalmologic and genetic characterization of Retinitis Pigmentosa in Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba. Method: A fundamental, applied, descriptive and cross-sectional research including the universe of the 257 cases suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa attended at "Tercer

Avaliação da qualidade de vida em pacientes com escoliose idiopática do adolescente após tratamento cirúrgico pelo questionário SF-36 Evaluación de la calidad de vida en pacientes con escoliosis idiopática del adolescente después del tratamiento quirúrgico por el cuestionario SF-36 Health-related quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after surgical treatment by SF-36

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Luciano Temporal Borges Cabral

2009-09-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: avaliar os pacientes com escoliose idiopática do adolescente após tratamento cirúrgico, pelo questionário SF-36, comparando-os com questionário realizado no pré-operatório. MÉTODOS: entre Fevereiro de 2004 a Março de 2006 foram selecionados 28 pacientes com escoliose idiopática do adolescente, tratados cirurgicamente pela equipe de cirurgia da coluna do Hospital Mário Covas, em Santo André. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos ao tratamento cirúrgico por via posterior e artrodese com instrumentação de terceira geração. Estes pacientes possuíam descompensação do tronco e mensuração do ângulo de Cobb maior que 50º para indicação cirúrgica. Todos eles foram submetidos ao questionário SF-36 no pré-operatório, este foi repetido em um mês, seis meses, um ano e dois anos após o tratamento cirúrgico. Foi utilizado o programa SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences, versão 13.0, para a análise estatística dos casos. RESULTADOS: houve diferença estatística significante em quatro domínios do SF-36: capacidade funcional, dor, aspecto social e limitação por aspectos físicos. Nos domínios saúde mental, limitação por aspectos emocionais, vitalidade e estado geral de saúde não houve diferença estatística entre os momentos observados. CONCLUSÃO: neste estudo, os pacientes com escoliose idiopática do adolescente, submetidos a tratamento cirúrgico para correção da deformidade, obtiveram melhora da qualidade de vida em aspectos físicos avaliados por meio do questionário SF-36.OBJETIVO: evaluar los pacientes con escoliosis idiopática del adolescente después del tratamiento quirúrgico por medio del cuestionario SF-36, comparándolos con el cuestionario realizado pre operatoriamente. MÉTODOS: entre Febrero de 2004 a Marzo de 2006 fueron seleccionados 28 pacientes con escoliosis idiopática del adolescente tratados quirúrgicamente por el equipo de cirugía de la columna del Hospital Mário

Caracterización estacional del hábitat fluvial del río Erro (Navarra

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P.M. Leunda, R. Miranda, M.C. Escala

2004-01-01

Full Text Available Se presenta la descripción de catorce tramos representativos del río Erro (Navarra a partir de la caracterización del hábitat fluvial llevada a cabo en invierno, verano y otoño de 2002. Para este estudio se han considerado parámetros tanto del hábitat físico (profundidad, anchura del cauce, pendiente de las orillas, velocidad del agua, tipo de sustrato, vegetación acuática y sombreado como físico-químicos del agua (temperatura, pH, conductividad, sólicos disueltos y oxigeno disuelto. El análisis de las caracteristicas del rio Erro permite considerar su estado general como bueno, aunque se detecta la presencia de un tramo sensible aguas abajo de la localidad de Erro. Si bien este tramo sensible presenta niveles de conservación aceptables, es susceptible de deteriorarse si no de adoptan las medidas oportunas para su conservación. Se sugiere su inclusión en el Lugar de Interés Comunitario (Red Natura 2000 de Navarra de los "Sistemas Fluviales de lis Ríos Irati, Urrobi y Erro".

9 CFR 72.5 - Area quarantined in Texas.

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2010-01-01

... 9 Animals and Animal Products 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Area quarantined in Texas. 72.5... AGRICULTURE INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS (INCLUDING POULTRY) AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS TEXAS (SPLENETIC) FEVER IN CATTLE § 72.5 Area quarantined in Texas. The area quarantined in Texas is the quarantined area...

Technical Training seminar: Texas Instruments

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2006-01-01

Monday 6 November TECHNICAL TRAINING SEMINAR 14:00 to 17:30 - Training Centre Auditorium (bldg. 593) Texas Instruments Technical Seminar Michael Scholtholt, Field Application Engineer / TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (US, D, CH) POWER - A short approach to Texas Instruments power products Voltage mode vs. current mode control Differentiating DC/DC converters by analyzing control and compensation schemes: line / load regulation, transient response, BOM, board space, ease-of-use Introduction to the SWIFT software FPGA + CPLD power solutions WIRELESS / CHIPCON Decision criteria when choosing a RF platform Introduction to Texas Instruments wireless products: standardized platforms proprietary platforms ( 2.4 GHz / sub 1 GHz) development tools Antenna design: example for 2.4 GHz questions, discussion Industrial partners: Robert Medioni, François Caloz / Spoerle Electronic, CH-1440 Montagny (VD), Switzerland Phone: +41 24 447 0137, email: RMedioni@spoerle.com, http://www.spoerle.com Language: English. Free s...

The State of Texas Children: Texas KIDS COUNT Annual Data Book--The Importance of Investing in Children

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Deviney, Frances; Phillips, Pace; Dickerson, Carrie; Tibbitt, Laura

2011-01-01

On February 4, the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) released the 18th annual Texas KIDS COUNT data book, "The State of Texas Children 2011." The annual data book and free data warehouse provide the latest look at more than 80 different measures of child well-being in Texas and every county in the state. This year, the opening…

Del Priore, Mary, Revisão do Paraíso: os brasileiros e o Estado em 500 anos de história, Rio de Janeiro: Campus, 2000, 366 p.

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Guzmán, Décio de Alencar

2005-01-01

Clientelismo e nepotismo tem sido palavras do vocabulário da ciência política para explicar as relações entre Estado e Sociedade existentes no Brasil. Por longo tempo estas formas de relação política foram analisadas através de cristalizações conceituais e, quando observadas com olhar concreto, através de configurações institucionais. Revisão do paraíso, livro organizado pela historiadora Mary Del Priore vem trazer outra abordagem para estes problemas. Com o intuito de refletir sobre o passad...

The land Piedra Alta : A geotectonic unit in the juvenile Paleoproterozoic craton del Rio de la Plata ( Uruguay )

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Preciozzi, F.; Sanchez Bettucci, L.; Oyhantcabal, P.; Pecoits, E.; Aubet, N.; Peel, E.; Basei, M.

2003-01-01

Brazilian Shield (Rio Grande do Sul) where Paleoproterozoic os land, located in the region Western, are covered by Paleozoic sediments of the Paraná Basin. The Neoproterozoic domains develop east of the Precambrian shield of Uruguay. The Exceptions to this comparative correlation are represented by the Campanero Unit and Field Suspect Punta del Este, only identified in Uruguayan territory. The Piedra Alta (Río de la Plata Craton, ss.) Is composed of a complex gneissic-migmatítico plant, essentially composed of porphyritic foliated granitoids interspersed with different types of mafic rocks Paleoproterozoicas Migmatites and, at least in the southern portion, where four metamorphic belts of different degree and extent are interleaved (Montevideo, San Jose, Cerros de San Juan and Arroyo Grande). Granites, granodiorites, and bodies mafic, of different composition, age and location environment are intruding the whole ground. The last magmatic activity is represented by a swarm of dykes aged mafic ca. 1750 - 1790 Ma (Bossi and Pitched, 1991, Halls et al., 2001) and meta tuffs acid intercalated in the Belt of Los Cerros de San Juan whose ages by the method U / Pb located in the vicinity of 1753 ± 5 Ma (Preciozzi et al, in prep.). The Piedra Alta Terrane no evidence of being affected by events tectonotérmicos Neoproterozoic and is separated from the Block Valentines by the shear zone Sarandi del Yi (Preciozzi et al., 1979). From geochronological studies U / Pb, Rb / Sr, K / Ar and Sm / Nd recent, carried out on the rocks Intrusive and Piedra Alta Land gneisses, it has been possible to observe a set of events that They affected the Land

CBTE: The Ayes of Texas

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Houston, W. Robert; Howsam, Robert B.

1974-01-01

A heated controversy occurred when the Texas State Board of Education mandated competency based teacher education (CBTE) for all of the State's 66 teacher preparatory institutions. This is an account of developments in Texas by two major proponents of CBTE. (Author/JF)

Contenido de los nutrientes básicos en Catolaccus grandis Burks criados sobre larvas del picudo del algodon Basic nutrients content of Catolaccus grandis Burks reared in cotton boll weevil larvae

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LÚCIA HELENA AVELINO ARAUJO

2000-09-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del trabajo fue determinar los niveles de carbohidratos, proteínas solubles y aminoácidos libres de larvas, pupas hembras y adultos hembras de Catolaccus grandis (Burks (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae criados sobre larvas del picudo del algodón envenenadas por hembras del parasitoide y por larvas de primer instar del parasitoide. Esto estudio fue conducido en la Unidade de Investigación de Control Biologico de Plagas del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos de la América, en Weslaco, Texas. Las 20 muestras de cada uno de los tres estados de desarrollo: tercer instar larval, pupas hembra y adultos hembra del parasitoide C. grandis, fueron separadas y pesadas individualmente y se cuantió el contenido de carbohidratos totales, proteínas solubles totales y aminoácidos libres criados en diferentes sustratos. Los resultados obtenidos confirman la existencia de patrones metabólicos significativamente distintos de estos nutrientes básicos.The aim of this work was to determine the levels of carbohydrate, soluble proteins and free amino acids of larvae, pupae and adult females Catolaccus grandis Burks (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae which were reared in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. r. latifolium Hutch boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis larvae venomized by ectoparasitoid of female and 1st instar ectoparasitoid larvae. This study was carried out at the Biological Control of Pests Research Unit, Weslaco, Texas. The twenty samples of each one of three stages of development: 3rd instar larval, female pupae and female adult of parasitoid C. grandis were separated and individually weighted, and levels of carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids were quantified when reared in different substrates. The results confirmed the existence of metabolic patterns significantly distinct from the basic nutrient model.

Monitoreo ante inundaciones en comunidades de la cuenca baja del Rio Ostúa y Lago Guija, Guatemala

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Carla Gordillo

2017-03-01

Full Text Available El proyecto de investigación Pridca BC 96: Sistema de Monitoreo ante inundaciones en comunidades de la cuenca baja del Rio Ostúa y Lago de Guija, se desarrolló de julio 2014 a diciembre 2015. Las actividades ejecutadas consistieron en la caracterización de la cuenca, elaboración de mapa de susceptibilidad municipal, campaña de sensibilización y taller de selección de comunidades. Se generó un mapa de amenaza y riesgo ante inundación en toda la cuenca y se logró el acercamiento con las comunidades a través de una herramienta social. Se realizó un taller con información recopilada, donde se seleccionaron dos comunidades a beneficiar y se realizó una campaña de sensibilización. Se capacitó a los miembros de la Asociación de Monitoreo y Protección Ambiental Regional, socios locales estratégicos. Las campañas de capacitación desarrolladas para Los Llanitos y La Unión-La Esperanza, fueron sobre la temática de gestión integrada de riesgo ante inundaciones. Se elaboró el mapa de amenazas de las dos comunidades y se realizó un estudio de conocimiento actitudes y prácticas. En colaboración de Conred se capacitaron y se elaboraron los planes de emergencia y SAT, se ha iniciado la acreditación de las mismas como Coordinadoras Locales. Se adquirió equipos de monitoreo de alerta que fueron instalados en la parte alta y media de la cuenca: Estación meteorológica, pluviómetros, sensores de rio y los equipos de comunicación. Se capacitaron en el uso de los mismos y se realizó simulación de emergencia a inundaciones con los pobladores de las dos comunidades beneficiadas.

Gregorio y Francisco Esparza: hermanos enfrentados ante la independencia de Texas, 1835-1836 Gregorio and Francisco Esparza: Brothers Who Fought Each Other During the Independence of Texas, 1835-1836

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Gustavo Ernesto Emmerich

2012-08-01

Full Text Available En 1836 el ejército mexicano tomó el fuerte de El Álamo, en las afueras de San Antonio. Todos sus defensores, que combatían por la independencia de Texas, murieron en la acción, entre ellos Gregorio Esparza, un nativo de esa ciudad. Tras la batalla, su hermano Francisco, enrolado en el bando mexicano, le dio cristiana sepultura. Este artículo examina la saga de ambos hermanos virtualmente desconocida en México. La primera sección de este artículo contextualiza la independencia de Texas, la segunda contiene resultados de investigación documental realizada por el autor sobre Gregorio y Francisco Esparza. La tercera comenta una entrevista realizada a un hijo de Gregorio sobre los papeles de su padre y su tío en El Álamo. La cuarta evalúa críticamente las evidencias. La quinta ofrece una reflexión sobre los motivos que habrían llevado a los hermanos Esparza -y en general a la comunidad texana de origen mexicano- a enfrentarse respecto a la independencia de Texas y, finalmente, en los anexos se transcriben los registros parroquiales y censales de la época y se extractan y comentan diversos relatos del hijo de Gregorio y de otros descendientes.In 1836, the Mexican army captured Fort Alamo outside San Antonio. All its defenders, who were fighting for the independence of Texas, died in action. Among these was Gregorio Esparza, a native of that city. After this battle, his brother Francisco, enlisted in the Mexican army, gave him a Christian burial. This article examines the saga of the two brothers, virtually unknown in Mexico. The first section contextualizes the independence of Texas. The second contains the results of the author's documentary research on Gregorio and Francisco Esparza. The third comments on an interview with one of Gregorio's sons on the roles played by his father and uncle at The Alamo. The fourth critically evaluates the evidence. The fifth provides a reflection on the reasons that led the Esparza brothers -and the

The Demographics of Corporal Punishment in Texas

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Phillips, Stephanie

2012-01-01

This dissertation examined the student discipline policies of 1,025 Texas school districts, as well as data from the Texas Education Agency's Academic Excellence Indicator System in order to identify demographic patterns regarding corporal punishment policies in Texas schools. The study also studied the relationship between a district's corporal…

40 CFR 81.344 - Texas.

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2010-07-01

... AREAS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING PURPOSES Section 107 Attainment Status Designations § 81.344 Texas. Texas... County, Deaf Smith County, Dickens County, Donley County, Floyd County, Garza County, Gray County, Hale..., Cochran County, Collingsworth County, Crosby County, Dallam County, Deaf Smith County, Dickens County...

La zona de reserva campesina del valle del río Cimitarra: un ejercicio inconcluso de participación ciudadana y manejo colectivo del territorio

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Andrés Leonardo Molina Portuguez

2011-07-01

Full Text Available Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr., Volumen 20, Número 2, p. 21 - 33, 2011. ISSN electrónico 2256-5442. ISSN impreso 0121-215X. La zona de reserva campesina del valle del río Cimitarra: un ejercicio inconcluso de participación ciudadana y manejo colectivo del territorio A zona de reserva camponesa do vale do rio Cimitarra: um exercício inconcluso de participação cidadã e manejo colectivo do território The Cimitarra River Valley Rural Reserve Zone: An Unfinished Exercise in Citizen Participation and Collective Management of Territory Andrés Leonardo Molina Portuguez* Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá *Ingeniero Forestal, actualmente cursa estudios de Maestría en Geografía en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Su proyecto de tesis estudia el fenómeno de los cultivos de uso ilícito en Colombia. Ha sido ponente en congresos nacionales relacionados con biodiversidad y el ordenamiento del territorio. Se ha desempeñado profesionalmente en investigaciones sobre bosques tropicales, programas de desarrollo alternativo, proyectos de ordenamiento territorial y ambiental. Dirección postal: carrera 72J Bis n.° 40C-50. Interior 2, apt. 302. Alamedas de Timiza I. Bogotá. Colombia. Correo electrónico: lmportuguez@gmail.com; almolinap@unal.edu.co Recibido: 14 de marzo del 2011. Aceptado: 30 de mayo del 2011 Artículo de investigación sobre los problemas para la planeación y gestión territorial participativa en la zona de reserva del río Cimitarra en Colombia. Resumen La zona de reserva campesina del valle del río Cimitarra (ZRC fue creada con el objetivo de estabilizar la economía campesina y crear un espacio participativo de ordenamiento territorial rural. Sin embargo, cuatro meses después de su creación la ZRC fue suspendida por el Gobierno nacional. En este contexto, el artículo analiza algunos elementos necesarios para llevar a cabo la planeación territorial como

Texas Real Estate Curriculum Workshop Summary Report.

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Lyon, Robert

The Texas Real Estate Research Center-Texas Education Agency (TRERC-TEA) curriculum workshop was attended by over 40 participants representing 26 Texas community colleges. These participants divided into eight small groups by real estate specialty area and developed curriculum outlines and learning objectives for the following real estate courses:…

Development of an Innovative Observational Astronomy Class for High School Students in Collaboration with the University of Texas/Rio Grande Valley

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Hendrick, Alan W.

The vision presented by the National Academy of Science Standards is for all students to spend more time 'doing' science in order to develop science literacy and be better prepared not only for college but also in understanding and participation in global current events. A course in observational Astronomy is just that, an opportunity for student to "do 'science by collaborating with actual scientists in real research. The course follows a path in which students learn foundational knowledge and apply this knowledge to complete a successful celestial observation, interpreting the results by making inferences and predictions. This paper begins with a statement of need followed by specific learning objectives in a Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills format. Resources and activities follow along with specific directions on how to plan and operate the Observatory at Las Palms State Park in Olmito Texas. Participation in this course will give students confidence to pursue science related subjects in higher education.

40 CFR 81.429 - Texas.

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2010-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 17 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Texas. 81.429 Section 81.429 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) DESIGNATION OF... Visibility Is an Important Value § 81.429 Texas. Area name Acreage Public Law establishing Federal land...

Persistencia del conducto onfalomesenterico. Presentación de un caso

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Sánchez Portela, Carlos A; Díaz Martínez, Jesús; Ampudia Lizano, Manuel; Sosa Hernández, Roberto; Rodríguez Ramos, William

2005-01-01

Se presentó el caso de un paciente de 42 años de edad, operado en el Hospital General Universitario «Abel Santamaría Cuadrado» de Pinar del Río, que presentaba una fístula entero cutánea, por persistencia del conducto onfalomesentérico. El tratamiento consistió en la resección intestinal y anastomosis terminoterminal. La evolución postoperatoria fue satisfactoria. A 42 year old male patient underwent an operation at "Abel Santamaria" University Hospital, Pinar del Rio. The patient presente...

76 FR 7833 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2011-02-11

...] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on January 25, 2011, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in the above... TEAM 2012 Project. Specifically, Texas Eastern requests: (i) Authorization under NGA sections 7(b) and...

Mudando o foco: um estudo exploratório sobre uso de drogas e violência no trabalho entre mulheres das classes populares da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Cambiando el foco: un estudio exploratorio acerca del uso de drogas y violência en el trabalho de mujeres de las classes populares de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Changing the focus: an exploratory study of drug use and worplace violence among women of popular classes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Helena Maria Scherlowski Leal David

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Este é um estudo exploratório para o mapeamento de fatores envolvidos na relação entre uso de drogas lícitas e ilícitas e violência no trabalho, em um grupo de mulheres das classes populares da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Para este estudo foi utilizada uma abordagem quantitativa descritiva e analítica, e também abordagem qualitativa a partir de entrevistas aprofundadas com mulheres que sofrem ou haviam sofrido situações de violência no trabalho, utilizando a metodologia do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Os resultados evidenciam situações sócio-demográficas e de trabalho que podem ser consideradas como possíveis fatores de risco para o consumo de drogas e violência no trabalho. A análise qualitativa mostrou a forma como este grupo de mulheres vê o fenômeno do uso de drogas e da violência no trabalho, ampliando a compreensão sobre estas questões e fornecendo subsídios conceituais e metodológicos para estudos adicionais sobre o tema.La finalidad de este estudio exploratorio fue conocer los factores relacionados con el uso de drogas lícitas e ilícitas y la violencia en el trabajo en un grupo de mujeres de clases populares en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro. Para este estudio se utilizó una aproximación cuantitativa descriptiva y analítica, además de una aproximación cualitativa a partir de entrevistas en profundidad con mujeres que sufren o habían sufrido situaciones de violencia en el trabajo. Se utilizó la metodología de análisis del discurso del sujeto colectivo. Los resultados evidencian situaciones sociodemográficas y de trabajo que pueden ser consideradas como posibles factores de riesgo para el consumo de drogas y violencia en el trabajo. El análisis cualitativo muestra como este grupo de mujeres percibe el fenómeno del uso de drogas y de violencia en el trabajo, ampliando la comprensión sobre estas cuestiones y dando aportes conceptuales y metodológicos para estudios adicionales sobre el tema

El tifo exantematico en la hoya del rio Cauca

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Luis Patiño Camargo

1942-07-01

que me confió el Gobierno de visitar la ciudad de Aguadas y municipios vecinos del Departamento de Caldas y fijar el diagnóstico de una enfermedad febril epidémica, de elevada morbilidad, que de largos años viene azotando eas comarcas y constituyendo grave problema para la economía y la salubridad pública.

Researcher's personal diary as research tool Diarios personales del investigador como herramienta de investigación Diários pessoais do pesquisador como instrumento de pesquisa

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JIMÉNEZ LUZ DARY DARY

2008-12-01

tiene aplicación en el marco de la investigación en enfermería sino dentro del mismo ejercicio profesional.Este documento está baseado na revisão dos diários pessoais dos entrevistadores que fazem parte de uma equipe de pesquisa do sul de Florida, Estados Unidos. O trabalho original aprofundou nos padrões de atenção médica domiciliária para adultos maiores. Os diários pessoais reflexivos propiciaram uma discussão mais abrangente sobre o objeto da pesquisa, apresentaram o lado humano dos dados quantitativos e, considerando a natureza sensível da questão levantada, serviram para que os pesquisadores identificassem e estudassem suas próprias emoções a respeito dos encontros com os participantes do levantamento. Nossa experiência confirma a necessidade de usar instrumentos metodológicos qualitativos para desvendar o fenômeno pesquisado "na forma como ele acontece", junto com o uso complementar da evidência quantitativa. O levantamento argúi que manter uma disposição aberta e auto-reflexiva, no ambiente atual de entusiasmo pela prática baseada em evidências, não é apenas aplicável no âmbito da pesquisa em enfermagem, mas dentro o próprio exercício profissional.

Diarios personales del investigador como herramienta de investigación Diários pessoais do pesquisador como instrumento de pesquisa Researcher's personal diary as research tool

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CARLOS FERNANDO MAYORGA

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Este documento se basa en la revisión de los diarios personales de los entrevistadores que forman parte de un equipo de investigación del sur de Florida, Estados Unidos. El estudio original exploró los patrones del cuidado provisto a los adultos mayores en el hogar. Los diarios personales reflexivos estimularon una discusión más amplia del tema investigado, presentaron el aspecto humano de los datos cuantitativos y, dado el carácter sensible del tema estudiado, sirvieron para que los investigadores identificaran y exploraran sus propias emociones frente a los encuentros con los participantes del estudio. Nuestra experiencia confirma la necesidad de utilizar instrumentos metodológicos cualitativos que ayuden a revelar el fenómeno investigado "tal y como ocurre", mediante la complementación de la evidencia cuantitativa. Se argumenta que el mantenimiento de una actitud abierta y autorreflexiva, en medio del actual entusiasmo por la práctica basada en la evidencia, no solo tiene aplicación en el marco de la investigación en enfermería sino dentro del mismo ejercicio profesionalEste documento está baseado na revisão dos diários pessoais dos entrevistadores que fazem parte de uma equipe de pesquisa do sul de Florida, Estados Unidos. O trabalho original aprofundou nos padrões de atenção médica domiciliária para adultos maiores. Os diários pessoais reflexivos propiciaram uma discussão mais abrangente sobre o objeto da pesquisa, apresentaram o lado humano dos dados quantitativos e, considerando a natureza sensível da questão levantada, serviram para que os pesquisadores identificassem e estudassem suas próprias emoções a respeito dos encontros com os participantes do levantamento. Nossa experiência confirma a necessidade de usar instrumentos metodológicos qualitativos para desvendar o fenômeno pesquisado "na forma como ele acontece", junto com o uso complementar da evidência quantitativa. O levantamento argúi que manter

Groundwater recharge and chemical evolution in the southern High Plains of Texas, USA

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Fryar, Alan; Mullican, William; Macko, Stephen

2001-11-01

és dans les sols des hautes terres par évapotranspiration, avec le ruissellement et l'infiltration dans les playas et les fossés (modifiée localement par l'écoulement en retour des eaux usées et des laisses d'irrigation). Des réactions probables intervenant au cours de la recharge sont l'oxydation de la matière organique, la dissolution et le dégazage du CO2, la dissolution du CaCO3, l'altération des silicates et l'échange de cations. Les données concernant Si et 14C laissent penser qu'il existe une drainance descendante à partir d'aquifères perchés vers l'aquifère des Hautes Plaines. Des modèles vraisemblables de bilan de matière pour l'aquifère des Hautes Plaines prennent en compte des scénarios d'écoulement avec drainance mais sans réactions, des écoulements avec réactions mais sans drainance et des écoulements sans réactions ni drainance. Les mécanismes de recharge et d'évolution chimique déterminés dans cette étude sont en accord avec ceux mis en évidence dans d'autres aquifères du centre sud et du sud-ouest des états-Unis. Resumen. El acuífero libre de High Plains (Ogallala) es el mayor de los Estados Unidos y supone la fuente principal de abastecimiento en la región semiárida del sur de High Plains (Texas) y de Nuevo México. Los análisis de agua y suelos realizados al nordeste de Amarillo (Texas), junto con los datos de otros estudios regionales, indican que los procesos que tienen lugar durante la recarga del acuífero controlan la composición de las aguas subterráneas en la mitad septentrional de los High Plains del Sur. Los datos isotópicos y hidroquímicos son coherentes con una secuencia de episodios de precipitación, concentración de solutos en la parte superior del suelo por evapotranspiración, escorrentía, e infiltración a través de 'playas' y zanjas (modificadas localmente por los flujos de retorno de aguas residuales y de excedentes de riego).

El ordenamiento de cuencas hidrograficas y el ordenamiento ambiental del territorio, en la cuenca del Rio Risalda

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Morales Lozano, Diana Lorena

2016-01-01

La cuenca hidrográfica del río Risaralda cuenta con un recorrido corto en el cual cobija dos departamentos (Risaralda y Caldas), se visualizan cambios ecosistémicos, variedad de coberturas, desarrollo de actividades económicas, presencia de actores y distintas labores administrativas. Se define como área de interés para la presente investigación aquella porción perteneciente a la jurisdicción del departamento de Risaralda, identificando la influencia de dos variables: el ordenamiento hídri...

Geologic setting and geochemistry of thermal water and geothermal assessment, Trans-Pecos Texas. Final report, June 1, 1976-May 31, 1977

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Henry, C.D.

1977-01-01

Hot springs and wells in West Texas and adjacent Mexico are manifestations of active convective geothermal systems, concentrated in a zone along the Rio Grande between the Quitman Mountains and Big Bend National Park. Maximum temperatures are 47/sup 0/ and 72/sup 0/C for hot springs and wells in Texas and 90/sup 0/C for hot springs in Mexico within 5 km of the border. Existing information is summarized and the results of a 1-year intensive study of the area are presented. The study includes several overlapping phases: (1) compilation of existing geologic information, both regional studies of geology, structure and geophysics, and more detailed local studies of individual hot spring areas; (2) detailed geologic mapping of hot spring areas to understand the origin and geologic controls of hot springs; (3) field measurement and sampling of hot spring or well waters for geochemical analysis; and (4) synthesis and interpretation of the data.

Flora and vegetation of Rio Torto area in Brasimone ENEA Centre, Bologna; Flora e vegetazione dell'area Rio Torto nel centro ENEA del Brasimone, Bologna

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De Mei, M; Varriale, A [ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Rome (Italy). Dipt. Ambiente

1999-07-01

degradation of this vegetation: it's due, above all, to the intense sylviculture practised in the area and to the severe climatic conditions. Although the human intervention on the wood coming down, effects are still visible and represented by a not easy to classify vegetational disorder. Beechwood has been cutting periodically for a long time, causing a complex structural situation; in fact, seedlings and tillers have different diameters but similar height. Both analysis of flora and vegetational and phytosociological study represent respectively a qualitative and qualitative-quantitative approach for vegetational valuation. [Italian] L'are Rio Torto, situata sul versante settentrionale dell'Appennino tosco-emiliano nella proprieta' del C.R. Enea Brasimone, e' stata oggetto di uno studio floristico e vegetazionale al fine di delineare le condizioni della copertura vegetale e di valutare le variazioni delle caratteristiche del popolamento vegetazionale. Per lo studio della vegetazione e' stato adottato il metodo di Brau-Blanquet, basato sull'accurata analisi della flora e sul campionamento statistico. L'elaborazione dei rilievi e' stata realizzata con il software SYN-TAX. Il faggio e' la specie dominante dell'area; al margine inferiore della faggeta sono ben rappresentati gli elementi dell'associazione Arrhenatheretalia mentre al margine superiore si estende una ampia radura caratterizzata da Pteridium aquilinum, da Prunus spinosa e da Crataegus monogyna. Il sottobosco erbaceo si presenta discretamente ricco dal punto di vista fisionomico-strutturale e dominato da elementi euroasiatici e boreali. Lo spettro biologico che ne deriva indica un valore alto per le emicriptofite e questo e' da considerare un indice di stress. I risultati ottenuti dall'indagine vegetazionale e fitosociologica hanno permesso di inquadrare i popolamenti di faggio nell'Ordine Fagetalia e nell'alleanza Fagionsylvaticae medioeuropeo. Nessuna particolare associazione e' stata identificata all'interno dell

Vulnerabilidad en la cuenca alta del rio Lerma

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Cedeño Valdiviezo, Alberto; Torres Lima, Pablo

2013-01-01

La subcuenca Alta del Río Lerma en el Estado de México, importante abastecedor de agua para la Ciudad de México, ha estado expuesta a una fuerte contaminación en los últimos años, misma que ha tenido como consecuencia el Cambio Climático y los consecuentes problemas de salud pública que se están manifestando de diferentes maneras. No obstante, el Estado Mexicano insiste en seguir apoyando a empresas trasnacionales asociadas al cultivo de transgénicos, producción de plaguicidas, pesticidas y P...

78 FR 12010 - Radio Broadcasting Services; Pearsall, Texas

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2013-02-21

... Broadcasting Services; Pearsall, Texas AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule... (``Petitioner''), licensee of FM Station KSAG, Channel 277A, Pearsall, Texas. Petitioner proposes to amend the... be allotted at Pearsall, Texas, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation...

Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande

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Maria Dolores Esteve-Gasent

2014-11-01

Full Text Available Transboundary zoonotic diseases, several of which are vector borne, can maintain a dynamic focus, and have pathogens circulating in geographic regions encircling multiple geopolitical boundaries. Global change is intensifying transboundary problems including the spatial variation of the risk and incidence of zoonotic diseases. The complexity of these challenges can be greater in areas where rivers delineate international boundaries and encompass transitions between ecozones. The Rio Grande serves as a natural border between the US State of Texas and the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. Not only millions of people live in this transboundary region but also a substantial movement of goods and people pass through it everyday. Moreover, it occurs over a region that functions as a corridor for animal migrations, and thus links the Neotropic and Nearctic biogeographic zones, with the latter being a known foci of zoonotic diseases. However, the pathogenic landscape of important zoonotic diseases in the south Texas-Mexico transboundary region remains to be fully understood. An international perspective on the interplay between disease systems, ecosystem processes, land use, and human behaviors is applied here to analyze landscape and spatial features of Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Hantavirus disease, Lyme Borreliosis, Leptospirosis, Bartonellosis, Chagas disease, human Babesiosis, and Leishmaniasis. Surveillance systems following the One Health approach with a regional perspective will help identifying opportunities to mitigate the health burden of those diseases on human and animal populations. It is proposed that the Mexico-US border, along the Rio Grande region be viewed as a continuum landscape where zoonotic pathogens circulate regardless of national borders.

Texas, 2008 forest inventory and analysis factsheet

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James Bentley

2011-01-01

This science update summarizes the findings of the first statewide annual inventory conducted by the Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program in cooperation with the Texas Forest Service of the forest resource attributes in Texas. The 254 counties of Texas are consolidated into seven FIA survey units—southeast (unit 1), the northeast (unit 2), the north...

Texas, 2010 forest inventory and analysis factsheet

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James W. Bentley

2012-01-01

This science update summarizes the findings of the statewide annual inventory conducted by the Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program in cooperation with the Texas Forest Service of the forest resource attributes in Texas. The 254 counties of Texas are consolidated into seven FIA survey units – southeast (unit 1), northeast (unit 2), north central (unit 3...

Clean Energy Technology Incubator Initiative Launched in Texas

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- including the State Energy Conservation Office, the General Land Office, the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, the Texas Energy Coordination Council and the Texas Department of Economic Development from market entry. The alliance is interested in a broad range of company types, from technology-based

Forests of East Texas, 2014

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Thomas J. Brandeis

2015-01-01

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in east Texas derived from an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Texas A&M Forest Service. These estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are...

Forests of east Texas, 2013

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K.J.W. Dooley; T.J. Brandeis

2014-01-01

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in east Texas based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Texas A&M Forest Service. Forest resource estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and...

The Texas Ten Percent Plan's Impact on College Enrollment

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Daugherty, Lindsay; Martorell, Paco; McFarlin, Isaac, Jr.

2014-01-01

The Texas Ten Percent Plan (TTP) provides students in the top 10 percent of their high-school class with automatic admission to any public university in the state, including the two flagship schools, the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M. Texas created the policy in 1997 after a federal appellate court ruled that the state's previous…

Precipitation and Evaporation Trends in Texas

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Dixon, R. W.

2009-05-01

Texas is a large land area with at least three different climate types. As such it is expected that the results of climate change will not be homogenous. This paper presents results of a study of long trends in Texas precipitation and evaporation using data from the US Historical Climatology Network and the Texas Water Development Board. It shows that the long term trends of these variables is not homogenous and exhibits great variability in both spatial extent and magnitude. This variability must be considered in planning for future water supply or other mitigation projects.

Controles fluviales del Rio Cauca en la región de La Mojana.

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Posada García, Lilian; Rhenals Garrido, Remberto Luis

2006-01-01

Se realiza un análisis de fotografías aéreas, imágenes de satélite y cartografía de diferentes años que permiten identificar procesos importantes de divagación, erosión y sedimentación de la zona estudiada. La variación con el tiempo de las formas del canal (islas y barras), la aparición de complejos de orillares, madreviejas (canales abandonados y sedimentados), canales abandonados, cambios de curso del canal principal, entre otros procesos muestran la gran dinámica fluvial del sistema....

High-level radioactive-waste-disposal investigations in Texas

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Smith, R.D.

1983-01-01

The Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council (TENRAC) was designated in 1980 to coordinate the interaction between the State of Texas and the federal government relating to the high-level radioactive waste disposal issue. This report was prepared to summarize the many aspects of that issue with particular emphasis on the activities in Texas. The report is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction for individuals with little or no previous exposure to the issue and to provide a broader perspective for those individuals who have addressed specific aspects of the issue but have not had the opportunity to study it in a broader context. Following the introduction, contents of this report are as follows: (1) general status of major repository siting investigations in the US; (2) detailed review of Texas studies; (3) possible facilities to be sited in Texas; (4) current Texas policy; (5) federal regulations; and (6) federal legislation. 9 figures, 2 tables

Making Texas Restaurants Healthier for Children

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Sylvia Crixell, PhD, RD, Professor of Nutrition at Texas State University, discusses her study which details the success of a community-based program in Texas aimed at combatting childhood obesity by improving children’s menus in restaurants.

Crustal deformation and seismic measurements in the region of McDonald Observatory, West Texas. [Texas and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico

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Dorman, H. J.

1981-01-01

The arrival times of regional and local earthquakes and located earthquakes in the Basin and Range province of Texas and in the adjacent areas of Chihuahua, Mexico from January 1976 to August 1980 at the UT'NASA seismic array are summarized. The August 1931 Texas earthquake is reevaluated and the seismicity and crustal structure of West Texas is examined. A table of seismic stations is included.

78 FR 42700 - Radio Broadcasting Services; Matagorda, Texas

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2013-07-17

... Broadcasting Services; Matagorda, Texas AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY... FM Channel 252A at Matagorda, Texas. This allotment change is part of a hybrid rule making and FM... 291A at Matagorda, Texas, is located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican border...

Work for the improvement of the contractual operations of the cooperative sector with the integral company and of tobacco of Pinar del Rio. The environmental dimension

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Angie Fernández Lorenzo

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The present article approaches the related to different actions for the improvement of the contractual operations of the Cooperative Sector with the Integral Company and of Tobacco of Pinar del Río, incorporating the environmental dimension, the same one will allow to be solutions and answers to those problems that it presents the Cooperative Sector with the state company in this matter.  In the investigation the theoretical foundations were approached on the contractual operations, the cooperative sector in Cuba, as well as the relationships - cooperative.  He was carried out a diagnosis of the current situation of the contractual operations of the cooperative sector belonging to the Integral Company and of Tobacco Pinar del Rio, as well as the characterization of this state company, besides analyzing the base legislative of the contracts opening the way to the presented proposal.     The implementation of the proposed plan of actions had great importance since it contributes to the obtaining of positive results of the administration of the commercialization, whenever the delivery is guaranteed in date of the hired production, as well as the quality of the same one and with the required quantity.

Elaboração de prontuário do residente em uma instituição de longa permanência para idosos Elaboración de la ficha del residente en una institución de larga permanencia para ancianos Development of a medical record for residents in a long-stay institution for the elderly

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Silvana Sidney Costa Santos

2010-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Elaborar o prontuário do residente em uma instituição de longa permanência para idosos (ILPI no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de pesquisa-ação, realizada em uma ILPI, no Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil. Participaram dois pesquisadores e 14 trabalhadores: um enfermeiro, um médico, uma nutricionista, uma assistente social, quatro técnicas de enfermagem, duas cuidadoras e quatro administradores. Foram utilizadas as reuniões grupais com os participantes da pesquisa, durante as quais foram refletidos/discutidos quatro temas: finalidade do prontuário; composição do prontuário; contribuições do prontuário à ILPI; sugestões a respeito do prontuário. RESULTADOS: O prontuário do residente foi elaborado conjuntamente entre pesquisadores e trabalhadores da ILPI, atendendo às necessidades contextuais, sendo, posteriormente, implantado. Ficou composto pelos: dados pessoais do idoso; anamnese médica; evolução da equipe multiprofissional; prescrição médica e anotação da técnica de enfermagem; sistematização da assistência de enfermagem; avaliações cognitiva, afetiva, funcional e social. CONCLUSÃO: O prontuário elaborado trouxe melhor sistematização do cuidado para os trabalhadores e contribuição para melhoria da assistência aos idosos.OBJETIVO: Elaborar la ficha médica del residente en una Institución de Larga Permanencia para Ancianos (ILPA en el Estado de Rio Grande do Sul. MÉTODOS: Se trata de investigación-acción, realizada en una ILPA, no estado de Rio Grande do Sul, en Brasil. Participaron dos investigadores y 14 trabajadores (un enfermero, un médico, una nutricionista, una asistente social, cuatro técnicas de enfermería, dos cuidadoras y cuatro administradores. Fueron utilizadas las reuniones grupales con los participantes de la investigación, durante las cuales se hicieron reflexiones y discusiones sobre cuatro temas: 1 finalidad de la ficha; 2 composición de la ficha; 3

Clone of EPA Approved Regulations in the Texas SIP

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changed name to EPA Approved Regulations in the Texas SIP, Add links to:Texas Read Me; Texas SIP History;Current/Previous SIP-Approved Regulations; Delete regulations--now in /node/191099, removed tables

76 FR 67397 - Radio Broadcasting Services; Llano, Texas

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2011-11-01

...] Radio Broadcasting Services; Llano, Texas AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed... substituting Channel 242C3 for vacant Channel 293C3, at Llano, Texas. The proposal is part of a contingently... required for the allotment of Channel 242C3 at Llano, Texas, because the proposed allotment is located...

Transferring Knowledge Gained From a Field Experience in Tierra del Fuego, the Uttermost Part of the Earth, to Central Texas Science Classrooms

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Ormiston, C.; Dovzak, N.; Anderson, S.; Perry, E.; Ellins, K.; Tingle, D.; Knettel, P.; Redding, S.; Odle, K.

2005-12-01

As part of the UTIG's Teachers in the Field program, we, three teachers from Boerne High School in south-central Texas, and four of our students, collaborated with an international team of geoscientists studying the tectonic and climatic evolution of the Lago Fagnano region in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, in March 2005. This unique field experience allowed us to participate in all aspects of the scientific process: the consideration of research questions, development of a research plan, collection of field data and observations, and synthesis and presentation of results. In addition to field work and reconnaissance tied directly to the project objectives, we characterized the modern chemical/physical soil and water parameters (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, NH4 content, etc.) and isotopic (18O and D) composition of the Lago Fagnano watershed. These data are now integrated into an existing database of comparable chemical/physical information gathered for North American sites through our summer field courses. We will utilize this rich data set to make Texas-Tierra del Fuego ecosystem comparisons with our classes. The level of mentoring, preparation and follow-up provided by an NSF GK-12 Fellow was a key factor contributing to the success of our experience and an important element in helping us transfer components of this challenging experience to our students. Before, during, and following a two-week field season at Lago Fagnano, we and our students were actively engaged as learners and as scientists. We acquired concepts and skills that are readily applicable in a classroom setting: geologic mapping, GIS applications, isotopic data collection and analysis, tectonics concepts, and a general understanding of how science is truly conducted. Other factors that contributed to a positive experience included the team of dynamic scientists, who encouraged, helped and inspired us, the strong support that we received from our high school campus and district level

Una mirada al surgimiento del turismo en Pátzcuaro

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José Manuel Martínez Aguilar

2017-01-01

Full Text Available El turismo en Pátzcuaro, como actividad económica, tuvo su origen y primer impulso desde finales del siglo XIX, a partir de la puesta en marcha del tramo ferroviario de Morelia a Pátzcuaro, cuando distintos empresarios apostaron por invertir en servicios de hospedaje, alimentación y transporte destinados al turismo. Sin embargo, la inestabilidad de la Revolución Mexicana cortó la inercia del desarrollo turístico. Fue hasta que el General Lázaro Cárdenas del Rio tomó la gubernatura del estado que se implementaron estrategias, se decretaron leyes y se hicieron mejoras en la ciudad, con el objeto de que ésta fuera un foco de atracción para el turismo nacional y extranjero, y que permitiera a la población tener mayores ingresos económicos.

76 FR 18210 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2011-04-01

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP11-138-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application On March 15, 2011, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory...

Teorias Métricas del Siglo de Oro

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S. Spina

1952-03-01

Full Text Available ECHARRI (Emiliano Diez. — Teorias Métricas del Siglo de Oro (Apuntes  para la historia del verso espafiol. Prêmio "Menéndez y Pelayo" de 1948.  Madrí. 1949. 355 páginas. 4 apêndices. (Primeiro Parágrafo do Artigo Licenciado em 1944 em Filologia Clássica pela Faculdade de Filosofia e Letras de Madri, cedo alcançou Echarri o magistério superior como catedrático de Gramática Geral e Crítica Literária na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Oviedo.

Oceanographic measurements from the Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The Texas Automated Buoy System contains daily oceanographic measurements from seven buoys off the Texas coast from Brownsville to Sabine. The Texas General Land...

Flora and vegetation of Rio Torto area in Brasimone ENEA Centre, Bologna; Flora e vegetazione dell'area Rio Torto nel centro ENEA del Brasimone, Bologna

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De Mei, M.; Varriale, A. [ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Rome (Italy). Dipt. Ambiente

1999-07-01

of degradation of this vegetation: it's due, above all, to the intense sylviculture practised in the area and to the severe climatic conditions. Although the human intervention on the wood coming down, effects are still visible and represented by a not easy to classify vegetational disorder. Beechwood has been cutting periodically for a long time, causing a complex structural situation; in fact, seedlings and tillers have different diameters but similar height. Both analysis of flora and vegetational and phytosociological study represent respectively a qualitative and qualitative-quantitative approach for vegetational valuation. [Italian] L'are Rio Torto, situata sul versante settentrionale dell'Appennino tosco-emiliano nella proprieta' del C.R. Enea Brasimone, e' stata oggetto di uno studio floristico e vegetazionale al fine di delineare le condizioni della copertura vegetale e di valutare le variazioni delle caratteristiche del popolamento vegetazionale. Per lo studio della vegetazione e' stato adottato il metodo di Brau-Blanquet, basato sull'accurata analisi della flora e sul campionamento statistico. L'elaborazione dei rilievi e' stata realizzata con il software SYN-TAX. Il faggio e' la specie dominante dell'area; al margine inferiore della faggeta sono ben rappresentati gli elementi dell'associazione Arrhenatheretalia mentre al margine superiore si estende una ampia radura caratterizzata da Pteridium aquilinum, da Prunus spinosa e da Crataegus monogyna. Il sottobosco erbaceo si presenta discretamente ricco dal punto di vista fisionomico-strutturale e dominato da elementi euroasiatici e boreali. Lo spettro biologico che ne deriva indica un valore alto per le emicriptofite e questo e' da considerare un indice di stress. I risultati ottenuti dall'indagine vegetazionale e fitosociologica hanno permesso di inquadrare i popolamenti di faggio nell'Ordine Fagetalia e nell

77 FR 66574 - Texas Regulatory Program

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2012-11-06

... regulations and improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the Texas... during regular business hours at the following location: Surface Mining and Reclamation Division... for you to read at the locations listed above under ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov . Texas...

77 FR 25949 - Texas Regulatory Program

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2012-05-02

... regulations and improve operational efficiency. This document gives the times and locations that the Texas... during regular business hours at the following location: Surface Mining and Reclamation Division... locations listed above under ADDRESSES or at www.regulations.gov . Texas proposes to revise its regulation...

76 FR 49760 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2011-08-11

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP11-524-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on July 29, 2011, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, filed with the Federal Energy...

78 FR 64933 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2013-10-30

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP14-4-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on October 10, 2013, Texas Eastern Transmission, (Texas Eastern), having its principal place of business at 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas, 77056...

Floodplain construction of the Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas, USA: response to Holocene climate change

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Hall, Stephen A.; Peterson, John A.

2013-04-01

The Rio Grande is one of the larger rivers in North America, and the development of its floodplain is related to Holocene climate and climate change. The late Pleistocene through early Holocene channel is characterized by a meander or braided system with lateral cutting and backfilling, resulting in the valley-wide deposition of massive to cross-bedded, fine-to-medium textured sand. The late Pleistocene-early Holocene floodplain is also the sand source for the adjacent Bolson sand sheet. The sand sheet stopped accumulating new sand 5000 yrs ago, an event directly related to the shutting off of the sand supply caused by the deposition of overbank muds that covered and sealed the floodplain surface. During the middle Holocene, the river may have dried intermittently with the floodplain becoming deflated and local sand dunes forming on the floodplain. After 5000 yrs the climate was less arid and the river shifted to a regime of increased flooding and overbank deposition of silt and clay. By 2500 yrs, a late Holocene period of wet climate resulted in further overbank deposition and the formation of a cumulic Mollisol across the floodplain, the Socorro paleosol. The period of wet climate corresponds to the Audubon Neoglacial and active rock glaciers in the southern Rocky Mountains, speleothem growth in nearby caves, and other evidence for wet-cool conditions in the region. After 1000 yrs, the climate became drier, and the deposition and accumulation of overbank muds by the flooding Rio Grande came to a halt. Even though the river has flooded often in historic times, and presumably during late prehistoric times as well, there is little evidence for deposition of overbank sediments on the floodplain since A.D. 1000. Accordingly, the present-day surface of the Lower Valley is ten centuries old. Three channels occur on the US side of the Lower Valley floodplain, and during the past 2500 yrs stream flow has shifted from one to the other by the avulsion process of channel

Lessons from past experiences: Texas

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Blackburn, T.W. III

1986-01-01

A site selection study was conducted in which technical criteria were developed and potential sites numerically ranked. Three candidate sites were chosen, two in south Texas and one in west Texas. Adamant public opposition to the two sites forced a reevaluation and redirection of the siting process. Three sites on state owned lands in west Texas have been identified under the second site selection study. The following are recommended guidelines to incorporate in any public participation program: use multiple approaches at both the regional and local level; identify the public and their true concerns; approach the public at their level and their style; use a slow, deliberate process, siting cannot be forced; be honest and available; give the public an active part in the decision making process; keep elected officials informed and active and encourage information exchange; and be prepared for surprises. Two ranking exercises were also undertaken and are briefly described. The first ranked eleven major issues in order of perceived importance. The second ranked waste disposal technologies. Detailed information on both ranking exercises can be obtained from the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority

Endangered Species Management Plan for Fort Hood, Texas: FY06-10

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2007-05-01

Texas red oak, post oak, Texas ash (Fraxinus texensis), shin oak, blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica), slippery elm (Ulmus rubra), cedar elm ...by Ashe juniper and Texas oak. Other important tree species included live oak, cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia), Lacey oak (Quercus laceyi), Arizona...0.83 m (Cimprich 2005). Nest substrates include shin oak, Texas red oak, Texas redbud, Ashe juniper, Texas ash, Plateau live oak, cedar elm , rusty

Seguridad del paciente en Radioterapia Intraoperatoria: Impacto de los elementos controlados por el Radiofisico

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Tarjuelo, Juan Lopez

Introduccion: En la administracion de la radioterapia intervienen profesionales y equipos de tratamiento, por lo que existe el riesgo de error y se precisa que dicho equipamiento funcione conforme a lo esperado. A los radiofisicos les corresponde participar en las actividades de garantia o aseguramiento de la calidad, incluyendo el control de calidad de los equipos, y en la evaluacion de los riesgos asociados. La radioterapia intraoperatoria (RIO) es una tecnica radioterapica de intensificacion de dosis, altamente selectiva, dirigida a volumenes anatomicos restringidos durante el tratamiento quirurgico oncologico, basada en la administracion de una dosis absorbida alta por medio de un haz de electrones tras el examen visual directo del lecho tumoral. Como incorporar los ultimos avances en el refuerzo de la seguridad en radioterapia es una tarea ambiciosa y compleja, resulta mas concreta y de inmediata aplicacion su introduccion en la RIO. El objetivo es analizar los elementos que reducen los riesgos y aumentan la seguridad en la RIO y su dosimetria, y valorar la funcion del radiofisico en esta labor. Material y metodos: Se emplearon el planificador Radiance de GMV y el acelerador lineal de los tratamientos de RIO Elekta Precise, controlado con el verificador diario de haces Daily QA Check 1090 y medido con las camaras de ionizacion PPC 40, FC65-G y FC65-P de PTW-Freiburg, a su vez verificadas con fuentes radiactivas adecuadas de estroncio-90 modelos CDP y CDC de IBA Dosimetry. Se realizo un analisis de modos de fallo y efectos (failure mode and effect analysis, FMEA) con el fin de identificar los elementos que forman la RIO y aplicar las herramientas necesarias para la minimizacion de los riesgos y la mejora de la seguridad en la tecnica. Se estudiaron las verificaciones diarias de dicho acelerador Precise con el control estadistico de procesos (statistical process control, SPC) y se simularon intervenciones para devolverlo al estado llamado en control. El SPC

Strategy for career accreditation at the University of Pinar del Rio

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Reinaldo Meléndez Ruiz

2017-09-01

Full Text Available This article presents a brief theoretical systematization of the fundamental constructs related to quality management, in particular the accreditation of careers, the diagnosis of the state of this process at the University of Pinar del Río (UPR and a strategy for accreditation. It aims to propose an accreditation strategy that contributes to the continuous improvement of the quality of careers at the University of Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saiz Montes de Oca" and its public recognition. The research process was carried out under a dialectical conception, using the methods analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, systemic-structural, observation, documentary analysis, survey, interview, Ishikawa Diagram and the SWOT Matrix. The most significant conclusions are that the continuous improvement of the quality of Cuban higher education and the national and international certification of a quality level for careers is developed in accordance with the vision, mission and social responsibility of universities, Which requires the improvement and the continuous development of all its processes before the new commitments that establish with the society and that the strategy that proposes will contribute to the continuous improvement of the quality of the races of the University of Pinar del Río and its public recognition.

78 FR 43874 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2013-07-22

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP13-514-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application On July 2, 2013, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) filed... natural gas facilities no longer in service. As described more fully in the Application, Texas Eastern...

76 FR 38381 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Amendment

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2011-06-30

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP11-67-001] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Amendment Take notice that on June 13, 2011, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in the above referenced docket an amendment...

77 FR 20015 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2012-04-03

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP12-88-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on March 19, 2012, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, filed an application in Docket No...

77 FR 12045 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2012-02-28

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP12-68-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on February 16, 2012, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), PO Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77056 filed an application in the above referenced docket...

Enfermedad de Tomás en el sector salud pinareño Tomas's disease in Pinar del Rio health sector

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Lidia Rosa Salgueiro Labrador

2012-10-01

ethic which responds to the demands of scientific, technical and cultural growth as well as to the socioeconomic and political transformations the present century entails. Objective: to determine the influence of Thomas's disease or Burn-out syndrome in 5 outpatient clinics and 2 dentistry clinics in Pinar del Rio and Consolacion del Sur municipalities during 2011. Material and Method: a descriptive research was carried out considering the opinions of 234 professionals polled and a composed-survey that included 5 questions with 5 options in order to choice the most acceptable ones. Results were processed using descriptive statistics to determine the absolute and relative frequencies represented in tables. Results: the answers were related to the current problems, a crisis in moral values reached 64,5% of the answers of professionals; more than 50% thought this crisis could be avoided in part, they recommended better wage conditions to strengthen motivations, in more than three-fifth parts and 32% considered humanistic formation of professionals should be better to improve the organization of health services. The 45,7% added that user-patient-institution relationship showed imperfections in its organization and recommended to pay attention to the collective analysis of problems to provide and strengthen moral values among the health workers, detecting this when more than 70% of the answers were summed up. Conclusions: despite the demotivation that characterizes Thomas's disease, in view of the confidence in health professionals and the political will that direct the health work toward the excellence the disease can be prevented.

“caracterización de bacterias metalofijadoras de mercurío, a través de la subunidad 16srna, mediante la técnica de pcr-dgge del rio gala (aguas abajo en el recinto San Rafael) en la parroquia tenguel”

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Llivisaca, Susana Alexandra; Burgos, Felix Adolfo; Vargas, Jeffrey David

2011-01-01

El proyecto sobre el cual tratamos, se refiere el uso de la técnica molecular PCR-DGGE, para la caracterización de bacterias, y su potencial existencia en las aguas del río Gala de la parroquia Tenguel. La selección del sitio se basó al alto grado de contaminación con metales pesados en la que este se encuentra este rio. La probabilidad sobre la presencia de microorganismos con capacidad metalofijadora, es alta dada sus características biológicas y bioquímicas con las que cuenta esta bacteria...

A Physical Assessment of the Opportunities for Improved Management of the Water Resources of the Bi-National Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin

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Aparicio, J.; McKinney, D.; Valdes, J.; Guitron, A.; Thomas, G.

2007-05-01

The hydro-physical opportunities for expanding the beneficial uses of the fixed water supply in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin to better satisfy an array of water management goals are examined. These include making agriculture more resilient to periodic conditions of drought, improving the reliability of supplies to cities and towns, and restoring lost environmental functions in the river system. This is a comprehensive, outcome-neutral, model- based planning exercise performed by some 20 technical, primarily non-governmental institutions from both countries, aimed at proposing strategies that can reduce future conflicts over water throughout the entire basin. The second track consists in generating a set of future water management scenarios that respond to the needs and objectives of the basin stakeholders in each segment and each country. An array of scenarios for improved water management has been developed for the lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin in Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Another set under development will focus on the Rio Conchos and the El Paso/Juarez region. Eventually, scenarios will be generated such that will comprehend the entire basin on both sides of the border. These scenarios are the product of consultations with agricultural water districts, governmental organizations and environmental NGOs. They include strategies for reducing the physical losses of water in the system, conservation transfers, improvements in the operations of the Mexican and international reservoirs, improvements in environmental flow conditions, improvements in reliability of water supplies, and drought coping strategies.These scenarios will be evaluated for hydrologic feasibility by the basin-wide model and the gaming exercises. Modeling is necessary to understand how these options will affect the entire system and how they can be crafted to maximize the benefits and avoid unintended or uncompensated effects. The scenarios that have the potential to provide large

78 FR 66352 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP14-9-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on October 17, 2013, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed an application in Docket No. CP14-9...

78 FR 79687 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP14-29-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on December 10, 2013 Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), at 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed an application in Docket No. CP14...

77 FR 26534 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

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2012-05-04

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP12-164-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application Take notice that on April 19, 2012, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in Docket No. CP12-164-000, a request...

KLEPSUDRA: How the Rio Grande Treaty Increased Instability in Mexico

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2008-05-09

advantages, not the least of which is having an agency that can operate on the peer level with Mexico’s national water agency (Comisión Nacional del Agua ...Help Wanted’ ads,” USA Today, 25 April 08, sec. A, p. 8. 77 Manwaring (2007), 9-11, 24-25, 34-35. 78 Contamination levels along the border areas and in...the Rio Grande River after NAFTA has been extensively researched and documented. Recent testing indicates extreme fecal contamination is exposing

75 FR 45611 - Texas Eastern Transmission LP; Notice of Application

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... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP10-471-000] Texas Eastern Transmission LP; Notice of Application July 27, 2010. Take notice that on July 15, 2010, Texas Eastern Transmission (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP10-471-000, an...

Texas Hydrogen Education Final Scientific/Technical Report

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Hitchcock, David; Bullock, Dan

2011-06-30

The Texas Hydrogen Education project builds on past interest in hydrogen and fuel cells to help create better informed leaders and stakeholders and thereby improve decision making and planning for inclusion of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as energy alternatives in Texas. In past years in Texas, there was considerable interest and activities about hydrogen and fuel cells (2000-­2004). During that time, the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) created a fuel cell consortium and a fuel cell testing lab. Prior to 2008, interest and activities had declined substantially. In 2008, in cooperation with the Texas H2 Coalition and the State Energy Conservation Office, HARC conducted a planning process to create the Texas Hydrogen Roadmap. It was apparent from analysis conducted during the course of this process that while Texas has hydrogen and fuel cell advantages, there was little program and project activity as compared with other key states. Outreach and education through the provision of informational materials and organizing meetings was seen as an effective way of reaching decision makers in Texas. Previous hydrogen projects in Texas had identified the five major urban regions for program and project development. This geographic targeting approach was adopted for this project. The project successfully conducted the five proposed workshops in four of the target metropolitan areas: San Antonio, Houston, Austin, and the Dallas-­Ft. Worth area. In addition, eight outreach events were included to further inform state and local government leaders on the basics of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The project achieved its primary objectives of developing communication with target audiences and assembling credible and consistent outreach and education materials. The major lessons learned include: (1) DOE’s Clean Cities programs are a key conduit to target transportation audiences, (2) real-­world fuel cell applications (fuel cell buses, fuel cell fork lifts

East Texas, 2011 forest inventory and analysis factsheet

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Jason A. Cooper; James W. Bentley

2012-01-01

This science update summarizes the findings of the annual inventory conducted by the Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program in cooperation with the Texas Forest Service of the forest resource attributes in east Texas. The 254 counties of Texas are consolidated into 7 FIA survey units—southeast (unit 1), northeast (unit 2), north central (unit 3), south (...

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... of seminars and conferences. Resources Texas Heart Institute Journal Scientific Publications Library & Learning Resources Resources for Physicians Fellowships & Residencies School of Perfusion Technology THI Spotlight Check out the ...

75 FR 14359 - FM TABLE OF ALLOTMENTS, Stonewall, Texas

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2010-03-25

... TABLE OF ALLOTMENTS, Stonewall, Texas AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule... allotment of Channel 280A at Stonewall, Texas, as the community's first local transmission service. The..., Texas. It is Commission policy to protect applications against subsequently-filed and conflicting rule...

Distribution of indoor radon concentrations and uranium-bearing rocks in Texas

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Hudak, P.F.

1996-01-01

The purpose of this study was to compare regional patterns of indoor radon concentration with uranium-bearing rock zones and county populations in Texas. Zones yielding radon concentrations that are relatively high for Texas include shale and sandstone in northwest Texas; red beds in north-central Texas; felsic volcanic rocks in west Texas; and sandstone, limestone, and igneous rocks in central Texas. Located in northwest Tecas, only five of the 202 counties evaluated have mean indoor radon concentrations above 4.0 pCi l -1 . Two of those counties have populations above the state median of 20115. The highest county mean concentration is 8.8 pCi l -1 . Results of the study suggest that (1) regional geology influences indoor radon concentrations in Texas, (2) statewide, the radon concentrations are relatively low, (3) highly populated counties do not coincide with regions of high indoor radon concentration, and (4) regions that may warrant further monitoring include northwest Texas and, to a lesser degree, west and central Texas. (orig.)

Evaluación del seguimiento de mujeres con cáncer cervicouterino en dos policlínicos. Pinar del Río Follow-up assessment of women suffering from cervical uterine cancer in two polyclinics, Pinar del Rio

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José Guillermo Sanabria Negrín

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Introducción: A pesar de contar con un programa de detección precoz del cáncer cervicouterino de larga duración aún no se logran los resultados esperados. Objetivo: Caracterizar a las pacientes con cáncer invasor del cuello uterino en dos áreas de salud de Pinar del Río en el quinquenio 2003-2007. Material y Método: Estudio observacional, transversal, de cohorte, retrospectivo de mujeres de cualquier edad con diagnóstico de cáncer cervicouterino invasor. La información de las pacientes se tomó de los registros automatizados de las lesiones de cuello uterino de la consulta provincial de Patología de Cuello, del Provincial de Cáncer (Dirección Provincial de Salud, y del de Mortalidad General (Dirección Provincial de Salud así como de las historias clínicas de la Unidad Oncológica Provincial. Entre las variables estudiadas estuvieron si procedían o no del programa, edad, estadio clínico, tratamiento recibido, incidencia anual y el promedio en la etapa, la mortalidad y la letalidad. Resultados: Se encontró que el 70,6% de casos no se detectó por programa. La tasa de incidencia promedio fue 29.5 por 100000 mujeres de 15 años y más. Todas las pacientes recibieron el tratamiento oncoespecífico según estadio clínico. Las mayores tasas de mortalidad se encontraron en las pacientes en estadio IIIB al diagnóstico. Conclusiones: Se detectan fallas en la Atención Primaria de Salud, por falta de detección. Las tasas de incidencia de esta enfermedad no se han logrado disminuir. Y se siguen diagnosticando casos en estadios avanzados de la enfermedad, lo que acorta la sobrevida de estas pacientes.Introduction: Despite of having a program, for a long time, to the early detection of cervical uterine cancer, the results expected are not as far achieved. Objective: to characterize the patients suffering from invasive cervical uterine cancer in two health areas in Pinar del Rio province throughout five years (2003-2007. Material and

The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education

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Walt Haney

2000-08-01

Full Text Available I summarize the recent history of education reform and statewide testing in Texas, which led to introduction of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS in 1990-91. A variety of evidence in the late 1990s led a number of observers to conclude that the state of Texas had made near miraculous progress in reducing dropouts and increasing achievement. The passing scores on TAAS tests were arbitrary and discriminatory. Analyses comparing TAAS reading, writing and math scores with one another and with relevant high school grades raise doubts about the reliability and validity of TAAS scores. I discuss problems of missing students and other mirages in Texas enrollment statistics that profoundly affect both reported dropout statistics and test scores. Only 50% of minority students in Texas have been progressing from grade 9 to high school graduation since the initiation of the TAAS testing program. Since about 1982, the rates at which Black and Hispanic students are required to repeat grade 9 have climbed steadily, such that by the late 1990s, nearly 30% of Black and Hispanic students were "failing" grade 9. Cumulative rates of grade retention in Texas are almost twice as high for Black and Hispanic students as for White students. Some portion of the gains in grade 10 TAAS pass rates are illusory. The numbers of students taking the grade 10 tests who were classified as "in special education" and hence not counted in schools' accountability ratings nearly doubled between 1994 and 1998. A substantial portion of the apparent increases in TAAS pass rates in the 1990s are due to such exclusions. In the opinion of educators in Texas, schools are devoting a huge amount of time and energy preparing students specifically for TAAS, and emphasis on TAAS is hurting more than helping teaching and learning in Texas schools, particularly with at-risk students, and TAAS contributes to retention in grade and dropping out. Five different sources of evidence about

Treating residual water according to the demands of its ulterior use: case of Neuquen river, Patagonia, Argentina; Optimizacion de requisitos de tratamiento de aguas residuales basado en la calidad del agua de acuerdo con el uso del cuerpo receptor: caso rio Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina

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Polla, Gabriela Maria; Dufilho, Ana Cecilia; Horne, Federico [Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Argentina)

2006-07-15

A developed methodology allows making a regional pacification based on the river's water quality and their guide levels for different uses. To get this methodology it was used an optimization model that allows obtaining the best combination of town and industrial liquid treatments of the region, which can make cheaper their construction and maintenance costs. The established regional stages of economical development, were simulated with the QUAL2E model, from this model was obtained the restriction coefficients of the optimization model. More over, this model allowed to prognosticate the behavior of the principal water quality components (dissolved and biochemical demand of oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and others) for different proposed stages. This methodology was applied over a section of Neuquen River (Argentina) which receives urban, industrial and farming effluents of three cities Centenario (Plant 1), Cinco Saltos (Plant 2) and Parque Industrial (Plant 3). From results, it can be affirmed that under present situation, there is not contamination hazard. However, under future scenarios, advanced and secondary treatment is required to assure meeting the quality standards, particularly when river discharge approach it annual minimum. [Spanish] Se desarrollo una metodologia que permite hacer una planificacion regional basada en la calidad de agua del rio y sus niveles guias para distintos usos. Para ello se utilizo un modelo de optimizacion que permite obtener la mejor combinacion de tratamientos de liquidos municipales e industriales de la region que minimicen sus costos de construccion y mantenimiento. Los escenarios de desarrollo economico regional planteados se simularon con el modelo QUAL2E, de donde se obtuvieron los coeficientes de las restricciones del modelo de optimizacion. El modelo de simulacion permitio, ademas, pronosticar el comportamiento de los principales componentes de calidad del agua (oxigeno disuelto, demanda bioquimica de oxigeno

Health education: the family health teams' perspective and clients' participation Educación en salud: perspectiva del equipo de salud de la familia y la participación del usuario Educação em saúde: o olhar da equipe de saúde da família e a participação do usuário

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Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa Machado

2009-04-01

Full Text Available This study aimed to understand the conception and performance of health education developed by the Family Health Team with a view to clients' participation. Qualitative study carried out with clients and professionals at the Family Health Program (FHP in Crato, CE, Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and observation between May and September, 2005. Data were organized according to content analysis and literature. Findings indicate that professionals view health education as guidance and teaching focused on disease prevention and the participation of clients is perceived as listening and attention. Thus, FHP professionals need to broaden their understanding of health education and educative strategies, which should be culturally meaningful, so that clients freely and consciously decide on their participation and behavioral change in health.Este estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender la concepción y la actuación en Educación en Salud por parte del Equipo de Salud de la Familia buscando la participación del usuario. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo con usuarios y profesionales del Programa Salud de la Familia (PSF, del Municipio de Crato, estado de Ceará, Brasil. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de una entrevista semiestructurada y de observación, entre mayo y septiembre de 2005; fueron organizados mediante análisis de contenido con base en la literatura. Evidenciamos que el proceso educativo es percibido por los profesionales como orientar y enseñar a prevenir enfermedades. La participación de los usuarios significó escuchar y prestar atención. Se concluye que los profesionales del PSF necesitan ampliar la comprensión de la educación en salud y de estrategias educativas culturalmente significativas para que la participación y decisión de cambios de comportamiento en salud de los usuarios sean libres y conscientes.Este estudo objetivou compreender a concepção e a atuação de Educação em Sa

Evaluación del riesgo de erosión en relación con la dinámica ocupacional del suelo a partir de Sistemas de Información Geográfica

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Camarasa Belmonte, Ana María; Bescós Atín, Amaya; Sancho, J.

1998-01-01

El trabajo aborda la tendencia del riesgo potencial de erosion en la cuenca media del Rio Mijares (Castellon), entre 1956 y 1990, en relación con la dinámica en la ocupación del suelo. La zona de estudio constituye un área muy fracturada, de fuertes pendientes y grandes contrastes litológicos, donde las tierras de labor, que en los años 50 ocuparon una gran extensión, en la actualidad están siendo abandonadas, como consecuencia del cambio socioeconómico reciente. Mediante un Sistema de Inform...

Tiempo de trabajo en el laboratorio clínico de urgencia del Hospital "León Cuervo Rubio". Pinar del Río Duration of the process at Emergency-clinical Laboratory. “Leon Cuervo Rubio” General Hospital, Pinar del Rio

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Calixto Borrego Carmona

2012-12-01

on the quality of service at the emergency clinical laboratory, “Leon Cuervo Rubio” General Hospital, Pinar del Rio. Material and method: cross-sectional prospective study where the target group included the whole patients who used the services of the emergency- clinical laboratory and the sample involved 500 patients to whom the process time was determined or the time the specimen lasted in two stages. First stage: 250 patients attended to the emergency laboratory, they were seen by the habitual team-works (4 in total and were classified into inpatients and outpatients. Second stage: an action plan was applied in view of the results obtained in the first stage and the same outline of work was carried out the same of the previous stage. Results: process time in the first stage was excessively prolonged, the final report lasted less for outpatients and different behaviors were observed among the team-works that participated. Conclusions: poor performance of support and message personnel concerning the laboratory with the patient was observed. Proving a different level of priority in the laboratory through the confirmation of the duration of the process, which it is less for outpatients than for inpatients.

Salud periodontal en personas viviendo con VIH/sida. Pinar del Río, 2008 Periodontal health in people living with HIV/AIDS in Pinar del Rio, 2008

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Eridalia Fuentes Ayala

2011-12-01

factors such as: TCD4 counting, the use of antiretroviral therapy and the Rate of Simplified Oral Health. Local risk factors for periodontal diseases were determined. To carry it out, a descriptive and cross sectional study taking 207 people living with HIV/AIDS in Pinar del Rio (2008, who underwent to a serological control at the research time. Both, Rates of Simplified Oral Health and Russell Periodontal Rate were verified. Absolute and relative frequencies and to describe the association among variables, Bartholomew and chi-square tests up to 95% of confidence were applied. A high prevalence of periodontal disease was observed (78,3%. Most frequent local risk factors were dento-bacterial plaque, caries and non-existence of teeth without restitution. A significant relation between the results of TCD4 and periodontal status was observed as well as oral hygiene, where no association with periodontal disease and retroviral treatment was found.

Violência do cotidiano e no trabalho de enfermagem: apreensões e expectativas de alunos de um curso de graduação em Enfermagem do Rio de Janeiro Violencia del cotidiano y en el trabajo de enfermería: aprehensiones y expectativas de los estudiantes de un curso de pregrado en enfermería del Rio de Janeiro Violence of the everyday and in the nursing work: apprehensions and expectations of the students from a course of graduation in nursing of Rio de Janeiro

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Marcia Tereza Luz Lisboa

2006-04-01

Full Text Available Pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa, teve por objetivos: identificar as expectativas dos alunos de enfermagem sobre a violência do cotidiano; descrever as apreensões dos alunos de enfermagem sobre a violência no trabalho de enfermagem. A partir da aprovação pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (EEAN/UFRJ, a pesquisa foi realizada com a participação de 52 alunos do 3º período letivo do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem e Obstetrícia da EEAN/UFRJ. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se um questionário com 14 perguntas abertas sobre as expectativas profissionais em relação ao significado da violência; à violência no cotidiano do aluno de enfermagem; e à violência no trabalho de enfermagem. Nos resultados, 62,9% dos alunos tinham como significação da violência, a agressão física; 57,7% afirmaram que a enfermagem é uma profissão de alto risco; e as cinco expressões escolhidas pelos alunos que melhor retratam a violência no trabalho da enfermeira foram: a falta de condições de trabalho, o cliente agressivo, trabalho em locais perigosos, baixos salários e abuso sexual.Inverstigación de enfoque cuantitativo, tuvo por objetivos: identificar las expectativas de los alumnos de enfermería sobre la violencia del cotidiano; y describir las aprehensiones de ellos acerca de la violencia en el trabajo de enfermería. A partir de la aprobación por el Comité de Ética en Pesquisa de la Escuela de Enfermería Anna Nery / HESFA / Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro (EEAN/UFRJ Brasil, la investigación fue realizada con 52 alumnos del 3º período lectiva del Curso de Pregado en Enfermería y Obstetricia de la EEAN/UFRJ. Para la recolección de datos, fué utilizado un cuestionario con 14 preguntas abiertas respecto a las expectativas profesionales en relación al significado de la violencia; a la violencia en el cotidiano del alumno de enfermería; y a la

Vivenciando a inexorabilidade do tempo e as suas mudanças com perdas e possibilidades: a mulher na fase do climatério Vivenciando la inexorabilidad del tiempo y sus cambios con pérdidas y posibilidades: la mujer en la fase del climaterio Living the inexorability of time and its changes with losses and possibilities: the woman in climacterium

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Josefa Vieira de Lima

2001-12-01

Full Text Available Este estudo versa sobre a experiência da mulher na fase do climatério. O Interacionismo Simbólico e a Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados foram as abordagens teóricas e metodológicas que nortearam o estudo tendo em vista os seguintes objetivos: compreender como a experiência do climatério é definida pela mulher; quais os processos psicossociais de interação vividos pela mulher e desenvolver um modelo teórico representativo da vivência da mulher na fase do climatério. As estratégias utilizadas para a obtenção dos dados foram a observação e a entrevista. Tomamos como sujeito da investigação a mulher na faixa etária de 45 a 60 anos, perfazendo um total de 30 mulheres. Através deste estudo foi possível descobrir que a experiência do climatério pode ser constituída por dois fenômenos: REJEITANDO AS MUDANÇAS, no qual o climatério é caracterizado pela mulher como um momento de perda e BUSCANDO SUPERAR AS MUDANÇAS, que representa um momento na construção de novos conceitos, com possibilidades de renovação. A partir desses fenômenos identificamos a categoria central: VIVENCIANDO A INEXORABILIDADE DO TEMPO E SUAS MUDANÇAS COM PERDAS E POSSIBILIDADES, que é fundamental para o modelo teórico representativo da experiência da mulher na fase do climatério.Este estudio trata de la experiencia de la mujer en el período del climaterio. El Interaccionismo Simbólico y la Teoria Fundamentada en los Datos fueron los abordajes teórico y metodológico que nortearon el estudio teniendo en cuenta el alcance de los siguientes objetivos: comprender como la experiencia del climaterio es definida por la mujer; cuales son los procesos psicosociales de interacción vividos por la mujer y desenvolver un modelo teórico representativo dela vivencia de la mujer en la fase del climaterio. Las estrategias utilizadas para la obtención de los datos fueron la observación y la entrevista. Tomé como sujetos de la investigación la mujer en la

Bedrock geology and hydrostratigraphy of the Edwards and Trinity aquifers within the Driftwood and Wimberley 7.5-minute quadrangles, Hays and Comal Counties, Texas

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Clark, Allan K.; Morris, Robert R.

2017-11-16

The Edwards and Trinity aquifers are major sources of water in south-central Texas and are both classified as major aquifers by the State of Texas. The population in Hays and Comal Counties is rapidly growing, increasing demands on the area’s water resources. To help effectively manage the water resources in the area, refined maps and descriptions of the geologic structures and hydrostratigraphic units of the aquifers are needed. This report presents the detailed 1:24,000-scale bedrock hydrostratigraphic map as well as names and descriptions of the geologic and hydrostratigraphic units of the Driftwood and Wimberley 7.5-minute quadrangles in Hays and Comal Counties, Tex.Hydrostratigraphically, the rocks exposed in the study area represent a section of the upper confining unit to the Edwards aquifer, the Edwards aquifer, the upper zone of the Trinity aquifer, and the middle zone of the Trinity aquifer. In the study area, the Edwards aquifer is composed of the Georgetown Formation and the rocks forming the Edwards Group. The Trinity aquifer is composed of the rocks forming the Trinity Group. The Edwards and Trinity aquifers are karstic with high secondary porosity along bedding and fractures. The Del Rio Clay is a confining unit above the Edwards aquifer and does not supply appreciable amounts of water to wells in the study area.The hydrologic connection between the Edwards and Trinity aquifers and the various hydrostratigraphic units is complex because the aquifer system is a combination of the original Cretaceous depositional environment, bioturbation, primary and secondary porosity, diagenesis, and fracturing of the area from Miocene faulting. All of these factors have resulted in development of modified porosity, permeability, and transmissivity within and between the aquifers. Faulting produced highly fractured areas which allowed for rapid infiltration of water and subsequently formed solutionally enhanced fractures, bedding planes, channels, and caves that

La metodologia de la valoracion contingente en la evaluacion de proyectos ambientales : el caso del saneamiento del Rio Medellin

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Zuleta D., Fredy

1994-01-01

Como consecuencia del crecimiento de las ciudades, se hace cada vez más sentida la necesidad de desarrollar proyectos de carácter ambiental que subsanen el efecto negativo del urbanismo y las grandes concentraciones poblacionales. Tal es el caso de los rellenos sanitarios y sistemas de alcantarillado y tratamiento de aguas residuales, entre otros. Sin embargo, los problemas de contaminación y saneamiento, a pesar de sus consecuencias, no son los únicos que aquejan a la comunidad. Es un princi...

Rio Grande Erosion Potential Demonstration - Report for the National Border Technology Program; TOPICAL

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JEPSEN, RICHARD A.; ROBERTS, JESSE D.; LANGFORD, RICHARD; GAILANI, JOSEPH

2001-01-01

This demonstration project is a collaboration among DOE, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP), the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Sandia deployed and demonstrated a field measurement technology that enables the determination of erosion and transport potential of sediments in the Rio Grande. The technology deployed was the Mobile High Shear Stress Flume. This unique device was developed by Sandia's Carlsbad Programs for the USACE and has been used extensively in collaborative efforts on near shore and river systems throughout the United States. Since surface water quantity and quality along with human health is an important part of the National Border Technology Program, technologies that aid in characterizing, managing, and protecting this valuable resource from possible contamination sources is imperative

Combining geochemical tracers with geophysical tools to study groundwater quality in Mesilla Bolson of the semi-arid Rio Grande watershed

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Ma, L.; Hiebing, M.; Garcia, S.; Szynkiewicz, A.; Doser, D. I.

2017-12-01

Mesilla Bolson is an important alluvial aquifer system of the semi-arid Rio Grande watershed in southern New Mexico and West Texas. It is one of the two major groundwater sources for the City of El Paso in Texas and provides about 30% of the region's domestic groundwater needs. Groundwater from Mesilla Bolson is also extensively used for agriculture irrigation in this region. However, high concentrations of total dissolved solids in some areas of this region significantly impact groundwater quality for the Rio Grande alluvial aquifer. For example, an increase in groundwater salinity is generally observed from north to south within the aquifer. Some previous researchers have suggested this salinity change is due to 1) runoff and recharge from agricultural activity; 2) natural upwelling of deeper brackish groundwater; and 3) water-rock interactions in the aquifer. To better study how agricultural and municipal practices contribute to increasing salinity, we sampled 50 wells of the Mesilla Bolson in 2015-2016 for uranium (234U/238U), strontium (87Sr/86Sr), boron (d11B), and sulfur (d34S) isotope compositions to characterize major salinity sources of groundwater. In addition, we applied a geophysical gravity survey to determine the possible influences of faults and other subsurface structures on groundwater quality in this region. Our multi-isotope results suggest that the groundwater resources of this alluvial aquifer have been already impacted by human activities and groundwater recharge to the alluvial aquifer is affected by surface processes such as i) the return flows from the Rio Grande surface water used for irrigation, ii) municipal discharges, and iii) irrigation with the reclaimed city water. However, natural upwelling is also probably responsible for the salinity increase near some fault areas, primarily due to water-rock interactions such as dissolution of evaporites within the deeper basin. In some areas of the Mesilla Bolson, fault systems act as conduits

Incidencia del fenómeno ENSO en la hidroclimatología del valle del río Cauca-Colombia

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1998-01-01

Full Text Available IMPACT DU PHÉNOMÈNE ENSO SUR L’HYDROCLIMATOLOGIE DU RIO CAUCA-COLOMBIE. On présente dans cet article quelques unes des manifestations du phénomène et leur impact sur la pénurie des ressources en eau dans la vallée du rio Cauca, au cours des périodes sèches ainsi que les crues et inondations, provoquées par les périodes excédentaires. L’évaluation de valeurs extrêmes des débits des rivières montre des différences liées à l’occurrence d’un El Niño. En présence d’un El Niño, les débits maximums seront plus forts et les débits d’étiages plus faibles. Au cours de ces périodes, on observe donc une augmentation du risque d’inondation au cours de la saison des pluies, alors que la quantité d’eau diminue au cours des périodes sèches avec un risque accru d’incendie de forêt. En este trabajo, se presentan algunas de las manifestaciones del Fenómeno y el impacto que ocasiona en la disponibilidad hídrica del Valle del Cauca durante la fase Cálida (Niño, por efecto del déficit hídrico, y durante la fase fría (AntiNiño o Niña por exceso de lluvias. La evaluación de los caudales mínimos de los ríos del Valle del Río Cauca, se asocia con los años de ocurrencia de la fase cálida, mientras los caudales medios máximos se asocian a períodos de ocurrencia de la fase fría (AntiNiño o Niña. Durante el Niño se presentan sequías, incendios forestales, pérdidas de cultivos, de perecederos, disminución de la pesca, incremento de enfermedades y racionamiento de energía, mientras que durante la Niña se presentan mayores riesgos de inundación, desbordamientos, desastres, erosión y destrucción de la infraestructura vial e hidráulica. INCIDENCE OF ENSO PHENOMENON IN THE HYDROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE RÍO CAUCA VALLEY-COLOMBIA. In this paper, the impacts of the El Niño and La Niña o AntiNiño phenomena on the water resources of the Valle del Cauca (Colombia are considered low flows in the rivers are associated with

Accessibility and demand at an Emergency Care Unit: the user's perspective La accesibilidad y demanda de atención de emergencia: perspectiva del usuario Acessibilidade e demanda em uma Unidade de Pronto Atendimento: perspectiva do usuário

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Mariana Figueiredo Souza Gomide

2012-01-01

Full Text Available AIM: To analyze the search for Emergency Care (EC in the Western Health District of Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo, in order to identify the reasons why users turn to these services in situations that are not characterized as urgencies and emergencies. METHODS: A qualitative and descriptive study was undertaken. A guiding script was applied to 23 EC users, addressing questions related to health service accessibility and welcoming, problem solving, reason to visit the EC and care comprehensiveness. RESULTS: The subjects reported that, at the Primary Health Care services, receiving care and scheduling consultations took a long time and that the opening hours of these services coincide with their work hours. At the EC service, access to technologies and medicines was easier. CONCLUSION: Primary health care services have been unable to turn into the entry door to the health system, being replaced by emergency services, putting a significant strain on these services' capacity.OBJETIVO: Analizar la demanda del servicio de emergencia (SE del Distrito Oeste de Salud del municipio de Ribeirão Preto (Sao Paulo para identificar los motivos por los cuales los usuarios, en situaciones no caracterizadas como urgencia y emergencia, buscan ese servicio. MÉTODOS: Se trata de un estudio cualitativo descriptivo. Fue aplicado una guia norteadora a 23 usuarios del SE, abordándose preguntas relativas a la accesibilidad y acogida de los servicios de salud, resolución de las necesidades, motivo por el cual buscan el SE e integralidad de la atención. RESULTADOS: Los sujetos relataron que, en las Unidades Básicas de Salud, hubo demora en la atención y la programación de las consultas y que el horario de funcionamiento de esos servicios coincide con la jornada de trabajo de los usuarios. En el SE, el acceso fue facilitado a las tecnologías y medicamentos. CONCLUSIÓN: Los servicios de atención básica no han conseguido convertirse en la puerta de entrada del

Navegación y aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico del Río San Lorenzo

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Equipo Editorial

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Full Text Available Descripción de las obras más importantes que constituyen el gran proyecto de mejora para la navegación y aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico del rio San Lorenzo en el tramo comprendido entre Ogdensburg, del estado de Nueva York, y Cornwall, del de Ontario (Canadá. El plazo previsto para la terminación de estas obras cumplirá al final del año 1959, pero se empezará a generar energía eléctrica en septiembre de 1958. El presupuesto previsto para la realización total del proyecto se eleva a 600 millones de dólares, y la potencia que ha de instalarse es de aproximadamente 1.880.000 kW.

Catahoula formation as a source of sedimentary uranium deposits in east Texas

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Ledger, E.B.; Tieh, T.T.

1983-01-01

Volcanic glass-rich mudstone and siltstone samples from the Oligocene/Miocene Catahoula formation of Jasper County, Texas, and coeval volcaniclastic rock samples from Trans-Pecos, Texas, have been compared as to U, Th, Zr, Ti, K, Rb, and Sr contents. Uranium is slightly greater in the distal ash (5.85 ppM U) compared to the Trans-Pecos samples (average 5.41 ppM U). Diagenetic and pedogenetic alteration of Catahoula volcanic glass releases uranium to solution and, under favorable conditions, this uranium may accumulate to form ore bodies. Uranium has been produced from such ore bodies in south Texas, but economic deposits are not known in east Texas. Significant differences between south and east Texas include: (1) a greater amount of volcanic debris delivered to south Texas, both as air-fall ash and stream-transported material, (2) delivery of only air-fill ash to east Texas, (3) the possibility of more petroleum-related reductants such as H 2 S in south Texas, and (4) pervasive glass alteration with subsequent uranium release in south Texas due to late calichification. These differences argue against economic deposits of the south Texas type being found in east Texas. If economic deposits occur they are likely to be far downdip making exploration difficult and expensive

Actions for the environmental adequateness and emissions control at the Martin del Corral power plant-Termozipa; Obras de adecuacion ambiental y control de emisiones para la central termoelectrica Martin del Corral - Termozipa

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Arevalo Osorio, Luis [Empresa de Energia de Bogota, Bogota (Colombia)

1997-12-31

In this paper the general data on the Martin del Corral-Termozipa, of Colombia, fossil fueled power plant are exposed. The results of a study to determine the environmental impact originated in the influence zone of this Power Plant are presented, particularly on the Bogota River. The study was framed into the environmental policy driven by the Colombian sector. Different solutions addressed to the optimization of the handling, capacity and control of the emissions and counteract the pollution possibilities of the Bogota River are described [Espanol] En esta ponencia se exponen datos generales de la central termoelectrica Martin del Corral - Termozipa-, de Colombia. Se presentan los resultados de un estudio para determinar el impacto ambiental ocasionado en la zona de influencia de esta central, y en particular sobre el rio Bogota. El estudio se enmarco dentro de la politica ambiental impulsada por el sector colombiano. Se describen diversas soluciones encaminadas a optimizar el manejo, capacidad y control de las emisiones y contrarrestar las posibilidades de contaminacion del rio Bogota

Actions for the environmental adequateness and emissions control at the Martin del Corral power plant-Termozipa; Obras de adecuacion ambiental y control de emisiones para la central termoelectrica Martin del Corral - Termozipa

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Arevalo Osorio, Luis [Empresa de Energia de Bogota, Bogota (Colombia)

1996-12-31

In this paper the general data on the Martin del Corral-Termozipa, of Colombia, fossil fueled power plant are exposed. The results of a study to determine the environmental impact originated in the influence zone of this Power Plant are presented, particularly on the Bogota River. The study was framed into the environmental policy driven by the Colombian sector. Different solutions addressed to the optimization of the handling, capacity and control of the emissions and counteract the pollution possibilities of the Bogota River are described [Espanol] En esta ponencia se exponen datos generales de la central termoelectrica Martin del Corral - Termozipa-, de Colombia. Se presentan los resultados de un estudio para determinar el impacto ambiental ocasionado en la zona de influencia de esta central, y en particular sobre el rio Bogota. El estudio se enmarco dentro de la politica ambiental impulsada por el sector colombiano. Se describen diversas soluciones encaminadas a optimizar el manejo, capacidad y control de las emisiones y contrarrestar las posibilidades de contaminacion del rio Bogota

Catahoula Formation as uranium source rock in East Texas

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Ledger, E.B.; Tieh, T.T.; Rowe, N.W.

1984-01-01

The Oligocene-Miocene Catahoula Formation of the Texas Gulf coastal plain is a fluvial and lacustrine volcaniclastic unit composed of normal fluvial material mixed with distal rhyolitic air-fall ash. In the lower Texas Gulf coastal plain, it consists of stream-transported detritus from the volcanic source area in Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent Mexico. This volcaniclastic component has altered to release uranium to mineralization processes in the lower Gulf Coast, but there has not been uranium production in the middle and upper Gulf Coast. To evaluate the potential of the upper Texas Gulf coastal plain for uranium ore deposits, a geochemical study was undertaken. The Catahoula Formation was analyzed for U, Th, K, Rb, Sr, Zr, and Ti to estimate the nature of volcanic glass and its abundance and alteration. Concentrations from three key outcrops were compared. They were also compared to samples from a volcanic area in Trans-Pecos Texas, which is chemically appropriate as a source for the volcanic material in the Catahoula Formation. In the lower Texas Gulf coastal plain, where uranium is produced, the glassy volcanic material has been pervasively altered, but in the upper coastal plain much glass remains. Because glass alteration is necessary for uranium release and concentration, the potential is low for large, shallow uranium ore bodies in the upper Texas Gulf coastal plain

East Texas, 2012—Forest Inventory and Analysis Factsheet

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Thomas J. Brandeis; Jason A. Cooper; James W. Bentley

2014-01-01

This science update summarizes the findings of the statewide annual inventory of the forest resource attributes in Texas conducted by the Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program in cooperation with the Texas A&M Forest Service. The 254 counties of Texas are consolidated into seven FIA survey units—southeast (unit 1), northeast (unit 2), north central (...

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Robert Horn

2012-10-01

Full Text Available This reflection on Rio+20 examines many of the major social institutions and how they fulfilled their functions during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development at Rio. The institutions are: 1. Nation-states as a collective. 2. Individual nation-states. 3. Vanguard institutions (some NGOs. 4. Action and convening NGOs. 5. Global media. 6. Governments of nation-states acting domestically 7. Individual governments in bilateral and multilateral situations. 8. Similar institutions in different countries acting together. 9. Businesses. 10. Global science. Each is considered within the assumptions of what the society expects them to deliver (in general, what is possible for them to deliver, and what they did deliver at Rio. In approaching Rio+20, our account differs considerably from much of the reportage by the mainstream media.

Texas LPG fuel cell development and demonstration project

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None, None

2004-07-26

The State Energy Conservation Office has executed its first Fuel Cell Project which was awarded under a Department of Energy competitive grant process. The Texas LPG Fuel Processor Development and Fuel Cell Demonstration Program is a broad-based public/private partnership led by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO). Partners include the Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division (AFRED) of the Railroad Commission of Texas; Plug Power, Inc., Latham, NY, UOP/HyRadix, Des Plaines, IL; Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, TX; the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The team proposes to mount a development and demonstration program to field-test and evaluate markets for HyRadix's LPG fuel processor system integrated into Plug Power's residential-scale GenSys(TM) 5C (5 kW) PEM fuel cell system in a variety of building types and conditions of service. The program's primary goal is to develop, test, and install a prototype propane-fueled residential fuel cell power system supplied by Plug Power and HyRadix in Texas. The propane industry is currently funding development of an optimized propane fuel processor by project partner UOP/HyRadix through its national checkoff program, the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC). Following integration and independent verification of performance by Southwest Research Institute, Plug Power and HyRadix will produce a production-ready prototype unit for use in a field demonstration. The demonstration unit produced during this task will be delivered and installed at the Texas Department of Transportation's TransGuide headquarters in San Antonio, Texas. Simultaneously, the team will undertake a market study aimed at identifying and quantifying early-entry customers, technical and regulatory requirements, and other challenges and opportunities that need to be addressed in planning commercialization of the units

Sistema internacional de hegemonia conservadora: o fracasso da Rio + 20 na governança dos limites planetários

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Eduardo Viola

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Em um artigo seminal, Rockström et al. (2009 inauguraram uma nova forma de abordar os problemas ambientais. A abordagem das fronteiras planetárias aparece como um instrumento analítico fundamental para avaliar a governança global do ambiente e, em um sentido mais profundo, para refletir sobre o rumo civilizatório da humanidade. O nosso objetivo nesse artigo, é fazer uma avaliação da Rio+20 utilizando como critério a governança global das fronteiras planetárias. No caminho, fazemos especial referência ao papel do Brasil na Cúpula. Nossa conclusão principal é que a Rio+20 foi um fracasso desde o ponto de vista da definição de um espaço de operação segura para a humanidade e que ele é expressão de um sistema internacional bloqueado e dominado por forças conservadoras. Nesse cenário, o Brasil aparece como uma potência ambiental subdesenvolvida (underachiever environmental power: a combinação de um enorme capital ambiental físico com um deficiente capital ambiental social.En un trabajo seminal, Rockström et al (2009 inauguraron una nueva forma de abordar la problemática ambiental, basada en la noción de fronteras planetarias. Esa perspectiva aparece como un instrumento analítico fundamental para evaluar la gobernanza del medio ambiente y en un sentido mas profundo, el propio rumbo de la civilización. El objetivo de este artículo es hacer un balance de la Rio+20 usando como criterio la gobernanza global de las fronteras planetarias, así como analizar el papel de Brasil en la Cumbre. La conclusión principal es que la Rio+20 fue un fracaso desde el punto de vista de la definición de un espacio de operación segura para la humanidad, fracaso que es expresión de un sistema internacional bloqueado y dominado por fuerzas conservadoras. En ese escenario, Brasil aparece como una potencia ambiental subdesarrollada (underachiever environmental power por combinar un vasto capital ambiental físico con un deficiente capital

Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude assayed

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Rhodes, A.K.

1994-01-01

The paper gives an assay of West Texas Intermediate, one of the world's market crudes. The price of this crude, known as WTI, is followed by market analysts, investors, traders, and industry managers around the world. WTI price is used as a benchmark for pricing all other US crude oils. The 41 degree API < 0.34 wt % sulfur crude is gathered in West Texas and moved to Cushing, Okla., for distribution. The WTI posted prices is the price paid for the crude at the wellhead in West Texas and is the true benchmark on which other US crudes are priced. The spot price is the negotiated price for short-term trades of the crude. And the New York Mercantile Exchange, or Nymex, price is a futures price for barrels delivered at Cushing

A percepção ambiental entre os habitantes da região noroeste do estado do Rio de Janeiro La percepción del medio ambiente entre los habitantes de la región noroeste de Rio de Janeiro Environmental perception among inhabitants of northwest region of the State of Rio de Janeiro

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Livia Melo Villar

2008-09-01

Full Text Available Foi desenvolvido um estudo para avaliar a percepção ambiental de indivíduos residentes do Município de Itaperuna, localizado na região Noroeste do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Foram selecionados 243 indivíduos, entre os meses de julho a outubro de 2005, que responderam sobre questões que abordavam a relação indivíduo/ambiente; ações individuais em favor da área ambiental; preocupação com o impacto ambiental e consumo; hábitos pessoais e ambiente. Com base na análise das respostas dos indivíduos, foi observada maior percepção ambiental em indivíduos mais velhos em relação a crianças e jovens. Este resultado demonstra que os programas de educação ambiental nesta região devem ser voltados para crianças e adolescentes, para que os mesmos se tornem adultos conscientes, uma vez que os indivíduos respondentes apresentaram grande interesse pelos temas ambientais e disposição para participar de campanhas e ações de recuperação ambiental.Se desarrolló una investigación para evaluar la percepción ambiental de las personas que viven en la ciudad Itaperuna, situada en la región noroeste del Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Se entrevistaron 243 personas entre julio y octubre de 2005 sobre cuestiones acerca de la relación de la persona sobre el medio ambiente; las acciones a favor de la educación ambiental; las acciones a favor del medio ambiente de la zona; beligerantes acerca del impacto ambiental y de consumo, hábitos personales y el medio ambiente. Cuando las respuestas de esta población se compararon, se observó una gran percepción ambiental en el anciano de los individuos en relación con los niños y adultos jóvenes. Este resultado demostra que programas de educación ambiental en esta región se deben enfocar para los niños y los adolescentes, para que estos se conviertan en adultos más consciente, ya que las personas entrevistadas presentaron gran interés sobre temas de medio ambiente y disposición a participar en

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningitis and Myelitis, Texas, USA.

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Al Hammoud, Roukaya; Nayes, Stacy L; Murphy, James R; Heresi, Gloria P; Butler, Ian J; Pérez, Norma

2017-06-01

Infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis roundworms is endemic in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. A. cantonensis meningitis and myelitis occurred in summer 2013 in a child with no history of travel outside of Texas, USA. Angiostrongyliasis is an emerging neurotropic helminthic disease in Texas and warrants increased awareness among healthcare providers.

Enrollment in Texas Public Schools, 2014-15

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2016-01-01

This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2004-05 through 2014-15 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Public Education Information Management System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for special populations…

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This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2005-06 through 2015-16 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Public Education Information Management System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for special populations…

Constraints and/or determinants of return to sexual activity in the puerperium Condicionantes y/o determinantes del retorno a la actividad sexual en el puerperio Condicionantes e/ou determinantes do retorno à atividade sexual no puerpério

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Cleci de Fátima Enderle

2013-06-01

de salud, la vergüenza del propio cuerpo y las alteraciones en la libido. CONCLUSÍON: se considera fundamental que la temática de la anticoncepción sea abordada con la mujer/pareja durante el prenatal, para que tenga oportunidad de reflexionar y dialogar, antes del momento crítico en sí. OBJETIVO: identificar fatores que condicionam e/ou determinam o retorno das atividades sexuais no puerpério. MÉTODO: estudo exploratório e descritivo, desenvolvido em um hospital universitário do Sul do Brasil. Fizeram parte do estudo 15 puérperas que realizaram a consulta de enfermagem, no período de agosto a outubro de 2011. A coleta de dados aconteceu por entrevista semiestruturada, após o término da consulta, questionando-as quanto ao retorno da atividade sexual e às sensações envolvidas nesse processo. RESULTADOS: o medo de uma nova gravidez foi o principal determinante/condicionante do retorno sexual no pós-parto. Na análise temática despontou, como fatores condicionantes e/ou determinantes, o medo de sentir dor, a liberação do profissional de saúde, a vergonha do próprio corpo e as alterações na libido. CONCLUSÃO: considera-se fundamental que a temática da anticoncepção seja abordada com a mulher/casal durante o pré-natal, para que tenha oportunidade de reflexão e diálogo, anterior ao momento crítico em si.

Texas' forests, 2008

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James W. Bentley; Consuelo Brandeis; Jason A. Cooper; Christopher M. Oswalt; Sonja N. Oswalt; KaDonna Randolph

2014-01-01

This bulletin describes forest resources of the State of Texas at the time of the 2008 forest inventory. This bulletin addresses forest area, volume, growth, removals, mortality, forest health, timber product output, and the economy of the forest sector.

Texas Instruments : Veiligheid is niet iets om over te stemmen

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Blijswijk, M. van; Pennekamp, E.

1990-01-01

In dit artikel wordt het VGW-beleid bij Texas Instruments beschreven. Hiertoe zijn interviews gehouden met B. Veekamp, hoofd opleidingen bij Texas Instruments Holland BV (TIH) en de J. Stapel, voorzitter van de VGW-commissie. Occupational health and safety policy of Texas Instruments Holland B.V.

Making Texas Restaurants Healthier for Children

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2014-12-30

Sylvia Crixell, PhD, RD, Professor of Nutrition at Texas State University, discusses her study which details the success of a community-based program in Texas aimed at combatting childhood obesity by improving children’s menus in restaurants.  Created: 12/30/2014 by Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).   Date Released: 12/30/2014.

Examen preventivo de cáncer del cuello uterino: la percepcion de las mujeres

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Lúcia Beatriz Ressel

2013-07-01

Full Text Available Conocer las percepciones de las mujeres atendidas en una Unidad Básica de Salud (UBS acerca del examen preventivo del cáncer de cuello uterino. Investigación exploratoria, descriptiva, con abordaje cualitativo, realizado con 15 mujeres atendidas en una UBS del interior del Rio Grande do Sul, utilizándose un guión para entrevista semiestructurada. Los datos fueron sometidos al análisis temático. Las mujeres presentan un conocimiento acerca del examen, aunque sea superficial y confuso. Los profesionales tienen, a su alcance, la educación en salud como estrategia para el empoderamiento de las usuarias, considerando sus subjetividades personales adquiridas. La falta de conocimiento adecuado hace con que muchas mujeres tengan dudas sobre el verdadero sentido de la realización del examen preventivo del cáncer de cuello uterino.

Tiempo y narrativa en los folguedos del buey en Brasil

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Maria Laura Viveiros de Castro Cavalcanti

2008-10-01

Full Text Available Los folguedos -danzas- del buey son formas rituales populares, comportamientos simbólicos por excelencia, que exigen una intensa actividad corporal, el uso de trajes y adornos de fantasía y mucha música y danza. De forma recurrente, la literatura folclórica entendió esas fiestas como la escenificación de un auto popular. Este texto propone la comprensión alternativa del “auto del buey” como experiencia narrativa, y busca aprehender las múltiplas dimensiones de temporalidad que la configuran y contextualizan. Estudios y registros, por un lado, y hechos vivos de la cultura popular, por el otro, se superponen y por ello se entienden aquí como integrantes del mismo proceso social. La comprensión de los folguedos del buey contemporáneos requiere, por tanto, la contextualización de los estudios ya existentes, que han recibido una marcada influencia de los presupuestos ideológicos y de las visiones del mundo del Movimiento Modernista, especialmente de las concepciones de Mário de Andrade en los años 1930 y del Movimiento Folclórico Brasileño en la década de 1950.

Overview: Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2009

2009-01-01

The Texas College and Career Readiness Standards define what students should know and be able to accomplish in order to succeed in entry-level college courses or skilled workforce opportunities upon graduation from high school. This paper answers the following questions: (1) Who developed the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards?; (2) What…

Enrollment in Texas Public Schools, 2016-17

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2017-01-01

This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2006-07 through 2016-17 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for special populations and instructional programs.…

Perfil demográfico dos Hupd'äh, povo Maku da região do Alto Rio Negro, Amazonas (2000-2003 Perfil demográfico de los Hupd'äh, pueblo Maku de la región del Alto Rio Negro, Amazonas (2000-2003 Demographic profile of the Hupd'äh, a Maku people living the Upper Rio Negro Region, State of Amazonas, Brazil (2000-2003

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Marina Machado

2009-06-01

Full Text Available Os Hupd'äh são um povo de língua Maku, habitante da região do Alto Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. Lideranças indígenas, antropólogos, missionários e profissionais de saúde afirmam que eles estariam vivendo em condições de saúde precárias, com alta mortalidade geral e infantil. A partir de dados provenientes do Distrito Especial Indígena do Rio Negro - DSEI-RN, da Funasa/MS, para o período 2000-2003, foi realizado um estudo descritivo para avaliar o perfil demográfico e conhecer melhor essa população, contribuindo para a implementação de políticas públicas que lhe favoreçam e para os debates em antropologia, demografia e saúde indígena. A população de 1.487 indivíduos, em 2003, cresceu 8,4% ao ano no período estudado. Sua composição por idade e sexo indica concentração de jovens (44,9% com menos de 15 anos, além da predominância de população do sexo masculino. A taxa bruta de natalidade (TBN média do período foi de 33,4 nascimentos por mil habitantes, a de fecundidade total (TFT correspondeu a 3,4 filhos por mulher, a de mortalidade (TBM foi de 10 óbitos por mil habitantes e a de mortalidade infantil (TMI chegou a 116,3 óbitos por mil nascimentos. O aperfeiçoamento da coleta de informações, o elevado crescimento vegetativo e a intensa mobilidade espacial dos Hupd'äh poderiam explicar o alto ritmo de crescimento verificado entre 2000 e 2003.Los Hupd'äh son un pueblo de lengua Maku, habitante de la región del Alto Río Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. Liderazgos indígenas, antropólogos, misionarios y profesionales de la salud, afirman que estarían viviendo en condiciones de salud precarias, con alta mortalidad general e infantil. A partir de datos provenientes del Distrito Especial Indígena del Río Negro - DSEI-RN, de la Funasa/MS, para el período 2000-2003, fue realizado un estudio descriptivo para evaluar el perfil demográfico y conocer mejor esta población, contribuyendo con la implementación de pol

Sensibilidade e especificidade de critérios de classificação do índice de massa corporal em adolescentes Sensibilidad y especificidad de criterios de clasificación del índice de masa corporal en adolescentes Sensitivity and specificity of criteria for classifying body mass index in adolescents

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José Cazuza de Farias Júnior

2009-02-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de excesso de peso em adolescentes conforme critérios de classificação do índice de massa corporal (IMC e respectivas sensibilidade e especificidade. MÉTODOS: Foram realizadas medidas de peso, estatura e dobras cutâneas, subescapular e triciptal, em 934 adolescentes (masculino= 462 e feminino= 472 de 14 a 18 anos de idade (média= 16,2; dp= 1,0 da cidade de Florianópolis (SC, em 2001. O percentual de gordura estimado a partir das dobras cutâneas (e"25% no masculino e e"30% no feminino foi utilizado como critério padrão-ouro para determinar a sensibilidade e especificidade dos critérios de classificação do IMC em adolescentes. RESULTADOS: A aplicação de diferentes pontos de corte de classificação do IMC, em geral, resultou em prevalências de excesso de peso similares (p>0,05. A sensibilidade dos critérios avaliados foi elevada nos adolescentes do sexo masculino (85,4% a 91,7% e baixa nas do sexo feminino (33,8% a 52,8%. A especificidade foi elevada em todos os critérios, para ambos os sexos (83,6% a 98,8%. CONCLUSÕES: As estimativas de prevalência de excesso de peso pelos critérios de classificação do IMC em adolescentes foram similares e apresentaram especificidade elevada para ambos os sexos, mas baixa sensibilidade nos adolescentes do sexo feminino.OBJETIVO: Estimar la prevalencia de exceso de peso en adolescentes conforme criterios de clasificación del índice de masa corporal (IMC y respectivas sensibilidad y especificidad. MÉTODOS: Fueron realizadas medidas de peso, estatura y pliegues cutáneos, subescapular y triciptal, en 934 adolescentes (masculino= 462 y femenino= 472 de 14 a 18 años de edad (promedio= 16,2; dp=1,0 de la ciudad de Florianópolis (Sur de Brasil, en 2001. El porcentaje de gordura estimado a partir de los pliegues cutáneos (?25% en el masculino y ?30% en el femenino fue utilizado como criterio estándar-oro para determinar la sensibilidad y especificidad de los

BELIEFS AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF AFRICAN BACKGROUND PRESENT IN BAHIA HONDA (PINAR DEL RÍO

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Silfredo Rodríguez-Basso

2016-01-01

Full Text Available The present article is part of PhD thesis about the presence of the African legacy in the cultural identity of Bahia Honda, former municipality of Pinar del Rio province, Cuba until December 2010. With the systematization of the main beliefs and practices of this existent substratum (Santería, Palo Monte y Arará Magino, each component are analyzed based on a socio- cultural approach as an integrated part as the cultural identity in the province. Apart from “spiritism”, an expression that crosses and integrates the different religious manifestations, the main conclusion we could arrive in this work consists on the present specific peculiarities that have converted the religious in a representative universe of the cultural identity of this location in Pinar del Rio.

An Analysis of Laboratory Safety in Texas.

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Fuller, Edward J.; Picucci, Ali Callicoatte; Collins, James W.; Swann, Philip

This paper reports on a survey to discover the types of laboratory accidents that occur in Texas public schools, the factors associated with such accidents, and the practices of schools with regard to current laboratory safety requirements. The purpose of the survey is to better understand safety conditions in Texas public schools and to help…

Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis in Texas

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Losen, Daniel; Orfield, Gary; Balfanz, Robert

2006-01-01

The most accurate method for tracking high school graduation rates is to provide each student with a single lifetime school identification number that would follow him or her throughout his or her entire school career. Texas has this system in place, but this report demonstrates that the official rates Texas has historically reported dramatically…

Prevalencia del "síndrome de quemarse por el trabajo" (burnout en pediatras de hospitales generales Burnout prevalence in pediatricians of general hospitals

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Pedro R Gil-Monte

2008-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analizar la prevalencia del síndrome de quemarse por el trabajo (burnout en pediatras de hospitales generales siguiendo criterios de diferentes países. MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal, no aleatorio, realizado en Buenos Aires, Argentina, en 2006. La muestra la formaron 123 pediatras que trabajaban en Servicios de Pediatría de hospitales generales, 89 fueron mujeres (72,4% y 34 hombres (27,6%. Los datos fueron recogidos mediante un cuestionario anónimo y autoadministrado. El SQT fue diagnosticado utilizando el Maslach Burnout Inventory, con diferentes criterios para establecer su prevalencia. RESULTADOS: La prevalencia del SQT, varió en función del criterio utilizado: siguiendo los puntos de corte del manual de Estados Unidos, la prevalencia fue del 10,6% de 24,4 % siguiendo los criterios de España, 37,4% siguiendo los criterios de Argentina y considerando los criterios clínicos establecidos en Holanda, el porcentaje fue del 3,2%. CONCLUSIONES: Los niveles de prevalencia variaron significativamente en función de los criterios aplicados debido a influencias transculturales.OBJETIVO: Analisar a prevalência da síndrome do esgotamento profissional (burnout em pediatras de hospitais gerais segundo critérios de diversos países. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, não aleatório, realizado em Buenos Aires, Argentina, em 2006. A amostra foi formada por 123 pediatras que trabalhavam em serviços de pediatria de hospitais gerais, sendo 89 mulheres (72,4% e 34 homens (27,6%. As informações foram coletadas com questionário anônimo e auto-administrado. A síndrome do esgotamento profissional foi diagnosticada utilizando o Maslach Burnout Inventory, com diferentes critérios para estabelecer sua prevalência. RESULTADOS: A prevalência da síndrome do esgotamento profissional variou em função do critério utilizado: seguindo os pontos de corte do manual dos Estados Unidos, a prevalência foi de 10,6%, de 24,4% segundo critérios na Espanha

Prospección química y microbiológica del bosque de galería del Río Uruguay Prospecção química e microbiológica do bosque de galeria do Rio Uruguai Chemical and microbiological prospecting woodland along the Uruguay River

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Stephanie Barneche

2010-12-01

Full Text Available La bioprospección es la búsqueda de información a partir de especies biológicas para su uso posterior en procesos de producción en diversos sectores. Ejemplos de esa información es la contenida en el material genético de todos los seres vivos, en los compuestos químicos que producen, en sus interacciones o en el conocimiento de las personas que de una manera u otra han estudiado a esos seres vivos. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de la prospección botánica, química y microbiológica del bosque de galería del río Uruguay en la zona del rio Queguay, ecosistema con gran biodiversidad (comprende unas 200 especies y de características poco comunes en el país dado su carácter subtropical. Se estudiaron 75 extractos provenientes de 31 especies pertenecientes a quince familias cubriendo de esa forma una gran biodiversidad.A bioprospecção é a bisca de informações a partir de espécies biológicas para seu uso posterior em processos de produção em diversos setores. Exemplos dessa informação está contida no material genético de todos os seres vivos, nas substâncias químicas que produzem, nas suas interações ou n o conhecimento das pessoas que, de uma maneira ou de outra, estudam os seres vivos. Neste trabalho é apresentado os resultados da prospecção botânica, química e microbiológica do bosque de galeria do Rio Uruguai na zona do Rio Queguay, ecosistema com grande biodiversidade, com cerca de duzentas espécies, e de características pouco comum no país dado seu caráter subtropical. Foram estudados 75 extratos provenientes de 31 espécies pertencentes a quinze famílias, cobrindo, assim, uma grande biodiversidade.Bioprospecting is the search for information from biological species for later use in production processes in various sectors. Examples of this information is contained in the genetic material of all living beings in the chemicals they produce, in their interactions or the knowledge of people who

A família e o doente mental usuário do hospital-dia: estudo de um caso La familia y el enfermo mental usuário del hospital/día: estudo de un caso The family and the mentally-ill user of day-hospitals: a case study

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Ana Ruth Macêdo Monteiro

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Full Text Available O hospital-dia, como modalidade de assistência psiquiátrica, proporciona a família a possibilidade de vivenciar junto ao seu familiar doente uma maior convivência durante o tratamento, e a leva a buscar junto a esse familiar formas de facilitar o processo adaptativo de interação na família. A proposta deste estudo se configura na busca de compreender de que modo a família e o usuário do hospital-dia interagem no recesso do lar e descrever a experiência narrada por uma família. A família deste estudo foi selecionada a partir de um usuário do hospital-dia que possuísse ou possua história anterior de internações psiquiátricas. Foram entrevistados cinco membros da família em estudo. A partir das experiências descritas pelos sujeitos emergiram duas grandes categorias temáticas: A família vivenciando junto ao seu familiar o hospital-dia , A convivência família ¾ usuário. As experiências relatadas pelos sujeitos neste estudo são bastante significativas para a construção de novas possibilidades na assistência à família do doente mental.El hospital-día como modalidad de atención psiquiátrica, proporciona a la familia la posibilidad de tener una mayor convivencia con su familiar enfermo durante el tratamiento y la lleva a buscar de forma conjunta con éste, formas para facilitar el proceso de adaptación e interacción en la familia. El estudio pretende comprender la manera como la familia y usuario del hospital-día interactuan en el ambiente del hogar y describir la experiencia narrada por una familia. La familia de este estudio fue seleccionada de un usuario del hospital-día que tuviese historia anterior de hospitalizaciones psiquiátricas. Fueron entrevistados cinco familiares. A partir de las experiencias descritas por los sujetos se formaron dos grandes categorías temáticas: La familia conviviendo con su familiar en el hospital-día y la convivencia familia/usuario. Las experiencias relatadas por los sujetos en

75 FR 18200 - Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing

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Organizational Behavior Analysis Focusing on the University of Texas System

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Terry, Bobby K.

2011-01-01

This project analyzes the organizational behavior of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas System is comprised of nine academic and six health institutions. The University of Texas System has over 85,000 employees; the student enrollment is 202,240 with a budget of $2.25 billion dollars. This project has a total of four parts and…

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1992-01-01

The paper describes the author's involvement with the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA) and some of its activities. The mission of TMRA is to solidify the needs and opinions of the various mining sectors into one voice which can be heard on the vital matters of balance between mineral production, environmental protection, economic strength and public welfare. To make this voice effective, TMRA will present the mining industry - and its value to the Texas economy and lifestyle - to the public, educators and students, regulatory officials, legislators and to the media to enhance their understanding. TMRA will promote the active participation of its members in association affairs and strive for integrity, clarity and vision throughout all its operations and activities

Rio de Janeiro y el Campeonato Sudamericano de Futbol de 1919: América del Sur corre detrás de una bola = Rio de Janeiro and the 1919 South American Football Championship: South America runs for a ball Rio de Janeiro e o Campeonato Sul-Americano de futebol de 1919: América do Sul a correr atráz de uma bola

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João M.C. Malaia Santos

2013-03-01

Full Text Available El actual artículo pretende analizar la primera gran competición internacional del fútbol celebrada en Brasil, el Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol de 1919, que tuvo lugar en Río de Janeiro. El objetivo es discutir las cuestiones relativas a la organización de la competición, la selección brasileña de fútbol, los intentos de representación del equipo con elementos que identificaran a los jugadores con valores nacionales a través de la gran prensa carioca y paulista y el papel de los espectadores en este proceso. Usando las fuentes impresas y la metodología de la Historia Económica, la intención es poner al lector en contacto con una gran gama de elementos para el estudio de las grandes competiciones deportivas internacionales.------------------------------------------------------------------------------The present article aims at analyzing the first great international football tournament hosted by Brazil, the 1919 South American Football Championship held in Rio de Janeiro. The objective is to discuss questions concerning the organization of the competition, the national football team, the attempts of the great press of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to represent the team with elements that could identify the players with national values and the role played by the spectators in this process. Using printed documents and the methodology of economic history, the intention is to put the reader in contact with a range of elements for the study of major international sport competitions.O presente artigo destina-se a analisar a primeira grande competição de futebol sediada no Brasil, o Campeonato Sul-Americano de 1919, que aconteceu no Rio de Janeiro. Os objetivos é problematizar as questões que envolveram a organização do torneio, da seleção brasileira de futebol, as tentativas de representação da equipe com elementos que identificassem os jogadores a valores nacionais através da grande imprensa carioca e paulista e o papel

Laboratório de transplante celular: novo cenário de atuação do enfermeiro Laboratorio de trasplante celular: nuevo escenario de la actuación de la enfermera Cellular transplantation laboratory: a new field of action for nurses

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Maria Inês Corradi

2008-04-01

Full Text Available O trabalho apresenta um relato de experiência sobre a atuação do enfermeiro num laboratório de transplante celular. Este Laboratório tem por objetivos realizar isolamentos de células produtoras de insulina para transplante em humanos. O enfermeiro como membro da equipe interdisciplinar participa da estruturação da área física, do delineamento dos processos de trabalho, da elaboração de protocolos e de programa de capacitação da equipe. As principais atividades realizadas pelo enfermeiro incluem o controle de contaminação, treinamento em serviço e avaliação da qualidade dos processos de trabalho desenvolvidos pela equipe interdisciplinar. Os resultados têm demonstrando a efetividade do trabalho do enfermeiro neste novo campo.El presente trabajo trata de un relato de experiencia sobre la actuación del enfermero en un laboratorio de trasplante celular. El objetivo del laboratorio es realizar asilamientos de células productoras de insulina para transplante en seres humanos. El enfermero, como parte del equipo multidisciplinar tuvo participación en la estructura de todos los procesos del trabajo: elaboración de protocolos y programa de capacitación del equipo. Las principales actuaciones del enfermero incluyen el control de contaminación, entreno en el trabajo y la evaluación de la cualidad de las investigaciones hechas por el equipo multidisciplinar. Los resultados han sido favorables, enseñando la efectividad del trabajo del enfermero en esta nueva área.This article presents the experience of a nurse at a cellular transplantation laboratory. This laboratory goal is to isolate insulin producing cells for human transplantation. The nurse, as a member of an interdisciplinary team, took part in the planning of all work processes: working procedures and team training. The main activities under the nurse responsibilities include contamination control, on-the-job training and evaluation of the quality of the procedures

Physical characteristics and fish assemblage composition at site and mesohabitat scales over a range of streamflows in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico, winter 2011-12, summer 2012

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Braun, Christopher L.; Pearson, Daniel K.; Porter, Michael D.; Moring, J. Bruce

2015-01-01

In winter 2011–12 and summer 2012, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, evaluated the physical characteristics and fish assemblage composition of available mesohabitats over a range of streamflows at 15 sites on the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico. The fish assemblage of the Middle Rio Grande includes several minnow species adapted to hydrologically variable but seasonably predictable rivers, including theHybognathus amarus (Rio Grande silvery minnow), a federally listed endangered species. Gaining a better understanding of habitat usage by the Rio Grande silvery minnow was the impetus for studying physical characteristics and fish assemblages in the Middle Rio Grande during different streamflow conditions. Data were collected at all 15 sites during winter 2011–12 (moderate streamflow), and a subset was collected at the 13 most downstream sites in summer 2012 (low streamflow). Sites were grouped into four river reaches separated by diversion dams listed in downstream order (names of the diversion dams are followed by short names of the sites nearest each dam in parentheses, listed in downstream order): (1) Cochiti (Peña Blanca), (2) Angostura (Bernalillo, La Orilla, Barelas, Los Padillas), (3) Isleta (Los Lunas I, Los Lunas II, Abeytas, La Joya, Rio Salado), and (4) San Acacia (Lemitar, Arroyo del Tajo, San Pedro, Bosque del Apache I, and Bosque del Apache II). Stream habitat was mapped in the field by using a geographic information system in conjunction with a Global Positioning System. Fish assemblage composition was determined during both streamflow regimes, and fish were collected by seining in each mesohabitat where physical characteristic data (depth, velocity, dominant substrate type and size, and percent embeddedness) and water-quality properties (temperature

Texas Bull Nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus) Exposures Reported to Texas Poison Centers.

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Forrester, Mathias B

2017-06-01

Texas bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus) is covered in bristly hairs similar to stinging nettle. Contact with the plant may result in intense dermal pain, burning, itching, cellulitis, and allergic reaction. This study characterizes C texanus exposures reported to a large state-wide poison center system. Cases were C texanus exposures reported to Texas poison centers during 2000-2015. The distribution of cases was determined for patient demographics, exposure circumstances, and patient outcome. A total of 140 C texanus exposures were identified. Twenty percent of the patients were aged ≤5 years, 21% were 6 to 12 years, 5% were 13 to 19 years, and 51% were ≥20years; and 51% of the patients were male. Eighty-one percent of the exposures occurred at the patient's own residence, 11% in a public area, 2% at another residence, and 1% at school. Seventy-eight percent of the patients were managed on site, 13% were already at or en route to a health care facility, and 6% were referred to a health care facility. Eighty-eight percent of the exposures resulted in dermal effects: irritation or pain (56%), erythema or flushing (31%), edema (27%), pruritus (24%), rash (19%), puncture or wound (19%), and hives or welts (11%). C texanus exposures reported to Texas poison centers were most likely to be unintentional and occur at the patient's own residence. The outcomes of the exposures tended not to be serious and could be managed successfully outside of health care facilities. Copyright © 2017 Wilderness Medical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

O trato da gymnastica nas revistas médicas do Rio de Janeiro da primeira metade do século 19 - Thoughts on gymnastics in Rio de Janeiro medical journals in the first half of the nineteenth century

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Victor Andrade Melo

2015-05-01

Full Text Available No decorrer do século19 aginástica foi discutida, reconhecida como importante tema e difundida por instituições que se atribuíam o domínio do saber médico. Interessa-nos abordar sobre essas articulações entre os conhecimentos e práticas médicas e a ginástica, buscando compreender como esse olhar específico adquiriu legitimidade, constituindo um entendimento que se manifestou na introdução da prática nas escolas brasileiras. Tendo em vista esse intuito, discute-se os posicionamentos sobre a ginástica publicados em três periódicos médicos editados na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, na primeira metade do século 19: Semanário de Saúde Pública, Revista Médica Fluminense e Revista Médica Brasileira.Palavras-chave: ginástica, educação física, medicina.THOUGHTS ON GYMNASTICS IN RIO DE JANEIRO MEDICAL JOURNALS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AbstractDuring the 19th century, gymnastics was discussed, recognized as an important issue and disseminated by institutions that attributed itself the domain of medical knowledge. We are interested in think about these linkages between medical knowledge and practice and gymnastics, trying to understand how this particular look has acquired legitimacy, providing a comprehension which was manifested in the introduction of the practice in Brazilian schools. In this sense, this study aims to discuss the thoughts on gymnastics published in three medical journals edited in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the first half of the 19th century: Semanário de Saúde Pública, Revista Médica Fluminense and Revista Médica Brasileira.Key-words: gymnastics, physical education, medicine.MIRADAS SOBRE LA GIMNASIA EN LAS REVISTAS MÉDICAS DEL RIO DE JANEIRO DE LA PRIMERA MITAD DEL SIGLO 19 ResumenDurante el siglo 19, la gimnasia ha sido discutida, reconocida como un tema importante y difundida por instituciones que se atribuyan el dominio de los saberes médicos. Estamos interesados en el

Violencia intrafamiliar en hogares de adolescentes pinareños con diagnóstico de trastorno disocial Intrafamily violence in homes of adolescents having the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder in Pinar del Rio

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Diana Barón Hernádez

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Full Text Available Introducción: en el municipio Pinar del Río se identificó el incremento de diversas manifestaciones de violencia en las familias de los adolescentes diagnosticados con trastorno disocial. Objetivo: caracterizar la violencia intrafamiliar en las familias de adolescentes con diagnóstico de trastorno disocial residentes en el municipio Pinar del Río. Material y métodos: constituyó una investigación descriptiva y transversal en una muestra intencional de veinticinco familias de veintiséis adolescentes (dos hermanos y convivientes de las comunidades que reportaron las cifras más altas de prevalencia del trastorno de 2006 a 2010. Las técnicas aplicadas fueron: entrevistas semiestructuradas, escalas de valoración, escudo familiar, dibujo de la familia y autorretrato; además de, entrevistas a los especialistas que atendían a los adolescentes y revisión de las historias clínicas. Resultados: los tipos de violencia física y psicológica expresadas a la vez fueron predominantes y se asociaron a eventos paranormativos del ciclo vital familiar. En todas las familias se reportaron antecedentes de comportamientos violentos. Los miembros de mayor participación en situaciones violentas fueron los adolescentes y sus madres. La reacción predominante de los adolescentes ante la violencia intrafamiliar fue la agresión verbal, ocupando estos posiciones de agredido y agresor/agredido, en lo fundamental. Conclusiones: en la mayoría de las familias los comportamientos violentos se mantuvieron desde las primeras manifestaciones, con independencia de la singularidad de su expresión, asociados a eventos paranormativos del ciclo vital. Las situaciones violentas en las familias involucraron a los adolescentes y facilitaron modelos a imitar para estos.Introduction: an increase of varied manifestations of violence was identified in families of adolescents having the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder in Pinar del Rio municipality. Objective: to

O RIO CAPITAL IMAGINADO PELA CRÍTICA CINEMATOGRÁFICA: os casos de Rio Fantasia e Rio, 40 graus

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Eliska Altmann

Full Text Available No artigo, busca-se verificar como o Rio de Janeiro, “cidade-capital”, foi imaginado por críticos cinematográficos brasileiros. Por meio de críticas aos filmes Rio fantasia (1957, de Watson Macedo, e Rio, 40 graus (1955, de Nelson Pereira dos Santos, pretende-se entender como a então Capital Federal foi descrita e legitimada por agentes que formam julgamentos, quiçá, para a posteridade.

Environmental impact assessment, from Rio-92 to Rio+20 and beyond

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Luis E. Sánchez

2012-12-01

Full Text Available The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was of paramount importance in the consolidation and international dissemination of environmental impact assessment, officially recognized as a tool for informed decision-making towards sustainable development (Principle 17, Rio Declaration and for protection of biodiversity (Article 14, Convention on Biological Diversity. A significant development afterwards was the strengthening of strategic environmental assessment in the design of policies, plans and programs. Both forms of impact assessment can establish the necessary connections between one goal of the Rio+20 Conference - reaching an agreement on the transition to a green economy - and the underpinning decision making processes. Although the Rio+20 Summit has faced challenges to acknowledge its potential, impact assessment should be strengthened in support of both government and business decisions.La Cumbre de la Tierra de 1992 fue de la más grande importancia en la consolidación y diseminación de la evaluación de impacto ambiental, oficialmente reconocida como una herramienta para la toma de decisiones informada hacia el desarrollo sostenible (Principio 17, Declaración de Rio y para la protección de la biodiversidad (Artículo 14, Convención de la Diversidad Biológica. Un avanzo posterior importante fue el fortalecimiento de la evaluación ambiental estratégica en la preparación de políticas, planos y programas. Ambas formas de evaluación de impacto son capaces de establecer los necesarios vínculos entre un objetivo declarado de la Conferencia Rio+2- - llegar a un acuerdo sobre la transición para una economía verde - y los procesos decisorios subyacentes. Aunque la Cumbre Rio+20 tenga encontrado dificultades en reconocer su potencial, la evaluación de impactos debería ser fortalecida en soporte de decisiones gubernamentales y privadas.A Cúpula da Terra de 1992, no Rio de Janeiro, teve a maior importância na consolidação e dissemina

Escalas de exploração vocacional (EEV para universitários Escalas de exploración vocacional (EEV para universitarios Vocational exploration scales (VES for university students

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Marco Antônio Pereira Teixeira

2007-04-01

Full Text Available O comportamento exploratório tem sido descrito na literatura como um aspecto fundamental do desenvolvimento de uma carreira ao longo do ciclo vital. O objetivo deste estudo foi criar um instrumento para avaliar as duas dimensões principais do comportamento exploratório vocacional (exploração de si mesmo e exploração do ambiente em universitários. O instrumento foi aplicado a 384 universitários com idade média de 21,7 anos, dos quais 65% eram mulheres. Análises dos componentes principais permitiram identificar as duas dimensões postuladas, demonstrando validade do construto. Os índices de consistência interna observados (0,85 e 0,89 também foram satisfatórios. Não houve diferenças de sexo para exploração de si e do ambiente. Estudantes em fim de curso apresentaram níveis mais elevados de exploração do ambiente do que os de início de curso. Embora ainda sejam necessários estudos complementares, os resultados desta pesquisa indicam que este instrumento construído apresenta evidências iniciais de validade e fidedignidade.El comportamiento exploratorio ha sido descrito en la literatura como un aspecto fundamental del desarrollo de una carrera a lo largo del ciclo vital. El objetivo de este estudio fue el de crear un instrumento para evaluar las dos dimensiones principales del comportamiento exploratorio vocacional (exploración de sí mismo y exploración del ambiente en universitarios. El instrumento fue aplicado a 384 universitarios con edad media de 21,7 años, de los cuales el 65% eran mujeres. Análisis de los componentes principales permitieron identificar las dos dimensiones postuladas, demostrando validad del constructo. Los índices de consistencia interna observados (0,85 y 0,89 también fueron satisfactorios. No hubo diferencias de género para exploración de sí y del ambiente. Estudiantes concluyentes de curso presentaron niveles más elevados de exploración del ambiente si comparados a los que estaban a

Rio+20 ou Rio-20?: crônica de um fracasso anunciado

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Roberto Pereira Guimarães

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Passadas quatro décadas da Conferência de Estocolmo sobre o Meio Ambiente Humano, e decorridos apenas alguns meses da Rio+20, parece apropriado analisar o caminho percorrido a partir de Rio-92 e os desafios, em grande parte frustrados, da conferência recém concluída no Rio de Janeiro. Para tais propósitos, são analisados os avanços e retrocessos da agenda global de desenvolvimento sustentável, do processo preparatório e dos resultados alcançados no Rio em Junho de 2012, como também das ameaças provocadas pela nova agenda de segurança estratégica após os eventos de 11 Setembro de 2001 e pela crise econômica e financeira que já dura praticamente uma década. O artigo conclui com as perspectivas da agenda internacional nos próximos anos.Pasadas cuatro décadas desde la Conferencia de Estocolmo sobre Medio Ambiente Humano, y transcorridos tan solo algunos meses de la Rio+20, pareciera apropiado analisar el camino percorrido a partir de la Rio-92 y los desafíos, en grande parte frustrados, de la conferencia recien concluída en Rio de Janeiro. Para tales propósitos, serán analisados los avances e retrocesos en la agenda global de desarrollo sustentable, en el proceso preparatorio y en los resultados alcanzados en Rio en Junho de 2012, como también de las amenazas provocadas por la nueva agenda de segurida estratégica luego de los eventos de 11 Setembro de 2001 y por la crisis económica y financiera que ya dura prácticamente una década. El artículo concluye con las perspectivas de la agenda internacional em los próximos anos.After four decades since the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and after just a few months of Rio+20, it seems appropriate to assess the path followed since Rio+92 and the challenges, mostly frustrated, posed by Rio+20 . For this purpose, it is analyzed the advances and shortcomings of the global agenda of sustainable development, of the preparatory process and the results achieved in Rio

76 FR 73618 - Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing

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2011-11-29

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Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox group, central Texas

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Hook, Robert W.; Warwick, Peter D.; SanFilipo, John R.; Schultz, Adam C.; Nichols, Douglas J.; Swanson, Sharon M.; Warwick, Peter D.; Karlsen, Alexander K.; Merrill, Matthew D.; Valentine, Brett J.

2011-01-01

Coal deposits in the Wilcox Group of central Texas have been regarded as the richest coal resources in the Gulf Coastal Plain. Although minable coal beds appear to be less numerous and generally higher in sulfur content (1 percent average, as-received basis; table 1) than Wilcox coal deposits in the Northeast Texas and Louisiana Sabine assessment areas (0.5 and 0.6 percent sulfur, respectively; table 1), net coal thickness in coal zones in central Texas is up to 32 ft thick and more persistent along strike (up to 15 mi) at or near the surface than coals of any other Gulf Coast assessment area. The rank of the coal beds in central Texas is generally lignite (table 1), but some coal ranks as great as subbituminous C have been reported (Mukhopadhyay, 1989). The outcrop of the Wilcox Group in central Texas strikes northeast, extends for approximately 140 mi between the Trinity and Colorado Rivers, and covers parts of Bastrop, Falls, Freestone, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Milam, Navarro, Robertson, and Williamson Counties (Figure 1). Three formations, in ascending order, the Hooper, Simsboro, and Calvert Bluff, are recognized in central Texas (Figure 2). The Wilcox Group is underlain conformably by the Midway Group, a mudstone-dominated marine sequence, and is overlain and scoured locally by the Carrizo Sand, a fluvial unit at the base of the Claiborne Group.

76 FR 14387 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

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2012-04-17

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Tornado from Texas.

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Vail, Kathleen

1996-01-01

Santa Fe School Superintendent Yvonne Gonzales, the "Texas Tornado," was hired to fix a 40% student-dropout rate and a white/Hispanic gap in achievement test scores. Gonzales is an avid integrationist; relies on humor, appeasement, and persuasion tactics; and has alienated some school employees by increasing central office…

Instructional Technology Practices in Developmental Education in Texas

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Martirosyan, Nara M.; Kennon, J. Lindsey; Saxon, D. Patrick; Edmonson, Stacey L.; Skidmore, Susan T.

2017-01-01

The purpose of this study was to examine the current state of technology integration in developmental education in Texas higher education. Analyzing survey data from developmental education faculty members in 70 2- and 4-year colleges in Texas, researchers identified instructor-reported best instructional technology practices in developmental…

Texas coral snake (Micrurus tener) bites.

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Morgan, David L; Borys, Douglas J; Stanford, Rhandi; Kjar, Dean; Tobleman, William

2007-02-01

The clinical features of bites from Texas coral snakes (Micrurus tener) have not been well studied. Our goal was to review the largest number of victims of Texas coral snakebites to determine their characteristics, effects, treatment, and outcome. Retrospective case series of Micrurus tener exposures reported to the Texas Poison Center Network from 2000 to 2004. Eighty-two patients were included in the analysis. Most (57.3%) were 18 to 49-year-old men. Almost 90% had local swelling, pain, erythema, or paresthesias. Only 7.3% had systemic effects, and none of these were severe. Over half received coral snake antivenin, and 15.9% were given opioids for pain. No patient died and no patient required mechanical ventilation due to hypoventilation from the snakebite. There were more local findings and less severe systemic effects than previously reported. Antivenin is not needed for most of these patients, and opioids may be administered safely.

Nuclear energy in Texas: major issues and policy recommendations

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1979-01-01

On December 15, 1978 the Texas Energy Advisory Council (TEAC) adopted the Texas Energy Policy, 1978 Update. The Council recognized the great complexity of technical, economic, social, and political issues which have an impact on nuclear power, and therefore decided that a special committee was needed to examine in greater detail the nuclear energy issues facing Texas. This report summarizes the work of the Advisory Committee on Nuclear energy. Topics discussed include: biological affects of low levels of radiation; transportation of radioactive material in Texas; uranium mining and milling; severance tax on uranium mining; alternate reactor designs and fuel cycles; financing nuclear plant construction; cost of disposing of nuclear wastes and decommissioning nuclear plants; low-level wastes; disposal of high-level wastes; commercial spent nuclear fuel reprocessing; and transmutation of radioactive wastes

Ressignificando vidas: reflexões acerca da construção do cuidado em saúde do consultório na Rua (CNAR – contribuições da terapia ocupacional / Giving new meaning to life: reflections on the construction of care in health in Consultório na Rua (CnaR

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Soraya da Conceição Telles Silva

2017-07-01

interventions of the team of the Office in the Street. The establishment of the link for care, the valorization of users' knowledge and the production of subjectivity that takes place on the street were the selected categories that composed the scenes described. Potentialities of the on-site office and professional-user relationships were observed, as well as daily difficulties faced.Keywords: Homeless persons, consultation office in the street, integrality in health, Occupational Therapy. La oferta de cuidado en la salud a la población en situación de calle es reciente en Brasil, por lo tanto, se enfrenta a una serie de dificultades, barreras y prejuicios. Este trabajo intenta analisar la oferta de cuidado al Consultório na Rua en la perspectiva de la construcción del cuidado en la salud y las contribuciones de terapia ocupacional enquanto area de producion de un saber cientifico transdisciplinario. Se trata de um estudio exploratório-descriptivo, enfoque cualitativo, con base en la realización de levantamiento bibliográfico e investigación documental, que incluye el uso del diario de campo con registros de las vivencias interprofesionales en la calle. Se utilizó este registro de experiencia práctica como base para la construcción de escenas presentadas, precursoras para el análisis y reflexión de las intervenciones del equipo del Consultorio en la calle. El establecimiento de vínculo para el cuidado, la valorización del saber de los usuarios y la producción de subjetividad que se da en la calle fueron las categorías seleccionadas que compusieron las escenas descritas. Observó el potencial de el servicio de Consultório na Rua (CnaR y sus relaciones entre el usuário- profesional así como frente a las dificultades cotidianas.Palabras clave: población de la calle, consultorio en la calle, integralidad en salud, Terapia Ocupacional.

76 FR 13610 - Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing

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La cuestión del régimen político en los proyectos de la nación Argentina ( mediados del siglo XIX

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Lettieri, Alberto

2005-08-01

Full Text Available This article studies the political and intellectual debate developed within the Rio de la Plata liberal intelligentsia in mid 19th Century over the features that were desirable for the «post-rosista» political regime. Focus is placed on questions such as political authority and social consensus, and on their incidence for the construction of a new legitimacy after a long period of disagreements.

En este artículo se estudia el debate político-intelectual desarrollado en el seno de la elite letrada liberal rioplatense a mediados del siglo XIX, sobre las características del régimen político desable en la Argentina post-rosista. En particular se analiza las cuestiones de la autoridad política y del consenso social indispensable que debía rodearla, y su incidencia en el marco del proceso de construcción de una nueva legitimidad tras una larga etapa de discordia.

Defense Base Realignment and Closure Budget Data for Naval Air Stations Dallas, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, Realigning to Carswell Air Reserve Base, Texas

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Granetto, Paul

1994-01-01

.... This report provides the results of the audit of 16 projects, valued at $122 million, for the realignment of the Naval Air Stations Memphis, Tennessee, and Dallas, Texas, to Carswell Air Reserve Base, Texas...

Commercial Space Port Planning in Texas

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Bell, L.; Looke, B.

2002-01-01

The Texas Legislature is providing funding to support research and planning activities aimed at creating a commercial spaceport in the state. These monies have been allocated to regional Spaceport Development Corporations that have been established in three countries containing candidate site locations: Willacy County (in South Texas); Brazoria County (East Texas); and Pecos County (West Texas). This program is being sponsored and coordinated by the Texas Aerospace Commission (TAC). The Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) at the University of Houston is providing research, planning and design support to TAC and is a member of each of the three regional development teams. Planning must carefully consider special support requirements and operational characteristics of all prospective launch systems along with geographic, infrastructure and environmental factors at each site. Two of the candidate sites are in coastal areas; a priority for certain launch service providers; whereas the third inland site is more attractive to others. Candidate launch systems include winged horizontal takeoff air-launch vehicles, vertical multi-stage reusable launch vehicles, and expendable sub-orbital surrounding rockets. Important research and planning activities include environmental impact assessments, analyses of overflight hazards, investigations of economic impacts and business plan development. The results of these activities will guide master plan development for each site, including: a physical plan (site layout, infrastructure improvements and facility construction); and a strategic plan (user agreements, licenses, finance sources and participants). Commercial spaceport development demands compliance with stringent FAA regulations established by the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST) which exceed minimum standards allowed for U.S. Government spaceport facilities. Key among these requirements are 15,000 ft. radius on-site clear zones

Anestesia e o usuário de Ecstasy Anestesia y el usuario de Ecstasy Anesthesia and the Ecstasy user

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Eduardo Toshiyuki Moro

2006-04-01

Full Text Available JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Nos últimos anos o número de novos usuários de agentes ilícitos tem aumentado de forma significativa em todo o mundo. A maconha e a cocaína, além do álcool e do tabaco, têm sido os agentes citados com freqüência, porém houve um aumento significativo de usuários de outros agentes psicoestimulantes ou alucinógenos, como o Ecstasy, o GHB, o LSD e a metanfetamina, empregados com o objetivo de intensificar as experiências sociais. O objetivo do presente artigo foi discutir a apresentação clínica, os efeitos deletérios e as potenciais interações com o ato anestésico no paciente cirúrgico usuário desses agentes ilícitos. CONTEÚDO: O artigo discute os mecanismos de ação, a apresentação clínica, os efeitos deletérios e as possíveis repercussões observadas durante a anestesia no usuário de MDMA (3,4-metilenodioximetanfetamina, também conhecido como Ecstasy. CONCLUSÕES: A apresentação clínica e os efeitos deletérios provocados pelo 3,4-metilenodioximetanfetamina (Ecstasy, assim como potenciais interações com o ato anestésico devem ser do conhecimento do anestesiologista, pois em muitas situações esses usuários serão submetidos a intervenções cirúrgicas de emergência, ou mesmo eletivas.JUSTIFICATIVA Y OBJETIVOS: En los últimos años el número de nuevos usuarios de drogas ilícitas ha aumentado de forma significativa en todo el mundo. La marihuana y la cocaína, además del alcohol y del tabaco, han sido las drogas citadas frecuentemente, sin embargo, hubo un aumento significativo de usuarios de otros agentes psicoestimulantes o alucinógenos, como el Ecstasy, el GHB, el LSD y la metanfetamina, empleados con el objetivo de intensificar las experiencias sociales. El objetivo del presente artículo fue el de traer a colación la presentación clínica, los efectos destructivos y las potenciales interacciones con el acto anestésico en el paciente quirúrgico usuario de esas drogas

Work and Family Programs in Texas State Agencies.

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A survey of work and family policies in state-supported organizations in Texas was conducted for the Texas Workforce Commission's Work and Family Clearinghouse. Survey questions addressed the prevalence, perceived need, and future direction of dependent care programs and flexible work arrangements (FWA). Key findings in dependent care include: (1)…

76 FR 25330 - Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

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2011-05-04

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP11-216-000] Texas Eastern... Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in Docket No... in the termination of any services to Texas Eastern's customers, all as more fully set forth in the...

Estresse no trabalho em agentes dos centros de atendimento socioeducativo do Rio Grande do Sul Estrés en el trabajo en agentes en los centros de atención socioeducativa de Rio Grande do Sul Job stress in agents at the socio-educational service centers in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

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Patrícia Bitencourt Toscani Greco

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Estudo que teve por objetivo verificar a associação entre estresse no trabalho, características sociodemográficas, laborais, hábitos e condições de saúde dos agentes socioeducadores do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com 381 agentes dos Centros de Atendimento Socioeducativo do Rio Grande do Sul. Utilizou-se a versão brasileira da Job Stress Scale, para avaliação do estresse no trabalho. Foram classificados, em situação de alta exigência no trabalho, 19,2% dos agentes. Mostraram-se associados ao estresse no trabalho: necessidade de acompanhamento psicológico, falta de tempo para lazer, turno diurno de trabalho, insatisfação com o local de trabalho, necessidade de afastamento do trabalho, por problemas de saúde, e escala de trabalho insuficiente. Há necessidade de buscar melhores condições de trabalho e a efetivação de um Serviço de Saúde do Trabalhador atuante, no sentido de minimizar os efeitos das demandas psicológicas no trabalho do agente socioeducador.El estudo tenía el objetivo de verificar la asociación entre estrés en el trabajo, rasgos sociodemográficos, laborales, hábitos y condiciones de salud de los agentes socioeducadores de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Es un estudio transversal con 381 agentes de Centros de Atención Socioeducativa de Rio Grande do Sul. Se utilizó la versión brasileña de Job Stress Scale para evaluación de estrés en el trabajo. El 19, 2% de los agentes se clasificó en situación de alta exigencia laboral. Se mostraron asociadas al estrés en el trabajo: necesidad de acompañamiento psicológico, falta de tiempo para el ocio, tiempo diurno de trabajo, insatisfacción con el lugar de trabajo, necesidad de alejamiento del trabajo por problemas de salud y escala de trabajo insuficiente. Existe la necesidad de buscar mejores condiciones de trabajo y la efectuación de un Servicio de Salud del Trabajador actuante, para minimizar los efectos de las demandas

Evaluating in-home water purification methods for communities in Texas on the border with Mexico Evaluación de métodos domésticos de purificación de agua para comunidades de Texas fronterizas con México

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Patrick L. Gurian

2006-12-01

Full Text Available This study evaluated user preferences among three alternative in-home water treatment technologies suitable for households relying on trucked water in El Paso County, Texas, which is on the border with Mexico. The three technologies were: chlorination of household storage tanks, small-scale batch chlorination, and point-of-use ultraviolet disinfection. Fifteen households used each of the three technologies in succession for roughly four weeks each during April through June of 2004. Data were collected on treated water quality, and a face-valid survey was administered orally to assess user satisfaction with the technologies on a variety of attributes. Treatment with a counter-top ultraviolet disinfection system received statistically significantly higher ratings for taste and odor and likelihood of future use than the other two approaches. Ultraviolet disinfection and small-scale batch chlorination both received significantly higher ratings for ease of use than did storage tank chlorination. Over-chlorination was a common problem with both batch chlorination and storage tank chlorination. Water quality in the households using trucked water is now higher than was reported by a previous study, suggesting that water quality has improved over time.Este estudio evaluó las preferencias de los consumidores de tres tecnologías domésticas para el tratamiento del agua, apropiadas para viviendas del condado de El Paso, Texas, situado en la frontera con México, que dependen del agua transportada en camiones. Las tres tecnologías fueron cloración de los tanques domésticos de almacenamiento, cloración de pequeños lotes de agua y desinfección mediante luz ultravioleta en el punto de dispensación. Quince viviendas utilizaron sucesivamente cada una de las tres tecnologías durante aproximadamente cuatro semanas entre abril y junio de 2004. Se registraron los datos sobre la calidad del agua tratada y se realizó una encuesta oral aceptada por los

Memória cultural e imaginário pós-colonial: o lugar de Lília Momplé na literatura moçambicana

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Anselmo Peres Alós

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Resumo: Na primeira parte deste trabalho, realiza-se uma reflexão sobre a questão da memória e do imaginário pós-colonial no campo dos estudos literários que se dedicam à compreensão das literaturas lusófonas. Busca-se compreender de que maneira tais investigações podem colaborar para uma descolonização do imaginário nas literaturas das ex-colônias portuguesas, dando particular atenção ao caso da literatura moçambicana. Na segunda parte, realiza-se uma leitura interpretativa do livro Ninguém matou Suhura (1988, de autoria da escritora moçambicana Lília Momplé, na tentativa de rastrear as maneiras e os mecanismos discursivos mobilizados pela autora no sentido de transformar as sofridas memórias colonialistas em material para sua composição literária.Palavras-chave: Memória e história; imaginário póscolonial; literatura moçambicana; Lília Momplé; Ninguém matou Suhura. Resumen: En la primera parte del presente artículo, se hace una investigación acerca de la cuestión de la memoria y del imaginario postcolonial en el campo de los estudios literarios dedicados a la comprensión de las literaturas lusófonas. Lo que se busca es la comprensión del modo por que esas investigaciones puedan colaborar para una descolonización del imaginario en las literaturas de las ex-colonias portuguesas, con particular atención a la cuestión de la literatura mozambicana. En la segunda parte, se hace una lectura interpretativa del libro Ninguém matou Suhura (1988, de autoría de la escritora mozambicana Lília Momplé, intentando rastrear las maneras y los mecanismos discursivos articulados por la autora en el sentido de hacer de sus sufridas memorias colonialistas el material a ser utilizado en su composición literaria.Palabras-clave: Memoria e historia; imaginario postcolonial; literatura mozambicana; Lília Momplé; Ninguém matou Suhura.Keywords: Memory and history, post-colonial imaginary; Mozambican literature; L�

Water temperature change caused by reservoirs; Alteracion que presenta la temperatura del agua por la existencia de embalses

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Val, Rafael [Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico); Ninerola, Daniel; Pomares, Juan; Dolz, Jose [Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna (Spain); Armengol, Juan [Universidad de Barcelona (Spain)

2006-01-15

The water of a river exchanges heat with the atmosphere and with the riverbed; this process can reach its equilibrium along a stretch of river with similar geologic and climatic characteristics. This behavior can be modified by artificial effects; for example the use of the river water as a cooler in thermal power stations or in reservoir existent. The case of regions with Mediterranean climate, where the reservoirs here studied are found, the effects of changes in the natural thermal regime caused by dams and reservoirs are evaluated through: seasonal and daily thermal constancies, warmer winter water temperatures and reduced summer water temperature. Downstream from the power station or downstream the dam, the water temperature will evolve in such a way as to achieve the environmental equilibrium. The water temperature is a main factor in the ecology of the river; already it conditions in importance the life in fluvial reservoirs. [Spanish] El agua de un rio mantiene un intercambio de calor con la atmosfera y con el fondo. Este proceso puede alcanzar su equilibrio siempre y cuando las caracteristicas geologicas y climaticas a lo largo de un tramo del rio sean similares. Sin embargo, el comportamiento termico del rio puede ser alterado por los diversos usos del agua, como la refrigeracion de centrales termoelectricas, o por el almacenamiento del agua debido a la existencia de una presa. En el caso de las regiones con clima mediterraneo, donde se encuentran los embalses aqui estudiados, los efectos de las alteraciones en el regimen termico, resultado a su vez de dichos embalses, provocan una tendencia a la constancia termica estacional (elevacion de las temperaturas invernales y disminucion de las temperaturas estivales) y tambien un aumento de la uniformidad diaria. Aguas abajo de las termoelectricas o presas, la temperatura del agua evoluciona de tal forma que tiende a lograr el equilibrio con el medio ambiente.

Monitoring work zone safety and mobility impacts in Texas.

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2009-05-01

In this report, Texas Transportation Institute researchers identify key work zone safety and mobility : performance measures that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) should target as part of a work : zone monitoring program within a distri...

La agricultura en la Amazonia ribereña del río Ucayali: ¿una zona productiva pero poco rentable? A agricultura ribeirinha Amazônica do rio Ucayali: uma zona produtiva mas pouco rentável?

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Ricardo A. Labarta

2007-06-01

Full Text Available La riqueza de los suelos aluviales a lo largo de los ríos amazónicos permite altos rendimientos en los cultivos. En el Perú, esta característica ha sido sustento de propuestas que sugieren concentrar la agricultura amazónica en sus riberas. Sin embargo, la viabilidad económica de la agricultura ribereña sigue siendo desconocida. Este artículo usa un modelo agroeconómico y analiza la rentabilidad de la agricultura ribereña del río Ucayali en las cercanías de Pucallpa. Se da énfasis a la importancia de las distintas condiciones agronómicas y del mercadeo propias de la zona. Los resultados muestran que la rentabilidad de los sistemas agrícolas ribereños difiere con el tipo de tierra utilizado y con el carácter temporal o permanente de la actividad que realizan los agricultores. Además, la rentabilidad está condicionada a las variaciones propias de la agricultura ribereña, particularmente las inundaciones tempranas. Así los buenos rendimientos de sus suelos aluviales no garantizan la rentabilidad en todos sus cultivos y sistemas.A fertilidade dos solos aluviais ao longo dos rios da Amazônia resulta em altos rendimentos agrícolas. No Peru, esta característica tem levado à propostas de política que sugerem que se concentre a agricultura da Amazônia ao longo das costas dos rios. Contudo, a viabilidade econômica da agricultura ribeirinha é ainda desconhecida. O presente artigo usa um modelo agroeconômico para analisar a lucratividade deste tipo de agricultura no rio Ucayalinas proximidades de Pucallpa. Ênfase especial foi dada às condições de produção e comercialização na área. Os resultados mostram que a lucratividade dos sistemas de cultivo ribeirinhos variam de acordo com o tipo de solo em questão e a natureza temporal ou permanente das atividades dos agricultores. Ademais, esta lucratividade é condicionada pelas variações na agricultura ribeirinha, especialmente as enchentes prematuras dos rios. Deste modo

Assistência pré-natal da casa de parto do Rio de Janeiro: a visão de suas usuárias Atención prenatal de la casa del parto de Río de Janeiro: la visión de sus usuarios Prenatal care of the birth center of Rio de Janeiro: the vision of its users

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Sabrina Lins Seibert

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa que teve como objetivo analisar a assistência pré-natal oferecida pela Casa de Parto David Capistrano Filho (RJ sob a ótica de suas usuárias e baseou-se no conceito de Humanização do Parto e Nascimento. Para tanto, foram convidadas a responder o questionário todas as puérperas que tiveram seus partos entre os meses de maio e setembro de 2005. Os resultados obtidos nos informam que esta maneira diferenciada de assistência vem sendo bem aceita pela população assistida, além de oferecer os serviços e cuidados preconizados pelo Ministério da Saúde, seguindo as normas da Organização Mundial de Saúde de atenção segura e efetiva à gestação e parto de baixo risco.Se trata de una investigación cuantitativa que tiene como objetivo analizar la asistencia prenatal ofrecida por la casa del parto David Capistrano Filho (RJ bajo óptica de sus usuarios y basado en el concepto de la humanización del parto y del nacimiento. Para esto, fueron invitadas para contestar un cuestionario las mujeres que tuvieron sus partos entre los meses de mayo y septiembre de 2005. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan que que esta forma especializada de asistencia cuenta con cada vez mayor aceptación por la población atendida. Por otro lado, , además del ofrecimiento a los servicios y a los cuidados, elogiados por el Ministerio de de la salud bajo las normas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud de el rubro de atención segura para garantir la gestación y parto del riesgo bajo.The present study discusses the results of a quantitative research with the objective to analyze the prenatal care offered by the Casa de Parto David Capistrano Filho (RJ (Birth Center focusing on its users, based on the concept of Humanization of the Childbirth and Birth. For this purpouse , the women that gave birth between May and September of 2005 were invited to answer a questionnaire. The results obtained indicate a good acceptance by the

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Diversidad y variación estacional de peces en la cuenca baja del río Nanay, Perú

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Ericka Correa

2011-05-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo informa sobre la diversidad de peces en la cuenca baja del rio Nanay, tributario del río Amazonas. Esta zona está sometida a la extracción indiscriminada de peces con usos ornamentales y de consumo directo. Utilizando redes de arrastre (10 x 2,5 m, 5 mm de luz de malla, se realizaron capturas en época de vaciante (agosto y setiembre de 2007 y creciente (febrero de 2008, en tres lugares del rio Nanay. Se colectaron 1626 individuos, correspondientes a 86 especies, de 23 familias y cinco órdenes. El número de especies vario entre 13 y 21 en época de vaciante y entre 18 y 26 especies en época de creciente. Predominaron los Characiformes, Siluriformes y Perciformes. El 76% de los individuos con tamaños menores de 10 cm. El 65% de las especies registradas tienen uso ornamental.

Evaluation of the potential expansiveness of soils in the Hermanos Cruz neighbourhood, Pinar del Rio, Cuba: a contribution to urban planning

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Chinthaka-Ganepola, G.A.; Mohammed, A. S.; Ordaz Hernandez, A.; Estevez Cruz, E.; Hernandez Santana, J.R.

2016-01-01

Expansive soils can be categorized as one of the geohazards observed in the urban environment, representing a silent hazard to buildings and infrastructure. To evaluate this problematic soil it is necessary to know some of its geotechnical properties. Generally, the average values of soil properties are used in the methods which characterize the geological formation and the lithological group, which causes a great degree of uncertainty. To overcome this problem, this study proposes a procedure for estimating and modelling the principle soil properties that have an impact on expansive soils. The selected case study is located in the Hermanos Cruz neighbourhood in the city of Pinar del Rio in Cuba. The investigation was organized into the following stages: primary assessment of the potential expansiveness of the soils, modelling of the soil properties utilizing 3D geostatistical methods and finally the cartographic representation of the potential Expansiveness of soils on a Geographic Information System (GIS) platform at different depth zones which are of importance in the construction of shallow foundations of engineering works. The application of this methodology in the Hermanos Cruz neighbourhood revealed that its soils possess a potential expansiveness of low to medium, apart from some isolated zones which show a potential expansiveness of medium to high. (Author)

Evaluation of the potential expansiveness of soils in the Hermanos Cruz neighbourhood, Pinar del Rio, Cuba: a contribution to urban planning

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Chinthaka-Ganepola, G.A.; Mohammed, A. S.; Ordaz Hernandez, A.; Estevez Cruz, E.; Hernandez Santana, J.R.

2016-07-01

Expansive soils can be categorized as one of the geohazards observed in the urban environment, representing a silent hazard to buildings and infrastructure. To evaluate this problematic soil it is necessary to know some of its geotechnical properties. Generally, the average values of soil properties are used in the methods which characterize the geological formation and the lithological group, which causes a great degree of uncertainty. To overcome this problem, this study proposes a procedure for estimating and modelling the principle soil properties that have an impact on expansive soils. The selected case study is located in the Hermanos Cruz neighbourhood in the city of Pinar del Rio in Cuba. The investigation was organized into the following stages: primary assessment of the potential expansiveness of the soils, modelling of the soil properties utilizing 3D geostatistical methods and finally the cartographic representation of the potential Expansiveness of soils on a Geographic Information System (GIS) platform at different depth zones which are of importance in the construction of shallow foundations of engineering works. The application of this methodology in the Hermanos Cruz neighbourhood revealed that its soils possess a potential expansiveness of low to medium, apart from some isolated zones which show a potential expansiveness of medium to high. (Author)

Long-term changes in river system hydrology in Texas

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Y. Zhang

2018-06-01

Full Text Available Climate change and human actives are recognized as a topical issue that change long-term water budget, flow-frequency, and storage-frequency characteristics of different river systems. Texas is characterized by extreme hydrologic variability both spatially and temporally. Meanwhile, population and economic growth and accompanying water resources development projects have greatly impacted river flows throughout Texas. The relative effects of climate change, water resources development, water use, and other factors on long-term changes in river flow, reservoir storage, evaporation, water use, and other components of the water budgets of different river basins of Texas have been simulated in this research using the monthly version of the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP modelling system with input databases sets from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ and Texas Water Development Board (TWDB. The results show that long-term changes are minimal from analysis monthly precipitation depths. Evaporation rates vary greatly seasonally and for much of the state appear to have a gradually upward trend. River/reservoir system water budgets and river flow characteristics have changed significantly during the past 75 years in response to water resources development and use.

Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 71 (2000, Austin, Paper.

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Larry D. Banks

2000-11-01

Full Text Available This annual bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society is a unique contribution specifically focused upon the history of Texas archaeology in a format that no others have done previously. The volume contains 150 pages, the majority of which consists of interviews (146 pages conducted by the first State Archaeologist of Texas, Curtis Tunnell. In 1968 Tunnell conceived of the idea of obtaining personal interviews from individuals whom he considered his heroes for their pioneering efforts in Texas archeology. This volume entails the first publication of such information, but more will certainly follow. The remaining four pages comprise two different reviews of other publications important in their own right to those interested in Southern Plains archeology of Texas. These two reviews by Timothy K Pertulla and David T. Hughes, respectively, are of The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 1540·1542 Route Across the Southwest by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing flint, and GaffCreek: Artifact Collection Strategy and Occupation Prehistory on the Southern High Plains, Texas County. Oklahoma. The section by Tunnell titled "In Their Own Words: Stories from Some Pioneer Texas Archeologists" contains numerous previously unpublished photographs of people, sites and artifacts referred to the texts.

Mississippian depositional history of the Texas Panhandle: A reappraisal

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Ruppel, S.C.

1988-01-01

Recent lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic study of subsurface Mississippian rocks of the Texas Panhandle indicates that previous interpretations of the sequence and timing of depositional events in the area need revision. Early Mississippian (Kinderhookian to Osagean) deposition in the area was restricted to the northeastern Panhandle (Anadarko Basin). The Texas Arch, a Devonian structure, remained positive and effectively limited sediment accumulation throughout the remainder of the area at this time. Major inundation of the southern Panhandle did not occur until the Meramecian. At that time shallow platform conditions developed in the area of the submerged Texas Arch; carbonate buildups formed locally on the outer ramp along the previous margin of the Arch. This marine transgression correlates with drowning of platform margins throughout the midcontinent region. The Texas Arch continued intermittently to control deposition until the end of the Mississippian Period. 20 refs., 2 figs

Nuevo Leon during the Independence of Texas, 1835-1836

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Miguel Ángel González Quiroga

2006-10-01

Full Text Available The new-born Mexican Republic suffered one of its strongest shocks in 1836, during the Texas War. The impact of this conflict in the neighbouring state of Nuevo Leon is the main subject of this work, which also describes the situation of Mexico and its army, as well as the state's reaction towards the centralist shift — Texas' main argument  for splitting from Mexico. The study of the separation of Texas, widely reviewed in Mexican historiography, is enriched through the viewpoint of one of the most affected states.

Texas freight 2055 roundtable.

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2016-03-01

Participants were welcomed to the Roundtable discussion and to the Dallas/Fort Worth region by : Mr. Michael Morris (Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Governments : (NCTCOG)). Mr. Morris began his remarks by noting the import...

Floods in Central Texas, September 7-14, 2010

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Winters, Karl E.

2012-01-01

Severe flooding occurred near the Austin metropolitan area in central Texas September 7–14, 2010, because of heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Hermine. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District, determined rainfall amounts and annual exceedance probabilities for rainfall resulting in flooding in Bell, Williamson, and Travis counties in central Texas during September 2010. We documented peak streamflows and the annual exceedance probabilities for peak streamflows recorded at several streamflow-gaging stations in the study area. The 24-hour rainfall total exceeded 12 inches at some locations, with one report of 14.57 inches at Lake Georgetown. Rainfall probabilities were estimated using previously published depth-duration frequency maps for Texas. At 4 sites in Williamson County, the 24-hour rainfall had an annual exceedance probability of 0.002. Streamflow measurement data and flood-peak data from U.S. Geological Survey surface-water monitoring stations (streamflow and reservoir gaging stations) are presented, along with a comparison of September 2010 flood peaks to previous known maximums in the periods of record. Annual exceedance probabilities for peak streamflow were computed for 20 streamflow-gaging stations based on an analysis of streamflow-gaging station records. The annual exceedance probability was 0.03 for the September 2010 peak streamflow at the Geological Survey's streamflow-gaging stations 08104700 North Fork San Gabriel River near Georgetown, Texas, and 08154700 Bull Creek at Loop 360 near Austin, Texas. The annual exceedance probability was 0.02 for the peak streamflow for Geological Survey's streamflow-gaging station 08104500 Little River near Little River, Texas. The lack of similarity in the annual exceedance probabilities computed for precipitation and streamflow might be attributed to the small areal extent of the heaviest rainfall over these and the other gaged

Hydrologic interpretation of geophysical data from the southeastern Hueco Bolson, El Paso, and Hudspeth Counties, Texas

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Gates, Joseph Spencer; Stanley, W.D.

1976-01-01

Airborne-electromagnetic and earth-resistivity surveys were used to explore for fresh ground water in the Hueco Bolson southeast of El Paso, Texas. Aerial surveys were made along about 500 miles (800 km) of flight line, and 67 resistivity soundings were made along 110 miles (180 km) of profile. The surveys did not indicate the presence of any large bodies of fresh ground water, but several areas may be underlain by small to moderate amounts of fresh to slightly saline water.The material underlying the flood plain of the Rio Grande is predominantly clay or sand of low resistivity. Along a band on the mesa next to and parallel to the flood plain, more resistive material composed partly of deposits of an ancient river channel extends to depths of about 400 to 1,700 feet (120 to 520 m). Locally, the lower part of this more resistive material is saturated with fresh to slightly saline water. The largest body of fresh to slightly saline ground water detected in this study is between Fabens and Tornillo, Texas, mostly in the sandhill area between the flood plain and the mesa. Under assumed conditions, the total amount of water in storage may be as much as 400,000 to 800,000 acre-feet (500 million to 1 billion m ).The resistivity data indicate that the deep artesian zone southwest of Fabens extends from a depth of about 1,200 feet (365 m) to about 2,800 feet (855 m).

76 FR 80430 - Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited; Notice of Application

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2011-12-23

... plc and Rio Tinto Limited; Notice of Application December 19, 2011. AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''). ACTION: Notice of application under section 3(b)(2) and 45(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act''). SUMMARY: Summary of Application: Rio Tinto plc (``RTP'') and Rio Tinto...

Texstar: The all-Texas educational satellite system

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1990-01-01

Longhorn Satellite Company (LSC) has designed Texstar, and educational satellite communications system which will be considered as a means of equalizing the distribution of educational resources throughout the state of Texas. Texstar will be capable of broadcasting live lectures and documentaries in addition to transmitting data from a centralized receiving-transmitting station. Included in the design of Texstar is the system and subsystem design for the satellite and the design of the ground stations. The launch vehicle used will be the Texas-built Conestoga 421-48. The Texstar system incorporates three small satellites in slightly inclined geosynchronous orbits. Due to the configuration and spacing of these satellites, the system will be accessed as if it were one large, geostationary satellite. Texstar is shown to be a viable option to the educational crisis in the state of Texas.

Eficiencia de riego en el área de riego del Rio Dulce

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Angella, G.; Prieto, D.

2004-01-01

The Río Dulce Irrigation System is located in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The system water use efficiency was calculated as 36%. This figure can be ascribed to: 1- inadequate on-farm irrigation management; 2- poor maintenance of canal network. Application of very high depths

Effects of Year-Round Education on Texas Middle School Student Performance

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Coopersmith, Michael

2011-01-01

This study was designed to investigate the effects of the year-round calendar on student performance in Texas middle schools as measured by achievement on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test. In the State of Texas, 15 schools served students in grades six through eight using the year-round calendar in 2009-2010. The 15…

Análisis Comparativo de las Prácticas de Negocio Basadas en Tecnología en Empresas delSector Comercio Minorista. Un enfoque binacional en la zona fronteriza de Tamaulipas-Texas

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Victoria E. Erosa Martín

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Las micro y pequeñas empresas del sector de comercio al menudeo también están involucradas en prácticas de negocio habilitadas por tecnología. Siendo un importante segmento de mercado para los proveedores de productos de consumo que operan en el marco de la administración de la cadena de abasto, los formatos comerciales del tipo de las “tienditas de la esquina”, las “tiendas de abarrotes” y otras de los giros de farmacia, ropa, papelería, etc., han incursionado en la operación de procesos habilitados por tecnología del tipo de registro de ventas, administración de inventario, pagos electrónicos y administración de anaqueles debido a que su competitividad y sobrevivencia están en juego debido a la agresiva competencia de los formatos de tiendas de conveniencia y de mega tiendas. Por contribuir al 23% del Producto Interno Bruto del país y proporcionar empleo al 79% de la PEA del país resulta relevante conocer la actual posición tecnológica de las empresas micro y pequeñas (MP de este sector e identificar sus mejores prácticas habilitadas con tecnología. En este mundo de MP, los problemas de los proveedores originados por la dispersión del canal de distribución son visibles por el alto nivel de atomización de los puntos de venta (14 032 MP a los cuales abastecer diariamente vs. 137 tiendas en formato de Supermercado en el estado de Tamaulipas en la zona fronteriza con el estado de Texas de los Estados Unidos, lo que muestra la modalidad de distribución por capilaridad que operan los proveedores de bienes de consumo final. En situaciones de zona fronteriza con los Estados Unidos, a consecuencia de las interacciones comerciales fronterizas los consumidores Mexicanos de la zona hacen sus compras en ambos lados de la frontera, ampliando con ello su universo de compras. Para identificar las mejores prácticas habilitadas con tecnología de las micro y pequeñas empresas comerciales localizadas en ambos lados de la

Impacto social de las salas de rehabilitación en el Municipio de Pinar del Río Social impact of rehabilitation rooms in Pinar del Rio municipality

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Yazuina Fuentes de la Rosa

2012-10-01

Full Text Available Introducción: la rehabilitación tiene el objetivo de contribuir a la recuperación y reinserción a la sociedad de personas con discapacidades físico-motoras. Objetivo: determinar el impacto social de las salas de rehabilitación en el municipio Pinar del Río durante el período 2009-2011. Material y método: se realizó una investigación observacional, descriptiva, transversal, y aplicada. Para el procesamiento y análisis estadístico univariado y bivariado se diseñó una base de datos en el programa Access® y se utilizó el paquete estadístico SPSS 14.0®. Resultados: el número de casos atendidos se ha incrementado paulatinamente por años de servicios hasta un total de 44408 (100%, sobresaliendo por áreas el Policlínico «Hermanos Cruz» (34%. La enfermedad rehabilitada y el tratamiento indicado más frecuentes fueron la artropatía (47.7% y la kinesioterapia (28,9% respectivamente. El 73,5 % inició el tratamiento físico-rehabilitador antes de los 3 días y el 94 % tuvo menos de 45 minutos de estadía promedio de espera. La estadía promedio de tratamiento en la sala fue de 15 a 21 días (46 %. La calidad percibida por el usuario y su resolutividad fueron superiores en el 90 % de los casos. La tasa de reinserción de los pacientes en la vida laboral fue de un 66.7 %. El costo unitario descendió inicialmente a 1.13 para luego aumentar a 1.30. El grado de satisfacción de los pacientes fue de un 94 %. Conclusiones: se logró el impacto social deseado de las salas de rehabilitación del municipio de Pinar del Río sobre la calidad de la atención a estos pacientes.Introduction: rehabilitation is aimed at providing the recovery and reinsertion of people suffering from physical-motor disabilities. Objective: to determine the social impact of the rehabilitation rooms in Pinar del Rio municipality during 2009-2011. Material and Method: an observational, descriptive, cross sectional and applied research was conducted. To process the

Wind/solar resource in Texas

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Nelson, V.; Starcher, K.; Gaines, H. [West Texas A& M Univ., Canyon, TX (United States)

1997-12-31

Data are being collected at 17 sites to delineate a baseline for the wind and solar resource across Texas. Wind data are being collected at 10, 25, and 40 m (in some cases at 50 m) to determine wind shear and power at hub heights of large turbines. Many of the sites are located in areas of predicted terrain enhancement. The typical day in a month for power and wind turbine output was calculated for selected sites and combination of sites; distributed systems. Major result to date is that there is the possibility of load matching in South Texas during the summer months, even though the average values by month indicate a low wind potential.

Organizational management in family businesses in the Vale do Rio dos Sinos Gestión organizacional en empresas familiares en el Vale do Rio dos Sinos Gestão organizacional em empresas familiares no Vale do Rio dos Sinos

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Ernani Cesar de Freitas

2010-12-01

Full Text Available In the context of business changes, family businesses have often been observed and studied because of their potential for development. Furthermore, these are organizations that have contributed much, and will continue to contribute, to development of the region and the communities, while occupying a prominent position in the business scenario. The organizational practices of management by these businesses in the region of the Vale do Rio dos Sinos were identified and described to provide considerations and potential actions for improving the organizational models adopted. The methodology of exploratory and field research was applied to develop this study. For analysis, the qualitative approach was used to interpret data collected. Results suggest that the family businesses studied implement changes and improvements in their management practices so that organizational models adopted are flexible and adjusted to the globalized world today thereby contributing to growth of the business and also to local, regional and national development as well.En el contexto de las mudanzas empresariales, las empresas familiares han sido objeto frecuente de observación y estudio en consecuencia del potencial de desarrollo que poseen, además del hecho de que esas organizaciones han contribuido y todavía contribuyen para el desarrollo regional y de las comunidades, ocupando una posición de destaque en el escenario de los negocios. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar y caracterizar prácticas organizacionales de gestión en empresas familiares en la región del Vale do Rio dos Sinos, en el sentido de propiciar reflexiones y posibles acciones que visen el perfeccionamiento de los modelos organizacionales adoptados. Para desarrollar este estudio se aplicó la metodología de investigación exploratoria y de campo. El análisis se realizó mediante el abordaje cualitativo, para la interpretación de los datos averiguados en la investigación. Los

Policy Brief: What is the Legal Framework for Automated Vehicles in Texas?

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2017-11-01

During the 85th Texas Legislature in 2017, Texas enacted a law related to automated vehicles. The bill, SB 2205, creates the legal framework for automated vehicle operation and testing in Texas. Although this law addresses a number of issues that can...

Programa de controle do tabagismo do hospital universitário Cassiano Antônio de Moraes: perfil de usuários e funcionários

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Lorena ALBERTASSE

2013-09-01

Full Text Available funcionários do Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio de Moraes, quanto a aspectos socioeconômicos e tabagísticos. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e exploratório, conduzido sobre abordagem quantitativa. Resultados: Entre os usuários do serviço, 19,2% são fumantes e 24% ex-fumante. A faixa etária em que mais se fuma foi a de 20-39 anos (8,5%. 39,2% dos usuários fumantes possuem o Ensino Fundamental Incompleto e renda de até 2 salários mínimos (41,3%. A quantidade em anos que se fuma é maior naqueles que fumam há mais de 10 anos (42,3%. Entre os funcionários o número de fumantes foi de 12 (12,2%, sendo que 5 (41,6% fumam há mais de 20 anos; 66,7% tinham o Ensino Médio e 67,6% recebiam renda de 2-5 salários mínimos. Nos dois grupos estudados foi elevada à prevalência de fumantes que referiu o desejo de cessar o fumo (74% usuários, 83,3% funcionários, no entanto apenas uma pequena parcela já se submeteu a algum tipo de tratamento.

Tendência da mortalidade por doenças do aparelho circulatório no Brasil: 1950 a 2000 Tendencia de la mortalidad por enfermedades del aparato circulatorio en Brasil: 1950 a 2000 Mortality trends due to circulatory system diseases in Brazil: 1950 to 2000

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Eduarda Ângela Pessoa Cesse

2009-11-01

Full Text Available FUNDAMENTO: As doenças do aparelho circulatório (DAC, um dos mais importantes problemas de saúde da atualidade, apesar de proporcionalmente ainda liderarem as estatísticas de morbi-mortalidade, começam a apresentar tendência declinante da mortalidade em diversos países. OBJETIVO: Analisar a tendência da mortalidade por DAC nas capitais brasileiras, no período de 1950 a 2000. MÉTODOS: Estudo de série temporal das razões de mortalidade padronizadas por DAC. Utilizamos dados secundários de óbitos dos anuários estatísticos do IBGE e do Sistema de Informação de Mortalidade. Realizamos análise de tendência linear das razões de mortalidade padronizadas por DAC nas capitais brasileiras que apresentaram séries completas de mortalidade, considerando os anos censitários do período do estudo (1950 a 2000. RESULTADOS: Apesar de proporcionalmente as DAC representarem a primeira causa de óbito na população brasileira, bem como apresentarem crescimento proporcional no período de análise deste estudo, o risco de óbito, representado pelas razões de mortalidade padronizadas, apresenta-se em decréscimo, particularmente a partir da década de 80. Destacam-se as cidades de Fortaleza, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, que apresentam razões de mortalidade padronizadas elevadas, porém em decréscimo (p FUNDAMENTO: Las enfermedades del aparato circulatorio (EAC, uno de los problemas más importantes de salud de la actualidad, pese a que aún lideran proporcionalmente las estadísticas de morbimortalidad, comienzan a mostrar una tendencia declinante en la mortalidad en diversos países. OBJETIVO: Analizar la tendencia de la mortalidad por EAC en las capitales brasileñas, en el período de 1950 a 2000. MÉTODOS: Estudio de serie temporal de las razones de mortalidad estandarizadas para EAC. Utilizamos datos secundarios de óbitos de los anuarios estadísticos del IBGE y del Sistema de Información de Mortalidad

Rural southeast Texas air quality measurements during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study.

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Schade, Gunnar W; Khan, Siraj; Park, Changhyoun; Boedeker, Ian

2011-10-01

The authors conducted air quality measurements of the criteria pollutants carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and ozone together with meteorological measurements at a park site southeast of College Station, TX, during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study II (TexAQS). Ozone, a primary focus of the measurements, was above 80 ppb during 3 days and above 75 ppb during additional 8 days in summer 2006, suggestive of possible violations of the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) in this area. In concordance with other air quality measurements during the TexAQS II, elevated ozone mixing ratios coincided with northerly flows during days after cold front passages. Ozone background during these days was as high as 80 ppb, whereas southerly air flows generally provided for an ozone background lower than 40 ppb. Back trajectory analysis shows that local ozone mixing ratios can also be strongly affected by the Houston urban pollution plume, leading to late afternoon ozone increases of as high as 50 ppb above background under favorable transport conditions. The trajectory analysis also shows that ozone background increases steadily the longer a southern air mass resides over Texas after entering from the Gulf of Mexico. In light of these and other TexAQS findings, it appears that ozone air quality is affected throughout east Texas by both long-range and regional ozone transport, and that improvements therefore will require at least a regionally oriented instead of the current locally oriented ozone precursor reduction policies.

Crianças em situação de violência de um ambulatório do Rio de Janeiro: conhecendo seu perfil Niños en situación de violencia de un ambulatorio en Rio de Janeiro: conociendo su perfil Children under violence situation followed-up in the outpatient setting at Rio de Janeiro: knowing their profile

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Lucia Martins de Magalhães Pierantoni

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Buscou-se caracterizar as crianças envolvidas em situação de violência e seus familiares, e analisar o papel social do agressor/protetor no círculo da violência. Estudo quantitativo descritivo foi desenvolvido no Ambulatório da Família de um Hospital do Rio de Janeiro, entre 2006 e 2007. Dados do prontuário de 44 crianças demonstraram intensa relação entre pobreza, baixa escolaridade e gênero na matriz social da violência. Houve maior registro de meninos (64% expostos a violência do que meninas. A violência física foi a queixa mais recorrente (33,3%. Paradoxalmente, a mãe foi a principal agressora (39,1% e protetora (57,1%. Conclui-se que tanto a criança como o agressor/protetor precisam de intervenção, apoio e monitoração do serviço de saúde, e que o duplo papel social (agressor/protetor implica uma abordagem de cuidado centrado na família.Pretende caracterizar los niños implicados en la situación de violencia y sus familiares y analizar el papel social del agresor/protector en el círculo de la violencia. El estudio cuantitativo descriptivo fue desarrollado en el ambulatorio de Familia de un Hospital de Río de Janeiro entre 2006 y 2007. Datos de los registros médicos de 44 niños señalan una intensa relación entre pobreza, bajo nivel de escolaridad y género en la matriz social de la violencia. Existe un mayor índice de niños expuestos a la violencia (64% en comparación con las niñas. La violencia física es el factor que más se repite (33.3%. Paradójicamente, la madre es la principal agresora (39.1% y protectora (57.1%. Se concluyó que tanto el niño como el agresor/protector necesitan de ayuda, apoyo y supervisión de los servicios de salud. En consecuencia, la doble función social del agresor/protector implica un enfoque del cuidado centrado en la familia.The objectives of the study were to characterize children under violence situation, and their family members; and to analyze the social role of

Nos caminhos do pai: influências de Francisco Palmério na formação do escritor Mário Palmério

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André Azevedo da Fonseca

2011-12-01

Full Text Available O artigo traça uma biografia de Francisco Palmério (1867-1947, pai do escritor mineiro Mário Palmério (1916-1996 – autor de Vila dos Confins (1956 e Chapadão do Bugre (1965. Através de fontes primárias e análise documental, a pesquisa desenvolve interpretações sobre as influências paternas de caráter moral, cultural, intelectual e profissional que marcaram a primeira geração da família Palmério no Brasil e, particularmente, condicionaram as experiências que mais tarde seriam ressignificadas na obra literária e na trajetória pessoal de Mário Palmério. Notamos que as permanentes viagens a trabalho do pai e as suas diversas atividades profissionais favoreceram uma consciência familiar das particularidades da região. Essa experiência favoreceu a criação de vínculos econômicos, políticos e afetivos com a cultura regional e estimulou nos filhos um profundo conhecimento histórico e geográfico do Oeste mineiro. Além disso, o pai parece ter exercido uma profunda influência sobre os filhos no que diz respeito ao gosto pela política regional. O artigo desenvolve a hipótese de que todas essas experiências foram elementos presentes na formação de Mário Palmério e, mais tarde, apareceriam de modo explícito em sua literatura marcada pela descrição da natureza, do cotidiano e das intrigas políticas regionalistas. Palavras-chave: Regionalismo; Literatura regionalista; Literatura mineira; Mário Palmério; Vila dos Confins; Chapadão do Bugre.

Manifestaciones de violencia intrafamiliar hacia adultos mayores diabéticos. Pinar del Rio, 2012

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Full Text Available Introducción: la violencia contra el adulto mayor es un problema que requiere de sensibilización por parte del equipo de salud para ser visualizado. Objetivo: caracterizar las manifestaciones de violencia intrafamiliar hacia el adulto mayor diabético en un consultorio de la provincia de Pinar del Río. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal durante el primer semestre del año 2012, en el Consultorio número 10 del Policlínico Universitario "Hermanos Cruz". El universo (U=86 estuvo constituido por el total de adultos mayores diabéticos; la muestra quedó conformada por 52 adultos mayores diabéticos. Las variables estudiadas fueron: edad, sexo, tipo de maltrato recibido, notificación, principal agresor e identificar la necesidad de información sobre el tema. Para la recolección de información se diseñó y aplicó un cuestionario por el equipo de investigación. Se utilizó el porcentaje como medida de resumen. Resultados: el grupo de edad más maltratado fue el de 60 a 69 años, predominando el sexo femenino. Los agresores más cercanos resultaron ser los hijos. La muestra estudiada manifestó que existe una insuficiente divulgación sobre el tema. Conclusiones: en el consultorio donde se realizó la investigación existen manifestaciones de violencia intrafamiliar en adultos mayores diabéticos, a pesar de que la comunidad no la reconoce como uno de sus problemas de salud.

Moessbauer and XRD Comparative Study of Host Rock and Iron Rich Mineral Samples from Paz del Rio Iron Ore Mineral Mine in Colombia

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Fajardo, M.; Perez Alcazar, G. A.; Moreira, A. M.; Speziali, N. L.

2004-01-01

A comparative study between the host rock and the iron rich mineral samples from the Paz del Rio iron ore mineral mine in Colombia was performed using X-ray diffraction and Moessbauer spectroscopy. Diffraction results of the iron rich mineral sample show that goethite, hematite, quartz, kaolinite and siderite are the main phases, and that a small amount of illite is also present. By Moessbauer spectroscopy at room temperature (RT) the presence of all the above mentioned phases was detected except quartz as well as an additional presence of small amount of biotite. The goethite, which appears as four sextets with hyperfine fields of 33.5, 30.5, 27.5 and 18.5 T, respectively, is the majority phase. This result shows the different grades of formation of this oxyhydroxide. The Moessbauer spectrum of this sample at 80 K presents the same phases obtained at RT without any superparamagnetic effect. In this case the goethite appears as two sextets. Diffraction results of the host rock sample show a large amount of quartz and kaolinite and small amounts of illite and biotite, whereas by Moessbauer spectroscopy illite, kaolinite and biotite were detected.

Confirmação de presença de usuário à cirurgia eletiva por telefone como estratégia para reduzir absenteísmo Confirmación de presencia del paciente a cirugías electivas por teléfono como estrategia reductora del ausentismo Telephone confirmation of a patient's intent to be present for elective surgery as a strategy to reduce absenteeism

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Marla Andréia Garcia de Avila

2013-02-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho trata-se de pesquisa quase experimental para avaliar o impacto na redução do absenteísmo de usuários agendados para cirurgia eletiva, quando submetidos à confirmação de presença por telefone. O estudo foi conduzido no Centro Cirúrgico do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, durante trinta dias, perfazendo 89 usuários. Os resultados indicaram a efetividade da intervenção, que reduziu o absenteísmo em 30%. Recomenda-se sua implementação na antevéspera da cirurgia, possibilitando novas tentativas para encontrar o usuário no domicílio e convocação de outro. A criação de um núcleo de atendimento poderia constituir um canal de comunicação entre instituição e usuário, permitindo a confirmação da presença da pessoa e a oportunidade de sanar dúvidas sobre o tratamento e comunicar eventuais impedimentos à cirurgia. O núcleo demandaria um profissional com habilidade e conhecimento do serviço, uma vez que os usuários requerem orientações sobre o tratamento durante o contato telefônico.Investigación cuasi experimental evaluando el impacto en la reducción del ausentismo de pacientes agendados para cirugía electiva, confirmando su presentación por vía telefónica. Estudio realizado en el Centro Quirúrgico del Hospital de Clínicas de la Facultad de Medicina de Botucatu, durante 30 días, involucrando a 89 pacientes. Los resultados indican la efectividad de la acción, que redujo el ausentismo en 30%. Se recomienda implementarla en la antevíspera de la cirugía, con tiempo para nuevos intentos de encontrar al paciente en domicilio o de convocar a otro. La creación de un centro de atención podría constituirse en un canal de comunicación institución-paciente, permitiendo la confirmación de la presencia, la oportunidad de subsanar dudas acerca del tratamiento y comunicar eventuales impedimentos para la cirugía. El centro demandaría de un profesional con habilidad y

Implantação de um sistema de gestão de reagentes em laboratórios universitários

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Nelio Garbellini de Carvalho

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Los temas ambientales han sido cada vez más discutidos actualmente y nuevas praticas en ese sentido están ganando importancia en diversos sectores, por ejemplo, en las instituciones de enseñanza superior. En esa obra fueron diagnosticadas y analisadas, a través de un cuestionário aplicado a los encargados, las atividades relacionadas al manejo de los reactivos y el medio como su control es ejecutado por los laboratorios del Departamiento de Quimica de la Universidad Federal de Sao Carlos. De esa manera, fue desarrollado un software integrado entre los laboratorios, para la gestión de los reactivos, buscando disminuir el desperdício de ellos y la compra desnecesaria, lo que ayuda a minimizar la generación de residuos y el impacto ambiental.

Gastrointestinal helminths in raccoons in Texas.

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Kresta, Amy E; Henke, Scott E; Pence, Danny B

2009-01-01

Raccoons (n=590) were collected from October 1999 to August 2003 from 35 counties across Texas, and gastrointestinal tracts were examined for helminth parasites. Prevalence was calculated and differences in mean abundance were examined among habitat ecoregions, age classes, and between sexes. Twenty different species of helminths (13 nematodes, two cestodes, two acanthocephalans, and three trematodes) were positively identified in the gastrointestinal tracts of 590 raccoons in Texas. Five of the 20 helminth species collected (Physaloptera rara, Placoconus lotoris, Molineus barbatus, Atriotaenia procyonis, and Macracanthorhynchus ingens) had a prevalence >20%. The total number of individuals of these five species (n=22,777) accounted for over 86% of the total number of individuals of all helminth species (n=26,426) collected. Subsequent analyses were based on these five helminths. Mean abundance differed among habitat ecoregions, age classes, and between sexes for all five parasites evaluated. This study is the most comprehensive statewide survey ever done of gastrointestinal helminths of raccoons across Texas. The five most prevalent helminths identified have all been reported in at least one previous survey, indicating that these parasites are not new to Texas and that raccoons are not naïve to the effects these parasites have on them. It may be helpful to wildlife rehabilitators, trappers, wildlife biologists, and other professionals to be aware of parasite abundance in raccoons from different areas of the state, as frequent human-raccoon interactions occur, and some of these parasites could be harmful to humans and domestic animals.

Disbursement of $65 million to the State of Texas for construction of a Regional Medical Technology Center at the former Superconducting Super Collider Site, Waxahachie, Texas

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1995-05-01

As part of a settlement agreement between the US DOE and the State of Texas, DOE proposes to transfer $65 million of federal funds to the Texas National Research Laboratory Commission (TNLRC) for construction of the Regional Medical Technology Center (RMTC) to be located in Ellis County, Texas. The RMTC would be a state-of-the-art medical facility for proton cancer therapy, operated by the State of Texas in conjunction with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The RMTC would use the linear accelerator assets of the recently terminated DOE Superconducting Super Collider Project to accelerate protons to high energies for the treatment of cancer patients. The current design provides for treatment areas, examination rooms, support laboratories, diagnostic imaging equipment, and office space as well as the accelerators (linac and synchrotron) and beam steering and shaping components. The potential environmental consequences of the proposed action are expected to be minor

Evaluación del efecto residual del temephos en larvas de Aedes aegypti en Lima, Perú

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Palomino S, Miriam; Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.; Solari, Lely; Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú. Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unánue. Lima, Perú.; León C, Walter; Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.; Vega H, Rosario; Centro Nacional de Control de Calidad, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.; Vergaray C, Máximo; Centro Nacional de Control de Calidad, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.; Cubillas, Luis; Dirección de Salud Lima Norte III, Ministerio de Salud. Lima, Perú.; Mosqueda C, Rosa; Centro Nacional de Control de Calidad, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.; García A, Norma; Centro Nacional de Control de Calidad, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.

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El temephos ha sido usado como la única estrategia de control para Aedes aegypti en Lima durante los últimos años. Objetivo: Evaluar la eficacia residual de temephos para el control de Ae. aegypti en condiciones de campo y laborato - rio en Lima, Perú. Materiales y métodos: Se eligieron ocho tanques bajos de concreto (TBC) depósitos predominan - temente infestados con Ae. aegypti en el distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho, situado al norte del área suburbana de Lima. Se cuantificó el número de ...

Physical activity and overweight among adolescents on the Texas-Mexico border La actividad física y el sobrepeso en adolescentes que viven en la frontera mexicanoestadounidense

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Adriana Pérez

2006-04-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in associations between physical activity and over-weight for students in two adjacent areas on the border between Mexico and the United States of America: students in the city of Matamoros, Mexico, and Mexican-American students in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV area of southern Texas. Since the extremely high prevalence of overweight among Mexican-American adolescents is well-recognized, we wanted to determine whether overweight has become a problem among Mexican adolescents as well. METHODS: Students from 6 schools (n = 653, representing 11% of the ninth-grade students in Matamoros during 2002-2003, and students from 13 high schools (n = 4 736, representing 22% of the ninth-grade students in the LRGV during 2000-2001, completed questionnaires. Polytomous logistic regression was performed to estimate the risk of being at risk for overweight (> 85th percentile to 95th percentile of BMI-for-age and sex versus normal weight that were associated with measures of physical activity. For simplicity, the classification of normal weight also included underweight. RESULTS: A higher percentage of adolescents in the LRGV were at risk of overweight (17% in comparison with adolescents from Matamoros (15%. The percentages of LRGV and Matamoros adolescents who were overweight were identical (17%. LRGV adolescent boys (OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.77-0.98 who participated in team sports were less likely to be at or above the 85th percentile of BMI-for-age and sex. Although of borderline significance, Matamoros and LRGV adolescent boys who participated in physical education classes were less likely to be at risk for overweight. Among neither the Matamoros students nor the LRGV students were any of the various other physical activity categories or levels associated with being at risk for overweight or being overweight. CONCLUSIONS: Nearly one-third of the students in both Matamoros and the LRGV are at risk for overweight or are

A review of efforts to restructure Texas' electricity market

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Zarnikau, Jay

2005-01-01

Comparisons suggest that Texas has been relatively successful in its efforts to introduce greater competition and customer choice into its unique electricity market (Center for Advancement of Electricity Markets, 2002). Yet, Texas has defied many of the common prescriptions in designing its market. Texas has yet to establish a nodal congestion management system that directly assigns local congestion costs to entities responsible for creating transmission congestion. A liquid power exchange or spot market is absent. Programs designed to encourage demand side responsiveness had a slow start. Market concentration remains high. Market oversight activities are poorly funded. A generation adequacy mechanism or planning reserve margin requirement remains under debate. Has Texas simply been lucky in averting any real disasters? Or are these market features less important than commonly recognized? This article reviews the restructuring initiative and reports some key lessons learned following the first twenty months under the new wholesale market structure and fifteen months of retail competition

A review of efforts to restructure Texas' electricity market

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Zarnikau, J.

2005-01-01

Comparisons suggest that Texas has been relatively successful in its efforts to introduce greater competition and customer choice into its unique electricity market (Center for Advancement of Electricity Markets, 2002). Yet, Texas has defied many of the common prescriptions in designing its market. Texas has yet to establish a nodal congestion management system that directly assigns local congestion costs to entities responsible for creating transmission congestion. A liquid power exchange or spot market is absent. Programs designed to encourage demand side responsiveness had a slow start. Market concentration remains high. Market oversight activities are poorly funded. A generation adequacy mechanism or planning reserve margin requirement remains under debate. Has Texas simply been lucky in averting any real disasters? Or are these market features less important than commonly recognized? This article reviews the restructuring initiative and reports some key lessons learned following the first twenty months under the new wholesale market structure and fifteen months of retail competition. (author)

Perfil dos usuários do Hiperdia de três unidades básicas de saúde do sul do Brasil Perfil de los usuarios registrados en el Hiperdia de tres unidades basicas de salud del Sur de Brasil Profile of users registered in Hiperdia three units of basic health South of Brazil

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Lílian Moura de Lima

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Objetivou-se descrever o perfil dos hipertensos e diabéticos cadastrados no sistema HiperDia do Ministério da Saúde em três unidades básicas do município de Pelotas, na região Sul do Rio Grande do Sul. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com abordagem quantitativa. Utilizou-se como instrumento de pesquisa um formulário baseado na ficha de cadastro do sistema HiperDia, que fornece informações importantes sobre a população atendida. Os dados coletados foram digitados no programa Epi-info 6.04 e analisados no software STATA 9.0. A população avaliada no estudo é predominantemente feminina, na faixa etária acima dos 50 anos. Os fatores de risco mais presentes foram o sobrepeso, o hábito de vida sedentário, a hereditariedade e como complicações crônicas as cardiovasculares. Concluiu-se que o perfil dos cadastrados é semelhante ao encontrado no banco de dados nacional do SisHiperDia.El objetivo fue describir el perfil de pacientes hipertensos y diabéticos inscritos en el sistema HIPERDIA del Ministerio de la Salud en tres unidades básicas de Pelotas en el sur de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Estudio transversal con abordaje cuantitativo; se utilizó como herramienta de investigación un formulario basado en el registro del sistema HIPERDIA, este sistema proporciona informaciones importantes sobre la población atendida. Los datos recolectados fueron ingresados en el programa Epi-Info 6,04 y analizados en STATA 9.0. La población evaluada es predominantemente femenina, del grupo etario mayor de 50 años. Los factores de riesgo más presentes fueron sobrepeso, estilo de vida sedentario, herencia y complicaciones crónicas cardiovasculares. Se concluyó que el perfil de inscritos es similar a lo encontrado en la base de datos nacional de SisHiperDia.The objective was to describe the profile of hypertensive and diabetic patients registered in the HiperDia system of the Ministry of Health in three basic units of Pelotas in southern Rio

Bioelectrical impedance values among indigenous children and adolescents in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Valores de impedancia bioeléctrica en niños y adolescentes indígenas en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Laura Augusta Barufaldi

2011-07-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: To describe the nutritional status of indigenous children and adolescents in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, through bioelectrical values, and to compare the nutritional classifications of the anthropometric method to those of the body composition method. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted of 3 204 subjects at 35 schools in the 12 Kaingang indigenous lands of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Following World Health Organization recommendations, the weight and height (H of each subject was measured twice and the body mass index/age (BMI/A was classified. Body composition was assessed by Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis (BIVA. Resistance (R and reactance (Xc were estimated using a bioelectrical impedance analyzer. Divergences between these two methods were performed on RXc graph. RESULTS: Of the sample, 56.8% were adolescents and 50.6% were males. The mean values of phase angle were higher in adolescents, in males, and in individuals overweight by BMI/A. Mean values of R, Xc, R/H, and Xc/H were higher among children and among those with BMI/A OBJETIVO: Describir el estado nutricional de niños y adolescentes indígenas en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, mediante los valores de impedancia bioeléctrica y comparar las clasificaciones nutricionales del método antropométrico con las del método de composición corporal. MÉTODOS: Se llevó a cabo un estudio transversal en 3 204 participantes de 35 escuelas de los 12 territorios indígenas habitados por el pueblo kaingang (o guayaná del estado de Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil. Según las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, se midió el peso y la talla (T de cada participante en dos oportunidades y se clasificó el índice de masa corporal (IMC según la edad. La composición corporal se evaluó mediante análisis vectorial de impedancia bioeléctrica. La resistencia (R y la reactancia (Xc se calcularon con un analizador de impedancia bioeléctrica. Las divergencias

Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas.

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El-Seedi, Hesham R; De Smet, Peter A G M; Beck, Olof; Possnert, Göran; Bruhn, Jan G

2005-10-03

Two archaeological specimens of peyote buttons, i.e. dried tops of the cactus Lophophora williamsii (Lem.) Coulter, from the collection of the Witte Museum in San Antonio, was subjected to radiocarbon dating and alkaloid analysis. The samples were presumably found in Shumla Cave No. 5 on the Rio Grande, Texas. Radiocarbon dating shows that the calibrated 14C age of the weighted mean of the two individual dated samples corresponds to the calendric time interval 3780-3660 BC (one sigma significance). Alkaloid extraction yielded approximately 2% of alkaloids. Analysis with thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) led to the identification of mescaline in both samples. No other peyote alkaloids could be identified. The two peyote samples appear to be the oldest plant drug ever to yield a major bioactive compound upon chemical analysis. The identification of mescaline strengthens the evidence that native North Americans recognized the psychotropic properties of peyote as long as 5700 years ago.

Um Rio para estudante ver: engenhosidades na produção de cadernos escolares - A Rio de Janeiro to be seen by students: ingenuity in producing school notebooks

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Ana Chrystina Venancio Mignot, Roberta Lopes da Veiga

2011-03-01

stationery store to celebrate its 110th anniversary, having Tilibra (the major Brazilian producer of school notebooks as partner, implies discussing the expansion of this industrial activity due to the modernization of the graphical park. Research sources have consisted of proclamations and news on the painting competition which gave origin to the collection, as well as other printed materials, such as magazines and catalogues, directed to school articles' traders, so as to grasp the conceptions of students that inform and conform school notebooks not only as supports to writing, but also as objects of desire by consumers. The choice of cover images is part of the strategies to conquer privileged consumers: TV artists, famous singers, comic strips, movie characters and soccer players tend to please most of them. With Rio Collection, Casa Cruz becomes outstanding exactly for avoiding common place strategies. By stressing landscapes of the Wonderful City, it also conveys conceptions and expectations regarding consumers. In the covers signed by artists from Rio de Janeiro, showing tourist points and monuments, the stationery store propagates the image it would like to perpetuate: a city with no violence, fear, exclusion, for the students to see, love and preserve. Keywords: school notebooks, production, trading.   UN RIO PARA ESTUDIANTE VER: INGENIOSIDADES EN LA PRODUCCIÓN DE CUADERNOS ESCOLARES Resumen Analisar las intenciones que guiaron la producción y comercialización de la Colección Rio, editada por Casa Cruz, para conmemorar 110 años de existencia de la papeleria, en sociedad con Tilibra, la mayor empresa fabricante de cuadernos escolares del país, implica en discutir la expansión y desenvolvimiento de la industria cuadernera resultante de la modernización del parque gráfico. Para tanto, así como editales y materias publicadas en la imprensa sobre el concurso de pintura que dió origem a la colección, algunos impresos dirigidos a los comerciantes de art

A multi-dimensional analysis of the upper Rio Grande-San Luis Valley social-ecological system

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Mix, Ken

The Upper Rio Grande (URG), located in the San Luis Valley (SLV) of southern Colorado, is the primary contributor to streamflow to the Rio Grande Basin, upstream of the confluence of the Rio Conchos at Presidio, TX. The URG-SLV includes a complex irrigation-dependent agricultural social-ecological system (SES), which began development in 1852, and today generates more than 30% of the SLV revenue. The diversions of Rio Grande water for irrigation in the SLV have had a disproportionate impact on the downstream portion of the river. These diversions caused the flow to cease at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in the late 1880s, creating international conflict. Similarly, low flows in New Mexico and Texas led to interstate conflict. Understanding changes in the URG-SLV that led to this event and the interactions among various drivers of change in the URG-SLV is a difficult task. One reason is that complex social-ecological systems are adaptive, contain feedbacks, emergent properties, cross-scale linkages, large-scale dynamics and non-linearities. Further, most analyses of SES to date have been qualitative, utilizing conceptual models to understand driver interactions. This study utilizes both qualitative and quantitative techniques to develop an innovative approach for analyzing driver interactions in the URG-SLV. Five drivers were identified for the URG-SLV social-ecological system: water (streamflow), water rights, climate, agriculture, and internal and external water policy. The drivers contained several longitudes (data aspect) relevant to the system, except water policy, for which only discreet events were present. Change point and statistical analyses were applied to the longitudes to identify quantifiable changes, to allow detection of cross-scale linkages between drivers, and presence of feedback cycles. Agricultural was identified as the driver signal. Change points for agricultural expansion defined four distinct periods: 1852--1923, 1924--1948, 1949--1978 and 1979

The BDS iGMAS RIOS station at Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro

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Humberto Andrei, Alexandre; Song, Shuli; Junqueira, Selma; Beauvalet, Laurene

2016-07-01

GNSS navigation satellites are currently being developed by all major players in the science and technology scene, to compete with the GPS system. Because their applications span many different areas, from traffic and cargo control, to geodesy and seismic monitoring, it is required to assess the coherence between the different constellations. BDS is the GNSS system currently developed in China. Its first generation of satellites consisted of 3 geostationnary satellites allowing geolocalisation in China only. In addition to these satellites, other satellites have been launched in geostationnary and geosynchronous orbits, as well as satellites orbiting with a classical GNSS semi-major axis. With these additions, the BDS system possesses 19 operating satellites, and though the system is mostly efficient for geolocalisation in Asia, the satellites are also visible in other parts of the globe. In parallel to the development of the BDS constellation, China has launched the iGMAS (International GNSS Monitoring and Assessment Service) project to develop a global tracking network of multi-GNSS geodetic receivers. One of the goals of this project is to evaluate the efficiency of the BDS constellation as well as the efficiency of the receivers developed by the Chinese laboratories. As part of the Brazilian program COSBAN leaded by the Foreign Affairs Ministry to foster up the science and technology partnership with China, materialized by the collaboration between the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory/CAS and the Observatório Nacional/MCTI, in Rio de Janeiro. Through it the RIOS-iGMAS station was installed at Observatório Nacional, where the RJEP GNSS station already operates as part of the Brazilian reference system. Thus at the Observatório Nacional can be observed satellites from any constellation with both systems of reception, leading to a direct, efficient way to compare the results obtained for each network. In this communication we focus on the determination of the

NCATE and Texas Eyeball to Eyeball: Who Will Blink?

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Watts, Doyle

1989-01-01

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and Texas teacher training institutions are squaring off because of Texas SB 994, a law that eliminates undergraduate degrees in education and caps required credit hours in undergraduate teacher education courses. This article interviews Carl Parker, Hendrik Gideonse, Mary…

TEXAS TAXES: A COMPARISON WITH OTHER STATES

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Stallmann, Judith I.; Jones, Lonnie L.

1998-01-01

This document is part of an educational series on Texas taxes. State and local taxes in Texas are compared with those of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Taxes are compared per capita and per $1,000 of personal income. The taxes include: all state and local taxes, property taxes, sales and gross receipts taxes, personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and corporate franchise taxes. For each tax the national average, median, maximum and minimum are given along with the corre...

Isolation of avian influenza virus in Texas.

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Glass, S E; Naqi, S A; Grumbles, L C

1981-01-01

An avian influenza virus with surface antigens similar to those of fowl plague virus (Hav 1 Nav 2) was isolated in 1979 from 2 commercial turkey flocks in Central Texas. Two flocks in contact with these infected flocks developed clinical signs, gross lesions, and seroconversion but yielded no virus. This was the first recorded incidence of clinical avian influenza in Texas turkeys and only the second time that an agent with these surface antigens was isolated from turkeys in U.S.

Comal County, Texas: Preparing for Life after High School

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Walter, Frank

2018-01-01

Comal County, Texas, may be rural but its students face many of the same challenges as students in urban districts. Communities In Schools of South Central Texas works with the local school district to identify student needs and provide critical supports to help young people prepare for life after high school.

Abiquiu Dam and Reservoir, Rio Grande Basin, Rio Chama, New Mexico. Embankment Criteria and Performance Report.

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1987-04-01

EMBANKMENT CRITERIA AND PERFORMANCE REPORT PERTINENT DATA 1. General Data. LOCATION: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, on the Rio Chama at river mile 33. PURPOSE...is located across the Rio Chama, approximately 30 miles upstream from its confluence with the Rio Grande, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The dam is...6600- 4 i ’. 6600 65060- -60 6600- a + v6500s-go FA**v~w -6500 6300- 60 - ~ ~ ~ wo Ala filll------------------ EMBNKEN SECTION62 *LDN WOR SAFEL VAIE

Errância e delírio em andarilhos de estrada Wandering and deliruim in highway wanderers

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José Sterza Justo

2005-08-01

Full Text Available Os andarilhos freqüentemente caminham pelas estradas sem destino como nômades que renunciam a fixações geográficas, psicológicas e sociais. Não é raro encontrar andarilhos de estrada com manifestações de visões e pensamentos delirantes. O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi investigar possíveis conexões entre a movimentação constante dos andarilhos e a eclosão de delírios. Coletamos e analisamos narrativas de andarilhos, explorando especificamente os conteúdos alusivos à representação de si, de seu mundo e de sua caminhada pelas estradas. Idéias persecutórias, megalomaníacas e depressivas, superinvestidas afetivamente, aparecem com freqüencia nos pensamentos sobre o presente, o passado e nas reflexões sobre os motivos do deslocamento constante. Os resultados sugerem que há uma forte relação entre a movimentação constante e sem destino e as idéias e visões delirantes que os acometem.Wanderers often walk across the highways without destiny, like nomadic that renounce geographical, psychological and social establishments. It is not rare to find wanderers with manifestation of visions and delirious thoughts. We intend to research possible connections between the constant moving of wanderers and the outbreak of the delirious. We collected and analyzed the wanderers' talks, specifically exploring the allusive contents to the representation of themselves, of their world and of their walk across the highways. Persecution, megalomania and depression ideas, super invested of affect, often appeared in their thoughts about present, past and in their reflections about the origins of constant moving. The results suggest that there is a strong relation between constant and without destiny moving and the delirious ideas and visions that emerge inside them.

Puerpério imediato: desvendando o significado da maternidade Puerperio inmediato: desvendando el significado de la maternidad Immediate puerperium: unveiling the meaning of maternity

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Márcia Rejane Strapasson

2010-09-01

Full Text Available O significado da maternidade deve ser aprofundado com os pais. O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer os significados da maternidade frente às necessidades das puérperas no alojamento conjunto em um hospital de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Esta pesquisa seguiu o paradigma qualitativo de caráter exploratório descritivo. A coleta de dados foi composta por uma amostra de 15 mulheres entre 24 e 48 horas de puerpério. Pela análise de conteúdo, destacaram-se três categorias: significado de ser mãe, dificuldades do puerpério imediato e necessidades no puerpério imediato. Nos resultados, as puérperas definem a maternidade como a realização de um sonho aliada à responsabilidade e ao compromisso com o novo ser que se apresenta frágil e dependente de seus cuidados. Conclui-se que a maternidade para estas puérperas é um momento único, com sentimentos de insegurança para assumir os cuidados do recém nascido e autocuidado.El significado de la maternidad debe ser profundizado con los padres. El objetivo de este estudio ha sido conocer los significados de la maternidad frente a las necesidades de las puerperas en el alojamiento conjunto de un hospital general de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Esta pesquisa ha seguido el paradigma cualitativo de carácter exploratorio descriptivo. La colecta de datos ha sido compuesta a partir de una muestra de 15 mujeres entre 24 y 48 horas de puerperio. Por medio del análisis de contenido se han destacado tres categorías: significado de ser madre, dificultades del puerperio inmediato y necesidades del puerperio inmediato. En los resultados las puerperas definen la maternidad como la realización de un sueño aliada a la responsabilidad y al compromiso con el nuevo ser que se presenta frágil y dependiente de sus cuidados. Se concluye que la maternidad para estas puerperas es un momento único, con sentimientos de inseguridad para asumir los cuidados del recién nacido y el autocuidado

Commercial truck platooning demonstration in Texas – level 2 automation.

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2017-08-01

Through this project, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) funded the creation of a comprehensive truck platooning demonstration in Texas, serving as a proactive effort in assessing innovative operational strategies to position TxDOT as a l...

The economic efficiency of allowing longer combination vehicles in Texas.

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2011-08-01

This paper shows the economic efficiency of allowing longer combination vehicles in Texas. First, an : overview of the truck size and weight policies is explained, with an emphasis on those that affect : Texas. Next, LCV operations in other countries...

Delivery of workshops on corridor management and preservation in Texas.

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2010-12-01

This report summarizes the delivery and outcome of a series of workshops conducted at 23 Texas : Department of Transportation (TxDOT) districts across the state on corridor management and preservation : in Texas. The workshops served as follow-up imp...

Investigação sobre a formação do clero católico num seminário teológico Investigación sobre la formación del clero católico en un seminario de teologos Investigating the ecclesiastical catholic formation at the theological catholic seminary

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Sílvio José Benelli

2009-03-01

Full Text Available Neste artigo procuramos fazer uma análise psicossocial de um seminário teológico católico onde vivem 50 seminaristas em regime de internato, na etapa final de preparação para o sacerdócio, os quais, uma vez ordenados, passarão a ocupar posições de relevância, que consistem na coordenação de comunidades paroquiais amplas. Utilizando o instrumental teórico da análise institucional, procuramos mapear os operadores institucionais subjetivadores do dispositivo pedagógico seminário. Apresentamos dados relativos à observação participante realizada no campo de investigação. Detectamos que o seminário, além dos operadores presentes no discurso oficial institucional, implementa na prática cotidiana outros procedimentos, que podem ser designados como totalitários e disciplinares, produzindo um padre de perfil clericalizado.En este artículo pretendemos hacer un analisis psicosocial de un seminário católico de teologia donde viven 50 seminaristas en régimen de internado, en la etapa final de su preparación para el sacerdocio, y que, una vez ordenados, pasarán a ocupar posiciones relevantes que consisten en la coordinación de amplias comunidades parroquiales. Utilizando el instrumental teórico del analisis institucional buscamos mapear los operadores institucionales subjetivadores del dispositivo pedagógico seminario. Presentamos datos relativos a la observación participante realizada en el campo de investigación. Detectamos que el seminário, más allá de los operadores presentes en el discurso institucional, implementa, en la práctica cotidiana, otros procedimientos que puedan ser designados como totalitários y disciplinares, produzindo un sacerdote de perfil clericalizado.We sought to execute a psychosocial analysis of a Theological Catholic Seminary where live 50 seminarians in boarding system, at the final stage of formation to priesthood; once ordained, they will be settled in relevant positions that comprise in

Tracking the Career Paths of Physics Teachers in Texas

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Mount, Jennifer; Marshall, Jill; Fuller, Edward

2013-10-01

In Texas, and some other states, there is a documented shortage of physics teachers, in terms of both number and qualifications. The shortage in Texas is due as much to teachers leaving the field (attrition) as to a lack of teachers entering. There are efforts under way to prepare more and better-qualified physics teachers who will stay in the field longer,2 but increasing the overall supply and retention will not necessarily address localized teacher shortages. To investigate this issue, we obtained a database cataloging every teacher who taught science in Texas public schools from 2003 to 2008, indicating the school where they taught during each of those years, the subjects they taught, and their route to certification. This allowed us to track not only teachers entering and leaving the public school system, but also migration between schools within the system. We found that migration poses a much bigger problem than attrition for some schools. We also found patterns in the movement of physics teachers in Texas that we would not necessarily have predicted and that varied substantially depending on certification.

Muleshoe Virus and Other Hantaviruses Associated with Neotomine or Sigmodontine Rodents in Texas.

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Milazzo, Mary Louise; Cajimat, Maria N B; Richter, Martin H; Bradley, Robert D; Fulhorst, Charles F

2017-10-01

The broad objective of this study was to increase our knowledge of Muleshoe virus and other hantaviruses associated with cricetid rodents in Texas. Anti-hantavirus antibody was found in 38 (3.2%) of 1171 neotomine rodents and 6 (1.8%) of 332 sigmodontine rodents from 10 Texas counties; hantaviral RNA was detected in 23 (71.9%) of 32 antibody-positive rodents. Analyses of nucleocapsid protein gene sequences indicated Muleshoe virus infection in four hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) from northern Texas; Bayou virus, three Texas marsh oryzomys (Oryzomys texensis) from the Gulf Coast; Limestone Canyon virus, five brush mice (Peromyscus boylii) from western Texas; and Sin Nombre virus-five Texas mice (P. attwateri), one Lacey's white-ankled deer mouse (P. laceianus), four white-footed mice (P. leucopus), and one fulvous harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens) from northern, central, or southern Texas. The results of this study together with the results of a previous study revealed that Muleshoe virus, perhaps in association with S. hispidus, is distributed across northern Texas. Finally, the results of Bayesian analyses of glycoprotein precursor (GPC) gene sequences and pairwise comparisons of complete GPC (amino acid) sequences strengthened support for the notion that Muleshoe virus is distinct from Black Creek Canal virus, Bayou virus, and all other species included in the Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus.

Adapted motor activities to stimulate the memory in moderated mentaly retarded boys and girls from “Carlos Marx” Special School of Pinar del Rio

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Yosbiel García-Castañeda

2014-08-01

Full Text Available The present research arises from the necessity of including adapted motor activities to stimulate the memory in moderated mentally retarded boys and girls from “Carlos Marx” Special school of Pinar del Rio in Physical Education lessons, due to the difficulty they have. The activities are addressed to compensate their difficulties from cognitive, psychological, physical, as well as social integration point of view. For the development of the work, firstly, it was carried out a bibliographical revision about the mental retard and about Special Physical Education importance, as means to create compensatory conditions in the psychomotor sphere in children with Special Educational Necessities (SEN, helping them to foster values and attitudes that will be of great utility in the society. Secondly, it was carried out the analysis of the applied methods empiric result as: the observation, interviews, surveys and Mosega Test. In addition, theoretical methods as, historical-logical, analysis - synthesis, inductive-deductive and revision of documents were used. Inside the statistical-mathematical method, the descriptive statistic was applied with the percentage analysis, which allowed designing adapted motor activities for the stimulation of the memory in children with moderate mental retard.

Health-related quality of life in a binational population with diabetes at the Texas-Mexico border.

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Mier, Nelda; Bocanegra-Alonso, Anabel; Zhan, Dongling; Zuniga, Miguel A; Acosta, Rosa I

2008-03-01

To examine physical and mental health domains of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in a binational adult population with type 2 diabetes at the Texas-Mexico border, and to explore individual and social correlates to physical and mental health status. Adults 18 years and older with type 2 diabetes residing in the South Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley and in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, were recruited using a convenience sampling technique and interviewed face-to-face with a structured survey. HRQL was measured using physical and mental health summary components of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form. HRQL correlates included demographic characteristics, health factors, access to healthcare, and family support. Samples characteristics were compared using the Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U test. Associations between dependent and independent variables were examined using unadjusted and adjusted (multiple variable) logistic regression models. There were no significant differences between Valley and Reynosa respondents in physical or mental health status scores. Valley participants with lower socioeconomic status and those perceiving their supportive relative's level of diabetes-related knowledge as "low" were more likely to report worse physical health than those lacking those characteristics. In the Reynosa group, lower physical health status was associated with duration of diabetes and insulin use. Both sample populations with clinical depressive symptoms were more likely to have worse physical and mental health than those without such symptoms. HRQL is an important outcome in monitoring health status. Understanding the levels and influences of HRQL in U.S.-Mexico border residents with diabetes may help improve diabetes management programs.

Texas State Briefing Book for low-level radioactive waste management

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1981-08-01

The Texas State Briefing Book is one of a series of state briefing books on low-level radioactivee waste management practices. It has been prepared to assist state and federal agency officials in planning for safe low-level radioactive waste disposal. The report contains a profile of low-level radioactive waste generators in Texas. The profile is the result of a survey of NRC licensees in Texas. The briefing book also contains a comprehensive assessment of low-level radioactive waste management issues and concerns as defined by all major interested parties including industry, government, the media, and interest groups. The assessment was developed through personal communications with representatives of interested parties, and through a review of media sources. Lastly, the briefing book provides demographic and socioeconomic data and a discussion of relevant government agencies and activities, all of which may impact waste management practices in Texas.

Texas State Briefing Book for low-level radioactive waste management

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1981-08-01

The Texas State Briefing Book is one of a series of state briefing books on low-level radioactivee waste management practices. It has been prepared to assist state and federal agency officials in planning for safe low-level radioactive waste disposal. The report contains a profile of low-level radioactive waste generators in Texas. The profile is the result of a survey of NRC licensees in Texas. The briefing book also contains a comprehensive assessment of low-level radioactive waste management issues and concerns as defined by all major interested parties including industry, government, the media, and interest groups. The assessment was developed through personal communications with representatives of interested parties, and through a review of media sources. Lastly, the briefing book provides demographic and socioeconomic data and a discussion of relevant government agencies and activities, all of which may impact waste management practices in Texas

75 FR 19645 - Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval

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2010-04-15

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PR10-14-000] Enterprise..., 2010, Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC (Enterprise Texas) filed a petition for rate approval pursuant to section 284.123(b)(2) of the Commission's regulations. Enterprise Texas proposes rates of $0.6090 per...

DIREITO AGRÁRIO E O TRATAMENTO DOS CONTRATOS AGRÁRIOS ATÍPICOS

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Fabrício Pinto Weiblen; Marcelo Scherer da Silva; Tarso Wayhs Tech; José Fernando Lutz Coelho

2012-01-01

Aborda a necessidade de um tratamento adequado e diferenciado aos contratos agrários atípicos em face das complexas relações que se desenvolvem no meio rural atualmente. Apresenta ainda uma visão crítica a respeito das características e aplicabilidade da legislação agrária no cenário jurídico e propõe alternativas com o objetivo de uma prestação mais eficiente do Direito Agrário na área contratual.

Adoção de Alianças Estratégicas por Empresas dos Pólos Calçadistas do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-RS e de Franca-SP: um estudo exploratórioAdoption of Strategic Alliances by Shoes Industries of the Vale do Rio dos Sinos-RS and Franca-SP clusters: an exploratory studyAdopción de Alianzas Estratégicas por Empresas de los Polos Calzadistas del Vale do Rio dos Sinos-RS y de Franca-SP: un estudio exploratorio

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ALMEIDA, Lauro Brito de

2008-03-01

descriptive research had the participation of 54 companies, being 33 from Vale do Rio dos Sinos and 21 from Franca, which answered a questionnaire with closed questions. The analysis of the data was given through descriptive statistics. Main conclusions, follow as: (1 the majority of the companies have joint activities; (2 the companies are nearer to alliances that do business than to the strategic ones; (3 alliances with competitors are inexpressive - suppliers and customers predominate; (4 the control of alliances result is insufficient; (5 trust and adequate partner are determinative factors.RESUMENLa nueva configuración ambiental de las empresas, resultado de la relativa apertura de mercado provocada por la globalización, se ha convertido en más un reto para garantizar la continuidad de los negocios. Estrategias competitivas han sido llevadas a cabo con el objetivo de superar ese desafío y, entre ellas, las alianzas estratégicas se han revelado una opción viable. En este contexto, este artículo tiene como meta investigar el grado de utilización de alianzas estratégicas por medias y grandes empresas que componen los polos calzadistas del Vale do Rio dos Sinos (RS y de Franca (SP. La pesquisa, clasificada como exploratoria y descriptiva, tuvo la participación de 54 empresas, siendo 33 del Vale do Rio dos Sinos y 21 de Franca, las cuales contestaron un cuestionario elaborado con preguntas en su mayoría cerradas. El análisis de los datos se realizó a través de la estadística descriptiva, aplicándose la frecuencia porcentual relativa, identificándose la representativa de las respuestas obtenidas frente al conjunto. Principales conclusiones: la mayoría de las empresas tiene actividades conjuntas; las empresas están más cerca de las alianzas de transacción que de las estrategias; las alianzas con los concurrentes son inexpresivas – predominan proveedores y clientes; el control de los resultados de las alianzas es insuficiente; confianza y aliado adecuado

Analysis of KROTOS KS-2 and KS-4 steam explosion experiments with TEXAS-VI

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Chen, Ronghua, E-mail: rhchen@mail.xjtu.edu.cn [State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049 (China); Wang, Jun [Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 (United States); Su, G.H.; Qiu, Suizheng [State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049 (China); Corradini, M.L., E-mail: Corradini@engr.wisc.edu [Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 (United States)

2016-12-01

Highlights: • The KS-2 and KS-4 steam explosion experiments were analyzed by TEXAS-VI. • The coarse mixing status up to the explosion triggering time was well predicted by TEXAS-VI. • The predicted dynamic explosion pressure was in good agreement with the experimental results. - Abstract: TEXAS-VI is a transient, three-field, one-dimensional mechanistic model for the steam explosion phenomena. A fuel solidification model and associated fragmentation criteria of the solidifying particle for both the mixing phase and explosion phase were developed and incorporated into TEXAS-VI to account for solidification. In the present study, TEXAS-VI was used to analyze the KS-2 and KS-4 steam explosion experiments, which were performed in the KROTOS facility as part of the OECD-SERENA-2 program. In the simulation, the KROTOS experimental facility was modeled as Eulerian control volumes based on the facility geometry. The molten corium jet was divided up into a series of LaGrangian master particles equal to the initial jet diameter. Both the mixing phase and the explosion phase of the experiments were simulated by TEXAS-VI. Comparison to test data indicates that the fuel jet kinematics and the vapor volume during the mixing phase were well predicted by TEXAS-VI. The TEXAS-VI prediction of the dynamic explosion pressure at different axial locations in the test was also in good agreement with the experimental results. The maximum pressure of KS-2 and KS-4 predicted by TEXAS-VI were 16.7 MPa and 41.9 MPa, respectively. The KS-4 maximum steam explosion pressure predicted by TEXAS-VI was higher than that of KS-2, which was consistent with experiment observation. The observed differences of the dynamic explosion pressure between the KS-2 and KS-4 experiments were also successfully simulated by TEXAS-VI. This suggests that TEXAS-VI is able to analyze the effect of prototypic melt compositions on the steam explosion phenomena. Additional benchmarking and evaluations are ongoing.

Current initiatives in the mass production and field release of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens, in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas

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Worley, J.N.; Forrester, O.T.

1999-01-01

In order to reduce the program operating expenses in the South Texas Mexican Fruit Fly Sterile Release Program, four cost reduction initiatives are in progress at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Mexican Fruit Fly Rearing Facility. These initiatives include implementation of a less expensive larval diet formulation, automation of the larval diet dispensing process, processing and reutilization of spent larval diet medium, and a more efficient system for emerging and feeding sterile flies prior to field release. (author)

Novos paradigmas literários

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Denise Azevedo Duarte Guimarães

2005-12-01

Full Text Available O artigo estuda a emergência de novos paradigmas literários, procurando refletir acerca das textualidades contemporâneas. Focaliza os hipertextos informatizados e a poesia multimídia, com o intuito de desvendar como estão sendo criados novos procedimentos expressivos e em que medida eles podem ser identificados com reflexões teóricas anteriores acerca do texto literário impresso. Remete a questões ligadas à leitura dos diferentes tipos de signos e aos modos como eles se integram para a constituição dessas novíssimas linguagens híbridas em novos suportes.El artículo estudia la emergencia de nuevos paradigmas literarios, procurando reflejar acerca de las textualidades contemporáneas. Enfoca los hipertextos informatizados y la poesía multimedia, intentando desvendar cómo están siendo creados nuevos procedimientos expresivos y en qué medida ellos pueden ser identificados a reflexiones teóricas anteriores acerca del texto literario impreso. Remite a cuestiones ligadas a la lectura de los diferentes tipos de signos y a los modos cómo ellos se interaccionan para la constitución de los novísimos lenguajes híbridos en nuevos supuestos.This article investigates the emergence of new literary paradigms as it tries to understand new contemporary textualities. It analyses some hypertexts and multimedia poetry trying to trace how new expressive procedures are being created. How can these new languages be identified and what are their relations to previous theories which dealt with the literary printed text? This study approaches questions linked to the reading of different types of signs and the modes they function towards the fabrication of these new hybrid languages.

CSHCN in Texas: meeting the need for specialist care.

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Young, M Cherilyn; Drayton, Vonna L C; Menon, Ramdas; Walker, Lesa R; Parker, Colleen M; Cooper, Sam B; Bultman, Linda L

2005-06-01

Assuring the sufficiency and suitability of systems of care and services for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) presents a challenge to Texas providers, agencies, and state Title V programs. To meet the need for specialist care, referrals from primary care doctors are often necessary. The objective of this study was to describe the factors associated with the need for specialist care and problems associated with obtaining referrals in Texas. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed using the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) weighted sample for Texas (n = 719,014) to identify variables associated with the need for specialist care and problems obtaining referrals for specialist care. Medical need of the CSHCN and sensitivity to family values/customs was associated with greater need for specialist care, and Hispanic ethnicity and lower maternal education were associated with less need. Medical need, amount of time spent with doctors and sensitivity to values/customs, living in a large metropolitan statistical area, and lack of medical information were associated with problems obtaining a specialist care referral. Findings revealed some similarities and differences with meeting the need for specialist care when comparing Texas results to other studies. In Texas, aspects of customer satisfaction variables, especially doctors' sensitivity to family values/customs and parents' not receiving enough information on medical problems, were significantly associated with problems obtaining specialist referrals. Findings indicate a need to further research relationships and communication among doctors, CSHCN, and their families.

Dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem em um hospital universitário Cálculo del personal de enfermería en un hospital universitario Nursing staff dimensioning at a university hospital

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Arthur Velloso Antunes

2003-12-01

Full Text Available Este estudo apresenta o dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem realizado em um hospital universitário. Teve como objetivos: estipular o número de enfermeiros, técnicos e auxiliares para os diversos setores, definir o Índice de Segurança Técnica que reflita a realidade do Hospital, verificar a adequação de um Sistema de Classificação de Pacientes e verificar se o método utilizado para os setores de internação é adequado. Na metodologia, utilizamos uma fórmula que considera o cuidado progressivo, calculamos o Índice de Segurança Técnica, adaptamos e testamos um Sistema de Classificação de Pacientes e aplicamos um questionário para avaliar a metodologia utilizada. As conclusões foram as seguintes: o estudo nos permitiu alcançar o número de pessoal necessário para cada um dos setores do hospital, o Índice de Segurança Técnica atendeu à finalidade de cobrir as ausências, o Sistema de Classificação de Pacientes usado é adequado, exceto para dois setores, e a fórmula empregada para os setores de internação é adequada.Este estudio presenta el cálculo del personal de enfermería en un hospital universitario. Tuvo como objetivos: estipular el numero de enfermeros, técnicos y auxiliares para los diferentes sectores, definir el índice de seguridad técnica que refleje la realidad del hospital, verificar la adecuación de un sistema de clasificación de pacientes y observar si el método usado para los sectores de hospitalización es adecuado. En la metodología utilizamos una formula que lleva en cuenta el cuidado progresivo, calculamos el índice de seguridad técnica con base en las características de la institución, adaptamos y probamos un sistema de clasificación de pacientes y aplicamos un cuestionario para evaluar la metodología utilizada. Las conclusiones fueron las siguientes: el estudio nos permitió llegar a la cantidad necesaria de personal para cada uno de los sectores del hospital, el sistema de

Urinary fluoride excretion by children 4-6 years old in a south Texas community Excreción urinaria de fluoruro en niños de cuatro a seis años de edad en una comunidad del sur de Texas

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Ramon J. Baez

2000-04-01

Full Text Available This study evaluated urinary fluoride excretion by school children 4-6 years old who were living in a south Texas rural community that had concentrations of fluoride in drinking water supplies generally around the optimal level. We took supervised collections of urine samples in the morning and afternoon at school, and parents of the participating students collected nocturnal samples. We recorded the beginning and end times of the three collection periods and then determined the urinary volume and urinary flow for each of the periods. We measured urinary fluoride concentrations and calculated the urinary excretion rate per hour. The children had breakfast and lunch provided at the school, where the drinking water contained 1.0-1.3 milligrams/liter (mg/L fluoride. Fluoride concentrations in the tested household water supplies, from wells, ranged from 0.1 to 3.2 mg/L fluoride. The children's average urinary fluoride concentrations found for the day were similar to those for the night, with means ranging from 1.26 mg/L to 1.42 mg/L. Average excretion was 36.4 µg/h in the morning, 45.6 µg/h in the afternoon, and 17.5 µg/h at night. The lower nocturnal excretion rates are easily explained by low urinary flow at night. Based on the 15 hours of urine collected, the extrapolated 24-hour fluoride excretion was 749 µg. In conjunction with similar studies, the data from this study will help in developing upper limits for urinary fluoride excretion that are appropriate for avoiding unsightly fluorosis while providing optimal protection against dental decay.Este estudio investigó la excreción urinaria de fluoruro en escolares de 4 a 6 años de edad residentes en una comunidad rural del sur de Texas donde las concentraciones de fluoruro en el agua potable se encuentran generalmente cerca del nivel óptimo. Bajo supervisión, en la escuela se recolectó la orina de la mañana y la tarde, y en el domicilio la de la noche. Se registraron el inicio y el

77 FR 58025 - Texas Regulatory Program

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2012-09-19

... appropriation. When calculating anticipated costs to the Commission for regulating coal mining activity, Texas... (c) Does not have significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity...

Valorização do magistério ou darwinismo profissional? ¿Valoración del magisterio o darwinismo profesional? Teaching valorization or professional darwinism?

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Maria Angélica Pedra Minhoto

2011-03-01

Full Text Available A insatisfação em relação ao desempenho da educação básica é grande, e as avaliações de monitoramento persistem indicando lacunas nos sistemas de ensino. Em resposta, a Secretaria de Educação de São Paulo propôs medidas de incentivos financeiros ao magistério paulista. Além do bônus por desempenho, foi enviado à Assembléia Legislativa um Projeto de Lei Complementar (PLC que institui o sistema de promoção por mérito. Este artigo discute os limites do princípio de eficiência do PLC, tendo em vista assentar-se na correlação entre aumento da remuneração e melhoria de desempenho.Analisa também os limites do conceito de qualidade educacional atrelado à lógica de mercado. São apresentados preceitos e incongruências do PLC, resultados de trabalhos internacionais que testaram a eficiência de políticas de remuneração por mérito e, finalmente, são tecidas considerações em relação ao PLC, tendo em vista a experiência internacional.Existe mucha insatisfacción con respecto al desempeño de la educación básica en Brasil, y, por otro lado, las evaluaciones de monitoreo continúan señalando vacíos en los sistemas de educación. Como respuesta, la Dirección General de Escuelas del Estado de San Pablo ha propuesto medidas para apoyar financieramente a sus maestros. Además de las primas por rendimiento, ya en vigor, se envió a la Asamblea Legislativa un Proyecto de Ley Complementaria (PLC que establece un sistema de promoción por méritos a la carrera docente. Este artículo aborda los límites del principio de eficiencia del PLC, basado en la correlación entre el aumento de las remuneraciones y la mejora del rendimiento, también aborda los límites del concepto de calidad de la educación asociado a la lógica del mercado. Se presentan los preceptos y las discrepancias del PLC, resultados de estudios internacionales sobre la eficacia de las políticas de remuneración por mérito y, finalmente, se hacen

Evaluation and diagnosis of the cathodic protection of ducts in the left margin of the Tonala River of the Superintendencia General de Ductos Minatitlan; Evaluacion y diagnostico de la proteccion catodica en la margen izquierda del Rio Tonala de la Superintendencia General de Ductos Minatitlan

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Gonzalez N, Miguel A; Malo T, Jose M; Munoz Ledo C, Ramon; Uruchurtu C, Jorge; Castrejon G, Rafael [Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico); Sanchez G, Luis; Algarra M, Raul; Abreu L, Emilio [Gerencia de Mantenimiento, Pemex (Mexico)

2003-07-01

The present study contains the measurements obtained as a part of the evaluation of the protection system of ducts located in the left margin of the Tonal River, made by the Gerencia de Materiales y Procesos Quimicos of the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) during the last trimester of year 2001. Also, the measurements of potential in conditions of instantaneous ignition and extinguished in measuring posts of the duct in Rights of Way (DDV) Tonala-Nudo Teapa 23 are studied, in order to determine the real protection level reached by the cathodic protection system, the possible unprotected zones and the possible corrective measures that lead to a safe operation of the ducts. [Spanish] El presente estudio contiene las mediciones obtenidas como parte de la evaluacion del sistema de proteccion de los ductos ubicados en la margen izquierda del rio Tonala, realizadas por la Gerencia de Materiales y Procesos Quimicos del Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) durante el ultimo trimestre del ano 2001. Asimismo, se tratan las mediciones de potencial en condiciones de encendido y apagado instantaneo en postes de medicion del ducto en los Derechos De Via (DDV) Tonala-Nudo Teapa 23, con el proposito de determinar el nivel real de proteccion alcanzado por el sistema de proteccion catodica, las posibles zonas desprotegidas y las posibles medidas correctivas que conduzcan a una operacion segura de los ductos.

Geophysics- and geochemistry-based assessment of the geochemical characteristics and groundwater-flow system of the U.S. part of the Mesilla Basin/Conejos-Médanos aquifer system in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and El Paso County, Texas, 2010–12

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Teeple, Andrew P.

2017-06-16

One of the largest rechargeable groundwater systems by total available volume in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin (hereinafter referred to as the “Rio Grande”) region of the United States and Mexico, the Mesilla Basin/Conejos-Médanos aquifer system, supplies water for irrigation as well as for cities of El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation assessed the groundwater resources in the Mesilla Basin and surrounding areas in Doña Ana County, N. Mex., and El Paso County, Tex., by using a combination of geophysical and geochemical methods. The study area consists of approximately 1,400 square miles in Doña Ana County, N. Mex., and 100 square miles in El Paso County, Tex. The Mesilla Basin composes most of the study area and can be divided into three parts: the Mesilla Valley, the West Mesa, and the East Bench. The Mesilla Valley is the part of the Mesilla Basin that was incised by the Rio Grande between Selden Canyon to the north and by a narrow valley (about 4 miles wide) to the southeast near El Paso, Tex., named the Paso del Norte, which is sometimes referred to in the literature as the “El Paso Narrows.”Previously published geophysical data for the study area were compiled and these data were augmented by collecting additional geophysical and geochemical data. Geophysical resistivity measurements from previously published helicopter frequency domain electromagnetic data, previously published direct-current resistivity soundings, and newly collected (2012) time-domain electromagnetic soundings were used in the study to detect spatial changes in the electrical properties of the subsurface, which reflect changes that occur within the hydrogeology. The geochemistry of the groundwater system was evaluated by analyzing groundwater samples collected in November 2010 for physicochemical properties, major ions, trace elements, nutrients, pesticides

Development of a low level radioactive waste disposal site in Texas - 1994 status

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Jacobi, L.R. Jr.

1995-01-01

The Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority, an agency of the State of Texas, has been trying to develop a site for the disposal of low level radioactive waste in Texas for over ten years. Since 1991, the agency has been evaluating a site near Sierra Blanca, in far west Texas. Site characterization has been completed and a license application has been filed with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Construction plans were completed in 1993, and the agency is prepared to begin construction and operations as soon as a license can be issued. Development costs for the site are borne by the utility companies and other major generators in Texas through the assessment of a planning and implementation fee. Total costs to date are approximately $26 million. As the project moves toward completion, state and national anti-nuclear activist groups have become more involved in attempts to thwart the Texas government's effort to solve the radioactive waste problem. To counter this increased opposition, the Texas utility companies and medical radioactive waste generators have also become more active in responding to these groups. This has been very helpful and is in keeping with the elements of building block 12 of the Nuclear Power Oversight Committee's Strategic Plan for Building New Nuclear Power Plants. This paper and poster session look at the schedule, design, and long term prospects for ultimate success of the project

Decision-Making Processes in Texas School Districts That Arm Personnel

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Domain, Melinda Willoughby

2014-01-01

This qualitative phenomenological study employed narrative inquiry to describe the decision-making processes that Texas school districts followed in enacting firearms policies that allow school employees to carry concealed weapons on district property. Exploration of the lived experiences of eight Texas superintendents in such schools contributed…

Residential Energy Efficiency Potential: Texas

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Wilson, Eric J [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

2017-11-02

Energy used by Texas single-family homes that can be saved through cost-effective improvements. Prepared by Eric Wilson and Noel Merket, NREL, and Erin Boyd, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis.

Qualifying cogeneration in Texas and Louisiana

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Jenkins, S.C.; Cabe, R.; Stauffaeher, J.J.

1992-01-01

This paper reports that cogeneration of electricity and useful thermal energy by industrials along the Gulf Coast grew significantly more rapidly than in other parts of the country during and immediately following World War II as a result of the concentration of chemical and plastics processing facilities there. In 1982, Texas passed its version of PURPA, the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) and designated those non-utility generators from which public utilities must purchase electricity as Qualifying Cogenerators. In 1991, there were nearly 7,500 MW of QF power generated for inside-the-fence use or firm capacity sale to utilities, with the two largest utilities in Texas purchasing over half that amount

Arte & Psicose: A Obra de Arthur Bispo do Rosário

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Maria Cristina Poli

2014-09-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho se propõe a analisar o enlace entre clínica e pesquisa no campo da Psicanálise e suas consequências na leitura do sujeito do inconsciente. Partimos, pois, da constatação de que, além dos casos clínicos, Freud também se valeu do estudo de artistas e de produções culturais. Em especial, no estudo da psicose, a contribuição precursora de Freud se deu a partir da leitura das Memórias publicadas por Schreber. Foi pela leitura e análise desse livro que o psicanalista baseou suas principais teses acerca da paranoia. Neste artigo, destacamos sua proposição de que o delírio é uma tentativa de reconstrução do mundo, abalado pela crise psicótica. A partir dessa leitura de Freud, buscamos analisar como, de modo similar, a obra de um louco genial, Arthur Bispo do Rosário, demonstra a atualidade do método freudiano e a importância de apreender a psicose, especificamente, nesse enlace com a produção cultural.

Critérios de admissão e continuidade de cuidados em centros de atenção psicossocial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Criterios de admisión y continuidad de cuidados en centros de atención psicosocial, Rio de Janeiro, Sureste de Brasil Criteria for admission and continuity of health care in psychosocial healthcare services, City of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil

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Maria Tavares Cavalcanti

2009-08-01

ón psicosocial del municipio de Rio de Janeiro (Sureste de Brasil en 2006. Fueron sorteados 15 casos encaminados entre los pacientes admitidos para tratamiento en los seis meses anteriores al inicio de la investigación. Los criterios señalados por el equipo para la admisión del paciente para tratamiento o encaminamiento fueron analizados a partir de un itinerario estructurado. El análisis de la continuidad de cuidados se basó en investigación en prontuario, informaciones del equipo y de los propios pacientes y/o familiares seis meses posteriores a la absorción o encaminamiento del paciente. RESULTADOS: Los pacientes admitidos presentaban diagnóstico de psicosis (esquizofrenia, historia de internaciones previas, funcionamiento social pobre y red de apoyo pequeño y los pacientes encaminados presentaban trastornos ansiosos y depresivos, buena adhesión al tratamiento ambulatorio, buen funcionamiento social y presencia de red social. Con relación a la continuidad de cuidados, ocho pacientes en 27 tuvieron destino desconocido. Con relación a los encaminamientos, de los 13 pacientes encaminados a ambulatorios de la red, siete permanecieron en tratamiento, dos retornaron a los CAPS y cuatro tuvieron destino desconocido. CONCLUSIONES: Los centros admiten pacientes que se encajan en la definición de un trastorno mental severo y persistente. La continuidad de cuidado fue señalada como problema, probablemente debido a la dificultad de acompañar los pacientes en la comunidad.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the criteria used by teams for admission, referral and continuity of care among patients of the Centros de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS - Psychosocial Care Centers. METHODS: A qualitative study with participatory evaluation was conducted in three psychosocial healthcare services of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, in 2006. A total of 15 admitted cases and 15 referred cases were selected among the patients admitted for treatment during the six months that preceded the

Tracking the Career Paths of Physics Teachers in Texas

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Mount, Jennifer; Marshall, Jill; Fuller, Edward

2013-01-01

In Texas, and some other states, there is a documented shortage of physics teachers, in terms of both number and qualifications. The shortage in Texas is due as much to teachers leaving the field (attrition) as to a lack of teachers entering. There are efforts under way to prepare more and better-qualified physics teachers who will stay in the…

Regulating Abortion: Impact on Patients and Providers in Texas

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Colman, Silvie; Joyce, Ted

2011-01-01

The State of Texas began enforcement of the Woman's Right to Know (WRTK) Act on January 1, 2004. The law requires that all abortions at or after 16 weeks' gestation be performed in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). In the month the law went into effect, not one of Texas's 54 nonhospital abortion providers met the requirements of a surgical…

Noteworthy: Fortune 500: Texas ties California for national lead

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Michael Nicholson

2010-01-01

According to the 2010 Fortune 500, released in April, Texas hosts the headquarters of 57 of the nation's 500 largest companies, ranked by gross revenues. Texas secured its place as a Fortune 500 leader through its position as focal point of the domestic energy industry, its relatively strong economic growth over the past decade, and its relatively low tax rates and living costs.

Carcinoma inflamatório mamário canino.

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Gomes, Cristiano; Voll, Juliana; Ferreira, Kelly; Ferreira, Rafael Rodrigues; Oliveira, Luciana Oliveira de; Contesini, Emerson Antônio; Oliveira, Rosemari Teresinha de

2006-01-01

O carcinoma inflamatório mamário é um carcinoma anaplásico com características clínicas e histopatológicas como crescimento rápido, envolvimento difuso, eritema, calor e dor nas mamas, edema nos membros posteriores, extensa infiltração de células inflamatórias, células epiteliais malignas nos linfonodos regionais apresentando um péssimo prognóstico. O cão é a única espécie animal em que esta neoplasia ocorre espontaneamente, entretanto apresenta uma incidência bastante rara tanto em humanos q...

Perfil dos usuários de serviços de Saúde Mental do município de Lorena - São Paulo Perfil de los usuarios de servicios de Salud Mental del municipio de Lorena - Sao Paulo Profile of users of mental health services in the city of Lorena - São Paulo

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Maria Odete Pereira

2012-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVOS: Identificar o perfil dos usuários do Ambulatório de Saúde Mental e do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial de Lorena - São Paulo. MÉTODOS: Estudo exploratório descritivo com dados coletados em 5.830 prontuários dos usuários desses dois serviços de Saúde Mental. RESULTADOS:Foram analisados 5.490 prontuários no Ambulatório e 340 no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial. No Ambulatório 68% dos usuários eram mulheres e no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial, 61% eram homens. Os diagnósticos que prevaleceram no Ambulatório foram: transtornos neuróticos, relacionados ao estresse e os somatoformes, e no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial, foram os transtornos decorrentes do uso de substâncias psicoativas. O grupo de medicamentos mais prescritos no Ambulatório foi o de antidepressivos, e no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial, os antipsicóticos. CONCLUSÃO: Verificou-se que os serviços de Saúde Mental atuam de forma desarticulada com a Atenção Básica de Saúde e faz-se necessário implantar o apoio matricial nesse município.OBJETIVOS: Identificar el perfil de los usuarios del Consultorio Externo de Salud Mental y del Centro de Atención Psicosocial de Lorena - Sao Paulo. MÉTODOS: Estudio exploratorio descriptivo cuyos datos fueron recolecatos en 5.830 historias clínicas de los usuarios de esos dos servicios de Salud Mental. RESULTADOS: Se analizaron 5.490 historias clínicas em el Consultorio Externo y 340 en el Centro de Atención Psicosocial. En el Consultorio externo el 68% de los usuarios eran mujeres y en el Centro de Atención Psicosocial, el 61% eran hombres. Los diagnósticos que prevalecieron en el Consultorio Externo fueron: trastornos neuróticos, relacionados al estrés y los somatoformes, y en el centro de Atención Psicosocial, fueron los trastornos generados por el uso de sustancias psicoactivas. El grupo de medicamentos más prescritos en el Consultorio Externo fue el de los antidepresivos, y en el Centro de Atenci

A comparison of crashes and fatalities in Texas by age group : selected cities in Texas.

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2012-10-01

In recent decades, great strides have been made to lower the number of accidents that occur on Texas roadways through graduated drivers licensing programs, messages against texting and driving, and discouraging drunk driving. Statistics show that you...

BLM/OCS South Texas Outer Continental Shelf (STOCS) Project Sediment Data

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The South Texas Outer Continental Shelf Project (STOCS) conducted by the University of Texas and the USGS with funding from BLM/NOAA. The USGS produced geochemical...

It's about time : investing in transportation to keep Texas economically competitive.

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2011-03-01

This current report, It's About Time: Investing in Transportation to Keep Texas : Economically Competitive, updates the February 2009 report by providing : an enhanced analysis of the current state of the Texas transportation system, : determining th...

Acesso a ambulatório pediátrico de um hospital universitário

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Selma C. Franco

1998-08-01

Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: No Brasil verifica-se um descompasso entre o aumento das necessidades de atenção à saúde e de sua oferta. O Sistema Único de Saúde, cujas deretrizes preconizam a atenção universal e eqüânime, determina a relevância desta temática dentro do campo da avaliação dos serviços de saúde. Assim, foram estudados dois ambulatórios de pediatria de um hospital universitário, um geral e outro de uma subespecialiadade (pneumologia, comparando os usuários quanto ao acesso. MÉTODO: Foram aplicados 221 questionários entre clientes de ambos os ambulatórios de pediatria com o objetivo de se estudar e comparar variáveis socioeconômicas, procedência, acesso aos referidos ambulatórios e outros serviços de saúde. RESULTADOS: Evidenciou-se grande dificuldade de locomoção dos pacientes, a maioria dos quais são encaminhados por serviços de saúde locais. Dos pacientes atendidos 40% não receberam nenhum atendimento anteriormente à sua chegada ao hospital, fato que decorre principalmente de seu baixo nível socioeconômico, que os torna dependentes exclusivamente dos serviços públicos de saúde. A comparação entre os dois ambulatórios mostra que os pacientes do ambulatório de especialidade têm melhor nível socioeconômico e são menos dependentes dos serviços públicos, configurando desta forma uma situação de ineqüidade. CONCLUSÕES: É apontado o melhor nível socioeconômico dos usuários da especialidade bem como questões organizacionais do próprio serviço como os responsáveis pela iniqüidade verificada.

Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science: 25 Years of Early College STEM Opportunities

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Sayler, Michael F.

2015-01-01

The University of North Texas's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science began admitting students to its 2-year early college entrance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program in the fall of 1988. This program provided accelerated entry for top students in Texas in the areas of mathematics and science. Approximately 200…

Evaluations of NOx and highly reactive VOC emission inventories in Texas and their implications for ozone plume simulations during the Texas Air Quality Study 2006

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Kim, S.-W.; McKeen, S.A.; Frost, G.J.; Lee, S.-H.; Trainer, M.; Richter, A.; Angevine, W. M.; Atlas, E.; Bianco, L.; Boersma, K.F.; Brioude, J.; Burrow, J.P.; Gouw, de J.; Fried, A.; Gleason, J.F.; Hilboll, A.; Mellqvist, J.; Peischl, J.; Richter, D.; Rivera, C.; Ryerson, T.; Lintel Hekkert, te L.; Walega, J.; Warneke, C.; Weibring, P.; Williams, E.

2011-01-01

Satellite and aircraft observations made during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS) detected strong urban, industrial and power plant plumes in Texas. We simulated these plumes using the Weather Research and Forecasting-Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model with input from the US EPA's 2005 National

Ovários policísticos: critérios hemodinâmicos

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Ávila,Márcio Augusto Pinto de; Murta,Carlos Geraldo Viana

2001-01-01

O advento da ultra-sonografia endovaginal de alta resolução abriu novas áreas de pesquisa nos ovários policísticos. O conhecimento da hemodinâmica ovariana é fundamental para o entendimento do comportamento fisiopatológico dos ovários policísticos. Os autores tecem considerações sobre a possibilidade da utilização do Doppler colorido na melhor definição dos ovários policísticos. Os dados sugerem que o aumento da vascularidade e a diminuição da resistência dos vasos do estroma ovariano, assim ...

Optimal time travel in the Gödel universe

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Natário, José

2012-04-01

Using the theory of optimal rocket trajectories in general relativity, recently developed in Henriques and Natário (2011), we present a candidate for the minimum total integrated acceleration closed timelike curve in the Gödel universe, and give evidence for its minimality. The total integrated acceleration of this curve is lower than Malament's conjectured value (Malament 1984), as was already implicit in the work of Manchak (Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 51-60, 2011); however, Malament's conjecture does seem to hold for periodic closed timelike curves.

O desempenho de alunos dos cursos pré-vestibulares comunitários no ENEM 2006: análise de um possível impacto da capacitação de professores El desarrollo de los alumnos de los cursos preparatorios comunitarios para ingreso en la universidad en el examen nacional ENEM 2006: análisis de un posible impacto en la capacitación de los maestros The performance of students from community center courses for admission in higher education in rio de janeiro via ENEM 2006: analysis of a possible impact of teachers' empowerment

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Ruben Klein

2007-09-01

Full Text Available O artigo discute os resultados obtidos pelos alunos dos Cursos Pré-Vestibulares Comunitários do Rio de Janeiro, no ENEM 2006. Os 350 professores desses alunos, todos voluntários, participaram de atividades de Capacitação voltadas para o desenvolvimento das habilidades do ENEM. Os alunos desses professores, além de material didático, realizaram um Simulado do ENEM, em junho de 2006. Pesquisando os resultados desses alunos, no ENEM, constatou-se que eles obtiveram médias maiores do que as obtidas pelos alunos brasileiros e do Rio de Janeiro. Os alunos dos Pré-Vestibulares Comunitários, têm renda familiar menor, são mais velhos e, em maior percentual, se declararam pretos e pardos, quando comparados com os alunos brasileiros e do Rio de Janeiro. Essas variáveis, em geral, estão associadas a piores desempenhos. Os autores discutem o possível impacto da capacitação dos professores nos resultados positivos obtidos pelos alunos no ENEM 2006.El artículo discute los resultados obtenidos por los alumnos de los Cursos Preparatorios Comunitarios del Rio de Janeiro para el ingreso en la Universidad a través del examen nacional ENEM 2006. Los 350 maestros de eses alumnos, todos voluntarios, participaran de actividades de capacitación para el desarrollo de habilidades presentadas en el examen ENEM. Los alumnos de eses maestros recibieron material didáctico y hicieron una prueba simulada del ENEM en junio de 2006. Los resultados de eses alumnos, en la prueba ENEM, mostró que ellos tuvieron medias superiores a de los estudiantes brasileños y del Rio de Janeiro. Los alumnos de eses cursos comunitarios tienen renta familiar más baja, son mayores y, en porcentual más elevado, se declaran negros y pardos, cuando comparados con los estudiantes brasileños y del Rio de Janeiro. Esas variables, en general, están asociadas a los peores desempeños. Los autores discuten el posible impacto de la capacitación de los maestros en los resultados

33 CFR 110.197 - Galveston Harbor, Bolivar Roads Channel, Texas.

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2010-07-01

... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Galveston Harbor, Bolivar Roads Channel, Texas. 110.197 Section 110.197 Navigation and Navigable Waters COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF... Roads Channel, Texas. (a)(1) Anchorage area (A). The water bounded by a line connecting the following...

Quantifying Potential Groundwater Recharge In South Texas

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Basant, S.; Zhou, Y.; Leite, P. A.; Wilcox, B. P.

2015-12-01

Groundwater in South Texas is heavily relied on for human consumption and irrigation for food crops. Like most of the south west US, woody encroachment has altered the grassland ecosystems here too. While brush removal has been widely implemented in Texas with the objective of increasing groundwater recharge, the linkage between vegetation and groundwater recharge in South Texas is still unclear. Studies have been conducted to understand plant-root-water dynamics at the scale of plants. However, little work has been done to quantify the changes in soil water and deep percolation at the landscape scale. Modeling water flow through soil profiles can provide an estimate of the total water flowing into deep percolation. These models are especially powerful with parameterized and calibrated with long term soil water data. In this study we parameterize the HYDRUS soil water model using long term soil water data collected in Jim Wells County in South Texas. Soil water was measured at every 20 cm intervals up to a depth of 200 cm. The parameterized model will be used to simulate soil water dynamics under a variety of precipitation regimes ranging from well above normal to severe drought conditions. The results from the model will be compared with the changes in soil moisture profile observed in response to vegetation cover and treatments from a study in a similar. Comparative studies like this can be used to build new and strengthen existing hypotheses regarding deep percolation and the role of soil texture and vegetation in groundwater recharge.

Texas floods of 1940

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Breeding, Seth D.

1948-01-01

Floods occurred in Texas during, June, July, and November 1940 that exceeded known stages on many small streams and at a few places on the larger streams. Stages at several stream-gaging stations exceeded the maximum known at those places since the collection of daily records began. A storm, haying its axis generally on a north-south line from Cameron to Victoria and extending across the Brazos, Colorado, Lavaca, and Guadalupe River Basins, caused heavy rainfall over a large part of south-central Texas. The maximum recorded rain of 22.7 inches for the 2-day period June 29-30 occurred at Engle. Of this amount, 17.5 inches fell in the 12-hour period between 8 p.m. June 29, and 8 a.m. June 30. Light rains fell at a number of places on June 28, and additional light rains fell at many places within the area from July 1 to 4. During the period June 28 to July 4 more than 20 inches of rain fell over an area of 300 square miles, more than 15 inches over 1,920 square miles, and more than 10 inches over 5,100 square miles. The average annual rainfall for the area experiencing the heaviest rainfall during this storm is about 35 inches. Farming is largely confined to the fertile flood plains in much of the area subjected to the record-breaking floods in June and July. Therefore these floods, coming at the height of the growing season, caused severe losses to crops. Much damage was done also to highways and railways. The city of Hallettsville suffered the greatest damage of any urban area. The Lavaca River at that place reached a stage 8 feet higher than ever known before, drowned several people, destroyed many homes, and submerged almost the entire business district. The maximum discharge there was 93,100 second-feet from a drainage area of 101 square miles. Dry Creek near Smithville produced a maximum discharge of 1,879 second-feet from an area of 1.48 square miles and a runoff of 11.3 inches in a 2-day period from a rainfall of 19.5 inches. The area in the Colorado River

Bm86 midgut protein sequence variation in South Texas cattle fever ticks

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Kammlah Diane M

2010-11-01

Full Text Available Abstract Background Cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus microplus and R. (B. annulatus, vector bovine and equine babesiosis, and have significantly expanded beyond the permanent quarantine zone established in South Texas. Currently, there are no vaccines approved for use within the United States for controlling these vectors. Vaccines developed in Australia and Cuba based on the midgut antigen Bm86 have variable efficacy against cattle fever ticks. A possible explanation for this variation in vaccine efficacy is amino acid sequence divergence between the recombinant Bm86 vaccine component and native Bm86 expressed in ticks from different geographical regions of the world. Results There was 91.8% amino acid sequence identity in Bm86 among R. microplus and R. annulatus sequenced from South Texas infestations. When South Texas isolates were compared to the Australian Yeerongpilly and Cuban Camcord vaccine strains, there was 89.8% and 90.0% identity, respectively. Most of the sequence divergence was focused in one region of the protein, amino acids 206-298. Hydrophilicity profiles revealed that two short regions of Bm86 (amino acids 206-210 and 560-570 appear to be more hydrophilic in South Texas isolates compared to vaccine strains. Only one amino acid difference was found between South Texas and vaccine strains within two previously described B-cell epitopes. A total of 4 amino acid differences were observed within three peptides previously shown to induce protective immune responses in cattle. Conclusions Sequence differences between South Texas isolates and Yeerongpilly and Camcord strains are spread throughout the entire Bm86 sequence, suggesting that geographic variation does exist. Differences within previously described B-cell epitopes between South Texas isolates and vaccine strains are minimal; however, short regions of hydrophilic amino acids found unique to South Texas isolates suggest that additional unique surface exposed

Determinación de la prevalencia de Fasciola hepatica en bovinos de Rio de Oro y Aguachica, Cesar

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Juan David Estupiñán

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Introducción: La fasciolosis, es una zoonosis con distribución mundial provocada por Fasciola hepatica, la cual afecta principalmente a los rumiantes y accidentalmente el hombre puede ser un hospedero. Con mayor frecuencia afecta a los animales de regiones en las que llueve abundantemente, no obstante, puede aparecer en regiones más secas a lo largo de ríos o afluentes de riego. Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de F. hepatica en bovinos de Rio de Oro y Aguachica, Cesar mediante el análisis de materia fecal utilizando la técnica de sedimentación de Dennis modificado. Materiales y métodos: El estudio realizado fue de tipo descriptivo, de corte transversal. La población evaluada fue de 12.290 bovinos, correspondientes a la totalidad de bovinos de Rio de Oro y Aguachica. La muestra tomada correspondió a 905 bovinos, seleccionados bajo un único criterio, que fuesen mayores de 4 meses, sin importar sexo. Las muestras fueron recolectadas con todas las normas de bioseguridad veterinaria, se tomaron directamente del recto del animal con guante de palpación y fueron enviadas desde el lugar de origen hasta los laboratorios de la Universidad de Santander el mismo día; al recibir las muestras se preservaron con formalina al 10% para su procesamiento al día siguiente. Las muestras fueron diluidas con agua en un vaso desechable y se filtraron con gasa en un vaso de precipitado, completando el volumen hasta 500 mL con agua. Se dejó sedimentar por 30 minutos para descartar el volumen del sobrenadante y dejar únicamente el sedimento. Se repitió este paso con un tiempo de sedimentación de 15 minutos y finalmente otro con 5 minutos. Al terminar la sedimentación y descartar el volumen del sobrenadante, se recolectó el sedimento final en un frasco de orina, sedimento que se observa como una arenilla, allí fue donde se buscaron los huevos de F. hepatica, observándolos en su totalidad en una caja de Petri, utilizando para ello un estereoscopio

Financial assurance for decontamination and decommissioning: a Texas perspective

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Rao, C.D.; Etter, S.D.; Dziuk, T.W.

1986-01-01

The Texas Department of Health (TDH) has the regulatory responsibility to ensure that funds are available for decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation of uranium recovery facilities in Texas. Uranium recovery licensees are required to post financial security with the Agency for that purpose. Texas uranium facilities include (1) conventional surface mining and milling plants, including tailings ponds, and (2) in situ solution mining plants, each with somewhat different cost elements for decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and closure. Cost estimates for decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation, along with a facility closure plan, are initially submitted to the Agency by the licensees. These are verified and compared with detailed independent cost estimates prepared by Agency staff. Significant differences between the two estimates are examined and resolved by negotiation and/or recalculation to the satisfaction of the state. The Texas philosophy for maintaining financial security permits flexibility in the closure plan without jeopardizing or compromising the ultimate long-term objectives of closure. Review of closure plans incorporates new technological developments In contrast, financial security is established expeditiously by applying the best available cost data to necessarily conservative estimates of the work involved. Financial security cost estimates are subject to annual review and adjustment

Hydrogeochemical and stream sediment detailed geochemical survey for Trans-Peco, Texas. Sierra Vieja survey area

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Butz, T.R.; Payne, A.G.; Grimes, J.G.; Helgerson, R.N.; Bard, C.S.

1979-01-01

Results of the Sierra Vieja survey area of the detailed geochemical survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 29 groundwater and 240 stream sediment samples. Statistical and areal distributions of uranium and possible uranium-related variables are given. A generalized geologic map of the survey area is provided, and pertinent geologic factors which may be of significance in evaluating the potential for uranium mineralization are briefly discussed. Highest concentrations of uranium in groundwater predominantly occur in areas marginal to the Rio Grande. These wells and spring produce from Quaternary alluvium or the Vieja Group. High specific conductance is also associated with most of the wells located marginal to the Rio Grande. The specific conductance of wells in other areas with greater than or equal to 11.5 ppB uranium are notably lower. Higher than background concentrations of molybdenum, arsenic, and vanadium are observed with wells containing greater than or equal to 11.5 ppB uranium. Total alkalinity and pH display a variable distribution throughout the survey area. Stream sediment from several areas contain greater than or equal to 2.57 soluble uranium. In areas where these concentrations account for greater than or equal to 83% of the uranium present in the sediment, above background concentrations of sodium, aluminum, barium, potassium, zirconium, cerium, and strontium are detected. The degree to which these elements are associated with favorably high uranium concentrations is related to the relative amounts of volcaniclastic and calcareous sedimentary material incorporated in the sample

An integrated geological and geophysical study of the Uinta Mountains, Utah, Colorado and a geophysical study on Tamarix in the Rio Grande River basin, West Texas

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Khatun, Salma

2008-07-01

comprehensive picture of the structures in the study area. These models show that the Uinta uplift is a single sedimentary block with numerous thrust faults on the northern and southern flanks of the uplift. These models also reveal the fact that the thickness of the crust is quite variable in the study area. This is also supported by the crustal thickness map constructed for this study from seismic and receiver function information. Magnetic maps show that the Proterozoic sedimentary package known as Uinta Mountain Group extends into the Basin and Range and indicates its link with the ancient rift margin in the Western United States. Findings of this research are correlated to earlier studies and placed in a broader context. Finally an analogy is made between the Uinta aulacogen, the Southern Oklahoma aulacogen and the Dniepr-Donets aulacogen in Ukraine. This discussion focuses light on the mechanism that led to the Uinta's development from a failed rift to an uplift. Part two of this research examined the effect of saltcedar (Tamarix sp) on water and soil properties in the Rio Grande River valley in West Texas. Tamarix is a woody phreatophyte (water-loving plant) common in riparian habitats. The presence of Tamarix in a river system raises concerns about its effect on water quality because it can increase the salinity of water and surrounding soil and it reduces stream flow. Geophysical electrical techniques were used to track soil salinity and moisture changes caused by Tamarix, as well as to determine how soil salinity and moisture properties are altered when Tamarix is eradicated from the region. These techniques allowed more rapid in-situ assessment of the soil properties than the conventional method of removing soil and water samples for analysis. This study was focused on the influence of Tamarix on soil properties and hydrology at the subsurface at four sites in the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park, El Paso, Texas Two sites had flourishing Tamarix and two others were areas

Do documentario à ficção: a imprevisível “tradução” de «Els nens perduts del franquisme»

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Elisa Maria Amorim Vieira

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Resumo: Com base nas reflexões realizadas por Walter Benjamin e Haroldo de Campos sobre a tarefa do tradutor e a proposta presente em seus textos de dessacralização da relação entre obra original e obra traduzida, busca-se neste artigo analisar a tradução intersemiótica do documentário catalão Els nens perduts del franquisme, de Montse Armengou e Ricard Belis, para o romance Mala gente que camina, do escritor espanhol Benjamín Prado.Palavras-chave: Tradução intersemiótica; documentário; romance.Resumen: Considerando las reflexiones realizadas por Walter Benjamin y Haroldo de Campos sobre la tarea del traductor y la propuesta presente en sus textos de desacralización de la relación entre obra original y obra traducida, se propone en este artículo el análisis de la traducción intersemiótica del documental catalán Els nens perduts del franquisme, de Montse Armengou y Ricard Belis, para la novela Mala gente que camina, del escritor español Benjamín Prado.Palabras-clave: Traducción intersemiótica; documental; novela.Keywords: Intersemiotic translation; documentary; novel.

Questionário multidimensional para análise da imagem do enfermeiro Cuestionario multidimensional para análisis de la imagen del enfermero A multidimensional questionnaire to evaluate the image of registered nurses

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Luciana Barizon Luchesi

2010-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Construir um questionário multidimensional para avaliar a percepção de alunos do ensino médio frente sobre a enfermagem e validar o questionário multidimensional em conteúdo, aparência e análise semântica. MÉTODOS: Estudo quanti-qualitativo com fins de instrumentação, utilizando o referencial teórico-metodológico de Pasquali, Silva e Ribeiro-Filho que recomendam as etapas de levantamento do conceito do constructo, geração dos itens do instrumento fundamentado na literatura e aferição das propriedades psicométricas. RESULTADOS: os itens do instrumento são derivados da literatura sobre psicologia social, história da enfermagem e escolha vocacional. Após validação de conteúdo, validação aparente e análise semântica, houve a aplicação do instrumento em uma amostra de 269 alunos. CONCLUSÃO: o instrumento mostrou-se de fácil entendimento e aplicação. Além de análise diagnóstica, o instrumento poderá ser utilizado em estudos experimentais.OBJETIVO: Construir un cuestionario multidimensional para evaluar la percepción de los alumnos de la enseñanza media sobre la enfermería y validar el cuestionario multidimensional en contenido, apariencia y análisis semántico. MÉTODOS: Estudio cuantitativo y cualitativo con fines de instrumentación, utilizando el marco teórico metodológico de Pasquali, Silva y Ribeiro-Filho que recomiendan las etapas de levantamiento del concepto del constructo, generación de los ítems del instrumento fundamentado en la literatura y evaluación de las propiedades psicométricas. RESULTADOS: Los ítems del instrumento son derivados de la literatura sobre psicología social, historia de la enfermería y elección vocacional. Después de la validación de contenido, validación aparente y análisis semántico, se aplicó el instrumento en una muestra de 269 alumnos. CONCLUSIÓN: El instrumento se mostró de fácil entendimiento y aplicación. Además del análisis de diagn

Health-hazard evaluation report HETA 86-456-1877, South Texas Nuclear Project, Wadsworth, Texas

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Sinks, T.H.; Hartle, R.W.

1988-03-01

An evaluation was made of an outbreak of dermatitis among workers at the South Texas Nuclear Project construction site, Wadsworth, Texas. The dermatitis occurred ten times more frequently among carpenters than other laborers, with the incidence in 1986 being 250% greater than it was in 1985. Some workers demonstrated pruritic, macular/papular lesions. Carpenters working on the inside of the power-project buildings had a higher incidence of skin disease than those employed on the outside of the buildings. Samples of plywood and lumber treated with fire-retardant indicated that they contained 3 and 5% phosphate, respectively. Arsenic was not detected but formaldehyde was detected at 59 parts per million. General environmental air samples were taken with no evidence found of airborne phosphate, melamine, dicyandiamide, or formaldehyde. Concentrations of total particulates ranged from 0.1 to 0.6mg/m 3 . The authors conclude that the workers were probably suffering from a contact dermatitis. The authors recommend specific precautions

La metodología de valoración contingente en la evaluación de proyectos ambientales: el caso del saneamiento del río Medellín

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Freddy Zuleta D

1994-07-01

Full Text Available Como consecuencia del crecimiento de las ciudades, se hace cada vez más sentida la necesidad de desarrollar proyectos de carácter ambiental que subsanen el efecto negativo del urbanismo y las grandes concentraciones poblacionales, Tal es el caso de los rellenos sanitarios y sistemas de alcantarillado y tratamiento de aguas residuales, entre otros. Sin embargo, los problemas de contaminación y saneamiento, a pesar de sus consecuencias, no son los únicos que aquejan a la comunidad. Es un principio básico de administración el que los recursos escasos sean asignados a aquellos proyectos que mejor remuneren el capital invertido; este principio se cumple también para los recursos públicos. Por tanto, debe, de alguna manera, consultarse las prioridades de los beneficios potenciales, con miras a estimar la rentabilidad que de ellos se puede esperar. En este orden de ideas es bastante lógica la tendencia actual a realizar sólo aquellas iniciativas que sean económicas y socialmente viables, lo que de alguna manera implica consultar la percepción que tiene la comunidad sobre las mismas, esto es, en cuanto valora los beneficios esperados, y por ende, si su Disposición A Pagar (DAP cubre, o no, los costos respectivos.El presente artículo intenta descubrir uno de los procedimientos más novedosos en la evaluación de proyectos de tipo ambiental; se trata de la Metodología de Valoración Contingente. Luego de repasar los aspectos matemáticos del método, y la teoría económica que lo sustenta, se comentan brevemente las dos primeras experiencias colombianas de aplicación, realizadas en los Proyectos de Saneamiento del Rio Cauca y en el programa de Saneamiento del Rio Medellín y sus Quebradas Afluentes, y sus resultados.

Insatisfação com o peso e a massa corporal em estudantes do ensino fundamental e médio do sexo feminino no município do Rio de Janeiro Insatisfacción com el peso y masa corporal entre los estudiantes de la escuela primaria y secundaria del sexo femenino em la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro Dissatisfaction with mass and body weight among elementary and high school female students in the city of Rio de Janeiro

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Alexandre Palma

2013-03-01

Full Text Available O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar a prevalência de insatisfação corporal entre adolescentes do sexo feminino na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Foram investigadas 2.149 estudantes do sexo feminino, entre 14 e 18 anos de idade. Foram aferidos os pesos, estaturas e índices de massa corporal (IMC informados e desejados. A insatisfação corporal foi considerada de dois modos: a através do desejo de modificar o IMC; e, b o desejo de alterar o peso corporal em valor superior a 10% do peso informado. Do total investigado, 93,58% expressaram o desejo de modificar o IMC. Foi possível observar, ainda, que 42,48% manifestaram insatisfação com o peso. É possível concluir, então, que as adolescentes investigadas manifestaram tendência à insatisfação com o peso corporal.El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la prevalencia de la insatisfacción corporal en adolescentes del sexo femenino en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro. Se investigaron 2.149 estudiantes con edades comprendidas entre 14 y 18 años. Se levantaron los pesos, las alturas y los índices de masa corporal (IMC informados y deseados. La insatisfacción con el cuerpo fue considerada de dos maneras: a por el deseo de cambiar el IMC y b el deseo de cambiar el peso (en kg con valores superiores a los 10% del peso informado. Del total, 93,58% expresó el deseo de cambiar su IMC. También observamos que 42,48% reportaron insatisfacción con el peso. Es posible concluir que las adolescentes encuestadas expresaron una tendencia de insatisfacción con su peso corporal.The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence of body dissatisfaction among adolescent girls in the city of Rio de Janeiro. 2,149 female students aged between 14 and 18 years were investigated. Informed and desired weights, heights and the body mass index (BMI were also investigated. The body dissatisfaction was addressed in two ways: a by the desire to change the BMI and b the desire to change the weight (in kg

76 FR 62087 - Draft Conservation Plan and Draft Environmental Assessment; Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, Texas

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2011-10-06

...] Draft Conservation Plan and Draft Environmental Assessment; Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, Texas AGENCY: Fish... draft Texas Conservation Plan for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (TCP). The draft TCP will function as a... the Applicant for the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) throughout its range in Texas...

Síntesis histórica del poblamiento de la región fronteriza México-Estados Unidos

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Manuel Ceballos Ramírez

1991-09-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se describe la trayectoria del poblamiento en los estados fronterizos del norte de México, así como, en forma resumida, la del pueblo mexico-americano de Texas y los estados del suroeste de Estados Unidos. Se destaca, sobre todo, la época porfiriana como etapa clave en este proceso. También se hace hincapié en el extraordinario incremento de la población fronteriza mexicana, especialmente la de los centros urbanos situados a lo largo de la línea divisoria, durante la década de 1920, la segunda guerra mundial y los años de posguerra Se dedica atención, en particular, a los cambios en los patrones de inmigración y colonización para el período estudiado, así como el fenómeno de la repatriación de mexicanos desde el fin de la guerra México-Estados Unidos hasta la crisis económica de la década de 1980

Biogeochemical Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Texas Coastal Lagoons

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Montagna, P.; Hu, X.; Walker, L.; Wetz, M.

2017-12-01

Hurricane Harvey made landfall Friday 25 August 2017 as a Category 4 hurricane, which is the strongest hurricane to hit the middle Texas coast since Carla in 1961. After the wind storm and storm surge, coastal flooding occurred due to the storm lingering over Texas for four more days, dumping as much as 50" of rain near Houston, producing 1:1000 year flood event. The Texas coast is characterized by lagoons behind barrier islands, and their ecology and biogeochemistry are strongly influenced by coastal hydrology. The ensuing inflow event replaced brackish water with fresh water that was high in inorganic an organic matter, significantly enhancing respiration of coastal blue carbon, and dissolved oxygen went to zero for a long period of time. Recovery will likely take months or nearly one year.

Widespread movement of invasive cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus microplus) in southern Texas leads to shared local infestations on cattle and deer

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2014-01-01

Background Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is a highly-invasive tick that transmits the cattle parasites (Babesia bovis and B. bigemina) that cause cattle fever. R. microplus and Babesia are endemic in Mexico and ticks persist in the United States inside a narrow tick eradication quarantine area (TEQA) along the Rio Grande. This containment area is threatened by unregulated movements of illegal cattle and wildlife like white-tailed deer (WTD; Odocoileus virginianus). Methods Using 11 microsatellite loci we genotyped 1,247 R. microplus from 63 Texas collections, including outbreak infestations from outside the TEQA. We used population genetic analyses to test hypotheses about ecological persistence, tick movement, and impacts of the eradication program in southern Texas. We tested acaricide resistance with larval packet tests (LPTs) on 47 collections. Results LPTs revealed acaricide resistance in 15/47 collections (32%); 11 were outside the TEQA and three were resistant to multiple acaricides. Some collections highly resistant to permethrin were found on cattle and WTD. Analysis of genetic differentiation over time at seven properties revealed local gene pools with very low levels of differentiation (FST 0.00-0.05), indicating persistence over timespans of up to 29 months. However, in one neighborhood differentiation varied greatly over a 12-month period (FST 0.03-0.13), suggesting recurring immigration from distinct sources as another persistence mechanism. Ticks collected from cattle and WTD at the same location are not differentiated (FST = 0), implicating ticks from WTD as a source of ticks on cattle (and vice versa) and emphasizing the importance of WTD to tick control strategies. We identified four major genetic groups (K = 4) using Bayesian population assignment, suggesting multiple introductions to Texas. Conclusions Two dispersal mechanisms give rise to new tick infestations: 1) frequent short-distance dispersal from the TEQA; and 2) rare long

Assessment of the economic implications of 10CFR61 on the south Texas project

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Kniazewyez, B.G.; Turner, C.M.

1984-01-01

The State of Texas, as an Agreement State, is developing Texas Part 45, ''Licensing Requirements fo Near-Surface Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste'' to implement the intent of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Title 10 to the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 61 (10CFR61) ''Licensing Requirement for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.'' This paper addresses the potential economic impact of the proposed Texas Part 45 and 10CFR61 on the South Texas Project (STP). The Texas Department of Health is developing the proposed rule making Texas Part 45 pertaining to land disposal of radioactive waste, which together with proposed amendments to related portions of Texas Parts 11 and 21, provide the licensing procedures, performance objectives, and technical criteria for licensing disposal facilities. These regulations establish requirements concerning allowable waste forms, classification, packaging, and labeling of waste, as well as acceptable shipping records and manifests. Thus, the regulations' impact upon a nuclear power plant such as STP include not only shipping and disposal costs, but also the costs of proper preparation, classification, and labeling of waste, and the cost of associated record keeping and paperwork required for compliance with the regulations

Predicting Student Success on the Texas Chemistry STAAR Test: A Logistic Regression Analysis

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Johnson, William L.; Johnson, Annabel M.; Johnson, Jared

2012-01-01

Background: The context is the new Texas STAAR end-of-course testing program. Purpose: The authors developed a logistic regression model to predict who would pass-or-fail the new Texas chemistry STAAR end-of-course exam. Setting: Robert E. Lee High School (5A) with an enrollment of 2700 students, Tyler, Texas. Date of the study was the 2011-2012…

Monitoring and Mapping the Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Houston, Texas.

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Balaji Bhaskar, M. S.

2017-12-01

Monitoring and Mapping the Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Houston, Texas.Urban flooding is a hazard that causes major destruction and loss of life. High intense precipitation events have increased significantly in Houston, Texas in recent years resulting in frequent river and bayou flooding. Many of the historical storm events such as Allison, Rita and Ike have caused several billion dollars in losses for the Houston-Galveston Region. A category 4 Hurricane Harvey made landfall on South Texas resulting in heavy precipitation from Aug 25 to 29 of 2017. About 1 trillion gallons of water fell across Harris County over a 4-day period. This amount of water covers Harris County's 1,800 square miles with an average of 33 inches of water. The long rain event resulted in an average 40inch rainfall across the area in several rain gauges and the maximum rainfall of 49.6 inches was recorded near Clear Creek. The objectives of our study are to 1) Process the Geographic Information System (GIS) and satellite data from the pre and post Hurricane Harvey event in Houston, Texas and 2) Analyze the satellite imagery to map the nature and pattern of the flooding in Houston-Galveston Region. The GIS data of the study area was downloaded and processed from the various publicly available resources such as Houston Galveston Area Council (HGAC), Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Texas Natural Resource Information Systems (TNRIS). The satellite data collected soon after the Harvey flooding event were downloaded and processed using the ERDAS image processing software. The flood plain areas surrounding the Brazos River, Buffalo Bayou and the Addicks Barker reservoirs showed severe inundation. The different watershed areas affected by the catastrophic flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey were mapped and compared with the pre flooding event.

Facts about Texas Children. Excerpted from Children, Choice, and Change.

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Harris, Lorwen Connie

The environment in which Texas children grow up is crucial to their future and to the future of the state. Almost 500,000 Texas families were poor in 1985. Poverty sets the stage for numerous childhood maladies: infant mortality, health problems, child abuse, learning disabilities, malnutrition, and mental health problems. As poor children grow up…

Texas trip generation manual : 1st edition-volume 1 : user's guide.

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2014-08-01

The purpose of this Manual is to provide a summary of Texas trip generation data for various : Land Use Codes (LUCs) and time periods, for data obtained from workplace and special : generator (WSG) surveys performed as part of the Texas Travel Survey...

Geothermal and heavy-oil resources in Texas

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Seni, S.J.; Walter, T.G.

1994-01-01

In a five-county area of South Texas, geopressured-geothermal reservoirs in the Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group lie below medium- to heavy-oil reservoirs in the Eocene Jackson Group. This fortuitous association suggests the use of geothermal fluids for thermally enhanced oil recovery (TEOR). Geothermal fairways are formed where thick deltaic sandstones are compartmentalized by growth faults. Wilcox geothermal reservoirs in South Texas are present at depths of 11,000 to 15,000 ft (3,350 to 4,570 m) in laterally continuous sandstones 100 to 200 ft (30 to 60 m) thick. Permeability is generally low (typically 1 md), porosity ranges from 12 to 24 percent, and temperature exceeds 250{degrees}F (121{degrees}C). Reservoirs containing medium (20{degrees} to 25{degrees} API gravity) to heavy (10{degrees} to 20{degrees} API gravity) oil are concentrated along the Texas Coastal Plain in the Jackson-Yegua Barrier/Strandplain (Mirando Trend), Cap Rock, and Piercement Salt Dome plays and in the East Texas Basin in Woodbine Fluvial/Deltaic Strandplain and Paluxy Fault Line plays. Injection of hot, moderately fresh to saline brines will improve oil recovery by lowering viscosity and decreasing residual oil saturation. Smectite clay matrix could swell and clog pore throats if injected waters have low salinity. The high temperature of injected fluids will collapse some of the interlayer clays, thus increasing porosity and permeability. Reservoir heterogeneity resulting from facies variation and diagenesis must be considered when siting production and injection wells within the heavy-oil reservoir. The ability of abandoned gas wells to produce sufficient volumes of hot water over the long term will also affect the economics of TEOR.

Examining social, physical, and environmental dimensions of tornado vulnerability in Texas.

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Siebeneck, Laura

2016-01-01

To develop a vulnerability model that captures the social, physical, and environmental dimensions of tornado vulnerability of Texas counties. Guided by previous research and methodologies proposed in the hazards and emergency management literature, a principle components analysis is used to create a tornado vulnerability index. Data were gathered from open source information available through the US Census Bureau, American Community Surveys, and the Texas Natural Resources Information System. Texas counties. The results of the model yielded three indices that highlight geographic variability of social vulnerability, built environment vulnerability, and tornado hazard throughout Texas. Further analyses suggest that counties with the highest tornado vulnerability include those with high population densities and high tornado risk. This article demonstrates one method for assessing statewide tornado vulnerability and presents how the results of this type of analysis can be applied by emergency managers towards the reduction of tornado vulnerability in their communities.

Availability of water resources in the rio Bermudez micro-basin. Central Region of Costa Rica; Disponibilidad del recurso hidrico en la microcuenca del rio Bermudez. Region Central de Costa Rica

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Hernando Echevarria, L.; Orozco Montoya, R.

2015-07-01

The Rio Bermudez micro-basin makes up part of the principal hydrological resource area in the Central Region of Costa Rica. For this reason a study was done to determine the availability of hydrological resources in said micro-basin to identify areas with potential water availability problems. A monthly water balance was calculated using land use, geomorphology and climate parameters. From these water balance studies, the amount of available water was calculated and classified into four categories, however, in this micro-basin, only three categories were identified: high, medium and moderate water availability. No areas were identified with low water availability, indicating availability is sufficient; however, there is increasing demand on water resources because over half of the micro-basin area is classified as having moderate water availability. (Author)

Migración femenina y participación política en El Paso,Texas

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Leticia Chelius Calderón

2000-01-01

Full Text Available La posibilidad de que los ciudadanos mexicanos que residen en el exterior puedan votar abrió un gran debate sobre el comportamiento político de los migrantes mexicanos que viven en Estados Unidos, sus valores políticos, acciones, ideales. En este artículo se ofrecen algunos elementos para entender los problemas que la cotidianidad presenta a los migrantes que desean participar políticamente en el vecino país, a través del testimonio de mujeres migrantes mexicanas de El Paso, Texas. La elección no es casual: con ello se quiere demostrar que para hablar de las actitudes políticas de los migrantes tenemos que partir de las diferencias, conflictos y contradicciones que la propia comunidad mexicana representa, ya que esto condiciona las expresiones políticas

Electric deregulation in Texas : the next steps

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Giuliani, R.

2004-01-01

This presentation provided a look at the deregulated market in Texas and provided some statistics and facts about the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) which monitors the reliability of 37,000 miles of power transmission lines and 77,000 MW of generation. The governance adopted by ERCOT was described along with market design and wholesale operation in terms of open access to transmission and distribution systems, reliability, timely conveyance of information needed to support customer choice, and accurate accountability for electricity production and delivery. Transmission has been one the greatest challenges facing ERCOT, but retail operations are progressing well despite initial start-up problems. tabs., figs

Educational pipelines of nurses in Texas: promoting academic mobility through partnerships.

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Darnall, Emily D; Kishi, Aileen; Wiebusch, Pamela

2011-01-01

Texas, like many states across the nation, is struggling to position itself to achieve the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on the future of nursing. This article provides insights into the hurdles faced by Texas in achieving some of the IOM goals, particularly those related to a better educated nursing workforce. Only 9% of actively licensed nurses have pursued higher degrees, putting Texas below the national average. Currently, there is a gap between actual academic mobility and national recommendations to increase the numbers of baccalaureate- and doctorate-prepared nurses by 2020. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational pipeline in the state of Texas while suggesting partnerships as a solution to promote academic mobility. This cross-sectional study evaluated the academic mobility of four selected cohorts of nurses who have been in practice for 5 to 20 years. The findings revealed limited academic mobility compared with national benchmarks among all cohorts, regardless of basic degree and length in the profession. Educational pipelines for nurses need to be more dynamic in Texas than current trends reflect. Collaboration and partnerships between academics, clinicians, administrators, employers, and policy makers should be developed to address barriers that are deterring nurses from continuing their education. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The impact of the New Panama Canal Locks on Texas ports and the Texas economy.

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2017-10-01

This report examines the first year transits through the new Panama Canal locks and its impact on Texas deep water ports. It finds that the canal is operating efficiently and can accommodate 14,000 TEU containerships and bulk vessels up to 125,000 to...

Advanced Texas Studies: Curriculum Guide.

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Harlandale Independent School District, San Antonio, TX. Career Education Center.

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in Texas studies to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and audio-visual and resource materials. Career information is included on 24 related occupations. Space is provided for teachers' notes which…

Coastal Bend Texas Benthic Habitat Mapping Patchy Shapefile Map - Lower Laguna Madre

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) requested the creation of benthic habitat data along the southern Texas coast to support the Texas Seagrass Monitoring...

New Insight into the Lithosphere Structure of the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana

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Pulliam, J.; Gurrola, H.; Mickus, K. L.; Keller, G. R.

2016-12-01

The Gulf Coast of Texas is a passive margin remaining after the breakup of Pangaea. The opening of the western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) was the result of the Yucatan block rifting away from North America and rotating to its present location but the exact nature of this rifting is not well understood. Some models describe it as passive rifting while other models consider it to be the result of active volcanic rifting. Until recently the sparse distribution of seismic stations limits our ability to image the deep crust and upper mantle that are important to the understanding of important tectonic process of the area. Here we present new observations from passive seismic imaging using data from a broadband 26-station profile across the Gulf Coastal Plain (GCP) and the EarthScope Transportable Array. Ps receiver function (RF) imaging of the GCP profile reveals possible remnants of a subducted slab beneath the GCP of the central Texas coast outboard of the Balcones fault zone. The presence of a remnant late Paleozoic slab associated with the assembly of Pangaea may imply that rifting associated with the opening of the GOM did not completely overprint older features, which suggests that passive rifting was responsible for the opening of western GOM. A remnant slab would provide a plausible explanation for a low velocity layer imaged beneath the coastal region by Sp RF imaging. A strong negative S110p phase observed in an Sp receiver functions image across the GCP of central Texas may be interpreted as the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary (LAB) but observations of other positive and negative phases in the 110 and 200 km depth interval lead us to believe the interval is a semi-ductile region with layered flow. We refer to this interval as a "Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Transition Zone" (LATZ). The LATZ model is supported by observed high P but low S-wave velocities in this depth interval of tomographic models and by SKS analysis that inferred a large amount of anisotropy in

Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas; occurrence and distribution of selected pesticides and nutrients at selected surface-water sites in the Mesilla Valley, 1994-95

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Healy, D.F.

1996-01-01

The Rio Grande Valley study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program conducted a two-phase synoptic study of the occurrence and distribution of pesticides and nutrients in the surface water of the Mesilla Valley, New Mexico and Texas. Phase one, conducted in April-May 1994 during the high-flow irrigation season, consisted of a 6-week time- series sampling event during which 17 water-column samples were collected at 3 main-stem sites on the Rio Grande and a synoptic irrigation-run sampling event during which 19 water-column samples were collected at 7 main-stem sites, 10 drain sites, and 2 sites at the discharges of wastewater-treatment plants. Three samples are included in both the time-series and irrigation-run events. Phase two, conducted in January 1995 during the low-flow non-irrigation season, consisted of a non-irrigation synoptic sampling event during which 18 water-column samples were collected at seven main-stem sites, nine drain sites, and two sites at the discharges of wastewater-treatment plants and a bed- material sampling event during which 6 bed-material samples were collected at six sites near the mouths of drains that discharge to the Rio Grande. The 51 water-column samples were analyzed for 78 pesticides and metabolites and 8 nutrients along with other constituents. The six bed-material samples were analyzed for 21 pesticides and metabolites, gross polychlorinated biphenyls, and gross polychlorinated naphthalenes. The presence of dissolved pesticides in the surface water of the Mesilla Valley is erratic. A total of 100 detections of 17 different pesticides were detected in 44 of the water-column samples. As many as 38 percent of these detections may be attributed to pesticide use upstream from the valley or to nonagricultural pesticide use within the valley. There were 29 detections of 10 different pesticides in 17 samples during the irrigation run and 41 detections of 13 pesticides in 16 samples during the non

Achieving the Texas Higher Education Vision

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Benjamin, Roger